SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
A portal should appear at the end of the desert before you enter the building I'm world 2. It will take you to the boss.
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Returnal |OT| Live. Die. Repeat.
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SCB3
Member
ah good so I can just rush through Biome 1 and then to the Portal to the boss? I feel like all I need is a decent Carbine Roll and a Heath Consumable for him, he was very easy to dodge when I barely had any health
Reality Czar
Banned
Ah I love this game. So glad I picked it up.
Biff
Member
What controller bindings are everyone using?
I just tried to switch to L1 Dash / R1 Jump mid-run as I hated taking my thumb off the right stick for jump/dash during fights.
Muscle memory instantly killed me on the next big fight lol. I think I may keep dash on L1 but go back to jump for X.
I just tried to switch to L1 Dash / R1 Jump mid-run as I hated taking my thumb off the right stick for jump/dash during fights.
Muscle memory instantly killed me on the next big fight lol. I think I may keep dash on L1 but go back to jump for X.
Salmon Snake
Member
Almost got the first boss this time. It was my third attempt.
It really helped me to play the game by changing the dodge and jump to L1 and R1.
But I still suck at the game after 5 hours. This is my first roguelike.
The graphics, sound and gameplay are superb but I'm not into the no save feature. It feels quite frustrating.
It really helped me to play the game by changing the dodge and jump to L1 and R1.
But I still suck at the game after 5 hours. This is my first roguelike.
The graphics, sound and gameplay are superb but I'm not into the no save feature. It feels quite frustrating.
Reality Czar
Banned
The changing level design really makes exploring new territory into a thing you are always doing. Which is pretty cool. I just died and found a bunch of the level has changed but a bunch is the same, pretty neat to explore and see what I recognize and what I don't.
My friend was telling me over and over how this is "The 3rd person Metroid game Nintendo should have made" and I kinda agree!
My friend was telling me over and over how this is "The 3rd person Metroid game Nintendo should have made" and I kinda agree!
DonJorginho
Banned
This game has broken me.
I finally get past the arenas leading up to the final boss in Biome 3, my health is a little on the ropes but I have an astronaut figurine and a level 12 gun, I'm thinking perfect, I get to boss 3 and my god is it breathtaking, but the thing is, I wasn't finding it hard at first, but I was an idiot and was shooting the wrong area so was thinking why the boss wasn't taking any damage and my frustration led to me getting fucked up by the yellow laser beam and coming back to life, I then realise where the weak point is and go ham, I get all the way to the third phase, great.
I am zipping around, shooting at the boss and avoiding all the projectiles, and he is finally down to his last smidge of health for the last phase, I can feel the accomplishment nearing me, the celebrations about to ensue, the ability to say I got past biome 3, and as I'm zipping to a new rock, the yellow laser has started firing midway and upon my landing where you're locked essentially, I die.
An hour and 45 minute run, for nothing.
I suck, I REALLY suck.
I finally get past the arenas leading up to the final boss in Biome 3, my health is a little on the ropes but I have an astronaut figurine and a level 12 gun, I'm thinking perfect, I get to boss 3 and my god is it breathtaking, but the thing is, I wasn't finding it hard at first, but I was an idiot and was shooting the wrong area so was thinking why the boss wasn't taking any damage and my frustration led to me getting fucked up by the yellow laser beam and coming back to life, I then realise where the weak point is and go ham, I get all the way to the third phase, great.
I am zipping around, shooting at the boss and avoiding all the projectiles, and he is finally down to his last smidge of health for the last phase, I can feel the accomplishment nearing me, the celebrations about to ensue, the ability to say I got past biome 3, and as I'm zipping to a new rock, the yellow laser has started firing midway and upon my landing where you're locked essentially, I die.
An hour and 45 minute run, for nothing.
I suck, I REALLY suck.
Puncheur
Member
My anxiety is going to prevent me from getting good at this! I love the game, the world building, gun play etc. But knowing that death is so permanent is sending my anxiety through the roof, especially when I come across an area in lockdown! This game demands your attention, you can't play casually. Only played a couple of hours, I think I managed to reach the 1st boss but the game froze before I entered the arena. Another session tonight, hopefully I'll make some permanent progress.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Are they seriously making me go thru both worlds 1 and 2 before even getting to world 3?
I swear there used to be a shortcut to go straight to world 3. This is so stupid lol
RNG has been brutal. I lost 30 minutes of progress in worlds 1 and 2 by dying in the second room of world 3 because they spawned like 20 enemies with honing missiles. Yay?
Figured no one would believe me so i recorded it.
Who designed thks game lol feels like amateur hour.
I swear there used to be a shortcut to go straight to world 3. This is so stupid lol
RNG has been brutal. I lost 30 minutes of progress in worlds 1 and 2 by dying in the second room of world 3 because they spawned like 20 enemies with honing missiles. Yay?
Figured no one would believe me so i recorded it.
Who designed thks game lol feels like amateur hour.
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Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
I had no major problems as of now to fight through the game.
Conquered every biome in 2 or 3 tries and beat every boss, except the first one, on my first try.
But biome number 5 has stopped my progression completely.
Everything in this level relentlessly craves for my life.
I think it's time to accuse
Bo_Hazem
of witchcraft.
Additionally, his ignorance in regards to the game's difficulty level is extremely worrying.
I will take a break. I played an unhealthy amount of Returnal over the weekend. And loved it!
Conquered every biome in 2 or 3 tries and beat every boss, except the first one, on my first try.
But biome number 5 has stopped my progression completely.
Everything in this level relentlessly craves for my life.
I think it's time to accuse
Bo_Hazem
of witchcraft.Additionally, his ignorance in regards to the game's difficulty level is extremely worrying.
I will take a break. I played an unhealthy amount of Returnal over the weekend. And loved it!
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
Definitely kill the drones first! They are the biggest threat.
You can relatively easy avoid the big crawling robots.
And use the grappling hook while you fight. This probably helped me the most.
And most importantly don't jump into the pit!
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
I don't think i'll be able to beat this game without therapy
Bo_Hazem
Banned
I had no major problems as of now to fight through the game.
Conquered every biome in 2 or 3 tries and beat every boss, except the first one, on my first try.
But biome number 5 has stopped my progression completely.
Everything in this level relentlessly craves for my life.
I think it's time to accuse
Additionally, his ignorance in regards to the game's difficulty level is extremely worrying.
I will take a break. I played an unhealthy amount of Returnal over the weekend. And loved it!
My Omani friend actually finished Returnal in just 8 hours. I can assure you that if I push myself I can cut it down to around around 6 hours with extensive exploration due to the current upgrades.
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
My Omani friend actually finished Returnal in just 8 hours. I can assure you that if I push myself I can cut it down to around around 6 hours with extensive exploration due to the current upgrades.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Explain more please, i completely ignore infected chests.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
That is one of the hardest places in the whole game! I had to escape from that spot. As I said before, don't fucking be a hero in such places. One of the worse pranks was elevating to a very small room, very tight with 3 of those sentients or what's they're called that have a sword in the Crimson area, nearly died but barely managed.
In such places you just fucking escape, also this guy has one of the worst weapons ever. Stick to Hollowseeker, or at least carbine. Those zombie machines you go to them then dash away because they're suicidal, and that's it you've spared yourself from that headache. The hovering machines are one of the hardest because you need to time your dashes precisely. Just keep running or sprint and jump to the next area and fight from a distance.
Keep ignoring them, that's the right choice. Only open them if you have a malfunction fixer consumable, and don't do more than 2 malfunctions because you just lose what's next so it's pointless.
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SCB3
Member
It supposed to be easy to blast through 1 and 2 to get back to 3, its not, buts its supposed to be
I am however starting to feel a bit more comfy with how to handle playing, like a run or 2 and then play something else, I suppose that's how I treated Hades and Rogue Legacy.
I've also realised that I have a lot of Rogue Likes to play
Also the Shotgun is game is fucking awful so far, its great for the first area but everything else is so range focussed it feels pointless
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Ass of Can Whooping
Member
I'm done for the day
Time to fix myself the only way I know how
Time to fix myself the only way I know how
bargeparty
Member
Not saying that isn't a tough fight but you stayed in basically one spot. For the crawlers i try to get up high and just cheese them. I would've even considered going back the way i came and fight the bots at a distance.
I hate those fuckers, they're cheap.
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
Isn't there always a shortcut from 1 to 3 after you've been in biome 3?
Bo_Hazem
Banned
In simply run away, then wait in a place that is advantageous to me if anything, or just run away and fight from a distance and comeback and clear them out.
3rd biome was the hardest and has the toughest enemies. 4th, 5th, 6th were pretty easy overall.
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Is there any chance this gets patched with auto save during runs?
I've heard if it crashes, and some have been having crashing issues, you lose all your progress. That blows.
I hate roguelike games, but I was willing to give this a try because it looked fun and was a bit different of a flavor. But the more I hear about the game, the more I doubt it'll be for me.
I've heard if it crashes, and some have been having crashing issues, you lose all your progress. That blows.
I hate roguelike games, but I was willing to give this a try because it looked fun and was a bit different of a flavor. But the more I hear about the game, the more I doubt it'll be for me.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
The hardest enemies of 3rd is the flying machines with fast rockets and that fucking big robot. Main boss isn't that hard, not easy though. After that you won't respawn back to biome 1, you'll respawn to biome 4 if you lose progress, I believe, because after my early 2 respawns I simply went from biome 1 to 6 and beaten the game within 9-8 hours total for one run.
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
Is it possible to travel between the biomes?
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
I think the third biome wasn't too bad except for the drones and their kamikaze attacks. Once i knew exactly when to dodge they weren't too bad.
I also liked to fight the robots.
Biome number 4 is also manageable except for some of those elite mobs.
The Kerberonyx in the 5th biome are my biggest problems as of now.
Those damn energy beams and the purple rings driving my nuts.
When you have two ore three of them you die so fast. And they can take so much damage.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
Tried it yesterday, and seems no. You can go forward, but not backwards. After beating the game you can go straight from biome 1 to biome 4 (Act 2) inside the ship in the cargo door there will be a weird chair for that. Also you can go from biome 1 straight to biome 3 in 1-3 minutes.
decisions
Member
NeoGAF before Returnal came out: “Gaming journalists clearly won’t understand this game since it will be too hard for them. Only us true gamers will understand!!!!1!1”
NeoGAF after Returnal came out:
“Wah wah the game is too fing hard for me, clearly the RNG isn’t well-balanced enough to perfectly demonstrate my elite gamer skillz!!!”
/s I know most people aren't acting this way
Also is there any way to view your placement in previous daily challenges? Yesterday when I ran the one with the Electropylon I got 6th place, but I wonder how stable that ranking was by the end of the challenge...
NeoGAF after Returnal came out:
“Wah wah the game is too fing hard for me, clearly the RNG isn’t well-balanced enough to perfectly demonstrate my elite gamer skillz!!!”
/s I know most people aren't acting this way
Also is there any way to view your placement in previous daily challenges? Yesterday when I ran the one with the Electropylon I got 6th place, but I wonder how stable that ranking was by the end of the challenge...
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Ass of Can Whooping
Member
Thank you my queen
Bo_Hazem
Banned
One of the easiest ones. Don't be afraid, run towards it and slash that mofo with melee and kill it in 3-4 blows only. Very, very easy. Same with that stinky tree-like guy, 2-3 blows and he's done.
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Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
I'm gonna give it a slash.
decisions
Member
I get the sense people really underestimate how powerful melee is in this game. For a big enemy, chain it with your special attack and you'll almost certainly stun them. Most enemies can be finished in a single stun if you choose to focus all your firepower on them.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
Have you seen the Holloseeker weapon? That thing is OP as fuck!
You can melee or focus on the red spots (weakpoints). That can be pretty fast with a hollowseeker weapon.
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Salmon Snake
Member
I was excited for this game after the Digital Foundry tech preview and reading this thread but then ...
yeah nah
Or you can buy it from here for 50€.
https://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product/29110/qhcgm/Returnal-peli-PS5
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
I'm gonna give it a seek!
saintjules
Gold Member
Biome 3 shortcut for those that may not know.
Once you get the grappling hook from Boss 2, there's a way to go straight to Biome 3 from 1. When you die and restart you can build your character in Biome 1 if you choose to and instead of going to the portal to reach Biome 2, follow the orange objective indicator. You'll get to an area where you can grapple your way up to the large double doors. Takes you right to the entrance to Biome 3.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
I'm gonna give it a seek!
After playing it for so long you open another horizontal wave with it, sometimes an AI companion shooting at enemies as well! It's so fucking powerful. Carbine comes second especially the slow version with higher stopping power.
bargeparty
Member
I can't find the biome 1 boss lol
Nvm didn't think he'd be over there
Nvm didn't think he'd be over there
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Con_Z_ǝdʇ
Live from NeoGAF, it's Friday Night!
It is shown on the map. Big red door.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
You find it after one of those high stairs with big eyes monitoring the place, then you reach the red door (boss door) then you jump down.
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SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Some chests and parasites have great bonuses like 10% extra damage or 15% extra defense. But they come at a cost so high you are like fuck it im not even gonna touch it. If they remove the negative buffs, it would make the runs feel much better. Right now players are leaving half of the loot which makes every run feel boring.
That was me. I did try to escape but they got me.
Yeah. I tried escaping at the end but they can Kamikaze you as you run away. Happened twice now.
Not always. It's rng if you get taken to world 3 or world 2. You have to do the entire desert section to get to the portal to world 3.