Was Arle Satan Bayoen Zone Act Tsuu too easy for you? Well here's a boss that'll defenetly not be that.
Download: Attatched
Title: Soniguri
Submitters: Tripel The Fox
Okay, this replication has a number of issues but I'll go over what's really good about it first.
-Movement is
crisp. I'm impressed at how smooth it feels, nearly identical to SORA. Wall-Dashing a bit finicky, but for the most part things feel really good.
-Tutorial at the start does a good job explaining the bare fundamentals of the Suguri Series. This will only slightly help those with on experience since they have to jump right into an EX Boss, but it's certainly better than nothing!
It may only seem like two good points, but most of the boss functions as expected, which is great. There are a few things changed from the SORA variant that really bug me, to the point that I didn't bother getting past phase 2 because of how much I felt like they ruined the fight.
-Does sonic have a hitbox attached to him? None of the bosses in either of the two Suguri games have active hitboxes on their body. The player's focus should always be on their attacks and movement without worry about touch damage.
-Sonic's Force Edge attack is
random on the second half. I can't tell you how much of a bad idea this is. They appear from the edge of the screen, meaning they can often come at an angle the player can't escape at all. It's also a lack of consistency from the way the attack functions. The SORA version works because it's always aimed at you, not matter how fast it is, so the player is never confused on how to react.
-During health bar 2, Sonic starts using Suguri's second hyper, and when it activates he moves to the edge of the screen....unless he's already there due to where the player has been moving, creating an unavoidable hit from a missile that feels extremely cheesy. On top of this, Sonic uses Force Edge while the missiles are still firing. This essentially forces the player into an unavoidable missile hit from either the lingering explosions or the missiles that get hidden due to camera zoom....It's a mess, but there are solutions:
-Give Sonic a slight delay before activating the hyper on life bar 2
-Don't have Sonic use Force Edge during Hyper 2, giving the player an option of
escape.
Either (Or both!) of these will work. Right now the attack just isn't enjoyable in it's current state. Got tired of getting tic 1 exploded upon so I stopped trying.
-We have no Hyper to use of our own, kinda sucks because we have no defensive option or burst. It makes the fight stagnate due to a lack of options.
Really surprised to see other people know of the Suguri series. A bit of touching up can make this a lot more enjoyable than it currently is.
