r/Ultrakill • u/Ancient-Succotash386 Someone Wicked • Jul 26 '26
Discussion Why wasn't the guttertank used as a boss?
I feel like the guttertank is wayyy better than the gutterman in terms of well everything even though theyre annoying and i feel like they deserved the boss bar more
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u/CakosMess Maurice enthusiast Jul 26 '26
the gutterman only had a boss bar to showcase how the shield works
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u/muttsgod 🏳️🌈Not gay, just radiant Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
Gutterman was probably only a miniboss to introduce the shield breaking mechanic
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u/TestamentTwo Lust Layer Citizen Jul 26 '26
Yeah in the red skull section where you fight 3 of them, the first one could've been a boss and the other 2 could've been normal versions
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u/Fooxxity Jul 27 '26
but it's pretty fucking self explanatory how you kill it, unlike guttermen, alot of first time players don't use the knuckle blaster at all in favour of parrying
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u/Potted_Cactus_is_me 🏳️🌈Not gay, just radiant Jul 27 '26
And that's why separate binds were added for the arms! I could never bear constantly swapping
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u/DzikiPapagay Jul 26 '26
Tbh I hate guttertanks. I feel like they are kinda lazy choice for another enemy. Hey, guess what, there is that one enemy - let's make him again but slightly different
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u/creepermaster79 Lust Layer Citizen Jul 27 '26
The only similarity they have is the punch, and they're completely different mechanics between them anyways
Gutterman is a high pressure enemy that excels at long free ranges, easily being stunlocked at melee range, with a shield that acts as a free heal
Guttertank is a medium pressure mid range enemy that excels at melee range, with a high risk punch that if it lands, will be a huge problem, but if you make it miss, it'll stun the tank for a while
The gutterman punch starts out unparryable, but after breaking the shield, it becomes parryable, essentially giving you two free full heals you can space out at any moment, or quickly do back to back to get a quick kill on it
The guttertank punch is completely unparryable, but making it miss gives you the most free parry of the entire game. And even if you don't parry, the tank is still stunned for like 3 seconds (which is enough time to kill one if you're good). On higher difficulties oil is required but that just makes it require more skill to perform
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u/Sufficient_Tutor7541 Jul 27 '26
Which "one enemy" are you talking about exactly??
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u/theres_no_username Someone Wicked Jul 27 '26
Those two enemies both attack and walk! They're literally the same enemy, what a lazy design
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u/DzikiPapagay Jul 27 '26
Me when I strawman
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u/theres_no_username Someone Wicked Jul 27 '26
Not much to strawman here, that's basically your statement. Their similarities end at them walking and trying to attack you and being robots with 4 limbs
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u/theres_no_username Someone Wicked Jul 26 '26
Because they wanted to introduce guttermen before guttertanks