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The Ascent is a new cyberpunk, top-down, twin-stick shooter that debuted on Game Pass last week. You play as an indent, a worker who has signed their life away to a huge megacorporation on the dystopian planet of Veles. Developer Neon Giant has created a stunning, colourful, gritty world, complete with a variety of aliens and mutated monstrosities. The first few enemies the game throws at you are fairly easy to best, but if you're here, it's because you want to know how to beat the first boss, Papa Feral.
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Papa Feral is a hulking brute that blocks your way out of the Stink, part of the huge Ascent Group arcology — a megastructure designed to house hundreds of thousands of denizens — that makes up your home, workplace, and eventual tomb. The only way out of the sewage treatment level of the tower is through this first boss, so if you want to know how to best it, read on.
Focus On The Smaller Ferals First
Like many bosses, Papa Feral comes with a posse. Several small ferals will rush you while Papa winds up leaping attacks and fires projectiles at you. For now, focus your fire on the smaller ferals. Killing Papa's children won't make him mad, he's feral, after all, so do this to ensure they don't swarm you early on. They don't respawn endlessly, so once you've killed them all, it's a one on one with the big daddy himself, much fairer.
Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge
Despite his size, Papa Feral has some serious mobility. Fortunately, so do you. Use your dodge-roll liberally in this fight, it'll save your life. When he pauses to leap at you, roll towards him. It may seem counterintuitive, but the roll passes through enemies and the invincibility frames will protect you, making his ground smash area of effect attack utterly useless. Dodging away from him will probably just result in you getting hit though, as the radius on his attack is quite large.
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His ranged projectile attack is telegraphed through glowing red circles on the floor — avoid these, obviously. Just run and roll away from these circles and you'll avoid taking any damage from this attack.
Aim High, Shoot Fast
The Ascent has a game mechanic that allows you to shoot high or low. Up until Papa Feral, you will have been shooting low, because the ferals are so small that bullets fired high will just go over their heads. Well, Papa Feral is significantly taller. Shooting high has an increased chance to stagger enemies, and as Papa Feral relies on fast, vicious attacks, stunning him and interrupting his attacks will come in handy. Aim high, shoot fast, dodge through him, and you should come out of this fight relatively unscathed. You may be a bit stinky, but that's to be expected in a place called the Stink.
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