Polmon Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 The game does get a little harder after completing act 2 (you'll see more / harder malformed enemies), particularly when avenging fallen scouts. A few times I've been a bit cocky and tried avenging a scout at the start of act 2 with just a pistol and found myself against a malformed severed with a sweeping purple beam of death which has rinsed me and sent me back for another cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floshenbarnical Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Polmon said: The game does get a little harder after completing act 2 (you'll see more / harder malformed enemies), particularly when avenging fallen scouts. A few times I've been a bit cocky and tried avenging a scout at the start of act 2 with just a pistol and found myself against a malformed severed with a sweeping purple beam of death which has rinsed me and sent me back for another cycle. Exactly this. Greater quantity of enemies in each room generally, and the Sentients do not pull any punches and have all their nasty attacks from Biome 6. Sweeping purple beam of death is my absolute nemesis, you have to time the jump perfectly all while worrying about a dozen other attacks and the ole teleport melee trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylian Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Polmon said: The game does get a little harder after completing act 2 (you'll see more / harder malformed enemies), particularly when avenging fallen scouts. A few times I've been a bit cocky and tried avenging a scout at the start of act 2 with just a pistol and found myself against a malformed severed with a sweeping purple beam of death which has rinsed me and sent me back for another cycle. I just think runs vary in how hard they seem. Pretty sure Act 3 is the same as Act 2 in difficulty. Some posts on reddit and the discord suggest that's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floshenbarnical Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Hylian said: I just think runs vary in how hard they seem. Pretty sure Act 3 is the same as Act 2 in difficulty. Some posts on reddit and the discord suggest that's the case. All I will say is that I played Act 1 from scratch with my brother in law the other day, and then last night I went back to biomes 1-3 on having completed 4-6. It was an extreme difficulty spike, harder than 4-6 and vanilla 1-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanders Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Ixion DOWN. Ended up with an absolute tank build that has extra protection and protection boost on overloads, and a beast of a sidearm blaster. Didn’t even need to rely on my astronaut! I’m still on the run but have suspended a ways into Biome 3. Just got a Hollowseeker that is melting everything in its path. The fear of dying with a great build is so much greater than when carrying any number of souls in a From game. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floshenbarnical Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 12 hours ago, Flanders said: Ixion DOWN. Ended up with an absolute tank build that has extra protection and protection boost on overloads, and a beast of a sidearm blaster. Didn’t even need to rely on my astronaut! I’m still on the run but have suspended a ways into Biome 3. Just got a Hollowseeker that is melting everything in its path. The fear of dying with a great build is so much greater than when carrying any number of souls in a From game. hell yeah brother when this game clicks it becomes super easy and you just murder everyone. Once you’ve unlocked the health steal artifact you never need to pick green items up again, once you’ve cleared the biome you can jog back through and boost your max health last night my partner was like “ok I’m playing animal crossing for a half hour and going to bed.” I was like ok, I’ll fire up biome 4 for a laugh and go Maximum Violence and see how long I last … I ended up clearing 4, 5, and 6 including challenge rooms and the bosses without dying or using any vials now I just need to do it again for the secret ending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footle Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Nemesis down first try. A lot of integrity and a launcher with 9 damage icons and a lot of protection helped… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Congrats! Enjoy Act 2. First time I beat the big guy was an auto-launcher. Just got up close and absolutely melted him. Have tried it since with a tricked out carbine, an EP Driver, and a Hollowseeker and it was MUCH slower going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polmon Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 The Carbine is amazing against Nemesis, as it doesn't appear to have any damage drop off (particularly good if it's got High calibre too so there is less bloom / recoil). For anyone wondering, all the weapons have 8 bonus attributes. I didn't see the last ones for the Dreadbound and Colspine Launcher for ages, but have them unlocked now. I also got the last data cube in my Act 1 run yesterday - this was for the deconstructor consumable, which is crazy good. Just one glyph in Crimson wastes still to go now. Does anyone know if restarting a cycle from the menu counts as a death in the stats? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footle Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 15 hours ago, footle said: Nemesis down first try. A lot of integrity and a launcher with 9 damage icons and a lot of protection helped… Biome 4 boss down. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floshenbarnical Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Got the “secret” ending. What a ride. I don’t have any criticisms at all. As soon as it “clicks” you’ll never die again i refuse to go for platinum however. I need to sell my PS5 or something, this game has consumed me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polmon Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Got the last cypher yesterday, which rolled in the platinum. I think I'm going to take a break from this now, and play something else before Elden Ring comes around. What an amazing game! Easily GOTY for last year (sorry Hades). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floshenbarnical Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 12 hours ago, Polmon said: Got the last cypher yesterday, which rolled in the platinum. I think I'm going to take a break from this now, and play something else before Elden Ring comes around. What an amazing game! Easily GOTY for last year (sorry Hades). I uninstalled it last night. I'll probably try to platinum it in 6 months or something. +1 easy GOTY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconGR Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Finished Act 3 this evening. Stunning game throughout, although I probably enjoyed Act 1 the most - everything was so mysterious at the start, and you can’t recapture that feeling . I still have absolutely no idea what the story is supposed to be, but to be honest it doesn’t really matter to me. Elden Ring is going to have to go some to top this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floshenbarnical Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 47 minutes ago, AstroBot said: I’ve returned to this after giving up because of the inability to suspend a play through. I deleted my save and started again…made it half way into biome 2 in my first go before stumbling through a yellow door and getting killed..although I nearly made it out. Love it. Challenge room? I love challenge rooms. They are utter chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footle Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Biome 6 - unsurprisingly the boss killed me first time out. (Though I admit I’m a little confused by what seemed to be the end of biome 5) Spoiler No boss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Indeed not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footle Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Update: returnal has actually hard crashed my PS5. Or the system software has. That’s pretty shit a year in… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaveDisco Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Took nemisis down. Had a run where I could stockpile health kits and had an (unneeded) Astronaut. What. A. Feeling. Then completed Biome 4 on my first run through. Just starting the next one. Yet to die, but need to sleep. Gona be tired tomorrow. But it’s incredible. it’s got to the point where if I’ve not finished this before Elden- it’ll have to wait. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaveDisco Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 And I feel like crap now. Gah! Worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Flanders Posted February 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2022 I did the same biome 3/4 run through over the past couple of days. This is one of the greatest games ever made. I have managed to get through about five minutes of any bullet hell game I’ve ever played. I should not be able to dance through the madness that erupts on screen in Returnal the way I am doing. The Hyperion fight was the most astonishing marriage of artistic intent with core game mechanics, of sound and visuals. Returnal is by far the most next-gen game that’s been released so far - the way it’s designed around the fast loading and the dual sense creates something new instead of a shinier version of the old. It’s enormously exciting that these machines are powerful enough to allow a team the size of Housemarque to create something on this scale. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floshenbarnical Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Flanders said: I did the same biome 3/4 run through over the past couple of days. This is one of the greatest games ever made. I have managed to get through about five minutes of any bullet hell game I’ve ever played. I should not be able to dance through the madness that erupts on screen in Returnal the way I am doing. The Hyperion fight was the most astonishing marriage of artistic intent with core game mechanics, of sound and visuals. Returnal is by far the most next-gen game that’s been released so far - the way it’s designed around the fast loading and the dual sense creates something new instead of a shinier version of the old. It’s enormously exciting that these machines are powerful enough to allow a team the size of Housemarque to create something on this scale. say it louder LOUDER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 It genuinely makes me a wee bit happier when I read of others loving the Biome4 / Hyperion ascent and fight. It’s comfortably my top gaming moment of 2021. And probably the last 5 years. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawklord Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 4 hours ago, jonamok said: It genuinely makes me a wee bit happier when I read of others loving the Biome4 / Hyperion ascent and fight. It’s comfortably my top gaming moment of 2021. And probably the last 5 years. That music as it starts to increase in intensity as you climb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonamok Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 And then later you find out/work out what that whole sequence means, and what you’ve been listening to for the whole biome... Just genius. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaveDisco Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Ah so, that perfect run came and went. Now I’m struggling to get through biome 4 let along back to 5. Genuinely thinking that if I don’t finish this next week, I’m delaying the start of Elden ring. Can’t let that muscle memory waste away until the job is done. But I can also see this taking me a long long time to beat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floshenbarnical Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 18/02/2022 at 14:48, LaveDisco said: Ah so, that perfect run came and went. Now I’m struggling to get through biome 4 let along back to 5. Genuinely thinking that if I don’t finish this next week, I’m delaying the start of Elden ring. Can’t let that muscle memory waste away until the job is done. But I can also see this taking me a long long time to beat. doubt it. Did you get all the keys in 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaveDisco Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 12 hours ago, Floshenbarnical said: doubt it. Did you get all the keys in 5? Most I've done is two. It feels brutal, with much less time to get your health upped to something I can struggle by with. So good. Holidays finished now anyway, so never happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconGR Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 12 hours ago, LaveDisco said: Most I've done is two. It feels brutal, with much less time to get your health upped to something I can struggle by with. So good. Holidays finished now anyway, so never happening. If you are not using it already, try the electropylon in biome 5 - it seems very overpowered for that zone. Also the reconstructor in the central chamber is pretty handy (normally I don’t bother but if you’ve done the first or second key and use it then it is a big help). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaveDisco Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Great, that's tonight's plan sorted. Thanks @FalconGR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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