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[Zaptruder]

So the whole game is pretty easy, pretty breezy, even kinda fun... then you get to the last boss.

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Most bullshit fucking ending sequence I've ever had the bullshit of playing. The boss for starters is a couple notches above everything else in the game... but it's alright, you can come to grips with it. But then they require you to climb onto its back, then put a mortar into a crack in its head. The problem is, you're short, you need to fly, you have limited flying powers, you fly like shit, and the area you have to aim isn't terribly large... the weapon you've got doesn't even aim in a straight line. The boss has acquired a couple really bullshit attacks as well, that basically pulverize you if you land and get knocked down (incredibly easy to do when you're trying to mount him, while equipped with the shittiest jump jets around).

But no... none of this would really be notable outside of a frustrating afternoon experience, except to jump, you need to hold down the left thumbstick...

in combination with the above factors, after 3 dozen attempts at killing the boss, where the first stage becomes extremely simple, and the second stage is extremely stupid, I've got a sore as hell thumb that feels like it's about to break off... and a broken TV and controller after I hurled it in a fit of rage*.

*ok I don't, but I would If I wasn't able to keep check of reality... but I chucked the controller on the bed; disconnecting the cord and turning off the Xbox in a relatively satisfying manner.

...

Anyone else have examples of stupidly frustrating portions of games that make you want to go out on a MDK spree?

 

[Chittagong]

Got this game from E3 this year for free, I was handed a bottle of Mountain Dew and told that it's a competition. Tried it for 10 minutes, seems fun, must put more time in. I'm afraid I'm a bit spoiled by ZOE, however.

 

[G-Fex]

i'm on him right now, damn I have to plant a mortar on his back?

 

[Zaptruder]

Got this game from E3 this year for free, I was handed a bottle of Mountain Dew and told that it's a competition. Tried it for 10 minutes, seems fun, must put more time in. I'm afraid I'm a bit spoiled by ZOE, however.

It's not at all comparable to ZOE... but if you take it for what it is... it's kinda fun. Nothing great, but pretty playable, especially for a rental or a freebie.

Borrowed my friend's Xbox, so I didn't pay for it either...

G-Fex: No, you're supposed to shoot its head until it cracks open (that's the easy part; just run around and shoot it with lasers, the patterns of attack aren't terribly difficult to avoid). Then the hard part is that it acquires 2 new attacks; a flamethrower and laser... but in conjunction with the fact you have to get up close, which makes you particularly vulnerable to its knocking down attack, and that it attacks you with one of those two attacks when you're on the ground... and that the laser attack is almost guaranteed to hit from a medium to long distance, as well as stunning, pushing you back and tracking onto you... while draining large amounts of life... throw in the poor jumpjets of your battle armor, its height, the difficulty of getting on its back when its constantly turning towards you, and the small target area you have to finish it off with, the arcing unpredictable nature of the weapon you need to finish it off with... and finally the pain of having to push in a tall loose button (the left stick click) for 30-40 minutes through repeated attempts...

and the whole second sequence is controller throwing, brain spazingly difficult.

 

[G-Fex]

well that laser attack is irritating if i'm not fast enough to jet strafe out of the way. I haven't even gotten a chance to get on it's back a second time. And there's still a SECOND FORM? Man, no way. Should've let me keep my damn big mech.

 

[Zaptruder]

well that laser attack is irritating if i'm not fast enough to jet strafe out of the way. I haven't even gotten a chance to get on it's back a second time. And there's still a SECOND FORM? Man, no way. Should've let me keep my damn big mech.

No... the form where you climb onto the back is its second form... it's indestructible; it might seem like you can shoot it normally, but you need to jump jet up and then land a mortar squarely into the damaged area. Except that's been fucking difficult for me.

 

[TomO]

That final boss was very annoying. What made it even more annoying for me was the game's decission to loop back to the start of the fight after I had defeated him.

 

[G-Fex]

no more annoying was that was I accidently stepped on the suit before and had to restart the whole city area AGAIN.

ok, well that only makes my situation harder but I think I can get it down. I've gotten good so....far now that I know what i'm doing.

 

[Wulfer]

I beat it and the ending is pretty short but, it sets up the story for Mech Assault 3 really well. It took me about 3 days of constant playing before I beat that crazy boss. My reward nothing! I thought we might get another mech or something but nope, unless I missed the mech somewhere.

 

[Oracle Dragon]

So the whole game is pretty easy, pretty breezy, even kinda fun... then you get to the last boss.

ASDASIOPDQJW{)E*(U$E+!@_)*(#U!@+#)_*(!@USDAS!

Most bullshit fucking ending sequence I've ever had the bullshit of playing. The boss for starters is a couple notches above everything else in the game... but it's alright, you can come to grips with it. But then they require you to climb onto its back, then put a mortar into a crack in its head. The problem is, you're short, you need to fly, you have limited flying powers, you fly like shit, and the area you have to aim isn't terribly large... the weapon you've got doesn't even aim in a straight line. The boss has acquired a couple really bullshit attacks as well, that basically pulverize you if you land and get knocked down (incredibly easy to do when you're trying to mount him, while equipped with the shittiest jump jets around).

But no... none of this would really be notable outside of a frustrating afternoon experience, except to jump, you need to hold down the left thumbstick...

in combination with the above factors, after 3 dozen attempts at killing the boss, where the first stage becomes extremely simple, and the second stage is extremely stupid, I've got a sore as hell thumb that feels like it's about to break off... and a broken TV and controller after I hurled it in a fit of rage*.

*ok I don't, but I would If I wasn't able to keep check of reality... but I chucked the controller on the bed; disconnecting the cord and turning off the Xbox in a relatively satisfying manner.

...

Anyone else have examples of stupidly frustrating portions of games that make you want to go out on a MDK spree?

Have you finsihed this game yet? I JUST finished it... I know that the cutscenes tell you to aim the motar into the hole in his head, but you DON'T HAVE TO! I found that out after going through EXACTLY what you have been through. You can either shoot his head on the right side from the ground, or, even easier, use your laser! It seems like perhaps it isn't damaging him because it takes a long time, but it works! As long as you are getting little blue flashes when you shoot his skull, you are damaging the reactors. You will know it is working because red smoke starts coming out of his head. If you want to know what the "blue flashes" look like, shoot him in the head with the laser in stage 1 of the battle. Its the same effect.

You DON'T have to fly to do this, despite what the cutscenes say! My guess is that you were SUPPOSED to have to lob it right into his head, so thats how they made the cutscene. Then someone actually PLAYED the game, and they said "uh oh we better change this." Too bad they didn't change the directions you are given to!

But like I said I just killed him maybe 2 or 3 days ago. Just stay on the ground and aim for the right side of his head, and you will kill him. His flame thrower is easy to avoid, and in fact is a nice attack because he can't move when he does it, making him easier to hack. His superman-laser-eyes though, man those are TOTAL bullshit. But if you think they are coming, the best thing to do its get to one of his sides ASAP... which hopefully isn't hard because your already on his right side shooting his head. The laser eyes arn't 360 degrees, only to his shoulders. So when you see them come on, jump jet to the left or right side of him. You will still take SOME damage, but not enough to die.

Also, don't even BOTHER trying to climb on his back to shoot his head from there... it doesnt work. You will damage him for sure, but you take a TREMENDOUS amount of splash damage from your motar. It takes 3 motars (direct hits) to kill him, and you can only live the splash damage from 1, so its not worth it. Just stay on the ground and keep shooting him.

 

[Zaptruder]

Have you finsihed this game yet? I JUST finished it... I know that the cutscenes tell you to aim the motar into the hole in his head, but you DON'T HAVE TO! I found that out after going through EXACTLY what you have been through. You can either shoot his head on the right side from the ground, or, even easier, use your laser! It seems like perhaps it isn't damaging him because it takes a long time, but it works! As long as you are getting little blue flashes when you shoot his skull, you are damaging the reactors. You will know it is working because red smoke starts coming out of his head. If you want to know what the "blue flashes" look like, shoot him in the head with the laser in stage 1 of the battle. Its the same effect.

You DON'T have to fly to do this, despite what the cutscenes say! My guess is that you were SUPPOSED to have to lob it right into his head, so thats how they made the cutscene. Then someone actually PLAYED the game, and they said "uh oh we better change this." Too bad they didn't change the directions you are given to!

But like I said I just killed him maybe 2 or 3 days ago. Just stay on the ground and aim for the right side of his head, and you will kill him. His flame thrower is easy to avoid, and in fact is a nice attack because he can't move when he does it, making him easier to hack. His superman-laser-eyes though, man those are TOTAL bullshit. But if you think they are coming, the best thing to do its get to one of his sides ASAP... which hopefully isn't hard because your already on his right side shooting his head. The laser eyes arn't 360 degrees, only to his shoulders. So when you see them come on, jump jet to the left or right side of him. You will still take SOME damage, but not enough to die.

Also, don't even BOTHER trying to climb on his back to shoot his head from there... it doesnt work. You will damage him for sure, but you take a TREMENDOUS amount of splash damage from your motar. It takes 3 motars (direct hits) to kill him, and you can only live the splash damage from 1, so its not worth it. Just stay on the ground and keep shooting him.

Ah... I thought so... but staying a distance from him is still a bitch, having to climb back to onto his back to neurohack him. I made it a bit easier, found out that you can just rush him fly above the head and neurohack his top point, or walk below past the arms and hack his back... but it's still difficult, especially if he busts out lasers or you get knocked down while trying to get past.

 

[Oracle Dragon]

I beat it and the ending is pretty short but, it sets up the story for Mech Assault 3 really well. It took me about 3 days of constant playing before I beat that crazy boss. My reward nothing! I thought we might get another mech or something but nope, unless I missed the mech somewhere.

Nope all that happens is now you can use the bad guy as your avatar in multiplayer mode. So everyone in the lobby will know you beat the game. YAY!

 

[The Guivre]

Yeah... you had issues with the single player game, you go ahead and give the online multiplayer a shot and then come back and give us a new thread or two.

The shortcomings of the single player mode I would say pale in comparison to the travesty that is the online multiplayer. NOTHING I repeat NOTHING has been fixed from the original MechAssault. Now instead of sitting in a text box lobby, you sit in a 3-D lobby and gesture at eachother occaisionally using different button presses. Woo Hoo.

You still have to have someone vouch for you half the time, there's always some moron who glitches himself out into space and screws up the match. There's seldom a time when you get a full party of players because people are too impatient to wait to fill the lobby up.

You can't even choose your mech, and I promise you that you'll be killed if someone decides they deserve a given mech more than you do. VTOL is a thankless and often times pointless job, unless you're in a group who's actually come to an understanding about supply and such. Or if you get uber lucky and you're a VTOL prodigy or have one on your team.

After beating the Single Player and trying to get into the Multiplayer (Conquest mode is one of the bigger failures in that regard) I'd just as soon play the original MechAssault Multiplayer and be able to decide which mech I want.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

The game's $20 at EB now. Worth a buy?