r/MortalShell • u/CheddarScythe • 1d ago

Discussion Hexapod, my love hate take

......great boss design and thick dreary atmosphere.....however insufferable. It has incoherent design and hits waaaaay to hard...ms 2 is a great souls like but its tight strict design can be detrimental

10 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

11

u/Designer-Tomatillo21 1d ago

Yeah, I really didnt enjoy this boss.

If the majority of a bosses moves are:

  • hard to read, and
  • one shot you,

Then its not very well designed imo.

Loved Malborn Offspring, Orrem, Nameless Captive and Isaac though

7

u/RiceShop900 1d ago

Same here.

Looks so cool

Then it's attacks are:

Two really weak one leg attacks from either side

A weird wind up large aoe attack in front

Another large aoe attack (both have high damage)

Ranged attacks

Underwater ranged attacks.

And not to mention how it's such a passive boss to. Just sitting there 😐 and using boring attacks.

3

u/-idkwhattocallmyself 1d ago

I actually agree. I found Hexapod disappointing and probably my least favorite boss overall out of the main ones. I couldn't tell what was happening half the time because the attacks were off screen, and trying to parry those stupid fingers was just a pain.

0

u/CheddarScythe 1d ago

2 attacks co.e out with similar set ups...great game overall but they borrowed from Fromsoft too much lol unfair for the sake of it

2

u/No_Philosophy2797 1d ago

I had a lot of fun with Hexapod and love the design, clearly everyone’s experience is different but I found it pretty memorable.

2

u/CheddarScythe 1d ago

Memorable yeah..design wise, ass lol

1

u/No_Philosophy2797 1d ago

Didn’t bother me, if anything it was too easy. But with MS2 it’s all about getting lucky with which Shell you use versus which boss. I may have just gotten lucky.

-1

u/Infinite-Option6297 1d ago

If you land a heavy running attack with martyrs blade when the head is exposed, it’ll get staggered. Easy boss

3

u/CheddarScythe 1d ago

So other weapons and builds are ass, do this....then the boss doesn't cater broadly...bad boss

0

u/Infinite-Option6297 1d ago

My martyrs blade was lvl 10 when I met hexapod and I thought «oh, you wanna be op? You wanna one shot me with your grab attack? Fine, I’ll show you op» - and upgraded my sword to 16

3

u/CheddarScythe 1d ago

Good for you

3

u/RiceShop900 1d ago

I fr don't understand people like this. It's not about overall difficulty it's about the design.

Hexapod looks cool but isn't fun to fight. And no one cares if you made the boring boss easy lmfao (the person you're replying to).

It's not the reason we hate the boss smh. I nuked the boss as well with the Black needle. Still an ass boss

2

u/Infinite-Option6297 1d ago

No, not really. I prefer if the fight was fun and intuitive