The clever thing about these bosses is that they’re designed just like the obstacle courses, meaning there’s no complex new mechanics that are thrown at the player - they simply just need to use the skills that they’ve been honing throughout the game. These bosses are one of the game’s biggest selling points, and they provide an epic scale to each world as Rei rides on top of them to defeat them. Multiples of these can be found in each area, with the humungous boss that looms over each area becoming accessible to defeat upon destroying all of the Anomalies. These obstacles are a test of both speed and movement, challenging the player to master the game’s controls to complete each one. Unlike movement, this approach makes sense as adding anything more in-depth would lead to a convoluted control scheme that may distract from the game’s intentions of a free-flowing and non-disruptive experience. Speaking of enemies, combat is arguably more simplistic than movement, with simple presses of a button to perform multiple sword slashes. This ability can also be used to grapple towards enemies, helping to make it feel less like a one-and-done gimmick and more of a properly integrated mechanic of the game.
This requires the player to aim their reticule towards these grapple points, leading to more involved and precise movements that help to elevate the flow of gameplay. The game comes close to complexity with a time-stopping ability that allows Rei to hone-in on context-sensitive grapple points from a distance. I hope to see Heart Machine expand on this core formula for their future releases. It’s not a complete deal-breaker but expanding upon this general foundation could make for an experience that isn’t just great, but exceptional.
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