10 Video Games Bosses You Weren’t Supposed To Find

Hidden bosses are a weird part of video games. Usually, a hidden boss is a sort of secret reward for the player - offering them elaborate loot and considerable bragging rights for finding (and beating) an enemy that many would never even encounter.

However, sometimes this isn't the purpose of a hidden boss whatsoever.

Because there are plenty of bosses that are obscured so intensely that it's clear the intent isn't to make you work for it, but rather to legitimately hide them from you. Wilder yet, there are plenty of games that have cut bosses from the game itself, only for hardy nerds to code the boss back into the game itself, letting you get involved in fights that developers legitimately didn't intend for you to access.

It's unusual that you fight a boss that genuinely feels like you weren't supposed to find it - but it's also profoundly rewarding, especially in renowned games such as Dark Souls or Undertale.

Although some require you to get deep into the game's code in order to patch in said bosses, the knowledge you are having a super rare gaming experience is unique - and exciting - enough that it's often worth it in the end.

Showcasing Fromsoft's great tradition of having fully animated bosses cut from the game and hidden in their files - and Fromsoft fans' history of digging into said files - is the Great One Beast.

The boss was presumably patched out because his name was a little weird, as there seems to be little other reason for him to have gotten the hook otherwise. He's fully animated, and even has specialised textures added in - for example, his spooky goth fur burns away when you use fire on him.

Speculation has run rampant with this special pooch, with fans theorising it to be everything from the big boss of the Loran Silverbeasts, to an initial draft of the Watchdog boss.

Either way, with a spoonful of hope and a special glyph code to find its dungeon, you too can fight Bloodborne's Clifford the Big Goth Dog.