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[LostInHyru1e]

Hello, all. I haven't played very many quests, but I've been thinking - what's the best Custom Boss ever made? I'd like to see some screenshots of really cool ones from already released quests. I know that Shoelace has some good ones, and LI probably does too. Screenshots please?

~LostInHyru1e

[Majora]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yobGUxZ_JTQ

[Titanium Justice]

Have you tried the sabotage dragoon demo its custom bosses are OMG Cool!!i understand pretty much how everything in ZC works but the way he made the pirahnna plant boss is crazy!!

[LostInHyru1e]

Majora - that's quite the awesome custom boss. The shear amount of work that went into that...

[Mitchfork]

Well, LI was built using FFCs, so some of it was a lot easier than it would have been otherwise. Still, it's probably the best custom boss I've ever seen. Granted, I haven't played very many quests... but still.

[Radien]

I wouldn't be so presumptuous as to insist it should be nominated here, but I was wondering what people think of my Devil Toad boss from DoR demo #2. It's a simple boss with difficulty fitting a level 1 dungeon, but I think it turned out pretty well.

I've been working on other bosses, and finished one of them, but that's the only one that's been released publicly.

[CastChaos]

Radien, there was a bug in the demo that threw me to the ending before meeting that boss. But according to the screenshots, your bosses are like the MMX2 bosses: they are not the upgraded versions of normal enemies, but neither look too bossey.

As for the battle with Sigma Dragolich... one of the best custom bosses, but I never felt that I'm fighting the "best custom boss" while fighting it.

The HoD bosses had some great feeling to them (no MMX2-ness) and the final boss of LI is also something must be noted. I have a soft side for the HoD Level 6 boss. No, not the darknut, silly!

I wish this thread were made a week later... [/shamed advertising]

[Radien]

Radien, there was a bug in the demo that threw me to the ending before meeting that boss. But according to the screenshots, your bosses are like the MMX2 bosses: they are not the upgraded versions of normal enemies, but neither look too bossey.

I'm not quite sure what you're saying here. Do you think the Devil Toad isn't big enough? Is that it?

If so, I'll keep that in mind, I guess. Some of the boss graphics I've ripped (and plan to use) aren't that big. The unreleased lava dragon boss I finished is pretty big, though. And it spits a stream of fire that extends all the way across the screen.

EDIT:

By the way, I had a question:

Was Dragolich's movement accomplished via Freeform combos? I noticed some definite combo cycling being used on some of the grounded obstacles.

[Peteo]

By the way, I had a question:

Was Dragolich's movement accomplished via Freeform combos? I noticed some definite combo cycling being used on some of the grounded obstacles.

Yeah, freeform combos. There's not much combo cycling used to make the bosses in Lost Isle because ff combos are just that awesome.
Someone already hinted that "oh but with ff combos custom boss making is so easy that it doesn't count". Well it's not easy at all I can tell you. You can get much smoother custom boss fights with ff combos, but I don't know if it makes custom boss making any easier. Faster? Yes, but not that much easier.

I'm glad people like the Dragolich, though the final boss of LI is the best custom creature I've ever done in my opinion. It may be a bit easy for the final boss, but at least it is a lenghty and cool battle.

Anyhoo, C-Dawg is still the custom boss master, nothing beats his ZQuest stuff. Though Radien's ZC knowledge is pretty awesome as well. DoR might be a pretty amazing quest if it ever gets finished.

[NoeL]

I think we all know the answer to this...

Botha v2.0!!!!

[LostInHyru1e]

Nice boss, Noel. Did you make that one?

And making a boss from Freeform Combos doesn't sound any easier to me. Perhaps faster, and definitely more effective, but not any easier. I definitely wouldn't consider it "cheating".

Edited by LostInHyru1e, 12 October 2007 - 05:27 PM.

[NoeL]

^ Yes, I did make that one.

And yes, I WILL use FFCs for any upcoming bosses I may or may not make.

[Taco Chopper]

I'm partway through that quest NoeL. Interesting stuff.

As for my opinion, it's definitely NOT my custom boss. That guy sucked. Just a wolf head and you had to shoot arrows at it. I did like Shoelace's custom boss for Level 1 though in HoD. That was clever.

[NoeL]

^ cool. I should mention that there's a tree with infinite bombs at the top of the temple... I should have changed it to magic when I changed the boss You'll see why.

[Taco Chopper]

I'll possibly notice. I did see the bomb tree.