Did someone actually have fun with last boss fight(city mere)?

[Rohan]

The game was fun until the last boss fight against the city mere.

So you have all 4 bosses at the same time plus after that the city mere, its a very cheap and stupid way to make the game challenging. I had a little bit of luck with Mirian.

Did someone beat the game without using Mirian?

[SaulD]

I just did it with the Lee brothers but it was brutal. Billy was the heavy lifter here. I feel like Jimmy's move-set is too slow and unwieldy for the level of execution that was required thus I mostly used him to tag Billy out for regen.

A couple of moves that helped me to push through are dash attacks (low damage but a guarantee knockdown, even on bosses), descending jump kick (=double jump then attack), which can also directly counterattack from a jump recovery (=hit the jump button when an enemy knocks you down) and of course Billy's tornado kick special, which can be used as a follow-up to a direct knockdown for max damage.

Another essential skill to master is vertical dodge. When you jump, you can push up or down to move your character in that direction, what allows to dodge attacks on the horizontal plane (basically all attacks from the bosses).

Always stay mobile, don't get cornered and use your moves to evade tricky situations. It is definitely feasible.

[William Shakesman]

I honestly think it is a terrible idea to go for it on your first run. You need a lot of familiarity with what the bosses can do, what you can do, and the unique takes on offense and defense in this game. You cannot just face check and brute force it which most beat em ups will allow you to do.

Or you have Marian and fire the busted RPG a lot.

But either way the final stage is demanding like a roguelite typically is rather than an arcade beat em up. Hell, I often take the 10k on my runs especially if I have died earlier in my runs. You can get better at it, but it is very much a Ninja Gaiden style HAHA GOOD LUCK challenge more than a DMC style Marquis of Queensbury rules fight

[Rohan]

Hi both,

Thank you for the suggestions.

Kind Regards

[William Shakesman]

By the way, if you have Jimmy's Dash Attack upgrade, he can loop the final boss with it. It's knock, but for some reason the boss won't tech out of it because it's a dash attack, so until the adds make you stop, you can use him to shut down the Mayor.

Jimmy has a pretty bad moveset but he does have one or two useful things.

[hellscream]

on default settings I just got combo womboed to death continue and die before I can move... moved sliders all the way left beat it once and never again just take the 10k lol. Its awful.

[kenlee]

With billy's invincible ground rolling and strengthened running attack, you can beat all 4 bosses to the corner easier. Then, use your bare attack to hit and knock up them to death(Lady Okada maybe the best character to do this)

[NeoRizer]

Billy and Jimmy are base level characters. They're balanced around beating the game on like the easiest setting and accepting the Mayors offer of 10K. Their specials are all situational garbage and can't really be spammed.

You need to upgrade to better characters if you expect to breeze through the game on subsequent playthroughs.

If you prefer speed, Linda's the best character in that category. She's legit broken with the range / utility on her specials and she can recover from mistakes really fast, after you give her a speed boost she's the fastest character in the game. I would say unlock her first.

Chin is probably second best for speed, his range isn't great but he has better specials for AOE / combo potential than Duke does.

If you prefer power, strategy and using crazy AOE / ranged attacks at a sacrifice for speed then The Mysterious Warrior is your bread and butter. He can just decimate the entire game if you're careful enough with your attacks. His speed sucks ass and you'll need that blue lightning bolt if you want to stand a chance against him in the City Hall level. He's insane with SP recovery boons as well, like the 50% reduction and 100% recovery with a crowd control attack.

Okada is great if you just want to spam sword slashes, so long as you have energy recovery boons. You'll need the 50% reduction and the ability that gives you a full SP bar with a crowd control attack, she's pretty insane at range.

Anyway, those would be my go to's... Unlock Linda first then The Mysterious Warrior and just use them to beat the game, it'll be so much easier.

[MachTackle]

I think Billy and Jimmy are OK at standard settings as long as you've upgraded their abilities. Billy's running attack for example is extremely useful in the final boss room because of it's wall bounce properties and the fact that it sends them flying. Jimmy's running attack upgrade is also useful.

However Marian is by far the easiest to beat the game with. I wouldn't be able to beat the game on max difficulty settings without her if going for Ending A at my current skill level anyway. I still may never be able to after I get better without some luck!

[neildittmar]

Fun? No... it was a slog for me and reminiscent of the end game difficulty spike that many old-school arcade games possessed. Nowadays, I think you either respect/appreciate this approach or you don't. I personally do not.

[Josh-Sothoth]

Once you find your favorite characters that you’re effective with, you’ll be impressed by how well you can do. I just butt stomped / belly flopped the crap out of everything with Burnov and messed everyone else up with tornados with Lady Okada.

I beat it with over $30k in cash left and barely died at all.