10 Terrible Boss Fights That Almost Ruined Video Games

2. The Monstrosity - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

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The final boss in Wolfenstein: The Old Blood decided to go ultra old-school with an homage to the impossibly ridiculous, bullet-spongey bosses from the earlier Wolfenstein games.

But in this day and age, a final boss fight where you battle a giant, generic, troll-like monster, whose movement is limited to a fixed axis while you run around trying to avoid its hits, just isn't good enough.

A fatal combination of dull and dreadfully difficult, the Monstrosity lives up to its name in the worst way possible, and sadly ends an otherwise solid FPS on a total whimper. Last impressions account for a lot, after all.

But before we continue onto our #1 entry, note that it contains SPOILERS for one of the late-stage bosses in the recent Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order...

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