LogFAQs > #970203848

I'm sure gamers far more skilled than me would disagree, but I view countering an EMMI as a random bonus; one of those 'oh cool, I actually pulled it off' moments. Hell, out of the 3-4 times I actually succeeded at countering an EMMI, I was so surprised that I didn't know what to do with myself, and just got caught a few seconds later anyway.

I like Compsognathus' idea of viewing them as puzzles rather than enemies, but I don't know if I could do that. While the EMMIs aren't particularly intense or intimidating, there's still something personal about an impervious insta-kill twerp always getting in my face, pinning me to the ground and jabbing me that gets under my skin way too much to disassociate them. Plus most if not all of the game's more elaborate puzzles are optional; as much as I liked the first 3 or 4 speed boost-based puzzles, by the fifth one I was like 'nah, fuck it, I'm out.' Getting around or defeating an EMMI can't be shrugged off so easily.