These Novistadors are pure BS

[Circurose]

BS in the original, extra BS in the remake. What the hell are these stunlock and acid attack?

[PyramidSwim]

Always keep a knife handy.

EDIT: They should be annoying, though, because they go down like a ♥♥♥♥♥.

[DragynDance]

I agree, by far one of the worst enemy types in the game. Frustrating whether you are running by them or trying to fight them. Their tendency to hover off screen combined with grab spam is absolutely frustrating. If they were more common I'd consider it a huge problem, but there's not many places where you encounter them, and the only place where it's truely bs is on the island when they're combined with loads of other enemies.

[Skkooomer Lord]

I must be a weirdo who kinda enjoyed them because I liked the camo thing.

The invisible ones were rarely ever in the game.

[Peanutman]

Originally posted by Circurose:

BS in the original, extra BS in the remake. What the hell are these stunlock and acid attack?

i actually find them way easier in the remake. in the original they were so hard to see, the camouflage is way easier to see and i only really get caught off guard when they're on the walls or ceiling

[Tenshu]

They die to the handgun in like two shots, how are they BS?

[DragynDance]

Eh, the problem with them isn't the camoflauge. Camo and chamelion were both very easy to see. IT's just the way they fly around, flanking you effortlessly and spamming grab attacks while you're distracted. Rooms that have a lot going on, or when you're trying to run by them for a speedrun they are very BS. The hardest room in the game in proffesional NG imo, is the hardest room because of the Novis in it.

[Skkooomer Lord]

Originally posted by Tenshu:

They die to the handgun in like two shots, how are they BS?

Well, if they decided to mess around in the farm section in the bulls back muck....

[Tenshu]

Originally posted by DragynDance:

Eh, the problem with them isn't the camoflauge. Camo and chamelion were both very easy to see. IT's just the way they fly around, flanking you effortlessly and spamming grab attacks while you're distracted. Rooms that have a lot going on, or when you're trying to run by them for a speedrun they are very BS. The hardest room in the game in proffesional NG imo, is the hardest room because of the Novis in it.

I mean if you're speedrunning you can't really complain about BS, you're literally BS'ing the game lmao

[DragynDance]

Originally posted by Tenshu:

Originally posted by DragynDance:

Eh, the problem with them isn't the camoflauge. Camo and chamelion were both very easy to see. IT's just the way they fly around, flanking you effortlessly and spamming grab attacks while you're distracted. Rooms that have a lot going on, or when you're trying to run by them for a speedrun they are very BS. The hardest room in the game in proffesional NG imo, is the hardest room because of the Novis in it.

I mean if you're speedrunning you can't really complain about BS, you're literally BS'ing the game lmao

They BS even when not speed running the game though. The hardest room in the game in professional NG, imo, is the last turret stair climb on the island, and it's only hard because of the novis.

[PyramidSwim]

Originally posted by DragynDance:

They BS even when not speed running the game though. The hardest room in the game in professional NG, imo, is the last turret stair climb on the island, and it's only hard because of the novis.

You have a thermal scope by this point and can pick at least two of them off before the fight starts.

[DragynDance]

Originally posted by PyramidSwim:

Originally posted by DragynDance:

They BS even when not speed running the game though. The hardest room in the game in professional NG, imo, is the last turret stair climb on the island, and it's only hard because of the novis.

You have a thermal scope by this point and can pick at least two of them off before the fight starts.

I wish that were the case.

[WhitePhantom]

They go down in one shot from a decently powerful pistol. It's actually quite fun when they pop up, like the shooting range. Super satisfying taking down 3-4 with a quick volley of handgun rounds.

All but one of the invisible ones attack from head-on, so they aren't hard to deal with, and the camo ones are sitting ducks. Go for a headshot.

[DragynDance]

Originally posted by WhitePhantom:

They go down in one shot from a decently powerful pistol. It's actually quite fun when they pop up, like the shooting range. Super satisfying taking down 3-4 with a quick volley of handgun rounds.

All but one of the invisible ones attack from head-on, so they aren't hard to deal with, and the camo ones are sitting ducks. Go for a headshot.

I feel like we're playing a different game or something. I'm not even the only one who feels they are ultra frustrating, and the most common way to deal with the room is to do the AI bug that prevents them from attacking at all.
https://youtu.be/gk674I-4yPI?t=9939

[Kitt 🌟 Stargazer]

I feel that they're easier honestly. They die rather quickly to even standard bullet fire.

[Zeforas]

Originally posted by PyramidSwim:

Originally posted by DragynDance:

They BS even when not speed running the game though. The hardest room in the game in professional NG, imo, is the last turret stair climb on the island, and it's only hard because of the novis.

You have a thermal scope by this point and can pick at least two of them off before the fight starts.

Ironicaly enough, you can use one of them to literaly skip this entire section, lel.