Finished chapter 6 of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition!
Also got a skell! Going to see if I can buy more skells right now or just buy some weapons for it.
I have one big complaint though, about the map and enemy placements in this game. For instance, a quest with recommended level 20, has level 30 or above enemies in the main path, and it isn’t easy to go around them.
Similarly, there was a level 5 quest in the start, where you had to get communication device of someone, and it was right beside level 35 monsters, and I couldn’t get to it without entering combat with them.
It’s one thing when it’s a normal quest, like the level 5 one, but that level 20 one was an affinity quest, which means I can’t progress without doing it either, and there is apparently no way to abandon it once accepted.
Maybe I am just not doing something right.
Played a bit of The Surge too. Couldn’t get very far in the third area, the Biolabs something. So, looked up some info and apparently I was using the weapons wrong. I was ignoring the damage type of the weapons since the game never mentioned anything about them anywhere, but apparently my weapon is pretty much useless against armour, switched to another weapon (also learned you can select multiple weapons and switch between them with one button!) which had damage for armour, and even though it’s overall power was much less, I was killing enemies so much faster! Only issue is that this weapon is staff, where I am more comfortable with one-handed weapons, and can’t find a good one-handed one that deals damage to armour.
Still, haven’t gotten much further because of annoying Robo dogs, died to them a few times. Will try again.
What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?
PlayStation is pretty dead and hasn’t received an update in like 4 years or something. It’s also missing a lot of content, which was removed because consoles weren’t powerful enough to run it. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you don’t have access to a PC.
To answer your question, it’s fine to play solo. The game will definitely be easier at first if you join a public platoon and follow them around the map, but I started as a predominantly solo player and have continued to play that way for 12 years. As long as you complete the tutorial, you will have enough information to start as a solo player.
Wow, 12 years!
I do have a PC, don’t use it to play much, but can give it a try. Just checked, it’s available on Steam, and works pretty well on Linux, so shouldn’t be an issue.
Well if you do decide to give it a try, there’s a double XP event happening this weekend. Populations are usually higher on the weekends anyway, but considering the recent merge and double XP the server should be particularly lively. The evenings will probably see 3 continents open, with ~1000 players on the main one.
I am going to download, and give it a try over the weekend. Whether I play it just for 10 mins for few hours, no idea yet. Will let you know how it felt to me.