In the absence of Euro Dungeon Fighter, I’ve had to console myself by playing the shit out of SoR2. Finally just today racked up my first 1-credit completion in Hardest mode (using Blaze).
The first elevator section went fine (on the baseball field), managed to throw one karate dude into all of the others and dealt with them all as one opponent with hadouken and leaping slash.
Next stage was really annoying. Managed to get through the fight involving the two jetpackers (on deck of ship) with very little health remaining, but then managed to get all the way through to the boss and get my health back. Thought I was home and dry but I forgot about the Galcias walking on screen from the left. I unintentionally went into a clinch with one of them, dropped my sword and it either fell off-screen or dissapeared.
Unfortunately, with Blaze, I have a very hard time against the boxer boss. He’s ok on the final stage when he doesnt have his wakeup invincibility, but here he’s very tough, especially as the fat guy usually gets triggered. None of this is a problem when I have the sword and can control the fight. Anyway, so I lost my first life here.
Beach stage looked to be going very badly when I took a licking at the hands of the first ninjas and a couple of thugs sneaking in jabs here and there. Got to the kickboxers with very little health. However, never say never, I defeated the four kickboxers without taking a single hit! All I can say is: no shame in running away when they start throwing tiger knees (no Burn Upper for Blaze). Just kept looking for attacking angles and getting the clinches.
Road section was ok. Right at the end I went right down to virtually no health again, but those bikers have virtually no health so I didnt panic. Throw the whip lady into them and she’ll wipe out three or four at a time.
Next stage I accidentally triggered the two fat guys way earlier than I meant to, having lots of thugs still on screen, but the fight was very interesting. I’ve learnt that when fighting multiple fat guys the best thing is to get them so they are on the very top or bottom of the screen and bait them into attacking with either flamebreath or belly splash.
If one goes for flame and one splash, dodge around both but attack the one who splashed. If both go for flame, just get the hell out of the way. At one point I had fat dudes flame rushing on both the bottom and the top of the screen, but so long as you get out of the way it’s ok.
Lost next life on the two jetpackers. Fights with multiple jetpackers either go very well or very badly for me. These two just kept getting the slam throw, must work on countering that.
The later elevator sections went much better than previously. I’m really getting a handle on those fights now. ALMOST cornered all the karate dudes and ninjas WITH the sword, but got thrown. Gotta use the bikers as projectiles vs those kickboxers. And the fat guys + knife guy are nowhere near as scary as they used to be. Think I lost 3 lives between these fights.
The 3 robots are really annoying. Lost about 2 lives I think.
Anyway, I’ve rambled quite long enough but damn this game just keeps giving. I won’t rest until I’ve one lifed it in Mania… with Blaze!