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?
I’ve had it on Steam forever, but never played it when I had a PC. It runs okay on my Mac, but kinda looks like ass. I’m hoping for a good sale on Xbox so I can play it in 4K. (If not, the TV will upscale it and my old ass won’t care if I can tell the difference.)
The game is awesome, and you can customise the heck out of the difficulty settings. Can make it so you straight up don’t take damage if you just want the story. That’s wild to me, with so many games punishing people who work full-time… or perhaps they’d say it rewards the time and effort they take to learn the intricate parry/dodge systems… Not a fan of souls-likes. I love accessible gaming. Let people make it as easy or as hard as they want. Bethesda ties it to XP in Starfield — if you want it easy, you’re working for less XP. So I pick up all the guns and spacesuits and I buy the cool upgrades for my ship. I got up to level 183 on my first game, I don’t need all that.
So yeah… figure out the difficulty/accessibility settings and make the experience yours… then go own it.