20 Best Boss Battles From Recent Video Games

20. Rader - Split Fiction

Split Fiction is a freakin' thrill-ride from start to finish, though developer Hazelight impressively managed to save the best for last with its climactic fight with the game's overarching villain, Rader.

Rader, in his godlike form, puts players - both of them - through one hell of a 20-minute endurance trial, throwing innumerable obstacles their way and straight-up using his omnipotence to manipulate the world to his advantage.

It'd be easy for such a fight to seem overwhelmingly cheap, but it's so carefully curated and balanced by Hazelight, and so overflowing with clever ideas and exciting imagery, that this is never the case.

As a shared experience that requires both players to be at their level-best while running a seemingly unrelenting gauntlet, this feels the epitome of everything director Josef Fares has delivered up to this point in his esteemed career.

With this battle so thoroughly messing with the player's perception via an ever-shifting split screen, it's one of the most technically impressive feats of any game released this generation so far.

And frankly, it's tough to imagine how Hazelight can possibly top this for their next game - but here's hoping.