20 Best Video Game Boss Battles Of The Decade (So Far)

17. Stone Idol Titan - Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow

Dating all the way back to 1986, the Castlevania series has a long and rich history of boss battles, and it's leap to third generation consoles was no exception. Packing Lords of Shadow with a smattering of visually stunning Titans, our hero Gabriel Belmont routinely requires incredibly deft timing and smart planning on the players part to overcome them. The final titan in the game, Dracolich Titan, could quite easily have made this list, but its Stone Idol Titan who provided the most stimulating challenge. All boulders, stones, and piercing blue-eyed stare, Stone Idol dominates the landscape you face her in all while an aesthetically stunning storm rages around you. Fighting fire with fire, so to speak, you have to bring her down with some considerable rocks of your own.

Dating all the way back to 1986, the Castlevania series has a long and rich history of boss battles, and it's leap to third generation consoles was no exception. Packing Lords of Shadow with a smattering of visually stunning Titans, our hero Gabriel Belmont routinely requires incredibly deft timing and smart planning on the players part to overcome them. The final titan in the game, Dracolich Titan, could quite easily have made this list, but its Stone Idol Titan who provided the most stimulating challenge. All boulders, stones, and piercing blue-eyed stare, Stone Idol dominates the landscape you face her in all while an aesthetically stunning storm rages around you. Fighting fire with fire, so to speak, you have to bring her down with some considerable rocks of your own.