 Menace
is a humongous amalgamation of many powerful demons. The battle is a two-part
affair: During the first, Menace is hunched over to where Soma is trapped
within its skeletal barriers. At this point, Soma must focus his attack
on a face implanted into Menace's knee while avoiding giant stabbing blades
and the bent-over head's poisonous breath. When the knee-face is damaged
enough, Menace will stand upright and begin marching back and forth over
the area, attacking with stomps and punches depending upon Soma's position.
There are two targets that must now be destroyed: What's left of the knee-face
and another implanted within Menace's protective jaws. Though, to make
the situation dire, Menace will continuously crowd the battlefield with
annoying, resilient flying snap-jaws. (Check the Dawn of Sorrow-specific
boss list for larger images.) The Harmony of Despair version is
encountered only in its second form, the strategy for defeating it a bit
different: You must lure it to the screen's right side and bludgeon its
large cranium by activating a gigantic swinging hammer placed above, knocking
the Menace on its back; while it lay prone, you can pile on damage by
attacking its vulnerable knee joint. |
