10 Best Video Game Final Bosses Of All Time

10. Senator Armstrong - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is the distillation of Hideo Kojima's more out-there ideas that the stealth-focused main Metal Gear series always kept in check, and it is absolutely bloody glorious.

Such an adrenaline shot to the arm of a game can only end on the most bug-nuts note imaginable, so naturally MGR goes out on "Now murder this American senator! C'mon, you know you want to!"

Senator Armstrong is a nanomachine-fueled walking meme factory of a man who can easily barrel through you if you aren't careful. The mechanic most tested by this fight is blade mode, as you have to get behind him and use blade mode to strike at a glowing part of his body to stop him from getting back all the health you've whittled down. Your reflexes and speed are tested in between those points, as getting hit by Armstrong in any capacity is... not advised.

It's easily the hardest fight in the game, but it feels oh-so satisfying to finally reach into the dude's chest and rip out his goddamn heart. For totally not topical real-world reasons, I swear.