I’ve noticed parry timing feels different, but maybe I’m paying too much attention to the animations of certain attacks. The first “boss” fight took a while to get down and started reminding me a lot of a certain Elden Ring enemy only a bit more juiced up.
I'm using the diamond shaped shield, but I can't seem to get the L1 counter attack to work, and even when I do it just doesn't feel as satisfying as the '18 light and heavy counter. I don't know if there's anyway to get the old shield mechanic back, because so far this new shield isn't working all that well for me. Maybe I should try the square shield, but I don't think you can parry with that one, which is the main reason to even have the shield honestly.
Taking your advice and exploring elsewhere for a while. Still, this is FROM we're talking about; my fear is if they've hidden anything off the beaten path(s), they're gonna make me work for it. Found a very large and pretty pink flower... with lightning and poison powers, and the ability to slam it's head like a wrecking ball. I got killed by a flower. Thanks, FROM.
Oh no this hurts my hype! (I am really looking forward to Ragnarok but likely won't get to play for a while and I HATE the Elden Ring bosses)
That's the Fimbulwinter that leads up to Rangorak.
The error I got was CE-34878-0. I checked my error history and have had the same one over the last couple years for Infamous: Second Son, Bloodstained: RotN, RDR2 (multiples times) and Mafia 3. Kinda cringing to think my HDD might be having issues. Not sure if it’s even worth backing up since it might just carry the issue over to a new one. Will try a cold reboot and maybe database rebuild.
Was gonna say, it's like half a minute to load the game. All that trash talking from reviewers against the PS4 version was greatly exaggerated. Game looks as good if not slightly better than 2018, runs perfectly smoothly and several hours into a first session the PS4 hasn't raised a peep over its usual faint whirring. Don't even know what I was worried about. Only hiccup was Atreus sliding across the screen to teleport ahead of Kratos for one cutscene.
I’ve read somewhere that the first third or so of the game is pretty meandering and almost like it’s hiding its time, and then big stuff starts happening at some point thereafter.
For a moment I'd worried Fox made UT2 and the internet just chose not to tell me about it out of spite. Which sounds like something the internet would do, honestly.
Latest tale from the plains of Limgrave (Elden Ring,) was feeling high on myself after clearing a fort without much hassle. Wandered out and saw a few of those hollows who're oddly digging at the base a huge stone cliff, so of course I killed them, and as soon as I killed the last one, a massive fuck-all bear dropped from the sky. First time in a long time that a game has seriously scared me; my first response was an expletive at the top of my lungs. Not to brag, but in my utter panic, I managed to use my muscle memory to recall the button combo to summon my horse and try to get away. Apparently, leash points are a thing FROM is pretty loosey-goosey with, because I saw nothing but my horse's ass and that bear's mouth clipping through my camera for what felt like an eternity. The bear finally backed off, but my heart beating through my chest told me that was enough Elden Ring for today. But I didn't die!
When in doubt, ride on out. That also holds true as a good loot hunting strategy for wherever Torrent is allowed. Makes Caelid much less of a nightmare.Latest tale from the plains of Limgrave (Elden Ring,) was feeling high on myself after clearing a fort without much hassle. Wandered out and saw a few of those hollows who're oddly digging at the base a huge stone cliff, so of course I killed them, and as soon as I killed the last one, a massive fuck-all bear dropped from the sky. First time in a long time that a game has seriously scared me; my first response was an expletive at the top of my lungs. Not to brag, but in my utter panic, I managed to use my muscle memory to recall the button combo to summon my horse and try to get away. Apparently, leash points are a thing FROM is pretty loosey-goosey with, because I saw nothing but my horse's ass and that bear's mouth clipping through my camera for what felt like an eternity. The bear finally backed off, but my heart beating through my chest told me that was enough Elden Ring for today. But I didn't die!