15 Most Influential Video Game Boss Battles Of All Time

8. Mr. Freeze - Batman: Arkham City

What It Did First: Forcing you to use every move and tactic you've learned.

Games like Mega Man would unlock abilities based on who you took down, and various The Legend of Zelda games would introduce stages to the battles themselves, but it wasn't until Batman: Arkham City that we saw almost a blend of the two. Fighting Mr Freeze would require you to deploy every ability you'd learned in the preceding hours, alongside how you'd approached the stealth sections across Arkham Asylum and City.

Instead of going up against Victor in a straight fist fight, you had to fall back on using your cowl's sensors to pick apart his weaknesses. After that it was an awesome encounter where you pulled off every iconic takedown available, one by one.

You literally couldn't spam attacks or exploit animations, and Freeze would pursue you diligently until he was put down. This iconic encounter truly forced you to understand every move available in Batman's repertoire, as only then would you proceed.