Pigeon's Mission [19 Minutes of Dying to Whirlpool Wave]

Описание: Pigeon's Mission
Systems: Windows, macOS, Steam OS, Linux
Release Date: December 18, 2025
Publisher: Glowing Cheetah Studios
Developer: Glowing Cheetah Studios

This video was recorded on 2026-01-26 natively on the Steam Deck.

During this attempt at beating Whirlpool Wave, I came to the conclusion that I think this boss fight is either glitched or poorly designed. In previous attempts, I counted around 30 hits before Whirlpool Wave started flashing, so it would make sense, since there is no visual health meter for the bosses, that their life starts flashing when they're at 50% or less health remaining. On my final run, I counted 36 hits on Whirlpool Wave after it started flashing, which means one of three things:

1: This boss has 70 HP (30 non-flashing HP, 40 flashing HP)
2: This boss has 70+ HP (30 non-flashing, 41+ flashing hp)
3: There is a bug/glitch with this boss fight, and it's currently unbeatable.

I get that I'm really frustrated right now, and yeah, git gud and all that, and I don't want to be too negative about this game, considering its origin story is wonderful, but right now, I feel that this boss fight is really poor game design and needs to be fixed.

00:00 First Attempt: Hit Whirlpool Wave 14-15 times after flashing.
01:59 Phantom hit when Whirlpool Wave transformed into its blasting attack.

02:49 Second Attempt: Suic!de run after being dumb and getting caught between two ice spikes within a minute of the fight starting.

03:30 Third Attempt: Hit Whirlpool Wave 27 times after flashing.

07:09 Fourth Attempt: Hit Whirlpool Wave 8 times after flashing, and missed attack timing a lot.

09:57 Fifth Attempt: Hit Whirlpool Wave 17 times after flashing.

13:03 Sixth Attempt: Hit Whirlpool Wave 18 times after flashing.

15:40 Seventh Attempt: Hit Whirlpool Wave 35-36 times after flashing.
17:02 I'm sorry, what was that BS phantom hit!?