Hilda Berg UFO Tells ?

[Loial]

Hey guys,

Thoroughly enjoying this game, beat the Devil about an hour ago and now trying to get A+ on Regular difficulty, and I'm stuck on Hilda Berg.

I'm sure at one point the RNG will work with me and I'll get it, but in all seriousness I think every single enemy/attack in this game has a tell that lets you predict / plan / dodge, but those F***ING UFOs AT THE END DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ONE.

Sorry, I literally spent 40+ deaths trying to beat it...and those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ UFOs just spam their beam down on my plane whenever they feel like it...there doesn't seem to be any tell at all to let the player know if they'll beam early / mid-way / near the edge of the screen.

Before I throw my controller at the dev team, any tips my fellow players? :)

[Terratoast]

They will either be red or yellow. The different colors will either shoot early or late.

[Marble]

I believe there are two slightly different colours of them. One will fire as soon as you pass under, the others I think have an early tell? I'd have to go back and check to make sure.

[NicePerson]

correct me if i'm wrong but the red ones shoot once you get under them and the yellow ones a little bit before you get under them

[Loial]

I did notice the two different colors...so let's say this information is correct -- I can preemptively trigger the yellow ones, but the red ones will shoot at me as soon as I'm under them -- how to dodge this?

[Marble]

The firing process starts up when you pass under, as long as you go past them they won't hit you. Also I think it's the red ones that do this, not yellow.

[Court Jester]

Try shrinking down and zipping past them, or flying under them then flying backwards.

[Loial]

Alright thanks guys, I'll try again....and again....and again :P

[Terratoast]

Originally posted by -=STRU=- Loial:

I did notice the two different colors...so let's say this information is correct -- I can preemptively trigger the yellow ones, but the red ones will shoot at me as soon as I'm under them -- how to dodge this?

Have you checked to see if the red ones will fire when you're further to the right? I remember having to back off to the left for one color and rush to the right for the other.

[Loial]

Ok so Yellows seem to trigger when I get close to them, Reds when I go under them.

[Helter Skelter]

Just stay at the very left of the screen, if the ufo doesn't shoot midway of the screen, then pass it by dashing forward, if it does, just stay on the left and it won't hurt you.

[Nosferatuno]

Thanks for this info. Was just getting ready to ask for my S rank. Cheers.

[Loial]

Thanks Helter Skelter, I got my A+ with the hints given in this thread. It's pretty nice to have different behavior with mobs of different color (obviously!), however the lack of "tell" before the attack still ticks me off a bit.. :\

[Helter Skelter]

Originally posted by -=STRU=- Loial:

Thanks Helter Skelter, I got my A+ with the hints given in this thread. It's pretty nice to have different behavior with mobs of different color (obviously!), however the lack of "tell" before the attack still ticks me off a bit.. :\

Glad to help, it's just trial and error i guess. I still didn't play the dragon stage which i heard it's got insane rng.

[Loial]

Oh yeah, that one is quite rough...I think everything has a tell in it except the small flame shots in the last phase. However, where they spawn, in addition to what clouds you currently have available, are definitely impacted by RNG and can (and will!) make your life hard :P

[Sinister-Sama]

Red- Will fire the minute it gets below you

Gold- Fake out and will fire early to stop you from passing.