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Originally posted by dadudemon
I had so much Veridium that I was always maxed out with it. You get 10-19 (that's what I saw_ Veridium ever time you defeat a big ass ship.

So I purchased all upgrades, twice, when visiting that special merchant.

Based on how much I don't know about the side quests, you can tell I only went through sectors 1-5 about 20 times, often skipping side stuff to just farm credits. I had no idea that lady had a side-quest. I saw her, and I'm not kidding, twice the whole time I played. I only did 2 complete "through sector 6" play throughs.

That's just my ADD at work.

"Ok, gonna make a beeline for sector 7. NO MORE DISTRACTIONS."

Zone 2, sector 2:

"Can I help you with this thing after I figure out how to get into that derelict ship?"

The derelicts ruined more runs for me. They're like loot boxes, I just can't resist trying to get in them and try my luck.

Well I’m playing D2 again

Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
I passed on getting the PS4 because I still had plenty of PS3 games to keep me happy and wanted to save my money for the eventual release of PS5 which is rumored to have backwards compatibility. Only have a few more months to wait to upgrade my PS3 to PS5.

Why do you waste money on consoles? You know I have a PC rig I built close to 10 years ago and it’s only cost me about $400 in upgrades in the past 10 years to keep up with all the current games?

And it plays them in 1440p or 4k, the games load faster and it’s more customizable

Originally posted by BrolyBlack
Why do you waste money on consoles? You know I have a PC rig I built close to 10 years ago and it’s only cost me about $400 in upgrades in the past 10 years to keep up with all the current games?

I already answered that question in a couple of my earlier posts, Broly.

I don't think they're a waste of money at all. I enjoy playing them.The playstation consoles also have a trophy system which I greatly prefer over the achievements system in xbox and PC's and, more importantly, I can hook them up to my big screen Hd tv thru my Bose sound system to get high quality sound as well while enjoying the games sitting back in my recliner.

As I've said in an earlier post, I had issues with hooking my chrome laptop up to big screen tv thru my Bose system. That was a little test I did to see that if I had bought a good gaming PC if I might 've had trouble with using it with my Bose system.

I know that not all laptops and PC's are the same and perhaps I'd have different luck with a PC designed specifically for gaming but I'm not about to take the chance of forking over several hundred dollars just to end up being disappointed because I can't use it with my sound system.

Originally posted by BrolyBlack
And it plays them in 1440p or 4k, the games load faster and it’s more customizable

I'm happy for you, bud, but I don't know jack about creating a pc rig. You're obviously much more knowledgeable about something like that than I am.

I can't believe this.

A perfect run. Until sector 6. That's when I hit a solar storm.

Even seen one of those? First time I ever saw one in all my plays. It's this event that drains up your shield randomly unless you take cover.

And guess what? There was a black hole in there somewhere. You can't see it because of the pretty colors, but I know it was there when I started blacking out.

But that's not the worst, oh no. I also got a frigate with a jump suppressor on it.

Which I almost killed. Until the elite Mauraders descended on me. As my shields were gone from the solar storm. Shield drones do NOTHING, it actually fries the drone.

I think this game hates me.

Originally posted by cdtm
I can't believe this.

A perfect run. Until sector 6. That's when I hit a solar storm.

Even seen one of those? First time I ever saw one in all my plays. It's this event that drains up your shield randomly unless you take cover.

And guess what? There was a black hole in there somewhere. You can't see it because of the pretty colors, but I know it was there when I started blacking out.

But that's not the worst, oh no. I also got a frigate with a jump suppressor on it.

Which I almost killed. Until the elite Mauraders descended on me. As my shields were gone from the solar storm. Shield drones do NOTHING, it actually fries the drone.

I think this game hates me.

That sounds frustrating. And here I was feeling buttmad over the marauders and drones killing me when I was a wee youngin'.

4 DNA fragments down, 4 to go. Beat a frigate this time around, it was awesome.

I thought there was only 4 fragments total, but turns out I'm only half way there.

Had fun ln the last one with the Ancient Weapon, Leech, and Berserker subroutine. The thing is, Leech gives back way too much health compared to the small amount Ancient Weapon takes away, so that would be too easy. Even with the lack of direct nano healing.

But Beserker forces you to kill every 40 seconds. The upside is invulnerability if you boost, but if you're stuck with a suppressor and no one around to kill, you start bleeding armor like mad.

Which motivates you to kill anything in range. Outlaws, Okkar, turrets, the miners.

It also encourages you to warp instead of explore, since warping resets the clock.

I enjoyed that run more then the one where I used the mod that unlocks unlimited radar, at the expense of no health and armor bars, combined with the one that keeps Okkar from warping in on a timer in exchange for jump suppressors at every area.

For this next one, I'm considering using the gunship. Wanted a win in every ship, and so far I'm down once with the Interceptor, and twice with the Sentinel. Scout is just a quicker version of those two, while Gunship is unique.

Might be frustrating without a good mod though. Maybe with the mod that resets armor to 50% every jump. Or would that be too much like cheating, considering its ultra thick armor could hold out a looong time..?

Honestly despite all my complaining its been fun.

Using only the ancient weapon and no secondaries, I think part of my problem is there's just too many options for playing. When you're trying out one new device after another, you never really settle into a strategy.

The Gunship shouldn't have that problem. With no shields, its straight up kill them before they even reach you, nuke 'em if they do.

Least there's an engine booster to help out, those are great. I used the Interceptors and it beats the megathruster one by far, because it lasts longer and amps every direction.

And max cooldown mods, 8 seconds. So you can abuse the crap out of it.

Either way, I won't be using the Ancient Weapon again. Its almost too powerful, nothing threatens you except Frigates (Because you need to shoot them so many damn times, and AW ticks hull on each pull of the trigger)

Yeah, I haven't played that game since this weekend when we talked about it. Just lost interest. The game is too "thin" for my tastes. Mixing and matching weapons, perks, etc. is a waste of time to me if there's nothing I'm working towards.

Creating, basically, the requirement that you do 10-20 more runs to collect the 8 DNA fragments is artificially inflating the game content. It's similar to Destiny or any game like WoW where you repeat the same exact missions over and over to appease the RNG gods.

It means you, as a game creator, are plainly too stupid to come up with a better game so you create artificially inflated elements in the game to keep players playing longer but it's not real content - just repeating the same content for RNG drops.

Hate it.

It's why I bailed.

The story feels like it could be good. Perhaps as just one episode of Star Trek or something. They really really need to improve the game in the next cycle. Instead of relying on repetitive elements with mostly dead star systems (seriously, they are very empty with little to do and what you can do is highly repetitive), they should work on creating varied star systems and a very large and deep story.

With depth to the equipment, perks, mods, credits, and technology that makes people engrossed in playing longer or doing missions longer for that next credit to invest.

They nailed the starship shooting/fighting elements. It's done super well. Damn well. They have a winner. Now they just need to bring in more writers and game designers to give us something gold. And continue to release DLC that costs $10 per release. I love DLC that adds legit content to games and I will continue buying DLC if it's good.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Yeah, I haven't played that game since this weekend when we talked about it. Just lost interest. The game is too "thin" for my tastes. Mixing and matching weapons, perks, etc. is a waste of time to me if there's nothing I'm working towards.

Creating, basically, the requirement that you do 10-20 more runs to collect the 8 DNA fragments is artificially inflating the game content. It's similar to Destiny or any game like WoW where you repeat the same exact missions over and over to appease the RNG gods.

It means you, as a game creator, are plainly too stupid to come up with a better game so you create artificially inflated elements in the game to keep players playing longer but it's not real content - just repeating the same content for RNG drops.

Hate it.

It's why I bailed.

The story feels like it could be good. Perhaps as just one episode of Star Trek or something. They really really need to improve the game in the next cycle. Instead of relying on repetitive elements with mostly dead star systems (seriously, they are very empty with little to do and what you can do is highly repetitive), they should work on creating varied star systems and a very large and deep story.

With depth to the equipment, perks, mods, credits, and technology that makes people engrossed in playing longer or doing missions longer for that next credit to invest.

They nailed the starship shooting/fighting elements. It's done super well. Damn well. They have a winner. Now they just need to bring in more writers and game designers to give us something gold. And continue to release DLC that costs $10 per release. I love DLC that adds legit content to games and I will continue buying DLC if it's good.

Isn't that Metroidvanias in a nutshell?

Hollow Knight, all you're really doing is spending a ton of time on fetch quests, perk gathering, and back tracking, if you break it down.

Might want to try Hardcore just once, if you ever decide to revisit.

Works like this:

1. "A" layouts only.

2. No ship perks to start (Buy perks during a run every sector), some preset pilot perks.

3. Hard mode only.

4. Every sector, you pick a "penalty" from a few options, such as "No secondaries", and it sticks with you until the next sector where you choose again.

But I know you'rs burnt out on it by now, that's why I suggested starting with it. Odds are it would have taken you a bit longer to conquer it, and given you a little extra value.

And I take it back about needing to check Blasphemous out.

That game scares the willies out of me. Same reason I can't read Mad Magazine, the creep is strong in it.

Besides, I should get back to Hollow Knight, Everspace completely sidetracked me from it.

Originally posted by cdtm
Isn't that Metroidvanias in a nutshell?

Hollow Knight, all you're really doing is spending a ton of time on fetch quests, perk gathering, and back tracking, if you break it down.

No, I've never seen a metroidvania game that was like that. If they are, it's usually the original Metroid game for the NES that was repetitive but you were still moving forward to keep upgrading yourself and fighting the big bosses.

Originally posted by cdtm
And I take it back about needing to check Blasphemous out.

That game scares the willies out of me. Same reason I can't read Mad Magazine, the creep is strong in it.

Besides, I should get back to Hollow Knight, Everspace completely sidetracked me from it.

I was playing Blasphemous. I got bored super super quickly. I played it for 2 hours. Perhaps the game wouldn't be so boring if I had infinite health. I do not enjoy games that punish players, making them die over and over again. "Get good." Okay, I was good. I started skipping fighting enemies and getting around them. Still wasn't interesting.

Also, the game is far too pretentious. It doesn't make anything clear. It's like an English Lit major finally found a job writing the dialogue for a game. "Let's write all the dialogue as vaguely as possible but make it seem like we're being mysterious and artsy fartsy!" No, speak to me directly. I don't want to be spoken to in vagaries, metaphors, and similes.

I got Hollow Knight recently, I'm looking forward to it.

Currently playing DS3. Great vibe, smooth controls, and fantastic voice acting, but it feels bit easy and a bit too linear compared to DS1, and to DS2 as well, but to a lesser extent. The first will always be my favourite.

Originally posted by dadudemon
No, I've never seen a metroidvania game that was like that. If they are, it's usually the original Metroid game for the NES that was repetitive but you were still moving forward to keep upgrading yourself and fighting the big bosses.

I was playing Blasphemous. I got bored super super quickly. I played it for 2 hours. Perhaps the game wouldn't be so boring if I had infinite health. I do not enjoy games that punish players, making them die over and over again. "Get good." Okay, I was good. I started skipping fighting enemies and getting around them. Still wasn't interesting.

Also, the game is far too pretentious. It doesn't make anything clear. It's like an English Lit major finally found a job writing the dialogue for a game. "Let's write all the dialogue as vaguely as possible but make it seem like we're being mysterious and artsy fartsy!" No, speak to me directly. I don't want to be spoken to in vagaries, metaphors, and similes.

Do you have Shovel Knight?

It deserves all the praise Hollow Knight gets (Not that HK can't deserve it too)

The look and feel, the tight controls, the side stuff in towns, the personality from the faux 16 bit characters, the music..

It just hits all the right notes for me.

Originally posted by Scribble
I got Hollow Knight recently, I'm looking forward to it.

Currently playing DS3. Great vibe, smooth controls, and fantastic voice acting, but it feels bit easy and a bit too linear compared to DS1, and to DS2 as well, but to a lesser extent. The first will always be my favourite.

Nemebro loves the Dark Souls series. I just can't get into it. Bloodborne is more my style/system.

Don't have a PS4, though. I'll get a PS5.

Originally posted by cdtm
Do you have Shovel Knight?

It deserves all the praise Hollow Knight gets (Not that HK can't deserve it too)

The look and feel, the tight controls, the side stuff in towns, the personality from the faux 16 bit characters, the music..

It just hits all the right notes for me.

Well, you convinced me to get Everspace and I enjoyed that for 2 days. So I'll trust you on this one, too. 🙂

If I don't like the game, I will find you, and I will kill you.