7 Anti-Climax Boss Fights That Weren't Worth the Build Up

When done right, boss fights are climactic experiences that pit you against an enemy you’ve been longing to face for ages. There’s another kind of boss fight though, which builds up a significant enemy, only to have the actual confrontation be an anticlimax so disappointing you wonder why everyone involved bothered in the first place. See for yourself in these disappointing boss fights, and subscribe for a video like this every Thursday from Outside Xbox!

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[Gyrbae]

My most disappointing boss "battle" was with Lucien in Fable 2. The guy who killed your sister, the guy who killed your dog, the guy whose head you're after the entire game, and once you finally reach him, he talks for less than a minute and you just shoot him. And if you don't do it, your party member Reaver shoots him. The word anticlimactic doesn't even come close to describe the disappointment of that end boss.

[LAZERAKV]

"The only thing higher than his cheek bones is his opinion of himself."

Now to be fair, that can be applied to ALL elves in the Elder Scrolls

[secretscarlet]

Now do the opposite; boss fights that came out of nowhere! No story nor level design build-up, just straight up hard bosses that came out of the left field.

[CaptainYokkiller]

When I fought the Mist Noble I killed her and saw the mist and I was like "Oh here we go she's gonna spawn multiple clones of herself and I have to guess the real one in order to kill her for realsies" but then the mist fades and i just went oh i guess I'm done here, and then I awkwardly shuffle away.

[towelie]

My favorite goof: Sekiro fans were at one point collectively pretending that the Mist Noble was the hardest boss in the game - they were hyping him up to ridiculous levels in discussions, making memes about him and write "strategy guides" for the boss fight. All of the guides were very long - at first they were written to be believable, but later on usually descended into the absurd (such as claiming that the Noble uses an uzi in the 69th phase of the fight, etc). A new player who is trying to avoid spoilers would obviously not open those posts or read them that far.

There were some newbies who fell for it and crapped their pants as soon as the name "Mist Noble" popped up on the screen. ;D

[VTimmoni]

In Skyrim you can't forget my wife's first play through where she stabbed Alduin with Dagon's Razor and the dragon died in one hit thanks to the Razor's instant kill effect going off.

[jamma.]

I knew Skyrim would be in here - although quite frankly, Mike, you made it even more anticlimactic by Fus-Ro-Dah-ing him off the balcony - you don't even get his armour now.

[ChangelingLady]

The face Andy makes with the ''Can games be art? You tell me'' is absolutely hilarious lol

[iskdea]

In Arkham Knight, I'm more dissapointed in a Deathstroke "battle". You just destroy a few tanks, destroy his tank and then... Batman just launch-punches him and that's it!

[reapergrimm]

If you guys think the Human-Reaper Larva was anticlimactic, I can't wait to hear what you consider the final confrontation with the Illusive Man in Mass Effect 3 to be.

[sarahdanvers]

Fable 2's final boss was the most Peter Molyneux to ever Peter Molyneux. It wasn't even a battle, more of an interactive cutscene where you kill him in one shot or your companion does it for you if you take too long to do it.

[kassandra]

I remember preparing myself so much for fighting Alduin, getting all my best gear, summoning Lucien's ghost because I fully expected him to die so I didn't have to deal with him following me around - and then Alduin died in 30 seconds and I had to listen to Lucien chattering in my ear for the next however long.

[dagonlikesfishsticks]

Shadow of Mordor comes to mind: who would have thought Sauron was such a push-over all along

[ian]

Arkham Knight was filled with underwhelming boss fights. The Arkham Knight himself was a huge letdown with that awful giant drill mission. If that wasn't bad enough, they teased Deathstroke and it ended up being another tank battle

[Zenlore]

My personal anti-climax boss fight was when I quit my first job. She didn’t even show up!

[yufi]

I miss the chair scenarios. Glad you brought it back Andy, sad that everyone else is not sitting in the chair as well. I love seeing you guys talking about the video games and not just hearing your voices over the game footage, also the fact that I can hear you talking with each other while one sits in the chair and others echo from the background. Your interaction are hilarious and it make me laugh and smile. allas I know the reasons why everyone can't be there, I'm just saying. Hope your all doing well, and hope things get better so you guys can hopefully return to this format, its so unique compared to other top list videos and I love it.

[The_GlitchWitch]

It’s hard to say that it’s anti-climactic considering how hilarious it was, but the final boss fight with Mysterio in Spider-Man 2 definitely did not match its build up...

[elissalesse]

the pause between the fus ro dah’d npcs getting thrown and the quest text fulfilling itself (aka marking that theyre dead) will never stop being hilarious and satisfying

[dracawyn]

Oh, when I saw Skyrim was on this list, I assumed it would be Alduin. It just felt like a normal dragon fight, but even easier because you had 3 allies helping.

[GriffinWolf]

"There has never been a good ladder in a video game." Truer words were never spoken.