games

they're teasing redfall 2

hope you're excited

Did they ever go back and fix redfall?

is this the "fallout new vegas x prey"

game

hes been shilling hard

probably, I knew they were working on *something*

but wasn't following closely

like last month he shilled really hard

"ITS LIKE PREY X FALLOUT NEW VEGAS IN TERMS OF DESIGN AND SCOPE"

yeah his twitter is just full of "hey remember me, I founded Arkane, me and the C team are going to shock the world"

they're showing it off at Gamescom to publishers, and I'll actually believe him that they don't have a deal yet

so there's a funny timeline where he spins up a kickstarter next week

i think someone will pick it up

studio is ~20 employees

so tbh, a kickstarter is possible they probably need to raise 18 months of funding

hello

hey Bob

what's up

ya know, China stuff

oh right, the gamescom stream starts in 2 hours

it took me about 12-13 hours to 100% (i think) stages 1 and 2 and get their secret levels if the game is 6? acts based on the big ass wheel

i think 40 hours is probably right

are there big chapter breaks Max?

chapters just teleport you to an entirely differnet zone

and you can tp back to the old zone

infact you have to tp back for a secret i found

is exploring worth it?

uh

in your opinion

the hidden bosses are hit or miss

in terms of fun, not gameplay

ok

i mean the exploring is like

very much so baked into just walking around

the second area has two ways to reach the final boss

lol

so you can just kinda aimlessly walk around and youll end up there

yeah but, in my (limited) playtime, exporing felt like I clear out all the fodder mobs, and then do 2-3 passes sprinting around the level

seeing if there were any alcoves or elevation changes

i have never felt the need to do passes sprinting around

that might have had a secret

im pretty sure i have found every secret just

walking in a direction

and making sure i explor3ed every corner

rather than looking for crevices

theyre very kind in that regard

I found lots of secondary paths through levels, but very few actual secrets

tbf

not once when i looked in a crevice or something was there anything worth time

yes

(which i like)

I don't think my strat actually found me anything

you can just kinda go through all the paths

i did not retread ground once

theres bosses you will miss if you just beeline the boss though

and chapter 2 has 2 very weird ass bosses that you can miss if you dont look around/interact with the random key items you get

and then i think every single chapter has a secret area

I'll keep an eye out

can you tell me what ringing the bells does, my prediction is after ringing X number of them, earlier levels change or new bosses spawn

ringing the bells unlocks the secret area for chapter 1

ok perfect

chapter 2s secret area is a bit more obtuse and questliney

kk

i think the game is good but i think the abilities have you end up feeling... too strong

somehow

usualyl abilities in games are too weak or they feel useless to use in fights and youre better off just meleeing and dodging as your main focus

but i feel like eveyr boss fight ive done, bursting with the insane spells and abilities then ahving the boss at half hp and just finishing it off is very common

I am of two minds about spells, I think the fact they don't recharge automatically upon respawn is good and bad if you yolo bosses you can usually beat them down first try, but if you fail, then subsequent attempts are slightly harder

they do

recharge on respawn

tho

???

they def don't

they do

the spirit guage

is what I was thinking of, not thee 1-4 spells