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Like It Takes Two before it, the majority of levels in Hazelight’s Split Fiction conclude with terrific yet challenging boss battles that both players must work together in order to conquer. When it comes to Neon Revenge, one of the earlier science fiction stages, this means taking on the dastardly SRI Crime Boss.
After making your way through a sprawling cyberpunk city using a gravity-defying motorbike and fighting off hordes of deadly robots, you will find yourself in a circular arena face to face with the SRI Crime Boss who has been taunting you for the past hour. Mio clearly has a big bone to pick with this figment of her imagination.
How To Defeat The SRI Crime Boss – Phase One
As the battle begins, Mio and Zoe will already be on their respective motorbikes, and you’ll automatically be thrown into two different directions as you split across the arena. There is little need to stick together in this fight, however.
Staying apart and allowing the SRI Boss to focus on one of you at a time is the best strategy.
In order to deal damage to the SRI Crime Boss, you will need to drive over blue sources of ammo spread across the arena to charge up your weapons. Upon doing so, quickly change to a handbrake turn and/or shift to deal an immediate burst of damage.
The boss will frequently unleash shockwave attacks that will spread across the entire arena. To avoid these, use the motorbike’s jump function to hop over them.
When it comes to attack patterns, the SRI Crime Boss will cover the arena with pockets of fire you will need to jump over or drift through alongside bombs that launch towards you at quick intervals. These are easy enough to account for, but keep an eye on your health as you can’t take more than two hits and respawning takes valuable time you don’t have.
Once you have whittled down a sizable chunk of its health bar, the SRI Crime Boss will begin sending out drones alongside its normal selection of attacks. These are trivial to take down if you lock onto them with your usual attacks.
How To Defeat The SRI Crime Boss – Phase Two
After its first health bar has been depleted, the boss will return to the centre of the stage and activate its second phase as it transforms into a War of the Worlds-esque tripod.
In order to take this second form down, you will need to dodge a continuous death ray that is capable of spreading across the entire arena and take out the collection of glowing feet that the tripod depends on to stay upright.
The tripod’s feet leave behind damaging fire effects, so try not to stick around them too long.
Deal enough damage to the feet and the tripod will collapse to reveal a ramp leading to its weak point, which either Zoe or Mio will need to ride up to deal damage. Repeat this cycle again and again until the battle is won, and the level is over.
Now it’s time to celebrate your victory with Mio and Zoe before stepping into the portal and pressing on with your journey.
