10 All Time Greatest Boss Battles From Metal Gear Franchise
6. Laughing Octopus (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots)
Metal Gear Solid 4 gets a lot of flack for the absolutely huge amount of story cutscenes in it and lack of gameplay, but in between all the exposition, there's some truly marvellous sections.
One of the very best is the boss fight against Laughing Octopus. A member of the Beauty and the Beast unit, Laughing Octopus suffered from PTSD during childhood trauma where she was forced to torture her own family and friends. With her mind shattered, Octopus laughs uncontrollably during a fight as she was made to do when just a child.
Laughing Octopus is extremely sneaky. She uses octo-camo just like Snake does, and can blend in to walls, appear as familiar characters, lingers on roof beams and can even pretend to be objects like medical equipment. It's a tense and clever fight, with Octopus routinely taunting Snake throughout.
Each B&B member also is a reference to earlier games in the series. In the case of Laughing Octopus, she uses the P90 machine gun and tentacles of Solidus Snake, has the emotion of The Joy (aka The Boss) and takes her name from the character Decoy Octopus.