Hendo Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Only played a few minutes before I go to sleep, but yep, pretty sweet so far. One thing I thought was really cool is that one of the menu options is you can change the appearance of the food in game. Could be as simple as you’re veggie or vegan and you would rather not everything be meat, but there’s also some silly options like “Castlevaniaesque” and “monster”. In related and weird news, IGN (or their freelancer) appear to have stolen an indie guy’s video review script. Apparently IGN hav taken down their review while they investigate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craymen Edge Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I got gifted this on Steam for my birthday last year. I gave it a quick couple of runs and really liked it, then put it back on the shelf to mature (come out of Early Access). I've just started Yakuza 0, but hopefully I'll find time around playing that to give it another try now it's finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey_chaser Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Really like the look of this. Once I finish with Hollow Knight this'll be my next Switch purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Can get to the second area pretty easily but no further. There’s some obvious abilities that I’m missing, looking like one of them is to grow an organic ladder, Mario style. The best loadout I’ve had so far is a sword that causes bleeding, a bow and an ice grenade that freezes them in place for a little bit. I tried going with shield in secondary but I just kept forgetting it was there and instead I just favour going all in on damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I got pretty far in my last run. I got to a Clock Tower with some really scary enemies that did crazy damage. It felt like a big spike from the previous level. There is also an alternative rout in the first level but I haven;t done it yet. First I culdn't deal with the exploding bats but once I got used to them I'd just get destroyed by the Elite Enemy in there. I can usually deal with them but I was just unlucky both times. Oh and a sole shield user. Love me a good parry mechanic. I use grenades and parrying projectiles back for ranged fights. I had to totally remap my buttons though Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 I might actually try remapping to a Souls control layout, shield on X just gets ignored as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 This is excellent stuff. I made it to the third area last night. I have the vine, health potion, and 3k gold when I resurrect. I'm going to have a fiddle with the control layout, too I think. It's a bit fiddly pressing X (on Switch) to use the shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 Picked up an electric whip and it was fucking beastly! Then immediately died because I opened a cursed chest and ran into an elite enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 There's an elite I keep trying to fight and I think he has another permanent ability but I just can't beat him. He's one of the big swordsmen and he's quicker so dodging or parrying is hard to do. Then all his dumb buddies show up and you can't see shit. Oh, and to make things more fun spikes line the walls. I think I need to go in with something icy to slow the fucker down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 I got pretty far in (I think) before. I’ve got the vine ability and have seen a couple more stages, haven’t fought an actual boss yet, which I assume there are at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Got to the boss, nearly had him but he stomped me as I was healing. Had a few more runs and got to him again and knocked holy fuck out of him. Now unlocked the daily challenge and the blacksmith. I’m massively favouring the bow at this point for secondary weapon. I love the slow heavy weapons but my play style is much more fast and frantic so I’m largely sticking with the faster swords, or whips if I can find them. Such a time sink of a game - they don’t even give you the option to restart, you just do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I dunno what keeps happening. After consistently being able to get to the fifth level I keep dying on the second now. And the alternate third level is still proving to be a problem. If my reactions aren't on point it can be very easy just to lose 2/3s of HP sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Got to the Clock Tower, which is the furthest for me so far. Needless to say, didn’t last long but only lost 3 Cells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Hendo said: Got to the Clock Tower, which is the furthest for me so far. Needless to say, didn’t last long but only lost 3 Cells. Have you been to The Ossuary yet? I think I can finish the level if I avoid the boss there but I want to beat it cos I bet it has a new ability. Its a total wanker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Nope, literally got into the Clock Tower and died within about a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 The Ossuary is way before the Clock Tower. You need the teleport to get to it. You get it quite early but I can't remember how I got it. I sort did by accident. The fact it's early is part of the problem. You don't have many buffs and good equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Nope, haven’t come across a teleport yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 So should I stop going through the Promenade and instead go more into the Toxic Sewers to progress? I keep seeing that thing that you press to zap which I presume is a teleport but haven’t got that ability yet. Beat the daily challenge once now. Doesn’t work how you expect it to, it’s not a one-off, fail and have to wait till the next day. Just seems to be a scripted map that you can play over if you fail. Found the best bow. Arrow forward, behind, diagonal and toxic cloud. Edit: Found the teleport rune. I’d come across the guy behind the bars before but died trying to kill the enemy and each time since I’d had low health but just went kamikaze on his ass to get it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 14/08/2018 at 17:08, DifferentClass said: Have you been to The Ossuary yet? I think I can finish the level if I avoid the boss there but I want to beat it cos I bet it has a new ability. Its a total wanker. Finally got there as I googled how to progress and it does indeed finish with a vital rune. Pretty nasty level but not nearly as bad as other new one I went into which messes around with light and dark to fuck you up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Oh yeah, I've been there but fuck that place until I've mastered this place. That area is like Metroid Prime 2 but even more unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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