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** The same DLC also has the trilogy's final BonusBoss: the Armax Arsenal Mirror Match which throws you against all six player classes ''[[BossRush at once]]'', resulting in you having to contend with every class's gimmick simultaneously. Dodging Vanguard charges is even more fun when you have to worry about the Sentinel spamming incinerate and that Infiltrator who disappeared when you weren't looking at the same time.

* [[PlayerPunch MAAAAAAAAAARBUUUUUUUUUUUUUURG!]] is going to be your first thought as the Rome mission's boss fight starts up. After this guy [[KickTheDog Kicks The Dog]] in whatever way you choose to let him, busting a cap in his face is going to be satisfying to even the most Ghandi-like ActualPacifist on a no-kill run. Too bad that even if you put a few hundred assault rifle bullets through him, [[KarmaHoudini he gets away...]] Unless you hit his BerserkButton.

** And then there's her dialogue. By Wiki/TvTropes definition she may be a NietzscheWannabe, but if Nietzsche were a Jedi, she'd have convinced him to curl up and die a long time ago.

* In the main game there are climactic battles at the end of each chapter. Moscow provides the best in and of itself as you close in on Konstatine Brayko, American 80s obsessed Russian mobster who just got done [[TortureTechnician torturing one of your allies]]. When you get to him, he's on a disco stage and the two of you engage in {{Pre Ass Kicking One Liner}}s set to a rousing guitar riff. When the battle starts, you realize it's [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Autograph's "Turn Up the Radio"]] (they originally planned to use [[WhatCouldHaveBeen "The Final Countdown"]]). As soon as you manage to drop his health by a quarter, he shoots up on cocaine and [[KnifeNut comes at you with a knife]]. Accepted wisdom for this segment is to RUN until his high passes, or if you've met Stephen Heck, [[CrazyPrepared spike the cocaine]].

** Both factions can take down Darth Malgus; possibly the most cunning and intellegent Sith of them all. To the Imperial players, he is a traitor usurping the Emperor, and [[FantasticRacism recruiting "lesser" species]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor into Imperial life]]. To the Republic, he is the butcher who slaughtered his way through the Coruscant Jedi Temple. He is ''tough'' and wicked fast, and if you do not interrupt his channeling of "[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Absolute Power]]" it is a TotalPartyKill. Even better, he stuns your party and forces each player to fight him ''one on one'' (yes, even if one of those party members is a companion toon, which means he could theoretically get taken out by Dr. Cedrax...).

** The fight against the Shadow Broker himself also fits here. Particularly since it's a [[AlwaysChaoticEvil yahg]], [[AlwaysABiggerFish which makes the krogan look like cuddly bunny rabbits]]. It wields a [[{{BFG}} M-76 Revenant assault rifle]], an [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe omni-shield]], and a [[DeflectorShields kinetic shield impervious to bullets, biotics, and tech strikes.]] Essentially, drain its health, and when the shields come up, ''punch it in the face''.

** The final battle with the Ascension mod installed. True epic. [[spoiler: The entire Bhaalspawn Five, Sarevok, and Amelyssan. And you have Bodhi with you, or Balthazar (and he's replaced in the Five by Gromnir).]]
** Ascension converts the final level from a relatively simple marathon fight against Mellissan into a BossRush of epic proportions. The first indication the player has of this is when instead of ending her speech at the start by attacking the party, Mellissan dismisses you as beneath her notice then [[spoiler:resurrects Irenicus and Bodhi and sics them on you. Then for extra KickTheDog points she turns Imoen into the [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Slayer]], leaving the party to scramble around trying to stay out of her way until she snaps out of it (unless you're a heartless bastard and just kill her).]]

* There's also the NEXT big boss you face after [[spoiler: The fallen angel. It actually ''radiated'' power. And after you beat him, he's still not dead yet, and he says that the both of you are at such low power compared to last time you met.]]
* The final boss, [[spoiler:who is the titular character's own mortality given physical form. You don't have to use anything but words on him.]]
** [[spoiler:Ah, but what epic words. Listening to the smug bastard's endless gloating as he outlines everything that brought you there, then sending him reeling with one sentence as you throw the ArcWords in his face. Even with his next lines being just text, you can ''hear'' the fear start to creep in there.]]

* While opinion may be divided on whether or not ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' is a great game, the FinalBoss and the penultimate boss fight are almost universally agreed to be awesome. First, [[spoiler: each of your party members are tempted to the DarkSide in turn, with their acceptance or rejection based on first their alignments (Good characters never turn) and then their loyalty to you.]] Many [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speeches]] are given, and [[ShutUpHannibal affirmations of loyalty]] are made. Then you beat up TheDragon and whatever allies he has. Then the real BigBad comes through the portal, and he [[spoiler: tempts YOU]]. Then you beat him up. In both cases, you have your entire party fighting--some six to ten level 20 characters. [[spoiler: If you go to the DarkSide, you and maybe one other character have to fight your surviving party members while the King of Shadows watches. This results in a BadEnd, of course.]]

** The last battle pits you against [[spoiler:[[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind the Faceless Man for control over your soul, INSIDE your soul]]]]. He attacks the spirits of your past within you, and you have to stop him and chase him down to the very core of your being. Defeat him there, and it's up to you whether LoveRedeems, [[HeroicSacrifice some sacrifices have to be made]] or [[FromNobodyToNightmare you've had enough and you want some revenge.]]

* Darth Malak, anyone? The most powerful enemy in the game, [[DuelBoss alone]], clashing with you in a lightsaber duel while aboard his fortress in a manner not unlike Luke vs. Darth Vader in ''Return of the Jedi''. The emotional impact behind this battle - [[spoiler:Revan, fighting his/her old apprentice to either redeem him/herself or claim Sith Lord supremacy]] - ''combined'' with the fact that it's a friggin' ''lightsaber duel'' has to make this one of the most awesome fights in video games.

* The temple-top fight against [[spoiler: Bastila]] is a jaw dropper, too. Massive PlayerPunch for a light sider male.

** Republic players get a view of Grand Moff Killran, a SmugSnake of an Imperial officer nicknamed [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Butcher of Coruscant"]] in the first flashpoint, but don't get a chance to wipe the smirk off his face until Maelstrom Prison. He shows up, sniping at you with a rifle from all the way across the room, sending hordes of mooks at you, and forcing your movement to a crawl. It's a long, hard slog, but wiping the floor with that jerk is ''immensely'' satisfying. [[spoiler:The fact you're doing this to rescue ''Revan'' from three centuries of torture just adds extra awesome, but the awesome has a spoiled aftertaste because...]]
** Imperial Players get the Foundry flashpoint instead. You already know you're in for a hell of a fight when the first boss introduces himself with [[spoiler: Statement: Silence, meatbags!]]. But you discover he's just TheDragon to a crazed Jedi who plans to wipe out ''98 percent'' of the Imperial population (too bad no one informs the Imperial players their own Emperor wants to wipe out 100% of the galactic population...). And by the time you reach [[spoiler: Revan]], he puts up a ''devastating'' LastStand, telekentically hurling heavy objects, throwing Force Lightening, and even [[ShoutOut "becoming more powerful]] [[Film/ANewHope than you can possibly imagine]]." It all ends in a painful IronicEcho.

*** The Consular gets a NintendoHard on at the end of theirs with [[spoiler: Syo Bakarn]]. He throws you and you companion like rag dolls, he shoots Force powers. When you get him low enough, he attempts to ''[[TakingYouWithMe collapse the cavern on you all]]''. All while a remix of "Duel of the Fates" plays.
*** The Knight gets to fight the [[spoiler: Sith Emperor himself. (You just take out his current avatar and knock him down for a while.)]] Your only backup is the little astromech, you're in the center of the Dark Temple itself, and at one point, he spawns ''five'' clones of himself to battle.
*** The Imperial Agent gets a boss fight with [[spoiler:Darth Jadus]] that can actually be won by [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath Talking The]] [[spoiler:[[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath Sith Lord]]]] [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath To Death]] if you pick the right dialogue choices.
** The ''Shadow of Revan'' expansion: First of all, "Torch." [[spoiler: aka Shae Vizala, the Bounty Hunter who accompanied Malgus on his raid of the Jedi Temple]] The fact all the bosses are labeled in [[BilingualBonus Mando'a]] is a big clue as to what you're in for. Mandos love a good scrap, and Torch is hardly an exception. She uses her jetpack to rocket around an arena with holes in the floor venting volcanic heat, sometimes setting all but the edges of it on fire, shooting at the players and encouraging them to keep fighting in Basic and ''Mando'a.'' Even in defeat, she is very cordial by Mando standards. Needless to say, it made many players ''delighted'' when she showed up in the next expansion, both as an ally [[spoiler: and taking the title Mandalore the Avenger]].
** Second one from the expansion: [[spoiler: Revan's back...well, just his Dark Side which refuses to die]] and has gone ''completely'' insane, threatening to drain all life from Yavin IV in a half-baked idea to kill his archenemy once and for all. So, it's your character backed up with a ''astonishing'' small army of important [=NPCs=] like Darth Marr, Grandmaster Satele, and [[spoiler: the future Mandalore the Avenger]]. Said boss puts up the kind of fight you'd expect from someone who was a galactic legend.

* Considering that he was using you as an UnwittingPawn the entire game? Considering how callously he talks about his lost family, especially when you've got Dawn Star right next to you? It is ''very'' satisfying to pound [[spoiler:Sun Li]] into the ground.

** You also have the option to redeem [[spoiler: Sun Kin. This is achieved by Sun Kin's spirit fighting the Death's Hand armour, under your control. Kin basically gets to redeem himself by beating up his own failures with a sword.]]

** Let him go, and in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler: he comes back. You can kill him or have him give the Batarian fleet to your command.]]
* The final boss of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': '''[[spoiler: Human-Reaper Embryo]]'''. You fight [[spoiler: a '''Reaper''']]. On ''foot''. Even if it's just [[spoiler: an incomplete one]], that's still one of the most awesome things in the entire game, and it's fought to some of the most awesome music in the game. Killing the [[spoiler: Human-Reaper Embryo]] pretty much confirms that yes, Shepard ''is'' the only one who can save the galaxy. [[spoiler: It also looks like the T-800 from ''Film/TheTerminator'' after its skin has been burned off.]] Reduced somewhat if you hit it with the Cain, a boss-killing mushroom-clouding explosive launcher that halves the boss' health if you hit it. (Which is more like taking off 1/4 of its health on the hardest difficulty.) Then again, using the Cain means you kill ''a giant mecha-Chtulhu with a nuclear bomb in the face''. Think about it.
** Though it's more of a mini-boss, taking down a [[spoiler: thresher maw, whose main strategy for defeating it is to, according to the Alliance, use heavy ordinance like TANKS or, according to Zaeed, "Run the f**k away in the other direction"]] on ''foot'' when the mission only requires you to ''survive'' it for 5 minutes is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, especially on Insanity difficulty. Even the krogan think so! If you manage to kill it the Krogan want to mate with you.
** The [[spoiler: Geth Colossus]] during Tali's recruitment mission. Three different ways to attack the damn thing, with geth closing in on you constantly from every angle, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeFud97kKC8 Tali's theme music]] blasting in the background.
** [[spoiler:Tela Vasir]] in Lair of the Shadow Broker, at least for Vanguards. [[spoiler:Vasir]] can use the same Biotic Charge ability Vanguards have, so much of the battle involves zooming around the battlefield like crazy. Even if you aren't a Vanguard, it's still an awesome fight. Also counts as ThatOneBoss.
** The fight against [[spoiler:The Shadow Broker himself also fits here.]] Particularly since it's a [[spoiler:[[AlwaysChaoticEvil yahg]], [[AlwaysABiggerFish which makes the krogan look like cuddly bunny rabbits]]. It wields a [[{{BFG}} M-76 Revenant assault rifle]], an [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe omni-shield]], and a [[DeflectorShields kinetic shield impervious to bullets, biotics, and tech strikes.]] Essentially, drain its health, and when the shields come up, ''punch it in the face''.]]

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the [[spoiler:Reaper Destroyer]] on Rannoch. Again, it's not actually that hard, but you're facing down [[spoiler:a goddamned ''Reaper'']]. It's amazingly epic and a fitting conclusion to the [[BestLevelEver Rannoch arc]]. Shepard paints a target on the Reaper while charging around like a ADD kid on Red Bull to avoid its laser, all so that every quarian ship in orbit can unload 20 ferrous slugs ''each'' down its throat.
** The one on Tuchanka is also pretty epic. The [[spoiler:Reaper]] is blocking the way to the Shroud facility, and the chance to destroy it conventionally has been lost. Instead, [[spoiler:you have to run towards the Thresher Maw hammers, and dodge the attacks of the Reaper and the numerous Brutes that are aiding it. Once you activate the two hammers, a ''huge'' Thresher Maw called Kalros, described as the mother of all Thresher Maws, is summoned to battle the Reaper and ''wins''.]]

--> '''Shepard:''' [[spoiler:[[AndThisIsFor That was for Thane/Miranda/Kirrahe,]] you ''[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch son of a bitch]]''.]]
** While not technically a boss, [[spoiler: the final charge against Harbinger was pretty awesome, being the closest thing to a final boss the game has.]]
* Citadel's DLC final boss is [[spoiler:your clone. It's the same class as you, and will use mostly the same powers you have. Yes, that means a Vanguard clone will charge/nova you. Who didn't charge at your clone as a Vanguard after s/he charged you?]] Two squad members with you in ''extremely'' claustrophobic quarters ([[spoiler:the Normandy cargo hold]]), {{Mooks}} everywhere and [[spoiler:Maya Brooks]] firing on you at the same time. It is ''frantic''.

** The battle against [[spoiler: Zathrien]]. Fighting a powerful and decidedly ''not'' SquishyWizard [[spoiler: consumed by his rage and grief over a centuries old crime]] who casts some of the most powerful spells in the game and summons Ents into battle? While epic, it's the aftermath of the battle that's really awesome. The [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic boss music]] is icing on the cake.
** [[spoiler: The High Dragon]]. Unlike the other [[spoiler: Dragons]] who can be taken down fairly easily [[spoiler: Flemeth is stationary and the Archdemon is made easier with the support of an army and ballistas]] the High Dragon will have you on the edge of your seat. One wrong move and you're ''dead''. This battle rivals the [[spoiler: Dragon]] battles in the ''Baldur's Gate'' and ''Icewind Dale'' games for their sheer awesomeness.
** The Archdemon isn't as challenging in terms of gameplay as one might hope, but the ''scene'' is epic. [[spoiler: Fighting a demon-possessed dragon god and its army, with YOUR army including various characters you've helped along the way, on the roof of a burning fortress at night during a thunderstorm, with ballistae.]]
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has a few. The Harvester, the High Dragon, and [[spoiler:Knight-Commander Meredith]] all have moments. The DuelBoss with the [[spoiler:Arishok]] is cool, if more difficult than the group fight.
** The DLC boss Corypheus is an incredibly epic battle, given that he's [[spoiler:one of the Tevinter magisters who tried to enter the Golden City and one of the first Darkspawn.]]

** The very final battle against the Elder One, [[spoiler: Corypheus]]. You've completely smashed his forces, and ruined all of his plans so that the Elder One has no choice but to [[spoiler: re-open the Breach]] to force a final confrontation. You fight him in the ruins of the Temple of the Sacred Ashes where the game began, but this time the Elder One uses his magic to [[spoiler: levitate the ruins into the air]]. This begins a running fight against the Elder One throughout the ruins while his pet dragon engages in an aerial battle against [[spoiler: a dragon of your ''own'' who is either Morrigan shapeshifted into one, or a special dragon you've gained the ability to command for this battle.]] Eventually you'll be forced to finish off the Elder One's dragon yourself before confronting him at the very top of the ruins for the very final part of the battle. [[spoiler:Defeating Corypheus for good and reducing him to a screaming wreck desperately calling out to Dumat for help before vaporizing him with the Anchor is a very satisfying end indeed.]]
** The fight with Saarath at the end of ''Trespasser''. After fighting your way through a gauntlet of Qunari warriors in a desperate attempt to reach [[spoiler: Solas]], only [[spoiler: The Viddasala's]] [[TheDragon right hand]] blocks your way. After he smashes his PowerLimiter and things get serious, you get to learn first hand why the word for mage in Qunlat means [[TheDreaded "a dangerous thing."]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rpZCe52jXc The music]] also helps a lot.

* In the main game there are climactic battles at the end of each chapter. Moscow provides the best in and of itself as you close in on Konstatine Brayko, American 80s obsessed Russian mobster who just got done [[TortureTechnician torturing one of your allies]]. When you get to him, he's on a disco stage and the two of you engage in {{Pre Ass Kicking One Liner}}s set to a rousing guitar riff. When the battle starts, you realize it's [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Autograph's "Turn Up the Radio"]] (they originally planned to use [[WhatCouldHaveBeen "The Final Countdown"]]). As soon as you manage to drop his health by a quarter, he shoots up on cocaine and [[KnifeNut comes at you with a knife]]. Accepted wisdom for this segment is to RUN until his high passes, [[spoiler: or if you've met Stephen Heck, [[CrazyPrepared spike the cocaine]].]]
* [[PlayerPunch MAAAAAAAAAARBUUUUUUUUUUUUUURG!]] is going to be your first thought as the Rome mission's boss fight starts up. After this guy [[KickTheDog Kicks The Dog]] in whatever way you choose to let him, busting a cap in his face is going to be satisfying to even the most Ghandi-like ActualPacifist on a no-kill run. Too bad that even if you put a few hundred assault rifle bullets through him, [[KarmaHoudini he gets away...]] [[spoiler: Unless you hit his BerserkButton.]]
* In Taipei you've been hounded by the ruthless and capable [[MeaningfulName Omen Deng]] since you started trying to stop the assassination of Ronald Sung. Your final confrontation takes place on a [[GetBackHereBoss construction scaffold, climbing up to balcony facing the platform where Sung is speaking]] where Deng decides to make his [[YouShallNotPass final stand against you]]. [[spoiler: What neither of you have realized is that you're both trying to stop the assassination, and as the fight comes to a close the real assassin takes the shot...]]

* ''VideoGame/DungeonSiegeIII'' is full of these. From the fight against [[TheDragon Rajani]] [[spoiler: (another archon)]] who sets most of the arena on fire, through the Warbeast battle - a humongous monster in a mine, with enemies pouring in and friendly cannonballs exploding everywhere, the [[MookMaker Dapper Old Gent]], all the way to a ''5 stage brawl'' against [[BigBad Jayne]], the penultimate stage being a 2vs3, where the bosses ''combo your ass into oblivion!'' Hands down the best Obsidian boss fights.

[[AC: VideoGame/JadeEmpire series]]

* ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2 Mask of the Betrayer]]'' has the boss fight at the end of chapter 1, against Okku and his SpiritArmy. It's quite difficult, even with a party of four. It's recommended that you [[ShootTheMedicFirst take out the lesser spirits first]].
** The last battle is a [[spoiler: [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind battle against the Faceless Man for control over your soul, INSIDE your soul]] ]]. He attacks the spirits of your past within you, and you have to stop him and chase him down to the very core of your being. Defeat him there, and it's up to you whether LoveRedeems, [[HeroicSacrifice some sacrifices have to be made]] or [[FromNobodyToNightmare you've had enough and you want some revenge.]]

[[AC: Dungeon Siege III]]

** Jierdan Firkraag?
** "KNOW ME THEN BY MY BEST NAME, MORTAL. YOU FACE DEMOGORGON, PRINCE OF DEMONS!"

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has the very final battle against the Elder One, [[spoiler: Corypheus]]. You've completely smashed his forces, and ruined all of his plans so that the Elder One has no choice but to [[spoiler: re-open the Breach]] to force a final confrontation. You fight him in the ruins of the Temple of the Sacred Ashes where the game began, but this time the Elder One uses his magic to [[spoiler: levitate the ruins into the air]]. This begins a running fight against the Elder One throughout the ruins while his pet dragon engages in an aerial battle against [[spoiler: a dragon of your ''own'' who is either Morrigan shapeshifted into one, or a special dragon you've gained the ability to command for this battle.]] Eventually you'll be forced to finish off the Elder One's dragon yourself before confronting him at the very top of the ruins for the very final part of the battle. [[spoiler:Defeating Corypheus for good and reducing him to a screaming wreck desperately calling out to Dumat for help before vaporizing him with the Anchor is a very satisfying end indeed.]]
** The fight with Saarath at the end of ''Trespasser''. After fighting your way through a gauntlet of Qunari warriors in a desperate attempt to reach [[spoiler: Solas]], only [[spoiler: The Viddasala's]] [[TheDragon righgt hand]] blocks your way. After he smashes his PowerLimiter and things get serious, you get to learn first hand why the word for mage in Qunlat means [[TheDreaded "a dangerous thing."]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rpZCe52jXc The music]] also helps a lot.

* Legate Lanius, who is the FinalBoss for three of four endings, at least should you choose to not try and talk him down. Depending on the option you take, it is possible to end up with him and you going at it in single combat (best done with a melee weapon of your own), or with you trying to do this while he is [[FlunkyBoss sending hundreds of goons after you]]. The options and ways to take him down are endless, and the fight's even better if you're deliberately forgoing the PoweredArmor to fight him while on weaker terms.
** Even better since the release of the DLC ''Lonesome Road''. You can battle Lanius, who wears legionaire armour and wields the blade of the East, while wearing the Duster of the Courier and wielding the Blade of the West. East versus West in epic battle.

** The fight with Saarath at the end of ''Trespasser''. After fighting your way through a gauntlet of Qunari warriors in a desperate attempt to reach [[spoiler: Solas]], only [[spoiler: The Viddasala's]] [[TheDragon righgt hand]] blocks your way. After he smashes his PowerLimiter and things get serious, you get to learn first hand why the word for mage in Qunlat means [[TheDreaded "a dangerous thing"]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rpZCe52jXc The music]] also helps a lot.

** The fight with Saarath at the end of ''Trespasser''. After fighting your way through a gauntlet of Qunari warriors in a desperate attempt to reach [[spoiler: Solas]], only [[spoiler: The Viddasala's]] [[TheDragon righgt hand]] blocks your way. After he smashes his PowerLimiter and things get serious, he shows you first hand why the word for mages in Qunlat means [[TheDreaded a dangerous thing]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rpZCe52jXc music]] definitely helps.

* The fight with Saarath at the end of ''Trespasser''. After fighting your way through a gauntlet of Qunari warriors in a desperate attempt to reach [[spoiler: Solas]], only [[spoiler: The Viddasala's]] [[TheDragon righgt hand]] blocks your way. After he smashes his PowerLimiter and things get serious, he shows you first hand why the word for mages in Qunlat means [[TheDreaded a dangerous thing]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rpZCe52jXc music]] definitely helps.

** Ascension converts the final level from a relatively simple marathon fight against Mellissan into a BossRush of epic proportions. The first indication the player has of this is when instead of ending her AGodAmI speech at the start by attacking the party, Mellissan dismisses you as beneath her notice then [[spoiler:resurrects Irenicus and Bodhi and sics them on you. Then for extra KickTheDog points she turns Imoen into the [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Slayer]], leaving the party to scramble around trying to stay out of her way until she snaps out of it (unless you're a heartless bastard and just kill her).]]

* It's not a standard boss fight by any sense of the word, but at any point after reaching New Vegas, you can take the boat at Cottonwood Cove and visit Caesar in his camp. As you enter, the sentry at the dock takes your weapons, with only your holdout weapons (tiny weapons like .22 pistols and brass knuckles, unless you have 50 Sneak, at which point you can smuggle bigger weapons like standard pistols, larger one-handed melee weapons, and grenades) left with you. If you have some Speech skill, you can keep your healing items; either way, this camp is full of dozens upon dozens of well-armed, well-prepared, well-rested and well-led legionaries, and you're stuck with, at best, a .44. From there, there are three choices; either kowtow to the chief slaver of the American West, sneak through the place, assassinating legionaries when you have a chance... [[MoreDakka or just shoot that sentry, piss off the whole damn fort, and meet the elite of the Legion weapons hot.]] Extra points if you bring [[ColdSniper Boone]], [[DeathSeeker the heartbroken ex-NCR sniper obsessed with revenge,]] who can pop just about any head there, and who has special dialogue [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome if you grant his living wish and let him slay the man behind his broken heart and most of the Mojave's problems.]]

** Both factions can take down Darth Malgus; possibly the most cunning and intellegent Sith of them all. To the Imperial players, he is a traitor usurping the Emperor, and [[FantasticRacism recruiting "lesser" species]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor into Imperial life]]. To the Republic, he is the butcher who slaughtered his way through the Coruscant Jedi Temple. He is ''tough'' and wicked fast, and if you do not interrupt his channeling of "[[RevengeOfTheSith Absolute Power]]" it is a TotalPartyKill. Even better, he stuns your party and forces each player to fight him ''one on one'' (yes, even if one of those party members is a companion toon, which means he could theoretically get taken out by Dr. Cedrax...).

** Some of the class story bosses count; Skavak for the Smuggler. Kicking his butt into next week because he ''stole your ship'' (and your new partner's favorite gun) is definitely worth it.
** The Consular gets a NintendoHard on at the end of theirs with [[spoiler: Syo Bakarn]]. He throws you and you companion like rag dolls, he shoots Force powers. When you get him low enough, he attempts to ''[[TakingYouWithMe collapse the cavern on you all]]''. All while a remix of "Duel of the Fates" plays.
** The Knight gets to fight the [[spoiler: Sith Emperor himself. (You just take out his current avatar and knock him down for a while.)]] Your only backup is the little astromech, you're in the center of the Dark Temple itself, and at one point, he spawns ''five'' clones of himself to battle.

** Republic players get a view of Grand Moff Killran, a SmugSnake of an Imperial officer nicknamed [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Butcher of Coruscant"]] in the first flashpoint, but don't get a chance to wipe the smirk off his face until Malestrom Prison. He shows up, sniping at you with a rifle from all the way across the room, sending hordes of mooks at you, and forcing your movement to a crawl. It's a long, hard slog, but wiping the floor with that jerk is ''immensely'' satisfying. [[spoiler:The fact you're doing this to rescue ''Revan'' from three centuries of torture just adds extra awesome, but the awesome has a spoiled aftertaste because...]]

** The Consular gets a NintendoHard on at the end of theirs with [[spoiler: Syo Bakarn]]. He throws you and you companion like rag dolls, he shoots Force powers. When you get him low enough, he attempts to ''[[TakingYouWithMe collaspe the cavern on you all]]''. All while a remix of "Duel of the Fates" plays.

** And then there's her dialogue. By TvTropes definition she may be a NietzscheWannabe, but if Nietzsche were a Jedi, she'd have convinced him to curl up and die a long time ago.

Creator/BioWare and Creator/{{Obsidian|Entertainment}}, the makers of some of the most popular Western [=RPGs=] of the past decade and a half, certainly know a thing or two about awesome bosses.

[[AC: PlanescapeTorment]]
* ''PlanescapeTorment'' has, as its approximate halfway point, Ravel Puzzlewell. The environs the fight takes place in are suitably creepy, and the preceding conversation has established her as nothing less than an outright ManipulativeBastard. She also summons [[WhenTreesAttack giant, corrupted tree-things]] to do her bidding, and her spells are nothing to sneeze at either.

[[AC: DungeonSiege III]]
* ''DungeonSiege III'' is full of these. From the fight against [[TheDragon Rajani]] [[spoiler: (another archon)]] who sets most of the arena on fire, through the Warbeast battle - a humongous monster in a mine, with enemies pouring in and friendly cannonballs exploding everywhere, the [[MookMaker Dapper Old Gent]], all the way to a ''5 stage brawl'' against [[BigBad Jayne]], the penultimate stage being a 2vs3, where the bosses ''combo your ass into oblivion!'' Hands down the best Obsidian boss fights.