10 Video Game Final Bosses You Can Defeat In The Opening Act

7. Heldalf (Tales Of Zestiria)

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Bandai Namco's Tales Of series is up there with Atlus' Persona in the list of great RPG series that lots of gamers have heard about, but few have actually played. Though nowhere near as obscure and obtuse as, say, the Trails In The Sky series, you'd still be hard pressed to find someone who's got to grips with more than one.

But those who have know that Tales Of Zestiria's Heldalf is one of the best RPG villains whom you can totally take out the moment you're aware of him.

Heldalf is technically what's known in RPG circles as a "forced loss" scenario, but only insofar as you are not prepared at all to face him during the first several times he tries to wipe you out. But upon each New Game+, the fight gets easier and easier, until finally you can send this pesky feline to the afterlife faster than a particularly dark Tom And Jerry joke. You know the one.

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John Tibbetts is a novelist in theory, a Whatculture contributor in practice, and a nerd all around who loves talking about movies, TV, anime, and video games more than he loves breathing. Which might be a problem in the long term, but eh, who can think that far ahead?