Chapter 6 boss fight is an exercise in misery

[Jean-Paul Software]

It was stupidly hard, and went on far, far too long. I'm fine with difficult; I'm less fine with difficult and boring.

I don't even feel any sense of achievement for having gotten through it, or even relief- it was horrible. It's not 'challenging'- it didn't feel like I was getting through with my wits. Instead I felt like I was memorising a long sequence of button presses.

The controls with the feather pick-ups very imprecise, which didn't help, and frequently there were points where I couldn't avoid damage.

Anyway, I just needed to get that off my chest. I'm going to finish the game one way or another because the story and the music are wonderful- but having gone through this boss fight I'm not very likely to replay it.

[Sixtano]

just so you know there arent any strawberries in the level so you dont have to search for them atleast

[Terrarius]

Memorizing the screen and figuring out what to do is a core aspect of hardcore platformerss.The only rule is that obstacles must be somewhat telegraphed and that everything must work consistent.Reflection A,like all A sides,is actually quite easy....if you thought it was hard just look at what the game peaks at towards the postgame end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kL_VWX2lw

[Auscent]

I personally found chapter 6 & the boss fight rather easy and really enjoyed it. The only parts I had any real issues with were tight feather sections as I too find its controls are quite imprecise for controllers, or at least with my Steam Controller, but they aren't that bad with keyboard which I almost resorted to using for a few sections in the B-Side. Speaking of the B-Side I did find this frustatingly difficult due to those feathers which due to my stubborness of using my Steam Controller kicked my ass for a long time and its length, still despite my frustations I still enjoyed playing it and will do so again (probably with keyboard next time when I get around to doing a new game).

[YorgiShmorgi]

I thought the boss fight was really fun and cool. I really liked how the bgm glitched when ever you hit Badeline.

[BirdoPrey]

Originally posted by imthecomgeek:

I thought the boss fight was really fun and cool. I really liked how the bgm glitched when ever you hit Badeline.

I think you'd enjoy listening to the chapter 5 music played backwards ;)

[Aemony]

I loved the boss fight of chapter 6! It was extremely satisfying and well-paced. A few hard parts, but nothing really unbeatable or challenging. It was also quite fun to see everything glitch out when touching Badeline.

[GAMING_Alligator]

Originally posted by Captain Internet:

It was stupidly hard, and went on far, far too long. I'm fine with difficult; I'm less fine with difficult and boring.

I don't even feel any sense of achievement for having gotten through it, or even relief- it was horrible. It's not 'challenging'- it didn't feel like I was getting through with my wits. Instead I felt like I was memorising a long sequence of button presses.

The controls with the feather pick-ups very imprecise, which didn't help, and frequently there were points where I couldn't avoid damage.

Anyway, I just needed to get that off my chest. I'm going to finish the game one way or another because the story and the music are wonderful- but having gone through this boss fight I'm not very likely to replay it.

Like others, I actually quite enjoyed that boss fight. It was a really novely way of doing a boss fight, and I appreciate the new gameplay element of needing to hit a target that's shooting at you.

I didn't have any problems with the feathers on the analogue stick of an XBox 360 controller, don't know about others though. It's more about timing for tight turns than anything else.

Anyhow, just wait until you get to the B-Side version of that fight!

[MION'S HUSBAND]

GIT GUD

[Jean-Paul Software]

Originally posted by wwwwwww:

GIT GUD

Thanks for the constructive feedback, person with anime avatar, but I think we have different life goals.

I've since completed the game, and it was good- I still think that boss fight is over-long and painful though. I'm glad others found it more entertaining than I did, and it would be a shame if we all had the same opinions all the time.

[Crim]

Honestly it’s not that hard, I fluked a lot of it and some sections only took me a few tries, my problem was just how long it went, it was WAY too long, I stopped caring about how cool the story implication was because it got old so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fast

[GAMING_Alligator]

Somehow I suspect OP has probably moved on from the game since making this post over 6 years ago