Game:

Returnal (2021)

Duration: 45:26

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I didn't bother uploading the 7 or so failures that occurred before this one (about an hour of playing). They were a rehash of other things that were seen before. I picked up a couple more glyph translations is all.

But I made such good progress on this one, it was worth an upload.

I beat the big brute (FINALLY), got a melee attack, was able to enter my house, could destroy the red archway field, discovered a vault to open (leading to the first boss), and found a red teleportation platform that I never got a chance to use.

Shame I didn't make it past the boss fight at the end.
I hope I don't have to do all of this again (but I won't be surprised if I do).

It was unfortunate that I got a malignancy that makes falls damage me - I had to carefully time a dash at the bottom of that huge pit to keep from dying... that would have sucked.

I've decided that I would much rather have a long distance weapon, like the sidearm or the carbine. The shotgun style weapon is nice and powerful up close, but there are too many things I'd rather not get close to.

I rechecked my suit status when I restarted. All the artifacts disappear. Shame.

The discovery aspect is giving way to the gameness. That's unfortunate. We'll see where it all goes.

I am willing to try different weapons on the first boss, although it will be a chore getting to it again.

Update (3/12/2022): Looking back on this video after having completed the game, and running through it again two more times, plus doing a lot of weapon runs to unlock higher traits on them, I can see how my play style changed. At the start of this video I'm playing carefully and slowly because I was trying too hard before to play fast and stylish, which can be my way with hard games as I practice. I also placed no value on farming up obolite, because I didn't realize how valuable it was to increase my integrity - I don't even think I fully understood the integrity mechanics or terminology yet anyway. Frankly, I wasn't even aware of just how much you can increase your integrity (and immediately realize how helpful that is, or that is it always available at the fabricator) until I was trying to get past biome 2 and watched some streams to see how others play. Today I play with a lot more confidence, and I now because of boss fights consider a large health vial, astronaut and the integrity increase standard purchases as I play through each biome (725 obolites, mostly. They are more expensive in biome 6). I'm sure I'll play through again completely from scratch, likely uploading some more videos. Also, all the particles flying don't intimidate me nearly as much as they did before, since I know a lot more of how to deal with them. It's an interesting study, how a new game and what it tosses at you affects you, not knowing what will come after, and how familiarity just removes most of the intensity but keeps the fun intact. The music during the boss fight was perfect for my first time attempting it.

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