How to evade?

[Wicked Sick]

Man, I am liking this game, but having a hell of a time trying to evade attacks. It feels impossible to match the right time to pull the left analog stick to evade those death rays. Playing on Extreme.

[JHarlequin]

Some attacks you just stay at boost speed, or drift quickly and they will just miss. But the long range charge beam attacks are much more difficult to get them to break their link. They don't do much damage over time though so you have extra time to avoid them.

The ones you are probably talking about most are the sniper lasers, the heavy ship lasers and whatever else uses the same pattern. They will aim a small beam at you and an orb/circle will shrink around you. When that orb gets to your ship, the beam finally actually fires and should do a lot of damage.

While that orb is shrinking, if you dodge instantly, you usually get a second chance to dodge and avoid it. This is pretty much the worst way to do it though because you spend too much time dodging and it doesn't work every time.

If you dodge before the orb has shrunk half way, then you will fail the dodge and the beam is going to hit if you don't fly behind something.

If you dodge when the orb is more than half shrunk, then you evade the beam and the laser will miss, or they just stop trying to fire for that shot.

If you want the perfect evasion though, I believe you have to wait until the orb has shrunk to the point of firing and dodge at that last moment as the shot is fired. Basically, you aren't breaking the lock on, you are actually dodging the shot.

[Wicked Sick]

Thanks. Yeah, I was referring to the red lasers that envolve the ship in a red sphere.

I figured it was like this as you said and I did avoid some attacks before, my perfect evasion is on level 2 only because this ie very hard...
I was hopping that evoling this skill would increase the opportunity window to a perfect evasion, but no...

Now or my timing really sucks or this is broken or something else, man, so came here to ask. I even tried to go by the sound, but even so ugh!

Also, oh my god, I am at this boss and this being hell right now. the evasion mechanic is ♥♥♥♥! Wish we had propper control over the ship...

[Wicked Sick]

I got the boss xD

I think I got a little better at it now. You have to evade at the exact time when the sphere vanishes and you ALSO must be moving.

Game's amazing!

[IveGotNoIdea]

Wait, this game has a boss with those damn lasers? I can't beat NORMAL enemies with them and they gave it to a boss? Yeah, uninstalling this now. Dark souls style games are easier than this crap.

[Wicked Sick]

Originally posted by IveGotNoIdea:

Wait, this game has a boss with those damn lasers? I can't beat NORMAL enemies with them and they gave it to a boss? Yeah, uninstalling this now. Dark souls style games are easier than this crap.

Hey, man! Don't give up because of the frustration! Once you manage it, will be worth it!

[IveGotNoIdea]

Nope, didn't manage it. Dodging is pure luck. I got ONE perfect dodge despite several dodges where lasers missed me entirely. Nine times out of ten I just fail to dodge altogether. I might complete the game out of sheer frustration. I think I will try Dark Souls or Elder Ring next. Should be way easier than this.