10 Final Bosses That Utterly Ruined Their Video Games

9. Clayface - Batman: Arkham City

The second instalment of Rocksteady Studio's seminal Batman series, Arkham City pitted the player against all number of challenging and exhilarating bosses. From the seemingly unstoppable Ra's Al Ghul to the tactically fascinating too-and-fro with Mr Freeze, the game repeatedly moved the goalposts on Bruce Wayne to make its boss battles the stuff of legend. Up until the last one, that is.

As the game enters its final chapter, we find The Dark Knight fighting and sneaking his way up Wonder Tower in a race against time to stop Hugo Strange from committing what amounts to genocide. The battle is epic, and the consequences dire, but with our hero emerging victorious the game has the perfect moment to bring the story to a close. Instead, it chooses to bundle you back into the city for one final showdown with The Joker. Unnecessary you think, but benefit of the doubt is given on account of this being Batman's ultimate adversary.

The stakes? He's after a cure for his illness, which seems pitifully inconsequential given what you've just managed to avert atop Wonder Tower. A decent battle could have salvaged things, but the Joker opts out of this one and you're forced to use a repetitive dodge and roll strategy against, of all people, Clayface. Arkham City had all the makings of truly wonderful sandbox, but after building up the gameplay and the drama with every new boss fight, it's so badly missing both in the final conflict that you wonder why you bothered at all.