Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - PC version officially confirmed

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - Welcome to the Rubix Platinum Watch - Platinum GET!
by Saint of Killers » Sat Oct 23, 2021 5:16 am

WTF at beating first boss on 2nd attempt :lol:

Great to see people still enjoying this.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - Welcome to the Rubix Platinum Watch - Platinum GET!
by sawyerpip » Sat Oct 23, 2021 1:46 pm

Saint of Killers wrote:WTF at beating first boss on 2nd attempt :lol:

Great to see people still enjoying this.


I beat all of the bosses on my first attempt :shifty:

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid"
by fry87 » Sat Oct 23, 2021 6:41 pm

Definitely beginners luck. Spent a few more hours today on it and got trashed in the first biome a number of times :slol:

Got hit with some crippling malfunctions and a few rooms I wasn't prepared for.

Made the second biome twice more but died at the same point again, in an open room when ascending that tends to have some tough enemies and turrets in.

What exactly do you carry over between runs? Doesn't seem to be much except ether.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid"
by Saint of Killers » Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:44 pm

fry87 wrote:Definitely beginners luck. Spent a few more hours today on it and got trashed in the first biome a number of times :slol:

Got hit with some crippling malfunctions and a few rooms I wasn't prepared for.

Made the second biome twice more but died at the same point again, in an open room when ascending that tends to have some tough enemies and turrets in.

What exactly do you carry over between runs? Doesn't seem to be much except ether.


Anything story related, tech essential for traversal of biomes and ether. (Spend ether on the pillar by the starting room door.) And once you unlock something, it gets added to the pool of what becomes randomly available to you in future runs.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid"
by fry87 » Tue Oct 26, 2021 8:53 am

After a good few terrible runs, I went on a good run yesterday.

Completed the 2nd biome for the first time. It was the first time I'd made it more than about half way through that biome. Boss was more difficult than the first, but not too bad.

So now I've finally unlocked the
grapple hook


Made a start on the 3rd biome, which I'm not finding as interesting as the first two so far.

This is probably the first run where I feel something like OP. First time I've gone over 200% integrity, reached level 15 gun proficiency (don't know if this is max?). Also got some good augments, to the point I can't pick some up.

I've had to put the PS5 into rest mode and hope to resume the run this evening. Hopefully I'll be able to make it to the 4th biome as I still have the
astronaut, which I think is effectively another life
and paid the ether to enable the reconstructor.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid"
by Mafro » Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:27 pm

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid"
by jawa_ » Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:32 pm

Mafro wrote:

twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1452968578366513152



Wehey!

Ooh! That photo mode looks to be ace... so neat to have the feature for such a vibrant game. And a "suspend" game capability would appear to be very welcome.

I'm way more interested in the game now :-).

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid"
by jiggles » Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:00 pm

Suspend is, of course, a welcome addition. The time available to do a runs wasn’t the problem for me (especially in Act 2 where they’re quicker), but the game was simply too intense for me to deal with 2 hours at a time.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by Zilnad » Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:31 pm

I might get back into it now they've added a "suspend" option. The lack of it really did kill my desire to play the game once I got to the more difficult areas.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by fry87 » Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:26 pm

So I completed the third Biome...

The twist at the end of Act 1, going into Act 2 was not expected. I'd heard there were 6 biomes and assumed I'd roll straight into the 4th as I was.

I was absolutely crushed to realize my character was pretty much back at square one in terms of progress, other than a better starting gun :cry:


The addition of a suspend option is most welcome though, as I'd had to leave my PS5 in rest mode for long periods a few times during the previous run.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by fry87 » Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:57 am

After eventually coming to terms with the Act 1 twist I've managed to beat the 4th biomes boss which was pretty tough.

Definitely struggling more in Act 2. I haven't made much progress in the 5th biome yet, which is big and has some pretty tough enemies that rush you.

I'm loving the new suspend option and not having to leave the PS5 in rest mode all the time. Now it's there it's hard to imagine how they didn't put this in for launch, as it seems so obvious.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by fry87 » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:20 pm

Just when I was losing heart at a lack of progress, I had a good run and made it through biome 5 and a good way into 6 before succumbing.

I think the key was backtracking to pick up all parasites in biome 4 to sell for obolites, to buy more artifacts. Seems so obvious now, but it wasn't something I'd done before, when I'd just sell whatever I happened to already have.

I was surprised to see there was no boss to end biome 5. It's good for me that there wasn't as some of the enemies in biome 5 are pretty tough anyway.

Finally getting the ability to go underwater was great as well, with some nice perks in the water that I've seen so far.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by fry87 » Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:22 am

Finished the 6th biome this morning and 'completed' the game (to the extent I saw the credits, as there seems to be a fair bit still to explore and find).

After a few days of making little progress, the weekend saw some major improvement. I had at least one run before completing where I think I could have gone all the way if I hadn't messed up :lol:

I liked the theme and styling of the final biome. It had some good, intense battles. Those homing enemies were occasionally a bugger though if there were a lot. The boss wasn't too difficult in the end, due mostly to being a mostly static target.

Overall a great game. One of my favourite games of the year, although it probably falls short of one or two others I enjoyed more. It also falls a little short of Hades incredibly high mark, in terms of the main other game of this genre I have played. But still, a wonderful game and one I intend to keep exploring and visiting, at least for a while. 9/10

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by BOR » Fri Nov 26, 2021 8:10 am

£44.99 from Amazon. Three days left (Black Friday offer).

Tempting.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by Samuel_1 » Fri Nov 26, 2021 8:21 am

BOR wrote:£44.99 from Amazon. Three days left (Black Friday offer).

Tempting.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by kazanova_Frankenstein » Fri Nov 26, 2021 8:35 am

I picked a copy up in Smyths when it first popped up at that price last week.

Look forward to playing this (when my PS5 arrives). Not sure i would have got it if they had not added the suspend save though, so well done i guess.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by Saint of Killers » Fri Nov 26, 2021 8:40 am

BOR wrote:£44.99 from Amazon. Three days left (Black Friday offer).

Tempting.


You'll love it.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by BOR » Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:05 am

Samuel_1 wrote:
BOR wrote:£44.99 from Amazon. Three days left (Black Friday offer).

Tempting.

https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/vid ... oss_google

Are you near a Smyths?

Ordered my copy! Cheers for this! I'll pick it up later on. :toot:

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by BOR » Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:13 am

Saint of Killers wrote:
BOR wrote:£44.99 from Amazon. Three days left (Black Friday offer).

Tempting.


You'll love it.

I hope so. :slol:

I'm interested cos it looks like Alien/Prometheus and I heard a lot good things about this game.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - New update adds suspend cycle option and photo mode to the game
by Samuel_1 » Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:01 pm

BOR wrote:
Samuel_1 wrote:
BOR wrote:£44.99 from Amazon. Three days left (Black Friday offer).

Tempting.

https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/vid ... oss_google

Are you near a Smyths?

Ordered my copy! Cheers for this! I'll pick it up later on. :toot:

No worries :)

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