Cyborg Ninja-MGS1

The End

As frustrating as it was.

Oh and the Metal Gear battle in MGS4 was brilliant.

and THE FURY

MGS1 - Psycho Mantis, Sniper Wolf
MGS2 - Fat Man
MGS3 - The Boss
MGS4 - Liquid Ocelot, Ray

I liked the one in MGS1 where the guy had that huge turret and you had to set C4 everywhere. That was fun. :)

I think I'd have to go with Sniper Wolf, eventhough it was a nightmare when you first encountered her, having to walk back on yourself to get the sniper rifle.

No boss fight can best The Boss.

"I liked the one in MGS1 where the guy had that huge turret and you had to set C4 everywhere. That was fun. :)"

Psycho Mantis, Screaming Mantis, and Laughing Octopus.

Psycho Mantis, Liquid's hand to hand fight, Sniper Wolf Cyborg Ninja(MGS1)
Vamp, Solidus sword fight(MGS2)
The End, The Boss(MGS3)

Really none MGS4.

Overall, a tie between The Boss and Psycho Mantis I'd say.

"Psycho Mantis, Liquid's hand to hand fight, Sniper Wolf Cyborg Ninja(MGS1)
Vamp, Solidus sword fight(MGS2)
The End, The Boss(MGS3)

Really none MGS4.

Overall, a tie between The Boss and Psycho Mantis I'd say.

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Seeing as I liked the previous ones, especially 3 far better than 4 in general, not really.

"The End

As frustrating as it was.

Oh and the Metal Gear battle in MGS4 was brilliant."

The Rex vs Ray fight in MGS4 was fucking mindblowing, so that. Some of my other, lesser favorites were Solid Snake vs Psycho Mantis (MGS1), Raiden vs Solidus (MGS2), and Naked Snake vs The Boss (MGS3)

Rex/Ray fight, also the Vulcan Raven fight because it scared the shit out of me every time.

The End is probably my favourite boss fight in any game, just since it completely goes against the concept of a traditional boss battle. The slow pace, huge area to fight in, and all the different tactics you could use just blew me away.

"No boss fight can best The Boss."

Psycho Mantis - MGS1
Fat Man - MGS2
The End, The Boss - MGS3
Liquid Ocelot, Rex/Ray - MGS4

Overall: The Boss

Psycho Mantis has to be the best boss battle in video game history. It may seem just slightly interesting now, but at the time, it was a very big deal.

Hmm thats a hard question to answer, there are so many awesome fights.  I remember vulcan raven scaring the hell out of me when he started running around.  Cyborg ninja was badass.  The End was epic, most unique fight ever. The Boss fight , holy crap artistic perfection.  The Ocelot fight at the end of MGS4 probably is my favorite though, just because by that time you prett much know all the backstory and what the fight means, and then it ends with  the revelation that there never was a REAL liquid Ocelot.

Metal Gear Rex Vs Metal Gear Ray in MGS4

I don't understand how the end took anyone "hours"? I mean I didn't cheat or anything either and I beat it in like 20 minutes. Still was epic though.

The End, hands down. But honorable mention is psycho mantis.

"Psycho Mantis has to be the best boss battle in video game history. It may seem just slightly interesting now, but at the time, it was a very big deal."

The final encounter with Solidus at the end of MGS2 was amazing. Definitely my favourite by far.

Ex aequo between The End &The Boss

Probably the End or the Liquid/Snake fight in MGS4.  The fight with the Boss was pretty awesome because of where you fight, and because of Snake Eater playing in the background at the 5ish minute mark, but the fight itself didn't really do justice to how accomplished of fighters they were.  All the CQC cutscene battles between them that occurred earlier in the game just ended up overshadowing their final fight.

Laughing Octopus was creepy, guess 'cause it was the first but it was outstanding!

Psycho Mantis

Sticking to the Boss, and its bloody hard too going for the non lethal kill. I also loved fighting the fury. In MGS4, its not really a boss battle but the Raiden and Vamp Fight looks awesome if you manage to watch it.

psycho mantis by far

As much as I hate the franchise, I also have to say Psycho Mantis.  It was seriously the only one that caught my attention and made me really get into the game.  The rest of the series just wasn't much to me.

Psycho Mantis for how trippy it was at the time.  Blew my mind.

The Boss.

the last fight/battle with ocelot in MGS4 just great and a great way to finish off the series.

For me it's between The End from MGS3 and Crying Wolf from MGS4. I guess they're similar in the way you have to deal with them, but I have to go with The End. I had a much more enjoyable time fighting with him then I did Crying Wolf.

Metal Gear Solid - Psycho Mantis
Sons of Liberty - Solidus
Snake Eater - The End
Guns of the Patriots - Laughing Octopus/Crying Wolf

And then, if you want to get real in depth:

Metal Gear - Big Boss
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - Predator/Gray Fox
Portable Ops - Gene
AC!D - Vince
AC!D2 - Metal Gear
Ghost Babel - Marionette Owl

Yeah. Why do people like The Boss' boss battle so much? I respect her as a character - she is one of my favorites - but it is not the best in the series, nor is it the best in Snake Eater. Psycho Mantis' boss fight is memorable and notable in that everybody knows about it. Technically, The End was outstanding - but the best emotionally, and story wise? Sons of Liberty was and still is my favorite, and I did like me some Solidus. He gets my vote.

I enjoyed battling the urge to scream every time a cut scene crept past the twenty minute mark in 4. I kid, I kid!

Solidus Snake at the end of MGS 2.

I loved the concept behind The End, but the actual fight wasn't nearly as cool.

I can name the one's I didn't like......... but truth is, the ones I didn't like were a little frustrating, still nothing compares to the genius of finding the weak spots of bosses.

Gota go with The End

You could eat his parrot to piss him off. I defy you to find another boss fight that you can do that in!

"Psycho Mantis has to be the best boss battle in video game history. It may seem just slightly interesting now, but at the time, it was a very big deal."

Haha, posting in the PS3 forum with a Master Chief av makes me feel like a Klansman at an NAACP meeting.*

No hate guys, but I'll be shuffling off to the 360 forum.

* - It takes a bit of a mental effort to imagine how such a guy would feel, though I'm thinking not in his element.

Octopussy!

I have to go with the final boss battle of the entire Solid series.  Liquid, Ocelot and Snake.  I started playing Metal Gear games in the 80's.  Then the rivalry between Liquid, Ocelot, and Solid started.  That final fight was something I had been wanting for many, many years!

Finally getting my hands on Liquid and Ocelot... AT THE SAME FRIGGIN TIME!  I loved it!  Favorite boss battle ever, out of every game I have ever played.  I have never been a part of any other fight, that was so built up.  So desired, and so damn great from every view point. 

It went so far beyond what I had been craving for all those years.  It was pure perfection.  That I will never forget.

Psycho Mantis was packed with the most creativity any game developer had been able to shoehorn into a boss up to its time (some would argue that's still true). The mind reader (or memory card reader) gets my vote.

"I see you like Castlevania..."

The End. I had one tranq dart left and I had to wait until his stamina was low enough. It was worth it.

It has to be the end from MGS3 because it was the first boss in a long time that wasnt just shoot that dude a million times or shoot that dude in a specific area and then shoot him in another area until he falls over. It felt like a proper sniper match... Kinda