games
Monday, September 1, 2025
I went back through and actually finished Nine Sols
the game really falls apart in the 2nd half
I had stopped at the 5th boss of 9 when I played the first time, and thought the game was pretty good up to that point
turns out the game peaks at the 4th boss, late game combat and "story" are pretty meh
OST is good
it's Hollow Knight, but built around parrying everything, works for a while but late-game combat REALLY tedious
I'd also say that for a metroidvania, it doesn't do a great job of non-linearity
the game feels more open than it actually is, in terms of progression it's fairly linear even if you can explore small parts of stages in any order
I don't think this is a spoiler
the 3-phase dream fight was where I stopped the first time, meant to get back into it and finish but never did
yeah Lady Ethereal
I liked the boss before her
oh, S-tier theming and arena for sure
and the platforming dream section before it was pretty good too
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 I liked the boss before her (edited)
He was cool, very glad I messed up and wasn't able to nerf him because the challenge wasn't too bad.
I purposefully didn't
felt lame to ruin his fight after all the buildup
for Lady Ethereal, unless there was some mechanic I missed, it took upwards of 10 minutes to have a run going into her 3rd phase without getting lucky
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 for Lady Ethereal, unless there was some mechanic I missed, it took upwards of 10 minutes to have a run going into her 3rd phase without getting lucky
I don't like to say it, but... skill issue.
I was able to get through her phases very quickly once I learned the tricks. Very enjoyable.
I think she's the only boss you can't aggro through, and it's a pure parry fight and you wait for openings
she wasn't my least favorite part of the game for context
just that she took a LONG time, I was still generally pretty postive even including her fight
final boss didn't give me too much issue, I got to phase 2 first try, and then beat her in 5-10 tries total
I chose the wrong one
I didn't know which was the true one
I'm just going to watch it on YouTube
I assume there's not a unique fight
oh...
well then lol
maybe I'll go back
idk, I thought the whole last area was a bit of a slog