[spoiler] boss by the coast near the flare

[paintbucketsludge]

i'm on the part of the game after the sewers where you come out to the woods and you have to set off a flare and lower and then cross the bridge to the pier. ive tried a few times to set off the flare and when i do, this giant eye comes out of the water and shoots out waves that i try to dodge while using the turrets, but i don't have enough stamina to consistently dodge them and don't have enough time in between waves to do any meaningful damage with the turrets. does anyone know if there's something i'm missing? i've tried finding cover, but it seems like the projectiles pass through every obstacle. i've also tried setting off the flare and running, but the two gates close after i set the flare off. am i just supposed to skip doing that? i have no idea what to do

[Nyamses]

The Giant Eye was a bit of a surprise, because I also thought that the large rocks on the beach would provide some cover from its attacks (they don't), so it really is a rush to do enough damage to move the boss to the next phase before you run out of stamina for dodging the shockwaves.

And guess what? The rocks don't provide any cover in the next phase either, so uh, keep dodging. I survived with 9 HP and a dream my first time around.

[Luli]

Originally posted by paintbucketsludge:

i'm on the part of the game after the sewers where you come out to the woods and you have to set off a flare and lower and then cross the bridge to the pier. ive tried a few times to set off the flare and when i do, this giant eye comes out of the water and shoots out waves that i try to dodge while using the turrets, but i don't have enough stamina to consistently dodge them and don't have enough time in between waves to do any meaningful damage with the turrets. does anyone know if there's something i'm missing? i've tried finding cover, but it seems like the projectiles pass through every obstacle. i've also tried setting off the flare and running, but the two gates close after i set the flare off. am i just supposed to skip doing that? i have no idea what to do

Ok, guess how I beat it? Yeah, exactly. Sheer and pure luck. I was lucky enough to spawn with a revolver and find enough ammo for it, so I was able to deal significant damage even during the attacks, and not just in between. If you want to beat it before getting old, personally I have just two recommendations:
- keep dying and respawning until you are lucky enough to spawn with a strong weapon (let the first enemy you encounter kill you, don't waste your time playing seriously)
- alternatively, if you decide to fight the eye with the turrets only, remember to dodge the waves with an oblique angle, not perpendicularly, this way you'll have enough time to turn around, get back a little stamina, and prepare for the next dodge; for the laser beam, there's literally no way to dodge it, unless you already know it is going to come, so my best advice is to ALWAYS expect it to come: get to a turret, fire just 2 or 3 bullets, then prepare to dodge the POSSIBLE beam, otherwise, you WILL get hit; for the rolling attack, just dodge sideways until mit gets tired and goes back into water, then deal a LITTLE damage with a turret (remember that the eye can decide to launch waves or the beam at any moment), and then retreat to dodge the new rolling attacks that will follow a little later

It is a looooooong and tiring battle, yes. If you don't find the shore immediately after spawning I suggest you let enemies kill you and retry right away, don't waste time looking for it.

Also, unless you have really plenty of ammo, I recommend not to waste any bullet on this boss, because later at the end of the level you'll find another barely doable fight where you'll need literally everything you have.

[Freeman]

Surprised me too. Far easier to play whole game with 1 character with loaded stats and more ammo than US army. Takes a real fakir to survive with a fresh character later on, especially if you play macho difficulties.

The turrets felt like a trap to me. No time to reach them and do meaningful damage.

[✚ Mariel ✚]

You have invincibility frames when you dodge like in Dark Souls. You can use that to dodge through the ring lasers. Avoid the straight laser and the rolling attack by moving sideways. You can use the turrets in between its attacks. You can get it with anti tank mines when it does the rolling attack. Auto turrets and drones work well too.

[Zero Escape]

Position yourself so that when you dodge roll over the waves you can immediately use the turret.

When the laser beam comes out, you can literally just walk and it cant hit as long as you keep moving. I usually walk over to the other turret.

The rolling ball part is the only thing that ever killed me. You can position it so he rolls into the trees and gets stunned for a second. DO NOT use the turrets for this phase.

After that he just keeps looping those attacks till you kill him. I did this on NG+

[Vietnam Flashback]

Originally posted by paintbucketsludge:

i'm on the part of the game after the sewers where you come out to the woods and you have to set off a flare and lower and then cross the bridge to the pier. ive tried a few times to set off the flare and when i do, this giant eye comes out of the water and shoots out waves that i try to dodge while using the turrets, but i don't have enough stamina to consistently dodge them and don't have enough time in between waves to do any meaningful damage with the turrets. does anyone know if there's something i'm missing? i've tried finding cover, but it seems like the projectiles pass through every obstacle. i've also tried setting off the flare and running, but the two gates close after i set the flare off. am i just supposed to skip doing that? i have no idea what to do

For me it was unbeatable boss first times, but you just need to adapt.

If u feels too hard to kill that boss - prepare. You can upgrade stamina, usually 1 upgrade in sewers level and one in woods lvl there is boss. Yes, you could need to restrart the game but this is ok. If you died after sewers level it's just better to restart from 1st lvl or you have not enough gear to survive.

So take medkits, armor. Hunting rifle and enough ammo, it's usually on 2nd level, sometimes 1st level, sometimes 3rd level.
And take shield (standard shield) in devices. You can use shield to block any attacks you missed to dodge or if no stamina.

Keep maximum long distance but with room to escape. If u close to boss his waves will kill u fast, but with distance and stamina upgrade ur stamina regenerates fast enough. Do not use covers on that boss, they do not work on all states.

About lasers - dodge or run to escape it's path, then just walk away from laser.

About roll - easy phase, just keep distance and shoot.

I usually do not use turrets and drones at this boss, but you can use it if u want. Just keep 1-2 for big enemies if u have not cleared map already.

And, dude, DO NOT use stationary century guns.U won't make it. Distance will be too close to regenerate enough stamina, they have little damage (like musi, 18 vs 14 dmg but lower firerate) and you will die or take lots of damage on lasers and roll boss states.

If u can't beat boss at all - happens to everyone, it's ok - u can find trainer for that game, it's exist and works. And enable infinity stamina to learn.

I beat that boss and others levels on hard without trainers, wish I beat all game one day. Good luck)

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easy with two rifle-turrets (placed near of water at flares) + hunting rifle