8 Terrible Games With INCREDIBLE Bosses

8. Solaris - Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

2006's Sonic the Hedgehog reboot remains infamous among the fandom almost 20 years (!) following its release.

Even beyond the traumatic sequence where an unconscious Sonic is kissed by a human woman, almost everything here is a monstrous fail - the camera, controls, egregious loading times, and even the voice acting.

But if you can slog your way to the end of the game, its true final boss, Solaris, is arguably one of the best end-bosses in the entire Sonic franchise, and surely the most underrated due to the game it's attached to.

This dual-phase spectacle of a boss battle requires players to switch between Super Sonic, Super Shadow, and Super Silver in order to deal damage to the multi-dimensional entity.

The fight's second phase marks a major ramp-up in difficulty, but also introduces the certified banger of a battle theme, aptly titled "Solaris Phase 2," which is a gloriously extra orchestral rendition of the game's main theme, "His World."

A boss fight this fun, frantic, and epic clearly deserved to be tethered to a better game than Sonic '06, ensuring it's never quite gotten the flowers it so thoroughly deserves.