Bloodborne – Father Gascoigne
Hardest First Boss Battles
Now, I know what you’re thinking: the Cleric Beast in Bloodborne could be considered the first boss in the game. Ultimately, however, it’s just an optional boss that guards nothing but a dead end. Players who aren’t willing to have a shot at the menacing beast can just skip it and wouldn’t be any worse for wear.
You can’t, however, escape the clutches of Father Gascoigne so easily –he’s an obstacle that must be overcome, and man alive is he hard to beat! Things may have been fine and dandy with the regular enemies, but this boss makes a point on why you shouldn’t get complacent.
Gascoigne shares the same weapons and move set as your own character. In an ideal world, this would mean that you could more or less match up to him in a messy fight.
Unfortunately, Gascoigne is an aggressive fighter with no regard for his own safety. His health bar is far more durable than yours, and to make matters worse, the cemetery the fight takes place in is littered with stray gravestones, designed to give you a hard time in evading Gascoigne.
Think you’ve got him figured out? Well, look out, because now he can transform into a werewolf that’s far more vicious than he already was. A perfectly adequate twist for a first boss in a game like this.
