The Cyberspace section in Research level, Delta Quadrant

[HapexIndustries]

In general I have only nice things to say about this game but wtf is up with the absurd difficulty spike in the cyberspace section noted above? The one where you get the Ice Drill. The last room throws so much crap at you at once, I've got my ass handed to me 4 times already, am I missing something? I feel like I'm not. All the projectiles bouncing around, the amount of damage they do, the whole thing is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and I go from not getting hit up to that point to dead in about 20 seconds. I wouldn't mind if I could save in that section but no, I gotta fly through the other easy bits before getting humiliated again.

Most of the design for this remake is top notch but I really question this particular section.

[doiron5]

throw up a decoy and just shoot the objective. doesn't really matter if you 'die' unless you're playing level 3 cyber.

[HapexIndustries]

I don't seem to have any decoys, I had one and used it. I finally beat it, and now I'm embarrassed by this rage post, but it WAS a pretty huge jump in difficulty.

Your advice would have worked, though, so thanks.

[Cannon Fodder]

Originally posted by doiron5:

throw up a decoy and just shoot the objective. doesn't really matter if you 'die' unless you're playing level 3 cyber.

If I had only known Decoys were one time use one when I got one I would have saved it...

Originally posted by HapexIndustries:

I don't seem to have any decoys, I had one and used it. I finally beat it, and now I'm embarrassed by this rage post, but it WAS a pretty huge jump in difficulty.

Your advice would have worked, though, so thanks.

Yeah i'm stuck here now myself, trying to avoid these tracking ninja star things is obnoxious.

[(N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★]

If you want to cheese it.
When you get to the room with those 6 big purple guys that throw the disc, you can hug the wall you cam in from. Just back up and for whatever reason you'll be outside of their range and you can pelt them from afar without them shooting you.

When you get into the room before they spawn in immediately start backing up till you are hitting the wall.

[doofy]

dodge like crazy and you can actually shoot the red projectiles that the purple things shoot at you.

[HapexIndustries]

Originally posted by Cannon Fodder:

Yeah i'm stuck here now myself, trying to avoid these tracking ninja star things is obnoxious.

What I did was basically rush the shuriken shooting guys in the last room, stay up in their faces to make sure my shots connected and grab the health after a couple went down, then focus again. The bouncy things can really mess you up if you give them room to maneuver but I found that by getting up close I had less of a chance of getting hit than circle strafing.

Just hold the fire button down and focus one at a time, that's how I got it.

[Samley Times]

I'm stuck on this too, going to try one of the suggestions here. I've played too long to restart with different difficulties and too long to refund. I never comment on steam but I have to say, if a game chooses to implement difficulty settings, you should be able to change them mid-game. I don't care if its faithful to the original or not, it's poor and outdated game design.

[(N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★]

Originally posted by Samley Times:

I'm stuck on this too, going to try one of the suggestions here. I've played too long to restart with different difficulties and too long to refund. I never comment on steam but I have to say, if a game chooses to implement difficulty settings, you should be able to change them mid-game. I don't care if its faithful to the original or not, it's poor and outdated game design.

If it makes you feel any better that seems to be one of the hardest ones I've come across and I've done quite a lot after that one.

[Myztkl©-Kev]

I died the first time too, the second time I just backed up before everything spawned so I wasn't immediately surrounded.

[Xax]

5 attempts so far and I'm incredibly frustrated.

[StonedWolf62]

A couple of hints:
* You can shoot the stars they throw to repel them for a time.
* Juke the stars when they have momentum

It took me two tries on the hardest difficulty.
The second attempt I baited the projectiles to one side away from the enemies who shot them, then flew close to the enemies and destroyed them one by one.
And repeated that process a few times.

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by doiron5:

throw up a decoy and just shoot the objective. doesn't really matter if you 'die' unless you're playing level 3 cyber.

Still trying to find out if this is true. My first attempt I shot the objective and then died. Now that beam is no longer active when I reach that room (on Difficulty level 2).

Have I accomplished the goal? Is there any indication on the map or otherwise whether I have or have not accomplished it? The light ring on the panel behind the cyberspace device shows green but I am not sure if it was that color before I went in the first time. I have spent a large chunk of the morning on it an am getting extremely frustrated.

[Myztkl©-Kev]

Originally posted by tmaddox:

Originally posted by doiron5:

throw up a decoy and just shoot the objective. doesn't really matter if you 'die' unless you're playing level 3 cyber.

Still trying to find out if this is true. My first attempt I shot the objective and then died. Now that beam is no longer active when I reach that room (on Difficulty level 2).

Have I accomplished the goal? Is there any indication on the map or otherwise whether I have or have not accomplished it? The light ring on the panel behind the cyberspace device shows green but I am not sure if it was that color before I went in the first time. I have spent a large chunk of the morning on it an am getting extremely frustrated.

if you destroyed the beam, then the door it unlocked in that area should now be open. You get a little pop-up notification in cyberspace when you destroy the beam telling you what door was opened. in this case I believe it's a nearby armory?