Current Events > I finally beat Oil Ocean on Sonic Mania.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I didn't know that if you got to the boss with a shield that it defects the octopuses bullets <_<.
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Yep, that's also how I beat that.

Itachi157 posted...

Yep, that's also how I beat that.

I got through Lava Reef and stopped at the one after.
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You can just beat the turrets one by one. Without the turrets, the boss itself is defenseless. Then it's just a matter of dodging the predictable laser and claw attacks when all the platforms are stable. Most obnoxious boss for me was Metal Sonic. Took me a while to realize that once you reach the last stage of the fight with the spike wall, it's basically unlikable. Even if it's easy, it's a shitty fight because it just encourages the worst elements of Sonic, where you abuse invisibility frames beat on bosses.
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Sounds like you got gud.
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CW_McGraw posted...

Then it's just a matter of dodging the predictable laser and claw attacks when all the platforms are stable.

My issue was how if you were on a platform when it went down, or jumped at the wrong time, you'd auto-die at the bottom sometimes
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cant wait when the price lowers by 25%, definitely going to buy it.
going to clear this backlog soon. playthrough one is close to being done.

fragtrap and activating his various bonuses is going to be somewhat annoying.
only have to get him to level 25 to get everything for borderlands 1.5
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Just replayed this level on a Tails run. If you wait on the bridge on the center at the start of the fight, you can get 4ish hits before the boss has any defenses.
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CW_McGraw posted...

You can just beat the turrets one by one. Without the turrets, the boss itself is defenseless. Then it's just a matter of dodging the predictable laser and claw attacks when all the platforms are stable. Most obnoxious boss for me was Metal Sonic. Took me a while to realize that once you reach the last stage of the fight with the spike wall, it's basically unlikable. Even if it's easy, it's a shitty fight because it just encourages the worst elements of Sonic, where you abuse invisibility frames beat on bosses.

The part I didn't like about Metal Sonic was deflecting that spin-dashing robot. Maybe there's a pattern I didn't see, but it felt a little RNG to me.
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HashtagTartarus posted...

CW_McGraw posted...

You can just beat the turrets one by one. Without the turrets, the boss itself is defenseless. Then it's just a matter of dodging the predictable laser and claw attacks when all the platforms are stable. Most obnoxious boss for me was Metal Sonic. Took me a while to realize that once you reach the last stage of the fight with the spike wall, it's basically unlikable. Even if it's easy, it's a shitty fight because it just encourages the worst elements of Sonic, where you abuse invisibility frames beat on bosses.

The part I didn't like about Metal Sonic was deflecting that spin-dashing robot. Maybe there's a pattern I didn't see, but it felt a little RNG to me.

Just do the weakest spin dash possible when the little robots spin dash. They always angle perfectly to hit Metal Sonic.
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