15 Most Influential Video Game Boss Battles Of All Time

7. Nemesis - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

What It Did First: Introduced a boss that pursues you throughout the game.

It might be the first two Resident Evil games that get all the credit for inventing the survival horror genre and perfecting it, but the third, Nemesis, elected to introduce elements of real psychological horror to proceedings, essentially in the same way as Silent Hill 2's Pyramid Head. Nemesis just got there first.

Representing some primal display of unmatched power, we've all had random nightmares where unseen forces are baying for our blood, and Nemesis was that concept made flesh. He'd pop out the level design at random, would box you into corners and force you into attempting a fledgling escape - essentially he was an unrelenting, unstoppable slab of meat with muscles and a penchant to pound your face in.

He was completely terrifying, precisely because of this presence being felt throughout. However, he would directly influence this next entry that took it a step further...