Comments on: The Anatomy of Bionic Commando | 5 | Born with a heart full of neutrality http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/09/11/the-anatomy-of-bionic-commando-5-born-with-a-heart-full-of-neutrality/ Defunct, amateurish, game design analysis by Jeremy Parish Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.7 By: J. Parish http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/09/11/the-anatomy-of-bionic-commando-5-born-with-a-heart-full-of-neutrality/#comment-2868 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:56:24 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=11140#comment-2868 You need to trigger the comm array in each stage to unlock the boss door. Whether or not you glean anything interesting in the process is your business.

]]> By: Reggie http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/09/11/the-anatomy-of-bionic-commando-5-born-with-a-heart-full-of-neutrality/#comment-2867 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:21:49 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=11140#comment-2867 You know, it never occurred to me to try and NOT play every level. Maybe it is just the completist in me, but I go for all items every time I replay the game. I guess I have a new twist for my next playthrough.

And I completely agree about the communicators. I never remember which area the Neutral Zone guys say they work in (bad memory) so it is kind of a crapshoot At least the choices become fewer after the first half of the game, since you can stop using the first communicator by then. But if it is true that you don’t even need to have the communicator on your person, does that mean that just hearing GA GA GA will trigger whatever lock exist in the level? Or can you bypass the communications room altogether?

]]> By: J. Parish http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/09/11/the-anatomy-of-bionic-commando-5-born-with-a-heart-full-of-neutrality/#comment-2866 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:57:04 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=11140#comment-2866 Ah, I meant to mention the Neutral Area dudes who give you tips. And the Greek letters aren’t so hard to keep straight, since the communicators are arranged in alpha-beta-cal order on the inventory screen, alpha through delta. I made a small goof, though. You just need to possess the communicator to open a boss door, not to take it into the stage it works in.

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