So you’ve blasted and bludgeoned your way through Mars and you’ve ripped and torn your way through Hell. The many bosses in the DOOM universe are no different – except they also tend to scare the pants off of players, and look cool as Hell doing it. They can change up the pace and often the scenery they can serve as convenient punctuation between a game’s acts they can work as a skill-gate, ensuring players are ready for the challenges ahead they can even offer a sort of breather by allowing players to focus on just one enemy. Boss battles can serve a few different purposes in games.