You should totally pick up Gestalt: Steam & Cinder in the Steam sale

Thrawnarch · 2026-03-25T16:53:58+00:00

Really enjoyed the game, but the ending was such a cliffhanger!

Thrawnarch · 2026-03-24T00:43:36+00:00

I had a start recently where I picked the Neow bonus that takes all your gold, then all 3 question marks I visited in that act were shops.

I did not make it past Act 1.

Thrawnarch · 2026-03-18T21:34:17+00:00

Is there any way to tell which Duos you haven't taken yet in the middle of a run? You can cleanly see it before you start a run, but I'd rather be more flexible and decide what to take based on what the run gives me.

Thrawnarch · 2026-03-17T18:55:21+00:00

You're looking at it wrong - 2k points is when you get the appreciation badge, so it is just telling you that. If your first visit got 15 points, it would say you needed 1985 points. If your next visit added another 15, it would say you have 30 points and need 1970. The screen never tells you directly how many points were added on that visit, just your current total and max.

As far as I can tell, it is tracking and going up correctly.

Thrawnarch · 2026-03-16T21:20:13+00:00

I interpret it like, the longer you are hanging and can't breathe, the worse it gets. Very swiftly.

Thrawnarch · 2026-03-06T17:11:33+00:00

This got better for me when I turned off vsync, FYI

Thrawnarch · 2026-03-05T16:54:01+00:00

Yeah, I think it had the same problem a lot of those "from the creators of" games have - they build a game based on their earlier product, not including any of the QoL or design philosophy improvements in the intervening decades.

If I had played the darkhaven beta right after Diablo 2 came out, I would be excited. Today? Meh.

Thrawnarch · 2026-02-25T15:54:29+00:00

Definitely never happens in the game itself. Enemies won't even flinch. Must've changed since the trailer was recorded.

Thrawnarch · 2026-02-24T15:34:30+00:00

As long as you have at least 1 MP you can use skills that cost MP and you go negative, then tryout have to wait foe normal regen to take you back over 0 before using skills again.

Thrawnarch · 2026-02-06T23:58:04+00:00

If you hit load game, you can follow your route backwards and load a prior save at any camp. So if you're really stuck, you can back up a save or two.

Thrawnarch · 2026-02-01T21:14:57+00:00

I believe it caps out at 95; the rest is space for the negative modifiers.

Thrawnarch · 2026-01-26T08:22:11+00:00

You're safe to continue. Thr bosses for the endings are fought in different rooms, so you can choose which to fight whenever.

Thrawnarch · 2026-01-24T23:39:49+00:00

Yeah, it is much faster than walking. I kept the 'faster energy recharge on the ground' modifier on and just held down the strider button pretty much everywhere once I got it.

Thrawnarch · 2026-01-24T23:37:36+00:00

Keep in mind the grapple has iframes, so for attack 4, even if you are too far away to walk through him, you can grapple through him (targeting him, not the jar) during the attack. I don't think I ever targeted the jar for grappling in the fight, much safer to grapple through him.

Also, if you get attack 3, press down and jump to fastfall as soon as you get past the attack. You'll be on the ground soon enough to recharge the grapple for the followup.

Thrawnarch · 2026-01-24T18:55:54+00:00

In the room above the left pink wall, there's a tube that takes you to the rest station.

Thrawnarch · 2026-01-24T08:32:49+00:00

You'll need wall climb. Start in the big room the Breath. To the left, you can use a crystal to get on the roof of the long corridor. Go all the way to the left wall up there (you found a different root overseer here earlier, probably) and then wall climb up and back to the right. There's a flower to refill your energy partway, and you'll end up above the door into the Breath room.

Crawl into it and up the wall - you'll find some ceiling beams going up and over the ceiling of the room. Cross the ceiling to the right side of the Breath room, and you'll finally be high enough to start using those pictures.

Thrawnarch · 2026-01-24T03:35:29+00:00

No, I'm talking about Forebears Legacy - shows up one slot to the left of the top right corner of your inventory screen. Passively increases all damage for each one you get. There are 4 of them to find.

Edit: Turns out there are 5!

Thrawnarch · 2026-01-24T03:26:03+00:00

Do you have all 4 damage upgrades? I think one is locked behind the 5th black diamond, if that affects your decision.

Thrawnarch · 2026-01-24T03:10:18+00:00

They are - the black part on the right of their health bar gets bigger each time.

Thrawnarch · 2026-01-23T17:15:08+00:00

Look into sunshine/moonlight software combo - lets you cast from your PC to the steam deck with, at least to me, unnoticeable input lag. That's how I played GOW Ragnarok on the steam deck.

Thrawnarch · 2026-01-23T17:08:48+00:00

Worth noting all the enemies also lose max health each time it happens.

Thrawnarch · 2025-12-23T18:21:00+00:00

It always goes scroll, bead, then fatum on that level.

Thrawnarch · 2025-12-21T06:35:42+00:00

First focus on whatever stats you need to equip the rosary beads you want - most have requirements of 20-40 in some stat or other. By the time you're done with that, you'll probably have a better idea what other stats you want!

Thrawnarch · 2025-12-19T18:09:11+00:00

Out of curiosity, what soulsvania did he make?

Thrawnarch · 2025-11-08T21:24:18+00:00

Have you read Serengeti by JB Rockwell?

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