Re: Bungie and the Big Boss


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Re: Bungie and the Big Boss

Posted By: Jabberwok Date: 9/11/11 11:55 a.m.
In Response To: Bungie and the Big Boss (Godot)

I always thought of Bungie games as not needing boss fights, at least not in the one-enemy-with-a-lot-of-hit-points sense. Although Infinity had 'You Think You're Big Time...?', that was pretty much a boss level. Halo 2 had Tartarus, which I thought was a pretty fun ending. But boss fights are definitely a formula, and Bungie tends to step outside of those when it wants. I associate bosses with arcadey Nintendo games where you repeat the same moves over and over until you win. Kind of boring, really.
: Nope... not another Bruce Lee movie.
: And definitely not another attempt by Bill Gates to get Bungie to continue
: making Halo games, this time by buying Activision.
: No, this is the time honored first person shooter formula of the Big Boss.
: You know... the insanely hard guy you have to kill at the end of the game.
: And after the 76th failed attempt you finally send him to the afterworld
: while you collapse in a pool of feverish sweat and carpal tunnel.
: So where are the Big Bosses in Bungie's earlier games like Marathon and
: Pathways? We have the super bad Alien Leader (double tap knockout to the
: chin) and the hostile alien God beneath the Yucatan (oops... sorry I
: nicked you with my knife). And remind me again... Big Boss in Marathon 2?
: Bungie doesn't do Big Bosses or do they?
: Cheers
: Hamish

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Bungie and the Big Boss Godot 9/11/11 4:56 a.m.

Re: Bungie and the Big Boss poenadare 9/11/11 7:47 a.m.

Re: Bungie and the Big Boss ukimalefu 9/11/11 9:02 a.m.

Re: Bungie and the Big Boss Bob-B-Q 9/11/11 11:42 a.m.

Re: Bungie and the Big Boss Jabberwok 9/11/11 11:55 a.m.

Re: Bungie and the Big Boss Quantum 9/13/11 2:37 a.m.

Re: Bungie and the Big Boss MrM12LRV 9/15/11 3:22 p.m.

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Bungie and the Big Boss	Godot	9/11/11 4:56 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the Big Boss	poenadare	9/11/11 7:47 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the Big Boss	ukimalefu	9/11/11 9:02 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the Big Boss	Bob-B-Q	9/11/11 11:42 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the Big Boss	Jabberwok	9/11/11 11:55 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the Big Boss	Quantum	9/13/11 2:37 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the Big Boss	MrM12LRV	9/15/11 3:22 p.m.



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