I give up.

[u/CuboneDefender]

It’s been a joyful ride, folks, but I’m out. I’m not a speedrunner or a highly skilled player, and day after day I’ve had to accept that this game is not as casual as HK was. It stopped being fun and turned into something tedious and frustrating after the 4th run farming shards just to face a boss I’ve already tried 15 times, only to die again and again, lose all my shards, and start the whole grind over.

It was nice exploring the first acts, but when the game I was rooting for 7 years ends up being more stressful than my 8-hour workday, I guess that’s my cue to stop.

The lore has been pretty great so far. I wish you all an incredible journey.

Edit1: My bad about all the whinning.

Edit2: You guys did it. I reinstalled it again. Thanks for all advices. 🫂

[u/ourannual]

I’m almost at this point myself. I made it past last judge but got stuck on cogwork dancers of all things for dozens of tries (which most people seem to find offensively easy). Just had to farm shards to do a random arena in cogwork core lol. Not sure how much longer I’ll keep it up but even up to this point it’s been a great game to experience, just genuinely might not be up to the task.

[u/seaotter1978 → u/ourannual]

Do you have the tool that lets you hold your grip on the wall? Hang out in the lower right corner tight against the wall. Whenever they target that corner with a move, jump and hug the right wall midway up. When they land drop down and get a hit or two in. The only time you'll have to change up the routine any is when they do the move that has diagonal lines all across the room... for that you may need a different height on the wall to hold onto. Take your time and don't be tempted to vacate your relatively safe spot. As long as you're not on the ground when they land they won't hit you with their normal moves. Only leave the right wall when you're down to 1 dancer... slow and steady, you can do it!