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The Berserker Lord is a heavily mutated form of Space Pirate. It is the first boss that Samus Aran battles in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, on the G.F.S. Olympus. Another Berserker Lord is faced later into the game on Eastern SkyTown, Elysia. The Berserker Lords are very similar to the Elite Pirates and Ingsmashers, serving the same gameplay role despite only two being fought.
Description[]
A Berserker Lord is a Berserker Knight that has survived further corruption with more Phazon than what Berserker Knights can usually tolerate (similar to the Omega Pirate compared to Elite Pirates). It is possible the Berserkers are the result of improved experimentation following Project Helix. Notable differences between a Berserker Knight and a Berserker Lord is the large Phazite plating and connecting back-mounted Phazon pod attachment equipped on the latter.
When a Berserker Lord is first encountered, while Samus is heading back to her Gunship, a yell is heard and a Federation Marine's body is thrown out of a window. The Berserker Lord jumps down and attacks Samus. Samus commands her Gunship to fly into a safe location while the two fight in an electric cage. After Samus defeats the Berserker Lord, it stumbles back into the electrical fence in a dazed stupor, electrocuting it before falling to the depths of space only to be rammed into by a Pirate Fighter ship, killing both the fighter's pilot and the Berserker Lord itself.
The second Berserker Lord appears on Eastern SkyTown, Elysia, most likely to prevent Samus from retrieving the First Bomb Component. When defeated, it merely dissolves into ash and dust like normal enemies.
Battle[]
Samus must battle a Berserker Lord in Docking Bay 5 on the G.F.S. Olympus in order to reach Norion. The Berserker Lord attacks with by spitting streams of blue Phazon either in a close-mid range spew or as a thin horizontally spread laser beam (similar to one of Dark Samus's attacks), as well as pummeling her with punches and shockwaves. If Samus enters Morph Ball mode, the Berserker Lord will either attempt to grab her and proceed to smash Samus into the ground or suck her into its mouth and spit her out. Samus must first fire at two large, red circles on the creature's shoulders that are generated at the immediate start of the battle, using Free Aim, as the Lock-on function will only target the invulnerable Phazite armor plating. Once the shoulder points are destroyed, the boss will fire purple projectiles at her, which Samus must shoot at. This will cause them to fly back to the Berserker Lord. However, at some points, it may trick Samus by firing red projectiles that cannot be reflected. After a few orbs have been fired or when it receives enough damage, the boss will kneel down and regenerate the lost shoulder orbs, repeating the battle. Destroyed shoulder orbs drop pickups for Samus to use to survive. When enough of the purple projectiles have hit the Berserker Lord, the Phazite plating on its head will be destroyed, and Samus can fire everything she has at the now-exposed weak point. When enough damage is inflicted, it will stumble into an electrical fence and fall into space, being hit by a Space Pirate fighter ship, and blowing them both to smithereens.[1] In general, this boss serves as a tutorial for Free Aiming mechanics.
In the battle on Elysia, the Berserker Lord's Phazite plating is far more resilient, but the creature has no new attacks. Instead, the only changes in its attack pattern is that this Berserker Lord may fire the red projectiles in tandem with the purple ones. Also, if Samus tries to release the First Bomb Component, the Berserker Lord will use its shockwave attack, resetting the switches. This boss is generally easier than before now that Samus possesses the Hyper Beam; the boss can easily be killed using Hypermode both offensively and defensively.
Official data[]
Logbook entry[]
Berserker Lord
Phazite plating on its head can only be destroyed by projectiles it fires.
Development notes[]
The Berserker Lord's battle music is a remix of the music heard when battling the Arachnus from Metroid Fusion.[2] The Diggernaut battle theme from Metroid: Samus Returns also resembles this adaptation.
Concept art refers to this creature as a Phazon Berzerker Pirate.
In one of the preview trailers for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, a PED Marine in Hypermode is seen killing a Berserker Lord with ease. This footage is nowhere to be seen in the final version of the game.
Vince Joly animated the cutscene of the first Berserker Lord's defeat.
Trivia[]
- The Berserker Lord is the first and (so far) only first boss in the Metroid Prime series to be fought on more than one occasion.
- The Berserker Lord is one of two bosses to possess Phazite armor, but never have the Nova Beam used against it by Samus, the other being the Korakk Beast.
- If the X-Ray Visor and Nova Beam are used via hacking during any of the two encounters, the creature's innards can be seen, but cannot be shot, despite the creatures wearing Phazite armor.
- When describing the Berserker Lord fought on Elysia, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Premiere Edition states that "The Berserker Lord is the same boss you faced back on the Olympus." This may suggest that it is the initial boss, which somehow survived the electrocution and collision. However, it could instead mean it is merely the same type of boss fought before rather than the same exact being.
- With its Phazite plate equipped, the Berserker Lord's head resembles the head of the Queen Alien in the Alien series. Additionally, both of them are fought by the female protagonist in a docking bay and both fall into space at the end of the battle.
- If Samus is under the Berserker Lord when it performs its shockwave attack, she will be crushed, leading to an immediate Game Over, regardless of how high her energy is.
- There is a glitch in the battle with the Elysia Berserker Lord. If the Berserker Lord is above a clamp, and that clamp is successfully released, it will perform a shockwave attack and get stuck by the clamp. It can move after a short while, but its speed is impaired. In the Metroid Prime Trilogy version, the Spinners do not become active until after the creature is defeated.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ^ Metroid Prime 3 Berserker Lord Gameplay. GameTrailers (2007-08-20). Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
- ^ Berserker Lord battle music [1]
| Phazon Organisms | |
|---|---|
| Native to Phaaze | Hyper Grapple blocker • Leviathan • Leviathan womb • Leviathan Infant • Phazon Core • Phaz-Ing • Jelsac • Liquid Phazon • Maw • Phazon Grub • Phazon Leech Phazon Fungus • Phazon tendril • Phazon vine • Glow Stem • Aazelion • Tangle Weed • Massive Tentacle • Parasitic fungus • Fungus • Protozoan • Seed platform Missile Blocker • EyeballBlocker |
| Corrupted Creatures | Phazon Hopper • Phazon Nightbarb • Phazon Shriekbat • Phazon Puffer • Phazon Pillbug |
| Space Pirates | Aurora Unit 313 • Elite Pirate • Phazon Elite • Omega Pirate • Berserker Knight • Berserker Lord |
| Phazon Metroids | Class I Energy Harvester • Tallon Metroid • Hunter Metroid • Fission Metroid • Miniroid • Phazon Metroid • Hopping Metroid • Metroid Hatcher |
| Leviathan Core Guardians | Metroid Prime • Emperor Ing • Mogenar • Helios • Omega Ridley |
| Born of Phazon | Phaazoid • Red Phaazoid • Ing • Dark Samus |