The 10 SCARIEST Video Game Bosses of the Century So Far

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00:00Have mercy, have mercy upon us.

00:06Welcome to Mojo Plays and today we're looking at the most frightening bosses found in games

00:11released since the year 2000.

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00:26In this incredibly tough RPG, permadeath from a variety of sources can tear your party members

00:32apart.

00:33It's second DLC pack, The Color of Madness, takes inspiration from HP Lovecraft's original

00:39game of the year, but it's also one of the most powerful RPGs of all time.

00:44It's a game where you have to fight a bunch of enemies, fight a bunch of enemies, fight

00:48a bunch of enemies, fight a bunch of enemies, fight a bunch of enemies, fight a bunch of

00:52enemies.

00:53The Color of Madness takes inspiration from HP Lovecraft to give you one freakishly designed

00:57encounter.

00:58The Thing from the Stars is an eldritch beast that resembles a horrific fusion of horse

01:03and human, with bone and crystal sticking out at odd angles.

01:08Not only does it look scary, but it's an absolute nightmare to fight, too.

01:12Its attacks can inflict massive amounts of stress on your party, as well as give them

01:16diseases.

01:17It even grows stronger as you fight it, gaining resistance to certain attacks while its own

01:23increase in power.

01:24Good luck, explorers.

01:26The Crones.

01:28The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt.

01:30Though their tapestry would have you believe this trio of witches are beautiful, in reality,

01:35they're anything but.

01:37There are plenty of frightening creatures throughout The Witcher, yet The Crones never

01:41fail to unsettle.

01:42Each one has their own unique, disgusting feature.

01:46Bruice's discolored skin and misshapen limbs make her appear monstrous.

01:51Wispus carries a sack of body parts around, and Weavus has a… serious bug infestation

01:57issue.

01:58After being kidnapped by them, Ciri gets to fight the sisters in a big old disturbing

02:02pool of blood.

02:03They each have their own attacks, and taunt you throughout the fight, making vanquishing

02:08them all the sweeter.

02:09Unfortunately, of the possible 36 endings, only the one where Ciri dies leads to you

02:15killing the final sister.

02:21Panzer Mortar.

02:22Call of Duty World War II.

02:29You might not expect a historical war series like Call of Duty to have scary bosses, but

02:33let's not forget about the zombies mode.

02:36Towards the end of the final Reich map in World War II, players are confronted by the

02:40Panzer Mortar, whose appearance immediately brings to mind the stomach-churning practical

02:45effects of David Cronenberg.

02:47The burly monstrosity is made of machine parts and an untold number of corpses.

02:52In fact, its demogorgon-like mouth is made up entirely of torsos.

02:57Its immense size and terrifying design alone is enough to intimidate even the most confident

03:02of players.

03:03However, as Panzer Mortar literally translates to Armor Killer, it has the power to back

03:09it up.

03:10Eddie Gluskin, aka The Groom, Outlast.

03:18While Outlast confronts you with multiple twisted patients of Mount Massive Asylum,

03:23none of them measure up to this freak in the DLC.

03:26Eddie Gluskin may not appear that frightening, other than the blood smears on his face, but

03:31it's his very core as a human that sends shivers up your spine.

03:35Before being admitted, The Groom was a serial killer that mutilated women.

03:40As a patient, he's taken to forcing men into the role of his bride, with all the disturbing

03:45anatomical implications that come with it.

03:48Next up in this sickening cycle of forced marriage is you, a prospect that can make

03:53any player run the other way.

03:55In fact, that's basically all you can do until you gain the upper hand.

04:04Pyramid Head, Silent Hill 2.

04:10This baddie was so popular in his Silent Hill 2 debut, it made him the most recognizable

04:15foe in the series.

04:17As we navigate the town, this behemoth of a man would seemingly never be far from our

04:22trail.

04:23His stature, gigantic blade, and the metal box that gives him his name all make for a

04:28striking design.

04:30Of course, every monster in the franchise should be avoided, but Pyramid Head's relentless

04:35nature made him unavoidable.

04:37Finding out he was actually born from protagonist James' guilty psyche gave him a personal touch

04:42that somehow made him even more frightening.

04:45You also have several Pyramid Head encounters to contend with, one of which is in a small

04:50room and another where there are two of him.

04:53Ludwig the Accursed, Bloodborne.

04:58Look at them, the great terror droids.

05:05FromSoftware's games are packed with intimidating bosses.

05:08However, the studio's most distressing design is, naturally, found in its horror game, Bloodborne.

05:15Ludwig can be fought within the game's The Old Hunters DLC.

05:18An unholy chimera of human and horse parts, Ludwig shambles into view as an NPC begs for

05:25mercy.

05:26As his one mouth, full of eyeballs, shifts, his half-blind horse head takes one look at

05:31you and screams.

05:33It's quite the introduction, and you have two phases of him flailing about and shrieking

05:37at you to then deal with.

05:39It isn't fromSoftware's hardest boss fight, nor even the hardest in this game, but Ludwig's

05:45constant wailing and his supremely unnerving appearance definitely make him the scariest.

05:56Photoshop Flowey, Undertale.

06:03Most of the scariest bosses in recent memory rely on modern advancements in graphics for

06:08their troubling designs.

06:09And while Undertale was inspired by retro RPGs in both style and presentation, Flowey

06:15is still more alarming than most.

06:18The sadistic flower will confront you at the end of the game, absorbing Asgore's collected

06:22souls of dead children and transforming into an abomination known as Photoshop Flowey.

06:27The fight bombards you with a tense soundtrack and even tenser gameplay.

06:32All the while, the mangled concoction of plant, flesh, and machine taunts you, cackles maniacally,

06:39and projects disturbing faces on his monitor to stare you down.

06:43His violent demeanor throughout was already unsettling.

06:46Here, his appearance reflects that.

06:51Laura, The Evil Within.

06:57Two things almost universally guaranteed to creep people the hell out are spiders and

07:02vengeful spirits.

07:04Well put them both together, and you have Laura from The Evil Within.

07:08Don't let her regular name fool you, Laura is one nasty piece of work.

07:12Born from the death of Laura Victoriano and her brother's hatred, this boss's body

07:17is made up almost entirely of appendages.

07:21Long, gangly appendages with severe burn marks and razor sharp nails.

07:26Her pale face brings to mind the Onryo, Japanese ghost who died under traumatic circumstances

07:32and made popular through movies like The Grudge.

07:34She also hits like a truck, can teleport, and has extremely high health.

07:39So yeah, not exactly a pleasant experience.

07:50The Rat King, The Last of Us Part II.

08:00Naughty Dog's sequel managed to make the already terrifying Infected much scarier by

08:04introducing variants based on location and environment.

08:08Their design reached peak disgust and fear with Abby's horrifying fight against the

08:13Rat King.

08:14There's excellent build up as you navigate the lower levels of the hospital, and when

08:18it finally reveals itself you almost have no time to take in its repulsive appearance

08:23before it attacks.

08:25The Rat King is made up of several Infected, conjoined over time by the Cordyceps fungus.

08:30The space in which you fight it is claustrophobic, leading to multiple moments of panic as the

08:35foe closes in.

08:37Making it worse is the stalker who breaks off mid-fight, so that you're hunted on

08:41two fronts.

08:49Marguerite Baker, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard.

09:02Resident Evil is the king of horror for many reasons, though one of the biggest is how

09:07petrifying its bosses are.

09:09Sure Resident Evil 2's Mr. X causes us much anxiety, but when it comes to blending ungodly

09:15fear and pure revulsion, it's tough to beat Marguerite Baker.

09:20The matriarch of the Baker family is fought in the second house, and mutates after the

09:25first brief encounter.

09:27Her appendages grow longer, her voice more demonic, and she scrambles about on the walls

09:32and floor like a giant bug.

09:34Speaking of bugs, it only took one look at her body's nest to make us never want to

09:40repeat this encounter.

09:41Add on the dim lighting and tight space, and this is one seriously stressful fight.

09:54If there's a boss that shook you to your core that we didn't include, let us know

09:58about it in the comments.

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