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The brain suckers and winter lanterns are the only enemies I still approach knowing I'm gonna get hit 90% of the time.
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All good tips, thanks! Lot of these things are easier to deal with after you know they exist and after you know the levels, like in any Souls game, but I don't know that I'd call them good design because of that. Imhotep posted:If you parry the grab move, during the visceral you'll have i-frames if your frenzy meter fills up, negating the effect entirely. I also don't like the Winter Lanterns, they just suck and it's hard to kill them and try to manage your frenzy meter, but I always use a heavy weapon to knock them down and just keep sedatives on me I skipped the Winter Lanterns by using blue elixir and sedatives, I don't think I would've done it otherwise. Not having a heavy weapon was my mistake this playthrough, I miss breaking the poise of enemies or knocking them down. Imhotep posted:but the run up to Mensis isn't bad, you can stay behind rocks and stuff and as long as you're not in the line of sight of the brain of mensis you won't be affected by frenzy. Plus I'm pretty sure the only part of the level where it affects you is from the lamp to the front doors, then you can drop the brain and stop the frenzy from happening. If you just stay near the lamp and behind the rocks while you fight the two silverbeasts, you can then just sprint up to the entrance. The silverbeasts were pretty hard to kill and that combined with staying behind the rocks did me in several times. I eventually ended up running past them but then there's the Nightmare Apostles hanging from the ceiling, followed by the NPC. This whole stretch is quite easy if you skip it but fighting everything in one go seems like a really bad idea. Imhotep posted:The brain suckers are also annoying, probably the worst enemy in the game, but if you use a thrust attack with a longer weapon and have bolt paper or kin hunter gems or whatever they're pretty manageable, if you make sure not to fight more than one at a time. What made it worse was the little puzzle where you had to get somewhere to unlock doors so you can continue. I eventually dealt with them by breaking line of sight by hiding behind a corner but like I said, this is unfun and frustrating way to deal with enemies. Imhotep posted:As far as blood vials, I don''t know, after a certain point I basically never run out, but I always spend my left over echoes on blood vials or bullets or something. I'd equip multiple eye runes and or moon runes and go into one of the hacked chalice dungeons and kill the easier mobs, you'll get a ton of blood vial drops depending on the enemy, but if not you'll get plenty of echoes to stock up on blood vials. It's weird, I had over 60 before I started on Ebrietas. It's so easy to go through them in just a couple unsuccessful tries. I literally got her to like a single hit left two times only to die to the lasers. In general, I find all the solutions to this problem workarounds at best because it's a broken system. Estus literally has none of these problems! It's good to experiment and change things if they improve the experience but I think vials were a step back. VideoGames posted:Those brain suckers always caught me off guard and the fact they are big slugs made me panic every time I met them. It's funny how there's so few of them but people remember them so well. The design absolutely rules with their weird little slug proboscis coming out of their heads but ugh.
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Apr 8, 2021 14:28
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boop the snoot posted:The brainsuckers in BB made me put the game down for a few days. The brain sucking monks, or the giant brain guys that just kill you via frenzy whether or not you can see them or know where they are
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Apr 8, 2021 14:33
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The brain sucking dudes at the bottom of the cathedral where you get the wolf jumping through the window scare were so spooky. That whole area was amazing
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Apr 8, 2021 14:35
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Apr 8, 2021 14:52
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Winter lanterns were just so much worse than brainsuckers to me. The only enemy I truly dreaded. Frenzy is a garbage mechanic.
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Apr 8, 2021 14:58
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Blind Rasputin posted:I’m way deep inside the aurora right now and am finding all sorts of crazy blueprints. I thought prawn room would be like.. a food growing room. I was very surprised by THAT blueprint. Tomorrow I’ll pick it up again and keep moving into the drive room. Pretty wild. Does this game remind any of you of System Shock 2? The sort of slow, methodical exploration and environmental puzzle stuff mixed with the sci-fi mystery really hits the nostalgia for me. Unexpectedly, I got entirely sucked in to playing Subnautica as well and it's been great! So far as I know, other than the one time a countdown shows up on screen, there is nothing in the game that is time gated, even though there is that one remark that states you have 24 hours to deal with the reactor. I looked it up right away because I was enjoying how chill the game was and really didn't want to have to stress about a time limit. I ended up dealing with it pretty quickly anyways and I'm looking forward to building a prawn suit tonight!!! My one piece of advice is save often since I don't think it has an autosave at all. I built a base that may have been too big and lost it all to a game crashing bug...
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Apr 8, 2021 15:42
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:DS3 and Sekiro tied for second tho It's DeS and then Dark Souls in order of their release, with Sekiro off doing its own thing. The more a Bloodsouls plays like Metroid, the better it is. I want to explore a strange environment and feel alone and alienated in a hostile world, only this time without COVID. DS3 spoilers, VG don't read: DS3 is by comparison a lesser version of Monster Hunter, with punishing bosses off simple levels. Lady Maria is the platonic idea of how a multi-stage boss fight should go, where the fight itself teaches you how to win against it in a series of logical escalations, and only has one health bar. Contrast that fight with Midir or Nameless King, where you're relying on rote memorization of some really obnoxious phasing and movesets, so that the challenge is no longer reading your opponent but not giving up when you get instant-killed for the dozenth time. It doesn't help that thematically, DS3 is the least appropriate game for "not giving up" being the thesis for the plot as a whole.
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MechaSeinfeld posted:I got the seamoth but dont have anywhere to dock it and don't know how to charge it, also don't know what a multipurpose room is, or how to cultivate indoor plants. A multipurpose room is a big circular module. Much more spacious than the hallway pieces, and certain features can only be built in multipurpose rooms. There are a few places where they can be found intact to scan. Indoor plants can be grown in pots or indoor grow beds. Both can be scanned when you find intact versions in wrecks or other such places. When cultivating most plants, you'll need to save a piece when harvesting to re-plant. Lantern fruit trees aren't as OP as they were back in the day, but are still great for topping off without having to worry about managing harvesting/regrowth cycles. There's also an outdoor grow bed useful for cultivating certain resource plants.
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Apr 8, 2021 16:58
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Urge to reinstall Subnautica rising...
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Apr 8, 2021 17:04
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I get so spam happy with the block button in Sekiro. I’m never patient enough with anything but the most basic of enemies and as a result my posture meter skyrockets in no time. I don’t think I’m ever going to beat it 
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Apr 8, 2021 17:05
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Is like half of the Sony Spring Sale discounts on in game currency for pay to win games or am I missing any good deals?
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Apr 8, 2021 17:24
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I was expecting a different type of Mr. X from the video name. Was Estel a boss you fought earlier in the game? She looks like she was a boss.
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Apr 8, 2021 17:27
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Oscar Wild posted:Is like half of the Sony Spring Sale discounts on in game currency for pay to win games or am I missing any good deals? There's a ton of good deals in it, just filter by Games and Bundles so you don't have to scroll past literally hundreds of add ons
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Apr 8, 2021 17:32
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RareAcumen posted:I was expecting a different type of Mr. X from the video name. Was Estel a boss you fought earlier in the game? She looks like she was a boss. Yes, she was a boss. Yo should give it a try, it's a fantastic game!
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Apr 8, 2021 17:36
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Simone Magus posted:There's a ton of good deals in it, just filter by Games and Bundles so you don't have to scroll past literally hundreds of add ons Using the Sony store or PSPrices? I don't see a filter on the Sony store, but I might be missing it.
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Apr 8, 2021 17:38
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None of those silhouettes look like a kangaroo I am fuming over here.
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Apr 8, 2021 18:08
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Apr 8, 2021 18:21
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Rinkles posted:the art for this game is so rad I overlook it now because I'm so used to it, but yeah the whole presentation is amazing. Art and music and animation are all top notch. They did a fantastic job of translating the attempted photorealism of the old sprites into something more stylized while keeping their spirit.
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Simone Magus posted:Urge to reinstall Subnautica rising... Blind Rasputin posted:Who were the good goon sirs or madams that recommended Subnautica? Yeah, I downloaded it when it became free but haven't even looked at it yet. Your posts are really making me want to get started, even though I have some mighty strong thalassophobia... Regy Rusty posted:Disco Elysium update - patch still not out on PS4. And from reports from PS5 players it still hasn't fixed the most gamebreaking bugs. Boo! I really want to get started, but the mixed reports have got me hesitant.
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Got to the DoH boss fight and after a few tries just noped out of that. Not a fun fight at all. Had a few goes at owl father and got him down to his second phase a couple of times. I think I've got him mostly figured out it's just a case of practice now. And not getting trapped in a corner or against a pillar 
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Read After Burning posted:Boo! I really want to get started, but the mixed reports have got me hesitant. Yeah, I've realized I have no will to return to it until the crashes are considered fixed. I can barely remember all the stuff I did that got wiped out vvvvvvvvv Has to be fully upgraded, if you want to go that route haveblue fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Apr 8, 2021 |
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fridge corn posted:Got to the DoH boss fight and after a few tries just noped out of that. Not a fun fight at all. Had a few goes at owl father and got him down to his second phase a couple of times. I think I've got him mostly figured out it's just a case of practice now. And not getting trapped in a corner or against a pillar You can use the finger whistle to distract DoH ala Gascoigne if that helps
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It only works once per phase and might be two times total? I definitely only used it twice but might be because the first phase was easier and wanted to save my emblems for the umbrella
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It's just not a fun fight imo. I'd rather boot up ds3 and throw myself against the nameless king again. Owl fight is so much more fun even if I'm getting my arse kicked. It's all about the clash of steel against steel
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Sakurazuka posted:It only works once per phase and might be two times total? I definitely only used it twice but might be because the first phase was easier and wanted to save my emblems for the umbrella Three times total, and you can get more than one use on a single pip. I always saved mine for the last phase. You just can't spam it, I think there's a hidden timer or something that has to expire between uses
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thinking about 2LOU, thinking about anarchy
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:thinking about 2LOU, thinking about anarchy It’s kinda hosed up that Joel got such a huge house all to himself. Meanwhile Ellie is living in a garage
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Pablo Nergigante posted:It’s kinda hosed up that Joel got such a huge house all to himself. Meanwhile Ellie is living in a garage i would love to live in that garage
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:i would love to live in that garage It’s a nice garage but Joel’s house is huge
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that garage has a working cmos ps3 that still lets you buy things from the store cos they didnt get the chance to shut down the servers.
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Vikar Jerome posted:that garage has a working cmos ps3 that still lets you buy things from the store cos they didnt get the chance to shut down the servers. TLOU2 proved that Sony consoles are able to survive the apocalypse. Bring with you only what you need? My Vita is for sure going somewhere in that backpack.
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If you really don’t want to fight DoH but want him dead there’s an incredibly stupid cheese that’s still in the game to get rid of him. It involves making him walk off a cliff. I did it in 2019 and at least according to the wiki it’s still in the game. I am not a claustrophobic person because I live up my own rear end but this Subnautica game puts you inside some underwater wreckage, lights out, O2 running low, that make me physically hold my breath in anxiety. I notice I practically breathe big gulps of relief every time I surface or get back in my sub. It took me a long time but I found the parts for the moon bay and the cyclops. Is the cyclops worth it? That’s a lot of parts. Game is real good and my base is super cool so I’ll probably build it anyways. I’m so glad the base pieces have those big long leg pylons holding them up, and they don’t just float in place. Makes it all seem much more legit.
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Do Move controllers only charge off a Playstation or something? I hooked my pair up to a new 6 port USB charging hub I bought and they don't appear to have charged at all, whereas all the other devices I have plugged into it charged with no issues. I plugged them in to my PS4 using the exact same cables and now they're charging. 
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Apr 8, 2021 22:21
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Ethics_Gradient posted:Do Move controllers only charge off a Playstation or something? I hooked my pair up to a new 6 port USB charging hub I bought and they don't appear to have charged at all, whereas all the other devices I have plugged into it charged with no issues. I plugged them in to my PS4 using the exact same cables and now they're charging. I had the same problem so, yes. Or at least they are incredibly finicky.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Are they the older PS3 models? Yeah, I assume so - didn't realise there was a difference! lunar detritus posted:I had the same problem so, yes. Or at least they are incredibly finicky. Ugh, how stupid. Half the reason I splurged on this dumb hub was to free up USB slots on my consoles!
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