Mikodesu wrote:Anybody thinking of picking up Subnautica Below Zero?
I never got the original because of all the optimization issues it has but I can't help but be curious about the sequel... I like me an explore and craft-a-thon.
Until recently, Subnautica was free from Playstation's Play At Home program (sounds like an outreach for unfortunate people kind of thing, lol...but it kind of is, I guess! Except we're ALL unfortunate, right now) and I downloaded it, but I haven't tried it yet. Having a go at this 'play whatever you want, whenever you want, and ignore everything else' thing.
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PLayed a fair way into Buried Stars' common route. It apparently has a 'common route' even though it's not at otoge, but I'm not sure how far in before it branches. Apparently I cna only get a bad ending on my first go, anyway.
But other than that, I've been grinding like crazy in XenoDE's post-game stuff. I've gotten all of Shulk and Dunban's advanced art books, and I think I'll try and get Sharla and Reyn's, too, at least the ones I use most, and leave the other three for NG+, since it takes forever to get these rare drops. I feel better about it since I recalled that chest contents are randomized, so I just save and reload on my killing spot, until my target drops a gold chest, then I save again...and I save and reload that gold chest over and over until it finally spills out the contents I need.
I'll probably also try to grab an ice cabbage and a black liver bean before I go into NG+, and a pair of Red Frontier via noponstones. I'm totally going to cheat on Colony 6 and have all the rare stuff already on hand
In the process I got lots of great crystals, so Shulk, Dunban and Riki (my current party) all have weapons equipped with high-grade Haste, Double Attack and Critical Up gems. They also all have 50% spike protection. The rate at which I fill the party bar is
insane. I can often do a second chain attack instantly after finishing the first one. It's fun to make the characters as brokenly powerful as I can. I've even been killing superbosses pretty easily, though I haven't tried Blizzard Belgazas yet, or Avalanhe Abaasy. Pretty sure I can beat Belgazas...not so sure about Abaasy, since he'll always be minimum 21 levels above me. (Belgazas is 'only' 15 levels above. He'll be enough of a challenge, if I decide to try.)
Anyway, that's why I haven't made it any further in Buried Stars. Wandering around picking up blue globes in Xenoblade has been really appealing, the last day or two. There's something super zen about just wandering around the beautiful world, listening to the different music in each region, while running into glowing blue balls to see what collectible it is.
SoS(1) got very hectic and for now I don't want to play it, but it's ready to pick back up any second. It's easy to take along with me when I need to be on hand for grandma, at least.