Devastated š±ā¦ Iāve had the flu, so I was looking for something a bit chilled to occupy my time. So I thought letās go back to Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Directors Cut and try and get the Foxiest of Hounds trophy (trigger no alarms during the whole playthrough) that alluded me during my first playthrough last November.
Well after three days of extremely careful play, it didnāt pop again!
Having looked into it, apparently the Directors Cut is notoriously buggy as it was produced using an earlier version of the game for some reasonā¦ but I even took the measures necessary to try and negate those bugs (no bodies at all during The Missing Link dlc and deactivating the signal-jammer at the Omega Ranch). Annoyed grunt š”
@colonelkilgore Ah, brother, that stinks! And to have the flu on top of that! Is it worth a third try?! Personally I would cry āuncleā after a second try but that lone trophy is probably going to grate on you!
āWe cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.ā
@Th3solution yeah I dunno mate. It is something thatāll stick with me if I decide not tooā¦ but itās just such an annoying one to keep retrying. A playthrough (which has to be a careful one of course) is around 20 hours and at no point during that time do you have any idea whether youāre on track or not.
Doubtless I will try it again at some point but probably not anytime soon.
@colonelkilgore one if my pet peeves is trophies or tasks within a game which you have no way of knowing if youāre on track and donāt find out until the end of a long interval.
Definitely let the game lie for a long while. Maybe youāll feel like taking it on again in a few monthsā¦ or years. š
And definitely get well soon from that nasty flu. Hopefully not the new bird flu?
āWe cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.ā
@Th3solution cheers buddy, I dunno anything about a new bird fluā¦ but I think I picked it up from my parents over Christmas and New Years. Theyāre both still rough after two weeks of itā¦ but theyāre obviously older and they both smoke too, which doesnāt help. I think that Iām on the mend now thank god. Hopefully your good self and everyone else on here for that matter manages to avoid it, most unpleasant.
@colonelkilgore Glad youāre improving. Those platinums arenāt going to earn themselves. They need a healthy hunter at the helm. (One who finds his worth in the waking world š)
Iāve been spared this latest viral onslaught, thankfully [touches wood]. But many family, friends, and colleagues have had the mess. It can be brutal.
āWe cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.ā
Just finished Solar Ash on Series X after 6 hours of playtime. Absolutely fantastic game! While I still feel like the controls were rather wonky, I still enjoyed my time with the game. The platforming was fun (and a lot of levels reminded me of Super Mario Galaxy) and the boss fights, which are heavily reminiscent of the ones from Shadow of the Colossus, were really cool. I highly recommend checking out this game, it's so much fun!
@LtSarge Glad you enjoyed it! It has been on my wishlist since it came out as i've always liked the art style. It has just never been at a price low enough for me to pull the trigger and I always think it will come to PS Plus. If it is on Gamepass, that might explain why it has not come over yet.
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@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, the game is on Game Pass, which is how I accessed it. I also agree that it's never been discounted enough for a purchase as I've also had the game on my wishlist on PlayStation. But seeing as how I still have a couple of days left of my GP subscription, I figured I might as well check it out. Hopefully it'll come to PS+ soon, I think you'd enjoy it!
I also finished The Exit 8 on Series X, which took me about 2 hours. Apparently the game has been out on PS5 since last summer but it just shadow dropped on Xbox, which is why I decided to get it there as I remember it was quite popular for a while on YouTube.
I was so close to reaching the exit during the first half hour, but then I failed. I feel like the anomalies range from very easy to detect to very challenging. But the more you play, the more you know where to look for them. I actually managed to find all of them and it was very cool whenever I discovered a new one. I'm glad though that I managed to finish the game as you can absolutely have bad luck and constantly restart the cycle if you're not careful. Fun game though, for the ā¬4 I paid for it, it was worth it.
Just finished Shadowrun Returns, a throwback to the classic isometric crpgs of yore (think the OG Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape:Torment), set in the Shadowrun universe (cyberpunk meets fantasy... if Lord of the Rings was written by William Gibson, kind of thing)
I enjoyed it quite a lot; great story, excellent NPCs, decent RPG mechanics, not too hard. If you like those kinds of RPGs, definitely give it a go. Beware an early gamebreaking bug, though; invest solidly in charisma to bypass it (google will tell you the details should you need it).
Next I'm planning to get even more nostalgic and revisit one of the very earliest crpgs I played: Pool of Radiance, the first of the seminal Gold Box series from SSI. I wonder how it holds up
the Indiana jonesness of it all is simply fantastic the music is fantastic and troy bakers voice acting is superb. this encapsulates the world and vibe of it superbly. I love what i call getting from A to B type games . however the combat is an issue which brings it down a point as it is too unforgiving as soon as you get spotted the enemies swarm you and you might as well give up. as we all know with stealth games if you get spotted you should be able to fight your way out or simply run away.
Finally finished Resident Evil 2 N64 with all scenarios Claire A/B and Leon A/B. This game is special although I prefer the remake the original is still fantastic!
colonel? Yes, that was what they used to call meā¦ colonelkilgore š§š»āāļø.
I am graymamba š„·š». And I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide.
Finallyā¦ after four playthroughs of total and utter uncertaintyā¦ sure that during each one, not one alarm had been trippedā¦ the Foxiest of Hounds trophy popped for me on Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Directors Cut!
As an obsessive-control freak of a man, persisting under parameters of total uncertaintyā¦ with each run taking at least 20 hours (first run was over 50) and each subsequent playthrough eating into my infamous scheduleā¦ it has been a bit of a transcendent experience all things considered. Hence the name change.
@FuriousMachine@PeaceSalad cheers gents š»ā¦ yeah I was actually envisioning the Deus Ex:ā¦ plat becoming my own personal Moby Dick at points. I was seeing myself playing it over-and-over for the remainder of my life without success š ! Thankfully the fourth time was the charm š„³
@PeaceSalad I ended up going down a Gray Fox rabbit-hole (or fox-hole may be more aperpo) during my latest playthroughā¦ and he just happened to be the foxiest of Foxhound, so seemed serendipitous given my issues with the trophy titled so similarly.
@Jimmer-jammer cheers buddyā¦ honestly the relief is palpable.
I mustāve been so focussed on it that my subconscious still hasnāt fully let goā¦ as Iām still catching myself slipping into daydreams, hypothesising different strategies for subsequent playthroughs all these days later! Then I snap out of it and realise that Iāll never play as Adam Jensen againā¦ bittersweetā¦ but definitely sweet š .
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