Ericroy

I finally got it after three more tries. I think my problem was timing the melee button. It still seems like a glitch, but at least I was able to finish the game. YAY!

Thanks for the video. I watched it up to where the stairs become open. I don't see that I'm doing anything wrong unless it's my timing on hitting the melee button. It seems weird that I can kill the big guy a different way but the stairs don't open and I can't move on. If planting the axe in his skull it the trigger to killing him and then progressing in the game, I shouldn't be able to kill him any other way. I think it's a glitch. Maybe the glitch is just on the PS3 version. I'll try it a few more times and concentrate on the timing. It's frustating to get this far and then run into problems.

I'm 65 . I'm not sure if this is the right place for my post... I'm stuck at Chasm Ziggurat (running on PS3). I'm 100% on all of the levels and 98% of the game completed. I have all of the weapons upgrades and I think I have all of the skills. I've killed that huge armored dude about a dozen times now, but the game doesn't go to the next scene. The storm keeps blowing, the fires keep burning and the only place to go is over the cliff. I've killed him with the shotgun, with the pistol, with the rifle, and I'm pretty sure that I've killed him with the axe. He's died laying down, he's even died standing up, and once his arms even fell off. I've killed him with his helmet on (somehow), and I thought that might be the problem, but I've since killed him with it off and the problem is the same. I usually don't read walkthroughs (until after I've finished), but for this level I've read Stella's where she talked about killing him with the axe and having the axe get stuck temporarily in his head. I think I've killed him with the axe, but I haven't had it become embedded in his skull. There seems to be a problem when it shows the green (melee/finisher) triangle. Usually when I see it and press the (melee/finisher) button, he just swats me away. Maybe it's a timing thing, but I have tried it a lot of times now. Like someone said earlier, this isn't fun anymore. Up until now, the game has been challenging but not impossible. There are only 3 save slots and two of them open to the middle of the scene with the big boss and the archers attacking. I have one slot that saved earlier. I'll try that next, but I'm afraid that if I get stuck with that one too, I'll need to start from the beginning. So, any advice would be welcome.