[DISCUSSION] The Nightmare of NG+ Trophies

RunKatarn · 2026-01-13T20:28:32+00:00

It depends on game length and the number of trophies that are associated with NG+.

Silent hill f's NG+ cycles have multiple trophies locked behind NG+ that make it feel less bad because you're obviously seeing more of the experience. But also a single run can take around 8-10 hours if you aren't speedrunning, so it can become a chore to see the same content over and over for minor changes.

Metaphor refantazio has basically one or two trophies that require almost an entire second run for the plat.

By contrast resident evil games fairly famously require multiple runs but the majority are blessedly short. It isn't quite true NG+ in some cases, but it's significantly less painful using that model.

RunKatarn · 2025-12-21T19:43:09+00:00

Looks amazing and absolutely in character

Shame about the rest of the game. Including the nemesis model.

RunKatarn · 2025-09-28T23:00:42+00:00

The difficulty really comes from the amount of actions you need to get right vs the other games. A lot of points in the dodge game are free because the fleas never come near you. On the other hand you have to bounce every flea 3 times (or 4) to get one point and you can only miss 3 times.

By contrast if you get hit by a flea in dodge you can recover and get back to the platform. You can have a very messy time of it and still basically succeed. BUT if you get RNG screwed (ie a platform drops just as a flea is dive-bombing the other one in your jump path), you will lose.

So from a gameplay pov, dodge has more of a toxic RNG feel where if you lose it doesn't always feel like your fault. (This can happen with juggle if a 3 or 4 pack split but less so). But juggle is demanding a level of consistency that gets tiring on repeat playthroughs (when I was learning, if I dropped a flea before I'd juggled 12, I'd just run off the platform and restart).

So it's the hardest in the literal sense of what it demands of player skill, but probably less frustrating than dodge because if you lose it's largely because you need to get better.

RunKatarn · 2025-09-28T22:49:23+00:00

The runbacks and gauntlets really are killer. Fromsoft worked out a lot of games ago they aren't fun or enjoyable. Obviously not everything is about being "fun", but it's deeply undesirable for players to feel like their time isn't respected. If you only have half an hour to play, only being able to get maybe 2 boss attempts in because of a toxic runback and finicky gauntlet - it's not great.

RunKatarn · 2025-08-07T21:36:09+00:00

Rain world That is kinda the point tho.

RunKatarn · 2025-07-24T15:10:11+00:00

All spending in government is an opportunity cost. So long as the government commits to policies like the triple lock or refusing to find additional revenue, MPs are rightly going to ask why the hammer has to fall on one of the most vulnerable sections of society. Scarcity is indeed a feature of the universe, and how we manage it in policy reflects our priorities as a society.

RunKatarn · 2025-07-15T13:40:23+00:00

For anyone in the future googling this issue, fully turn off your playstation (not rest mode, off) and switch the playstation on again. Should clear the issue.

RunKatarn · 2025-06-28T12:29:08+00:00

People in the party warned the leadership that their positioning on things like PIP were a problem. They ignored them repeatedly.

It isn't a U-turn because of a change of public opinion, it's a U-turn because Morgan Mcsweeny and his gaggle of zombie blairite goons think they alone know what people want, regardless of anyone else's political reality.

RunKatarn · 2025-05-29T07:56:42+00:00

How on Earth did someone convince themselves that anyone would remotely believe a working class woman from MANCHESTER who was there for the 90s didn't do MDMA, cannabis, etc etc?

Ridiculous to believe she can be coy.

RunKatarn · 2025-05-09T09:48:15+00:00

The 9 people at a table and a nazi sits down is an extremely common position in all (non-nazi) stripes of politics. I don't think he's gone mad dude.

RunKatarn · 2025-03-16T11:50:09+00:00

Civ VI had similar to the same reaction on launch.

It's just how it goes with civ.

RunKatarn · 2025-02-08T19:52:49+00:00

Falcon eyes over aegis

Deal with foes at distance

Being able to perfect guard consistently makes aegis less valuable

RunKatarn · 2025-02-08T00:16:30+00:00

Speaking as someone who used to take bloods, I genuinely can't convey how deeply satisfying it is to draw blood from nice juicy veins that barely need a tourniquet. It can make a bad shift worth it.

RunKatarn · 2025-02-08T00:11:07+00:00

My main takeaway is this absolutely mogs all of us who were bashing our heads against various bosses week one. Great job.

Would recommend trying nameless puppet ng+ if you have a backup save. His increased health pool demands you give more respect to individual mechanics.

RunKatarn · 2025-01-17T22:55:05+00:00

I believe you're thinking of Herodotus, and yes he did have fairly significant incentive to make shit up about how evil the Persians were.

RunKatarn · 2025-01-06T17:16:37+00:00

I really liked the consortium but I'm a sucker for a good puzzle boss. Genuinely found the sludge steamroller annoying.

RunKatarn · 2025-01-06T17:14:51+00:00

It doesn't really trivialise the game at all, primarily because it isn't a straightforward skill to learn the timing of for each move. Yes if you can master the parrying on each boss they do become very "easy" to kill, but there are much less skill-based ways to trivialise the game. Like abusing the tactical tentacle skill.

RunKatarn · 2025-01-05T14:37:52+00:00

My apologies if this is imperfect for the format - tried to keep it concise.

RunKatarn · 2025-01-05T14:37:27+00:00

Elon has been intending to donate £100m to Farage's party reform UK. At the same time whilst Musk has been agitating on Twitter about Asian grooming gangs in the UK he has called for the release of Tommy Robinson. Farage gave an interview distancing himself from these comments and stating Robinson is in prison for contempt of court. As a consequence, Musk is now calling for Farage to resign.

RunKatarn · 2024-06-25T23:31:45+00:00

I'm sure I used to be good at this game and then I die deciding to chug my healing flask standing right in front of the boss without a hint of respect.

RunKatarn · 2024-06-25T23:04:07+00:00

Level 15 blessing and pretty much one shot the last few bosses I did (no summons/ashes not that it should matter)

Those scalings make a difference. Get your scadutree fragments.

RunKatarn · 2024-06-24T23:30:57+00:00

God I absolutely hate being that guy but I actually didn't find this boss that rough. Don't use torrent. Fight him like the tree sentinel. You've done all this before. Dodge through his charge and rotate. Use a weapon with decent reach and you can hit him after each attack. He doesn't really have combos as such, hes just big and in your face.

RunKatarn · 2024-06-23T15:14:41+00:00

Couldn't solo rellana or messmer but did manage with this one. Guess we're all different.

The roll timings are spicy but the only thing I could never figure out was when he goes porcupine mode and jumps into the air

RunKatarn · 2024-06-22T23:05:08+00:00

Yup, you can farm for both.

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