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When the strings(?) kick in for the first time when exploring the Inkwell Marsh... I think that's going to stand as one of the best musical moments of the year for me. Gareth Coker and co. knocked it out of the park.
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps |OT| Give It Your Owl [Now Updated for Series S|X!]
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When the strings(?) kick in for the first time when exploring the Inkwell Marsh... I think that's going to stand as one of the best musical moments of the year for me. Gareth Coker and co. knocked it out of the park.
You sure? I just opened the Xbox app and it says update available?
Which version number is your game after the update? If you open the MS Store app, click the 3 dots in the top right corner and choose downloads and updates?
Anyone started the game on hard? How hard is it? Kinda want to play it on hard and suffer on my first playthrough. 🤷♀️
It's hard. Very hard. For a First Time Playthrough I'd recommend Normal Mode.
I asked someone in the review thread who played on hard and they had this to say.
The game is already unlocked somewhere? I put in the Wellington (NZ) timezone here but it's not unlocked yet.
They are not joking when they say you get to move around the map much quicker.
You get some of the late game upgrades in BF super early this time.
You get some of the late game upgrades in BF super early this time.
Hmm, I like challenge. As long as it's not unfair. I'm going with hard. Thank you!
I 100%'d hollow knight, i'm ready for this. hehe.
It's sitting at 91 on metacritic
Game pass, change PC region to new zealand and you're good to go. Same thing on xbox I'm guessing.
Yep, to back up what I said in the review thread, Hard is definitely challenging for sure and if you're in any way concerned it might impact your enjoyment of the game, then go with Thomas's suggestion of Normal (he did create the game after all), the game is remarkable in every way and difficulty shouldn't impact your enjoyment the first time through in my opinion.
Having said that, I tend to always try to play on the harder difficulties and I think Moon Studios deserves respect for the Hard mode in the game. It makes battles feel a lot more involved without feeling like they;re just upping HP values or something. The game is never unfair and there's plenty of tools to shift the balance in your favor, in terms of the enemies, I only really had trouble with the bosses. They are difficult but they're so expertly designed that they all have mechanics and tells you can learn and there's loadouts you can use to give you an easier time.
thomasmahler , what was the differences of the escape sequences on hard, the game states they're 25% more difficult but they honestly felt perfectly fine and fair to me so I was curious to see what the differences are (I plan to do a Normal playthrough soon).
Having said that, I tend to always try to play on the harder difficulties and I think Moon Studios deserves respect for the Hard mode in the game. It makes battles feel a lot more involved without feeling like they;re just upping HP values or something. The game is never unfair and there's plenty of tools to shift the balance in your favor, in terms of the enemies, I only really had trouble with the bosses. They are difficult but they're so expertly designed that they all have mechanics and tells you can learn and there's loadouts you can use to give you an easier time.
thomasmahler , what was the differences of the escape sequences on hard, the game states they're 25% more difficult but they honestly felt perfectly fine and fair to me so I was curious to see what the differences are (I plan to do a Normal playthrough soon).
I am still gonna be taking my time and not move too fast to appreciate the scenery :)
That sounds like it would make hunting for Shards and whatnot even more rewarding and the combat more satisfying. I'm leaning towards Hard right now.
Could you tell us something about when the Steam version unlocks?
Thanks and congratulations for the game.
One of the major differences I did notice on Hard though is that merchants are a lot more expensive but I never felt the need to grind for Spirit Light and unlocked most by the end of my playthrough with about half of the Spirit Shards upgraded. Even then, there are Shards you can equip which will increase the rate at which you obtain Spirit Shards that I never equipped.
The sound design along with the music is pretty much perfection so far. There's a satisfying crispness/attention to detail in all the audio effects and from what I played it's already got OST of the year tier. It's also dynamically mixed into the background depending on what's happening at times.
Is this the track you mean? I'm tempted to not listen to some of these tracks, but man, it's so good!
I remember Thomas mentioning the sound effects are made by Formosa who did Frozen, Blade Runner 2049, God of War, The Last of Us, MGSV etc.. Guess that investment paid off :)
Thanks, I definitely like what i'm reading here. Hard it is, for sure!
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That's the one, it was perfectly timed as a walked into a new screen. Just incredible stuff.
Definitely try to stay strong, I find it's always best to hear tracks in-game first!
No issues here. Is this on internal or external? Also wich version are you running?
Don't say I didn't warn you!
I think you're just a pretty damn good player. Hard is very challenging and the escapes are 25% tougher... I mean, even I die every now and then trying to do them on Hard. Hard Mode was specifically made for people who played through the game at least once on Normal Mode, sort of as a 'Quest B' type of situation where you now have to play much more strategically and have to know exactly what you're doing or you'll get punished.
Are you playing on an external HD? The game is streaming all the time, so you might see worse loading issues if you play on a slower HDD. It's either that or you'd accept loading screens like in other games and I think we made the right choice there.
Game doesn't feel 100% smooth on PC, every second or so I get microstutters. Tried vsync off, control panel based vsync, locking to 60 FPS, nothing helps.
But Jesus Christ if isn't it beautiful to look at and listen to.
But Jesus Christ if isn't it beautiful to look at and listen to.
playing on One X internal HD, and massive slowdowns in the beginning, and audio issues. At first thought it was my wireless headset but others have been making the same complaint.. Crashed my system on first start-up too.
Running better now that im out of the prologue.
Going to try on my PC now.
That's a weird take, to be honest.
Don't remember the first one having that problem, ever, or other games having loading screens after running 100m through the world.
What year is it?
For sure. A continuous world is much better than a room-based experience such as Hollow Knight
Wait --- i thought all external settings (Riva, AMD, NV) had no effect on MS game's?
Most of them definitely do if I recall correctly - I believe the issue is with Reshade and UWP apps.
Locking it to your refreshrate via RTSS helps tremendously, also vsync off.
My framerate now stabilized after doing that. It still hitches in cutscenes but in the gameworld it's way better.
thomasmahler Im 2 hours in now and i also noticed that the framerate seems to drop when there are scenes with extreme light sources coming through from the back. Any word on this? Playing on XBOX One X
Game probably feels much better on Series X :-D
This makes me really nervous. I played some of the original last night on PC and the hitching was very distracting.