Hylian Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 40 minutes ago, SpagMasterSwift said: I'm still trying for the Platinum - I've been dreaming about finding glyphs in rooms. 3 to go (1 in Biome 2 and 2 in Biome 6)! I've got about 5 to go in Biome 2. I must have run that a dozen times at least and explored everywhere. Some of these seem ridiculously rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpagMasterSwift Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 There is a room in the temple of Biome 2 that is super rare - I ran it loads of times until it finally appeared...but I had already got the glyph (probably right at the start of playing so had forgotten I'd been in there previously). I was not a happy bunny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylian Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 I watched a YT video and I'm missing the 4 rare ones and possibly one other. I definitely haven't even been in those rare rooms in Biome 2. I'm collecting missing datacubes at the moment, but I suspect I'll move on and wait for dlc before finishing the glyphs. Looks like an exercise in frustration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpagMasterSwift Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 I'm still loving running around Biome 6 because I've spent the least time there, but Biome 2 can do one. At least getting to the temple is quick if you just peg it past all the outside enemies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerFarmer Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 I'm down to 1 left in B3 and 4 left in B6, which I haven't played that much compared to the others. I've only been dipping in now and again because I haven't had time for it, but hopefully will get there eventually. There is something disheartening about having just 1 left on a biome, though, realising you have to search the whole thing potentially a number of times looking for a single, very specific thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Pretty sure there is/was a B2 glyph glitch that would leave you on 19/20 even if you’d collected them all. I have 19/20 after an absurd number of hours on those ruby sands. As well as a couple in B3 that won’t drop either. Either way I have given up on the plat Love the game, but it’s still not fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyhwuhx Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 10 hours ago, jonamok said: Pretty sure there is/was a B2 glyph glitch that would leave you on 19/20 even if you’d collected them all. I have 19/20 after an absurd number of hours on those ruby sands. As well as a couple in B3 that won’t drop either. Either way I have given up on the plat Love the game, but it’s still not fixed. Yup, same here. Not touching it until the next patch. (If any?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmm Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 18 hours ago, jonamok said: Pretty sure there is/was a B2 glyph glitch that would leave you on 19/20 even if you’d collected them all. I have 19/20 after an absurd number of hours on those ruby sands. As well as a couple in B3 that won’t drop either. Either way I have given up on the plat Love the game, but it’s still not fixed. They fixed those issues. I think it genuinely is that rare. I was sure mine must have been glitched, after so many runs, and posted in here complaining about it, but then it eventually showed up. I mean, they should definitely patch it further so that this isn't the case, because nothing else is so grind-y, but it's not a bug as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpagMasterSwift Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I found a glyph last night! 2 to go… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfunk Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 After struggling for weeks and nearly giving up, I got to Nemesis' third stage last night before succumbing. I'd lost my astronaut figurine fighting that fucking robot just before Nemesis, so it has given me renewed vigour to keep going. If I can get to Nemesis with an astronaut and my ridiculously long integrity line, I should be able to do it. This game has drilled itself so far into my brain I'm noting things in the real world that can help me. Like, I got up in the night to let the dog out for a pee, and my eye caught the green LED on my router and my brain went "Silphium! - get it". 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dug Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Onto biome six now, and the difficulty is not letting up. At least five is done. Tried a run just now and died before even getting back to biome six. Again. When I woke up at the crash site there were two resins there; never seen that before. Has the game started giving me pity resins because I'm struggling so much? I'm almost getting patronising Mario vibes: "aww, can't you do the level, wee man? Here's a golden tanooki suit just for you." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfunk Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I've definitely had some pity resins on restart and that's exactly how I thought of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmm Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Perhaps if you're really struggling then the freebies start meaningfully piling up but on the couple of occasions that I died in quick enough succession to trigger those things, it almost seemed like the game taking the piss. What it gave me clearly wasn't going to be enough to make any serious difference to my next run - it was like being given the pink bow from Ninja Gaiden, except it doesn't do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerFarmer Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I've had a few things turn up at the crash site before. A couple of the non-hostile robots from B3, or those gold octopus things you can kill for obolites. Maybe some other stuff as well. I assumed it was random. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpagMasterSwift Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 The interview posted a while back talks about how it’s random and players can think that the game is trying to help them out when actually it’s not, it’s just coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfunk Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Is it just me or is Returnal suffering from a lot more slowdown from Biome 4 onwards? It’s almost never 60fps for me apart from when I’m looking around an empty room. Edit: Looks like a bit of work with some canned air and a full restart has worked wonders Aaaaaand, as alluded to above, I am on to Biome 4 after literally weeks of trying. I never doubted myself. Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylian Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 8 hours ago, superfunk said: Is it just me or is Returnal suffering from a lot more slowdown from Biome 4 onwards? It’s almost never 60fps for me apart from when I’m looking around an empty room. Edit: Looks like a bit of work with some canned air and a full restart has worked wonders Aaaaaand, as alluded to above, I am on to Biome 4 after literally weeks of trying. I never doubted myself. Nope. The game can definitely run into issues, particularly in Biome 5 I've found. Framerate can tank and it can be persistent until a restart. I seemed to notice it before when using the electroplyon driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpagMasterSwift Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 One more cypher to go and it’s in the last biome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmm Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 19:41, Hylian said: The game can definitely run into issues, particularly in Biome 5 I've found. Framerate can tank and it can be persistent until a restart. I seemed to notice it before when using the electroplyon driver. I had issues a couple of times with enemies, particularly ones spawned avenging people, falling under the world. That absolutely murdered the framerate. There haven't been any patches since, as far as I'm aware, so perhaps the same happened to you (but off screen, so you didn't notice). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dug Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Woohoo, finished it! By which I mean I've seen the credits. Spoiler On the search for sun mask fragments now. Found the ones in biomes 1, 2 and 3 in a single run. Was I lucky in having the rooms containing the fragments spawn at the first time of asking? Or do those particular rooms spawn every time once you've killed the boss of biome six, and have access to the thing in the ship that you use to swap between the sets of biomes? Also have a wodge of ciphers still to find, 8 datacubes, and a load of weapon traits to still unlock and upgrade. This game is going to keep me busy for a while yet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobontheway Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Biome 3 down!!! I literally said to a mate the other day that I have no idea how I was going to be able to beat the boss. Absolutely walked it this time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuujiin Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Come on I'm not that good. Someone on here can beat that I know. But it is nice to be briefly at the top. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobysi Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Welrain said: I’m struggling to get the motivation with this..it’s not so much the game itself but the not knowing if I’m in for a 30 min run or a 2 hr run each time makes it hard to plan my time, the lack of midrun saves is frustrating. Yep that’s why I still haven’t bought it, not being able to save wouldn’t work for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmo Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 2 hours ago, scoobysi said: Yep that’s why I still haven’t bought it, not being able to save wouldn’t work for me. You probably know but Quick Resume works well as long as you don't play other games inbetween and you turn off automatic updates. Not ideal, I know, but you can save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobysi Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, Timmo said: You probably know but Quick Resume works well as long as you don't play other games inbetween and you turn off automatic updates. Not ideal, I know, but you can save. Yep sure but I like to cycle round a few games and don’t like to leave consoles on overnight or unnecessarily. It’s just seems such a weird design decision, it’s as if they didn’t anticipate each session being so long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vemsie Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 Friends, I see you guys kept this thread going. Close to 100 pages now, never guessed it would go that far when I started it. Took a break from the forum because I was overworked and coping with some health issues, but I did manage to beat the RNG and get the plat. Last one I needed was the Spoiler water one in B3 Some other Returnal stuff that popped up in recent times: A video on how Returnal and Hades change gaming, with Spelunky creator Derek Yu and Returnal director Harry Krueger. A psychoanalytic take on Returnal:https://withaterriblefate.com/2021/07/19/game-as-mind-a-psychoanalytic-explanation-of-returnal/ Praise for Selene:https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/selene-vassos-from-returnal-is-a-modern-sci-fi-horror-icon/ Sales figures: We now know Returnal sold close to 600K up until July, which Sony seems to be happy with. They said it performed above expectations in their latest financial report. Greg Kasavin, creative director on Hades, said Returnal is one of his favourite games of the year.https://www.comingsoon.net/games/news/1190327-hades-creative-director-returnal-favorite-games-2021?amp&__twitter_impression=true Up next: DLC! (I hope) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Grats on the plats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vemsie Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 21/07/2021 at 00:20, HarryBizzle said: Another Q: Reveal hidden contents Am I right in thinking the only way to access B1-3 again is to complete the game? Very late to the party so this might be old news to you, but: Spoiler you can use the device in the ship in B4 to reset the loop and start in B1 again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobontheway Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Credits rolling. Was surprised at how well that run went. Absolutely breezed through it. I have no idea what the story was about… Spoiler I imagine I’ll be dipping in and out of this for a while to come. Total suit usage: 23hrs 38mins Deaths: 23 Areas explored: 268 Hostiles eliminated: 2,865 Max adrenaline reached: 52 Successful overloads: 806 Malfunctions: 117 Parasites: 58 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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