15 More Boss Tropes That Need To Be Done Away With

Bosses Becoming Regular Enemies

Of course, the opposite is also true. Sometimes, bosses will be reused as regular enemies in later parts of a game. Since the player’s power or skill has increased exponentially, they could be viewed as a minor speed bump rather than the overwhelming mountain that was the earlier boss fight. Such examples include the LQ-84i or Blade Wolf in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (with lesser versions of it becoming normal enemies later), the Dragonslayer Armour from Dark Souls 3 (who appears as an enemy in The Ringed City DLC) and so on.