Boss Battles - DAMN IT!!!!

Boss battles

They haunt us, they drive us to bed at night with thoughts in our mind “Will I ever win?” It’s impossible to know when you first walk into a room in any game for what you’re up against, but the dread boss battles that are left unbeaten, the game that is left to collect dust? Surely we’ve all been there, I’m here to put everyone together to unite against shitty unknown boss battles!

I swear to the nine divine Contrarian King, I will kill you.

What??!

It happens in every game, you’ll be walking into the next zone and your game loads a cutscene, automatically you know what is about to head your way, that’s right, a boss battle from the unknown dimensions of hell that pixelizes right infront of you, threatening to ruin your day. This is the fight you thought you were ready for, with a little more investigation against the boss to find out, you’re not. A lot of current RPG’s do not have these typical scenarios but more of the older ones. For any gamer that has this scenario occur, I feel for you. It’s not easy being put down from a boss, let alone trying again, and again, and again just to continue losing, despite your efforts. What do you do??

Not that there is a simple answer for any given boss battle, most cases I would say “just level grind” but it isn’t always that easy. In my case, Persona 4 Golden - I am stuck on the King in Yukikio’s castle and have been for years, sad I know. I always just put the game down and give up - because I’m not prone to using guides, when I finally did (recently) I found out that I don’t need to fight him, it’s completely optional! It’s games like this that want make me want to cry. Lack of direction, frustrating attempt after attempt just to find out that I never had to do it to begin with? That’s not good enough for me, no, I MUST BEAT HIM.

For any of you whom find yourself in these kinds of situations, I solute you. I solute you so hard my arm would fall off if I did it in person. It’s fights like this that can break any gamers soul. So that brings us in to the next question-

What do you do??

Sure you tried, time after time, you just continue struggling into these damn fights, suffering and not able to win. You tried grinding, hell some of you may of even used guides, what do you do?? I don’t personally have an answer except restart the game, or let the game collect dust, in any case a good waste of money. It’ll never be beaten, hell I bet you even have a friend come over and give it a shot - to no avail. It’s just odd how others beat the boss yet you kinda just sit there and ask “where did I go wrong?” perhaps it’s your plan, or battle strategy, so many things could lead to this single moment of unbearable frustration, but it’s not like it’ll be explained over night. IT takes hours, days and months of deep reflection and “do I suck?” questions finally come into play. No, my friends, do not let this evil enter your hearts, you are a GAMER, you HAVE to win, you have beaten games before, but why not this one!?!

Try, Try, Try, and TRY AGAIN!

Did you think it would be that easy to tell you to put the game away until next time? No, that’s surely not the right answer, but you wasted hours powering up and grinding, some of you don’t get to save before you even fight the boss. DON’T PUT THE GAME AWAY! It’s not going to solve itself, the demon will continue knocking at the door until you beat that boss. Hell this even goes for boss stages! Let’s say you’re playing Lion King, or Aladdin or some shit! IT WONT GO AWAY. YOU WONT GET BETTER GIVING IT A BREAK! KEEP GOING AT IT!!

The Struggle

I think a lot of game programmers don’t assume how hard some of the bosses are and they just don’t think twice before adding it in, or they just never replayed the game or paid for test programmers. It’s a shame really, because some people will LOVE this game more than you, but you wasted money on your most recent purchase. I found out in many cases sometimes it’s just not meant to be. I don’t like the game or the game doesn’t like me, it’s so hard to tell.

Motivation

It’s hard to figure where you can dig deeper than you already have, but if you look around and see other people are stuck, try not to blame yourself. I don’t think it’s the gamers fault in most cases and that you just need to continue trying. New strategies, level up, or just try ANYTHING maybe even drink some ice cold water, do something to enter with a fresh mind set and not give up on that purchase, rental, what have you. It’s hard for any gamer to just come forward and say “yeah, I sucked that that, I could never win” even when others have. It’s different for everyone. Everyone is different, but it’s not something to be ashamed of. Try to dig deep for motivation. What you could do well at others could suck at. In my case, I won’t give up, I need to know what makes Persona 4 so good because I’m not seeing it. I understand the mental blockade is there and I try to push my judgments aside and find the truth for myself, you should too.