Fierce_LiNk Posted June 13, 2017 Posted June 13, 2017 I atill really need to buy this game! It'll give you something to play after you finish The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine and Bloodborne.
bob Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 I just got a Tearblaster (?) weapon. The one that shoots waves of sounds like a shotgun. It's awesome! Absolutely wrecks machines! Used it a few times on a Thunderjaw and all its armour and weapons just fell off! Took down two Bellowbacks and a Sawtooth in one go with it, and killed a Snapper without taking any damage at all. My new favourite weapon.
Nolan Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 On 6/22/2017 at 4:54 AM, bob said: I just got a Tearblaster (?) weapon. The one that shoots waves of sounds like a shotgun. It's awesome! Absolutely wrecks machines! Used it a few times on a Thunderjaw and all its armour and weapons just fell off! Took down two Bellowbacks and a Sawtooth in one go with it, and killed a Snapper without taking any damage at all. My new favourite weapon. 5 hours ago, bob said: Never mind. Having not seen the previous reply, this new one reads like you changing your mind about the tearblaster. Which frankly is absurd because it is fantastic.
bob Posted July 1, 2017 Posted July 1, 2017 Having not seen the previous reply, this new one reads like you changing your mind about the tearblaster. Which frankly is absurd because it is fantastic.Nah, I actually wrote this long rant about what I thought was a misable glitchy side quest, but then managed to solve the problem an hour later. I couldn't work out how to delete posts after that. Tearblaster still the best weapon in the game, shortly followed by the tear blasting arrows. 1
Deathjam Posted July 1, 2017 Posted July 1, 2017 2 hours ago, bob said: Nah, I actually wrote this long rant about what I thought was a misable glitchy side quest, but then managed to solve the problem an hour later. I couldn't work out how to delete posts after that. Tearblaster still the best weapon in the game, shortly followed by the tear blasting arrows. Abuse them like crazy. They will carry you to end game.
Magnus Posted July 2, 2017 Posted July 2, 2017 (edited) All of the Nora have terrible hair, but I think this person takes the cake: Edited July 13, 2017 by Magnus 2
Magnus Posted July 3, 2017 Posted July 3, 2017 I think the inventory management is my least favorite thing about this game. Past a certain point, my inventory has been near-full at all times, so I keep having to fast-travel to merchants every twenty minutes and then spend way too much time in my inventory trying to find things I'm willing to part with. I don't even know why I bother, since I have over 40,000 shards and absolutely nothing to spend them on... I've bought one outfit and I've never seen a need to buy any more, and I bought a few weapons thirty hours ago, but there's never anything new to buy, so it's all really pointless. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the game turns into Fable 3 in the last act.
Nolan Posted July 3, 2017 Posted July 3, 2017 16 minutes ago, Magnus said: I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the game turns into Fable 3 in the last act. It does not. Your money is objectively useless outside the odd purchase. The items you pick up, also useless outside of crafting/purchases I ran into the same issue of just always being flush with random useless bullshit. 90% I could've sold but never did. 1
bob Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 So I finally completed the main story of this last week. Took me long enough - stats page says i've done around 50 hours, which i guess is around average? It's a huge game. I've still got a few collectables to pick up, and all of the hunting trails (I dislike any kind of timed challenge - so i doubt i'll end up getting the platinum by doing all the blazing sun trails), but I suppose i'm pretty much done with it.The story ended up being pretty good - no complaints here. I have to admit that by the end of the game, I could no longer be bothered to listen to all the guff on all the audio tapes. I'm sure it adds to the 'lore' but having to hang around in a dark cave waiting to listen to them get dull really fast. I doubt i missed out on too much. I enjoyed the final battle (those Carja cannon though, where the hell were they the rest of the game?)The one thing I was a bit disappointed about was the variety in machines. I had basically not read any reviews or watched any videos before I played the game, as I didn't want to spoil any of the machines later in the game. I obviously knew about the Thunderjaw, and was really excited to see what else they had in store - Once they'd all been revealed however, it was a bit of a let-down. Everything else seemed a bit piddly compared to the T-rex, and some of them were very underused. Shell-walkers seemed like an afterthought for example...Also there was a lot of overlap between the types. Sawtooth and Ravagers were basically the same, as were Glinkhawks and Stormbirds. I'm still not sure which was which between Chargers, Striders, Grazers and Tramplers. I think i just let my imagination run away with itself though, imagining battles against screen-filling beasts. Hopefully they've held some ideas back for the inevitable sequel.I really liked the way you get progressively more powerful as the game goes on. I remember at the beginning being really cautious and finding that taking on one Sawtooth quite tough, and by the end I would just saunter into a pack of them and ruin their day. Similarly, the first Thunderjaw you come across seems terrifying - but by then end you can toy with it, picking off parts of it while dodging its attacks.
Magnus Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 1 hour ago, bob said: So I finally completed the main story of this last week. Just in time for the New Game+ they added today! It comes with two more trooophies... (I know you like those!) I'm kind of over audio logs in general... 1
Tales Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 I liked the audio logs, one of very few games, if not the only, where I listed through them all. Thanks for the heads up on the new game + and trophies. Never got around to collect all the lore, the ones that are scattered around in the main world and is text only. . They were hard to find, so I will do that this time. Looking forward to play it again.
Nolan Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 3 hours ago, Magnus said: Just in time for the New Game+ they added today! It comes with two more trooophies... (I know you like those!) I'm kind of over audio logs in general... Wait really?? Also @bob the blazing sun trials are kinda tough if done as they're found but at the end of the game most of them are pretty trivial to do.
Magnus Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 26 minutes ago, Nolan said: Wait really?? Yes, I'm really kind of over audio logs. Oh, you meant the patch? 2
bob Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 Wait really?? Also [mention=229]bob[/mention] the blazing sun trials are kinda tough if done as they're found but at the end of the game most of them are pretty trivial to do. You might be right actually, I managed to polish off a few of them last night. I'll see how it goes! 1
bob Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 Wait really?? Also [mention=229]bob[/mention] the blazing sun trials are kinda tough if done as they're found but at the end of the game most of them are pretty trivial to do. I've managed all of them now but the damn Shell Walker one. Apparently it's entirely random how many loose barrels there are on the floor, and you can only get the blazing sun if you randomly get a setup where there are multiple loose ones. It's infuriating! The one thing holding me back from my platinum!
Eenuh Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 10 minutes ago, bob said: I've managed all of them now but the damn Shell Walker one. Apparently it's entirely random how many loose barrels there are on the floor, and you can only get the blazing sun if you randomly get a setup where there are multiple loose ones. It's infuriating! The one thing holding me back from my platinum! That one took me a few tries, as tbe Shell Walkers usually ended up picking up the barrels. Think I got it in the end by angrily smashing into one of the Shell Walkers until the barrel just dropped out.
Magnus Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 There's a component on Shell-Walkers you can destroy to make the cargo fall off.
Julius Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 31 minutes ago, Magnus said: There's a component on Shell-Walkers you can destroy to make the cargo fall off. That's what I thought too...in which case, couldn't tearblast arrows/the tearblaster knock off this component to release the cargo?
Tales Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) That works, did that a couple days ago. Depending on the weapon and mods, it shouldn't take more than two-three well placed arrows at one or more of the three locks to release it. There are two locks at the sides and one at the back. Hitting the actual cointainer won't work. Edited July 10, 2017 by Tales
Nolan Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 Yep. Gotta knock the cargo off their backs. Which is a good method of distracting them too as they'll occasionally go to pick it back up.
bob Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 Yeah, I know you can knock them off, but after the first one, the whole forest is usually alerted and steams in to fuck up your shit. Trying to hit a second one once they're all shielded up and pissed off is hard. All the videos I've seen online, there are three conveniently placed crates on the floor to begin with. I'll do it eventually, I'm sure.
bob Posted July 13, 2017 Posted July 13, 2017 Aaaaaaand I've done it! Very satisfying platinum! Very well presented game. Can't wait for a sequel/DLC. Also, this was me getting a blazing sun in one of the trials by the skin of Aloy's teeth. You had to destroy the two Ravagers using the minigun, within 2 minutes, while a T-Rex presided:https://streamable.com/h54xp 3
Nolan Posted July 13, 2017 Posted July 13, 2017 My problem with that trail was usually that the two asshole ravagers would end up being too far apart.
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