Top 10 Best Boss Battles in the Quest for Glory Series
Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements was released on January 30, 2019. This game was inspired by the classic Quest for Glory series, so I'll be making several Quest for Glory - related lists. I've already created lists about the best monsters and best soundtracks in each game. Now, I'll be looking at the best boss battles in the series. While some may not be true boss battles, they are still worthy of mention.To qualify as a boss in this list, a monster needs to meet the following criteria:
1. It can only be fought once (with the exception of the Master Wraith, who gets a pass).
2. It has a specific pattern or unique method required to defeat it.
Because of these criteria, characters like Ad Avis, the Demon Wizard, the Brigand Leader, and the Warlock are classified as final battles rather than boss battles.
Here's the list!
Khaveen gives one of the best boss battles in the entire series, in my opinion! Not only is he one of my favorite characters because of his handsome design and epic personality, but his boss battle is straight-up awesome. It's very unique and requires a lot of skill.
While he can only be fought as a fighter, he surely is the best. You need to have a vigor and healing potion, or you might not succeed. First, you will fight a bit, and after some time, you will accidentally drop your sword. You must get it back by thinking carefully. After getting it and fighting some more, Khaveen will accidentally drop his sword. You can choose to spare him or kill him. If you want to be a paladin, you must spare him, and then the real battle begins.
It's a super challenging boss, and I love it! The best part is that before the true battle, the song "En Route to Ad Avis" will play, which is my favorite song in the game, so that makes it even better. Easily the best one!
Even though Quest For Glory III was a disappointing game overall, the side quests for the wizard were among the best. There are tons of awesome side quests, and the best has to be battling the Leopardman Shaman, a very skilled magic user. He will use a spell, and you must use another spell to counterattack. It's very unique and creative and forces you to be smart. He surely deserves to be high up on the list.
The Kobold is one of the more unique bosses, as it's one of the few boss battles in the game that doesn't take you to the combat screen. It's very different from other monsters, as you have to constantly stab him, but he will teleport, so you must make sure to switch direction to hit him. It's a very good boss.
The first boss in the entire series and generally an easy boss if you have high stats - at least above fifty in weapon use, health, and stamina. It surely is quite a memorable boss. I love the pink color, which is very vibrant and colorful, and his loot is just excellent! He's one of the few bosses that have loot, and it's excellent! Fifty silvers and one gold are excellent! He surely is a great boss.
The hardest and perhaps strongest of all monsters in the game is surely Toro the bull. He is very, and I mean VERY, difficult. Even a character with maxed-out stats will have trouble with him. Hitting him is very hard, I have to say. His loot is excellent, though. You get so many coins, although I don't remember how much.
This is surely a difficult one. I mean it. Unless you have the aura spell, this monster will suck the health from you very fast, and you have a small chance of winning. I guess if you have extremely high health, you could survive it, but it's very unlikely. Very awesome boss.
Objectively the hardest boss in the series. That's because it's actually impossible to win. It's a great boss because the excitement level is high, and it's fought near the end of the game. The music helps you feel that you have to defeat the bad guys. Luckily, you don't need to defeat it. About halfway through, a friend of yours will defeat it instead, and you can proceed to defeat the main villain of the game.
Even though you are actually supposed to say a secret word to lure him away to get points, you can choose the hard way (and perhaps less rewarding way) to fight him. Compared to other trolls, he is much tougher and requires tons of skill. He's about as hard as Toro from the same game.
In a way, this is the fourth installment's version of the Leopardman Shaman from the third game, except way less interesting or fun. You just spam this one spell I don't remember at her while she and her companions attack you with spells. Not that fun, although I found it somewhat interesting still.
There's not too much to say about the Gargoyle, although it's technically the final boss of the third game, created by the Demon Master to distract the player (if the player is a fighter or paladin). It's quite easy, if I do say so myself. It's nothing too special, though, so it's quite low on the list.