Tips for "THE END"

[Sacb0y]

I'm stuck on this, I'm not built for it. You can't even kill it early.

The final wave is so much...

Only two lives maaaaaan...

[Sam Snowman]

It sucks thematically as a final boss to a Sonic game. You get...one, QTE with Sonic after the bullet hell.

And while for a few people, the boss will be a cake walk. (its the internet we dont know if they are humble bragging or lying) for everyone else who doesn't do good at bullet hell dodging or just doesn't play these types of games ever, its a really annoying fight.

Neat to know it was only hard mode, had no idea till I came to this discussion as I just played through it all on hard.

[AskaLangly]

I never played Ikaruga, and I beat it.

[Cassie Gretch]

Odd choice of boss imo, does not fit into the game well but I'm finding out it's optional content (played hard all the way through, just assumed it was part 2 of the final boss)

[Sixtyfivekills]

Originally posted by Sam Snowman:

It sucks thematically as a final boss to a Sonic game. You get...one, QTE with Sonic after the bullet hell.

And while for a few people, the boss will be a cake walk. (its the internet we dont know if they are humble bragging or lying) for everyone else who doesn't do good at bullet hell dodging or just doesn't play these types of games ever, its a really annoying fight.

Neat to know it was only hard mode, had no idea till I came to this discussion as I just played through it all on hard.

Wouldn't really call it a cake walk, but your ship's hitbox is a lot smaller than I thought it'd be.

I got hit once, and it was from that big red laser because I didn't see it coming, somehow the bullets never connected.

[NotReallyRoyal]

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

Originally posted by Sam Snowman:

It sucks thematically as a final boss to a Sonic game. You get...one, QTE with Sonic after the bullet hell.

And while for a few people, the boss will be a cake walk. (its the internet we dont know if they are humble bragging or lying) for everyone else who doesn't do good at bullet hell dodging or just doesn't play these types of games ever, its a really annoying fight.

Neat to know it was only hard mode, had no idea till I came to this discussion as I just played through it all on hard.

Wouldn't really call it a cake walk, but your ship's hitbox is a lot smaller than I thought it'd be.

I got hit once, and it was from that big red laser because I didn't see it coming, somehow the bullets never connected.

lmao same

the laser got me once too but i never got hit after that

why isn't it used more than 2 or 4 times? like idk why cuz it'd make it an actual challenge

the idea of a touhou boss at the end is fine but it's like they made it baby mode on purpose

[ketrub]

Originally posted by NotReallyRoyal:

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

Wouldn't really call it a cake walk, but your ship's hitbox is a lot smaller than I thought it'd be.

I got hit once, and it was from that big red laser because I didn't see it coming, somehow the bullets never connected.

lmao same

the laser got me once too but i never got hit after that

why isn't it used more than 2 or 4 times? like idk why cuz it'd make it an actual challenge

the idea of a touhou boss at the end is fine but it's like they made it baby mode on purpose

cuz its a completely different style they can't just give you the difficulty of actual ikaruga, it's a neat little secret for those playing on hard and that's about it

[Edward H.B]

not a really big fan of a bullet hell for a final boss

I mean, it kinda make sence since is just, in short, A big asteroid and that's it in his form... but
I would like something more... fun

that QTE at the end tho, I love it 10/10
Amphibia flashbacks btw

but yeah... happy for the people who like touhou/bullet hell games, but is just not for me that final boss.

[clairvoyantPastry]

i was really living on a prayer that battle in the later sections and man it was rough. nier automata prepped me for this

agreed on how you need to make those two lives last as long as you can. the final section was the most brutal for me and it's where i died pretty much every time. quite a sting when you finally get past it and see you were seconds from beating it LOL

this boss definitely annoyed me but idk that i'd call it a bad boss. it was interesting and i didn't hate it

[R3M1X]

So if you die enough times the game gives you a little help and gives you +1 life and a little red dot to indicate your *real* Hitbox

I may or may not suck at Touhou

[Chizu]

Its basically Ikaruga-lite. The worst bit is right before the end when you get some tighter lasers that sway back and forth.
Like some others have said though, best thing is to just pick a colour and weave into those same coloured ones, and switch if majority of bullets do. When the boss fires the big shotgun blasts of a single colour, switch to it and just dive into it head first, those can give you a full special charge instantly, and spam your special any time its full.

I beat it first time, but then whilst I'm not good at them, I do play a fair number of bullethell games.

[ketrub]

Originally posted by R3-M1X:

So if you die enough times the game gives you a little help and gives you +1 life and a little red dot to indicate your *real* Hitbox

I may or may not suck at Touhou

wait is that true? thats great

[PwnyHipster]

The End was fun but really hard for me. But I honestly like bullet hell so I didn't mind it.

Then again I did die so often that I ended up having 5 pity lives by the time I beat it.

[ketrub]

the game gives you pity lives?

[Kituki]

It took me a few tries to do so, but I found that as you're firing either white or black, if you get hit by that color it ends up charging your special instead, so a lot of times I just matched the color of the one closest to me and switched as needed. After that it was just learning the pattern of the lasers and I was fine.

[Owl]

Originally posted by Wildfire:

Originally posted by NotReallyRoyal:

k just beat it

why exactly is it "hard mode" only

it's not difficult at all, especially since you get two lives

oh aren't you just special. This boss ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks , especially for an end boss to a sonic game

well the guy didnt say that the boss was great. he said it wasnt difficult. whole nother meaning. i do agree though that it was underwhelming af for a "hidden" final boss. i was hoping it would include more of a super sonic playstyle

i wasnt aware it was a hard mode only boss until reading this thread since i played the entire game on hard but knowing that the game apparently cuts to the ending after "supreme" on normal/easy which is just a weird decision all together from the devs.