Executive Cyberspace

[Griever]

Is there a trick to this? I get to the tunnel filled with mines and then die, wasting ten minutes every try. I've tried holding backwards and shooting, holding backwards and dodging which is impossible due to movement speed. Can you move faster with KBM? I've just been using a controller.

[FuzzyPuffin]

I can’t get past the room with the purple and red enemies on this level. Level 3 difficulty. I was surviving previous levels by cheesing it, but it appears the patch fixed the AI. Really wish they’d let you adjust Cyberspace difficulty.

[Bouncing Betty]

I'm stuck at this point too. Is it correct that I need to complete this cyberspace to open up Beta Grove?

[Zalugar]

Originally posted by sandtrap_abbott:

I'm stuck at this point too. Is it correct that I need to complete this cyberspace to open up Beta Grove?

Actually, no. This cyberspace is completely optional. It unlocks Diego's Storage Room and Beta Grove, but there's more than one way to unlock Beta Grove.

The other way to unlock Beta Grove is there's a switch in Diego's office (the one that doesn't require a keypad and where the Hacker removed SHODAN's ethical restraints) next to a camera conveniently showing Beta Grove's tram. If you do the hacking section and then find this button, it'll just tell you it's already been activated. Not sure what happens if you unlock Beta Grove and then do the hacking.

[Bouncing Betty]

Thank you!

[cecoates]

I had a hard time with this one on Cyberspace 3, as well. Aiming is definitely easier with a mouse (I mostly play with a gamepad). So for some of these sections I'll switch to kbm.

If all you want is Diego's closet to unlock, you don't have to actually finish. Survive until you destroy the first door lock node, then just let yourself die. The door will still remain unlocked.

Similarly, if you get killed by the mines while exiting, as long as you destroyed the node, the door to Beta Grove stays unlocked.

So I play through the level long enough to unlock the closet, then give up on the rest. There's an alternative way to unlock Beta Grove, so you don't need the Executive Cyberspace node to do it.

[Sirius104]

Originally posted by Matuse:

The trick with the mine corridors:
1) Hold backwards.
2) Hold left or right to constantly collide with a wall.
3) Hold down the fire button.

With the much slower movement from holding back and constantly bumping off a wall (or even 2 walls if you can manage it), your shots have enough time to clear out the mines in front of you.

I finally discovered this by myself after trying this area like 8 times. It's insane how hard this cyberspace was compared to the others. And if you don't hold backwards, there's literally not enough time to bust these mines before you reach them.
The only other 'legit' way I can think of, is to orient your screen so the tunnel is horizontally to you, meaning you can strafe left and right inside the tunnel. You can strafe left/right pretty quickly and dodge the mines on either side. However, if you enter the tunnel with your view oriented vertically, you absolutely cannot dodge up and down fast enough. So this may be an oversight by the devs. Not sure. Kinda bad we have to resort to 'cheating' by holding backwards and bouncing the walls to go slow enough to kill the mines. I think the strafing left and right method is what's intended.
I just searched if people were having trouble with this section and sure enough it's brutal for everyone it seems.

[Stargoat]

DID YOU KNOW:

Completing Executive Cyberspace isn't necessary to progress? There's another solution.

[simon]

what else do you unlock in the executive cyberspace beside diego's closet?

[Stargoat]

Originally posted by you:

what else do you unlock in the executive cyberspace beside diego's closet?

access to Beta Grove, which can also be unlocked by a physical switch in meatspace