The common boss in the 90's were great and gave a giant impact of the gaming history in general. Some of which can actually strike fear into your eyes (As they are suppose to). As the cutscene of him finishes or the pure mention of him could make your hair stand. This is the bosses I genuinely fear.
Does anyone remember or know what Sinistar is? I bet not many. I saw this game back in the early 2000's in a laundry mat as a game cabinet. I had a dollar in change and it was a quarter for a play. I started playing as the demo play stopped for Sinister to say "I Hunger!" I was hardly impressed by what he said, but thought that the voice was well rendered.
I start to play an Asteroid clone, but the screen moves to your direction. I shot projectiles and asteroids flying at me. Then I hear that same voice, "Beware, I live!" I look around and find nothing. I ignore it as I try to avoid projectiles and asteroids again. Then I hear that same voice again, but this time it was screaming. A long "RAAAAAGH!!!" began to swipe the scream while I see Sinistar kill me. This made me almost screech as the volume on the Cabinet was blasting. I was afraid to continue since I had 2 lives left. Ever since, playing that game was a hassle.
Orinstein and Smough are the worst bosses in the Souls series. Every boss before them was one standalone guy wanting to kill you himself, but this time, they put in a duo that can kill if you try to focus on one. The constant smashing with Smough's hammer and the constant backstabs with Orinstein's spear can make anyone mad after dying 10 time over. When I heard Anor Lando was going to appear in Dark Souls 3, I felt like I was going to cancel my plans on buying the game.
In Gears of War 2, you find the Hive Mine of the Locusts and try to find an escape route, but find a large body of water. The most frightening body of water without any ripple or disturbance in the water; which gives you memories of Resident Evil 4. You have to take a trolley ride across the water and you fight some minor enemies in boats and nothing happens to you. No grunt battle boats, no grinders waiting at a dock or anything to fight you in general.
Everything seems calm and quiet, making more and more disturbing. The game makes you look at the water and a large creature swims too close to the boat. I don't know if you guys haven't noticed, but I hate the ocean! Any body of water to be exact. I can skydive without a second thought, but a large body of water? It can burn and die for all I care! This freaked me out and almost got me to pause the game. It took me a few days to complete this little part before I could stomach the comparison to imagination and reality.
Shadow of the Colossus is one of my favorite games and it marks my days of old with the PS2. Although, I didn't get to finish the game until recently, I finally got to play to the end. Each Colossus is just beautiful and frightening at the same time, but the one that made my dad stop and say "DAAAAAAMN!!" was the final colossus, Grandis Supernus, aka Malus.
As you approach the steps to see the final colossus, you think to find a giant, sword-wielding behemoth, but instead you find a tower that shoots bolts of lightning. He doesn't move, just stands there with his left hand pointing at you and this builds his fear level. You have to move around little passageways to get to his feet and climb his body. He isn't scary after that, but his staring eyes just makes you want to jump.
About a year ago, before my 3DS broke, I got to download Super Metroid. It was really fun and the game really built the story well, even for today's standards. When I got to Clone Samus, All I could think was that face, that lifeless face with soulless eyes. That was burnt into my brain for the longest time. And the moment when you have to race her to the end of the map was just blood pumping. She had the same powers as Samus and had the same skills as Samus, but without a soul. If you slipped one move, you were cornered. That was it. You were done. Dead! It took me about 2 days to complete this little level of a challenge and I don't regret not studying to beat it.
Welp, those are my stories! My life's feared bosses. What's your favorite experiences? You can tell me or just write about for this week's CWC, but as usual...
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