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Post by mln59 on Oct 25, 2024 19:40:08 GMT -5
i think i just beat demon's souls
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Post by bbg95 on Oct 25, 2024 20:27:03 GMT -5
I was looking for something in my library that should be fairly quick. At first, I thought I might play the Batman Telltale game, but it looks like the reviews aren't that great for it. Then, I remembered that I also have the better-reviewed The Wolf Among Us. I don't know much about it, but I'll give it a shot.
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Post by mln59 on Oct 25, 2024 21:17:08 GMT -5
going to put demon's souls in the mail tomorrow. next game up is prince of persia: the lost crown
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Post by bbg95 on Oct 26, 2024 0:09:19 GMT -5
going to put demon's souls in the mail tomorrow. next game up is prince of persia: the lost crown I've heard good things about that one. |
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Post by allballs on Oct 27, 2024 14:35:41 GMT -5
hey Borderlands 3 players, what have you done with all your eridians? I almost bought everything from Earl down in the basement and still have a decent amount left
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 27, 2024 22:09:02 GMT -5
Horizon Forbidden West
I'm now level 50. Apparently, level 50 is the cap. I'm still earning XP.
I finally made it to San Francisco, most of which is submerged in the ocean and the bay. It's a lot more fun when I'm walking around in areas that look familiar to their real life counterparts.
It was the same in Watch Dogs 2 where the game is set in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was kinda funny because it had all the major landmarks (e.g., Golden Gate Bridge, Stanford campus (and Hoover Tower), TransAmerica building) and the major streets but something was "off" because, obviously, the game developers couldn't reproduce the entire area to 100% accuracy. For example, Watch Dogs 2 created Palo Alto but only some of the major landmarks (e.g., Stanford University campus) were placed on the game map. As for the rest of Palo Alto, they just fabricated all the streets and buildings. It didn't even look like Palo Alto or the Bay Area. If I knew the city of San Francisco better, I might've noticed a lot of things off about that place in the game.
Back to Horizon Forbidden West...boy...this game is so bloated with so much crap to do. Just for my sanity -- and to ultimately finish this game -- I'm only doing those things that give me skill points or cool weapons and armor. For example, after I earned enough medals in the Arena to buy the best weapons and armors, I stopped going there.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 28, 2024 1:14:56 GMT -5
It was the same in Watch Dogs 2 where the game is set in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was kinda funny because it had all the major landmarks (e.g., Golden Gate Bridge, Stanford campus (and Hoover Tower), TransAmerica building) and the major streets but something was "off" because, obviously, the game developers couldn't reproduce the entire area to 100% accuracy. For example, Watch Dogs 2 created Palo Alto but only some of the major landmarks (e.g., Stanford University campus) were placed on the game map. As for the rest of Palo Alto, they just fabricated all the streets and buildings. It didn't even look like Palo Alto or the Bay Area. If I knew the city of San Francisco better, I might've noticed a lot of things off about that place in the game. I heard some people from London talking about Watchdogs Legion, and one of them talked about trying to run somewhere and ducking down an alley that he knew led to a stairway that led to the place he was trying to go to -- and it did. The game reproduced London well enough that knowing his way around London IRL allowed him to navigate around in the game. |
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 28, 2024 1:15:53 GMT -5
Back to Horizon Forbidden West...boy...this game is so bloated with so much crap to do. Just for my sanity -- and to ultimately finish this game -- I'm only doing those things that give me skill points or cool weapons and armor. For example, after I earned enough medals in the Arena to buy the best weapons and armors, I stopped going there. The arena? |
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 28, 2024 15:17:20 GMT -5
Back to Horizon Forbidden West...boy...this game is so bloated with so much crap to do. Just for my sanity -- and to ultimately finish this game -- I'm only doing those things that give me skill points or cool weapons and armor. For example, after I earned enough medals in the Arena to buy the best weapons and armors, I stopped going there. The arena? One of the settlements has an arena where you can fight machine monsters for medals. There are various fights featuring different sets of machine monsters. Some are harder than others. Each fight has a fixed maximum duration in which you have to kill everything otherwise, you lose. Some fights are worth more medals than other fights. The harder fights give you specific weapons and armor -- you can't use your own. You can use all earned medals you've accumulated during the game to purchase legendary weapons and armors. |
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 28, 2024 17:44:07 GMT -5
One of the settlements has an arena where you can fight machine monsters for medals. There are various fights featuring different sets of machine monsters. Some are harder than others. Each fight has a fixed maximum duration in which you have to kill everything otherwise, you lose. Some fights are worth more medals than other fights. The harder fights give you specific weapons and armor -- you can't use your own. You can use all earned medals you've accumulated during the game to purchase legendary weapons and armors. So, the world is ending, but you can spend your time and risk your life fighting for medals. I know, the original game had similar things. Many other open-world games have something similar. It's just ... should they? |
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Post by mln59 on Oct 28, 2024 18:15:49 GMT -5
One of the settlements has an arena where you can fight machine monsters for medals. There are various fights featuring different sets of machine monsters. Some are harder than others. Each fight has a fixed maximum duration in which you have to kill everything otherwise, you lose. Some fights are worth more medals than other fights. The harder fights give you specific weapons and armor -- you can't use your own. You can use all earned medals you've accumulated during the game to purchase legendary weapons and armors. i think i may have done one arena fight and then decided it wasn't worth it.
when i was done with the game, i looked up youtube videos of combat. it was staggering how much better some players were compared to me. could take down the biggest machines without getting scratched. utilizing every aspect of combat available to aloy. i felt weak and dumb
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 28, 2024 19:25:05 GMT -5
One of the settlements has an arena where you can fight machine monsters for medals. There are various fights featuring different sets of machine monsters. Some are harder than others. Each fight has a fixed maximum duration in which you have to kill everything otherwise, you lose. Some fights are worth more medals than other fights. The harder fights give you specific weapons and armor -- you can't use your own. You can use all earned medals you've accumulated during the game to purchase legendary weapons and armors. i think i may have done one arena fight and then decided it wasn't worth it.
when i was done with the game, i looked up youtube videos of combat. it was staggering how much better some players were compared to me. could take down the biggest machines without getting scratched. utilizing every aspect of combat available to aloy. i felt weak and dumb
I mostly use the Sharpshot bow (sniper) from long distance. Then, when I get closer, I use the shredder gauntlet. When I finally got the hang of it, it's kinda fun to use. Alternatively, I use the hunter bow. I don't use the warrior bow much but people swear by it. With its fast-firing but lower damage feature, it resembles an SMG. I hardly use potions, tripwires, traps, and boltblasters. There are other weapons, too, which I don't list because I can't even remember what they are. Obviously, I don't use them. For the big machines, my combat strategy is mostly shoot-shoot-shoot and then some dodge roll and jump in between. For the smaller machines, I don't break a sweat. For humans, I use sniper too much. I should get up close and personal with melee combat. |
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Post by mln59 on Oct 29, 2024 9:10:13 GMT -5
going to put demon's souls in the mail tomorrow. next game up is prince of persia: the lost crown I've heard good things about that one. game has been shipped. hopefully will get to me before the weekend |
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 29, 2024 12:39:43 GMT -5
Horizon Forbidden West
So far, I got two great legendary armors (Nora Thunder Warrior, Oseram Artificer) and one great legendary shredder (Ancestor's Return). The rest are the rare purple variety armors and weapons. Two of them were obtained automatically by completing two different lengthy series of side missions and the other was purchased with medals from Arena competition.
Armors are tricky. Each have strengths and weaknesses. One armor might be good for ranged fighting and another for close quarters melee fighting. One might have good resistance against most elements except frost while another one is strong against frost but weaker with other elements. I have to practically switch armors depending on the nature of my enemies, whether they're strong against one thing while weak against another.
I'll be doing another main mission later today in between real life responsibility.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 30, 2024 15:53:40 GMT -5
Horizon Forbidden West
I love the complexity of the combat, especially when you need to harvest machine monster component parts (e.g., machine muscle, cables, machine core, tusks, fangs, machine hearts, storm cannon) for upgrading your weapons and gear. Depending on the component parts you need, you have to approach the combat differently. Compounding the difficulty is that each component part is associated with a probability of being harvested intact (without damage). To put in simple terms, let's say you need Parts A, B, and C.
Part A can be harvested by simply killing the machine monster. However, whether you'll harvest Part A depends on its harvest probability. Sometimes, you'll kill that machine monster but you won't be able to harvest Part A. Other times, you can. Most of the basic parts, there's a 100% chance it'll be harvestable upon killing the machine monster. Other things, there's a lower chance (e.g., 42%).
Part B can only be harvested if you knock it off (i.e., tear) before the monster machine dies. If the monster dies before you tear that part off, that part becomes damaged and unharvestable. These parts are the ones I usually tear off immediately with my first few shots.
Part C can be harvested if you kill the machine monster but you can't destroy it or tear if off before the machine monster is killed. A good example is the sac webbing that wraps some sections of the monster's body. You can shoot at it to cause great damage to the monster's health but you won't be able to harvest it if it explodes or gets torn off. So, obviously, you shouldn't use weapons with high tear numbers. I mean, you shouldn't even aim at it. Some of these parts also explode if you target it with specific elemental ammo (e.g., fire, frost, shock, plasma, purgewater, acid). After it explodes, you can no longer harvest it. A further complication is that if you use elemental weapons, they have area of effect numbers so if you're not careful, the element may "touch" your desired Part C and it may get unintentionally torn off or destroyed.
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