Trouble with boss?

[Andrew R]

I have most of the map filled out but am having trouble with the boss where you have to go up and down the stairs while shooting him. I've used keyboard and XB1 controller and still cannot seem to make the tiny steps? Any advice? Also: I am maxed out at 120 cubes so I know I am missing something? Thanks!

[franfistro]

Just press up quicly. It's not a matter of how far you take the stick but for how long.
Try to practice in a safe room with ladders.

[Mindcrime]

I had great difficulty with that level 2 boss as well (I bought the game on GOG, but I assume the gameplay is the same). I don't want to sound too harsh, but that was one of the worst-designed bosses I've ever come across in my 35+ years of gaming. You have to constantly be moving up and down the ladder while shooting, which would normally be difficult, but still possible.

The problem is that while the controls screen has a "Move Up" input, it doesn't do anything. You can climb down a ladder, but you can't climb up it; you have to jump instead. And when fighting that level 2 boss, it requires seemingly millisecond-accurate timing to get the jump just right, which you have to do many, many times.

The second problem is that in order for your bullets to reach the boss, you need to be on the far right edge of the ladder, almost falling off, which makes it easy to fall off accidentally (and once you fall, forget it, you can't get back on the ladder in between the laser beams, so you have to load your saved game).

Considering this was only the level 2 boss, I'm questioning whether I want to continue, as I anticipate the bosses will only become more difficult, and this one was already nearly impossible to defeat.

[B-Ran]

ı know ım late but using lazer is the best solution to deal with bosses even in the final boss lazer goes thru its shield just stack lazer and youre good to go