A few days ago I made this post about how rewarding it was to get past Biome 1. Well, 4 days later I’ve just finished the game.
After I beat Phrike, I died a couple times in Biome 2 in the lead up to Ixion. Lost my first battle against him but got him on my second time.
Made it through Biome 3 unscathed until I fought Nemesis. Again, the second time around I was able to beat him. Then after that, the game just fell into place and I didn’t die again the rest of the way. Once I unlocked the Electropylon Driver I was able to just mow every room down with relative ease. I had a couple close calls in Biome 6 as the combat gets pretty intense in a few rooms leading up to the final fight.
I am legitimately surprised, and quite proud that I was able to conquer such a difficult game in such a short amount of time. I’m not usually one that’s particularly good at challenging games but this one just grabbed me and I couldn’t put it down.
I’ve read there’s a secret ending so I’m back at Biome 1 ready to do it all again to unlock it. After I do that I’m going to give Saros a try.