Karol after gattuso in tales of Vesperia! Not that that was a 7 stager necessarily, but definitely a very solid 2 stages and "that thing didn't even put up a fight!"
There is a stage between 4 and 5. Which is lunacy. Laughing manically because you notice you're getting worse and worse, and how ridiculous the whole thing is.
But what about when stage 7 is just emptiness? You won, but you don't Feel like you won, that boss took something from you, and you will never get it back.
I postulate that that may actually be healthy. Soulsborne games never got big on me for that exact reason. There comes a point when the satisfaction you get from beating that boss isn't enough to cover the amount of strife you went through to get there.
I'll add what you think after stage 7 right now. Ok now I need to save. Ok another save just incase the first one didn't work. One more time. Oh no didn't watch it that time. So just one more. Ok done.
if there is a map then it is time to bring it up every 5 seconds to make sure you aren't going in the wrong direction. Guess that would be the pre-boss stuff though
mr man i remember mij gameboy crashing during a save after i spent 6 weeks on a 7 stage'er en loosing All progres so i remember that feeling verry clearly
Seem, after the rage quit, as a younger dude I used to find not playing the game for weeks, or even months, meant that when I came back, I would somehow be BETTER - 13 year old me defeats a boss 12 year old me could never touch. And 18 year old me, going back and playing for nostalgia games I'd already beaten years ago, would find tough boss battles not at all tough.
Yep I either beat it in one evening, like with Hyperlight drifter where I still have one of my longest boss attempts ever against the Hanged Man, or have to go back to it after weeks. And for Devil May Cry it was more retrying once a month for three months with the last ones. And that guy with the giant scissors that I beat in three seconds as a normal enemy but with the boss I forgot I could wall jump so his attacks became basically unavoidable. In my defense tough excluding when you have to run from him in the corridor I had a pretty easy time with Phantom at least. I haven't tried Dark Souls yet but I fear it will be like DmC but worse
In bloodborne I beat ludwig (the hardest boss) in one try my first playthrough, and in my second playthrough it took me over 50 tries. So yeah beginners luck
You forgot stage 0. The discovery. You walk inside and like your first time on the cappa deamon. They nuke you from orbit so fast you don't even understand what killed you.
@@k.rodrigosternergil4365 To ne fair though, they gave you Ample time for that VERY FIRST Quicktime with him. Assuming you're used to KH games, the endgame mechanics, and KH2's quicktime addage, it was literally all the others once the battle started AFTER his charge... That would be game. Lol
I found it hilarious how one of the first clips was Cyborg Ninja from MGS. I literally went through those steps yesterday!! I've been replaying the MGS series in chronological order so the last 3D game I've played was MGSV which spoiled me on control. I've found it so hard to get back into the clunkier gameplay of MGS1. At least the MSX games had straight forward controls and aiming...
I'm thinking about getting Dark Souls remastered when it comes out. I need advice from people who have completed it. Should I do it, or continue to have hair?
Stage 8: that fear between beating the stage 7 boss and the next possible save point. Will you make it or will some trash mob put an end to you and make you start all over again.
Goddd I hate that, lol. When you just barely manage to win a tough boss fight and survive by the skin of your teeth only to be wiped out by a goddamn common mob.
I just went through this with one of the God of War Valkyries. The stages went EXACTLY like this. When I beat her, I couldn’t even hold my controller because my arms where shaking. So Kratos just stood there, looking at the pile of loot as I took some deep breaths. Now, less than 24 hours later, I’m back at stage 5 for the next Valkyrie Love this video Rob!
"bloody chop it off....." - Yes, I can fully relate to pointing at my own hand, threatening extreme violence if one of my fingers decides to go rogue and press the wrong button at the completely wrong time... You have been warned pinky......................................................
Jay Smith it’s possible. I’ve only recently started binge watching the Access videos and sometimes the auto play seems to do them in random order, so I kind of lost track...
Elliott Collier I was fortunate to be one of those who had a 4 year older step bro who indeed had ps1 Metal Gear Solid. Indeed I find it still in heart high amongst a select few elite games ever. Ty!
Still one of if not my favorite video from the channel. All of this is so true. Anytime I’m in the middle of a 7 stager I re-watch it to help cool down
Well thing about Dark souls is the boss you found easy will be the boss someone else struggled hard on that's why I love the game. I can brag about beating Logarius and Nameless king and so on but then people tell me they beat Orphan of Kos after 3 tries compared to my 30+... yeah.
Indeed. I didn't know that anyone consider Gascoigne hard since I beat him on my first try but on other bosses I might struggle ridiculously just because a boss has an attack pattern that feels uncomfortable and weirdly timed.
I thought about this too!!!! God, I hate going on walkthroughs and reading comments from liars who claimed they past a really difficult stage in one go. Feck off with that, man lol.
I never do that exactly but if a Boss is fun to fight I tend to replay them often even after I beat them fore first time. Naturally the boss becomes really easy because I get more and more used to him. It makes me laugh when people say a certain boss is hard that I beat really easy now but had trouble the first time. I dont mean that disrespectful. Its just funny when people say Bosses like Sephiroth ore Lingering Will are hard. They are but not fore me any more.
The stage 7 boss for me was in Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword. I finally made it to the last Gannondorf fight and got stuck for weeks. Eventually I just stopped and looked around before entering the fight again and realized there was still a warp back to sky loft so I could get the elixirs I needed. Went back into the fight after the resupply and beat it without taking a single hit. One of the most satisfying moments I have had.
Rob!! Theres a stage you forgot... i'll call it stage 6.5 It's when you did all the other stages BUT in the end you still get defeated and space out. And when you come to your senses you give up and cry in a corner
or 6.8: The boss was so tough that you are just satisfied you got through and hoping the game won't crash or freeze before it is saved, as you will never want to go through it again. Why I beat Sephiroth in KH on the PS2 but didn't even try in 1.5
Similarly when a button doesn't work as it's supposed to, like a failed jump or a Guitar Hero button when 100% a song, and you've done it enough times; you KNOW you pressed it but game... just didn't see it...
Yes, Pedro. You feel that defeat like way down in the pit of your stomach, almost like a loved one died or something, and it brings you to near depression.
This video is sooooo relatable, especially stage 7! Me and my friend Luke are quite terrible at Cuphead but we went through all these stages when fighting that moon lady on island 1 and we shouted so much when we won!
Distinctly remember the very first time I went through these stages as a kid. Doom Gate in The Temple of the Ancients in FF7. Took me a few days to finally complete the cycle, but that fight will forever be burned into my memory.
You forgot optional stage 8 - the burnout. When you've spent over a week dealing with the same boss and don't feel like going back into the game anytime soon.
The rage sulk is actually quite effective. There have been numerous times where I'm playing a game and I'm stuck on a really hard part, and I quit playing it for a couple weeks/months, come back to it later, and beat it in the first couple tries.
Stages 3-5 were where I got stuck for about 3 days when I first played Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and first fought Thunderblight Ganon. I got so mad I actually looked online for tips on how to beat it, and it still took me three days to figure it out and actually get to stages 6 and 7. Then the optional stage 8: either telling people you finally beat this boss, or the mind-numbing emptiness that comes with a fight like this that takes something from you and never gives it back.
Yes! Another fantastic Friday Feature with Rob! This one is amazing! I absolutely love it. The bosses that were 7 stagers for me was the Soul of Cinder in Dark Souls 3. Ornstein and Smough in Dark Souls. The Moon Presence in Bloodborne. Lastly, Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 2.
For me, I definitely went through all this on my recent replay of Bloodborne when fighting the penultimate boss in the chalice dungeons. The giant werewolf that shoots stuff out of its back and sprouts a giant grub out of its head in phase 2. The weird thing is that I don't remember having this much trouble with it when I first played the game. I'm positive that this boss was somehow overtuned in a later patch and never fixed. Not only does it have an insane amount of HP, it has several attacks that can one-shot you at 50 Vitality, which is just cruel. Imo, it's by far the hardest boss in any "Souls" game.
The funny thing was for me is that Ornstein and Smough wasn't that hard... and even even beat them first try as I had basically level farmed. The bit before it with those archers was a pain in the backside... they were so accurate and fast it was bye bye me off the edge.
It's weird. I don't know why I found Sephiroth hard since I can cheese him now. Lingering Will though was something more. I've beaten all Kingdom Hearts bosses so far and enjoy replaying the data Organization XIII members on critical.
The obvious one you missed - looking up tactics online! The "this is impossible, the game is cheating!" Stage - so you look online to prove to yourself that other people have actually conquered this nemesis (there's always that one player that even makes it look easy!) Then you study their tactics and attempt to apply those... or is it just me?
Ryan Tirrell I did that against Gilgamesh in Final Fantasy XIII-2 "WHY WON'T HIS HEALTH DECREASE??" ＊hours later ＊ "HE JUST HEALED HIMSELF?? There must be a glitch...." ＊finds a video 30 seconds long defeating him＊
TheTigerfan99 Yeah I try as hard as I can to do it on my own, but there's a point where I have to swallow my pride and look it up. It never lessens my enjoyment of a game though
Ryan Tirrell I had to do that to kill Caius in FFXIII-2.. This was the first battle.. You have to fight him like 3 times.. At least.. I still haven't beaten the game.. 😂😂
One of the stages should involve "checking for tips or guide online" for modern games. This is usually part of Stage 4, as it's often rage-inducing to see how easily speed runners or pros breeze through the challenge that's brought you to your knees in agonizing futility.
I watch and like PSA videos all the time but felt compelled to leave a message this time as this rang particularly true for me but it wasn't a boss battle. I racked my brain for a little while and realised it was a trophy... Brutality 101 on Batman Arkham Knight. After hammering the game for hours I realised I wasn't getting this trophy easily. I probably revisited the game twice a week between other games as it was potentially going to be one of my first platinum's and I WANTED IT! Then 364 days later at 00.14am... Let's just say both my girlfriend and 5 year old son ended up awake!! I know it wasn't a boss but the 7 stages were identical, just over a REALLY long period of time. I enjoyed the game, so much so that I immediately uninstalled it! A year is a really long time! Thanks very much Playstation Access, I love all your videos and remain a loyal subscriber, not only to the channel, but to you guys. Please keep up the excellent work! Username is maccrone if you want to check the coincidental date between first and last trophy!
Don’t forget stage 6b where you get the boss down to it’s last bit of health, panic, try to rush the final blow, get killed and immediately go back to stage 4.
As a DS fan, this certainly hits home. I believe there is another step. There's a certain point where you become one with the game. Your focus is razor sharp and nothing distracts you. You are untouchable and indestructable.
Rob I love your Friday features. They bring me joy every week. In 2016 I was going through a tough time in my life and your Friday features helped me during that time. Great video as always :)
Aahh yes. Sepheroth from Kingdom Hearts was my stage 4. I fought him over and over again before rage quitting and declaring I was never touching the game again. I tried again the next morning before going to work and still couldn't do it. And I stewed on it all day at work determined to defeat him. As soon as I got home I loaded up the game and cleaned him up first go. Oh, the feeling of relief and accomplishment was indescribable.
This is actually very accurate. Went through all of these 3 times in dark souls 3. First and stupidly at the curse rotted Greatwood then not until the twin Princes fight. It unsurprisingly occurred most vividly in my battle with the nameless king. So satisfying to overcome...
Yea Rob def never made it to the princes or nameless king in dark souls but I def know what you mean about going through this on nameless king boss fight he's a 7 stager for sure if you solo
I've only gone through all 3 stages once, and that was when I played Dark Souls 2 for the first time and going against the Smelter Demon. I was offline because I didn't have a PSN account and I didn't know that summoning Lucatiel would make the boss harder at the time.
Stage 8 V1 - save 5 times and continue elation until next boss wave arrives Stage 8 V2 - forget to save / power cut / mum turns off console due to elation screaming and then enter Stage 9... Stage 9 - go full Kefka and destroy EVERYTHING TWICE
Thanks Rob! All of these stages applied for me fighting against Martyr Logarius. After ten deaths and tons of frustration, it took plenty of patience, and a whole lot of perserverance, but in the end, I prevailed.
I've actually beaten three bosses on my first try so far; with a strength build by the way, and one of them was Father Gascoigne. Thanks to the tiny music box and molotov cocktails, I was lucky enough to beat him.
There is this one optional phase you missed , say you couldn't complete the boss on day one and now there are a few hours before you can play again ( coz sleep or work ) and you keep planning, creating various simulations in your head , seeing hallucinations of the boss in real life ( happens to me )
Arth Banka I once drifted through an entire shift at work coming up with various battle strategies only to come home and my boyfriend say "It's my turn on the Playstation today..." WHAT.
edmg7 those two are scary but I hope for the best. They remind me of Sephiroth from Kingdom hearts, take a break, get stronger, focus and trample them.
I know this might seem a bit dated but I bought DOOM (2016) two years ago and decided to start the game on "hurt me plenty" When I got to the spider demon I went through every stage of this process and everything Rob said was true even the last bit when I finally beat it (which was today believe it or not) I was so proud of myself because i'm only a casual gamer (I don't have any platinum's) and achieving something like this is really big for me and means a lot. Also keep up the good work guys.
Just experienced this yesterday with the Remnant Architect on the Voeld Outpost in Mass Effect Andromeda. Fortunately, I was able to avoid the rage quit and sleep on it phases but it still took a good two hours and several deaths. But I also couldn't feel the glory of stage 7 when I finally beat it; I wasn't elated, I was just EXHAUSTED. It took me a good chunk of those two hours to realize I had to muster the balls to get up close for its damn head to open up, and the fact that I had to mind the Level 2 Cold Hazard at the same time was excruciating. I hope you're burning in hell, Architect.
I've never rage quit, but I do the sleep on it all the time (especially if I can't figure out how to win). Then my nephew shows me up by going through the game 20x faster than I do.
Ornstien and Smough, I encountered them before i discovered grinding. Rage quit for about 6 months... The started grinding over the same part of Dark Souls until the enemies stopped respawing and there was nothing left to do but face those two again. When I finally reached stage 7 I felt I had evolved into a new species of gamer and have since not been able to get enough of Souls games and bloodbourne... Tough bosses are now welcomed with a reminder of that memory. Bring it on I think!
I can't remember the game, but there was a specific Stage 7 I remember on an emotional level. See, I didn't Rage Quit so much as Rage Continued for an hour. It was at that point that I realized that my skills had deteriorated in my anger, and I decided to get some sleep and try again in the morning. Here is where it gets weird. I have breakfast and try the boss again, only to beat him in the first go. And not a nail-biting first go, either. It felt so easy that "Elation" was replaced with a numb shock. *THIS* was the fight that had stonewalled me for x number of hours? I bring this up for one specific reason: It was also one of the few times I went through all 7 stages, however mutated. Usually it hits the Rage Quit stage, and I put off coming back for so long that I have to start over just to figure out the controls again. This is followed by apprehension for whatever made me quit to begin with, only to realize that I was playing new content and I must have beaten the problem area without noticing.
I thought I was the only one this happened to. Got so angry I kept being beaten getting worse and worse. gave it up and went to sleep. Came back after work the following day. Beat the boss in my first attempt. NUMB SHOCK!!
Stage 8: when you defeat Slave Knight Gale and you realise there are no more Dark Souls bosses to fight. You've finished one of the best trilogies you've ever played through and in a moment of what should be pure joy and victory, you just feel sad and alone.
I remember getting stuck on Ultimecia at the end of FF8. I rage quit and didn't touch it for about 5 years or so. A friend of mine reminded of it one day, so I popped it in and beat her on the first go. I was excited and ashamed it took so long.
Man, you got the stages completely right! First memory of this was end of Resident Evil 2 Tyrant fight with Claire. Tried for hours one summer evening and couldn't do it. Went to bed and came back the next morning and completed it first try! It was an amazing feeling beating him after so many failed attempts.
i remember that one time i was in stage 4 with dragon ball z budukai tenkaichi 3 on ps 2 and i taped away the disk in the box and threw it in the junk for 2 years....... and then i casually picked it up and defeated everybody without stopping.....and then i was like "REVENGE"!!
Stage 7 after defeating Sephiroth in KH1 made me scream so loud I almost gave my grandmother a heart attack. I made sure to let her know I was just playing a game when the time came to beat Seph in KH2 haha.
Radec on the hardest mode on killzone 2 was definitely a tough one. I was stuck on the damn idiot for weeks. But yeah, the pure elation of finally beating him was so amazing, I felt satisfied and accomplished.
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Stage 8: Telling everyone how easy the boss was
If the Boss is fun to fight I end up replaying it than it becomes easy. Sephiroth and Lingering Will are great examples.
No, Stage 8: Bragging to everybody you know about beating it.
Karol after gattuso in tales of Vesperia! Not that that was a 7 stager necessarily, but definitely a very solid 2 stages and "that thing didn't even put up a fight!"
They're all hard until you know how to do them, the same as anything else in life.
Oh yeah that's me after finishing sekiro
Stage 8: Desperately looking for a save point. And making sure the save goes through.
Bandit and saving multiple times “just to make sure”
oh yes i remember this well. i remember looking out for anything that could come by and try to kill me while running for the save point.
Lmaoo that definitely should be stage 8 lol
@@yadfaraidoon9977 Or the alternate ending where, the game crashes or lights go off...
@Sushant Sardeshpande-I've had that happen before, it can be truly heartbreaking
There is a stage between 4 and 5. Which is lunacy. Laughing manically because you notice you're getting worse and worse, and how ridiculous the whole thing is.
RZ9229 that’s 3 and 4
laughs in pain
But what about when stage 7 is just emptiness? You won, but you don't Feel like you won, that boss took something from you, and you will never get it back.
I postulate that that may actually be healthy. Soulsborne games never got big on me for that exact reason. There comes a point when the satisfaction you get from beating that boss isn't enough to cover the amount of strife you went through to get there.
Sun Ryder uhhhh
Like anything from Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicals
(Without a gameboy), and if you know the game, you'll know how much that sucks.
Like when you cheese the Lingering Will?
Gotta say I definitely agree with you
Stage 1: die a lot
Stage 2: look up walkthrough on the internet
Stage 3: continue to die a lot
Brilliant That’s me trying to beat Ursula in Kingdom hearts lol
Ornstein and smough for me took me like 2 weeks to beat them
That's playing God of War in Hard mode.
Khali Less
Sephiroth for me, both times and I still haven't beaten him in Part 2. I broke 5 controllers then.
MartianMan two weeks r ok
For me it's took one month
That one guy who disliked is still on stage 3
Or is a fan of Liverpool
What about the tough bosses ultimate weakness: The first try the next day
Happens with every dark souls and bloodborne boss
@@laziwastaken Abyss Watchers!
@@knownas2017 for me it was quelaag
its stage 5
@@laziwastaken Watchdog of the Old Lords and Cursed and Defiled Amygdala. I remember those times.
Stage 8: sharing your joy with the world, for someone to say "I beat that guy on my first try"...
This video is a must for any non-gamer going into a relationship with a gamer, they must watch this video, seriously.
WolfkinNorthclaw looool true
WolfkinNorthclaw And do what with that information? Think us even weirder than they already think we are?
Grey Warden and Champion of Kirkwall no, just so they can ignore the screams of our torment.
I'll add what you think after stage 7 right now. Ok now I need to save. Ok another save just incase the first one didn't work. One more time. Oh no didn't watch it that time. So just one more. Ok done.
if there is a map then it is time to bring it up every 5 seconds to make sure you aren't going in the wrong direction. Guess that would be the pre-boss stuff though
Is anyones screen just black??
I do that too
mr man i remember mij gameboy crashing during a save after i spent 6 weeks on a 7 stage'er en loosing All progres so i remember that feeling verry clearly
Yeah I remember using just 1 memory card for both FF7 and 8 so I had back-up saves.
“Someone rubbish, like Liverpool.”
Them’s fighting words, Rob.
"Your heart starts beating"
Accurate considering how dead and lifeless I am when I'm away from a virtual world.
Anybody else do better during the FIRST blind try but get considerably worse as they actually learn the boss patterns? Or is that just my curse.
that guy It’s called beginner luck.
And yes, it’s a curse.
And no, you are not the only one. I know perfectly well what you mean!! 😅
Seem, after the rage quit, as a younger dude I used to find not playing the game for weeks, or even months, meant that when I came back, I would somehow be BETTER - 13 year old me defeats a boss 12 year old me could never touch. And 18 year old me, going back and playing for nostalgia games I'd already beaten years ago, would find tough boss battles not at all tough.
that guy
That's what happened with me and the abhorrent beast in the chalice dungeons
Yep I either beat it in one evening, like with Hyperlight drifter where I still have one of my longest boss attempts ever against the Hanged Man, or have to go back to it after weeks. And for Devil May Cry it was more retrying once a month for three months with the last ones. And that guy with the giant scissors that I beat in three seconds as a normal enemy but with the boss I forgot I could wall jump so his attacks became basically unavoidable. In my defense tough excluding when you have to run from him in the corridor I had a pretty easy time with Phantom at least. I haven't tried Dark Souls yet but I fear it will be like DmC but worse
In bloodborne I beat ludwig (the hardest boss) in one try my first playthrough, and in my second playthrough it took me over 50 tries. So yeah beginners luck
You forgot stage 0. The discovery. You walk inside and like your first time on the cappa deamon. They nuke you from orbit so fast you don't even understand what killed you.
Or the you're not suppose to be here boss until you're midgame and proceed to try to beat him with level 5 gear and get destroyed.
or simply called the "get on my level" boss fight
Like sephiroth in the second kingdom hearts game. One QuickTime event and if you failed, the game was before it began..
"WuHt Wuz THaT?!" Has been me on many soulsborne occasions.
@@k.rodrigosternergil4365 To ne fair though, they gave you Ample time for that VERY FIRST Quicktime with him. Assuming you're used to KH games, the endgame mechanics, and KH2's quicktime addage, it was literally all the others once the battle started AFTER his charge... That would be game. Lol
"Ohno not a stick, my one weakness" hahaha, still gets me everytime
I found it hilarious how one of the first clips was Cyborg Ninja from MGS. I literally went through those steps yesterday!! I've been replaying the MGS series in chronological order so the last 3D game I've played was MGSV which spoiled me on control. I've found it so hard to get back into the clunkier gameplay of MGS1. At least the MSX games had straight forward controls and aiming...
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
Git gud
Tell others to git gud
Playing through Dark Souls 1 for the first time in a nutshell.
Ah yes... I remember that well lol Definitely looking forward to all the new rage videos that will soon be made with the remake lmao
Ahh sweet sweet memories
I'm thinking about getting Dark Souls remastered when it comes out. I need advice from people who have completed it. Should I do it, or continue to have hair?
Manus.Just..manus
Git Gud with Kubler-Ross grief cycle.
Stage 8: that fear between beating the stage 7 boss and the next possible save point. Will you make it or will some trash mob put an end to you and make you start all over again.
Nowadays we have autosaves so it's less of a problem.
stage 8 was terrible, done that a fair few times.. or the game crashes too!!
Evil within 2 classic mode you only get 7 saves in the whole playthrough it's a bitch if you play it out the wrong way
Goddd I hate that, lol. When you just barely manage to win a tough boss fight and survive by the skin of your teeth only to be wiped out by a goddamn common mob.
My stage 8 was when the power went out before i could save.
I just went through this with one of the God of War Valkyries. The stages went EXACTLY like this. When I beat her, I couldn’t even hold my controller because my arms where shaking. So Kratos just stood there, looking at the pile of loot as I took some deep breaths. Now, less than 24 hours later, I’m back at stage 5 for the next Valkyrie
Love this video Rob!
"bloody chop it off....." - Yes, I can fully relate to pointing at my own hand, threatening extreme violence if one of my fingers decides to go rogue and press the wrong button at the completely wrong time... You have been warned pinky......................................................
This was so powerful, my pinky feels threatened.
One of your best lists Rob. Wonderfully captured the emotional roller coaster that is gaming.
"You can't possibly like ALL the comments"
Rob: Hold my Dr. Pepper
Lol get ignored
Hahaha you got snubbed. Unlucky!
Rob is one of the few top lister who actually know what he'S talking about.
Seeing Robs "mother" actually cheer him on for once put an unexpected smile on my face ^^ nice to see she's on his side for once! :D
Oh my God he flashed us I'm blind
You must be new -Rob
PlayStation Access indeed I am new to the channel lol
Then consider my nipples your official welcome -Rob
Even Mum was congratulating him on his victory, so you know it was a flashing worth moment.
Just wait until you see him without pants 😏
As soon as I heard “snakes” in “snakes in ladders”, I was still expecting Dave to pop in to add another check to the whiteboard.
Elliott Collier Didn't we hear a mention of Metal Gear with no blackboard tally?
Jay Smith it’s possible. I’ve only recently started binge watching the Access videos and sometimes the auto play seems to do them in random order, so I kind of lost track...
Yeah I spent most of the video looking out for him :( Has he been kidnapped by Delsin Rodent?
Elliott Collier I was fortunate to be one of those who had a 4 year older step bro who indeed had ps1 Metal Gear Solid. Indeed I find it still in heart high amongst a select few elite games ever. Ty!
That perfectly sums up my entire Cuphead playthrough. Great video, Rob, as always)
Still one of if not my favorite video from the channel. All of this is so true. Anytime I’m in the middle of a 7 stager I re-watch it to help cool down
Forgot stage 8 and saying it wasn't hard after winning just to annoy those that are struggling.
Dark souls fans, lol. Not all but a few I've heard
Well thing about Dark souls is the boss you found easy will be the boss someone else struggled hard on that's why I love the game. I can brag about beating Logarius and Nameless king and so on but then people tell me they beat Orphan of Kos after 3 tries compared to my 30+... yeah.
Indeed. I didn't know that anyone consider Gascoigne hard since I beat him on my first try but on other bosses I might struggle ridiculously just because a boss has an attack pattern that feels uncomfortable and weirdly timed.
I thought about this too!!!! God, I hate going on walkthroughs and reading comments from liars who claimed they past a really difficult stage in one go. Feck off with that, man lol.
I never do that exactly but if a Boss is fun to fight I tend to replay them often even after I beat them fore first time. Naturally the boss becomes really easy because I get more and more used to him.
It makes me laugh when people say a certain boss is hard that I beat really easy now but had trouble the first time. I dont mean that disrespectful.
Its just funny when people say Bosses like Sephiroth ore Lingering Will are hard.
They are but not fore me any more.
**Begrudgingly hits the Like button even though I'm a Liverpool fan**
(psst. It was originally Arsenal in the script. I changed it because I ran out of time and already had capture of me beating Liverpool as Barca) -Rob
Both still penalties ;)
PlayStation Access now thats better you have redeemed Rob
PlayStation Access should’ve said crystal palace Rob 😭😂
You're forgiven
The stage 7 boss for me was in Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword. I finally made it to the last Gannondorf fight and got stuck for weeks. Eventually I just stopped and looked around before entering the fight again and realized there was still a warp back to sky loft so I could get the elixirs I needed. Went back into the fight after the resupply and beat it without taking a single hit. One of the most satisfying moments I have had.
Rob's reaction for Elation is my exact reaction to finally beating Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts
Rob!! Theres a stage you forgot... i'll call it stage 6.5
It's when you did all the other stages BUT in the end you still get defeated and space out.
And when you come to your senses you give up and cry in a corner
or 6.8: The boss was so tough that you are just satisfied you got through and hoping the game won't crash or freeze before it is saved, as you will never want to go through it again.
Why I beat Sephiroth in KH on the PS2 but didn't even try in 1.5
Or that stage where you have to buy a new controller...
Similarly when a button doesn't work as it's supposed to, like a failed jump or a Guitar Hero button when 100% a song, and you've done it enough times; you KNOW you pressed it but game... just didn't see it...
Yes, Pedro. You feel that defeat like way down in the pit of your stomach, almost like a loved one died or something, and it brings you to near depression.
Its at this moment I calmly sit the controller down and walk away.
definitely one of Rob's best videos lol. And i like all of Rob's videos lol. This one slightly breaks the mold somehow though lol.
Michael Seabrooks I agree with you
It's because he mentioned _Metal Gear Solid_ and Dave didn't make a cameo.
it's the moobs.
Michael Seabrooks agreed!
I laugh wherever there would be a sentence ending punctuation mark in writing, in real life LOL.
This video is sooooo relatable, especially stage 7! Me and my friend Luke are quite terrible at Cuphead but we went through all these stages when fighting that moon lady on island 1 and we shouted so much when we won!
Distinctly remember the very first time I went through these stages as a kid. Doom Gate in The Temple of the Ancients in FF7. Took me a few days to finally complete the cycle, but that fight will forever be burned into my memory.
You forgot optional stage 8 - the burnout. When you've spent over a week dealing with the same boss and don't feel like going back into the game anytime soon.
The rage sulk is actually quite effective. There have been numerous times where I'm playing a game and I'm stuck on a really hard part, and I quit playing it for a couple weeks/months, come back to it later, and beat it in the first couple tries.
Then technically it wasn't a rage sulk. You only enter a rage sulk when you completely forget how to play the game.
Same
Stages 3-5 were where I got stuck for about 3 days when I first played Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and first fought Thunderblight Ganon. I got so mad I actually looked online for tips on how to beat it, and it still took me three days to figure it out and actually get to stages 6 and 7. Then the optional stage 8: either telling people you finally beat this boss, or the mind-numbing emptiness that comes with a fight like this that takes something from you and never gives it back.
I wouldn’t have been surprised if this whole list was from Kingdom Hearts.
Also, how does he know that there are multiple stages if he isn’t good enough to get to those multiple stages....🤨
Yes! Another fantastic Friday Feature with Rob! This one is amazing! I absolutely love it. The bosses that were 7 stagers for me was the Soul of Cinder in Dark Souls 3. Ornstein and Smough in Dark Souls. The Moon Presence in Bloodborne. Lastly, Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 2.
I got to step 4 with Kingdom Hearts 2 Sephiroth, and never finished it lol I don't even want to talk about Lingering Will
For me, I definitely went through all this on my recent replay of Bloodborne when fighting the penultimate boss in the chalice dungeons. The giant werewolf that shoots stuff out of its back and sprouts a giant grub out of its head in phase 2.
The weird thing is that I don't remember having this much trouble with it when I first played the game. I'm positive that this boss was somehow overtuned in a later patch and never fixed. Not only does it have an insane amount of HP, it has several attacks that can one-shot you at 50 Vitality, which is just cruel.
Imo, it's by far the hardest boss in any "Souls" game.
The funny thing was for me is that Ornstein and Smough wasn't that hard... and even even beat them first try as I had basically level farmed. The bit before it with those archers was a pain in the backside... they were so accurate and fast it was bye bye me off the edge.
_ Ninthu _ I agree with you...except that sephiroth wasn't really that hard even on critical good sir.
It's weird. I don't know why I found Sephiroth hard since I can cheese him now. Lingering Will though was something more. I've beaten all Kingdom Hearts bosses so far and enjoy replaying the data Organization XIII members on critical.
You forgot the stage where you look up a walkthrough for that boss on UA-cam.
We only had stuff like gamefaqs
I did this in re 4 with krauser
Sheriff Saliu that’s all my stages but seven and four (rage)
And inevitably their method doesn't work for you 😂
This whole thing covered all of my attempts on Sans in Undertale perfectly. Very well done video, and easy to relate to.
Running away in an RPG, leaving our party to fight while you let your health come back
The obvious one you missed - looking up tactics online! The "this is impossible, the game is cheating!" Stage - so you look online to prove to yourself that other people have actually conquered this nemesis (there's always that one player that even makes it look easy!) Then you study their tactics and attempt to apply those... or is it just me?
Ryan Tirrell I did that against Gilgamesh in Final Fantasy XIII-2 "WHY WON'T HIS HEALTH DECREASE??" ＊hours later ＊ "HE JUST HEALED HIMSELF?? There must be a glitch...." ＊finds a video 30 seconds long defeating him＊
I try to avoid doing that, but I have no shame in admitting that if I'm stuck on a boss for a decent amount of time, I will do it for sure haha.
TheTigerfan99 Yeah I try as hard as I can to do it on my own, but there's a point where I have to swallow my pride and look it up. It never lessens my enjoyment of a game though
Ryan Tirrell plagiarisms
Ryan Tirrell I had to do that to kill Caius in FFXIII-2.. This was the first battle.. You have to fight him like 3 times.. At least.. I still haven't beaten the game.. 😂😂
Next Friday Feature: 7 Adult Things That Cruelly Keep You From Video Games
yeebingeebin that would be a interesting one
Wells there's only one. Fighting the kids for the controller lol.
Number 1: life
I know I sound bad here but children
One of the stages should involve "checking for tips or guide online" for modern games. This is usually part of Stage 4, as it's often rage-inducing to see how easily speed runners or pros breeze through the challenge that's brought you to your knees in agonizing futility.
Love the fact that your "mom" is super supportive. That's awesome.
I feel like this was meant to be called "Rob's Guide to Games Ep. 1". Or was that just me?
History According to Slim I would call it episode 2 as I think the misconceptions video before this one should fit in that category as well.
The moment when you wonder if your version of the game isn’t bugged,is there a patch I’ve missed😂😂
Lol stage 3-2 Denial of your lessen skills.
Rain Forest Whitaker both correct imo likely
Currently on stage 5 of the Orphan of Kos in Bloodborne. Fun fight, i hate it
Stage 5: lower the difficulty setting
(Did that in God Of War when i had to fight Sigrun)
Laughs in Demon Soul/Dark Souls/Bloodborne/Sekiro
@@janpechi9681 And Nioh!
Ashamedly had to do that when fighting the legendary boar in AC odyssey
i think i did that too
stage 8: go on net and tell others to git gud
ElderMaOu “it wasn’t even that bad!”
That's my favourite stage.
It was okay
Beat it on first try
"this one's easy"
right on point Rob!!!!!!!!!! Someone has finally put it in words so I can just show people this video to explain what im going through!!!!!
I watch and like PSA videos all the time but felt compelled to leave a message this time as this rang particularly true for me but it wasn't a boss battle. I racked my brain for a little while and realised it was a trophy... Brutality 101 on Batman Arkham Knight. After hammering the game for hours I realised I wasn't getting this trophy easily. I probably revisited the game twice a week between other games as it was potentially going to be one of my first platinum's and I WANTED IT! Then 364 days later at 00.14am... Let's just say both my girlfriend and 5 year old son ended up awake!! I know it wasn't a boss but the 7 stages were identical, just over a REALLY long period of time. I enjoyed the game, so much so that I immediately uninstalled it! A year is a really long time! Thanks very much Playstation Access, I love all your videos and remain a loyal subscriber, not only to the channel, but to you guys. Please keep up the excellent work! Username is maccrone if you want to check the coincidental date between first and last trophy!
"oh no, not a stick! my one weakness."
That Space Jam reference though LOL
Came for the list, stayed for the Jam.
man....that moment when you sleep on the end for a week and hes died of old age.
ahhh metal gear.
I'm actually scared of getting to him because I know that I'll end up doing that
Don’t forget stage 6b where you get the boss down to it’s last bit of health, panic, try to rush the final blow, get killed and immediately go back to stage 4.
As a DS fan, this certainly hits home. I believe there is another step. There's a certain point where you become one with the game. Your focus is razor sharp and nothing distracts you. You are untouchable and indestructable.
Rob I love your Friday features. They bring me joy every week. In 2016 I was going through a tough time in my life and your Friday features helped me during that time. Great video as always :)
Glad we could help in some small way, and thanks for watching! -Rob
I never leave a comment on videos but MAN, that was a masterpiece of a video! I salute you, Robert Pearson!
Aahh yes. Sepheroth from Kingdom Hearts was my stage 4. I fought him over and over again before rage quitting and declaring I was never touching the game again. I tried again the next morning before going to work and still couldn't do it. And I stewed on it all day at work determined to defeat him. As soon as I got home I loaded up the game and cleaned him up first go. Oh, the feeling of relief and accomplishment was indescribable.
Don't you hate when you realise that you did better in your test run than the next 10 times when you were actually trying?
Great video as always.
"Play against someone rubbish, like Liverpool" triggered...
Tim Chen - My brother is a Liverpool supporter 😂, I forwarded this video just for that.
Tim Chen he still only won 4-2 hahaha
Yep, I was triggered, but still laughed.
Well that hasn't aged well this season
If you want to go through the 7 stages again, you're welcome to play against LFC... hahaha.
This is actually very accurate. Went through all of these 3 times in dark souls 3. First and stupidly at the curse rotted Greatwood then not until the twin Princes fight. It unsurprisingly occurred most vividly in my battle with the nameless king. So satisfying to overcome...
Yea Rob def never made it to the princes or nameless king in dark souls but I def know what you mean about going through this on nameless king boss fight he's a 7 stager for sure if you solo
Im actually going through this right now on the soul of cinder-problem is i have slept on it twice already.
I've only gone through all 3 stages once, and that was when I played Dark Souls 2 for the first time and going against the Smelter Demon. I was offline because I didn't have a PSN account and I didn't know that summoning Lucatiel would make the boss harder at the time.
i summoned a warrior of sunlight for the Curse Rotted Greatwood, it made the fight a lot easier.
Rob has been killing it this year on the Friday features
You nailed it again Rob. We've all been there.
Stage 8 V1 - save 5 times and continue elation until next boss wave arrives
Stage 8 V2 - forget to save / power cut / mum turns off console due to elation screaming and then enter Stage 9...
Stage 9 - go full Kefka and destroy EVERYTHING
TWICE
Thanks Rob! All of these stages applied for me fighting against Martyr Logarius. After ten deaths and tons of frustration, it took plenty of patience, and a whole lot of perserverance, but in the end, I prevailed.
Logarius seems to be one of those bosses that sometimes I beat on the first attempt, and others I'm stuck there for an hour. With the same build too.
I've actually beaten three bosses on my first try so far; with a strength build by the way, and one of them was Father Gascoigne. Thanks to the tiny music box and molotov cocktails, I was lucky enough to beat him.
The Abyss Watcher, getting back up, with his embers restored.
Honestly, this one sounds even great as a self-improvement bit, coz in real life, boss stages are almost everywhere.....awesome video!
There is this one optional phase you missed , say you couldn't complete the boss on day one and now there are a few hours before you can play again ( coz sleep or work ) and you keep planning, creating various simulations in your head , seeing hallucinations of the boss in real life ( happens to me )
Arth Banka I once drifted through an entire shift at work coming up with various battle strategies only to come home and my boyfriend say "It's my turn on the Playstation today..." WHAT.
I'm watching this as part of my stage 5 in trying to beat Caroline and Justine in Persona 5.
Good luck in stage 6! -Rob
edmg7 Not trying to brag but I beat them first try :3
edmg7 those two are scary but I hope for the best. They remind me of Sephiroth from Kingdom hearts, take a break, get stronger, focus and trample them.
This list is just me in Amon in Yakuza Kiwami. Eventually cheesed him with Tiger Drop though.
edmg7 lol with the right persona you can beat them at level 8
Sure, this is amazing content and totally relatable, but the real gem of this video is that incredible Space Jam reference.
I know this might seem a bit dated but I bought DOOM (2016) two years ago and decided to start the game on "hurt me plenty"
When I got to the spider demon I went through every stage of this process and everything Rob said was true even the last bit when I finally beat it (which was today believe it or not) I was so proud of myself because i'm only a casual gamer (I don't have any platinum's) and achieving something like this is really big for me and means a lot.
Also keep up the good work guys.
Fridays before ps access: “yay, beginning of the weekend”
Fridays after ps access: “yay Rob’s Friday feature is up”!”
Oh and what happened to the MGS tally? This can’t be left behind guys!!
Anyone else dread the lights going out just as you defeat the boss but it hasn't saved
Had this happen after beating Overdrive Sin in FFX during my first ever playthrough of the game
Yes, so I usually try to speedrun to the nearest save point, even if it's backwards, I don't care, I want to save.
Just experienced this yesterday with the Remnant Architect on the Voeld Outpost in Mass Effect Andromeda. Fortunately, I was able to avoid the rage quit and sleep on it phases but it still took a good two hours and several deaths. But I also couldn't feel the glory of stage 7 when I finally beat it; I wasn't elated, I was just EXHAUSTED. It took me a good chunk of those two hours to realize I had to muster the balls to get up close for its damn head to open up, and the fact that I had to mind the Level 2 Cold Hazard at the same time was excruciating. I hope you're burning in hell, Architect.
This has to be one of Rob's best vids...
I've never rage quit, but I do the sleep on it all the time (especially if I can't figure out how to win). Then my nephew shows me up by going through the game 20x faster than I do.
Part of the wisdom of aging: recognizing when stage 3 is starting and choosing to stop and skip the anger of stage 4.
Ornstien and Smough, I encountered them before i discovered grinding. Rage quit for about 6 months... The started grinding over the same part of Dark Souls until the enemies stopped respawing and there was nothing left to do but face those two again. When I finally reached stage 7 I felt I had evolved into a new species of gamer and have since not been able to get enough of Souls games and bloodbourne... Tough bosses are now welcomed with a reminder of that memory. Bring it on I think!
@Yima Got eem
I can't remember the game, but there was a specific Stage 7 I remember on an emotional level. See, I didn't Rage Quit so much as Rage Continued for an hour. It was at that point that I realized that my skills had deteriorated in my anger, and I decided to get some sleep and try again in the morning. Here is where it gets weird. I have breakfast and try the boss again, only to beat him in the first go. And not a nail-biting first go, either. It felt so easy that "Elation" was replaced with a numb shock. *THIS* was the fight that had stonewalled me for x number of hours?
I bring this up for one specific reason: It was also one of the few times I went through all 7 stages, however mutated. Usually it hits the Rage Quit stage, and I put off coming back for so long that I have to start over just to figure out the controls again. This is followed by apprehension for whatever made me quit to begin with, only to realize that I was playing new content and I must have beaten the problem area without noticing.
I thought I was the only one this happened to. Got so angry I kept being beaten getting worse and worse. gave it up and went to sleep. Came back after work the following day. Beat the boss in my first attempt. NUMB SHOCK!!
The accuracy of this is awesome!
Stage 8: when you defeat Slave Knight Gale and you realise there are no more Dark Souls bosses to fight. You've finished one of the best trilogies you've ever played through and in a moment of what should be pure joy and victory, you just feel sad and alone.
Agreed. My first time beating Gael was one of the best moments of my gaming life and at the same time, the saddest.
Then you remember about New game plus and instantly regret your decision when you're faced with New game + Midir
Great vid Roberto Pearsoni
I remember getting stuck on Ultimecia at the end of FF8. I rage quit and didn't touch it for about 5 years or so. A friend of mine reminded of it one day, so I popped it in and beat her on the first go. I was excited and ashamed it took so long.
Man, you got the stages completely right! First memory of this was end of Resident Evil 2 Tyrant fight with Claire. Tried for hours one summer evening and couldn't do it. Went to bed and came back the next morning and completed it first try! It was an amazing feeling beating him after so many failed attempts.
i remember that one time i was in stage 4 with dragon ball z budukai tenkaichi 3 on ps 2 and i taped away the disk in the box and threw it in the junk for 2 years....... and then i casually picked it up and defeated everybody without stopping.....and then i was like "REVENGE"!!
the crazy yeti Omega Revenge!!!
Akira Kamisaru😀
Stage 1. Practice
Stage 2. Actually Try
Stage 3. GameFAQs
Stage 4. ????
Stage 5. WIN!
Stage 6: Stage 5 was a lie, the boss just came back to life, twice as strong.
Stage 5 ??? Nope that was not his final form
Wow. You showed the battle with Tachibana Munishige in Nioh! I am so glad!! Such a great boss battle
Stage 9: you are so hooked up on his attack patreon after winning you get killed by the weakest monster
Stage 8: Replaying the game and destroying the boss on your first try
That lowkey ‘Space Jam’ reference...
Stage 7 after defeating Sephiroth in KH1 made me scream so loud I almost gave my grandmother a heart attack. I made sure to let her know I was just playing a game when the time came to beat Seph in KH2 haha.
Radec on the hardest mode on killzone 2 was definitely a tough one. I was stuck on the damn idiot for weeks. But yeah, the pure elation of finally beating him was so amazing, I felt satisfied and accomplished.
1. -1 controller
2. -1 controller
3. -1 controller
4. -1 controller
5. -1 controller
6. -1 controller
7. -1 controller
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In my case number 7 would be "repaint wall: for all' the controllers hitting it 🤣🤣🤣
Your controllers break on stage 1? Your local game store must be out of stock by now.
That Space Jam reference 😁
domino2097 I was wondering if that actually just happened! 😂
Truly one of the very best vids on youtube ever. Gj!
Hi i'm from the future and really miss videos like these