Topic: Returnal

@render I shouldn't get too inside baseball with this, but to answer your question, I think we all enjoy the guide-producing process, provided we have enough time to do it properly. It takes a lot of time and effort but it's ultimately a satisfying endeavour.

@Quintumply Thanks for all the guides, they really helped me out!

@Quintumply Yeah same, thanks for producing some good guides and nice to know that you enjoy writing them at the same time.

@Quintumply Oh dude, yeah cheers for the guides, those really helped a lot!

I see no one has come close to my 180 hours! 😳 🤣

@JohnnyShoulder what did you do for that 180 hours?

@JohnnyShoulder I wasn't a million miles off at 153 hours ... but still, yeah

@JohnnyShoulder As Returnal is a great game then I'd say that's a very good use of time 😉

Hi guys! I'm just right before Phrike. Bought one health vial , integrity 150% and I couldn't find the astronaut figurine. Should I keep looking for it assuming it will pop up somewhere eventually or should i just leave it and go fight the boss instead? My console is in rest mode at the moment waiting for me for tomorrow

@Tatarimokke it won't be available on every run, the items are random. It could be hidden in a chest somewhere, but chances are if it's not at the 'shop' it's probably not anywhere this time around.

I remember not seeing it for quite a while after I first encountered it.

Even if you don't beat Phrike this time around, look at it as an opportunity to learn its patterns again and get ready for the next time

@Tatarimokke Good luck in there. You got quite far before so this time is the one 🤞

@Tatarimokke I don’t know if you took your shot yet, but just like @MatthewJP says, it won’t necessarily be in the biome every single run. It’s quite rare to see it anywhere except in the fabricator shop in the first Biome. In the other Biomes I would encounter it sometimes in a chest or at a random fabricator in a side room, or in one of those secret treasure rooms you fall into, but it most often shows up in the shop at the second fabricator from the left, if it’s going to be anywhere at all. In Biome 1 it’s typically either the astronaut or the blade balancer in that second fabricator from the left.

And if you put the game in rest mode and haven’t tried the boss yet, I’d suggest watch a YouTube video of the boss fight a couple times right before you go back into the game. It will help your pattern recognition to have it fresh in your mind right before you take her on.

@render @JigsawPieces @Just_2_milky I have a habit of not pausing the game and looking at guides etc, so they may make my playtime a bit longer that it actually was.

@JohnnyShoulder Since I've had the PS5 I've had to make a habit of pausing the game to go and make a cup of tea... thing just loads so fast 😆

@render RIP to hints and tips screens while a game loads.

@Thrillho That's a good point. I barely see the ones that are still in PS4 games, soon they will be gone 😲

oh well. Almost made it now about 10 percent left in the third phase... if i would have had an astronaut figurine..that could've helped me out there.. Now again from the beginning. I'm starting to doubt my skills honestly:) But I go back.

@Tatarimokke You're doing just fine. I died to Phrike a bunch of times too. It's all part of the game

@Tatarimokke if you’re getting within 10% of the final phase, you’re going to do just fine

@Tatarimokke I've read loads of accounts of people really struggling against Phrike but then going on and managing the rest of the game ok. With every death you will get that bit better and work out how to react to the different attacks. If you've got as far as you've got then you only probably need to avoid a few more of it's attacks and you're there. Come on, you can do it!! 😀