The most frustrating modern videogame bosses

[gr33nFIEND]

The most frustrating modern videogame bosses

These truly were the most virile and hateful end of level bosses around.

 

[DarthMol]

I unashamedly admit I used a god-mode cheat to defeat the Nihilanth in Half-Life - ain't nobody got time fo' that

 

[Mash]

"the End" from Metal Gear solid 3 , that was really impressive..you had to look for him in a dense dense jungle... and his sniper shots were devastating.

 

[mottamort]

I unashamedly admit I used a god-mode cheat to defeat the Nihilanth in Half-Life - ain't nobody got time fo' that

Really? Were you aware of the mechanics of the yellow crystals against the wall? I only ask because thats the difference between a 2 minute boss fight and a "now i only have the alien gun" moment

 

[Isengard]

"the End" from Metal Gear solid 3 , that was really impressive..you had to look for him in a dense dense jungle... and his sniper shots were devastating.

Did you know if you saved your game during the battle and came back a week later he died of old age?

For me hardest boss was every single boss in Jak II...

 

[Mash]

Did you know if you saved your game during the battle and came back a week later he died of old age?

For me hardest boss was every single boss in Jak II...

lol wish i knew it back then anyways im still to play solid 5.

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Did you know if you saved your game during the battle and came back a week later he died of old age?

For me hardest boss was every single boss in Jak II...

lol wish i knew it back then anyways im still to play solid 5.

 

[DarthMol]

Really? Were you aware of the mechanics of the yellow crystals against the wall? I only ask because thats the difference between a 2 minute boss fight and a "now i only have the alien gun" moment

Yellow crystals? Nope, defeated him by launching myself up in the air and shooting him on the top of the head with my rocket launcher. I must admit the Xen section was for the least enjoyable of the whole game. So more from impatience I resorted to cheating as I got tired of dying and the teleports.

 

[mottamort]

Yellow crystals? Nope, defeated him by launching myself up in the air and shooting him on the top of the head with my rocket launcher. I must admit the Xen section was for the least enjoyable of the whole game. So more from impatience I resorted to cheating as I got tired of dying and the teleports.

Fair enough...but that might have been the reason for your frustration (if only with the boss, not the whole environment). Taken from the wiki:
A series of gold-colored "energy spheres" orbit around the Nihilanth's head, rendering it impervious to damage. These are consumed as the Nihilanth takes damage, but specialized crystals within the upper portion of its chamber replenish the spheres as they vanish. After Gordon destroyed these crystals, the shield put up by the orbs will not regenerate anymore. After a massive amount of damage is done, the shield drops and the orbs disappear, leaving his body exposed and susceptible to damage. At this point, the glow of his brain is visible through his head.

After a large amount of damage is done to the Nihilanth's body (more than it takes to blow up an M1A1 Abrams) the Nihilanth's head opens up like a flower, revealing a shining, vulnerable brain. After a significant amount of damage is done to this, the Nihilanth floats up to the roof of its chamber and dies in a massive green explosion.