These Video Game Final Boss Battles SUCK!

When it comes to hitting a theme and running with it Borderlands as a franchise is like my hand when I recently tried to build a fence in my back garden in that it's absolutely nailed down. The run, gun n fun of exploding loot from every single orifice this game could possibly present us with is a glorious sugar rush so potent it can rot your teeth just by watching it.

However it's a series that has been "inconsistent" shall we say when it comes to boss battles, with some being standout moments sure to be talked about by all the cool kids around the playground the next day, and others being about as fun as punching a sponge soaked in piss thanks to inflated health pools and foul-tasting content spilling all over the place.

And then, at the bottom of this crusty bucket of offal is The Destroyer, the final boss you encounter in the original Borderlands base game. It's a battle that holds the hallmarks of something great seeing as it literally comes out of nowhere and offs who the player assumes will be the ultimate big bad, plus it actually adds perceived value to the treasure we think we'll receive from The Vault upon defeating this Mukbang Influencers wet dream.

This is a common video game trope, to plant a boss before a location which promises to reward the player as it injects "worth" onto said item, as after all, you're going to hold that plastic fork of skewering +1 up much higher over your head after going through hell to get it.

However, the hell you go through here is just a wet lump of bland gameplay, as The Destroyer really does fail to live up to its name, sitting back and slapping its sloppy limbs on the ground every once in a while. It's such a lackluster boss that you might con yourself into thinking that this is merely the first stage of a multi-tiered battle but much like my bald dad said to me when I wanted to become a hair model at a young age "That's not gonna happen, pal, this is all you get"

And so you leave the wonderful world of Borderlands with a taste so bitter you'd swear you'd been sucking on batteries for an hour.