Doug Parker 🕸️Dec 21

And finally took down #AbsoluteRadiance in #HollowKnight!

It's by far the hardest boss in the game and I don't think beating it has drastically changed my original opinion. I feel like I got fairly lucky in phase 4 and entered the end with basically full resources to burst it down belligerently.

It definitely wasn't entirely luck, I had a great phase 1 & 2 and 3 / 4 / 5 weren't *entirely* devoid of skill.

But I don't feel the same satisfaction as other bosses because the overlapping attacks lend themselves so much to randomness. I feel like I just kept trying until I happened to win. 🫤

Show threadDoug Parker 🕸️Dec 21

In fact, I feel like this is actually a better version of #AbsoluteRadiance, because it significantly speeds up the fight in the same way but doesn't quite overlap attacks into undodgeable scenarios. Feels much more fair in comparison.

https://techhub.social/@develwithoutacause/115750483161069468

Doug Parker 🕸️Dec 20

I really like #Radiance as a boss fight in #HollowKnight, it's really clean and reads so well with obvious answers for each attack which are just complicated enough to be hard to execute.

But #AbsoluteRadiance is too far I think.