Aha. You know, didn't SotC have health regen? My approach to the bosses I seem to recall -- especially the one in the Coliseum -- was to hang out behind cover, run into the open, try an idea, fail, retreat grievously injured, etc. Finally I would win.I have a leather sectional that would make minimum_wage shit his britches.
Come to think of it, I did notice that the second time. however, it was in conjunction with noticing that despite the regeneration, one bad move could kill you anyway... and that in order to regenerate, you have to run around in circles while being chased by a giant monster that you can't see without turning around and getting stepped on.
Even worse than dying was stupid stuff like that one colossus on a platform above a lake. Miss the jump to the platform, fall to the lake, swim swim swim, climb again, and repeat. So much frustration.