LordEddardStark7 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Erkawest said: I was pretty worried about the "becomes the master" time challenge trophy in Titanfall 2 too because of all the talk about how hard it is etc. It even demotivated me from completing the game without even trying the challenge... But when I did, it wasn't too bad at all. Reading all this made me unwilling of attempting the game, but perhaps it's not too big of a deal at all? Would be good to hear some thoughts from people who almost completed it before Friday. Like, how do the checkpoints work? Every finished biome is a save/check point so you can leave? I know a few stuff you ask without playing the game, so let me answer them for you. If you've played Demon's Souls you should be familiar with archstones. They're called biomes and that's where you spawn when you die. You always spawn at one of the tier 1 biomes when you die, tier 1 being a set of biomes where you can beat the first boss. If you have beaten the boss of this tier, you can teleport to the next tier of biomes almost instantly, and that's how you go to the biomes where you haven't beaten a boss yet. Biomes are procedurally generated but there's a set of rules that define the kind of biomes that are generated for the boss you fight in that tier, hopefully I am making sense here. There is no checkpoints system, if you die you spawn at first boss biome. If you quit the game, you lose progress in the current biome and start off at biome 1 again. There might be a few items and upgrades that are permanent if you encounter them and close the game, but most of the stuff are lost when you quit the game. I am yet to understand what the permanent upgrades between runs are. That said, you can always put the PS5 in rest mode and continue off where you left at. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashbo Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 @LordEddardStark7 having just read your post, the rumours I am hearing that this game is allegedly on par or harder than the souls games may have some weight in it? Thanks for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivis_apprentice Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 27/04/2021 at 2:59 AM, PS_4Trophies said: As someone who completed the game a few times, I'm seeing a lot of unnecessary panic. You will struggle in the beginning but you're suppose to. Hate to be that guy, you say you’ve finished the game a few times but according to this site you haven’t achieved act 3 trophy yet? Is it glitchy? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS_4Trophies Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Vivis_apprentice said: Hate to be that guy, you say you’ve finished the game a few times but according to this site you haven’t achieved act 3 trophy yet? Is it glitchy? I don't know what's going on with it. My Ascension trophy timestamp clearly shows I had something happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEddardStark7 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Fextralife broke the review embargo and leaked the first review for the game. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:QWbCg2DeWZkJ:https://fextralife.com/returnal-review-impressions-phenomenal-cosmic-fun/+&cd=1&hl=it&ct=clnk&gl=it&client=firefox-b-d 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realtione Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 18 minutes ago, LordEddardStark7 said: Fextralife broke the review embargo and leaked the first review for the game. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:QWbCg2DeWZkJ:https://fextralife.com/returnal-review-impressions-phenomenal-cosmic-fun/+&cd=1&hl=it&ct=clnk&gl=it&client=firefox-b-d Fextralife is ok but I'll surely wait for other sources. Tbh, it's pretty much a noname game. Selling it at 70$ is quite risky and I don't know how they elaborate on pricepoint but 9 is very courageous. I may bite 9.5 story&setting although I still think it'll be something like Control in the storytelling aspect. It still can go beyond expectations. I believe this game will utilize 60 fps and dualsense in a good way. Also, let's not forget 3D headset. When you combine those technologies with good gameplay with replayability it actually could be an easy frontrunner for GOTY. For the trophy list, I can assume it won't be that hard but will require some time in accord to the game's genre. And seeing how replayable the game it is, trophies would definitely require you to finish the game multiple times. I wouldn't mind it if the games were not that expensive in my country. I get rid of them (i.e. sell) shortly after I got them before platting lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEddardStark7 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, Realtione said: Fextralife is ok but I'll surely wait for other sources. I don't trust Fextralife either, but it's good to see the game get the love. Wccftech's review leaked too, another 9.3 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clafoutee Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Remember that they put 4.5/10 to TLOU2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps_rj Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 If I somehow finish this, I might finally try Demon's Souls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercanaries Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 I know there's a lot of discussion on this going on on social media but I'm even more excited to find out that Returnal is very hard. Games are getting easier these days, I only felt boss palpitations with Bloodborne and Control (the super boss) in the last maybe year. I have my chill time games on the side, but I need a good challenge. I just hope since the game is hard itself, that the platinum trophy is not too insane! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltdisneypixar Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) https://www.powerpyx.com/returnal-trophy-guide-roadmap/ Estimated trophy difficulty: 8.5/10 (entirely skill-dependent, experienced players might find it to be a 7/10, for some it will be a 9/10 or 10/10) If you’re looking for a quick, easy and fun platinum this game isn’t for you! If you don’t like repetition (repeating the same level 100+ times) this isn’t for you! If you don’t like random luck-based trophies, this game isn’t for you! The game is randomly generated. Getting all collectibles (needed for gold survey trophies) comes down to luck. It’s a game of the roguelike genre. If you die, exit the game, or turn off the console you basically lose your progress, with the exception of a handful of permanent unlocks. You can’t “cheat” it by backing up your save game, because it requires you to close the application and the game wipes you out when you do this (when you go to back up your save you will respawn at the start of the act). However, you can skip bosses / regions you’ve already finished and head straight for the next boss. There are no difficulty settings, it’s the same hardcore experience for everyone. The story is quite challenging. A test of skill and patience. It’s definitely not a game for everyone. There are 6 Worlds (Biomes) & 5 Bosses in total & 3 Acts in total. Act 1 = Biome 1-3 / Act 2 = Biome 4-5 / Act 3 = Endgame Free Roam. There are 2 checkpoints during the story. One after act 1 (after 3rd boss), one after act 2 (after 5th boss). There are no checkpoints in between. The game is very punishing. If you die, you respawn at the start of the act. The game works similar to Wolfenstein 2 “Mein Leben” difficulty. If you die you lose your progress and respawn with practically nothing. You lose all your health upgrades, all your weapons, all your weapon proficiency, all your inventory etc. There’s also no character leveling system in the game, no way to permanently boost your stats between deaths Edited April 29, 2021 by waltdisneypixar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BrandedBerserk Posted April 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2021 39 minutes ago, waltdisneypixar said: https://www.powerpyx.com/returnal-trophy-guide-roadmap/ Estimated trophy difficulty: 8.5/10 (entirely skill-dependent, experienced players might find it to be a 7/10, for some it will be a 9/10 or 10/10) Not trynna be that guy but I highly doubt it's anything near a 9 or 10/10 although if true that would be a welcomed challenge. The reason i say that is cause guide writers tend to rate new releases that are noticeably more challenging than your average very highly. Devil may cry 5 for example was rated "one of the hardest platinums out there 10/10" but that didn't end up being the case once people got a hold of it and it's now nearing the 3% mark which isn't a common place for 10/10 platinums to be sitting at. They've played it and I haven't so my opinion don't mean much but it's just an observation I've made. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princefan2407 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 We're talking about casuals who want to play some new PS5 exclusive. For them, it will be certainly 8-9/10. As for me, I'll wait for a sale, because I'm not a fan of roguelikes. But I must admit, I'm really impressed that Sony let Housemaque to do AAA game in that style. Apart from Miles Morales and Astro, those exclusives are pretty demanding as for now (Sackboy is requires some skill, Demon's Souls, are, weeelll, Souls and the roguelike). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Smash41 Posted April 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2021 It'll be easy they said ? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyswfc9 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Collectables are bad enough without them being random generated and totally luck based. This may be one i play on a alt account 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deluziion90 Posted April 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2021 Game difficulty doesn't really scare me. However what does scare me in the guide is random collectables that need to be found. That seems really annoying.. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HusKy Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 The massive red warning about glitchy trophies is the only thing that worries me. Are the collectibles really dependent on being online? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIECREAM-4-U Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 On 19/04/2021 at 7:34 PM, deeps_rj said: sad that PS5's trophy tracking feature is still underutilized Do you mean player cards? Theyre awful and I wish I could turn them off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barra333 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 40 minutes ago, Dan-lives-here said: Do you mean player cards? Theyre awful and I wish I could turn them off. I think he means tracking the progress towards the countable stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Jigsaw_Cult Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Powerpyx trophy guide rating at an 8.5 looks to be a quote hard platinum. No easy plat just because it's a Sony exclusive here. Going to love this game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckleckner78 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 powerpyx already has road map up and it sounds like this game is gonna be a real pain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_Kaspar Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Housemarque in the past always had the most enjoyable Plats... Damn I'm really turned off by them making all these accolades add like 80 hours to the runtime. It's like someone in a board room was like "hmm.. $70.. how can we extract more value..." Massive RPGs don't even have 100+ hour Plats. Witcher 3 and Persona 5 can be done in around 80 hours and this pushes 100+ wow. Pretty unfortunate because I think the hardcore community that will play this has a large overlap with the trophy hunting community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sealightbreeze Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Mine was just shipped from Gamefly. Can't wait to try it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENJAM1N_LINUS Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Good to know the plat is off the table, I don't have to even worry about it now. I'm hoping I'll just be able to enjoy and complete the game. I don't know why I'm even so intrigued by this one (of course it being one of the very rare true PS5 exclusives to this point is a big factor, can't lie). Everything about it is what I dislike and avoid in video games- rougelike, high difficulty, horror. And for example, I didn't get or have any interest in Demon Souls (one of the other rare true exclusives)- because I know I don't fuck with the souls type difficulty games. This one might end up being a "I don't know what I expected" situation and quickly do an about face and drop this game like a rock. But I'm still excited to give it a shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totakos1 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Game looks awesome! It might be challenging but i don’t believe that is going to be 8.5/10 difficulty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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