Hawklord Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Had this since launch and I got through Phrike & Ixion fairly early. I've really struggled with B3, been stuck there for what feels like months and I've only got to Nemesis maybe 3 times. But tonight was the night. Nemesis is no longer my Nemesis (still needed an Astronaut, several integrity upgrades and 2 large silphium vials) However, tonight is a prime example of why this needs a save. I've not been playing much due to how many fucking games I have in my queue but I was waiting for a couple of patches on my SX to download so I stuck it on for a quick run. That quick run ended up being almost 3 hours long. Had to pause the game quite a few times to deal with stuff then hope I didn't insta-die when I resumed Spoiler On the whole I've managed to avoid most spoilers so after beating Nemesis, I did have a WTF moment with what happens next lol. I even managed to get to Hyperion but died in seconds Really looking forward to getting the rest of the game done now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylian Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 I do think the no save system makes you play longer sessions and that's to your benefit. It's a game where "flow" is quite important and 10 mins here and there isn't going to work. Still, it's pretty mad there's absolutely no save option still (apart from rest mode). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpagMasterSwift Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 I'm starting to really resent that last missing cipher. I'm getting to the point where I think I need to take a screen shot of all the 19 cipher locations that I've found just to work out which one is missing... Basically, madness has set in. EDIT: Guess what guys?!!! Spoiler Best game I’ve played on the PS5…we’ll tbh it’s the only game I’ve played on the PS5, but damn son it’s soooo good! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawklord Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Well that was interesting! Spoiler After beating Nemesis a few days ago I had a renewed energy to play more. I'd gotten as far as Hyperion in the same run and died pretty quickly but thought the game looked even more interesting. I ploughed on and beat Hyperion on my 3rd attempt. By the time I got to B4 I'd unlocked the Electropylon Driver and spent every run looking for another one lol. B5 was a pain and I had no idea what lay ahead. Didn't realise that there wasn't a boss in this area. Enjoyed exploring and didn't find much that gave me any bother. Finally unlocked the Ballasts and the Insulators which opened up a few things then found my self in the Abyssal Scar. That was a bit of a change lol. Saw a few places that I couldn't work out how to reach which reminded me that I'd also saw areas in B4 that I couldn't reach. Then I found the visor, doh. I eventually got to the final boss after about half a dozen attempts and got humped in seconds. Only it turns out that wasn't the boss, that was a normal, albeit powerful enemy. The one that fires loads of blue orbs and multiple red rings. Fuck me! Continued to soldier on (if you've been there you know what it's like ) and this afternoon I finally found the boss door. At this point I was severely tooled up. Level 29 Electropylon Driver (with some excellent traits), 150% damage, tons of health, an Astronaut, a Child's Watch, the parasite that heals you at low integrity and couple of Silphium vials. Except the boss door needs a key and when I look at the map it's obviously through that door I missed on the other side of the fucking map. Traipsed all the way there and through that door was...2 of those fucking mini-bosses! Thankfully I managed to cheese them but in the next room was more of them (with shields) and another I hadn't seen before that fired red darts at me that caused malfunctions and one of those fucking green towers!!!!! Fuck knows how I managed to get out that room but the key was in the next one. Except there were another 2 of those dart firing fuckers while I was trying to platform up. Got those and got the key then warped back to start the boss fight. As I said, I was tooled up for this but by the time I got back there, this is how things looked. Turns out I'd picked up the item that fixes malfunctions somewhere so that fixed those but it wasn't looking good. Spoiler Dear readers, Ophion went down like a cheap whore at a frat party Done and dusted on my first try lol. I'd even go as far as it being one of the easier fights although I did end with barely a sliver of health left. I wasn't even paying attention to his (hers/its?) health bar and had a WTF moment when the trophy popped lol. Here's the last 30 secs And now I read that you need another playthrough to get the secret ending??? Dunno if I'm up for that right away, got too much to play but I'll definitely be "Returnaling" to this Absolutely brilliant game, I'd even go so far as GOTY for me Edit: How do I find out how long I've played and how many deaths? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylian Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 23 minutes ago, Hawklord said: How do I find out how long I've played and how many deaths? Stats are shown on the computer in the ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawklord Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Hylian said: Stats are shown on the computer in the ship. Got them, ta. Took a screenshot but forgot to upload. Works out at 3 days something and 170ish deaths And for someone who said they would probably take a break, I now have x5 pieces of the "other" item. Started again right away in B1, killed all bosses in 1-3 then kept going through 4-6. Knew I wouldn't last long in B6 though lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpagMasterSwift Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 My Platinum Accumulated Suit Data wasn't too bad in the end: Total Suit Usage: 3 Days and 18 Hours Deaths: 114 (once I got passed the third Biome this slowed right down) Areas Explored 319 Hostiles Eliminated: 12,028 (they all had it coming, well, apart from those poor broken sentinels) Max Adrenaline Reached: 205 Successful Overloads: 3,121 Malfunctions: 97 Parasites: 164 (oh enemies leave behind a pool of acid on death do they...nope!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bagapeas Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Loving this. Found it punishing to begin with and thought I would never get out of the first biome, then have struggled with the third - almost beat the boss on my first visit and then took quite a while to even get back there for second go. finally now made the 4th. Got to the boss for the first time with almost no health and got within a whisker of beating it but died late on having already used my astronaut and reconstructor before even getting there. best thing I’ve played in ages and most feels like when I first played bloodborne. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagapeas Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 And boss 4 is down. Went in fully loaded with full health, astronaut, health pack and a damage syphon, but didn’t need any of them. Felt like I was cheating with a carbine with leech rounds and rising pitch. Got my arse handed to me in the next biome though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sarlaccfood Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 Yes! Finally beat the first boss. FUCK YOU. Started this a few days ago and I was so close to giving up. Love the look of the 2nd biome, feels so nice and open after the claustrophobia of the 1st. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vemsie Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 Cool blog post and video about Returnal's even cooler tech. https://blog.playstation.com/2021/09/16/from-resogun-to-returnal-the-evolving-vfx-magic-that-brought-atropos-to-life/amp/?__twitter_impression=true (don't watch if you're new to the game) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobysi Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Any news on whether a mid-game save is to be patched in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarlaccfood Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 10 hours ago, scoobysi said: Any news on whether a mid-game save is to be patched in? I understand your frustration, but I think you’d be fucked trying to get back into the game halfway through a run tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobysi Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 7 hours ago, Sarlaccfood said: I understand your frustration, but I think you’d be fucked trying to get back into the game halfway through a run tbh. Maybe the start of a biome or something would be a natural break. I know what you mean though, when you’re in the zone it’s hard to pick it up again sometimes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I doubt it will be done any time soon. The devs seemed surprised and disinterested at the clamour for it, and I’m guessing only said they’d look into it to get Twitter off their back. Personally, I’d rather they spent the time creating some killer DLC. Which I suspect is what they’re doing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vemsie Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 Spoilers obviously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarlaccfood Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Had a couple of goes against the second boss now. Reckon I’ll have him next time if I have the health pack or astronaut. What does everyone do for the first biome/boss if you’re further along? I build up some extra health and get as far as the room with the different fabricators but then I cash in and go for the 2nd biome. Do people go all the way through and beat the first boss again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaB Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Sarlaccfood said: Had a couple of goes against the second boss now. Reckon I’ll have him next time if I have the health pack or astronaut. What does everyone do for the first biome/boss if you’re further along? I build up some extra health and get as far as the room with the different fabricators but then I cash in and go for the 2nd biome. Do people go all the way through and beat the first boss again? No need to go bear the bosses after you beat them . There’s pros and cons as to how far you go through b1 before you go to b2 but in general I would always rinse b1 ( except phrike) before going to b2 just to get as much health as I could 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylian Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Sarlaccfood said: What does everyone do for the first biome/boss if you’re further along? It's risk / reward. You get an artefact and 5 ether I think. If you can do it well, consistently, then it pays off. But most of the time I rinsed the Biome, plus elite room if its going well, then on to B2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarlaccfood Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Okay good to know cheers both. What a turnaround this game is for me. I’ve gone from seeing how much I can get for it trade-in to thinking about it during work everyday and looking forward to getting into it every night with the headphones on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorkicks Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Jumped on for a bit this morning expecting to get creamed again.... and finished Biome 5. Got to start work now, but omg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 19 hours ago, Sarlaccfood said: Okay good to know cheers both. What a turnaround this game is for me. I’ve gone from seeing how much I can get for it trade-in to thinking about it during work everyday and looking forward to getting into it every night with the headphones on. My journey exactly. I’d wager you’ll momentarily contemplate trading it in again before you beat it, but beat it you will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarlaccfood Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Third biome is Reminds me of OG Doom. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vemsie Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 Third biome is my favourite. The scale and art direction are stunning. Also, 100 pages! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagapeas Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Beat biome 6 the other week - first boss attempt I died with the boss on its last sliver of health, but got my revenge the next time I got back there. It’s funny how the game goes from feeling brutal (biome 1 and biome 3 for me) to being able to go around mopping everything up in those areas. It may have something to do with unlocking other weapons though… Still loving this and continuing to explore. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hylian Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 @Vemsie every time I see this bumped by you I get a little bit excited that DLC has been announced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vemsie Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 20 hours ago, Hylian said: @Vemsie every time I see this bumped by you I get a little bit excited that DLC has been announced I'd love to be the bringer of that news, believe me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I am so shit at this. many tips much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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