Unsure how to mark this because I called it quits after about three attempts at fighting Mr. Dream / Mike Tyson because I could tell the time investment required to beat him wasn’t going to be worth it for me. Thinking back to the hardest bosses I’ve ever fought in games a few come to mind - the robot guy from cuphead, father gascoigne in bloodborne (mostly due to him being the first souls boss I ever tried to fight), shadow link from Zelda 2, and a couple from the original Castlevania and the original Ninja Gaiden. In all of these cases I could tell right away that I’d be able to beat them after at most a couple hours of attempts. Mr Dream is the first boss I’ve ever encountered in a game where I immediately got the feeling that I’d have to spend tens of hours practicing my Punch Out technique before I could even get to the point where beating him would be possible after a couple hours of attempts. My grasp on the mechanics simply wasn’t strong enough for beating him to be even remotely possible. Hardest boss I’ve ever encountered in a game by far and wanted to write this review to preserve that fact.

Reviewed on Mar 05, 2024


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