Official Video Game Thread

[therealsylvos]

Originally Posted by whisper

Horizon Zero Dawn

Originally Posted by The Wizard of Awe

Horizon: Zero Dawn
The Last of Us
Until Dawn
Uncharted Collection (or just...)
Uncharted 4
Ratchet & Clank
inFamous: Second Son


If you like puzzle stories/murder mysteries look into
Danganronpa
Zero Eacape

Will definitely add Horizon to my list, no way I'll get through all of these...so much less time for vidya games nowadays.

[therealsylvos]

Originally Posted by Chronus

You are correct that the blood vials don't replenish infinitely. If you pick up more then 10 they will be sent to your stash and those ones from your stash will replenish you up to 10 when you die but if you don't have any in your stash they do not automatically refill. I had to farm for blood vials a couple times when first starting off the game, especially when I ran into a boss I struggled with. You'll also have the option of buying them later if you are running low too.

Your bloodstain does leave souls behind but sometimes your souls will go into an enemy near where you died. So when you die your souls will either be in the bloodstain where you died or in an enemy nearby, which you'll need to kill to get your souls back.

Originally Posted by mlschop

To add a few things to Chronus' comments on Bloodborne...



Once you get into the game, there are some good places for farming both vials and souls. I don't remember zone names anymore off the top of my head, but a quick googling should allow you to find those areas.



If an enemy has taken those dropped souls, it's eyes (usually?) will be glowing a blue-ish color IIRC.

Thanks! I actually got the itch to play last night and progressed a bit. Finally killed that big guy below the stairs after he killed me like 8 times and he dropped my souls. I was having a difficult time getting his parrying window right. Either too early and he'd just smash me, or too late and he'd hit me so I'd miss my critical window.

Does upgrading the gun (or buying a different gun) make it easier to parry (widen the window) or does it just increase the damage and nothing more?

[therealsylvos]

Also I didn't realize that excess bullets go into your storage, I had been going back to the Hunters dream every time I had too many to make sure I didn't waste the drops.

[therealsylvos]

Originally Posted by SlowMotionWalter

They dropped the cost of buying the characters by 75% because of the backlash.

They also reduced the amount credits they pay out

[SlowMotionWalter]

Originally Posted by therealsylvos

They also reduced the amount credits they pay out

lulz

[Turd Ferguson]

so how many dollars is it now to unlock characters? still about 40 hours of effort though?

I'm a bit confused, is this for multiplayer only? How/when do you unlock the heroes and when do you get to use them? I was watching a YouTube review of the game yesterday and I definitely saw the guy running around as Luke Skywalker in some of the campaign stuff.

(I haven't played the first one, which would probably answer most of my questions)

[Chronus]

Originally Posted by therealsylvos

Thanks! I actually got the itch to play last night and progressed a bit. Finally killed that big guy below the stairs after he killed me like 8 times and he dropped my souls. I was having a difficult time getting his parrying window right. Either too early and he'd just smash me, or too late and he'd hit me so I'd miss my critical window.

Does upgrading the gun (or buying a different gun) make it easier to parry (widen the window) or does it just increase the damage and nothing more?

I could be wrong on the mechanics but I don't believe that upgrading the gun makes the parry window any wider. I believe the parry window is what it is and different guns may react faster/slower or allow you to parry at closer/longer ranges, but I don't think that changes as you upgrade the gun. I think the upgrade only increases the damage the gun does. Then again there are definitely hidden mechanics in the game that I don't fully understand.

[whisper]

Battlefront 2:
Reddit calculated the cost from taking all the level 3 star cards to level 4. [Marginal change, ignoring the sunk cost in getting everything to level 3].

It would take 4,528 hours or $2,100 in microtransactions.

[radoaos]

Not to be too "high and mighty" but my friends and I all bailed on getting Battlefront 2 because of all this garbage.

[mlschop]

Originally Posted by whisper

Battlefront 2:
Reddit calculated the cost from taking all the level 3 star cards to level 4. [Marginal change, ignoring the sunk cost in getting everything to level 3].

It would take 4,528 hours or $2,100 in microtransactions.

That's crazy...I'm curious if those numbers improve any with the changes EA has made.

I find it funny how they looked to take the franchise in the right direction by giving people the campaign they wanted in the first game, but shot themselves in the foot with one of the worst implementations of microtransactions.