10 Video Game Bosses Genuinely IMPOSSIBLE Without A Guide
1. Rebel Flagship - FTL: Faster Than Light
Here's a one sentence guide to beating the Rebel Flagship from FTL: Faster Than Light: if you think you're ready, you're not.
FTL's combat system is already one of the most complex and deeply layered in indie game history, requiring you to keep track of a dozen different things no matter how inconsequential the dogfight. But you have to know this system inside out, upside down and diagonally in order to even have a chance at this fight.
The flagship not only hits hard, but its shields are some of the strongest in the game, and every time you think you have a clear shot, it retreats back to the fleet and comes back swinging for more. Guides for most boss battles, even the ones on this list, are a few paragraphs, maybe more at most. Your average player guide for the Rebel Flagship is practically a thesis paper on intergalactic combat.
This fight sits at the number 1 spot because it expects absolute perfection from you if you wanna win. And no one ever got to be perfect at anything on your own so a guide is absolutely essential to win.