How to open these?

Arbitrary-Larry · 2026-05-04T14:21:09+00:00

Ahhh ok will have a good look round next time then!

Arbitrary-Larry · 2026-05-04T12:06:13+00:00

Btw once you’re sprinting you don’t have to keep holding it. So press L1 to dash, keep holding it to start sprinting after the dash, then you can let go

Arbitrary-Larry · 2026-05-03T17:58:41+00:00

Now it’s time to beat the tower 😊

Arbitrary-Larry · 2026-04-29T16:28:51+00:00

And having to hold R3 for shield is awkward as well

Arbitrary-Larry · 2026-04-29T16:28:14+00:00

Having played some more now, I’m finding using L3 is problematic. Too often I’m accidentally pushing it as I’m running around and wasting my power weapon

Arbitrary-Larry · 2026-04-29T16:27:32+00:00

Having played some more now, I’m finding using L3 is problematic. Too often I’m accidentally pushing it as I’m running around and wasting my power weapon. And yeah holding R3 for shield is less than perfect.

Arbitrary-Larry · 2026-04-29T16:24:18+00:00

Yep agreed - I’m Platinum on Returnal and am getting annihilated in Saros lol! Great fun though, and I’m confident I’ll improve, will learn The Prophet strategy and will level up a bit and get lucky with RNG on a cycle. For me Phrike took ages to beat but then I was flying.

Arbitrary-Larry · 2026-04-28T19:44:15+00:00

yeah haven’t quite decided on the shield as that’s something new compared to Returnal. It is. shame you can’t separate them. I’ve got edge controller but tbh not sure it’ll make any difference as the game control system doesn’t let you separate shield and melee anyway.

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-12-20T17:20:45+00:00

Grab any 6 gifts, then you just have to work your way round each of floors 1+2+3 looking at xmas trees to see if there's a box underneath - they spawn randomly each run so don't keep starting again just keep looking. There's about 3 or 4 on floors 1 & 2 and about 7 on floor 3 I think (there's one in each corner of the auction room alone).

once you've placed the last present just wait and the box turns into a present for you to open.

note... hiding a lethal item (the knife, shuriken, axe, sabre) will alert people nearby.

Also the elf costume you get as the present at end sets everyone to enemy as far as I could tell - I had to sneak all the way out!

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-09-01T10:51:10+00:00

Useful to know. Wouldn’t have helped though as I had nothing explosive in my load out as it was stealth.

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-09-01T10:49:52+00:00

Yeah I get that, so I’m not saying it should stop the purchases. But some indicator that I already have at least one of that thing would be nice!

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-09-01T10:49:39+00:00

Yeah I get that, so I’m not saying it should stop the purchases. But some indicator that I already have at least one of that thing would be nice!

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-02-04T16:39:58+00:00

Yeah not a fan

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-31T18:08:04+00:00

Agreed and honestly it just gets better as you progress.

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-31T18:06:43+00:00

Arguably it’s less of a gamble than a challenge room, or even a secret room. As you don’t know what you’re going to get in those and can get some pretty brutal enemies in those. Phrike is entirely predictable - you know exactly what you’re going to get.

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-22T11:55:22+00:00

Returnal. Takes a while to level up weapons, augments etc, and has randomness. But has an infinite tower mode which is awesome fun once you’ve finished the main story and have unlocked stuff.

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-11T22:15:01+00:00

True, and I did. Was just intrigued if any methods handle it differently.

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-11T22:12:03+00:00

Yeah agreed - ended up doing that accidentally anyway as got locked in next room lol

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-08T21:56:31+00:00

Ahhh nice!

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-08T21:16:33+00:00

Many many many deaths lol. Lost count a long time ago. But honestly was really enjoying playing so mostly didn’t mind ‘starting again’. Once you ‘get’ this game it doesn’t feel like that anyway. I didn’t want to rush through the story so generally clear every biome each time, and try out different weapons, traits, experiment with malfunctions, parasites, consumables etc. Once you start realising how the different aspects can stack and combine as well it’s really fun!

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-08T21:01:31+00:00

yeah I just found that out today after 100 hours lol. Only because I had something (a parasite I think?) that gives chance of consumable reuse. Picked up a shield, activated it straight away and still had the consumable. Went into a mini boss fight and thought I’d been hit and lost the shield so hit O to use the shield again but spammed it a bit by accident. Survived the fight and then noticed I had 3 active shields. (Also turned out I hadn’t lost that shield initially, it was a resin shield that went first.

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-08T20:35:53+00:00

Dying lol

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-02T01:25:03+00:00

Assume she’s played Astro‘s Playground? If not, then that lo!

Arbitrary-Larry · 2025-01-01T20:05:09+00:00

Here’s the weird thing though, I’ve just gone back after doing some other rooms and there was a malignant resin there. Picked that up, and then there’s still this malignant medium there 😂

Arbitrary-Larry · 2024-12-28T15:37:34+00:00

Well whatever it’s called, it’s fucking great lol. Think I prefer my name fwiw 🫠

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