>>8221603
>whipping enemies and whipping objects is everything you've been doing until this point
>including scenery
>somehow stumped by a conspicuous as fuck piece of scenery (a gargantuan skull)
>inexplicably doesn't thin to strike this thing with his whip, like everything else in the game
>>8221608
>It's like I'm being punished for paying attention
Actually, you're being punished for NOT paying attention.
>>8221621
HOW DID YOU EVEN GET TO THAT POINT WITHOUT INTERACTING WITH ALL THE OTHER SCENERY? YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE MADE IT TO THE FIRST BOSS BY YOUR OWN LOGIC, WHIPPING THE SKULL IS CONSISTENT WITH WHIPPING THAT FIRST SUPPORT PILLAR WHICH YOU HAVE TO DO BEFORE MEETING ANY ENEMIES