10 Greatest Video Game Post-Final Boss Fights
5. Sephiroth - Final Fantasy VII
Sephiroth may not be the Final Fantasy series' best villain (that honour clearly belongs to Emet-Selch), but with his flowing white hair, iconic sword and achingly cool coat he's certainly the most stylish. As such, it's only fitting he gets an equally flashy send-off.
Sephiroth's climactic last stand against Cloud Strife may be impossible to lose, but damn if it didn't feel good. Sephiroth's final stare-down with Cloud is thick with tension, Cloud's rage neatly symbolised by his ever-rising limit gauge. When the gauge fills up, all the player has to do is Press X twice and watch as Cloud exacts revenge on the man who committed gaming's most infamous murder.
Cloud's beatdown of his adversary was an incredibly powerful moment back in 1997, and 25 years later it still feels like a suitably cinematic coda to one of gaming's most epic tales.
And yet, Sephiroth is only the second-best Post-Final Boss in the Final Fantasy 7 saga...