Topic: Returnal

@Bri-Die It wasn't my last but there is one like that indeed and I only saw it once or twice.

Edit: I'll see if I can upload my video.

This is my trophy video. It’s a little too short to show the room layout unfortunately but maybe you’ll recognize whether you had this one or not

@Bri-Die the panic is real for this trophy...appreciate the content @voltan but I have no idea which ones I’m missing even after watching the vids! I have 3 to find in Scar and 3 (apparently) in crimson wastes. I’m gonna mop up scar first and then get to work on biome 2.

Good luck to those grinding for the plat and if anybody can confirm they’re getting the trophy to pop since the update it may give me some confidence!

@Voltan Cheers for the vid, I've definitely had that one. I've been watching as many videos on YouTube as I can for locations and quite a few I know I've definitely got. There's one that crops up on a few that I know for sure I've never seen before though so at least that's one I know I need...

@Scratchy_Seal Don't know if you've seen that one before? It might help. I'll post any others that I find.

@Scratchy_Seal I've definitely seen people say they got this after the latest patch on Reddit.
To be fair when I was missing one and I watched the guide (which is now gone) I wasn't sure which one I was missing either, if any. This one looked vaguely unfamiliar though so I went one checking only this part of the level and it turned out to be the one indeed

@render Yeah, this room is definitely rare too. One of my last ones for sure. The one with a hand sculpture is also supposed to be rare but I've seen it at least 4 times myself.

@render Thanks, I might not have that one but definitely seen the hand. Hopefully these ones in Scar aren’t too bad!

@Scratchy_Seal One of the ciphers in the Scar is one of those timed rooms (a fairly large one) - if you see one, choose the left path. Fortunately, it's apparently possible to jump and dash from some spot and still get there if you miss it. Otherwise I don't remember any particularly tricky ones.

@Voltan amazing thanks, I’ve definitely not come across a timed room there yet

@Scratchy_Seal I'm pretty sure there are 3 timed rooms but 2 of them are rather small and this is in a large one. There's also a datacube there (also on the left side).

Beat Act 3 last night. Whoop.

@Voltan Thank you for uploading this one. Yeah it's one i had, i definitely recognize that location. I saw it way too many times. It's weird how some people are (almost) never seeing certain rooms that others see on almost every run, and vice versa. It's such a strange RNG.

I did snag the last one just a couple of minutes ago, and it turned out to be the one with the orb in the section right before the boss. It's a big relief having all of the 6 collectible trophies finished, but i am bummed that the plat will elude me a while. The house trophy didn't pop for me.

@Voltan I'm missing one in Scar but I'm sure I had that one so not sure if it's the one I'm missing. Is it the one that can also have a data cube in it?

I keep finding rooms that I've never seen before even now. I ended up going to the citadel last night after one of my Crimson runs failed to materialise anything and had a trait on a gun that I thought I might as well unlock. I came across one of those timed rooms that I'd never seen before that had these platforms that rock forward and flip you off as the timer runs down. I was too slow to react so didn't manage to get a look at what was there but luckily I've got everything from the citadel already.

@phil_j Good one, are you done as I can't remember if you said you'd got everything else?

@render I've got 4 survey trophies left. 2,3,5 and 6. Grinding for collectibles generally isn't my idea of fun in any game, but I still really want to keep playing. So will push on for now, will see if I make it to the end.

Has anyone read any decent in depth lore articles, or seen any decent videos?

@velio84 Yeah, I watched one video, and was thinking, 'No, that's not right.'
I want somebody to trawl through all the scout logs, and cypher messages, and see if they can find a thread.

@phil_j I usually only try and platinum games that I've really enjoyed and this is one of those so am going to try my best. That's the reason I don't mind as it's just such good fun to play. I don't think I'll go as far as unlocking all the weapon traits like I've seen some talk about but I'll see if I can at least get all the trophies.

There seems to be two common themes regarding the story but generally lots of different versions within them. Some of the write ups I've seen on reddit have been really thorough and included references out to the various scout logs / house sequences etc. I definitely don't know which one is the right one but personally I think it's been left fairly ambiguous so that you can make up your own mind about what you want the story to be about, and that no particular one is right.

Well I've blasted through the Mass Effect trilogy so I suppose I'll have to go back to this won't I?

@johncalmc Wow, don't hang around. Guess you will have to come back to the fold. How far did you get, act 1, 2 or 3?

@adrianthealchemist That’s how I felt in Biome 3 as I beat the first two biomes within 4 or 5 deaths. The difficulty curve is a bit skewy. Just keep at it, you’ll get there eventually as long as you start to get the hang of the drones’ missiles. Make sure to do the first two biomes beforehand too, to get a few artefacts.

@adrianthealchemist That sounds like a normal day in biome 3 to me. Lots of things wanting to hurt you and not much in the way of gear. Just yesterday I happened across what must have been the same room as you, and if I'd have been able to stand still I bet I could have counted 20+ of those drones all raining down at me at the same time. I only just made it out alive and that was after using 2 large and 1 small health packs, and I've finished the game and got some good weapon traits. Other times I've been there I've got through no problem so I think you just have to get lucky with the RNG on any particular run through. Quite often you can have a number of bad ones in a row meaning you don't make any progress, and then all of a sudden a good one will come along and surprise you.

I'd definitely not recommend deleting your save to make more progress though. You could always set yourself a point on the run where if you've got no good weapons / gear by that stage then cash out at one of the obolite repositories and start the cycle over. I found that void beam was a life saver in those drone situations, and I've also found that the energy barrier consumable is really good for standing behind as you can just take them out at your leisure.

Keep going though, you will make it.