Sonic Generations - Egg Dragoon Boss (Hard Mode - No Damage)
75Eggman is a cheating bastard.
I didn't like this boss. It's rather obnoxious and often nonsensical. Sometimes you can hit Eggman. Oh wait, sometimes you can't! There's no real rhyme or reason to it. *shrug*
I shall try and explain the battle below:
* This battle is split into many phases.*
Phase 1 - Ice Wave and Fire Sword:
So the trick to this phase - don't let Eggman use the Fire Sword!
You can hit him twice during this phase. There are two ways to do this:
a) Use boost, and avoid all his ice waves. After three waves, you should be close enough - be sure to be lined up with Eggman - or else Sonic won't lock on. You can hit him during the third ice wave attack - doing this will stop Eggman from using his fire sword. Repeat. If you're close enough, and if you miss the first time, you can sometimes get a second jump in before he backs up.
b) Go on the ramps and grind your way to a booster ring. I wouldn't even bother doing this - the controls seem a bit off and Eggman usually just knocks you off anyway.
On the third Ice Wave attack - there isn't enough time to hit Eggman again - but try to get close anyway - if the gods are shining on you - you can lock onto Eggman as it changes to the next phase. Doing this will greatly speed up the battle.
Phase 2 - 2d Section
This bit is thankfully fairly simple. The fireballs are easy to dodge as Eggman gives you plenty of warning - every so often, he'll block you in. You need to wall jump up the sides and avoid the fireballs. This is dead simple on Normal, as there are only two fireballs, spaced far apart - but on hard - your timing better be up to scratch. When wall jumping, be sure to hold the analogue stick in the direction of the wall you're on - Sonic likes to fall off otherwise.
Take too long - or Eggman will crush you. Unlike most Sonic games, this isn't fatal, thanfully.
The Crusher attack is fairly glitchy - for some reason it's possible to go straight through Robotnik, and.. you get stuck off screen or something. See the other video I posted for more information.
Phase 3 - Drill Attack
I.. er.. don't think you can catch up to him in this phase. I've tried. Even getting perfectly level with Eggman, and clearly having caught up to him - no lock on has ever appeared for me.
So, don't waste your boost, and keep sidestepping on one side of the battle field. His drills should miss you as it screws with his aiming.
Phase 4: Separation attack!
Oh my god. This is insane.
So yeah - good luck dodging this. My best tip - keep boosting and stick to the sides!
That way you only have to worry about the fire sword, rather than both attacks.
Eggman takes longer to reset himself after finishing this attack - you can use this time to get level with him and hopefully get a lock on.
Phase 5: 2d Section 2!
His fireball attack is the same, but sometimes Eggman will appear on the side of the screen - you can hit him there if you time your jumps perfectly - if you miss, he'll switch to his Crusher.
If you somehow manage to hit him twice here, he'll go to the next phase.
Phase 6 - Pinch:
Oh my god. The first few times I fought him - this bit killed me. I even turned on Omochao at one point, just to see what I was clearly missing - and a fat lot of help he was! So through trail and error, this is the way through this:
Hold X. Ignore the rings. Circle the arena.
Don't try dodging as the target appears on you - you'll just get hit. The drill missile is too fast, and you can't move out of the way in time. So just make sure it doesn't target you!
On hard mode - you aren't told which cockpit Eggman is in - I suppose the intention was that you aren't supposed to hit him on hard mode.
On normal you are told where he is, and the same strategy applies - except, when you get close enough, move to the cockpit he is in, and a Lock On should appear.
You CAN also hit him on Hard Mode though - I couldn't because -... I don't know?
I have no idea what happened in the video. Being right on top of him doesn't work. I usually have to be to the side or something - and this time there was no lock on. I've been in that exact spot in other attempts - and I got a lock on.
Still, this video IS my fastest time - so up it goes.
In the likely event you don't hit him, it goes onto Phase 7.
Phase 7 - ???!?!
This phase is one of several phases. He'll either start with the drills, the fireballs or if you're really lucky - the crusher. This seems to be truly random.
After this - the game just repeats Phases 3 to 7.
Out of all the boss fights, this is probably the glitchest.
I've shown one of the major glitches in another video - there are several others, such as the lock on refusing to appear at all.
Other glitches include the camera derping up and refusing to leave 2d mode - during the 3d sections (Hah. Nice one.),
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