I have kept playing and found the first boss battle, the Garden Captain. I tried my luck against it twice failing both times. I re-explored the map to see if there was any way around this fight and found that the only way is through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My younger son, Diego, is visiting. He is a grown man to be married in three weeks. I mentioned I was playing Tunic and he had a reaction of a pleasant memory. He may have been one of the people who recommended the game to me. He knows of my dislike of mandatory boss battles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When they were young(er) my sons and I would play videogames together. At first I was selecting the games. We would take turns at the keyboard or at the game controller. We would collaborate on what were designed to be single-player games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When they were old enough to choose their own games I would still watch. I could contribute when they would get stuck on a particularly thorny puzzle. When they played fast-twitch-response games like Super Smash Bros I couldn\u2019t keep up. When I was playing a game that required quick key combos to defeat a boss they would battle for me as my champions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I handed my Steam Deck to Diego and asked him if he would get me past this boss. He said \u201cHoo-boy, it\u2019s been a long time since I played Tunic\u201d calibrating both of our expectations. His muscle memory was good. He got it on the third try. He made use of a power-up I had but hadn\u2019t yet learned to use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He flies back to his home today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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