10 Infuriating Video Game Bosses That Made You Lower The Difficulty

2. God Of War - Ares

It was out of necessity that Kratos slew Ares in the first installment of the now massive God of War series. He wouldn't be much of a war god if he hadn't now, would he? What was distinctly not necessary was to make doing so mind-numbingly annoying. Ares possesses a frustrating combination of ranged and melee attacks that all hit hard enough to keep you wary of, well, existing.

Particularly on higher difficulties, the fight is a true rock and hard place situation: you risk being ripped to shreds by attacking closely, but you will wear out first in a distanced conflict. It doesn't help that only one of the fight's participants (hint: not you) has spires jutting out of his back which are quite capable of impaling, rending and otherwise destroying health bars.

Most players' mental pots boil over when quick-time events are added to the mix, doing for the experience what they always do for games€”just shy of absolutely nothing. Can we fight the god of gardening next time?

 
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