Smashing enemies with headbutts requires precise timing, and there is a lot of variety to
enemy attack patterns which makes the game increasingly challenging.
It's a satisfying and pleasantly difficult system, buoyed by varied
enemy attack patterns which force you to change up your strategy.
Not exact matches
All you have to do is take your time when exploring an area, learn the
attack patterns of your
enemies (
which are usually straightforward) and assign your skill points to match your playstyle.
The boss battles play out in a similar way to most platformers
which sees Trump in a specific area, learning and dodging the
enemies attack patterns before striking.
This means that after you have faced off with a certain
enemy type a few times, you will begin to learn it's
attack pattern — meaning that you can almost pre-empt
enemy movements
which makes battles a lot less difficult.
The rhythm in
which I moved and
attacked made this game an experience I want to master — I still have a ways to go, as each
enemy has its own
attack pattern, and I had to learn new strategies while going with the beat.
Two settings above «Normal» exist for each level, both of
which increase the amount of
enemies and shuffle boss
attack patterns.
Although this system sounds simple, variant comes not only from the variety of
enemy attack patterns, but later by foes
which use ranged
attacks and demonstrate a propensity for surrounding the player.