Like a Boss - FINAL CONFRONTATION!

[Foxtrot94]

You were waiting for it, weren't ya?

Final bosses: supposed to be the hardest ones in a game, to be the best set up, to be the ultimate climax, to make you hold your breath the most, and yeah, to make you curse the most and throw your controller out the window in rage!

And to be the one aspect of a game we remember the most.

Now things get serious! Think carefully about your pick, as this one is the most important of the Like a Boss thread series!

Let's see what we got!

- Mundus the Prince of Darkness (DMC1)

- Despair Embodied (DMC2)

- Vergil the Dark Slayer (DMC3)

Obviously the third fight.

- Sanctus Diabolica (DMC4)

- Vergil (DmC)

- Hollow Vergil (Vergil's Downfall)

My pick goes to DMC3 Vergil. That fight was thematic, it was ****ing goddamn hard like few others I've experienced in my life, and yes, in the end, also a little heartbreaking.
Easily the most memorable moment in all of the Devil May Cry's for me.



Winner of "Like a Boss - FIRE!":
http://devilmaycry.org/threads/like-a-boss-fire.20807/

Berial the Conqueror of the Fire Hell

Winner of "Like a Boss - COLD!":
http://devilmaycry.org/threads/like-a-boss-cold.20812/

Cerberus the Ice Guardian

Winners of "Like a Boss - MELEE!":
http://devilmaycry.org/threads/like-a-boss-melee.20816/

Nelo Angelo

Credo the One-Winged Dark Knight

Winner of "Like a Boss - FLYING!":
http://devilmaycry.org/threads/like-a-boss-flying.20818/

Griffon

Winner of "Like a Boss - HUMAN!":
http://devilmaycry.org/threads/like-a-boss-human.20819/

Credo the One-Winged Dark Knight

Winner of "Like a Boss - GIRL POWER!":
http://devilmaycry.org/threads/like-a-boss-girl-power.20823/

Nevan the Lightning Witch

 

[Director Bison]

Mundus all the way
trying and manipulate Dante using his family
killing griffon in cold blood
seeing the statue stand up and brake apart to Show his true form
openly mocking Dante after he basically just saw his mother die for a second time

the awesome flying segment in space
Sparda Dante shooting that BadAss Demonic energy Dragon
then the fight goes to that Volcano area surrounded by lava
and to final finish it

JACKPOT!​

i love everything about this fight

i'd say Vergil is a closes 2nd but honestly i'm not sure how close he is for me

 

[Innsmouth]

I torn between Vergil and Munduss but go for Vergil

 

[LordOfDarkness]

This one is a no-brainer for me.

It has got to be Mundus, the Prince of darkness. The epitome of all evil. The main antagonist of Devil May Cry. The demon that Sparda betrayed. The one responsible for Eva's death. Why my mother?

The one responsible for Trish's creation. The final boss of the very first Devil May Cry game.

Mundus, hands down.

 

[Lain]

Had to go with 3's Vergil.

It was epic, climatic and the fight really tested everything you had learned.

 

[berto]

Damn it. The first 3 are so hard to decide amongst.

The Mundus fight was epic. Where else can you fly through the cosmos and then the lava pits of hell itself. It was a battle against the devil in hell and he was throwing lava, lightning, meteors, lasers and dragons at you and then he did this when you killed him. It doesn't get more metal than that.

Then you got the Despair. Just look at that thing! Then there is this and tell me that it wasn't epic as hell! It's one of the best parts of any DMC game!

And then there's Vergil. Well, it's Vergil, he didn't get his own fan club because he was tame. Who didn't need a change of underwear when they saw this!? There is a reason for that.

I'm rather confounded.

 

[Director Bison]

Damn it. The first 3 are so hard to decide amongst.

The Mundus fight was epic. Where else can you fly through the cosmos and then the lava pits of hell itself. It was a battle against the devil in hell and he was throwing lava, lightning, meteors, lasers and dragons at you and then he did this when you killed him. It doesn't get more metal than that.

Then you got the Despair. Just look at that thing! Then there is this and tell me that it wasn't epic as hell! It's one of the best parts of any DMC game!

And then there's Vergil. Well, it's Vergil, he didn't get his own fan club because he was tame. Who didn't need a change of underwear when they saw this!? There is a reason for that.

I'm rather confounded.

come on you got to go Mundus on this one
he's the Devil
you've got to support the team man

 

[Foxtrot94]

@Director Bison
Technically Despair is the devil too.

That guy gets too little love. LOL

 

[Director Bison]

@Director Bison
Technically Despair is the devil too.

That guy gets too little love. LOL

i do think Despair is great the best part of DMC 2
but it's no were near the level Mundus is to me

i say it because Despair is kind of both genders or maybe neither

 

[KRSkull]

Are you kidding me. Hollow Vergil. That fight was Epic and it reminds me of THIS awesome fight (Warning may contain spoilers)

 

[Foxtrot94]

i say it because Despair is kind of both genders or maybe neither

He's whatever you want him to be, darling...

 

[LordOfDarkness]

Well, my second choice would've been Vergil. At least Mundus will lose to a son of Sparda. Then again, what's new?

 

[Foxtrot94]

In the end, only one is left standing!

"Hahahaha... unfortunately our souls are at odds, brother... I - need - more - power!"​

 

[Absent Nova]

Vergil is my choice. He is the most difficult boss I've ever faced (on DMD at least) plus he has a lot of awesome attacks like JCE and Beserk DT.

 

[Foxtrot94]

Beserk DT.

"You're going down."

"Don't get so cocky."

"You will not forget this devil's power... you're not worthy as my opponent."

 

[LordOfDarkness]

Whilst I can see why so many picked Vergil, I'd like to clarify why I didn't.

For me it wasn't about the challenge, but more so about the atmosphere. The feeling story gave off. Yes, Dante vs Vergil is obviously epic. But we'd fought him multiple times in Devil May Cry 3 and again as Nelo Angelo in DMC 1.

This was Mundus. The jackpot. The score that needed to be settled. Vergil jumps at the chance to get at the big guy. Dante's fighting for his mother, father and his brother and all of mankind. He needs to seal Mundus off, it was imperative of him to win.

That's just too good of a reason to pick that ultimate final confrontation. Because of the climatic ending with all of those things to think about. It's where for once the feel of Dante's story and his own heritage come out to play and for me that sits above simply an awesome fight.

 

[Foxtrot94]

we'd fought him multiple times in Devil May Cry 3

That's one of the reasons why I liked it.

Each time the two get to fight represents a stage in Dante's growth both as a warrior and as a person. And the last fight is especially tragic because we got to see the two of them team up just a couple of minutes ago, act as real brothers, yet their opposite natures makes the fight inevitable in the end. A shame, ain't it?

that sits above simply an awesome fight.

Yeah but Dante vs Vergil ain't "simply an awesome fight" either. The presentation before it, and the ending after, Shimomura did a great job at shooting the scene, crafting that atmosphere of climatic final showdown, and the end, with Vergil falling down and Dante reaching for him, all without saying a word, just with the music in the background, when both brothers drop their masks and show that deep inside they love each other, makes for one hell of a thematic confrontation, that for me is unmatched in all of Devil May Cry history.

Couple that with a very hard and challenging fight, and that's why I think Vergil is the best final boss Devil May Cry has ever known.

 

[LordOfDarkness]

Taste my friend. A simple matter of taste.

 

[Foxtrot94]

Taste my friend. A simple matter of taste.

And who said otherwise? :laugh:

 

[LordOfDarkness]

And who said otherwise? :laugh:

...Nobody, just a common expression