I've been playing it over a week, and it's just getting better and better. Every video I've seen from Scott's perspective has been pretty cringeworthy, so maybe playing as Sara is playing a huge role in why I'm enjoying the story so much. Also the multiplayer is pretty addictive. It's basically just hoard mode, but it's a very fun one of those
Really bummed that every alien is bipedal and human-shaped with the same idea of clothing in this different galaxy. What little imaginative believability there is to this universe is kinda ruined for me by that.
So for people wondering, Route A (first playthrough) is tip-of-the-iceburg stuff where you experience the story with very little explanation of what's going on. In Route B, you learn a lot more about what's really going on, and in Route C...well, just play it...nothing substantial I can say that isn't spoilers. But I promise, it's fucking nuts
How long is each play through roughly? I don't see how someone can play through a game multiple times just to experience a story but apparently this game has like a dozen endings? Something like A-K routes that I was under the impression of. I have a hard time spending 10+ hours in ANY game so if it is like 20 hours a playthrough I don't know if I will ever make it through all the endings.
Preload almost done though and will know in a few hours! The PS 4 demo was great but the controller and weaker graphics was hard to enjoy.
There are 26 endings. But only A-E (I think?) matter. For example, you can blow yourself up in the bunker. That will get you ending U I believe, in which some text will pop up and say how you just blew up the bunker and all the androids died. Then the credits speed through in about 2 seconds. I can't say how long each one is because it all depends on whether you try to min-max, do sidequests, or what. I've been doing all the sidequests and stuff as soon as I could and I'm about 50 hours in, and something like midway through Route C. If I was rushing through everything on easy difficulty, I could probably get to where I am now in about 10 hours though. More if I don't skip cutscenes or speed through dialogue. All your equipment, levels, items, sidequest progress, and everything carries over between playthroughs though, so nothing's missable and you do eventually unlock a chapter select sort of thing.
So for people wondering, Route A (first playthrough) is tip-of-the-iceburg stuff where you experience the story with very little explanation of what's going on. In Route B, you learn a lot more about what's really going on, and in Route C...well, just play it...nothing substantial I can say that isn't spoilers. But I promise, it's fucking nuts
I've been playing on very hard so I've just sort of internalized that as the norm for balance in the game, and DAMN you really don't take any damage at all on normal mode, compared to that
Wow the writing for this is bad. And I get that's the point, but they managed to do it in a way that straddles the line between not funny and just cringey.
I don't know what it is. I can pick out every individual piece of this art style and animation and identify it as something I like. But combined all together, it seems so unappealing to me
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