The Spire has some tricky puzzles… try walking over all the squares of the mini version to expose what color they should be!
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Wow, you've made a lot of progress! The Hateful Reliquary chase is one of the hardest parts of the game. If you're still having trouble with it, an important tip to know is that moving diagonally downwards is actually slower than moving straight downwards. So the more you weave around the crystals, the quicker the Reliquary will gain on you. Try "changing lanes" as few times as possible!
Edit: I just saw your edit after sending my reply. Great job!! :D
I'm now in the final dungeon, but I'm having a lot of trouble with the platforming section. I hate the annoying flying ghost ship thing that chases you, and the spikes that keep shifting between different tiles. Specifically, I keep getting to the part where I have to jump over a series of single tiles with spikes on them that appear and disappear, but I can't get the pattern down to get across, even past the first one. Any tips?
Ooh, you’re very close to the end! (Maybe. There could be some big post-game secrets…)
As for the current puzzle, I promise that it’s possible to make it past the spikes with the right timing… but if you want to cheese it a bit - the spikes will only “detect” and hurt you if you’re in motion. So as long as you land on a platform while it’s clear, you can stand there for as long as you need to plan your next jump, and the spikes will just phase through you!
With your tip, and about 100 more tries, I finally beat it. Then I thought I was in the clear, and I got to the storm battle and chase... only to find ANOTHER PLATFORMING SEGMENT! Did I mention I suck at and hate platforming? I wanted to play an RPG, not this bullshit! ARRRRGGHHH!
(Okay, rant over, after way too much time I managed to get past that section too and finally get to the end of the game. I just wonder if I need to download anything else to access all of the postgame stuff or not)
Sorry for the several-days-late reply, I’ve been away!
First of all, congrats on finishing the game! It means a lot to me that you stuck with it, even through the frustrating bits.
There is a DLC you can download with a post-game bonus chapter, but the base game has plenty of post-game content on its own. There’s two new towns you can visit that were previously blocked off, and a special epilogue quest will unlock if you’ve managed to do all the Inbox missions…
I was afraid my rant pissed you off so much that you stopped replying...
Anyway I am doing the postgame stuff, I didn't even bother trying the platforming in the beach section though. What I'm stuck on now is the sliding ice puzzle on the second level of the Sky Abyss. I can't figure out how to get to the exit at the upper left.
EDIT: I figured it out, made it to the end, and beat Legion. How do I play the DLC stuff now?
First of all, congratulations on finishing the game, (for real this time)! 🥳
I’m sorry that I wasn’t much help during the final stretch. I’ve spent the past couple weeks traveling, so I didn’t have any way to check the game for the solution to that ice puzzle.
The DLC should be available in the downloads section here - it includes a file with instructions on how to install it and then find the new content in-game!