One of the main reasons I loved Halo 2 campaign was not because of the story, but because of the gameplay, especially the boss battles. The scarab, heretic leader, the prophet, tatarus… all great bosses. Halo 3 missed the opportunities of having some awesome boss battles with the prophet and gravemind. Halo 4 missed the BIGGEST boss battle of all… the Didact!
All I’m saying is please bring boss battles back into Halo!
What are your thoughts?
Those weren’t really boss battles, just unique enemy types. I also remember them being annoying to play.
Only if they’re done right.
I would hardly call running at Regret, pressing X, and bashing his skull in a boss battle. 
> I would hardly call running at Regret, pressing X, and bashing his skull in a boss battle.
Or playing keep away with Baldy McDumbdumb the geriatric lowland Gorilla.
> > I would hardly call running at Regret, pressing X, and bashing his skull in a boss battle.
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> Or playing keep away with Baldy McDumbdumb the geriatric lowland Gorilla.
Don’t get slammed by an angry lowland gorilla.
OT: They were fun, but only on normal. Easy was…well, easy, and Heroic/Legendary difficulties just made it repetitive.
> > I would hardly call running at Regret, pressing X, and bashing his skull in a boss battle.
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> Or playing keep away with Baldy McDumbdumb the geriatric lowland Gorilla.
Tartarus is an actual enemy, though. He is invulnerable for most of the battle, and even when he isn’t, he can take a lot of hits, compared to normal enemies, anyway. Regret was just pathetic, though.
> I would hardly call running at Regret, pressing X, and bashing his skull in a boss battle.
Still… it was something different from the countless hours playing the campaign before that point, and pretty challenging on legendary imo.
All I’m saying if there is if there is a point for a boss battle… take the chance! The Didact would have been an awesome boss to battle at the end of Halo 4, but what happens instead… hold “X” to plant grenade… Didact falls… the end -__-
> > I would hardly call running at Regret, pressing X, and bashing his skull in a boss battle.
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> Still… it was something different from the countless hours playing the campaign before that point, and pretty challenging on legendary imo.
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> All I’m saying if there is if there is a point for a boss battle… take the chance! The Didact would have been an awesome boss to battle at the end of Halo 4, but what happens instead… hold “X” to plant grenade… Didact falls… the end -__-
Yeah… That was literally the biggest let-down ever. Of all time.
> Or make us fight these. Honestly, they should put those in the MCC Halo 2.
Yes! The Juggernaut would have been a good enemy. I wish Bungie had kept them.
Eh
Voted yes to boss battles.
YES for Tartarus, Regret, Heretic, Scarab (H2 & H3 dual scarabs).
NO for Guilty Spark & Didact QTE being too easy gameplay wise.
I wouldn’t really consider the Halo 2 Scarab a Boss… It never showed direct hostility to the player, and you never really fought it… Just the enemies controlling it.
Absolutly!!! Tartarus battle was awesome boss fights would be great
As long as it’s NOTHING like Regret. I don’t think I’ve ever cursed at a video game more than when I fought him on legendary…
I don’t think halo needs bosses, which is why i said no, but if done well and not done simply “because we need a boss here” they can certainly add to the game.
I’m with everyone who feels that what halo 4 did with the didact was a copout. I was expecting something a little like the heretic leader or one of those super sentinals from H2, or maybe a bit more like 343GS from halo 3 only a bit more challenging (Use a specific weapon, possibly an overcharged version of a promethian weapon, to pick him apart while trying not to get horribly murdered). That would have been considerably more fun than the painfully slow crawl, press x to kill enemy, crawl painfully slowly again, press x to instawin. And I think that would have fit the game, the story, and provided a satisfying ending.
> I don’t think halo needs bosses, which is why i said no, but if done well and not done simply “because we need a boss here” they can certainly add to the game.
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> I’m with everyone who feels that what halo 4 did with the didact was a copout. I was expecting something a little like the heretic leader or one of those super sentinals from H2, or maybe a bit more like 343GS from halo 3 only a bit more challenging (Use a specific weapon, possibly an overcharged version of a promethian weapon, to pick him apart while trying not to get horribly murdered). That would have been considerably more fun than the painfully slow crawl, press x to kill enemy, crawl painfully slowly again, press x to instawin. And I think that would have fit the game, the story, and provided a satisfying ending.
Yeah… Best case scenario, I was expecting something along the lines of Tartarus… Even better would have been if 343 actually used their own canon and gave the Didact a War Sphinx.
So as long as the battle doesnt consist of:
1- b line to boss, hyjack, press b till victory
2- boss is flying
3- final boss dies in 1 clip of duel needler on legendary (he aint immune to that)
You would think a Covenant Hierarch would have better protection. Sure the Fuel Rod chair is cool, but it’s useless if you run straight at him.