It’s been on my ‘one of those days’ list for years now, and with Resonance out, they ran a $6 Steam sale for the original which put it in the impulse buy category. Fast forward a week and I’m out of town for work with some hotel time to kill so hooked my Steamdeck up to the TV and gave it a go and wow… I see what the hype is about.

Any non spoiler tips, tricks, or things I should be on the lookout for?

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    4 天前

    hey, looks like a neat game, I should check this out! I’ve never heard of this game

    already in your library

  • otacon239@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    5 天前

    This is one of the few games I’ve played where I’m constantly hoping to find new random scraps of paper. One of the most interesting places to explore.

  • conny@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5·
    4 天前

    Control’s combat mechanics are made specifically so that enemies hit you less the faster you’re moving. So picking up momentum and keeping it as much as you can is a solid strategy. Sometimes I simply run around in circles when low on health, trying to get some easy kill or find more health somewere. It works surprisingly well.

    Also, Throw is OP in general. A little trick I only recently learned myself: You can pick up something from behind an enemy and have it hit them as it floats towards you.

    Have fun! :)

    • vladmech@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      3 天前

      Oh dang that’s really good to know, I’d been playing it like most other third person shooters and trying to methodically work the cover system. YOLO it is!

    • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      4 天前

      Until Resonant that that was my favorite music sequence in a game. Still is, but Resonant has some great moments like it. Honorable mention to the Rayman Legends music levels.

      • Strider@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 天前

        Put that word on a spoiler tag please 😊

        And the reference. Ah what the hell, nevermind lol.

        Alan wake also had something like that.

  • False@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    5 天前

    The game really rewards being aggressive. There’s a reason enemies drop health pickups where they die - keep moving and take advantage of that.

  • dimjim@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    4 天前

    If you’re playing with a controller, don’t be ashamed to go into the optional settings to make aiming easier. I absolutely suck at fps games on controller, the aim assist was crucial for me to enjoy playing. I’m glad I did because this game is amazing!

  • Tynan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    4 天前

    I own this game across five storefronts and have never paid for it. I liked it, but ran out of steam and didn’t finish.

  • FenrirIII@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    4 天前

    Just started this week. It’s fun and atmospheric. But I hate the darkness and screen mobbing of effects. Like it gets so bad that you can’t see shit during a fight and somehow fall down endless voids that exist for reasons.

  • godot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 天前

    I don’t consider what I’m about to say a spoiler, but some people might.

    spoiler

    There is a part of this game that is going to knock your socks off. It raised my bar for how good a section of a game could be. It’s up there with the intro to Ocarina of Time, sneaking into the second building in Into the Radius where things finally started to click but I was still scared shitless, and the lake scene in FFX, carved into my soul.

    Once you’ve gotten to that part, let me know because I just like going back and forth about how incredible it is. If you get through a part of the game and wonder if you’ve gotten there, you haven’t gotten there yet. When you get there, you won’t wonder.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    5 天前

    Damn, I’ve had this game sitting at 0 hours played in my library for a while now. Worth giving it a shot it sounds like?