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What seems like a relatively harmless tiny-headed reptile turns out to be something… a lot more. Image courtesy Boss Fight Database (via YouTube)Dark Souls doesn’t waste any time subverting expectations and the Gaping Dragon encounter is one of the earliest examples.
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A fitting climax to a level full of flooded ruins and shrieking ghosts. Fighting these horrifying, corrupted abyss-dwellers feels like lashing around at deep sea abominations swimming up to you in the dark.
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Image courtesy Boss Fight Database (via YouTube)Four Kings is the one boss that can literally kill you before you even make it into the boss room… if you can even call it a room. After hearing so much about the ancient dragons, getting to fight one of the last, and most powerful of its kind, is a thrill that shouldn’t be passed up. Image courtesy Boss Fight Database (via YouTube)Kalameet puts up one of the toughest fights on the list thanks to his vicious speed and menacing black fire, and that’s even after being shot down by a giant with a greatbow. Especially when you get to ring that first bell at the top of the tower, letting all surrounding players in Lordran know your journey has really begun. Image courtesy Boss Fight Database (via YouTube)You’ve already tested your might on a few minor Dark Souls bosses by the time you reach the Bell Gargoyle, but the thrill of slaying not one, but – surprise – two winged demons on the roof of a massive church… it feels like a rite of passage.