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Boss Files # 8 - Interstellar Horrors Edition
FalconReaper | 8:11 PM on 06.20.2009 4 comments


Hola. There comes a time in every gamer's life where they gotta admit they're afraid of something. I myself am no different. In fact, I think I might as well be the biggest coward I know, because I (figuratively) almost shat myself when confronted with Bald Bull ( See last entry), and now I got a few new problems of my own.

To be honest I could tell you guys how Mr.Sandman gave me trouble in Super Punch Out !! or spend the next hour and a half bitching about how Aran Ryan is the biggest douchebag I've ever had the displeasure of going toe to toe with, I'm gonna get nostalgic on everybody's asses this week and recount an experience I had with one my favorite games of last year Dead Space. ALSO, SPOILERS

You know I'll be honest with you guys, the Survival-Horror genre of games has never really been my can of soda. I myself am more accustomed staring my enemies in the eye and pray they don't shove weapon down my throat ( or other less wholesome and more painful orifices if you catch my drift). The other, less retarded reason is the fact that I don't take sheer balls-to-the-wall mind fuckery very well, which is the main reason why I've avoided the Silent Hill series like the plague. Okay, the exposition been going on for too long, let's get started.

The set up for the Dead Space monstrosity I'm talking about tonight kiddies goes as such. You are Engineer Issac Clarke ( a clever reference to two of my favorite sci fi authors). You've been told by your incredibly bitchy computer expert that The Necromorphs ( the undead monster things that are on the ship) have created a habitability change that's good for them and bad for everything else. The origin of the of: the Food Storage container in the Hydroponics deck of the ship. She has you go back to the godforsaken Medical Deck of the ship and create a poison the kill the organism that moved into Hydroponics. When your about to do that, you run into friendly neighborhood psycho Doctor Challus Mercer. Think Father Grigori from Hal-Life 2, except crazier, and not trying to help you, oh and he also sicks a mutant Necromorph after you.

Boss: The Hunter


To be perfectly honest, I first felt sorry for the dumb freak of nature. It's basically the result of Mercer's tissue regeneration experiments and the Necromorph infection hitting a live human being ( as indicated in the audio log where you hear the poor bastard screaming in the background), but that still didn't give it the excuse to try and gut me. As you can probably tell, it has the ability to regrow its lost limbs when dismembered. This is the first time the game tells you that running the fuck away is a viable option for survival this time ( as well as using the "idiot button"). It not a conventional battle in he sense that you fight it, but more like it stalks you for the whole level while you try to do your objectives.



As annoying as this sounds, try doing it while there's no oxygen, got multiple enemies on your tail, and have limited health. After being chased for a bit, you pretty much get the idea to lure the thing to the cryo storage room and freeze it solid, but Mercer being the resourceful bastard he is, thaws it out and sends it after you again. Soon, you'll just be saying fuck it and try to kill it...like this



Yeah, you're gonna gonna kill it by disintegrating it with the shuttle's test thruster, thus killing it faster than the stupid thing can regenerate. The end result of it is a pile of ashes and a power node for your troubles.

That's It for now. I managed to get all of my exams done (aka 12th grade is hard ) so you are gonna be seeing a lot more of me around here in the near future

P.S Thank You for allowing me to waste your time



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Jack Maverick's Destructoid Blog
It was called the Hunter? I must have missed that. I always called it the Regenerator since it reminded me of the regenerators from RE4. But boy, finishing off the thing was probably the coolest thing I saw in the entire game. No, wait, second coolest, right behind seeing how huge the last boss was.

Nice read, man.
Y0j1mb0's Destructoid Blog
Good stuff. I LOVED Dead Space. One of the most polished games I've played.
Puppy Licks's Destructoid Blog
Man, annihilating that thing with the engine blast was so damn satisfying. Sort of had an Alien vibe to it, all it needed was to blow it out of the goddamn airlock first :)
Black Nexus's Destructoid Blog
I still need to get dead space .


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What's up, Dtoid. I'm Mohamoud "FalconReaper" Adan and welcome to my Lair,er C-blog.

Age: 17

Location: Ottawa ,Ontario Canada

Systems I Currently Own:

PS2 ( aka Old Reliable )
PS3 ( My main platform as of late )
XBOX 360 ( Secondary Platform )
PSP 1000 ( aka PSP Fat )
Nintendo DS Lite ( The Rookie )
GBA SP ( aka The Greatest Handheld Ever)
N64 ( So many childhood memories )
SNES ( Jacked from a friend, I sold mine. Also many childhood memories )


Currently Playing
Batman Arkham Asylum
Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story
The World Ends with You
Final Fantasy 4 (DS)
Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition (PC)
Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
Elite Beat Agents

You would be amazed by the ridiculous amount of time I got on my hands

Games I love:

The World Ends with You
Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story
Mega Man X
Batman Arkham Asylum
Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of The Patriots
Bioshock
Psychonauts
Far Cry 2
Uncharted Drake's Fortune
Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
Ratchet and Clank Future Tools of Destruction
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
Fire Emblem (GBA)
Super Punch-Out!!
Dead Space
Castle Crashers
Gears of War 2
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Castlevania Order of Ecclesia
New Super Mario Bros.
Valkyria Chronicles ( BUY THIS ! )
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy X
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts 2
Golden Sun
Golden Sun The Lost Age
Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare
Anything Valve has made
Jak and Daxter Series
Ratchet and Clank Going Commando
Dragon Quest VIII Journey of the Cursed King
Advance Wars

Games I want/am looking Forward to

Ratchet and Clank Future A Crack in Time
Brutal Legend
Darksiders Wrath of War
Modern Warfare 2
BlazBlue Calamity Trigger
Bioshock 2
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Golden Sun DS
King of Fighters XII
Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time

Yes, I know that I'm a total RPG whore by the look of my list of beloved games.

I learned of Destructoid's Existence through Gametrailers ( They posted HAWP ). So I lurked for about a week before setting up shop, which was literally two days before UGO bought 1up.com ( Tragic, Tragic times )and I've Been here ever since. Awesome Community is Awesome. More games I love Coming soon ( for those that care )

Because I have the feeling your eventually gonna stalk me, let me give you a head start:

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