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I swear I’m some kind of savant at shooting arrows just right so they bounce off the tiny spearman buckler while its still on their back.
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Calaveron posted:Not a huge fan of every single enemy encounter involving archers who just lazily pepper you with arrows while you’re trying to fight off spear dudes and shield dudes and double sword dudes Sounds like you need to deal with those archers first!
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 23:43 |
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Calaveron posted:Not a huge fan of every single enemy encounter involving archers who just lazily pepper you with arrows while you’re trying to fight off spear dudes and shield dudes and double sword dudes There are charms and armour that improve your healing.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 23:44 |
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ShootaBoy posted:But even more importantly, be kind to birds. wrong Happy Noodle Boy posted:Picked the wrong loving time to land, buddy
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 23:49 |
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Had the good fortune to find the rare headless crawling Mongol. Also had a great moment where two bears started attacking a camp as I was engaging the rest of it in a stand off. Game is good.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 23:53 |
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game's pretty this one is a bit of a spoiler for mid game duels Calaveron posted:Goddamn is Jin delicate. Dude dies to anything and his resolve heals basically nothing interesting to hear that cuz i feel like i have way too much health and resolve that i can play incredibly sloppily and still tough it out on hard. hyped for a lethal playthrough kill all archers first. just sprint right to them and kill them in 1 hit. you can shoot them in the head with arrows the moment the encounter starts too edit: hmm i gotta find a way to post better quality images. like those red-box expandable ones
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 23:59 |
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Orange Crush Rush posted:As regard to the finale talk: PRetty much Same I had my Jin go through the Arc, Samurai at the start then slowly bleeding to ghost by act 3 when I went full ghost. I couldn't see why Jin whose entire rationale was "I wont' throw the lives of people away for Honor" would kill his uncle.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 00:26 |
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How long does it take the game to open up? Just picked it up and started moving through the starting area
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 00:41 |
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About 20 minutes after booting it up you can go anywhere and do anything in the Act 1 region.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 00:43 |
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causticBeet posted:How long does it take the game to open up? Just picked it up and started moving through the starting area The first act opens up pretty early for exploration but I’ll recommend doing the early core missions first. Unlocking assassination, the half bow, and getting some good starting gear (samurai clan and ronin armors) will open up the options of how you play the game which will make the subsequent exploration of the act 1 portion of the map much more enjoyable. Not to mention the XP from the missions will give you a good start of technique points and some ghost weapons to play with. You can see the reward for each mission in the map. Once you get the core stuff out of the way you can then keep on with the story or start knocking out the side missions and liberations.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 00:45 |
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Orange Crush Rush posted:As regard to the finale talk: He is also all about that incredible self control and restraint. Plus like you said, after experiencing the tragic endings his companions had, I just can't see him slaughtering his only surviving blood family.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 01:00 |
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Noirex posted:He is also all about that incredible self control and restraint. Plus like you said, after experiencing the tragic endings his companions had, I just can't see him slaughtering his only surviving blood family. I thought it made sense. Shimura challenged Jin to the duel and we know that Jin always honours the duel. Shimura believed deeply that failing to get Jin was the end of him. I think it was kind to let uncle go out on his own terms with his honour in tact. I didn't see it as slaughtering him.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 01:07 |
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JBP posted:I thought it made sense. Shimura challenged Jin to the duel and we know that Jin always honours the duel. Shimura believed deeply that failing to get Jin was the end of him. I think it was kind to let uncle go out on his own terms with his honour in tact. I didn't see it as slaughtering him. I think the mistake was that Shimura still assumed Jin had any honor left at that moment. After constantly berating and exiling him for being 'honor-less', he still expected Jin to act like a Samurai at the end with his request. It's kind of hypocritical. I played Jin as someone who refrained from killing his only family just to follow tradition, and walked away as his own person and as the Ghost. I don't think it's any less tragic, he still lost everything he ever held close to his heart. But either ending works depending on your own journey and how you view the characters I guess. Noirex fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Aug 2, 2020 |
# ? Aug 2, 2020 01:21 |
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Mild spoilers, but not really.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 01:26 |
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Ending spoilers: I ended up sparing Shimura as well, mostly because we spent the whole game learning that honor can be dumb, and I don't believe Jin has it in him to kill a family member he loves, even if he asked for it. As Jin said in the sparing ending, he has no honor but he won't kill family. Family is a big deal with all the side character stories and I believe Jin thinks very highly of his own family, and by no longer being a samurai or having to adhere to their dumb honor first policies, I can't see Jin just ganking his uncle like that.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 01:27 |
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ShootaBoy posted:God I would love to see this as a full ronin wandering Japan thing. There's a spin-off in the Yakuza series where you play as Musashi in the 1800s. ... It's Japan-only
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 01:49 |
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Has anyone found any 'random' encounters similar to in act 1 where you confront the lady samurai by some villagers on a road, and she distracts you be saying "hey go investigate over this cliff" then you turn around and she killed them and you have to fight her?". I thought that was a great little moment and wasn't sure if there were any more like it.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 04:24 |
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Avynte posted:Has anyone found any 'random' encounters similar to in act 1 where you confront the lady samurai by some villagers on a road, and she distracts you be saying "hey go investigate over this cliff" then you turn around and she killed them and you have to fight her?". I thought that was a great little moment and wasn't sure if there were any more like it. In act 2 in old Yarikawa there's a guy sitting down that says "hey I recognise you, Lord Sakai" and if you go speak to him he'll lead you over to show you something. And then attack you with his buddies. There's absolutely no marker for it at all, just have to hit R2 when the prompt comes up if you decide to actually walk up to this guy calling your name. I haven't found that act 1 thing!
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 05:11 |
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I find that I usually avoid using the ghost weapons and the explosive arrows because they kind of trivialize a lot of encounters. They're basically my "this group is starting to frustrate me" button. I didn't unlock the smoke bomb until last because I assumed it was just a "run away from enemies" thing, but apparently it's also a win button that lets you assassinate everyone caught in it. One thing I like is how you have to pick up the ghost weapons/arrows and can't just craft them in a menu; they're so powerful that it would be pretty ridiculous if you could.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 05:18 |
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The ammo disappearing bug is kinda annoying
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 05:26 |
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Ytlaya posted:I find that I usually avoid using the ghost weapons and the explosive arrows because they kind of trivialize a lot of encounters. They're basically my "this group is starting to frustrate me" button. I didn't unlock the smoke bomb until last because I assumed it was just a "run away from enemies" thing, but apparently it's also a win button that lets you assassinate everyone caught in it. You can also buy them from Trappers but yeah, I kind of agree on the whole "no real crafting system" to them, because all the Ghost Weapons are insanely powerful. One well timed Black Powder Bomb wipes out entire squads on Hard.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 05:26 |
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:The ammo disappearing bug is kinda annoying I don't think I've come across that one. Is it just extra consumption, so it takes 2 arrows away instead of 1? Or is it just that it inexplicably disappears from your inventory?
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 05:42 |
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Orange Crush Rush posted:You can also buy them from Trappers but yeah, I kind of agree on the whole "no real crafting system" to them, because all the Ghost Weapons are insanely powerful. One well timed Black Powder Bomb wipes out entire squads on Hard. Not an actual weapon in Jin's arsenal. But the hwacha is the BEST for mowing down Mongols.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 05:44 |
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The latter. I've noticed it mostly with items that you can't carry many of like smoke bombs. Half the time I pull out my smoke bombs I've only got one on me, despite hoovering them up everywhere I go.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 05:44 |
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Proteus Jones posted:I don't think I've come across that one. Is it just extra consumption, so it takes 2 arrows away instead of 1? Or is it just that it inexplicably disappears from your inventory? Ammo amount that you are carrying turns into the base capacity. So if you're running around with max arrows it will suddenly be 6 arrows, and it will effect all your weapons.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 06:43 |
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Bow armor has been the MVP for me in act 2 lethal. I'm on my first playthrough, and the difficulty generally does a good job forcing me to use all my abilities, but jesus christ can you pump out the headshots once that armor's fully upgraded.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 07:24 |
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Some more faffing around in photo mode today. "You're next." Trying to do a Bergman shot here. Eh "Psst... hey, kid. You wanna see a dead Mongol?"
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 07:40 |
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Finished the game today, got plat, it’s so good. Playing it on Lethal is the way to go.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 08:16 |
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Just platted it. Art direction was probably the best I've seen in a game, or in the top 3 definitely. It's a bit unbalanced and there wasn't much variety to the missions, combat, or bosses after a certain point but exploration made up for most of that. Ending spoilers: I found it odd in Jin's last conversation with Shimura that he's still holding onto this unquestioned assumption that samurai should be in charge. He's like "no, my followers will obey the new samurai that come from the mainland, I'll make sure of it." It's jarring when taken with the (admittedly understated) implication that The Ghost is inspiring the peasantry to look after themselves. It seems obvious at this point that Jin would recognize the feudal social order as being unsuited to threats like the Mongols and therefore obsolete, and it would complete the ideological divide that's steadily been growing between Jin and Shimura throughout the game. I found it weird that the game didn't take that route since it seemed like such a natural place to land. But the final duel was quite enjoyable. I decided to spare Shimura, not because I had any love for the guy but because it seemed like Jin's final refusal of the dumb bushido code. And as others have said, it made sense for Jin to want to keep whatever family he has left considering everyone else in the game has lost their's and been irrevocably broken by it. The red armor looks dope and it's what I would have wanted anyway. During Yuna's side quests I was using blood red Sakai armor and mask so this is even better. MeatwadIsGod fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Aug 2, 2020 |
# ? Aug 2, 2020 10:26 |
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Wow. Been avoiding spoilers for the first time in my life and nothing has really got an emotional response from me so far, EXCEPT for this Yuriko quest line, ugh...
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 10:33 |
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Grem posted:Wow. Been avoiding spoilers for the first time in my life and nothing has really got an emotional response from me so far, EXCEPT for this Yuriko quest line, ugh... That one was really good. The end was
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 10:43 |
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MeatwadIsGod posted:Just platted it. Art direction was probably the best I've seen in a game, or in the top 3 definitely. It's a bit unbalanced and there wasn't much variety to the missions, combat, or bosses after a certain point but exploration made up for most of that. I think the idea is that Jin has been so single-mindedly focused on driving off the Mongols that he never even considered the implications of his actions with regards to the legitimacy of the Shogunate.When Shimura brings it up it seems like Jin starts hastily making up excuses because it hadn't even occured to him that encouraging the peasants to fight the mongols would give them the confidence to challenge any other system of power that they considered illegitimate. I think given a little more time to think on it Jin might have been fine with it but as I said, he was taken off guard by the suggestion.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 11:20 |
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Bland posted:I think the idea is that Jin has been so single-mindedly focused on driving off the Mongols that he never even considered the implications of his actions with regards to the legitimacy of the Shogunate.When Shimura brings it up it seems like Jin starts hastily making up excuses because it hadn't even occured to him that encouraging the peasants to fight the mongols would give them the confidence to challenge any other system of power that they considered illegitimate. I think given a little more time to think on it Jin might have been fine with it but as I said, he was taken off guard by the suggestion. I agree. His goal is to get the Mongols off the island before his uncle wipes out all the samurai by repeatedly throwing them into the samurai shredder. I don't think "hey, this is a highly effective and extremely adaptable method of warfare that will surely be picked up by the peasant class to defy the ruling order" ever even crosses his mind.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 13:19 |
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ShootaBoy posted:But even more importantly, be kind to birds.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 13:45 |
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MeatwadIsGod posted:Just platted it. Art direction was probably the best I've seen in a game, or in the top 3 definitely. It's a bit unbalanced and there wasn't much variety to the missions, combat, or bosses after a certain point but exploration made up for most of that. An important note is you're looking from you own viewpoint. Jin is a true believer, both in his uncle and in the samurai. Think back to Yuna act 2 missions. Jin keeps going on about how Shimura will for sure give her the passage to Japan. The instant she and Shimura meet they hate each other and not only does Jin not notice but even if he did he wouldn't understand why. He does go off on his uncle on things changing, bit that's more of a tactics than a society thing.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 14:32 |
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im high af rn
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 14:44 |
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I read a while back that you shouldn’t complete all the duels prior to the Last mission or it would break the story(?) somehow. Can anyone elaborate on that without spoiling anything? Or am I ok to complete the duels as I see fit?
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 16:30 |
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You get a trophy for completing all duels, but there is a story based duel that will be your last one if you finish the other duels first. The trophy has a kinda dumb jokey title like most trophies. A poster suggested it was jarring to have that pop up considering the tone of that specific duel’s aftermath. But I dunno didn’t bother me.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 16:44 |
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Gin_Rummy posted:I read a while back that you shouldn’t complete all the duels prior to the Last mission or it would break the story(?) somehow. Can anyone elaborate on that without spoiling anything? Or am I ok to complete the duels as I see fit? There is/was widespread reporting of “progressing things can bug your missions and lock you out of content” because people don’t get that sometimes side-missions are locked out temporarily because of where you are in the story. It makes total sense that you can’t go and see certain people in certain places at certain times. Everything is doable post or pre finale, entirely up to you. I knocked out everything bar one side quest that I couldn’t find until after I was done and a handful of leftover mongol camps in Act 3, otherwise every single duel was done on the way through as soon as they became available. I don’t see why you’d want to wait til after the last mission because the reward from completing the main 5 isn’t that interesting if you only get it in the post-game.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 16:54 |
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There's a section at the start of Act 3 wherein you can't travel back to other parts of Tsushima, but your main goal at that point is to open up a path through which Jin can travel back to other parts of Tsushima so that kinda resolves itself after a while.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 16:57 |