5. Umbra Boss Fight - Child Of Light
UbisoftUbisoft's superbly artistic RPG is without question one of the best games of the year so far, a spellbinding journey that didn't serve up too much difficulty, but was an utter delight for every minute of its roughly 12-hour story. The final fight has Aurora and co. fighting Umbra, Queen of the Night, who transforms into a giant dragon and brings with her two fierce minion creatures. This is easily the most intense fight in the game, in large part because it begins almost immediately after defeating the previous boss, Nox, giving players practically no chance to regain their marbles and prepare for the final boss. Still, a barrage of light attacks is very much the order of the day here, and though Umbra's own attacks are devastating, sensible use of healing and the game's excellent party system should keep this one from being too difficult. After a lengthy fight, Umbra will finally fall, and Aurora's quest to restore light to Lemuria is complete. It may not have filled us with quite the same sense of desperate satisfaction as Trials' Inferno IV, but with its gorgeous visual style and epic score, perhaps no game has been as artistically accomplished as Child of Light this year.