Bionic Commando: New gameplay, new boss

Buraq Gunship Boss

The next chapter Capcom showed us was called "Fissure". Encountered much later in the game, the levels in Fissure primarily take place underground in a massive cave and turnpike tunnel. There are few overhanging objects to swing from, so by this point you will need to have mastered wall swings.

Bionic Commando: Hands-on with Capcom's latest and greatest

But the real majesty of the Fissure chapter is the boss fight, which takes place atop one of the tallest buildings we've ever seen in a video game. The closest rival building we can think of is the Citadel from Half-Life 2. Hundreds of stories in the sky, you will face the Buraq Gunship boss, a heavily armored aircraft equipped with heavy machine guns and rockets. Luckily, the top of the F.A. Monument building has four corner pillars to use as cover, and a giant radio antenna to swing from and get around more quickly.

SPOILER ALERT: Because the Buraq Gunship can't fly through the radio antenna, it's pretty easy to keep track of-its size and incessant machine gun fire make it stand out against the skyline. The trick to not getting hit is to keep moving. If you stay in one spot for too long the Buraq Gunship will rain rockets on your parade. So here's how you defeat this boss: Every few minutes or so, equipment pods will be dropped on your location that have Tarantula Homing Rocket Launchers in them (see Weapons of Choice sidebar). Use the homing rockets to target the Buraq Gunship's weak spots and fire away. You'll need to do this roughly six to eight times before the battle is won.

Bionic Commando: Hands-on with Capcom's latest and greatest

Like the two-dimensional side-scrolling Bionic Commandos that came before it, Bionic Commando for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is a challenging game to play. It demands a gamer with patience, tenacity, and most importantly a higher sense of hand-eye coordination. It's not that you're initially jettisoned off the top of a building with zero understanding of how the controls and swing mechanics work (There is actually a substantial tutorial on how to walk, run, swing, and shoot), it's just that Bionic Commando comes from Capcom's hard roots of challenging games such as Mega Man, and quickly weeds out the wannabe heroes in spandex.

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Druegon

this looks like its gonna rock.....crackdown is fun but i hope they improve the monotomy in the second one.....

EBURKULOSIS

Nathan looks like a chick! Get a haircut! I thought it was a chick when I saw the picture on the cover. I was never a BC fan anyways...

Voice_Of_Reason

The game plays very VERY smoothly, the shooting system is somewhat wonky, but you can really tell they are putting major emphasis on using your Bionic Arm for combat and your environment:

E For All 2008 - Bionic Commando

The looks great and the swinging is as awesome the very 1st time we played the game back in the day :D

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