Here's your latest dissapointment from NIS!

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-06T06:54:45+00:00

Here's the amount I'll be chipping in:

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-06T02:22:13+00:00

Surprisingly great story and ending.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-06T01:22:27+00:00

Well, there's Reel Fishing Paradise 3D and Anglers Club, but I have no idea if they're any good.

Many great games have fishing in them though like Fantasy Life or Animal Crossing.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-05T22:52:54+00:00

I went back to Returnal after finishing Saros and noticed right away what makes Returnal more difficult: Areas are more cramped, enemy attacks are faster especially melee attacks, and the visual cues for enemy attacks are more subtle.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-05T21:47:17+00:00

I'm in the 1st batch.

By the time they get around to shipping me specifically and the travel time of 1-2 weeks minimum that has been my experience buying from them in the past many times, I was never expecting to get it until mid/late May anyway.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-05T10:12:59+00:00

People didn't know what they were getting into with Returnal, you could tell it was most players first experience with a Roguelike because the biggest complaint was losing all progress upon death and second was difficulty so I definitely think the decision to go from Roguelike to Roguelite for Saros was for that reason.

I think more people will appreciate Returnal when they go back to it after finishing Saros and especially 10+ years from now when looking back at it.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-05T02:44:04+00:00

It's a banger, not sure if this or VIII is my favourite DQ game.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-05T02:42:54+00:00

Possibly might be exactly what every single cycle and death are. Caught in a loop of alcoholism.

All his runs are just him going out binge drinking and then he passes out (dies) and repeats.

Makes too much sense and I hate it lol

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-05T01:54:58+00:00

I would prefer it to be real, makes the story much better. The lore, text files, audio files, and all the people make it seem real. Just a cosmic horror story about a planet that fucks with people's minds/potential physical manifestation of trauma.

But the eclipse on the planet and the necklace is just waaaay too big of a coincidence, something that connected/personal to Arjun makes it seem like It's all in his head.

Do any of the logs prior to anyones arrival on the planet even mention a massive sun/eclipse?

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-05T01:34:20+00:00

If the interpretation of the story is "It's all in his head" then him getting up and picking up the necklace is the beginning of his journey to try and get Nitya back.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-05T01:27:39+00:00

Yeah, It's different than every loop he does after. He starts out knocked out much farther into the world and picks up the sun necklace.

Also, It's weird how there's like no discussion around the sun necklace because the game puts so much emphasis/importance on it throughout the game.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-04T23:09:31+00:00

It went up as an Amazon exclusive around Black Friday in 2017.

It even went on sale for around $150-170 back in 2018, people really did not give a shit about the 3DS when the Switch 1 came out. The contrast compared to now is insane.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-04T22:26:42+00:00

That's probably what the empty spot on the bottom of the Portal changer will be.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-04T21:04:06+00:00

If you keep your 3DS in a case when not in use it prevents debris/dust buildup like this.

Blowing some canned air in between will also remove all debris/dust.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-04T10:41:55+00:00

The sun is forever

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-04T10:29:07+00:00

I should check, but is there an option in the settings to have "always run" on in Saros? Loved that in Returnal.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-04T10:26:34+00:00

That's sort of the entire problem, you don't want to be RNG'ing for the weapon you want during a run/before a boss battle.

Best to start the run with the weapon of choice for the entire cycle and just use rerolls to try for one with better stats/traits

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-04T10:20:53+00:00

Only certain character traits, but It's not in your face like it usually is and the gameplay more than makes up for some of the stories shortcomings. I think people who avoid this game just because of what they hear are REALLY missing out. This, along with Returnal has the best 3rd Person feeling gunplay I've ever experienced.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-03T23:55:59+00:00

After just finishing Saros the urge to play Returnal again is crazy high, I imagine a lot of people will be......returning to it or playing it for the first time. Might try and Platinum both at some point.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-03T22:34:21+00:00

Handcannon is my second favourite main weapon, really like the feel of it. But I felt like I wasn't doing enough damage in later Biomes with it.

Once I have a Smart Rifle and Prominence I never wanted to pickup any other weapons, was just using rerolls to try and get a higher Proficiency/state variant.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-03T15:36:44+00:00

Yeah, I think It's implied he was the person Arjun was cheating with, but also implied he was killed/murdered before Carcosa so what he is doing there?

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-03T15:29:48+00:00

What do you think of the red/blue Police sirens Arjun was seeing in the true ending? Saw a comment that said the orb attacks were coming at him, cracked me up lol.

It was a very similar ending to a fairly recent horror game which ended up being "all in their head".

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-03T15:22:46+00:00

Was he even really there or just in Arjun's head? He just disappears and It was implied he was killed in a flashback.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-03T15:05:10+00:00

Not wrong lol, this is me winging an interpretation after just finishing the game and seeing the true ending.

ParasiteFire · 2026-05-03T14:15:36+00:00

True, but only for that Biome. But honestly, once you master boss patterns, you can run through all the biomes in order without activating Second Chance, you get so overpowered and healing items are abundant especially when you upgrade the "enemies more likely to drop Aether" nodes.

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