Ranking All Of Metal Gear Solid's Boss Battles From Worst To Best

2. Psycho Mantis (MGS)

This boss fight is just beyond words. It begins with the telepathic Mantis taking control of Meryl and making her attempt to kill Snake, causing Snake to have to knock Meryl unconscious. The proper boss fight sees Mantis "reading Snake's mind", by commenting on any other Konami save games you might have on your memory card, and he can also tell exactly what buttons you're going to press on the controller. The brilliant solution to preventing this? Swap the controller to the second port and Mantis will no longer be able to read your mind, making the boss fight considerably easier as a result. Mantis will still explode any missiles you fire at him and hurl the room's contents in your face, but he's much more manageable when he can't see your other attacks coming. The very best MGS boss fights are inventive and make the player think, and in terms of demonstrating Kojima's undeniable genius, the Mantis fight has no equal, not even in our #1 pick.