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>final boss is the main characters family member
>You are the main villain
>final boss is the protagonist of the previous game in the series
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7/4/2025, 6:45:02 AM
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>>714455916 (OP)
>Game has cool rival
>final boss is the MC's love interest
What games do this?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:51:43 AM
No.714456610
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>>714455916 (OP)
This usually doesn't work out since it guarantees a sappy predictable heel-face turn, few stories have the balls to make evil family beyond redemption
>final boss is the tutorial boss
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:54:10 AM
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7/4/2025, 6:55:42 AM
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7/4/2025, 6:58:26 AM
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https://youtu.be/MqJ3iWiafOU?t=48
you fight (you)rself with the same abilities and their theme is a remixed version of (you)rs
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:01:18 AM
No.714457207
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>>714491983
>you end up raping the boss at the end
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:04:34 AM
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>>714455916 (OP)
>small character
>big weapon
never gets old
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:06:29 AM
No.714457521
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>>714455916 (OP)
Is a design choice a trope? I'm gonna say it anyway
>When you return to the world map or dungeon from a random battle the music continues from where it left off, not restarts
>>714455916 (OP)
I just realized Eddie's Brother works at a seaside carnival so he can bully more kids like he used to back at the Cul-de-sac.
>main theme plays when the final boss enters his final form
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:10:29 AM
No.714457783
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>>714457910
>>714457650
No way is a business going to stay afloat if one of your employees torments the patrons. A parent sees that and they're going to complain or kick his ass.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:12:33 AM
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>>714458208
>>714457783
He probably does it by rigging the carnival games.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:15:04 AM
No.714458069
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>final boss has identical moveset to the player
Or:
>final boss has identical moveset to the player, but has achieved such a level of mastery that they know every potential counter
Absolute. Cinema.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:16:05 AM
No.714458143
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Reddit thread full of reddit tropes.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:17:06 AM
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>>714457910
Thats a good point actually, Eddy did get his scamming nature from his big brother. Like to think after the movie he did legitimate, beneficial businesses at little to no cost like bake sales or lemonade stands.
>each boss requires the use of one item/technique gained alone the way to defeat
>final boss requires you to use all of your items/techniques
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:20:08 AM
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>>714458307
This.
I hated megaman for this reason
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:23:17 AM
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>>714458760
>the strongest character is also... the biggest
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:23:21 AM
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>>714456416
Besides a few gacha games, I remember one of the Resistance games ending with the MC fighting his corrupted love interest.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:24:20 AM
No.714458673
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>>714458307
Have you thanked your lord abd savior yet?
I doubt think you have.
That's MR. Knight King to you naive.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:25:26 AM
No.714458760
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>Main protagonist dies off before the end of the game in a surprising way and you pick up as another character to finish the rest of it
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:43:41 AM
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>>714459416
Hello game that I swear only I played The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.
>>714459416
I like when
>a new main villain kills the old main villain and takes over mid game
but I've only seen it done in a movie kek
Has any game done the thing of taking a lame, joke villain and making them dangerous by the end, enough to become the big bad? I can't think of anything.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:19:37 AM
No.714461703
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>>714461541
Final Fantasy VI
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:21:15 AM
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>>714504395
>Final boss is your pet for whatever reason
I wonder what would the plot have been if the game didnt get half of the plot cut thanks to sony going solo and cancelling the SNES CD release.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:25:16 AM
No.714462026
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>>714476954
>The Final Boss is a joke and dies with ease
>Its tied into the plot because they were sealed for a long time while everything advanced past them. So by the time the protags get to the final boss, they basically one shot em.
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7/4/2025, 8:26:32 AM
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:27:27 AM
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>>714455916 (OP)
>villain is a party member/temporary ally in the sequel
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:27:31 AM
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>>714455916 (OP)
The heroes and bad guys have to team up to beat a super bad guy.
The final boss theme is a remix of the game's main theme.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:28:33 AM
No.714462195
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>>714456416
Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door kind of
>boss is absolutely loving the challenge of a good fight with you
I just love those corny lines that make you feel like you're facing an equal and he chooses to unleash his full potential for the sake of a memorable bout
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:39:05 AM
No.714462748
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>>714462976
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:43:37 AM
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>before the final boss fight you are asked to choose which members should participate, the others stay behind
>final boss is particularly strong, but with enough preparation they can be taken down
>however, you are also allowed to lose the fight
>if that ends up happening, the party members who stayed behind will rush to the rescue and try to take down the final boss themselves
>the boss is now weaker as a result of the previous fight, but losing is game over this time
>different endings depending on whether you won the first or the second fight
Yes it's an actual game
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:51:50 AM
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>>714462076
Chrono Trigger and E33 do it. The og Baten Kaitos does a varisnt of it too.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:52:44 AM
No.714463445
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I really didn't want to fight nishiki
>>714461232
Final Fantasy 7 did this actually. For the first 5h or so of the game, Shinra seems to be the big bad along with their president. But then Sephiroth shows up, kills him offscreen, and soon after you get the flashback of him and cloud which shows him to be a much much bigger threat. We all know Sephiroth to be a legendary villain, but if you were getting into FF7 for the first time back then, it'd be a pretty big twist I feel.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:54:11 AM
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>>714456162
Jade cocoon 2
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:54:59 AM
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>>714461541
Super Paper Mario - Dimentio is a goober early game.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:55:18 AM
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>>714455916 (OP)
>final boss theme is a messed up version of the game's theme
>>714461232
>>714463505
You brought up FF7 but FF6 did this first with kefka
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:03:28 AM
No.714464016
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>you get separated from your allies
>they slowly rejoin you as the map/fight progresses
>they have unique lines cheering you on
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:07:46 AM
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>>714456126
SOP was pure kino
>HP is stuck at 1 because the MC isn't giving up
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:11:05 AM
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>>714462076
Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:11:36 AM
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>>714483858
>>714464364
I literally soigasm'd and shouted "KVNOOOOOOOO" to the heavens when this happened in Final Fantasy V
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:12:27 AM
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>>714461232
You know I wish this happened more in movies and games. Even though it feels like subversion its always fun to see someone more underhanded or cruel pull the rug out from under the supposed antagonist. The Xilien Leader was a goofy dude but he was fun and competent too.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:14:38 AM
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>>714455916 (OP)
>Final boss is under the hub area
any games besides quake? i'm blanking right meow
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:16:10 AM
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>>714464364
>boss fight is two stubborn old men beating the shit out of each other
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:22:21 AM
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>initial villain/antagonist joins your party
>he's just as powerful as he was when you fought him before
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:30:10 AM
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>boss reveals that they know about your super secret ability nobody knows about
>they always knew
>they have the same ability
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:32:57 AM
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>>714465539
No. Much older and comparatively obscure.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:40:29 AM
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>>714455916 (OP)
>Game has a karma system
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:42:06 AM
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7/4/2025, 9:43:49 AM
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>>714478285
>>714463505
>>714463789
Does FF9 with Kuja killing the queen count?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:45:49 AM
No.714466361
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>>714469056
>>714463179
If it's the one I'm thinking of then seeing that happen going in blind was kino as fuck
DQ6?
>>714455916 (OP)
>final boss is you from the future
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:52:36 AM
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>>714499247
>final boss is your equal
>final boss is your brother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJFlDiqglQg
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:56:46 AM
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>>714469774
>beat the final boss
>real big bad shows up
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 9:58:39 AM
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>>714466532
>Play as past version of final boss
>Killing your future self stops the future where the namesake of the game itself comes from.
>>714457723
>it has vocals
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:24:48 AM
No.714468415
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>>714455916 (OP)
>Boss has miniscule healthbar
>Massive difficulty spike regardless
This guy was peak.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:30:13 AM
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>enemy is set up to be a powerful boss
>he dies in one hit from either the player or the actual boss
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:34:10 AM
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>>714468931
>Fucker you have to fight 4+ times
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:34:32 AM
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>final boss appears in the credits which is also a dance party ending
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:35:06 AM
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>>714469150
>>714466532
>Final boss is Some larper larping as (you)
Still Kino thou
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:36:09 AM
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>>714493214
>>714468831
I kinda wish Seymour would join the party at some point and have a realization of how much a scumbag he has been and why he's so fucked up
It would be extremely kino
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:36:22 AM
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>(you) are final boss
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:38:59 AM
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>>714477250
>game peaks at the first boss and gets progressively worse
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:39:13 AM
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>>714466361
Not yet, but very close in terms of console, genre, release date and all of that. In fact it might be a direct reference.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:41:28 AM
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>>714468869
Still one of the best final arc villains.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:41:41 AM
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>>714470615
>>714466532
what other games do this?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:41:48 AM
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>>714456703
I think Ninja Gaiden Black does this.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:43:04 AM
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7/4/2025, 10:44:48 AM
No.714469318
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>>714455916 (OP)
>Earlygame boss gets reused as late game elite enemy.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:48:41 AM
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>>714456416
I need to play more games like this.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:50:49 AM
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>FInal battle is foreshadowed in the tutorial
>Final boss is your partner who's been helping you through the entire game
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:54:10 AM
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>>714490917
>there are two final bosses
>you fight both at the same time
>the two bosses also hate each other, resulting in a three-way boss fight
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:54:37 AM
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>>714466938
>Beat the final boss
>His more powerful father shows up
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:56:38 AM
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>>714457650
>I just realized Eddie's Brother works at a seaside carnival so he can bully more kids like he used to back at the Cul-de-sac.
I think it's more that despite how much the Cul-de-sac kids idolised or feared him. He's just ended up in a beat-up trailer with a shitty job pretty much no adult would respect.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 10:58:18 AM
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>you are the chosen one
No really. I actually like this. It just works.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:01:09 AM
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>>714461232
Saints Row 3, kind of? The original villain gets crushed by a boulder at the end of act 1 so the evil luchador takes over as villain.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:03:45 AM
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>>714456416
Divinity Original Sin
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:06:51 AM
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>>714503325
>>714456416
Does GTA3 count?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:07:49 AM
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7/4/2025, 11:11:14 AM
No.714470615
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:20:19 AM
No.714471026
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>the Big Bad was actually the Big Good
>he's also (You)
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:32:55 AM
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>>714455916 (OP)
I actually quite dislike this one because often I can't help but to think the director/writer has some unresolved family issues. And even when I don't think that's the case, it's still a pretty cheap way to make people invested in, as family issues is a pretty common aspect of life, so it's not much different than the rape plot.
>>714455916 (OP)
>Various heroes of different factions and races set aside their differences and unite in a single cause
>A machine built to destroy the world instead decides to save it in its time of need
>The most powerful wizard in the world abandons his evil plan, two-hundred years in the making, and decides to fight on the side of good
>The ineffectual joke character finds his inner resolve and gets ready to give it his all for the first time
>The daughter of a legendary hero trapped out of time for hundreds of years (spent training) returns just in time to lead the heroes into a decisive final battle
>All are united against the force of absolute evil threatening to wipe out all existence
>that absolute evil is the player character- the last boss is the army of heroes
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:39:52 AM
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>>714472350
are the later seasons of ed edd n eddy any good? I watched the early seasons but I was too old for cartoons when the newer episodes were made but I've been interested in going back and watching the entire show
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:42:08 AM
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>>714455916 (OP)
>there is a major catastrophic event part way through the story that completely changes the game
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:43:37 AM
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>>714456126
>you are the villain and spend thousands of years to train the heroes to beat you to break the grip of godlike beings over the world
Kino
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:45:31 AM
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>>714455916 (OP)
>Making promise to meet your friend again but when you do it ends up being for a fight to the death.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:46:57 AM
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>>714477876
>>714472001
Ed, Edd n' Eddy stayed pretty consistent with its quality imo including the Big Picture Show since I can't think of a bad Ed, Edd n Eddy episode.
>Game lets you equip items in unorthodox ways
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:46:57 AM
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>>714475539
>defeating the final boss in the sequel
>the defeat of the boss in the first game is happening at the same time
Pure unfiltered kino.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:47:48 AM
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:55:49 AM
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>final boss is a fight between two of the series' protagonists.
>you can choose who to play as.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 11:58:15 AM
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Some of your tropes are way too specific, at least name the game it happens in
>>714471853
This shit sounds so familiar why can't I think of it
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:11:45 PM
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>>714500667
>RPG with party members
>can choose to fight a major boss in a 1 on 1 battle
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:12:16 PM
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>>714475381
>Villain wins in the end
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:14:53 PM
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>you recognize the secret boss
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:22:28 PM
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>>714457723
>final boss theme crescendos when he enters his final form
>main theme starts playing when YOU enter your final form in response
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:24:48 PM
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>initial villain joins the party
>slowly becomes your best bro over the course of the game
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:27:06 PM
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>>714499464
>>714456703
Viewtiful Joe, my beloved
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:27:07 PM
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>>714466532
>final boss is you from the beginning of the game
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:34:04 PM
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>final boss is the character you played as in the tutorial
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:38:55 PM
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>>714475636
>>714456416
AdventureQuest Worlds.
She even likes it when you say that, through all of the trials and tribulations, she's the only one you can trust even though you are bitter enemies.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:38:59 PM
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>>714456416
I can only think of visual novel slop like Corpse Factory. I guess this trope was never done in a well written way.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:43:03 PM
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>>714456416
>final boss becomes the MC's love interest
Any examples of this beside the Legend of Spyro trilogy?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:43:53 PM
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>>714473684
>Villain won but as it turns out you had common goals all along
>>714472352
You can't post it and just not say the name of the series this happens.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:48:37 PM
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>>714475694
>>714475103
Does Gravelyn like retards?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:49:55 PM
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>>714475636
She likes (You) even if you're a w*man.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:51:19 PM
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>>714455916 (OP)
>There is no final boss
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:51:45 PM
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7/4/2025, 12:53:06 PM
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:55:35 PM
No.714476005
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>you have a special weapon/transformation that you can only use temporarily as a super attack
>during the final boss it stays active indefinitely
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:55:55 PM
No.714476027
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>>714456416
Makai Kingdom
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:57:30 PM
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>>714486637
>>714473313
I give you a hint
It was made by Nippon Ichi
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 12:57:53 PM
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>>714461541
Not THE big bad, but Soul Nomad did it in a great way.
>main villain asks you to join them
>you can actually accept it
>if you do, the last fight is you and the villain vs your old party
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:03:14 PM
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>>714459416
>>714462076
It happens quite often in Age of Empires 2 campaigns since they're based on historical characters.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:04:18 PM
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>>714477628
>>714476125
Arcanum, isn't it? Or maybe some jrpg.
>>714457723
>character's theme interrupts the final boss theme
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7/4/2025, 1:05:15 PM
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7/4/2025, 1:08:05 PM
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7/4/2025, 1:09:09 PM
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>>714462026
What game? Tes3 tribunal came to my mind but I don't think that count.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:18:45 PM
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>>714469043
What a disappointment, honestly. That fight was great, but you're right it's all downhill from there.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:18:53 PM
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>>714479093
>>714476125
>You can immediately side with the villains in the very beginning of the game out of spite.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:23:32 PM
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>>714456416
Pathfinder: Kingmaker is the best example, though romancing the main villain is optional.
>>714455916 (OP)
>evil ending is the pragmatic good ending
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:24:50 PM
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>>714476125
>>714476462
The best example would be Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark and Neverwinter Nights 2 if you fuck-up a given party member's loyalty.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:26:04 PM
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>>714477609
The entirety of Planescape: Torment's plot hinges on the Practical Incarnation, though using methods cruel, callous and evil, doing everything absolutely correctly, which allowed for the events of the game to have happened in the first place.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:28:16 PM
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>>714479237
>>714457723
Baldur's Gate 1
>>714476485
Baldur's Gate 3 (Dark Urge - Good Ending)
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:29:31 PM
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>>714472350
Ed Edd and Eddy never drops in quality because it doesn't run for any longer than it should have. It is a testament that it's better to end things on a high note than to keep milking it's rotten corpse untill the end of time just like Spongebob and The Simpsons for example.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:29:44 PM
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>>714455916 (OP)
I loved how the movie completely recontextualizes Eddy's unhealthy obsession over his brother, and why nobody in the series shared in it - he was the only one who deluded/traumatized himself enough to believe it.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:34:24 PM
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>>714476125
Shadowrun Dragonfall?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:37:08 PM
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>>714463789
>>714466246
5 started it with Exdeath then 7 because you have to fight those battles and it's not a cutscene.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:38:39 PM
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:39:19 PM
No.714478415
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>>714484289
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:43:13 PM
No.714478626
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>>714457723
Castlevania IV
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:44:14 PM
No.714478696
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>>714456416
Can't think of any final boss ones, but Richter Belmont's girlfriend can become a boss if you don't save her in an earlier level
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:48:29 PM
No.714478959
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name 7.5 games
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:50:43 PM
No.714479093
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>>714477257
>Kaiba
>Villain
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:52:02 PM
No.714479196
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>>714455916 (OP)
>protagonists and antagonists of previous games unite to fight greater threat
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:52:22 PM
No.714479219
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:52:37 PM
No.714479237
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>>714477805
I was thinking of SRW: OG1 actually
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:52:45 PM
No.714479243
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>>714461541
Kefka goes from being the obnoxious goofy clown who is kind of a dick to a serial killing maniacal god
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:53:06 PM
No.714479270
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>>714455916 (OP)
>you and the final boss fight without using any special powers or gimmicks
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:54:17 PM
No.714479347
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>>714461541
Every game that has a jester as a villain. And there's a LOT of them.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:54:27 PM
No.714479354
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>>714456416
Advent Rising depending on who you let die in the initial alien attack.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:55:51 PM
No.714479440
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>>714456162
prototype 2 did that if I remember correctly. Good shit
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 1:57:07 PM
No.714479516
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>>714479328
LET ME SHOW YOU JUST
WHAT
I'M
MADE
OF
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 2:02:14 PM
No.714479827
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>>714481574
>two protagonist characters in the same game turn out to be enemies
>at the end of the game, they come face to face, while the game presents you with a choice
>whoever you pick ends up fighting the other as the final boss
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 2:16:48 PM
No.714480852
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 2:19:07 PM
No.714481023
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>Final boss is you from the past
>Main theme stops playing in final boss’s second phase
>You and the bigger threat team up to defeat the previous game’s final boss
>Final boss is the protagonist and you’re the love interest/family member of the protagonist
>Final boss is your mom who says she’s disappointed in you for beating her
>Older enemies instantly kill you as you progress through the game
>Beloved party member sacrfices you for the greater good
>Final level’s name is just a png of the game’s box art with the title cropped out
>You can cause the final boss to divorce you
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 2:26:49 PM
No.714481574
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>>714479827
I can only think of OFF and even then it's not quite.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 2:32:06 PM
No.714481892
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>>714455916 (OP)
>Late game enemy is an early game boss
Call it cliche, but it always feels good to two shot a bitch that beat your ass a while ago.
>final boss uses the OP piece of equipment he took from you at the start of the game
>after you defeat him, the last section of the game has you finally reunited with it, and you have to run a gauntlet against countless enemies with it
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 2:57:33 PM
No.714483564
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>>714483797
>>714455916 (OP)
>got raped by three underage teen girls in his own mobile home
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 2:59:51 PM
No.714483715
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>>714456416
SWTOR Agents storyline with Hunter
whose actually a reverse trap
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:01:04 PM
No.714483797
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>>714483564
Lucky bast... I mean what a horrible fate.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:02:16 PM
No.714483858
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>>714464463
It is kinda funny that every main character is royalty
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:03:22 PM
No.714483921
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>>714464364
>HP goes to 0.000000001
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:04:51 PM
No.714484016
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>>714455916 (OP)
>spent entire life thinking series was Americana
>devs are all leafs
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:05:10 PM
No.714484036
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>>714491505
>>714456126
>final shot of The Warriors of Light arriving at the Chaos Shrine
>My Way starts to play
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:09:06 PM
No.714484267
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>>714483249
Sounds cool, what game?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:09:21 PM
No.714484289
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>>714478415
We got a winner.
And if the kino trope wasn't enough, you even Apsu being so happy she just trashed Moon's party, only to get her ass beat by ChibiMoon lol. But that gives you a different, more bittersweet ending.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:11:47 PM
No.714484413
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>>714507331
>>714455916 (OP)
>Final battle depends on your actions during the entire game.
>If you helped other characters, never did anything bad like murdering innocent or stealing or never took shortcuts at cost of someone else's wellbeing, final battle is easier.
>If you went full douchebag, stole everything you could, killed innocents just to progress faster or took shortcuts at cost of other characters wellbeing, the battle gets harder.
Imagine game that does this.
I remember i did something like that when i was a Game Master.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:13:20 PM
No.714484501
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>>714486827
>finish game
>game ends with main hero character becoming corrupt by evil
>hard mode had you play again without the main character
>hes the final boss
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:14:24 PM
No.714484570
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>>714477609
Always loved that the Legacy of Kain series is entirely based on the assumption that the evil ending of the first game is the canon one.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:15:35 PM
No.714484649
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>>714462691
>boss larps as le ebin reddit honorable warrior who loves a challenge
>doesn't actually want to lose and flips out when he's getting his ass kicked
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:21:17 PM
No.714484979
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>Main antagonist exists almost entirely in cutscenes
>Rare few boss fights you have with him, he just pulls "lose the fight in game, win in cutscene" bullshit
>Before final battle he gets a power up behind the scene
>After defeating him, you find out its a fake
>When you actually find him, he's an grotesque abomination begging for death
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:27:26 PM
No.714485338
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>sequel to old game
>same antagonist returns, no explanation how they are alive
>characters point this out in expository dialogue but hand wave it away
>final stage, a long grueling gauntlet that tests everything you've learned
>defeat boss, credits roll
>real antagonist interrupts the credits
>you only played the first third of the game
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:29:45 PM
No.714485484
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>>714496007
>final boss believes you to be an amazing hero, and actually challenges you on all the abilities you learned and practiced throughout the whole game
>if you don't use them and try to just fight him head-on via normal attacks, you will die in seconds
>if you only bother using some of your abilities, you'll still die quickly
>the only way to beat him is by being as good as the boss thinks you are, and using all of your abilities to their fullest to defeat him
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:31:47 PM
No.714485615
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>>714486143
>>714456126
I gotta pick this up soon. I'm fiending for some some edge ludo
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:33:34 PM
No.714485715
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>>714455916 (OP)
The thing that gives you all your super cool powers is also a curse that will kill you if you don't get rid of it
bonus points if the protag has an opportunity to get rid of them early in the game but ends up having to keep them a little longer to save someone
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:33:38 PM
No.714485719
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>final boss is main character's grandpa in a wheel chair hooked to a colostomy bag
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:34:20 PM
No.714485759
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Not really a trope but
>Turtling in RTS game to the point where you can mass produce whatever the strongest most expensive unit is.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:37:20 PM
No.714485934
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>>714456416
Any game were MC & main villain keep being antagonistic, but have increasingly more sexual tension?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:38:32 PM
No.714486016
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>defeat boss
>splits in to two
>now have to fight 2 bosses at the same time.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:38:52 PM
No.714486040
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>>714486086
>Final boss is an otherwise minor antagonist who was a recurring enemy
>Show's up to face the hero out of nowhere after being MIA for most of the endgame, when the main conflict had already more or less been resolved
>Not even he's sure why he's the final boss
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:39:32 PM
No.714486086
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:40:35 PM
No.714486143
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>>714485615
Its edgekino. Even knowing the twist (which SE didn't bother to hide) the "how did we get here?" aspect is great.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:43:08 PM
No.714486278
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:44:07 PM
No.714486349
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>>714486684
>the big bad's boss fight is a fucking slog to get through from start to finish
>right after it, you fight the protagonist's friend who betrayed him, who is the actual final boss
>as if to make up for the previous fight, this one is not only the best in the game but the entire long-running series
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:45:22 PM
No.714486432
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>>714465539
Nah in Octopath you use all 8 party members at once like you do in the phone game.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:47:21 PM
No.714486567
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>Final boss is a perfect parallel of the main character.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:48:25 PM
No.714486637
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:49:05 PM
No.714486684
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>>714486349
Well it's the MC's brother rather than friend, but DMC3 is the first thing that comes to mind
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:51:07 PM
No.714486827
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>>714484501
Bloodstained Curse of the Moon
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:51:13 PM
No.714486834
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>>714455916 (OP)
main character and rival have contrasting color schemes
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:51:34 PM
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>>714503851
>>714458307
>final boss allows you to defeat it using any method you want to
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:54:02 PM
No.714487024
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>Final boss is the living embodiment of refusing to give up on a dead videogame series
what did Cyberconnect2 mean by this?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:55:06 PM
No.714487092
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>>714455916 (OP)
>teaches you the basics at the start of the game (camo, CQC, how to shoot guns etc)
>uses only these things during her boss fight
>you have to best her by beating her with them
idk what the trope is called exactly but I love this
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 3:57:28 PM
No.714487270
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>>714461232
farcry 3 except it was awful because they replaced an iconic, somewhat interesting villain with the blandest piece of shit imaginable
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:02:29 PM
No.714487641
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>>714455916 (OP)
>Even after a long battle, the final boss is too powerful for the heroes to defeat on their own
>All the friends they've made along the way sense their in trouble and lend their prayers and energy to help them
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:02:52 PM
No.714487669
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>>714459416
RE8 had its ups and downs, but seeing that for the first time was kino
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:08:06 PM
No.714488098
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>>714488941
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:11:10 PM
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>>714461232
>old main villain survives and comes back for revenge at the final fight
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:13:24 PM
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>previous final boss joins you in the sequel to fight the true enemy in the last battle
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:17:48 PM
No.714488906
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>>714456416
Armored Core VI, Fires of the Raven ending
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:18:14 PM
No.714488941
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>>714488098
Isn't that Demon's Souls anyway?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:21:00 PM
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>>714467160
>playing mhw
>raging brachydios
>hard as balls but have him on the ropes
>moves to the next area
>blocks you in the moment you enter
>boss music suddenly kicks in a bunch of chanting, first vocals I'd heard in the entire game as brachy gets super fucking pissed and covers the entire zone in explosions
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:28:22 PM
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>>714476954
Technically SEQUEL: blight. The final boss is the remnant of an ancient evil god defeated ages ago in the creators previous series, literally named thing that failed to die. It's caused all the shit that was going wrong throughout the game but its physical form can only just flail around and scream hatred at you at that point, so the final fight is a one-sided beatdown. Porn is serious business.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:32:27 PM
No.714490040
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>beginning of the game has a tutorial where a cool looking guy pops out of nowhere and fights you while speaking nonsense
>by the end of the game you've pretty much forgotten about it until you go back and do that fight again from the other side while trying to prevent a disaster
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:33:39 PM
No.714490123
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>>714455916 (OP)
>boss's strongest form is also his smallest
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:34:00 PM
No.714490152
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>>714491047
>kill the main antagonist
>suddenly, you get one last mission
>the final boss is a background character you've only heard from like twice in the whole game
>they end up being a loose end, armed with the last example of the dangerous tech used by the main antagonist
>the final boss threatens to not only undo everything you've worked towards the whole game, but he intends to single-handedly bring back his country's old empire
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:34:17 PM
No.714490173
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>>714457723
FF6 Opening theme starts playing in either phase 2 or phase 3 of the Final Kefka fight.
It is one of the main reason's why the fight is awesome.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:41:00 PM
No.714490631
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>>714476485
>Boss them interrupted by main characters theme when it enters the final phase
I don't even particularly like touhou but this shit was BEYOND kino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqhkRG0w_Dc&t=5
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:42:18 PM
No.714490743
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>>714456416
Batman Gotham Knights had Talia as a final boss.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:42:35 PM
No.714490767
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>>714490997
>>714461232
GIGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
RISE
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:44:07 PM
No.714490886
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>>714466532
>Final boss is your son ftom the future
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:44:13 PM
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>>714456703
can't wait to see how they fuck up Avatar Beat
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:44:29 PM
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>>714469754
Probably not what you were referring to, but this was fucking tits.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:44:40 PM
No.714490934
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>>714455916 (OP)
>the final boss has the exact same powers and abilities as you and you have to beat them using raw skill
overused a little? maybe
kino as hell? absolutely
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:45:35 PM
No.714490997
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>>714461232
>>714490767
Fucking love final wars. My favorite Godzilla movie
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:45:52 PM
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:46:04 PM
No.714491047
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>>714492945
>>714490152
ace combat 4?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:49:49 PM
No.714491304
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Honestly, I just love boss battles against love interests.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:52:26 PM
No.714491505
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>>714503743
>>714484036
Don't tell me you didn't play the dlc where you actually play as the warrior of light and defeat Jack.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 4:58:43 PM
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>>714457207
>you end up raped by the boss at the end
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:07:06 PM
No.714492579
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>>714495017
>>714455916 (OP)
>final boss sacrifices himself for you
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:10:58 PM
No.714492845
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>>714466532
>The final boss is your character from a previous game
Kino
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:12:29 PM
No.714492945
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>>714491047
Nope. The pic I posted is from the game
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:16:17 PM
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>>714468931
The reason he’s kino is because he’s so mindbroken by anger
It’s a good arc because he’s supposed to be this incredibly composed and wise person, clearly talented but still shoved around due to his heritage
And the whole time, he’s playing the fiddle of the society that hates him
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:17:49 PM
No.714493321
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>you can fight the final boss whenever you want
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:20:01 PM
No.714493492
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:32:59 PM
No.714494420
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>MC gets sick of the villain's shenanigans and just literally rips her head off
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:39:12 PM
No.714494884
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>>714500554
>>714479328
>shadow generations had a second chance to use who I am and soiled it
worse than the mistake of having no shadow 05 level
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:40:49 PM
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:43:40 PM
No.714495242
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>>714461232
Replace "kills" with "subjugates" and that's Kid Icarus Uprising, complete with fake credits roll.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:48:40 PM
No.714495610
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>>714498747
>villain is an oppressive leader of the kingdom, working people to death, digging for resources everywhere, and generating as much wealth as possible
>protagonist and their friends overthrow him
>turns out the villain was doing all that oppressive stuff because he was desperately trying to prepare for an invasion from an unstoppable army of nightmarish, eldritch horror creatures
>now that you overthrew the villain, this responsibility falls on you
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:53:53 PM
No.714496007
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>>714485484
that's what crosscode's final boss should've been like
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:55:53 PM
No.714496180
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>>714483249
need for speed most wanted
>run a gauntlet against countless enemies with it
kind of
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 5:56:02 PM
No.714496193
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>final boss is a red herring, the REAL final boss just appeared!!!
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:06:47 PM
No.714497035
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>you play the entire game supposedly as the last member of your species
>the entire plot is to find a way to preserve your kind
>the final boss is another member of your species
>when you meet, your instincts take over and you realize that the nature of your species is to exterminate itself
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:08:17 PM
No.714497142
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:16:03 PM
No.714497705
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>>714498747
>the protagonist lets the final boss win
>the final boss gloats after the victory and fucks himself over by getting too cocky
>the protagonist wins in the long run
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:22:00 PM
No.714498132
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>>714503578
>>714455916 (OP)
>final boss music is peaceful
I hate that I like this
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:30:47 PM
No.714498747
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>>714495610
Fable 3
>>714497705
Mortal Kombat 9?
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:37:54 PM
No.714499247
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>>714466723
God how did they shut the bed so hard with NMH3
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:40:36 PM
No.714499461
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>the mechanics are changed for the final boss requiring a unique approach
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:40:39 PM
No.714499464
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>>714474471
How is that game still stuck on GCN and PS2? What's the hold up
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:54:40 PM
No.714500554
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>>714505453
>>714494884
>omitting a game with dogshit levels and visuals
>mistake
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:55:04 PM
No.714500585
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 6:56:07 PM
No.714500667
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>>714473662
>all of your stats increase
KINOOOOOOOO
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:13:48 PM
No.714502074
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>Protagonist has to sacrifice his special power to defeat the villain
>Lives, but is never as strong as he was ever again
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:28:00 PM
No.714503325
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>>714455916 (OP)
>final boss theme is an epic orchestral version of the games main these
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:30:28 PM
No.714503578
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>>714498132
For me it's
>final boss has multiple phases
>the first phase has a very slow, ominous and threatening theme, feels less of a battle theme and more of something that screams desperation as you are thrown against an extremely powerful foe
>the last phase completely gets rid of that feeling, instead the theme is fast, somewhat upbeat but still intense, as if you can almost grasp your ultimate victory as long you fight and believe
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:31:09 PM
No.714503630
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>>714503884
>>714503528
>main these
*main theme
Dammit
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:32:32 PM
No.714503743
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>>714491505
I'm not there yet. The DLC are all really tedious and require severe min-max autism. I've only wrapped up Dragon Trials.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:33:36 PM
No.714503851
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>>714486856
That just means the boss is weak
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:33:58 PM
No.714503884
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>>714504028
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:34:10 PM
No.714503898
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>>714503943
>final boss is your NPC sidekick who ran the upgrade shop
>he used all the money you spent to create a giant mech
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:34:42 PM
No.714503943
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>>714503898
Yeah Henry Hatsworth was a great game.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:35:46 PM
No.714504028
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Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:38:27 PM
No.714504245
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>>714455916 (OP)
>game has a female antagonist
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:39:55 PM
No.714504350
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>>714455916 (OP)
>game has dancing minigame
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:40:30 PM
No.714504395
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>>714461805
That's not your pet, it's the Mana Beast that awakened after the Mana Fortress unsealed it. Flammie is seen in the credits.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:43:20 PM
No.714504624
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>final boss starts in a theater room and plays flashbacks of key moments of the journey throughout the fight on the screen beside you and the boss
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:49:43 PM
No.714505146
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>final boss succeeds off-screen after you beat him
>other enemy backstabs final boss and steals his power
>other enemy is the true final boss
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 7:53:11 PM
No.714505453
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>>714500554
The only levels that are genuinely bad are the ARK and Mad Matrix, the rest are decent with some of them having annoyances on certain missions. Lava Shelter and Circus Park were the most fun of the bunch imo.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:00:12 PM
No.714506065
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>final boss is the protagonist of a later entry that is chronologically a prequel
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:00:44 PM
No.714506113
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>>714456126
>you are the alternate timeline version of the main villain
>get killed in the ending by your ally because it would somehow kill every iteration of you across the different universes
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:02:26 PM
No.714506272
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>>714455916 (OP)
>protagonist erases himself from existence to save the world
>no one remembers them except friend that has a faint memory of them from seeing some trinket
Its the cheesiest anime shit ever but I like it.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:04:31 PM
No.714506456
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>>714456416
Dead Space 2, kind of.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:09:15 PM
No.714506851
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>MC from the first game becomes sequel's protagonist's mentor
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:14:44 PM
No.714507331
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>>714484413
>imagine a game where being good makes things easier
So every game that has ever had a morality system? Yeah what a fuckin' concept.
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:15:37 PM
No.714507419
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>>714458307
>It's all the skills, but they're comboed and raised to 11
Revengence was so goddamn based for this
Anonymous
7/4/2025, 8:15:37 PM
No.714507420
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>Final boss automatically kills you after you get him down to 50% health
>You actually get revived by the power of friendship and have to sit through 10 minutes of flashback cutscenes of your party members telling you, "Don't give up!"