15 Final Boss Battles That Almost Ruined Great Video Games

By Scott Tailford / October 23, 2018

9. Nihilanth - Half-Life

Valve

Some games just don't need final boss battles, and if there was ever a ringing endorsement of a narrative-driven title that could've ended without giving us a sour taste for the rest of eternity, it's Half-Life.

Coming up against the orb-headed baby alien himself after a masterfully-told sci-fi epic, the 'strategy' to taking down Nihilanth is as basic as it gets; shoot it in the face.

Occasionally you'll have to dodge specific animations and constant projectiles, but the worst that'll happen is plummeting into an underground chasm that you then have to laboriously climb back out of.

And that's it. Shooty shooty, dodgy dodgy, drop n' climby. Repeat.... if you can stay awake.