So after you gathered all 13 Time Capsules. You run back all the way to the Bakunawa Map and fight Merga once more. The fight is the same just a different ending. Pangu executes a protocol that plays back a message for Merga.
Merga’s will breaks and she cries for her love to come back. Although just before everyone can finally have a much needed chat. Syntax interrupts. Stating it’s booting up Code Black Version 2. (Why is there a version 2? Version 1 was bad enough). It takes over the ship and declares it’s gonna blow up the moon.
Carol rightfully complains that we already saved the moon why can’t it stay saved. Neera says there’s just one more fight. Before the girls run off we look at a depressed Merga who tells us to go on ahead.
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| Seriously why is there a version 2? |
So now new final stage. Everything’s rather silent much like Freedom Planet 1. Only difference is it’s longer and you can instantly die. What I mistake for stage ambience was actually a sort of stage timer. Syntax is watching you travel to the end and the entire stage is full of door unlocking puzzles. The longer Syntax has you in it’s sights. It yells at you to “GET OUT”. I honestly thought it was part of the stage and that the more you’re spotted the harder things get at some point.
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| I seriously thought this was just automatic I didn't notice the gauge on the left. |
No instead if you spots you (roughly 3 times) Syntax goes bat shit and instantly kills you. No joke. That bit gave me nightmares for about 2 days. Imagine some robot constantly telling you to GET OUT then suddenly impaling you to oblivion.
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| This is gonna give me nightmares for a few days. |
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| You just die. No get back up option. You literally just lost all your lives. Thankfully the game is nice enough to give you checkpoints for free on this stage. |
Once you finally get to the end. You fight Syntax who seems to have made some upgrades. It’s no longer the trolling computer program trying to kill you. It just wants you dead. Moving faster than Merga was and even smart enough to delay some of it’s attacks forces me to step up my game. Then it does another trolling bit. Syntax recovers its life back to full.
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| Syntax moves very fast making it hard for me to pick a perfect time to attack. |
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| WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT!! HOW MUCH HARDER DO I HAVE TO HIT IT?! |
Milla notes that in order to defeat it we just need to hit it as hard as we can. EXCEPT WE’VE BEEN DOING THAT!!!!
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| Surprise Merga Strike |
Oh, alright that works.
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| Wish Aaa and Askal were here right now. Corazone can't cause well she's injured. |
The fight continues and instead of having to worry about an instant kill attack. Syntax summons Brevon. Seriously? That’s just gonna make me beat you down even harder you know. The gang jumps in occasionally throwing in there own attacks. Except Merga which would’ve been cool.
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| Really you summon Brevon? That just makes me fight harder. |
After defeating Syntax the ship is about to crash. Carol runs off to get her sister. (I would’ve love to have seen). Lilac pleads with Merga to escape with them. Merga’s too busy feeling sorry for herself which leads to Lilac getting smacked from behind by Syntax. We end up with an epic NOOOOOOO!!!! moment as Merga leaps to save Lilac.
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| Typical feel sorry for yourself after getting whooped. |
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| Gives me Sonic Advance 2 Vibes |
The ending then plays out as normal. Nothing new added there. Booo...
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| Can we have a play as Captain Kalaw, Askal, Spade and/or General Gong mode please? |
End credits roll. We get an extra scene. Cordelia recording messages and getting to work on something. Which we assume is Pangu and the ancient ruins stage.
Though I do wish it didn’t turn Spade and Serpentine into comic relief.
