10 Video Game Bosses That Made Us Rage Quit - 2019 Edition

Astral Chain has one of the most unique control schemes in all of gaming.

Centered on mapping your melee strikes to the shoulder buttons, you actually control your demonic “Legion” with the right analogue stick. Wrapping it around enemies and catching charging ones as they try to attack you, this gets bolstered by a series of face button moves and special mode toggles, to give you one HELL of a supremely complex moveset.

Add to THAT a whole bunch of timing-specific finishers and combo-extenders, and Astral Chain gives Devil May Cry 5 a run for its money as the best action game this generation.

I say all this, because come the time you’re fighting Project Noah, clearly Platinum wanted to design a boss that would test every single one of these skills, at lightspeed, with a foe you can barely keep an eye on.

Because Project Noah actively defies your lock-on. Just as you’re about to line up a shot or deliver a full combo, there he goes off to the other side of the screen again.

You’re left chugging health potions to get your vision back, spinning the camera to keep up, swapping weapons so you’re effective at distance and up-close…

Astral Chain is an outstanding game, but this was the one time it felt like you were fighting the game itself more than the boss.