When it comes to the topic of loyal companions turning into big bosses, I wonder what is the first game that comes to mind?
It seems that the "Devil May Cry" series has more to say!
Most of the characters who have appeared have been bosses: Dante, Virgil, Trish, Lady, and Claydo. The most exciting plot in the game is naturally that various beauties are whitewashed and become loyal companions. The reason why Trish and Rettie's popularity is so high is because they both initially appeared as "villains", and after whitewashing, they were once again turned into bosses by the demon king waiting for the protagonist to rescue.
The most impressive is the clown Jester who appeared in "Devil May Cry 3", although he was relatively perverse when he first appeared, he has been guiding Dante, and he doesn't look like a bad guy, who knows that he is the final boss.
When I learned his identity, it was still somewhat surprising. Jester, who looks so serious on the surface, would actually put down his body so much and play this kind of clown that is completely inconsistent with his identity.
So, what other partners become bosses that make you feel bad?
A wolf
There have been many cases of partners turning into bosses in "Wolf", and the familiar Buddha Carver, Reina Yixin, and Miss Yongzhen are all like this, and the most uncomfortable for players is naturally Miss Yongzhen!
Yongzhen is the apprentice of Sword Saint Reed Ming, the identity is a medicine master, superb medical skills and gentle and kind, helping players all kinds of busyness along the way, is a goddess in the hearts of many players, and even directly called "wife" by many players.
Perhaps he has a very similar experience to the protagonist, and in many of the dialogues, it can be heard that Yongzhen has different emotions for the protagonist. After choosing the Asura route, she will face her who becomes a boss.
Blood Stained: Ritual of the Night
In the entire Castlevania series, the most unacceptable plot for me is to face Julius Belmont after being blackened, the legendary character who once killed Dracula with his own hands, has strong combat power, but in the end he is still defeated by Dracula's reincarnated Cangzhen.
Fortunately, this is only a branch of the plot, otherwise it is really unacceptable!
Years later, when we played the spiritual sequel "Blood Stained: Ritual of the Night", we once again encountered a more similar character: Chopping Moon, who can play various skills such as fire, thunder and lightning, and frost, and is the last powerful enemy that players encounter.
But fortunately, he has been a good person from beginning to end, and after defeating him, he can get the "Moon Chopping Knife", and then he has the opportunity to fight Gibel in the end.
The most unpleasant boss in the game is: Dominic, who would have thought that she was the biggest conspirator.
This good girl who looks weak and can't help the wind, but has an extremely distorted psychology. Good at disguise, she waited for an opportunity for years until Miriam's awakening.
In fact, Dominic is also a poor person, and the tragic death of her parents in her early years caused her to suffer great pain in her childhood, resulting in gradual psychological distortion. The demon is on earth, but the high gods do nothing, she no longer believes, intending to create gods by her own power, so a vicious plan has begun to be conceived long ago.
She hid her evil plans and entered the upper echelons of the church, during which she gained a lot of resources, learned alchemy and controlled crystal fragments, quietly experimented on herself, and successfully transformed herself into a fragment person.
Gentle and kind on the surface, she has always been guiding the heroine Miriam. With her help, the fragment collection is quickly completed and the final boss Gemori is killed. Everything seems to be so smooth, but unexpectedly, the protagonist made a wedding dress for Dominic, and Dominic successfully summoned the great demon god Baal.
If you're proficient in weapon forging and collecting complete fragments, hitting Bal is too easy.
There is also a special existence in the game, that is, librarian OD.
His avatar is almost entirely designed according to Arucardo, and he gives players a variety of books with different functions in the River Artificial Consciousness Map. It can be regarded as our more effective helper in the early stage.
In the later stage, after players get the "Book of Overlords", they will meet him who has become a boss when they go to Ice Tomb. OD is still relatively principled, before saying that you want to return the book but you don't return it, then there is only a hard robbery. His combat power is very strong, even more terrifying than other bosses, and after defeating him, he gets the fragment of time stop.
"Vice City"
Lance Vance is a relatively rare character whose cover character turns into a villain.
In this game full of violence and blood, it is very rare to have such a seemingly friendly friend as Lance Vance in the plot. He has always been a core character in the early stage of the game and a loyal companion to the players.
However, as the plot develops, after killing Diaz with Tommy, Lance's mentality begins to change. In his eyes, it seemed that Tommy did not see him as an adult. When Tommy noticed this, he was also greatly annoyed, which more or less affected his dominant force in the Viseti gang. For the first time, a gap appeared in the friendship between the two.
Tommy's attitude towards Lance has changed since then, and he occasionally accuses Lance of mistakes and even fails to deliver on the promised bonus. In the end, Tommy and Lance draw a line, emphasizing that all the business is run by themselves, which makes Lance instantly feel that he has lost his value.
After the ultimate boss Sonny Freley came to Vice City, Lance felt that Sonny could be his backer. After a series of ideological battles, Lance betrays Tommy and turns to Tommy's former boss Sonny for the future. Even told him the news that Tommy gave the counterfeit banknote, which made Sonny angry, which directly led to the final bloody battle.
The games that each generation encounters are different, and the emotions invested are also different.
In the past, we also chased the latest games and experienced masterpieces of various eras
But one day I will stop and reminisce about the classic games of yesteryear, remembering the youth that has passed.