It’s a daunting task to rank all of those bosses, but attempting to do so reveals something quite important about these revolutionary titles. Indeed, there are some bosses which conjure a sense of dread that has little to do with their intimidating presence. While so many of those bosses are simply just a few rungs below the heaviest hitters, others conjure the opposite memories of the best bosses in the franchise.
There are bound to be some that simply don’t meet the expectations set by the greatest foes in the series. Call it the price of doing business when you traffic in so many epic encounters. You know there’s a way out, but how?Īs great as the bosses from this franchise are, though, they are not created equally.
No, the bosses of these games are more like puzzle boxes you suddenly find yourself trapped in. The bosses of Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls are designed to be more than mere roadblocks meant to slow down your march towards the end credits.