So this is what starts the Push Square Civil War... Clearly I side with the colonel. DLC only exists to bring down my completion percentage from 100% on games I've already finished. **** DLC.
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Well, literally new to PS5, ps plus, and this forum as well. Currently enjoy playing SoTR, Control (actually had played both on pc a while back but not finished it yet and try to finish it on PS5), God of War Ragnarok, and currently interested to try It Takes Two before it removed from ps plus next week.
You can add me "LucyHwang9" (timezone GMT +6/+7) if you guys also interested to try It Takes Two
@PixelDragon I loved Returnal, and I’m just and average skilled gamer. In fact I might be slightly below average for shooters. The game is an absolute thrill a minute though.
That first boss is a really big obstacle and in some ways feels like the hardest boss in the whole game (to me). Similar to Father Gascoigne in Bloodborne, it’s mostly due to the fact you’re so new to the game at the time and so it feels so daunting. Later on if you go back to the first boss it’s a cakewalk.
A word of advice — your health bar is probably the most important thing to level up, if at all possible. Health is the games most valuable commodity. The different weapons all have their advantages and strengths, but you’ll gravitate toward two or three favorites. As you get further into the game though you might find a certain gun works better for a certain biome’s enemies, even though it’s not your favorite.
The great thing about the game is the joy of experimenting on new runs. There’s a Returnal thread here on the forums with lots of comments, advice, and stories. Let us know if you need help or encouragement! 😄
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@PixelDragon Really great to hear you enjoying this, I absolutely fell in love with Returnal upon its release - and to this day I still believe it is one of the best 'showcases' for the PS5's capabilities. The use of controller haptics, 3d surround audio and general moment-to-moment gameplay are just so brilliant.
If you got the 1st boss down to a sliver of health, it is now just 'a matter of time' before you take him down Also, once you can take down boss #1 then you actually have the needed skillset to beat the entire game IMO.
One tip from me, which I learnt far too late (!), is that the most important thing in Returnal is making sure you DON'T GET HIT!
When it comes to collecting the green/health vials.... if you collect one of these at full health then it leads to your overall health bar being expanded. However, if you're hit/damaged and below the max health then any vials you collect will be used to replenish health lost - instead of expanding your total HP.
So basically by making sure you avoid getting hit as much as possible, this means you should normally be at full health - ensuring any collected vials expand you max health (vs just healing you for health already lost).
Easier said than done of course, but something to be conscious of! Agressive play, with careful/considered movement, is the best course. Try to focus more on the enemy bullets coming at you instead of your bullets firing at them.
Enjoy the game though, it just keeps getting better and better!
So I started to play the XIII remake a few days ago. Well so far its a really good and cool shooter. Now I plan to post a full review of the game once Iam done with the game which might take a little while. I plan to hopefully complete a horror game that Iam currently playing sometime in a not to distant future as well. Iam very glad that we have so many games to chose from hehe.
It's been a while since a game has had me actively interested and want to play it all the time, but I finally got into one of those grooves again with Marvel's Midnight Suns. What an absolute gem of a game! I only picked it up on sale less than a week ago and I've already clocked a little over 20 hours playing. That's very unusual as a game rarely holds my attention for more than an hour per play session, but it feels so good to have something that makes me feel such excitement and wonder about it again.
I love the elements of running your base and building the relationships with your team. This is one of the parts I always really appreciated about BioWare games, but I've found it hard to find any game replicate or even deepen that type of system like this game. Sure, the writing isn't quite on par with the companions in Mass Effect, let's say, but I still find the vast majority very likable and enjoyable to have conversations with. Add to that all the upgrading of your base, the exploration in the immediate area and the preparing for missions and it all comes together in such a satisfying gameplay loop. It's the type of thing I hoped for from Metal Gear Solid V motherbase, except that game never quite lived up to that promise.
And then for the other major part, the combat is so well-executed. I don't have much experience in the way of card-based combat. At best there was a short time where I played Hearthstone after that released, but never got particularly deep into it or became skilled in any way. If anything I was more intrigued by the combat here because of the X-Com connection, which I've never played but watched many a gameplay video of and always imagined I would enjoy. Especially aftee I played turn-based RPG's like Divinity: Original Sin or Wasteland 3. The way they mix and match the card-based gameplay with the signature turn-based tactical play from X-Com is just honestly so genius. It works so incredibly well together and the fantastic animations do a lot to make it all feel ever more vicious and fun. The tension when you don't have a great hand and need to work out the best case scenario so you don't screw up the mission is a great feeling of investment, whether it ends positively for you or not. Luckily I haven't failed a mission so far!
The only part for me that kind of drags is the content involving Agatha Harkness. I was delighted to see her show up after Kathryn Hahn's star portrayal of her in WandaVision, but obviously it's not the same vibe here and ultimately the conversations I have with her and the tasks she gives me bore me to bits. There's some interesting gameplay and lore that comes out of the sections attached to her presence, but I wish I could just uncover those without her poofing into existence everywhere with her incessant babbling. I don't think the voice performance does her any favours either. It feels a bit lifeless, which in some way is appropriate for a spirit I suppose, but it doesn't make for engaging exposition dumps. Esecially when she pales in comparison to a lot of the voice talent from other characters who bring their roles to life so effortlessly and with so much personality. My favourites to interact with are definitely Magik and Morbius. Yes, I did buy the season pass very quickly after I realised I was going to love this game and didn't want to miss out on any possible content!
Anyway, that's enough from me about this game for now. I'm sure I'll be back to post further thoughts might any of my feelings change or I experience new stuff I'd like to discuss! I'm only about five main missions in out of a grand total of, I believe, somewhere in the high 20s? Not including four out of the twelve DLC missions I've already finished. I try to keep a balance of one side mission to one story mission, so I'm sure I'll keep blasting througy the main story quicker once the DLC stuff is out of the way. Either way, still a long ways to go!
@PixelDragon I loved Returnal! As others have said, the first boss is tricky because of the lack of weapon options as much as anything. Once you find your groove you’ll get it no bother.
My other bits of advice would be to take advantage of the sword; it can one hit kill the small enemies in the first biome so rushing in and smacking them with the sword can be really useful. Constant movement is key too.
One of the few things that carries over between runs is unlocking the weapon traits so don’t be afraid to play around with those.
@Tjuz I loved Midnight Suns too. It was a good mix of the big name characters and ones I wasn’t familiar with and all of their combat abilities are quite unique so it’s fun to play around with them.
There is loads of depth to the game too and you can end up creating some killer cards and combos. I was always a bit blasé about deck builders and it put me off picking the game up for a while but the mechanic work really well. Just a shame it tanked commercially because of the deck builder tag.
I enjoyed the game enough to even get the platinum! I didn’t try the DLC though but it sounds like good fun.
I was just trying to think of anything else, and I realised although I cross platform own RDR2 it looks better on Series X, plus I'm doing a load of retro gaming of PS2 games on my [🇯🇵 CECHA00 BC] PS3. As always happens when I get a PS5, I fill the M.2 SSD with games, enjoy it for a bit and then get bored of it and turn to other consoles.
Stop moaning about resolution; the Game Boy, which many of us "old timers" enjoyed playing in the 90s, had a screen resolution of 160x144. In monochrome. 😂
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