@adrianthealchemist Thanks for the tip. Yes, I tried one daily challenge and I ran out of time and just quit out of it halfway, and still ended up 85/400 at the time, as far as my score. If I had the time to continue I might have cracked top 50, who knows. But I didn’t get any rewards since I didn’t finish. The weapon given to me was a leveled up Dreadbound, which I quite liked. Despite a strange reload cadence, it was devastatingly brutal against those B1 enemies. Alas, I had to log off to go to an appointment so I abandoned the challenge run.
Speaking of weapons, the next weapon in the game was unlocked for me - I think it was the thermogenic launcher, and I didn’t care for it very much. You don’t get many shots, it’s slow to fire and so if you miss, you’re screwed for a few seconds without any offense for a while. Not a fan of it so far.
@render Yeah, the game comes a little easier the more hours you put into it. I’m not a very skilled gamer, despite my many thousands and thousands of hours playing video games. But there is a certain level of competence that comes with repetition.
@MightyDemon82@adrianthealchemist The worse thing about that fabricator room is that feeling of knowing that you can’t come back when you jump into the abyss 😬
@Th3solution The dreadbound can be deadly for both the hostiles and you. It relies on the shards it shoots returning to you before you can fire them again. That means the closer something is the quicker the shards can return and it can just destroy stuff. For further away things though the shards take a while to get back so you get that buttock clenching moment where you pull the trigger and nothing happens 😂
Thermogenic launcher is only really good if it’s got the full auto trait on it as then it will rattle through the cassette of rockets and then you’ve got a chance of hitting something.
@Th3solution As with all the weapons, it starts off quite weak in some aspects. It is only when you start unlocking traits and the better alt fire mods, it shows its real potential off.
I wasn't that keen on the grotland gobber (or whatever is called), but is one of my go to weapons. Along with Hollowseeker and Electropylon Driver. And there are certain alt fire modes I flat out refuse to use, proximity mine. I've still not worked out how to use that effectively lol.
@render Yeah full auto with that is pretty devastating.
That is awesome news about HMQ now being part of the playstation family. Hopefully this means some DLC for Returnal and some great new innovative games ahead 👍
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Thanks, Foxy! I am a far distance from full completion, but I’m feeling more confident that I’ll be able to.
I hope you are able to get yourself a PS5 soon, it’s been a joy to have, but honestly you (and anyone else still without one) can feel confident in the fact that outside of Returnal and Astrobot, you’re not missing a whole lot. Well, and Ratchet and Demon’s Souls, but I haven’t played those yet either. I love it for the utility improvements, but otherwise I’d have plenty of happy gaming with the ole’ PS4.
But yes, as a patient and skilled gamer who has bested many FromSoft games, you’ll likely get along well with Returnal. And it’ll probably be a fraction of the price by next year. I am indeed thoroughly enjoying the game and can’t stop thinking about it while I’m at work. 😄
Adding to what @Th3solution says, it depends on how much you put into some of the benefits from playing PS4 games on PS5 @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy. To me, having faster load times, an almost silent console, boosts to 4K and 60fps (in some cases) have made a great deal of difference to my gaming. Plus when games make use of the DualSense, it really does 'feel' next gen too. I came from a peasant PS4 though, so your experience may differ if you have a Pro.
Good news about the acquisition. Makes perfect sense to me seeing how closely they have worked together previously.
Made some good progress in B5, only need 1 more cypher and Scout log. Think I had about 4 or 5 of each to get, so I've got most of them in one run. Which did start yesterday mind and I continued earlier. Still no sign of the sun fragment though. 😑 Might look up to see where it is.
Congrats to Mrs @render on the plat! I will most likely go for it myself, seeing as I've already sunk enough hours in.
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I picked up Returnal in this past sale. What a game. I'm at the second Biome. A bit stuck at the moment. I think I haven't seen the right drops for a good load out for the boss fight. I mainly go for the carbine. I like to get an astronaut as well.
I also heard the sound was great with headphones. First game I used headphones on. I only have cheap ones, but even with those WOW. That sound and deep bass along with the dual sense, fantastic!
@Voltan Oh you tease! I will have a look as I'm still in the middle of the same run.
@Elodin Glad you are having fun! Sounds like you are making some good progress. Yeah the 3D audio is brill, I was a bit indifferent about it before but am sold on it now. I was gonna get the Pulse headset, but apparently the Platinums cans I have handle 3D audio just as well, if not a bit better.
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