The coolest enemies in gaming?

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Not long ago we had a thread about the most annoying enemies in gaming. Figured we could have a similar one, but from a more positive point of view!

So for me, one of the coolest enemies in videogames has it has to be this dude, which features in one of my favorite parts of one of my favorite games:

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The setup is amazing: you are exploring a temple and suddenly enter this weird but cool looking room. You walk forward and, before you realize, you have lost your reflection on the ground's water only to realize that it has materialized into an evil version of yourself. Then the mini-boss music starts playing letting you know you are about to get your shit pushed in:



The enemy itself is great too. OOT is quite an easy game when it comes to it's combat, yet this one can punish you in many ways, deflecting most of your attacks unless you know what you are doing and even jumping on top of your sword when you dare doing a stab attack.

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Thankfully the game offers multiple ways of cheesing the fight, making it far easier and on par with the rest of the game. This sort of feels like a puzzle the first time you face him, since you have to try all the stuff you have in order to find something that works.

Thing is, the game still allows you to beat him just with the master sword, resulting in the most challenging and tense part of the game, and arguably one of the best parts of the game imo. Also, realizing how to beat it this way is also a puzzle on it's own, an optional one, which makes it even cooler imo.

So tell me GAF! What are some of your favorite enemies in videogames?
 
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Artorias from Dark Souls

You've heard about this legend and when you finally encounter him he's stomping some foolish mooks (pictured). He's strong, aggressive and got stylish moves that you haven't really seen up to this point in the game.
 
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Artorias from Dark Souls
This one's up there for me too.

Coming from the base game, this boss felt much more nible and dynamic, and also way harder. You could tell FROM was putting some of the stuff they learned up to this point to make this boss as cool as possible.
 
Spear Adept in Sekiro
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They are tough enemies but they have such cool move set but the best part you can actually death blow them when they are in mid air which looks epic as fuck….I love fighting these guys.
 
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Bayonetta 2 angels.

There is no enemy health bar for minor enemies, instead they have armor made of ceramic that you break with your giant demon punches revealing their internal organs and bones. All the angels have modelled and detailed organs.


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A fun thing to do against the centaur angels is to call down a giant demon heel to bury them, then run up to them and spam the Y button to spank them.:messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
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SA-X is pretty underrated as an enemy IMO. Getting chased by a more or less fully equipped Samus clone made me so damn scared as a kid.
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Honorable mention...
Physics In Trespasser:
 
I thought this was one of the best depictions of how powerful vampires are supposed to be once it got to the reality warping, many things tell, this showed



Then there's this, if it came as a surprise especially

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The whole brotherhood is cool (the tech, aesthetic etc) but the coolest part is this man:

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"IN THE NAME OF KANE!"

"PEACE THROUGH POWER!"

PS - C&C 4 never happened.
 
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The antlions in Half Life were great - they looked terrifying but you could absolutely shred them.

The werewolf vicar in Bloodborne was badass too.
 
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The sith cultists in Jedi Academy. They would hide high up in a room and jump down and attack you when you passed by. Had me be constantly on my toes if I didn't use force sensing.

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Mouser
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I mean, just look at him. He's got sunglasses! 😎
 
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