Wednesday 25 August, 2004

w00t.

I cleared Normal mode last night. Now my score wasn't nearly as high as those of the real experts at this game (the mark of a true master is scoring upwards of 1 billion points), but it was pretty decent.

The final boss fight was really a battle of attrition. I can only break some of her patterns, so I had to throw quite a number of bombs around and completely abuse the Border system. It was, however, one of the most memorable boss fights I've ever experienced - right up there with the battle against Metal Gear Rex, the Mars Assault in X-Com, and Metroid Fusion's SA-X (also an awesome boss). Believe it - the designer of this game is a true master of his craft.

I'm not done with this game yet - there's still the other difficulties, and Extra mode, to tackle. Plus, once you finish the Extra level, there is one last level "Phantasm", made especially for that unique group of people who can bend spoons without touching them...

Nice log!

I especially liked your comment on great "boss battles" (or final missions). The SA-X was tough, though in the end I did prevail. I never did get past Metal Gear Rex though....

One of me favourites is the Abyss in Ultima IV. No saves in between or anything and it took 2 hours (real-time) to get to the end. The first time I made it I was so nervous that I screwed up on the questions it asks at the end...and had to do it all over again! After that, I got to the end...and missed the last question! I was only able to complete it a few years later when I found out what the final answer was! Phew!