What makes a Boss Battle, Epic...fun...interesting? Options

[amaro57]

For my current project, I've already planned out all the boss fights in advance before developing them. I recently started thinking that maybe the player wouldn't like my idea of a fun boss battle.

Thus leading to this thread. What are your ideas of fun and epic boss battles? Be it small touches and details or completely new twists.

In my opinion, I always like a bit of thinking involved in some fights. Not just a straight forward hack and slash but a boss that requires you to find a weakness of some sort and utilize it to an extent. Persona 3 comes to mind here for me. Even a simple or complex puzzle is welcoming and fun for me. For example, in a nutshell, one of my planned "fights" is for the player to hit all the switches while the environment is constantly changing using acquired abilities.

[psychofreak]

An advice on how to make your boss fights more strategic and therefore interesting: Think of your CHARACTER's skills, magic etc. Then visualize the most creative ways those abilities can be used resourcefully. Once that's done, think of which bosses you can apply those ideas to in your game. Does anyone else get their ideas that way? Or is it just me?

I gave enough examples of those kinds of fights on this thread and some other ones.

This post has been edited by psychofreak: Feb 16 2011, 09:17 AM