You don't start from scratch in all though. In Hades you can make a lot of improvements to your character through the mirror upgrades and new weapons or weapon modifications. Curse of the dead gods gives you new weapons, buffs and of course its levels once done are actually done.
I think its issue is its too hard. I think its an 8/10 or a 9/10 game dragged down to a 6 or 7 by a really, really poorly judged difficulty level. I think they could cut enemy damage in half for the first few levels and by even more in later levels and the game would still be really hard. You still have to deal with the game randomly deciding to not giving you healing items for 5+ rooms in a row and nothing but malignant items.
I'm still playing it and I platinum'd it ages ago.
I don't think it's that hard. Once you learn the patterns and attacks the first few biome become trivial.
This guy knows.
It’s definitely too hard early on. Biome 1 is where I died far, far more than any other biome. A lot of it is based on luck with items and weapons you get.
I think that's more to do with familiarity rather than it being difficult. I actually think biome three is far away the most difficult.
Personally I prefer the Souls take on difficulty than the Rogue lite one. For me difficulty works so well when combined with the Souls progression mechanic. I just don't like replaying stuff in general (I'm not a completionist either I like to move on) but stuff like Hades made it worthwhile as the writing is so good.
Half the people who play the game wont see past the first biome. Two in Three dont see past the second. The platinum is like 2% or something. The game is never, ever, ever trivial.
Didn't see this before, this is definitely true. That early hump involves getting really, really good at the game before it starts letting you get anywhere. It kind of involves accepting the game as it is a bit where if your looking for progress your going to be frustrated and annoyed with it. If your looking to sit down and shoot stuff for an hour or two and possibly see one or two new things if your lucky you can start enjoying it. People who cant get into or aren't interested in that mindset will just bounce off it and give up
I downloaded it overnight and will give it a go in the next couple of days. My main reservation is the regenerating levels, I've never liked that in roguelikes because learning the level layout is half the fun for me. That's what's kept me off it so far. Its nice on paper but in practice I've yet to find a game where it results in a better experience.
Even though it's randomised, areas will become familiar. It's not fully procedural generation it's puzzle pieces put together at random. Rooms and areas attached to eachother...
I'm going to stick with it for a bit, it looks and plays great but I've not played long enough for any hooks to appear. I really loved Housemarque's old game called Resogun. Awesome, old skool two player. In terms of hours played over PS3, PS4 and PS5, Resogun has to be up near my most played games.
Have you played Nex Machina? It's even better in my opinion, a sublime twin stick shooter. These guys are top of their class at arcade shooters gameplay.
I enjoyed Resogun but felt a little limited just shooting left or right. I feel like they took it to the next level in Nex Machina.
Yeah, maybe, it's much better doing coop with a mate than alone I must add. Great retro two player though, certainly takes me back to my younger days.
Returnal is pure Housemarque when you look beyond the gorgeous graphics.
Enemies drop the currency when they die.
The blue triangle doors are indeed bonus rooms, not necessary to get through the biome but always worth checking out. A room going into lockdown occurs randomly, it'll spawn some particularly nasty enemies when that happens. If you can't damage them, there are probably green towers that heal the enemies. You need to destroy those first, they go down really quickly.
Thanks for this. Will keep an eye out for that. Also, is there no permanent way to increase the damage output of the weapon?
Yet no mention of hollow knight.
Unlocking weapon traits. Not all of them are good, but a lot of them result in additional attacks that massively increase your damage output. As long as you keep unlocking them, you will notice your weapons getting more effective.
Well you must have noticed that there was no mention of DS2 either, a game which I have paid for
.Can I change the starting weapon or does that remain the same?
Starting weapon is always the sidearm without traits, that never changes. What does change is the pool of weapons that are randomly available as drops or chests, and their available traits.
Yeah this is a good point, the game does feel shapeless so far. I don't mind banging my head against a wall for as long as it takes to get through (my 100+ attempts of Fire Giant at level 1 are testament to that), as long as I can see that I'm getting somewhere. But I'm not really clear what the goal is here. It feels like fighting a boss without a health bar, I've no idea if I'm doing it right.
Well, feck, I wish I knew that was a thing.
Sorry, I completely forgot about it.
The downside is that you will mess up a lot of platforming initially, but when you get used to it, it's clearly the superior way of playing the game.DS2 can take a hike. Hallownest is where it's at.Well you must have noticed that there was no mention of DS2 either, a game which I have paid for
