10 Hardest Video Game Bosses That Require INCREDIBLE Skill

10. Senator Armstrong - Metal Gear Rising

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One of Platinum Games' finest titles, the only major roadblock in all of Metal Gear Rising comes right at the very end.

Going up against the walking Hideo Kojima-parodying/tributing Senator Armstrong across a multi-stage fight that eventually ends in a one-on-one with his most powerful form, MGSR is loaded with a couple of annoyances that auto-kill you if they trigger.

The first is if the fight goes on too long - past the 2:30 minute mark - you'll get a cutscene death. The second is that actually beating Armstrong requires triggering a series of cutscenes for additional parts of the fight, but even they don't activate unless you get hit by a certain animation, but that's only when the Senator's health is at a specific level.

Because video games.

Micro-managing all of this whilst learning attack patterns and dodging area-of-effect detonations? It's a living hell. Oh, and the final part where he's the most powered up? It doesn't have a checkpoint.

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