BongoInferno Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 7 hours ago, Lying Cat said: Outside memorising the pattern of their attacks which is the bare minimum of what you need to do, my tip for the Returnal bosses is to just stop trying to aim at them. The game's auto-aim is incredibly aggressive and provided your cursor is somewhere in their area you'll be hitting them. Focus instead on exactly what they're doing and the pattern of all the shit they're throwing out. Later bosses, specifically the 4th boss just fling out such insane amounts of bullets it's crazy. To add, re Phrike keep your distance at all times. Remember you can dash through any projectile except purple ones. In later attack phases, he tries to get close and melee you so make sure your dash is ready and not on cool-down when you need to dash away. Try and make sure you’ve got the integrity boost, a large vial and an Astronaut when you go in (although RNGesus didn’t grant me an astronaut on my first 15 runs or so for some reason). The main thing is try not to rush it. I think the sidearm is a pretty good weapon for Phrike first time round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I have pre-ordered the PC version. That will be this year's only full price* game I buy I think. Sort of considering investing in a Dual Sense as well if the haptic feedback really is that transformative in this...? *£35 full price, PC style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarlaccfood Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 19 minutes ago, Benny said: I have pre-ordered the PC version. That will be this year's only full price* game I buy I think. Sort of considering investing in a Dual Sense as well if the haptic feedback really is that transformative in this...? *£35 full price, PC style. I really enjoyed the haptics on this but ymmv. (I heard the TCGS lads the other day taking about how no game has used it since astrobot which I thought was odd as I notice it in almost all the games I play) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 19 minutes ago, Benny said: I have pre-ordered the PC version. That will be this year's only full price* game I buy I think. Sort of considering investing in a Dual Sense as well if the haptic feedback really is that transformative in this...? *£35 full price, PC style. I think it is. I haven’t played it without a dual sense but it’s the best implementation of it so far, especially the half press trigger stuff (the trigger ‘stops’ halfway down for targeting buy push it all the way down to fire. It uses trigger resistance to make this very intuitive), plus all the whirring and clicking ‘sounds’ you feel through the controller make it all feel very alien. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Hmm I think you have to play with the controller wired for it to work on PC mind - might be a problem for me sofa gaming, as I doubt the cord is long enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 If you buy the new Dual Sense Edge you get an extra long cable with it, that’s why it’s £209. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Just now, Strafe said: If you buy the new Dual Sense Edge you get an extra long cable with it, that’s why it’s £209. What's that in Pesos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarlaccfood Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 4 minutes ago, Benny said: What's that in Pesos? About 20 foot graters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike S Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 11 hours ago, Lying Cat said: Returnal is in my mind not just one of the best games of the generation but one of the best games ever and I love it to tiny little bits. This is not a lie. It is an astonishingly good game and, thanks to the incredible endless DLC, remains my default, go to, PS5 game nearly two years after it was first inserted into the disc drive. The game mechanics and that all important 'feel' are absolutley perfect and remain as addictive as hell. I cannot think of a single thing about it that comes anywhere close to being a negative but, despite that, am now thinking about double dipping with the PC version just because proper 4k at 60fps+, and maybe some fancy dan RT, would be nice but I'll wait on reviews in case they botch it. And, yes, PC people, a Dual Sense will add to the enjoyment. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrandon111 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 23 hours ago, Parappa said: This makes me happy as I still haven't beaten Phrike and whilst I love what I have seen of the game cannot understand the praise it gets. Time to give it another go! You will do it, and the game really opens up after that. I breezed to the second boss straight away (haven't beat him yet but got close). For Phrike, i had a health vial and an Astronaut, i wouldnt have done it without them> Thankfully after you beat Phrike, you dont need to beat him again to get back to the second level Oh, and if you haven't already, set the auto aim to high, reticule to the biggest setting, and auto run to on. Helped me massively. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parappa Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, sbrandon111 said: You will do it, and the game really opens up after that. I breezed to the second boss straight away (haven't beat him yet but got close). For Phrike, i had a health vial and an Astronaut, i wouldnt have done it without them> Thankfully after you beat Phrike, you dont need to beat him again to get back to the second level Oh, and if you haven't already, set the auto aim to high, reticule to the biggest setting, and auto run to on. Helped me massively. As it tuned out I got the Astronaught on my run last night which helped me get Prike down to his last bar. I also set auto aim to high but will cretainly change the other settings and auto run sounds like a game changer! Will give it another try tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p1nseeker Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I'm assuming you have remapped dash to a shoulder button? Also a big help 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lying Cat Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, Parappa said: As it tuned out I got the Astronaught on my run last night which helped me get Prike down to his last bar. I also set auto aim to high but will cretainly change the other settings and auto run sounds like a game changer! Will give it another try tonight. Dumb question - but have you set yourself to always sprint? There's literally never any reason to not be going at full tilt in the game, and the always-on sprinting will definitely help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomdominer Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Does this ever pop-up in a PSN sale? It still seems to be £69.99 digitally on PS5. I mean, I love the game, but that is still ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferine Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 28 minutes ago, Tomdominer said: Does this ever pop-up in a PSN sale? It still seems to be £69.99 digitally on PS5. I mean, I love the game, but that is still ridiculous. It's been on sale a few times, including earlier this month for £35. It's also included in the Extra tier of PlayStation Plus, which itself has been discounted recently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parappa Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 57 minutes ago, Lying Cat said: Dumb question - but have you set yourself to always sprint? There's literally never any reason to not be going at full tilt in the game, and the always-on sprinting will definitely help. nope! Will be doing tonight though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parappa Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, p1nseeker said: I'm assuming you have remapped dash to a shoulder button? Also a big help nope! will try this as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigawatt Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 3 hours ago, Lying Cat said: Dumb question - but have you set yourself to always sprint? There's literally never any reason to not be going at full tilt in the game, and the always-on sprinting will definitely help. Quoted for truth. This is not a cover shooter, you should be sprinting around as if you were doing the ‘Team America’ wavy hands all the time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Some of the later bosses have very small spaces between projectile waves, walking small distances enables you to make those precision movements I found. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Panic Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Just working through Biome 3. Holy shit after the tie fighter things there’s the things that shoot a malfunction beam when they die!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lying Cat Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 This is out on PC today. I've bought it again, even though I very rarely double dip from next-gen consoles to the PC, especially when the Playstation performance was so good. On the offchance anyone hasn't played this because they never got a PS5, I can't recommend picking it up enough. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I pre-ordered it, but alas, CD Keys are not being forthcoming with the code yet. Hopefully it's a good PC port (lol), as I'm going in knowing next to nothing about it. EDIT ah unlocks in 4 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerFarmer Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I got to review it again on PC for RPS, and I'd say it's a great port as long as you've got a powerful enough machine. Mine pretty much matches the recommended specs (RTX 2070) and managed a fairly steady 60fps at 1080 on High settings. You don't want to go lower than that, though. because it drops down in quality quite noticeably if you play on Medium, and it's the sort of game that really benefits from having everything turned up to Epic with as many bells and whistles on as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Spatula Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Fucks sake. Crashes to desktop with no warning constantly. Benchmark runs in Epic at 60fps. Had a similar issue with Dead Space. Had to run in Nvidia debug mode to play that. Could my card be a bit fucked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 My download speed is currently the main barrier to entry tonight. Hopefully 3060TI will be up to the task of requisite PS5 level shinies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layten Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 3 minutes ago, El Spatula said: Fucks sake. Crashes to desktop with no warning constantly. Benchmark runs in Epic at 60fps. Had a similar issue with Dead Space. Had to run in Nvidia debug mode to play that. Could my card be a bit fucked? It's certainly not normal. I don't think I have ever had to use debug mode. If it makes it work then that would indicate that either the factory overclock or software defined one (using Afterburner for example) is making the card unstable. I would get onto whoever is responsible for the warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Spatula Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I suspect it's the factory OC. Something is making it twitchy. Brand new PC as well. Bah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Soldier Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 2080Ti 1080p Ultrawide High settings I have been waiting for this on PC for so long (prefer m&k). Cannot wait. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lying Cat Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Well, this is just as much fun as it was back on the PS5. First proper run (not the tutorial one) and I've got the two bosses down. I'm screwed now because I'm off to bed and when I come back I'll have no idea what I'm doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partious Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I played this on psplus and then went out and bought a physical copy, despite having nearly a year of plus extra remaining, just because it is so clearly a masterpiece that will be getting replayed for years and I don’t want to be dependent on a subscription to have access to it. I didn’t want the game to be associated with the subscription in my mind when I’m playing it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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