10 Most Terrifying Video Game Enemies (And What They Represent)

9. Beauvoir - NieR: Automata

Beauvoir, aka Simone, is one of the first big bosses you come across in NieR: Automata. Shacking up in a theatre and putting on her own twisted performances for enslaved robots, Simone yearns to be beautiful and adorns herself in an extravagant dress and garish accessories.

However, her violent desire to be perfect is actually pretty tragic, and the robot has taken to cannibalising her own kind in order to fit the perfect definition of beauty that her former lover demanded, swapping out her parts for more appealing ones. Driven mad in the process, the player is forced to put her down and stop her twisted conquest.

The sheer spectacle makes it a memorable boss fight in its own right, but it resonates so much because it's such an on-the-nose allegory for modern society's obsession with fitting an ideal image of beauty that doesn't exist.

Reflecting how unrealistic demands can result in a whole population feeling uncomfortable with their own body, Simone is a tragic reminder of how dangerous any cultural obsession with appearances can be.