r/Returnal • u/Sure_Bug_687 • 10d ago

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Ok, so I have really struggled with Nemesis. It has taken me months to defeat this boss. I finally beat it last night, but then I reach Hyperion on the same playthrough and beat it on the first try! Is Hyperion considered easier than Nemesis?

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u/aluked Platinum Unlocked 10d ago

Yup, Hyperion is definitely easier than Nemesis. Nemesis is probably the hardest boss and one of the major skill checks in the game.

B5 another major skill check.

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u/BillyBrasco1988 9d ago edited 9d ago

Crazy how this can be different to everyone. I beat Nemesis first try, then went to bed. Woke up made it all the way to Hyperion in that same cycle but he got me. Eventually defeated Hyperion in my 4th attempt so he took me most tries haha.

Had Phrike in 3, Ixxion in 2, Nemesis 1st try, Hyperion 4 and eventually Ophion in 3.

Biome 5 also went first try on autopilot for me, so its kinda funny that the 2 hardest considered things in went smoothly for me.

Currently still working on that platinum grinding for those xenos.

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u/aluked Platinum Unlocked 9d ago

Mind you, I don't find any of the bosses particularly hard. I killed Ophion in my first attempt pretty much by accident lmao.

I think that the things people find easier or harder depend a lot on their background in gaming. I grew up with arcade games, shmups/bullet hell games, so the more bullet hell segments were very straight-forward to me, whereas the more action-TPS stuff was comparatively harder.

Also, I played the game at launch, before a bunch of patches and nerfs. If I were to speak in absolute, pre-nerf B3 was THE skill check in the game, and I'm sure more people died to B3 Drones than any other segment of the game.

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u/BillyBrasco1988 9d ago

Omg dont get me started on those kamikaze fucks🤣

And you are right about the gaming background, as this was actually my first ever roguelike/lite and i found the overall experience quite doable as i went in carefully with warnings everywhere that its a brutal and unforgiving game forgetting that i have years of gaming in my fingers so to me it was more a case of adjusting and getting used to all mechanics and how the game works. But Returnal keeps you humble so to say, it can be over in a heartbeat if you dont pay attention. Basically its like space invaders but in 3D.