Returnal

fixXxer wrote: »

Whats this? The rooms with the star on top?

You unlock them once you clear the game

Finished in 10 hours, didn't find it that difficult. Once you get a good 'build' your unstoppable. Now for the platinum grind.

Rolled credits there. after struggling to get to the boss on biome 3, I beat and every boss after first try. Delighted as I typically suck at anything that requires any sort of quick reflexes.

Probably my game of the year so far, though the competition hasn't been strong admittedly. Nigh on perfect gameplay and bar the lack of a save system, perfectly balanced IMO.

Looking forward to digging back in with new weapons now and checking out the bit of post game I've heard is there.

Reading yer comments completely killed any want in me to play this, it's a non starter for me unless a save on exit is added. However, girlfriend reviews actually has me wanting to play this ASAP.

Milanative wrote: »

Housemarque has really hit it out of the park with the use of dualsense in the game its absolutely incredible in your hands, there's issues for sure with some dualsense controllers naturally enough with it being new but Sony has to keep going in this direction as its an absolute game changer and the most next gen thing available and something Microsoft and Nintendo have no answer too

Yeah must say it's nice to see it used so well so early in the consoles cycle thought it might be some gimmick but maybe devs are interested in using it in the feel of the game

weiland79 wrote: »

What a game! It was a toss up between this and resi and im delighted with my choice. Anyone else get a Control vibe from?
Whats up with the turrets with the shields, how do I take out the shield, im guessing i have to destroy something to turn it off?

Melee attack destroys the shield. It'll usually destroy the turret too in the same hit, but some larger enemies with shields the melee hit will just destroy the shield and take a chunk of their health but not kill them.

fixXxer wrote: »

Finally made it in to the 2nd level. The change in landscape is pretty jarring but not as jarring as having to start through world one each time :pac:

Is there any benefit to further fights with that 1st boss again?

Not really. I think you get a few ether, obelites, artefact, and can deposit a datacube if you found one and there might be a chest or two, but other than that it's not really worth risking losing health/consumables. Ether becomes more plentiful later in the game and there will be other places to deposit datacubes that don't require having to fight a boss first.

brady12 wrote: »

Starting this in a few hours .

Any tips

I'd say accept the fact you're going to die repeatedly fairly early on, so use those runs to experiment and just get used to the games systems. Pick up malignant items and parasites to get used to the buffs and debunks and general requirements, there's a general risk/reward system in those items. Experiment with the different weapons you might find in the first area. Pick up health items even at full health as they'll work towards increasing your health bar. And in terms of combat, always focus more on movement and avoiding hits than doing damage. Most enemies have fairly set attack patterns, once you see them a few times they become a lot easier to dodge. Also, you're mostly invulnerable when you dodge, so use that to dodge through enemy attacks if needed.

Enjoy!

Still been plugging away, but don't think I'll bother with trying to go for the platinum any more. The survey trophies being so dependent on RNG just means its not really worth it.

A fantastic game overall though.

Looks like they are looking into implementing a save system though.

Hadn’t had a chance to play this since last week. Had a run to the 3rd biome boss and almost got him on his last bar but I didn’t have a decent weapon, so did another one, had plenty of health, spaceman, strong hollowseeker.

Coasted through the first 2 phases, but the third phase he didn’t seem to fully materialise, leaving me to shoot at a vague shape and not do any damage until I was eventually killed. Absolute bullsh*t. I love the game but having spent so much time getting a good run together only to have it wasted like that is maddening. It’s going to be left alone for a while, gonna start Mass Effect instead.

After trying again, went straight from 1 to 6 before being killed by the boss. Found the later biomes much easier but it might have been due to the items I had.

weiland79 wrote: »

I'm currently in the second biome. When I die I usually spend 20 minutes or so levelling up a bit in the 1st area before tackling the second one again.
This approach is wearing me out a little bit though. How are other people playing, do you just make a bee line for the portal? Can you level up enough in the 2nd area alone to take down the boss?

Just make a beeline. There is an item at the start of each biome to bring your weapon proficiency up to level. You may need to be a little more careful of your health though due to less upgrades.

I turned it off last night stood in front of the boss area. I couldn't bring myself to jump in and die after it taking me so long to get there!
I've no second life either as I went into the challenge room and lost my astronaut. There were 2 of those facking tank things in there! 2!!!! Ffs.

Yeah I'm up to the third biome now and as was mentioned before you can move through it fairly quickly and ignore the challenge room and boss room. Nice little shortcut to the third biome across the broken bridge now too.