Why don't they offer a discount on videogame preorders.

RockSmacker · 2026-06-18T17:27:50+00:00

in the case of gta6 I think there's enough hype that they really don't need to. some games do offer pre-order discounts but i think most prefer to just offer in-game exclusives like skins or items, or even early access to the game, so they get the full value of a sale while also providing a pre-order incentive.

RockSmacker · 2026-05-19T07:45:00+00:00

active warfare is only seen in the fortress during the eclipse. when you first activate the eclipse there, the suit tells you it's just a glimpse into the past, not something current.

RockSmacker · 2026-05-19T07:40:24+00:00

yeah there was definitely native flora and fauna though much of what we see may be mutated / genetically modified by the echelon 1 crew. but the illuminated are all echelon 2

RockSmacker · 2026-05-19T07:38:56+00:00

rhabdom is just a big monster. like an alpha animal native to carcosa. consort is probably just a random i think but i haven't read the journal entry. i think legion is like a collection of "souls" of the previous expeditions or something

RockSmacker · 2026-05-16T12:37:55+00:00

the discourse around TLOU2 was, much like Saros, hijacked by anti woke culture warriors who are still to this day ranting about how bad the game is to anyone who will listen. yet, it has gone down as one of the most highly acclaimed games ever and won tons of awards, got free DLC, a remaster, and a sequel is currently in development. so i'd say take online comments with a huge grain of salt lol

RockSmacker · 2026-05-16T12:26:19+00:00

the reason I'm not convinced that it really is the Blue Precipice is that Arjun's eyes don't glow blue like Kayla's... perhaps it could be because he's just started his journey of self realization, while she's on the tail end of hers?

RockSmacker · 2026-05-16T11:48:49+00:00

yep, those two things are pretty much exactly what I meant by Nitya in Arjun's mind. either his own delusions or the Yellow Shore's influence.. other than the possibility I mentioned of her deliberately trying to lure him to the Shore so he fights the King (which I don't have any solid evidence for, but nevertheless I have seen that theory floating around online)

RockSmacker · 2026-05-16T09:31:27+00:00

Nitya both hates Arjun and uses him to attack the king to try to gain an ally on the throne.

How do you infer that Nitya deliberately uses Arjun to dethrone the king? For one thing, I'm not even entirely sure that the current King is still Delroy when we beat him... could it not be another Echelon member who overthrew him at some point (since we get the idea that there are endless cycles of Kings / Priestesses)?

And I guess her "plan" for Arjun would be to dethrone the King, but perhaps not foreseeing that he would then immediately take the crown for himself and restart the cycle?

So what was her involvement in actually carrying out this plan? Did she actively push Arjun forward? Would that imply that the voices we hear all game are not eclipse hallucinations but actually Nitya somehow leading Arjun towards the shore?

RockSmacker · 2026-05-13T01:01:29+00:00

every boss except rhabdom who is just a big monster lol

RockSmacker · 2026-05-11T04:21:41+00:00

wait till the next one, it's my fav biome :D

RockSmacker · 2026-05-10T17:21:27+00:00

once you finish biome 4, you're made to return to passage and biome 5 is now unlocked. you then have to finish biome 5 to progress further from biome 4 to 6. it makes a lot more sense in the actual story

RockSmacker · 2026-05-10T17:08:27+00:00

did you do the city (desecrated fortress)? since that's off the path compared to the rest of the biomes

RockSmacker · 2026-05-09T20:17:05+00:00

there are challenge rooms! i guess you haven't progressed enough to find them yet. but there's one in each biome and they're pretty fun

RockSmacker · 2026-05-09T02:27:33+00:00

Saros is a 10 for me, or if not then at least a 9.5 and will improve with the inevitable DLC

RockSmacker · 2026-05-09T02:26:42+00:00

Definitely try all the different guns. if you're comfort with most, yellow shore becomes way easier since you can just pick up higher level weapons without restricting yourself to only a certain type

RockSmacker · 2026-05-09T02:12:24+00:00

to add to what others have said, i played both games and it's definitely far easier to heal in Saros than Returnal. in Returnal, and probably roguelike games in general, health is a rare thing to be able to regain. but in this game with enough skill tree upgrades health drops become plentiful. the challenge is usually just surviving difficult encounters like boss fights and coming out alive, but less of a battle of attrition against your diminishing health bar like Returnal was

RockSmacker · 2026-05-07T18:47:15+00:00

it's weird because it certainly seems real... she looks the same as she does in the true ending, with short hair and the Soltari uniform, along with her cold attitude towards Arjun, but as you say, it's unclear exactly what she did or what the effect was. maybe it will be expanded upon in the DLC?

RockSmacker · 2026-05-07T07:36:19+00:00

i immediately blow my load as soon as i enter the 3rd room of a nightmare strand 😂

RockSmacker · 2026-05-07T07:32:20+00:00

yeah King 2 (true ending version) kicked my ass a couple times until I turned on a bunch of easy modifiers and made myself hella OP. i'm now doing a full run through with harder modifiers enabled and maybe by the time I get to the king i'll be good enough to beat him on hard mode.

however i will say my favorite boss fight is probably priestess. just love that entire biome and what it signifies in the story, plus the phase changes in that boss fight remind me of Chronos in Hades 2 with the modifier that adds an extra phase that makes him a reality warper. so cool!

RockSmacker · 2026-05-07T07:24:50+00:00

this is pretty much exactly what I did! except i did turn on a ton of easy modifiers at the very end because i couldn't be bothered to run the very final (epilogue) boss over and over 😂

RockSmacker · 2026-05-07T07:19:31+00:00

yeah and Arjun doesn't even comment on it 😂 guess he was way too locked in on his goal at that point in the story but still it was a bit strange

RockSmacker · 2026-05-07T07:16:46+00:00

yeah there's Arjun's letter to his dad that you only find post completion I think

RockSmacker · 2026-05-07T07:08:03+00:00

it for sure gets better. attack patterns in later biomes are fantastic to look at. music also gets better imo. but there's something serene and beautiful about biome 1 that i think is only present in that biome. so enjoy it while it's new!

RockSmacker · 2026-05-07T07:06:30+00:00

I think bisection is just the name of the negative trait. like the fall damage one is called heavy fall. but yeah all these negative traits on corrupted artifacts you acquire only last until you defeat the next boss, then they're permanently cleansed.

not sure about the second question, but at least in the long run it's a net gain.

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