I was hacking at him for a fucking hour before I looked the answer up. I think that, in the back of my mind, I knew that clashing with him could be a way to beat him, but I just never tried. Although the second part of the boss was just a horrible fight. There's a fine line between making a boss hard and making him cheap.<br/><br/>I didn't bother playing bitter mode, since I wasn't too impressed by the game's story. I played bitter mode twice on NMH though. The only problem I had with that were the enemies with guns. They were cheap as well.