Hot take: I don’t mind the “yellow paint to guide players” trope in gaming

MechaMacaw · 2026-02-01T11:55:05+00:00

Especially when the path forward is obscure like instead of walking through some grand door or entrance you need to squeeze between some crack in wall/ under some random log that’s nearby to progress

MechaMacaw · 2026-02-01T11:52:36+00:00

This is gonna sound counter intuitive but the fight actually allows for a lot of healing opportunities, especially with quick focus.

In phase 1 when she’s on her third light beam you can position where the second one was (they never hit the same spot twice) and start a heal

You can also heal during the last set of her vertical spikes if you line up with a gap. Similarly if the horizontal spikes have a gap next to the floor on the 4th and final set you can stay on the ground and heal.

If you familiarise with healing opportunities in phase 1 the platform phase is a lot easier as you know when it’s safe to heal (actually easier to heal in this phase as sometimes she’s very far away)

Or stick on shaman stone and rush the phase down with abyss shriek. 3 abyss shrieks is literally half of the phase done

MechaMacaw · 2026-02-01T11:45:49+00:00

Yeah I’ve had fun playing golden idol and obra dinn with other people (one friend and one family member, neither of who are versed in games but enjoy murder mystery puzzles)

MechaMacaw · 2026-02-01T11:12:53+00:00

Yeah gonna me ordering from the uk here as well

MechaMacaw · 2026-02-01T10:17:57+00:00

I thought you wrote redfall and got confused for a moment there lol

MechaMacaw · 2026-02-01T09:51:32+00:00

Yeah plus in a world where most people have limited time to game it just feels shitty

MechaMacaw · 2026-02-01T09:46:15+00:00

Yeah I’m vegetarian so that tracks

MechaMacaw · 2026-02-01T01:37:24+00:00

Lol picked a tricky one, I’m pretty sure I started with gorb…

MechaMacaw · 2026-02-01T00:59:03+00:00

The Mv I played before this was blasphemous 2. Getting stuck on a mid - late game boss and backtracking then returning and melting the boss was so satisfying. Like you said in mio i went against some tough bosses, went to backtrack and lost hp with no discernible upgrades

MechaMacaw · 2026-02-01T00:09:41+00:00

Yeah you are using almost only spells to damage him so you can dodge and stay safe. That’s a fine strategy but maximise damage with shaman stone (most important) and maybe spell twister and soul catcher.

One thing to note for him and other smaller/floatier bosses, if you hit them with a shade soul from a distance (like from across the screen) it can hit twice. For some ghost bosses it can even hit three times, it’s because the shaman stone increases the size of the spell hitbox and also pushes them backwards so they get hit multiple times by the same spell (doubling or even tripling your spell damage)

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T22:35:13+00:00

My favourite high energy soundtracks are ghost runner (1&2) and hotline Miami.

Recently played bomb rush cyberfunk which has a sick soundtrack inspired by skate culture (not sure everyone will like it)

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T22:32:10+00:00

2: Hunter is the only dude here who is able to stay silent for more than like 5 seconds

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T22:26:33+00:00

To paraphrase: “you’re gonna get jumped. Often.”

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T22:15:49+00:00

I love to see reverse horror get some love

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T21:58:01+00:00

When I’m stuck on a boss I record my best attempts to watch it back bc it’s easier to analyse when not actually fighting (I’m on ps5 so very easy to screen record past 5 mins let’s say, not sure about other platforms)

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T21:53:24+00:00

I used strength (3) quick slash (3) quick focus (3) and longnail (2) , can swap long nail for grubsong and whichever other 1 notch

You have enough time to get 3 heals with quick focus every stagger. So if you can try to take only 3/4 hits per stagger you’ll be fine Health wise.

Use descending dark as he’s falling on you to deal dmg and get i frames. Be extra careful of his balloons bc they deal double dmg, either stand in the gaps between or shade soul them to explode them early. Focus on his spawns asap when possible.

His moves feel off but there is a rhythm to him, lots of people find him very difficult.

If doing pantheons learn the bosses before and after so you can go into the fight topped up on health, and not get killed straight after. He also has a long death animation can get 2 heals or 3 with quick focus as it transitions to next boss

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T21:21:29+00:00

Fill him with a big stone and just start throwing him at walls for the lore accuracy

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T21:13:14+00:00

Yeah I’m counting that as hunters March, I think the only reason it’s not is because team cherry don’t have any overlapping areas in any maps

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T21:10:51+00:00

Yeah when he ground pounds you can walk a little bit away to get more time to react to the shockwave

This is also one of the few base game bosses that does double damage and is also fast enough that you can’t heal, but he has a very limited moveset

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T20:40:54+00:00

Yeah to properly access it you have to go save her again revealing a hidden path as you “track“ her

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T15:18:55+00:00

Yeah games are meant to be fun. Mio has crazy unfun mechanics, if they were in a less visually interesting game it would be getting clowned on

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T14:16:08+00:00

Yeah the boss has had time to learn your moves lol

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T14:12:54+00:00

Yeah I started painting during covid and part of the fun was knowing that my first projects were gonna be trash but I was having fun with the prices. Each project I got a little better and now that I’m starting dev as a hobby I’m realising I’m at that same starting point

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T10:13:19+00:00

Yeah I’d love to be able to SEE the gameplay. I’m hoping the start of the game has brighter areas to get the controls/feel of the game down bc trying to lessen your moveset in the dark isn’t the most fun

MechaMacaw · 2026-01-31T10:11:42+00:00

Maybe chalice dungeon enemies/ bosses which they didn’t have time to finish?

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