You know that moment: the screen goes dark, a light flickers, and you hear the most monstrous howl. Maybe you reach to turn on the lights or you pause the game and take a deep breath. You’ve just entered the arena with one scary-ass creature.
Here at Boss Level Gamer, we take our bosses very seriously. Bosses in video games take on a number of forms and have a variety of difficulties. No matter the scenario, there’s always some level of tension in a boss battle.
Mr. X, an unofficial name for the T-00, stalks Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield in both the original Resident Evil 2 and its remake. It is the remake, however, that is ramped up to one hundred.
Its scariest boss, however, is not the final boss. A mini-boss called Dead Hand takes that spot. This creepy creature lurks at the bottom of the well in the Shadow Temple.
In her first major appearance, she bursts out of the ground in a torrent of blood with a blood-curling scream. Over the course of The Evil Within and for a brief stint in its sequel, Laura terrorizes the player.
Perhaps a lot of the fear and unsettlingness for Andross is manifested through nostalgia, but even today his innate creepiness still holds up. Andross is the main antagonist of the Star Fox series and the final boss in Star Fox 64.
Though he’s featured in other games and the movie series, Pyramid Head’smost note-worthyappearanceis his first. His trademarkpyramid isinspired by a combination ofWorld War 2tanks and otherwar vehicles and he will absolutelymurder you with his Great Knife.