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

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by Saint of Killers » Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:17 am

jiggles wrote:Finally. Act 2.

Interesting direction for the story and interesting path for the 4th biome. Got portal beam on my hollowseekers now. It’s all coming up jiggles


Now the real Returnal begins. Or something.

Actually. The REAL Returnal begins once you get both portal varieties on one Hollowseeker :nod:

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - ♫ Under the sea (x2) There'll be no accusations. Just murderous crustaceans.
by jiggles » Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:52 pm

Biome 4 was a piece of piss. I died once in total. The game is so much easier now. Fabricators just chucking astronauts at me, ether for days for the respawns, and ridiculous perks on weapons now. I’ve only had Portal Beam for 5 minutes and it’s throwing Portal Beam II at me already. Beat the boss on the first look, had a carbine with rising pitch, leech rounds, and maxed out overheat, as well as a robot so I was basically invincible. Didn’t give a gooseberry fool about getting hit.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - ♫ Under the sea (x2) There'll be no accusations. Just murderous crustaceans.
by Rubix » Mon Jun 07, 2021 10:36 am

Just started this, looks great so far but as people have probably said, the lack of save can be frustrating as I just clicked return to ship before turning off.

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by jiggles » Mon Jun 07, 2021 12:00 pm

I had my first crash there in Biome 5. It was a pretty good run (actually the same one as above), so it stung a bit and I didn't want to boot the game again last night. Thankfully I hadn't got any of the keys yet so it's not that big a deal. Should be able to get back on level footing pronto, and I get to see a new house sequence as consolation. I like the "home base" structure of this one.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - ♫ Under the sea (x2) There'll be no accusations. Just murderous crustaceans.
by Rubix » Tue Jun 08, 2021 8:41 am

SO I have had my first proper death followed by a what the strawberry float is going on sensation. Managed to get to the first boss and I thought I was doing well, got to the third stage and a lapse of concentration sent me hurtling back to the start. Ok I thought as I looked through my now empty inventory and starter weapon. Than I went back through what I knew would be a different route but I wasn't expecting to be locked in the very first room with harder enemies and nothing but a crappy pistol for protection. I managed to scrape through to the next room only to fall off the end of the screen resulting in my second death :(

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by Saint of Killers » Tue Jun 08, 2021 8:48 am

:lol:

Yeah. That'll happen. More often than not the early rooms are either filled with things which will be of help to you, pish enemies, etc. Every once in a while, though, you will be asked to do something incredibly difficult.

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by Rubix » Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:19 pm

Im getting worse and worse after each cycle! In fact my first run was my best by far. The little heath this game gives you is insane! Sometimes the health gives you less than one hit!

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by Rubix » Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:39 pm

Having said that got a good run and just beat the first boss

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by Saint of Killers » Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:27 pm

How are you getting on with biome 2?

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - ♫ Under the sea (x2) There'll be no accusations. Just murderous crustaceans.
by Saint of Killers » Fri Jun 11, 2021 7:35 pm

New patch due on 14th. Saves not mentioned.

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Highlights:

Platinum: Added support for replaying certain Act 1 & Act 2 Trophies

Platinum: Added support to retroactively award Trophies which cannot be replayed

Platinum: Added additional locations for Scout Logs 9, 34, 35 & 46 to appear more often

Platinum: Fixed an issue where 1 Cipher was sometimes unobtainable for Biome Survey Trophies

Platinum: Fixed an issue where some Activity Cards displayed an incorrect count

UI: HUD labels for items are now hidden when Selene is firing a weapon

UI: Fixed an issue where 2 actions could be mapped to a single button after switching controller presets

Cinematics: Fixed a rare audio sync issue in the secret ending

Audio: General mix improvements across the experience

Audio: Improved surround sound setup support across the experience

Audio: Added more DualSense haptics across cinematic moments for deeper immersion

Audio: Added DualSense haptics when using the Icarian Grapnel

Audio: Improved the dynamic range recommendations system

Audio: Allow users to override the dynamic range recommendations

Audio: Allow users to change audio output from the game menu

Game Balance:

Balance: Various bug fixes to certain artifacts, parasites, consumables, and when certain malfunctions can occur in the early parts of the game

Balance: Players no longer receive parasites as rewards when players avenge their corpses

Balance: Enemies, Weapons, and Bosses - difficulty adjustments in all Biomes for a more balanced gameplay experience

Misc Bug-fixes:

Fixed an issue where Hyperion may drop the Key out of reach

Fixed an issue where Ophion may become invisible if the player uses a Reconstructor during the fight

Fixed weapons not being found in Biomes after scanning but not collecting them

Fixed an issue where Selene could jump impossibly long distances

Fixed multiple issues where Selene may become trapped in a room

Fixed a rare freezing issue when teleporting in Crimson Wastes

Fixed occasional frame rate drops when using the Electropylon Driver

Performance improvements, crash fixes, and multiple minor bug fixes

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - ♫ Under the sea (x2) There'll be no accusations. Just murderous crustaceans.
by Rubix » Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:57 am

Saint of Killers wrote:How are you getting on with biome 2?


Did really well, got to ixion (i think) and nearly killed him. Just died put down my controller not realising that the doll i collected brought me back to life but by than the damage was done.

The game is just so random you just have no idea what room will give you what. Also i find health just insane. Sometimes there is loads around and others nothing for rooms

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by Saint of Killers » Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:10 am

Rubix wrote:
Saint of Killers wrote:How are you getting on with biome 2?


Did really well, got to ixion (i think) and nearly killed him. Just died put down my controller not realising that the doll i collected brought me back to life but by than the damage was done.

The game is just so random you just have no idea what room will give you what. Also i find health just insane. Sometimes there is loads around and others nothing for rooms


Have figured out the 2 types of the green ones available and what they do? (One expands your total amount of HP, the other replenishes it.) And have you figured out the two health consumables? (One will almost always be available at the shops. You can carry multiples of it, as with any other consumable, if you're lucky enough to find multiples.)

I also suggest you avoid looting anything that has a chance of reducing your total HP/damaging you/giving you malfunctions. In my run on the game I picked parasites/chance of malfunction items *VERY* selectively; the game is hard enough without you further handicapping yourself.

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by Rubix » Sat Jun 12, 2021 1:32 pm

Yeah Ive worked out what is what and select parasites to what best I can use.

Never seen more than one health which was at the shop.

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by Saint of Killers » Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:27 pm

Hmm. One of them (probably the superior one) may need unlocking via the thing in the first room in biome 1.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - ♫ Under the sea (x2) There'll be no accusations. Just murderous crustaceans.
by Lagamorph » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:48 am

I'd hoped this might have gone sub-£50 for the Prime Day sale, but no such luck sadly.
The wait continues.

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by Rubix » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:51 am

Nearly done with Ratchet so will be back to this soon. Still don't think it's worth the £70 price tag.

I got it for £55 on first week of release using an eBay code.

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by Rubix » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:13 pm

Jumped back on this and had a nice 2 hour cycle straight past boss #2 and well into the third area.

Got a really good weapon along the way that i had to hold onto and that made the difference.

Also got to explore the house again. Things are getting interesting.

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by Saint of Killers » Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:51 am

Should have this with me again in the next couple of days. Time to get the plat.

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by Rubix » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:49 am

Seems to have more voice recordings, that must of been the patch. Really needs a save though as I was well into past when I needed to go to sleep.

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PostRe: Returnal - "Hades x Aliens x Metroid" - ♫ Under the sea (x2) There'll be no accusations. Just murderous crustaceans.
by Jordan UK » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:48 pm

Lagamorph wrote:I'd hoped this might have gone sub-£50 for the Prime Day sale, but no such luck sadly.
The wait continues.


I'll bite at £30 so will be waiting a while I feel.


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