PlayStation Official Returnal Discussion

[Valhoven]

Walking over the vines gives the least. They have to be shot.

 

[KidBaize]

Yes use dreadbound. Makes farming obolites super easy. Walking over the vines gives the least. They have to be shot.

It minces everything so maybe multiple hits on a root yield more. I tried the pistol but it was pretty useless.

 

[KidBaize]

Found all the fragments and got the second ending. It's more confusing than the first.

Then did all bosses in one run. Took a few hours. My astronaut got popped in b3 I think but otherwise went smoothly.

 

[Valhoven]

Put in a strong session last night. About 3h. Had the time of my life.

Was blessed by Dreadbound for the first time. Impressive. My first-love Hollowseeker has however now given way to Thermogenic. I was running with this *29 Thermo + Doombringer that was…guys, F wrecking. I refused to pick anything else up after I’d found this combo. For all intents and purposes, I was Rambo the astronaut.

Still in biome 5 but making progress. Game is a masterpiece.

Thanks for all the advice from everyone. I’ve put virtually all of it to use.

 

[Valhoven]

Also, the keyboard-synth music in Xeno-archives is so beautiful.

 

[SwamiLeoni]

Put in a strong session last night. About 3h. Had the time of my life.

Was blessed by Dreadbound for the first time. Impressive. My first-love Hollowseeker has however now given way to Thermogenic. I was running with this *29 Thermo + Doombringer that was…guys, F wrecking. I refused to pick anything else up after I’d found this combo. For all intents and purposes, I was Rambo the astronaut.

Still in biome 5 but making progress. Game is a masterpiece.

Thanks for all the advice from everyone. I’ve put virtually all of it to use.

Glad to see you're finally coming around. I remember when you first started, it just didn't hook you in. The game is truly one of a kind.

 

[Valhoven]

Glad to see you're finally coming around. I remember when you first started, it just didn't hook you in. The game is truly one of a kind.

Good memory and it really didn’t. Boy, was I wrong. Some games just need a revisit.

 

[SwamiLeoni]

Good memory and it really didn’t. Boy, was I wrong. Some games just need a revisit.

How did you like the Boss of Biome 4?

 

[KidBaize]

Put in a strong session last night. About 3h. Had the time of my life.

Was blessed by Dreadbound for the first time. Impressive. My first-love Hollowseeker has however now given way to Thermogenic. I was running with this *29 Thermo + Doombringer that was…guys, F wrecking. I refused to pick anything else up after I’d found this combo. For all intents and purposes, I was Rambo the astronaut.

Still in biome 5 but making progress. Game is a masterpiece.

Thanks for all the advice from everyone. I’ve put virtually all of it to use.

I'm not very good with the dreadbound. It's good at short range but kinda useless otherwise whereas hollowseeker is probably the easiest to use from any distance. Not really a fan of thermogenic or any weapon where you can't just hold the trigger. Makes it harder to dodge.

Biome 5 is rough. Frost severed are a real pain until you get used to their teleporting. And those turrets. I hate those things.

 

[SaiWa]

I'm not very good with the dreadbound. It's good at short range but kinda useless otherwise whereas hollowseeker is probably the easiest to use from any distance. Not really a fan of thermogenic or any weapon where you can't just hold the trigger. Makes it harder to dodge.

Biome 5 is rough. Frost severed are a real pain until you get used to their teleporting. And those turrets. I hate those things.

The trick with dreadbound is to tap lightly in a slower rhythm between waves of shots. It’s a 1,2… 1,2... the wait between the shots depend on how far your targets are and whether you’re hitting them. Basically you’re keeping one arrow chambered for emergency. It’s better if u get the perk that gives a 4th arrow then u can fire 1,2,3…. 1,2,3… So you fire in that rhythm for distant foes and as they get closer, you can just hold the fire button down cause you’re not missing as much and it’s continuous rebounding fast attacks.

 

[KidBaize]

The trick with dreadbound is to tap lightly in a slower rhythm between waves of shots. It’s a 1,2… 1,2... the wait between the shots depend on how far your targets are and whether you’re hitting them. Basically you’re keeping one arrow chambered for emergency. It’s better if u get the perk that gives a 4th arrow then u can fire 1,2,3…. 1,2,3… So you fire in that rhythm for distant foes and as they get closer, you can just hold the fire button down cause you’re not missing as much and it’s continuous rebounding fast attacks.

Yeah missing your target essentially means you're fucked for a while until the ammo returns. I'll have to work on that 1-2 rhythm and look for 4th arrow. Fun weapon so I'd like to use it more if I can figure it out.

 

[Valhoven]

Yeah missing your target essentially means you're fucked for a while until the ammo returns. I'll have to work on that 1-2 rhythm and look for 4th arrow. Fun weapon so I'd like to use it more if I can figure it out.

I feel about Coilspine Shredder the same way you feel about Dreadbound. I can hardly get much done with it and feel largely useless. I have the Twin Blades unlocked for it if that's supposed to improve matters but, I don't know; it's just not my weapon. H/seeker still jams especially with Portal Beam II but I do prefer Thermo now, then Dreadbound. After I beat the game, I'd be interested in sharing my thoughts on weapons A-Z. I'm still stuck in biome 5, though. Lol. Those kamikaze starfish are terrors and F me up.

 

[Valhoven]

How did you like the Boss of Biome 4?

Uh, you mean the coolest boss showdown I've experienced in years?! It was amazing, brother. Commented here on it.

 

[KidBaize]

I feel about Coilspine Shredder the same way you feel about Dreadbound. I can hardly get much done with it and feel largely useless. I have the Twin Blades unlocked for it if that's supposed to improve matters but, I don't know; it's just not my weapon. H/seeker still jams especially with Portal Beam II but I do prefer Thermo now, then Dreadbound. After I beat the game, I'd be interested in sharing my thoughts on weapons A-Z. I'm still stuck in biome 5, though. Lol. Those kamikaze starfish are terrors and F me up.

I don't like the coilspine shredder either. Too slow.

 

[KidBaize]

The trick with dreadbound is to tap lightly in a slower rhythm between waves of shots. It’s a 1,2… 1,2... the wait between the shots depend on how far your targets are and whether you’re hitting them. Basically you’re keeping one arrow chambered for emergency. It’s better if u get the perk that gives a 4th arrow then u can fire 1,2,3…. 1,2,3… So you fire in that rhythm for distant foes and as they get closer, you can just hold the fire button down cause you’re not missing as much and it’s continuous rebounding fast attacks.

Have you done all bosses on a fresh file?

You know, where you delete your old save file and start all over with no permanent upgrades. I'm wondering how bad that would be. No ether and no unlocked consumables or weapon traits, and you have to find all keys and unlock all doors in each biome. Sounds miserable.

 

[SaiWa]

I don't like the coilspine shredder either. Too slow.

It is the ultimate boss weapon. It does not become powerful till certain perks are maxed out. Capable of one-shot kills with bosses. You can take the final boss in seconds.. the animation switching to the next phase is longer than the fight. That’s how awesome this weapon becomes at the very end.

 

[Valhoven]

It is the ultimate boss weapon. It does not become powerful till certain perks are maxed out. Capable of one-shot kills with bosses. You can take the final boss in seconds.. the animation switching to the next phase is longer than the fight. That’s how awesome this weapon becomes at the very end.

 

[SwamiLeoni]

Uh, you mean the coolest boss showdown I've experienced in years?! It was amazing, brother. Commented here on it.

That’s one of the fights I thought you’d really appreciate once you got there. The music, the arena, the chaos. All phenomenal and could have been the crescendo of the game if it wanted to be.

 

[SwamiLeoni]

I always thought this was one of the better Returnal videos. Def worth a watch once you’ve finished.

 

[KidBaize]

I always thought this was one of the better Returnal videos. Def worth a watch once you’ve finished.

Haha I watched that last night. But I was only half paying attention so I'll have to watch again sometime. The Harlan Ellison short story he compares the game to sounds interesting as well.