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[Bill Nye the Russian Spy]

Hero Mode isn't that bad, really - the only difference is that everything but you does double damage.

 

Really, though, it's certainly challenging, but only a few parts truly frustrated me even after I knew what I was doing:

• Mothula (ZC doesn't handle stepping out of water the way it should - Evan doesn't like this, either)
• Medusa (Hookshot dodging is my Achilles' heel)
• Golem rooms in the Blighted Abyss (very easy to screw up and die, and it takes a long time to reach the last one)
• Turret and mirror room in the same (for reasons you already know)
• The bonus bosses (bosses that can heal indefinitely rub me the wrong way, Stan... well, lives up to his reputation, and I'd like to remind you that it took me two days to beat PG Venser only for ZC to crash on me after I took a screenshot)

EDIT: What are hugbos, anyway? Clingy Gibdos?

Edited by Bill Nye the Russian Spy, 08 December 2015 - 02:26 PM.

[TheLegend_njf]

Congrats Norzan.

I found Stan really hard on hero mode. But I finally beat him. Now he serves me dinner.

[Norzan]

Yeah, it's the gibdos that hug you and start draining your health (this + bubbles in the medusa fight is almost guaranteed death). I don't know if the patches means that the medusa doesn't summon them anymore. If it means that, then the opposite happened.

 

 

Then again, the ??? door wouldn't open and Stan was summoning death knights in a row, so i don't know anymore.

[Bill Nye the Russian Spy]

Medusa spawned a few of those when I was playing, too, though not until later in the fight. Either that's normal, or Evan forgot to patch up a phase or two.

[TheLegend_njf]

Medusa spawned a few of those when I was playing, too, though not until later in the fight. Either that's normal, or Evan forgot to patch up a phase or two.

 

Did you beat this game on Hero Mode? Just wondering.

[Bill Nye the Russian Spy]

Yup. 100%. Torturous, but worth it.

[TheLegend_njf]

Bill Nye, what a guy...

 

Fights Climate Change and Isle of Rebirth!!

 

Don't fuck with Bill. 

[Evan20000]

Yeah, it's the gibdos that hug you and start draining your health (this + bubbles in the medusa fight is almost guaranteed death). I don't know if the patches means that the medusa doesn't summon them anymore. If it means that, then the opposite happened.

 

 

Then again, the ??? door wouldn't open and Stan was summoning death knights in a row, so i don't know anymore.

Something is definitely screwy with your ZC/Quest/Save/some combination thereof. That said, congrats again on beating everything!

 

imo the biggest challenges on hero mode are:

Moldorm
Scourge
Frozen Enclave
Sunken Basin
Venser II
Medusa
Starlight Temple
Lumen II
Final Venser
and all of the postgame obviously. Good luck if you go for it!

 

I'd suggest a fresh ZC install next time too.

[Bill Nye the Russian Spy]

Moldorm? Really? I didn't have a hard time with that one at all once I knew its weakness.

Mothula was much worse, IMO.

[Evan20000]

I generally consider Moldorm the first real threat the player encounters in the game mostly in comparison to everything that came before it.

[Bill Nye the Russian Spy]

Ah, yeah, that's probably accurate. A wake-up call to anyone who (like me) conserves ammo a little too obsessively.

[TheLegend_njf]

Ah, yeah, that's probably accurate. A wake-up call to anyone who (like me) conserves ammo a little too obsessively.

 

Did you say bomb?! Where can I get bombs? Where can I use bombs? Can I blow up that Octorock over there? Or how about those 3 moblins? Oh ya! 3 moblins with one bomb!!

 

Wait, nobody is even talking about bombs.

 

I might play some Isle of Rebirth later and drop some bombs, I'm beginning to experience bomb withdrawal. Please excuse me while I register to Bomb's anonymous... There is no such thing as a place??

 

On a serious note, as long as I save a couple of bombs or ammo for emergencies, I don't mind using them or spamming them. Especially bombs. Seriously, if I could, I strap those suckers on me and run into Isle of Rebirth head on. 

[Norzan]

Spoiler

I only figured out now why Stan has the same sprite as the sky people of this game when he leaves the cocoon. It's a reference to Lucifer, the fallen angel. Why did i only noticed this now?

Edited by Norzan, 09 December 2015 - 10:18 PM.

[Bill Nye the Russian Spy]

Spoiler

I only figured out now why Stan has the same sprite as the sky people of this game when he leaves the cocoon. It's a reference to Lucifer, the fallen angel. Why did i only noticed this now?

Spoiler

Why else do you think we keep calling him Stan and not Tartaros?

[Evan20000]

Spoiler

New quest may elaborate on his past. Maybe.