18 Best Video Game Boss Battles Of The Last 10 Years

8. King Of The Storm/Nameless King - Dark Souls 3

Talk about spectacle, Dark Souls III was the first in the series to arrive after the franchise had fully transitioned into a major triple-A name. As such, we saw loving tributes to past levels every here and there, but also a smattering of bosses that came amidst battering rainstorms, collapsing coliseums or here, atop a whopping great dragon.

Of course, being Dark Souls, there's a level of 'mess up and you're dead' that only FromSoftware can deliver, as even if you survive battling the King from atop his rider, there's then a far more frenetic one-on-one duel after his health bar regenerates.

The rousing score, screen-shaking shockwave attacks, the fact that you're fighting with no real ground to speak of reminding fans of the Four Kings bout from the 2011 game - this is the culmination of the entire franchise, rolled into one beyond-epic boss.