Topic: Returnal

@velio84 thank you!

I honestly think it's down to the fact I played through Dark Souls and have played other Souls games. There's a lot of timed dodging in those games so after recognising a couple of triggers I managed it.

I remember one boss on Dark Souls took me about 30-40 tries to beat....

The second and third boss I died on the first time. The second one the astronaut saved me, and the third one I spent ether on the regen(?) Machine thing that brings you back to life.

Almost at 100 pages folks! Let's goooooooo....

I bet I could get it to 100 pages by saying that Risk of Rain 2 is the better game.

@JohnnyShoulder Do you get a prize for being the first to post on the 100th page?

@render only feeling really smug!

Are we nearly there yet?

Edit: ha, apparently we are!

Looks like @JigsawPieces has enabled smug mode!! 🤣

So now that we’re comfortably into the 100th page… 😄

I was able to get a couple hours to work on Act 3 and after combing Biome 1 for some clues as to what to do next (the house was dark) and reading the pillar which says something about the Sun, I went through every nook and cranny of the entire Biome, including beating Phrike again and doing the challenge room, only to find nothing. Only then do I realize I may not have all the house sequences. Turns out that I never did any house sequences in Biome 4. I’m not sure if the option was there all along, but I think I’ve been just running past the house in my dozens of times to run through Biome 4. 😅 Man, what was I thinking?! So I’ve got one of the B4 house sequences and I reckon I’ll have to restart a run to get the other one. Then maybe I can start collecting these items I need. It’s all very cryptic, but I can’t believe I just ignored the house on all these times I played through that biome.

Good news is at least I got the B1 survey trophy in the process. I’m not even sure what the requirements for it are but it popped during that run.

@Voltan Thanks, as you had basically advised me about what I needed to do, but when the house was dark in B1 I thought I was already done with all of them. Now I think I get it as I read back on your comment and you did warn me to check on B1 and B4 house status

@Th3solution lol feel like im looking at a cia secret document.

@Elodin 😅 I am not sure how spoiler-free that people may want to be. Ned is pretty new to the game so I was extra conservative with the spoiler tags.

@Th3solution

@Th3solution I appreciate it, apologies for being a pain!

@NedStarksGhost Not a pain at all. Thankfully we have spoiler tags to utilize if we want to.

If you’ve not seen it yet, there is a separate spoiler thread for discussion about the Returnal story. I’ve steered clear of it for now, but after finishing it then we can go there to share impressions and theories freely.

@Th3solution I didn't know that, thanks for the heads up. I do love a discussion thread after finishing something!

So I've had a few attempts at Biome 4, and this is definitely more difficult now! I can see this taking me some time to get through!

@NedStarksGhost B4 can feel a little easier after B3 but it has got a few rooms just on the main route that are a challenge. You’ll get the hang of the environment soon though and be back on it again. It’s an awesome level and really builds towards a great boss fight.

@NedStarksGhost Biome 4 and Biome 2 are probably my favorite ones. Biome 3 was my least favorite (but still fun in its own frustrating and soul-crushing way 😅)

@render awesome, can't wait. I think part of it is getting the muscle memory back after playing Uncharted in the week

@Th3solution yeah it's a good biome, the enemies have some interesting moves that challenge you!

@NedStarksGhost I love the whole music thing and how the narrative really starts to ramp up.

@velio84 That is quite literally the case with Biomes 4 and 5.

Think Biomes 2 and 4 were my faves. Biome 2 cos I liked the temple and Biome 4 cos of the journey upto the boss felt almost magical. And that quite possibly it is supposed to be Selene's father.