Playing Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. Not much new here, doing some side content while waiting for FrontNav minerals to give me what I need. Did some side quests, also finally found the dog, so was able to do tons of heart-to-heart.
Finally got the required mineral last night and went to start Chapter 7, when I realised I haven’t surveyed Oblivia enough! facepalm I remember checking it before and was sure I meet the required number, so I either it read the requriement wrong or my survey percentage wrong.
Anyways, with Skell, it shouldn’t take too long to do it. Also, got all my characters to level 30, so can buy Skells for them. Haven’t done that yet though, will do it soon.
The Surge time was pretty productive, completed the third area, and got some good upgrades, then went back to second area (that’s how the game flows), and now am stuck at the boss.
I am bit confused about this boss. It has two phases, I have gotten down first one now, can do it without losing much health, or sometimes, any health. The second phase has 4 robo-arms on the side walls, which keep attacking you when you are attacking the mail pillar / boss. You can destroy those 4 arms, but if kill the boss without destroying the arms, you get a very good weapon.
So, that’s where I am stuck, I want to kill the boss without destroying those arms, to get that weapons, but I am not sure if I am good enough to keep track of 5 different things and attack the boss while dodging them. Going to try a few more times, if it didn’t work out, will just destroy the arms.
Also got Street Fighter 6
I am more of a casual fighting game player, but still enjoy them every now and then, with a soft spot for Street Fighter and Soulcalibur games. So, just got it to play few rounds every now and then. Thinking about seeing if I can get anywhere in ranked, but not too concerned about it.
Ilandar mentioned PlanetSide 2 last week, and after looking it up, I wanted to give it a try. Plan to check it out over the weekend. I am not much of a MMO fan, so not sure how much I will actually play, but want to take a look.
What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?
I finished Portal 2 co-op mode a fair while ago (and the bonus levels that I honestly could have missed entirely, because it’s not really indicated that they exist) and started the single-player mode. It’s fine, and I’m interested to find out the details (although it’s hinted at enough that I think I can guess), but I actually feel the single-player mode is a bit too long. You’re moving through the levels, but I none of them have been that challenging and in the later game (assuming I’m near the end), a lot are just too straightforward. Possibly I was spoiled by the co-op mode and I would have liked the single-player mode more if I’d done it first.
Some of those co-op bonus levels are brutal too. I played through them with my kid last year and it was great.
Sadly the single player campaign has some bad glitches on the switch that can prevent progression if you get unlucky.
I was playing it with my kid as well and we really enjoyed it, even though it was me just directing them what to do for a lot of it.
I think I encountered one glitch in single player: there were three lens cubes in the room that I needed to use, and at one point I just lost one. It’s possible it got fired into a dark corner of the room and I didn’t see it, but I think it glitched away. Not too annoying since I just reloaded the level to do it again.
Interesting, never played the co-op mode, is it more difficult than the single player mode?
I’d say so, yes. Coordinating two players to do their things in the right order and getting the timing right requires a lot more thought. I did finish the single-player mode and there was one near the end that had me thinking for a bit, but there was nothing as challenging as what’s in the co-op mode.
Makes sense. Thanks for the info.