CONTROL
I FINALLY killed Mr. Tomassi!!!
MY goodness that was a tough match. Most boss encounters have gone around 5 rounds before I find a pattern or just get lucky. I lost count at 20+ with this one. He's a floater, zipping around in a mostly open 3-story warehouse structure. There were several obstacles on the floor that he would drop behind for cover and 3 upper level catwalks he could duck behind. Add to that his shield that takes two hits via launched objects to drop enough to try to dent his health with a weapon. He can launch objects too though so, yeah. And his shield can regen after a few health hits. AND and... unlike my levitation power, his does not have a time limit which totally sucks being in the middle of a great fight only to notice you're slowly falling out of range due to power limits.
Then there's heat-seeking Hiss that explode in your proximity. Oh. And they fly too. AND!!!! There's this invisible Hiss monster similar to the Demogorgan of
Stranger Things that you must track by the blurry trail he leaves as he sprints the floor before appearing next to you dealing AoE damage. (plus a few generic goons running around with guns).
I took yesterday off from work with one of my primary goals being to defeat this bastage. I haven't posted a clip (yet) because my winning tactic was eventually to hide in the corner, under cover to exploit the AI's inability to float down to the floor level to get UNDER the cover I was hiding behind. I feel it was a cheat way out, but wow I still nearly died after the fact. I'm thinking to show the death strike clips of all of my many failed efforts before the winning video, but I'm not sure I want to bother with such editing. Especially not through Sony's editing app.
Point is, I finally got him down. Feeling confident, I then proceeded to take on esseJ in the Mirror reality highlighted in a previous video posted here. I got her down too.
Two Hidden Trophies left before earning the platinum "Director of the FBC." This will be a first for me earning 100% of a game's trophies. I've read there are 28 missions total, including side missions, and I have completed 26 with one open. Hopefully, this will open the final mission to close that door. I still have two clothing outfits to find and I hope those too will be presented in these remaining two missions. Seems unlikely, so I may spend the weekend re-exploring every stage to see if I've missed one there.
Finally, it's a
Service Weapon, and not "Sidearm" like I've typed for all of my posts. I'm considering going back to edit them all out of respect.
It's almost over, everyone. Then I will stop flooding this thread with my obsessions.