the boss is annoying asf

[Rock&StoneTorture]

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[hyphenza]

The balance has been tweaked. What part of the boss level annoys you?

[Rock&StoneTorture]

Originally posted by hyphenza:

The balance has been tweaked. What part of the boss level annoys you?

the fact that we can only kick him. And enemies keep coming non-stop. I thought one's with guns would spawn too, but nope.

[NickelZach]

the final boss is easy lmao just kick him a few times rinse and repeat

[Frosty21]

very easy... just move and kick! takes less than 2 minutes... great game btw devs, really looking forward to full thing! will there be more shoes than the shadows shown in the demo? or is that all of them?

[Goonbag]

Originally posted by hyphenza:

The balance has been tweaked. What part of the boss level annoys you?

Nah the boss is good, ppl just need to git gud

[Shurimoo]

I had assumed we would be able to kick objects at it to deal damage, since that would be an extension of the doors so far in the game and would also be interesting in some way, but no- you can only kick the boss itself. This does not mesh well when you have to be constantly vigilant of melee enemies spawning around you since if one sneaks up behind you they can instantly kill you and make you reset the entire fight.

I think this game's weakest aspect is explosives based on what I played in the demo- because they tend to one-shot (but maybe have damage falloff since they sometimes don't?) and their exact radius is unclear. Putting such an attack on the boss was a mistake imo because of that.

Notably, I only even saw two stages because I stopped bothering after almost killing it 5 times in a row and simply got impatient. Hearing it is apparently 4(!!) stages makes me glad I didn't continue because the first two were tedious at best, to be honest. Given there wasn't really any other mechanic other than run under it and spam kick till it dies- hopefully before any melee enemies managed to get to you. Or, alternatively, waste a lot of time by only kicking it once per cycle so you can make sure to clear the melees in-between.

Originally posted by NickelZach:

the final boss is easy lmao just kick him a few times rinse and repeat

It isn't about it being hard- it's about it being tedious and boring.

[Cyber Nyran]

i died a couple times, defeated him eventually. You can too.

[Neophyte]

It's not that difficult? Kick the boss, then while it's stumbling/recovering, look around to see what has spawned. Kick enemy that has spawned, rinse and repeat. If you're bothered with the boss itself, treat it like a bullfighter, let it swoop past you then kick it in it's side or chase after it. Again, look around before blinding following the boss.

Without the mobs spawning, the boss would be a pushover and pretty pointless, I think it's too simple as is

[Frank]

I didn't think the boss was too difficult, but I found it extremely boring. The idea is cute, but it's just not very fun that you have to wait a bit between doing things. All three phases are relatively easy to dodge, but you have to constantly wait for the boss to make himself vulnerable (while basically just running away), then sprint in and get a few kicks, then wait...

Despite being the climactic fight, there's way more down time and much less adrenaline than in the normal levels.

[Doomtear]

For me it was fun, but not everyone likes challanges and try to beat one stage 10-15 times, so the best option is to have few difficulty levels imo. Btw what drugs do you use dev team? :D

[mafon2]

I had no trouble with boss whatsoever, and I'm a lousy player, just spammed the kick key >_>. But the ability to kick objects (barrels) at enemies would be appreciated.

[Pvt. Blueberry]

I think the boss difficulty is fine; only the car was a slight challenge.

[Teljaxx]

The extremely inconsistent physics definitely makes it annoying. Sometimes you can get 3-4 hits in at once. Sometimes it floats just barely out of reach for half the fight, and you can't get any hits in. Winning is more about luck than skill.

The near instantaneous respawns of the club guys is really annoying too. Makes it feel like killing them is a waste of time.

Plus, the whole thing feels out of place. Its a complete 180 from the rest of the game's frantic pace. Most of the game is a speedrunners dream. But the boss would be their nightmare.

[Rock&StoneTorture]

And the fact that it has second stage was icing on the cake. Fastest alt+f4 in the east.

[Dirk]

Originally posted by Rock&StoneTorture:

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Considering how much health you take off with kicks. If given a gun it'd be over in two seconds.