10 Most Underwhelming Final Fights In Video Games
1. Frank Fontaine - BioShock
Originally a smuggler in Rapture, the Libertarian utopia-gone-wrong, Fontaine was the main opposition to the game's other major antagonist, Andrew Ryan. Disguised as a freedom fighter named Atlas, Fontaine guides your journey through Rapture like Virgil from Dante's Inferno.
In a story full of plot twists, Fontaine is at the heart of most of them, including being directly responsible for most of the player's actions via mental conditioning. But in a game full of super-powered mutants and the iconic Big Daddies - hulking, heavily armed mutants in diving suits, Fontaine is just a guy - until the final battle when he transforms into a golden Hulk.
The fight is disappointing because there isn't much to it. Just avoid him and keep shooting. But even more disappointing is the fact that the game ends this way at all.
BioShock is an explicitly political game that explores and criticizes the philosophies of Libertarian author Ayn Rand. But while the entire game is spent investigating these themes - embodied by the aforementioned Ryan - the fight against Fontaine is totally divorced from the subject matter.
Well, not totally - he is literally the cover of Atlas Shrugged come to life. Real subtle, guys.
