Cortex Reaver Flight Deck

[ABYZZ WARRIOR]

I've been struggling mentally with this boss, why decide to change the rules just to show a death scene? For no reason it was changed that you would revive on prior healing stations if you died on a level where you have not disabled cyborg conversion. I already disliked that change when you play on normal difficulty, but now all of the sudden if you die to the cortex reaver on the flight deck you get a permadeath just so the death scene is showed off.
It feels like such a cheap forced death that is put on you just so the developers can rub their own nipples.

[tritscwa]

Makes perfect sense though, and isn't a forced death, just a no revive boss battle. The main reason for such is it is an arena battle, you can't get out. It doesn't really work if you can just return.

[ABYZZ WARRIOR]

Disagree heavily, same with how you are forced into a forced perspective to zoom in on the boos so you can not run in to a safe corner at the beginning of it. I do not like when rules change like that, especially since you already fight boss worthy enemies before that.

[Seamus]

Just throw an EMP grenade immediately after the camera zoom.

[ABYZZ WARRIOR]

Did, only got the one, though. Gonna go back and stock up on some more and chuck those things at the bastard later lol.

[ssumbra]

Originally posted by ABYZZ WARRIOR:

Did, only got the one, though. Gonna go back and stock up on some more and chuck those things at the bastard later lol.

Dont even need that, pop a berserk pactch+ the reflex one beforehand and simply waste his ass with the laser rapier, it kills him almost instantly if he dosnt use his grenade attack.

As for your complaint, i also disagree with you. The cortex reaver is literally what turns you into a cyborg if you die too many times. It makes perfect sense that it would assimilate your, after all its in the process of assimilating the woman who was talking to you.

[ABYZZ WARRIOR]

My issue is more so the change of rules. Especially when you have activated the healing suite on the level. It efels way too cheap for me.

[WalterREQUiEM]

I used a combo of the Grenade Launcher with EMP Grenades, Berserker Patch, and the Laser Rapier. Pop the patch just before you enter the boss room, shoot the reaver with the grenade launcher and you can just whale on it with the rapier before SHODAN finishes talking. This strategy has worked really well against Diego as well.

[Morgan]

Originally posted by ABYZZ WARRIOR:

I've been struggling mentally with this boss, why decide to change the rules just to show a death scene? For no reason it was changed that you would revive on prior healing stations if you died on a level where you have not disabled cyborg conversion. I already disliked that change when you play on normal difficulty, but now all of the sudden if you die to the cortex reaver on the flight deck you get a permadeath just so the death scene is showed off.
It feels like such a cheap forced death that is put on you just so the developers can rub their own nipples.

I did EMP grenades mixed with the rapier. Pop the energy shield mod on, lob a grenade, run a do a few slashes with the rapier. Get back behind a pillar. Repeat 2-3 times.

That was on normal difficulty.

[ABYZZ WARRIOR]

I tried shooting at it with the Mag Pulse too. Felt like it did ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ lmao
Tried shooting with it at both with and without the body the reavy boi had.

[ssumbra]

Originally posted by ABYZZ WARRIOR:

I tried shooting at it with the Mag Pulse too. Felt like it did ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ lmao
Tried shooting with it at both with and without the body the reavy boi had.

The guy has a lot of health, which is why you should use the rapier. That thing does obscene levels of damage with berserk. Just to give you some context, you know the big floating robots, the mark 1 or something, the ones with the gun that shoots pink or purple energy? Well they take about 2 double shots of mag pulse to die, while the rapier only needs 2 hits and theyre dead, 1 if you charge it. Bear in mind im playing on hard.

[ABYZZ WARRIOR]

It feels so weird cause I am used to the original SS and the mag pulse there is a BEAST. I'll have to just try and bullrush with the rapier and stims along with my emp.

[Psilocyborg]

i agree on the forced perspective zooms - those don't feel good
but getting revived instead of cortext reaved when dying to a cortex reaver would be just weird. being able to abort the cutscene to load a save immediately would be appreciated

[ABYZZ WARRIOR]

There is a bug, idk if you can do it still, but you can press down arrow then enter to reload last save during that cutscene.

[ssumbra]

Originally posted by ABYZZ WARRIOR:

There is a bug, idk if you can do it still, but you can press down arrow then enter to reload last save during that cutscene.

Right before you die, you can manually load back a save if you so desire, when your still in the animation of dying.

[DYSEQTA]

Originally posted by ssumbra:

Originally posted by ABYZZ WARRIOR:

There is a bug, idk if you can do it still, but you can press down arrow then enter to reload last save during that cutscene.

Right before you die, you can manually load back a save if you so desire, when your still in the animation of dying.

If you re a bit slow you can wait for the scene to start where the Reaver is assimilating you then hit the down arrow on your keyboard once and hit enter to reload your last save. You are effectively activating the Continue option of the menu that is active at that point but not yet visible and will bypass the lengthy animation.