10 Video Game Final Bosses Who Refused To Die

The plot of Dying Light 2 concerns the player character Aidan clashing with Waltz, a scientist indirectly responsible for the zombie takeover that kicked the series off. Their two stories are directly intertwined so it's appropriate that the game ends with a big showdown.

The final standoff with Waltz sees Aidan battling him at the X13 facility in mortal combat. Waltz’s attacks are powerful and largely cannot be blocked, so good dodging is needed as you work down his health bar. After a brief cutscene, Waltz’s health renews and we go for a second round. This time Waltz can run and hide in poison gas but the actual combat is the same.

With him finally cut to ribbons, Waltz… powers himself back up for round three. And then again for round four.

Each phase of the battle does have tiny differences, such as the final act being a hand-to-hand only scrap, but largely this 15+ minute fight is long, repetitive and irritating. A boss fight doesn’t need this many parts when they all feel virtually identical.

Following the fight, the player makes an important choice but either way Aidan escapes X13 in a hurry. However, taking one last look back at Waltz shows that he’s not even dead. Whether he makes it out of the exploding facility is anyone’s guess, but considering his track history of getting back up again…