I absolutely love this boss fight, to the point where I'm trying to beat him at an even Level, with no items, healing or food buffs. Even though I lost, World Tour has taught me so much in such a short amount of time. My inputs are a LOT cleaner than what they used to be when I only just played fighting games for the story or female characters I like (Blazblue and SFV, mostly.). ----- In World Tour Mode, NPC's you fight against, along with their normal attacks, will have a super slow, Dark Souls like TELEGRAPHED attack which, when they execute it, makes their whole body flash white for a short window of time. This is called Pressure Time, the games way of teaching you how to Punish whiffed moves in the most beautiful feedback/sound design way. There's no way to item/power level your way around it; you either avoid it or counter the foe during that white flash. If you hit the foe with a normal attack during the white flash, you are rewarded with a brief window of a free attack, with a slight damage boost. However... If you use a SPECIAL attack on them during that window, you get what's called PERFECT Pressure Time. The sheer sound and visual feed back from landing such a hit was no accident, the game wants you to know that YOU pulled that off, and you should be proud of yourself. Not only will landing a perfect Pressure Time feel satisfying, you are extremely rewarded by causing an exaggerated wall splat, 3 seconds of stun on your foe, AND your next attack on that stunned foe can lead to an absurd amount of bonus damage. Now, the reason I'm so hyped about this Carlos fight is that his sword attack looks impossible to beat. It should be, it's super strong in his own game, Final Fight 2. During his slashes, he is completely invincible, his slashes counter any and all attacks, negates projectiles, is unblockable, and you can't even parry it. (Normally all attacks by NPC's can be parried. Especially ones with Pressure Time.) However, at the very tail end of his sword attack, there is a tiny window to Pressure Time, even smaller compared to other foes you face in the game. For me, this puzzle of trying to figure out how to counter a seemingly impossible move is making me addicted to World Tour. Kudos to Capcom for such a fantastic mode! For now, an obvious way to Pressure Time Carlos is to use a projectile, but if you miss the timing, he can negate or reflect the attack back at you. My next goal is to consistently Pressure Time him with a non-projectile attack.

• published: 05 Jun 2023
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