Metroid Prime 2 : Echoes

rainbow kirby

TmB wrote:

How many tanks should I have when fighting the boost guardian? He's kicking my ass....

I have 5, and I've had my ass kicked about 5 times already by it...

Retr0gamer

I had 4 and it took me about 4 goes to beat him. most annoying thing is that the save point is so far away.

IamtheKing

For the boost guardian I had about 4 energy tanks.
He's pretty tough but once you learn his attack
pattern he's not too bad. There are tougher bosses
than him to come!

rainbow kirby

Seems kinda like Omega Pirate in MP, a hoor until you learn how he attacks and a pansy when you know what you're doing.

tman

Retr0gamer wrote:

I had 4 and it took me about 4 goes to beat him. most annoying thing is that the save point is so far away.

the spider guardian is the most annoying in that respect.
the save point is miiiiiiles away from the boss itself.

got the powerbomb yesterday and i'm just cruising around picking up a few more items before the next boss encounter.
great game, but i definitely wouldn't rate it as being better than mp1

evad_lhorg

rainbow kirby wrote:

Seems kinda like Omega Pirate in MP, a hoor until you learn how he attacks and a pansy when you know what you're doing.

pschh i beat that omega pirate first time!

meta ridley and prime are the only ones to kill me. prime killed me cause i never used a save point after ridley.

Syth

Retr0gamer wrote:

I had 4 and it took me about 4 goes to beat him. most annoying thing is that the save point is so far away.

There is save room about 2 rooms from the boost ball guardian.

Retr0gamer

It may have been only 2 rooms away but it was still annoying getting to it with decent energy.

Seems kinda like Omega Pirate in MP, a hoor until you learn how he attacks and a pansy when you know what you're doing.

Was i the only person who managed to beat omega priate on their first go? He was fairly annoying but didn't have too much trouble.

Jim

I beat him first go aswell.

rainbow kirby

Retr0gamer wrote:

It may have been only 2 rooms away but it was still annoying getting to it with decent energy.

Not really... Though 5 energy tanks kinda helps. Until you hit the Puddle O'Doom.

Retr0gamer

I beat him first go aswell.

Damn you Jim. Just when I was beginning to think I was a videogaming god worthy of a golden joystick.

Actually I've remembered the annoying thing about the boost ball guardian. It was waiting around in the bubble for my health to come back. :mad:

evad_lhorg

evad_lhorg wrote:

pschh i beat that omega pirate first time!

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^^^^^^^^^

rainbow kirby

Spent ages playing this today. G'wan Christmas holidays!

Beat boost guardian, Alpha Blogg and grapple guardian. Now have 70 missiles and 6 e-tanks too. The game's just getting better and better.

Retr0gamer

2 more artifacts but haven't had time to finish it

Swifty

Boost guardian is fairly tricky on hard mode, he does so much damage with a single hit

Jim

I found it fairly easy to avoid the Boost Guardian tbh.
Are ye morphing when he morphs?

Thats what I did.

Mr E

I figured out the best way to beat Mr. Boosty is to morph when he does and travel around the circumference of the arena (don't stop moving!). When he puddles, start bombing. Make sure your missiles are full when you get in there, though (having only 15 missiles was the reason I found him so hard to begin with).

Swifty

I've been just morphing and hiding cowardly behind one of those pillars. Worked after a good few tries on normal but hard mode is really tough. Must try morphing and actually moving this time.. the circumference method sounds like it could be worth a try. I HATE those little inglet bastards popping up everywhere though, they really make it a pain in the hole.

Jim

Just keep bombing as you move, you'll move than likely destroy alot of them, leaving nothing but the goodies that lie therein.

rainbow kirby

Also if he boosts into a pillar, you get an ultra energy so sometimes getting behind a pillar helps.
And there's now a speed run video of this up! It's by the same guy who did the MP normal any% in 1.04...
linky - hard 22% in 3.37.

i_am_dogboy

I didn't find the boost boss too hard, thought the spider gaurdian was the hardest so far.

Just got the echo visor, really liking the effect but i can't imagine it being useful in a fight though.

tman

i_am_dogboy wrote:

Just got the echo visor, really liking the effect but i can't imagine it being useful in a fight though.

nope. in fact its downright annoying in the first boss battle you have to use it in.

Retr0gamer

Finished it last night. God damn last boss is evil until you figure it out. Fantastic game. On to Tales of Symphonia now which finally arrived. GC is getting lots of play time now after being neglected for awhile.

Mr E

For those who finished it, what was your timer at the end?

Retr0gamer

17 hours and, I think, 12 minutes. 82% items and 90%+ scans

i_am_dogboy

I hate you people with your more time than me and less games to play.

/me glares

Retr0gamer

Less games to play? You should see my 'to play' basket. And that doesn't include PC games. Theres stuff there from the start of the prehistoric..., I mean PS1 era. And then there are emulator games.

Swifty

For those who finished it, what was your timer at the end?

Roughly 23 hours.

tman

wtf is the story with finding the 9 keys? (managed to find 5 already on my travels, but i cant seem to figure out which ones i haven't got )
not sure if this is going to be my game of the year tbh... there have been too many "smeh, think i'll leave it for a few days" moments

hl2 is great so far... but its just a generic corridor shooter dressed up with illusions of freeform outdoor gameplay

/edit
oh yeah, what the **** is up with the light suit???
robocod in the house

Retr0gamer

If you place the keys you will know which ones are left. Then you read the keybearers information and clues. A-Kul's (i think thats his name) clues are a bit useless. The word in red/orange writing is in the name of the room the key is in. Just like for MP1.