Returnal - RLLMUK and BAFTA GOTY 2021 - Free Ascension DLC out now!

[KartoffelKopf]

52 minutes ago, Doctor Shark said:

Gotcha, thanks. I’ve been reluctant to play this since the first day as reading through the thread I could see people losing hours of progress after game resume crapped out etc. 

 

Yeah, I was the same and put it off until they added the save option. Had a few goes, started to get my head round it, then Elden Ring came out..... I will play this properly one day.

[Vemsie]

 

[Siri]

Looks like the Steam version is being prepped. Lots of references in the rich text of the changelog!

[Vemsie]

 

[CheekyMonkey]

I've waited and waited and waited for the price to drop on this because I really didn't want to pay $124 AUD for it. What bloody luck I did wait, because I upgraded my PS Plus to the new top tier and this is included! 

 

Really just did not know what to make of it for the first 2-3 hours. I just kept dying at the same spot (relatively speaking) as it would usually spawn 2 of the tougher creatures together and my weapon just didn't seem to have enough oomph to help me. I also wasn't finding certain items (eg house key, melee blade) even though I was exploring the level as much as I could. 

 

Then on one cycle I seemed to just get a bit lucky with drops, and found the blade weapon, the house key, then got to the boss and was within a whisker of beating him. So - I guess my question is, did I improve, or was it purely because the game decided to help me out a bit more with a lucky run? 

[Gigawatt]

I'm not aware of the game doing any behind the scenes balancing, so I'd hazard a guess you're just getting a bit better.  By the time you're able to finish the game you'll be able to go back and blast through the early levels hardly ever being hit.  I'd still get the odd cycle where I'd screw up and die really quickly mind you.  It's a beautiful example of pure game mechanics and your improvement is pure skill rather than 'levelling up'.

 

My top-tip is to turn on 'Always Sprint' and then spend the whole time running around like a maniac - this game is not a cover shooter!

[SozzlyJoe]

Loving the gameplay, whilst accepting that for 'git gud' games I usually beat a few bosses then the motivation just fades away. I'll have fun up to that point though!

Question though, what should I be prioritising here? Should I be saving ether for the chests? Is there anything I can level up to help me over runs apart from ether?

[Vemsie]

14 minutes ago, SozzlyJoe said:

Loving the gameplay, whilst accepting that for 'git gud' games I usually beat a few bosses then the motivation just fades away. I'll have fun up to that point though!

Question though, what should I be prioritising here? Should I be saving ether for the chests? Is there anything I can level up to help me over runs apart from ether?

Traits. Starts unlocking different traits for weapons instead of switching to every new one you come across. And use Ether at the device near the crashed ship to permanently unlock consumables

Some good tips:

 

[Floshenbarnical]

Avoid death? That's a bloody good tip, I wish I'd thought of that.

[Alan Stock]

This is a harsh mistress to come back to. I decided to come back to mop up the final ending, and keep getting wrecked by the biome 4 boss. One problem with having all the weapons unlocked is that some of the trait combos are really useless for bosses, so you're left with the choice of downswapping for a lower damage, earlier weapon or soldiering on with what you have. Really though its getting caught by random blobs that are out of camera in the boss that's getting me killed, going to need to start saving up for those extra lifesavers!