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[Elbow Identity Shallow]

I'll have to go back to this and try it out, I'm still not sure it needed the the ability to save the cycle but I know that it was a popular request and Housemarque have spent a lot of time trying to get it right so I'll definitely try it again.

What is it with games and photo modes?

This is NOT a critic to the game, but to photo modes in general...
Only game I ever took screenshots was fh4 and just because I would get $$ to buy cars, I never even saved them

Feel like every game today has to have photo mode...

It's been pretty standard in Sony's first party games since the PS4 launched when they added a Share button to the controller. The Xbox Series consoles and Switch have both done the same now so I assume that it's something customers like.
It's not something that I use a great deal but I am an avid photographer in real life so it really be fun to mess around with them on occasion.

 

[CatLady]

Sounds like "suspend cycle" is an awesome QoL improvement.

 

[Dr Bass]

FFF right off with that bs
I've finished the game but inability to stop the run and go to sleep does not work well with my work schedule.
A good run can be easily 5-6 hours. I finished that game 2 am

What?? I beat the game from start to finish, no death, in like 2-3 hours. Wtf were you doing??

 

[rofif]

What?? I beat the game from start to finish, no death, in like 2-3 hours. Wtf were you doing??

I spent 23 hours on the game. The winning run took me about 5 or 6. Sorry beating the game is not enough?

 

[iHaunter]

Runaway game of the year for me. It's one of those rare games that is just continuously fun and difficult to put down.

Came out of nowhere. When I saw it revealed, I was not at all interested.

My GOTY.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

I feel sorry for the posters who have to find a new reason to hate the game.

Have they patched in a cute girl lol?

 

[tommib]

What?? I beat the game from start to finish, no death, in like 2-3 hours. Wtf were you doing??

 

[Chris_Rivera]

What?? I beat the game from start to finish, no death, in like 2-3 hours. Wtf were you doing??

Damn you paid $70 for 2-3 hours? Ouch

 

[tommib]

 

[tommib]

Don’t forget, kids. Returnal is an indie game that can run on a PS3.

 

[tommib]

 

[envyzeal]

god i wanted a collectible tracking option...taking forever to platinum it thanks to rng

 

[SCB3]

Ah good, a nice compromise for it that I was looking for, still stuck in the 2nd biome boss but wanting to go back over winter

 

[nikolino840]

Photo mode is a nice addition, but I expect the suspend option to be the big talking point, that can only be seen as a positive, whichever side of the fence you are on.

I don't know...don't play roguelikes if you don't like roguelikes...isn't like ruin the original vision of the devs?

 

[tommib]

 

[AutumnLeaves]

Great addition. There have been times when I wish I could suspend my current run because stuff came up.

And photo mode! The scenery is this game is so beautiful and mysterious. And now you can take proper photos, ah yes!

 

[Calverz]

That would have been a nice option 8 fuckin months ago.

 

[Thaedolus]

Noice, once I finish 100%ing Metroid I'll probably start this up again.

 

[Swift_Star]

Casuals win again, almost as if now the game losses its actual theme/plot...

How? You can't save scum, can you?

 

[FrankWza]

Sounds like "suspend cycle" is an awesome QoL improvement.

I think it should work for every single game or don’t bother at all. I mean, now people that play Returnal are going to talk about it like its a great feature, only it doesn’t work for every game. Get rid of it completely unless Every game can have it.

 

[Swift_Star]

i feel sorry for those who claimed there was no issue with the previous arrangement, now that the devs themselves admit suspend is a well requested quality of life feature.

It will remain the weirdest, most puzzling and completely daft storyline of the year that people were ACTIVELY against quality of life features in this game. Christ.

I’ll definitely be buying this game now. Probably during the Black Friday sales.

Oh, just wait when they finally put an easy mode in a souls game. (It'll happen, you'll see).

 

[HubertX]

crimson dester still 19/20 ://
i hate bugs

 

[tommib]

Oh, just wait when they finally put an easy mode in a souls game. (It'll happen, you'll see).

Souls games are no more.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Suspend is a very welcome feature, but it should've been added much sooner imo. Or maybe even caught during focus tests. I can't imagine most of the people actually liked going on long runs without being allowed to save in the game.

 

[Orpheum]

Some impressions on the update

It seems like they fixed a bunch of other stuff in the game. I could be wrong here or maybe i was just unlucky during the 20 hours i've spent before the update, but the room variety was significantly better than on the previous patch. I could go for hours without ever finding a xenoglyph cipher prior to today but during my first run today i found 4 immediately.

Performance overall seems to be better too. Way less framedrops.

Like i said i could be wrong or maybe i was just lucky but it surely does feel a lot smoother and together with the save function this game is now definitely GOTY material for me
Now i hope they'll add the option for a fresh savefile sometime in the future. I wanna experience it from the beginning without having to delete my savefile

 

[skit_data]

Some impressions on the update

It seems like they fixed a bunch of other stuff in the game. I could be wrong here or maybe i was just unlucky during the 20 hours i've spent before the update, but the room variety was significantly better than on the previous patch. I could go for hours without ever finding a xenoglyph cipher prior to today but during my first run today i found 4 immediately.

Performance overall seems to be better too. Way less framedrops.

Like i said i could be wrong or maybe i was just lucky but it surely does feel a lot smoother and together with the save function this game is now definitely GOTY material for me
Now i hope they'll add the option for a fresh savefile sometime in the future. I wanna experience it from the beginning without having to delete my savefile

Good, I have 3 ciphers in 3 different biomes to go in order to get the platinum trophy, but I got tired of rerunning the same 3 biomes with basically no new rooms spawning so if they have indeed improved that I’ll have my platinum in no time.

At least I really hope I actually am missing a cipher in those biomes. I found what I thought was the last cipher (I had 19/20) in the first room of Crimson Desert but it didn’t count for some odd reason. I really, really hope it was just a glitch and that there is an actual cipher somewhere in the biome because otherwise I’ll have to delete the save and just start it all from the beginning.

 

[truth411]

This Game is my personal Game Of The Year. Time to hop back in, I just didn't have the time to do 3-4hr runs.

 

[Swift_Star]

Souls games are no more.

What do you think Elden ring is?

 

[Bartski]

Good, I have 3 ciphers in 3 different biomes to go in order to get the platinum trophy, but I got tired of rerunning the same 3 biomes with basically no new rooms spawning so if they have indeed improved that I’ll have my platinum in no time.

At least I really hope I actually am missing a cipher in those biomes. I found what I thought was the last cipher (I had 19/20) in the first room of Crimson Desert but it didn’t count for some odd reason. I really, really hope it was just a glitch and that there is an actual cipher somewhere in the biome because otherwise I’ll have to delete the save and just start it all from the beginning.

Earlier Crimson Desert was bugged and 19/20 counted as 100% and a biome gold trophy. No idea, but maybe they fixed it and increased spawn rate of rooms with uncollected ciphers, that wouldn't hurt imo. Good luck!

 

[Dr Bass]

Well I did that feat AFTER I spent 50 hours and died like 50 times I meant lol. Then I did another run and went from start to finish with zero deaths. It was awesome and showed just how you actually do improve at the core mechanics. Awesome game.

I just never had anything close to a 5-6 hour run with that game. Like I said 3 from start to finish. So when I would die or have an issue with a Biome it was like 1 hour tops, on average.

Didn't mean to imply I blazed through the game or had an easy time of it. Far from it.

In my top two games of the year without question.

 

[KAOS]

So Returnal gets Quick Resume? Awesome!

 

[Thedtrain]

Was I the only one using Ps5 rest mode and restarting it back where I was?

 

[Raonak]

Welp, GOTY officially becomes the GOTY.

 

[retsof624]

Seeing as though my PS5 is still sometimes crashing in rest mode, this is a good thing

 

[LectureMaster]

Great news, hope more people can enjoy this great game now.

I have platinumed it already but this new suspend feature makes me want to come back and experiment some new loadouts.

 

[nowhat]

That would have been a nice option 8 fuckin months ago.

Like, before the game was released?

 

[Tchu-Espresso]

Now I’m very interested to try this.

 

[[Sigma]]

 

[tommib]

What do you think Elden ring is?

Elden Ring.

 

[Shifty1897]

I know it doesn't sound like a big deal to some of you, but the suspend feature is necessary for someone like me to play this.

I'm officially out of excuses not to get this. Adding it to the Christmas list.

 

[abstract alien]

First thing that came to mind was "I can play without random generation now" when I saw Suspend Cycle. That's really the only thing keeping me from buying it. Still a slick update for those into the game. Sony's been doing pretty great things in that aspect.

 

[kyoji]

GOTY.

 

[tommib]

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Maybe I'm alone or just exceptionally lucky, but I never really cared about losing a run because I can count on one hand the number of runs I had where I didn't feel like I had a great setup. Seriously, like every run by the end of the first biome I always felt like I got great RNG and that I am in good shape. And at that point who cares if you lose a run because you know the next one would be just as good.

 

[tommib]

Photo mode is very addictive. I need to start documenting the enemies.

 

[Physiognomonics]

I really need to play that game. Time management was a concern for me. Now I have no excuses!

 

[The Eradicator]

Good, now that gets rid of the number 1 excuse people had for not playing one of the best games of the year.

 

[The Eradicator]

Awesome news on Suspend option.....definitely going to pick this up now. Is the story good on this or was it just something tossed in there?

Story was interesting, but VERY ambiguous at the end. One of those stories where no one can really agree on what really happened.

 

[The Eradicator]

Thanks man. I just need to stick with it. Must be getting old and losing my dexterity.

No, the game is just really hard. I got stuck in the wastes for awhile myself. Push though it, the game is great

 

[The Eradicator]

Runaway game of the year for me. It's one of those rare games that is just continuously fun and difficult to put down.

Yes, nothing I've played this year comes close at all.