Ares: Subjectively, My Favorite Boss
I’ve had a very busy week finishing up my last semester of grad school and have not had a ton of time for the game. I know that there has been a lot of (deserved) critiques of this game, and I agree with 99% of it. However, I just completed my hero’s run of epoch gauntlet, and wanted to talk about the final fight in the gauntlet: Ares.
With all of the negative in the game at the moment, I wanted to hype up a part of the game I love. The design and difficulty of Ares. First, I do not want to downplay the difficulty of the fight. He is extremely difficult. The specific special punish sequence, the phases, the immortality at the end, and especially his extremely unique special dex. This can all come together to add a very high level of difficulty. I was very rusty and used a ton of revives during my run today
However, when you absolutely nail a sp2 or even sp1 dex, it feels so incredible. The satisfaction with learning his mechanics is top notch, and something I hope future boss fights in this game incorporate. Ares is the kind of fight I would log into a quest just to fight him over and over again. Also, his animations are so good, the different weapons, especially the minigun is incredible.
Anyway, TLDR; Ares is a great boss in my opinion and I wanted to shine some positivity on the game. Have a great day whoever is reading this!
