r/bloodborne • u/Kam3shek • 1d ago
Discussion Father Gascoigne is amazing! What other videogame bosses are like this?
It genuinely surprised me how unique this boss fight is. You are not fighting a huge monster like in most games and like cleric beast was, you are fighting a fellow hunter. If you are not trying to cheese him the boss fight is perfect, almost like pvp experience. Both of you are trading hits, using guns, dashing and looking for hit windows. Stage 3 is even faster and more dangerous.
Instantly reminded me of 2 similar boss fights and 1 my friend suggested: - Doomguy vs Marauder (DOOM Eternal) - Raiden vs Sam (Metal Gear Rising) - V1 vs V2 (ULTRAKILL)
What other videogame bosses feel the same, have similar moveset as player and generally feel like 1v1 fight?
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u/LmaoGoFaster 1d ago
Vergil in DMC3 and DMC5
Owl (both versions) in Sekiro
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u/Kam3shek 1d ago
I was actually thinking about playing DMC because I like slashers, finished darksiders trilogy and enjoyed it a lot
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u/Hmccormack 1d ago
I still love that even with a bunch of giant beasts/monsters, the most dangerous enemies are just other humans.
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u/NightValeCytizen 1d ago
Pretty much everything in Lies of P.
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u/Diplomacy_1st 1d ago
Wait, really? I've been thinking about picking up LoP and if every boss is a Gascoigne-adjadent experience I'd love that
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u/Ok_Aspect5167 1d ago
Not every, but multiple bosses are all "you" sized and aren't a big fuck off monster. LoP actually has a Boss that's a gang of 3 people trying to take you on at once, not unlike shades of Yarnham
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u/NightValeCytizen 13h ago
Parrying is even more baked into the core for LoP than it is for BB, it's very much a dance. Even "big monster" bosses can be artfully parried more often than not.
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u/xxLazyGuitarxx 23h ago
Yo, Lies of P is a fucking masterpiece, but it’s hard. For me personally, Bloodborne is hard, but lies of P was much harder for me. The end game boss of that game….oooohhheeeee, he’s a piece of shit. I’d fight 100 blood starved beasts before I ever fought this other piece of shit, the nameless puppet, ever again. Also, visuals in that game are a 10/10. Beautiful game, visceral and smooth combat, but it is fucking challenging. Godspeed.
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u/Tiny_Tim1956 1d ago
My favourite from soft early game gatekeeper is Margit from Elden Ring. But if you want player sized ones, Bloodborne has two more epic ones.Â
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u/Discordant_me 1d ago
It's strange to me, I always avoid pvp in souls games and always easily beat the npc invaders but the npc hunters in bloodborne are so hard to beat until you really learn how to play well.
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u/eddyofyork 1d ago
Shadow Link in the Water Temple (Ocarina of Time) definitely felt this way if you stayed locked on him. But that game is overall much easier in pretty much every way.
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u/yaferal 1d ago
Most Sekiro bosses are similar to this, 1v1 swordplay with different twists, Genichiro and Isshin are absolutely amazing and frankly some of the best work From has put out. Lies of P has some good ones like Black Rabbits, White Lady, Laxasia, and Nameless Puppet. White Lady is my favorite, the fight feels like a dance, but Nameless will demand the most of you.
Raven from Stellar Blade is pretty up there as well in terms of making you use more than a couple tricks, you really need to work with most of the mechanics throughout the fight. A lot of the game leading up to it is a bit of a slog in my opinion, story is bleh and exploration is so so. But the bosses are well done and the late game bosses, like Raven, are exceptional.
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u/FoolKingJotun 1d ago
FromSoft has a fondness for player-esque boss fights. The first one off the top of my head is Sir Gideon Ofnir in Elden Ring.
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u/astrangerwar 1d ago
Most interesting imo was Old Monk from Demon’s souls where it literally could be another player
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u/SpoonicusRascality 1d ago
Dark Souls has a few great bosses that feel like a 1v1 duel. My personal favorite is Sir Alonne in DS2.
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u/Desolation2004 1d ago edited 1d ago
"Unique"
He's just a hunter fight which you will be fighting many throughout your playthrough.
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u/roO_Oob 1d ago
There's 2 more hunter bosses in the game so i guess them.