Basara

So, those Yakuza games? I've never played one but 0 and 1 are pretty cheap on the PS store here in the UK at the moment. I'm tempted. £19 for 0 and £10 for the first game i think. So dumb question, should i start with the first game or play the prequel first? Does playing Yakuza Zero ruin anything that might be in the first game?

I got my 4th Platinum trophy with Batman: The Telltail Series on PS4. OK, so that's not as impressive as 106 platinums, and it's a tell tail game so it basically just gives it away. But it still counts damn it! It's actually the first Telltail game I've played despite owning a bunch thanks to PS+/GWG/Humble Bundles. I've played other 'walking sims' before, Life is Strange is one of my favourite games on the PS4, but there wasn't a whole lot of walking in Batman. Are other Telltail games as light on the walking as Batman? It was pretty much just watching an 8 hour Batman movie with the occasional quick time event. Not that i'm complaining, the platinum trophy told me i'm Batman, so i'm Batman now! It had some interesting takes on characters and backgrounds. I did enjoy it though, i'm tempted to pick up season 2 the next time it goes on sale which will probably guarantee it going free the next month. I think Telltail and Assassins Creed are in competition to see who can give away the most games in their franchises. I also played through Ratchet and Clank last week since it was free on PS+ last month. I'd never played any of the original games but it was a lot of fun and either i suck at it or there is a massive difficulty jump for the final boss because i struggled with that more than i'd like to admit. Who would have though out of the 2 PS+ titles in march that i'd have more trouble beating a Ratchet and Clank boss than Bloodborne. Granted I've played Bloodborne to the point where i can just casually knock out a run now. I love that game. Speaking of Bloodborne, i played through pretty much the entire game last month again in co-op form with a friend of mine. I always find watching other people play Dark Souls/Bloodborne games interesting because everyone seems to struggle with different things and has their own approach. I played a lot of games over the past month, and barley touched Destiny, this is unusual for me.

Yeah i'm pretty much in the same boat. I played 2 weeks worth of the new, timeless, Nightfall a couple of patches ago and that's pretty much it. Might try and get in on those last 2 Iron Banners just to finish off a set of gear for the Hunter but once i hit max light on all 3 characters i kind of lost interest. Even though I've not done the raid this time around that carrot on the end of a stick just doesn't seem to be there for Destiny 2. I cant find a reason to keep logging in each week like a could for the original Destiny. I'll be back for the second expansion in May since i already brought it but the game will need a massive overhaul for whatever the Year 5 content is and not just these small improvements they keep dropping.

I've been doing another Bloddborne playthrough with a friend of mine since it's free on PS+ this month so I've not tried out the latest patch yet, i didn't even realise last week was Faction Rally week. I'll have to get some Nightfalls in for the new strike specific loot though. I'm interested in the new 6v6 Iron Banner when it's in rotation too. I see they mentioned that that was the last Faction Rally of season 2, does anyone know if they've commented on how many Iron Banners are left too? I'm guessing it will be new loot for when season 3 hits.

I know in the UK they sometimes offer you a deal. It's not a guaranteed thing though. I'm not sure what triggers it or if they just select people at random to receive the offer. I think it's normally around £30 for a year, and sometimes they do a one month offer for £1. Again, i don't know if this offer is available in the US but you can currently get 6 months for £6 from Microsoft if your account has expired in the UK: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/p/xbox-live-gold/cfq7ttc0k5dj/000D?tduid=(9fd439836256913dce2bdf91292420d8)(266696)(1018132)(1455486652)() Might be worth looking into.

2 good PS+ months in a row where I've owned the main game. But both Bloodborne and Mad Max were great games so i can't complain. I'm pretty sure Microsoft are dedicated at this point to giving away every Assassins Creed game ever made. I'll take it.

The scoring is like the old Challenge of Elders, without Variks awesome voice. But as far as I can tell you don't loose out on any gear for not getting a high score. The score is just tied to emblems and the aura. The problem with the timed Nightfall was if you took too long it kicked you back to orbit and you got nothing. Now you can take as long as you like and still get you're rewards. The scoring is just an added challenge. My only problem with the new format is they got rid of modifiers. Modifiers were what made it a Nightfall. Now it's just a harder strike with better rewards.

Curious, what don't you like about the scored version? Aside from the lack of modifiers, for me it's better in every way to the timed version. Knocked out a spot of Iron Banner last night. I'm playing on my Warlock but i'm cashing in and collecting the gear on my Hunter this time. I've got the cape, boots and chest so far along with the new grenade launcher.

Yeah the next expansion will probably be out by the time I've got 3 sets of gear on 3 characters for 3 sub classes. The Warlock is the only character so far to have 2 full 335 sets of armour. He's rocking Iron Banner and representing Dead orbit both at max light. I've only just hit max on the Titan and i still only have enough 335 gear on the Hunter for one complete set.

Not to keep banging on about how awesome Bloodborne is (it's awesome), you may find it easier or a lot harder than Nioh depending on what problems you had with it. Nioh is faster paced than Dark Souls but slower than Bloodborne and Bloodborne rewards aggressive play where as you have to be more defensive in Nioh. Bloodborne is also a lot more unforgiving at the start of the game though. I think i probably died more times in the starting area than i did the rest of the game. I would definitely recommend trying it out though and if you don't like it, well, it was free so no loss.

Good to know I'm not the only person that has set armour with the correct flavour mods for each sub class.

I don't want to ruin your day but infusion doesn't work like it did in D1 now. You can't use one classes gear to infuse another. Making that max light grind all the harder. Once you hit max light it is easier to bring the rest of your gear up to match though, I've had a bunch of blue engrams drop at 330. Something I noticed as well when we ran the new style Nightfall. There's no modifiers on the normal version anymore. It's one step forward two steps back with Bungie. It's great that they got rid of the timer, I don't think anyone enjoyed that, but a Nightfall without modifiers is just a slightly harder strike.

Holy crap, that might be the best PS+ month they've ever had. I'm not even mad that i already own Bloodborne since it's my favourite game of this generation and i can finally stop trying to convince my friends to buy it since its free. I'm happy with Ratchet & Clank and while Might No. 9 got somewhat torn apart I've always wanted to try it and free is the right price to pay.

The update is live and Nightfalls are back to being great again. The regular Nightfall has scoring rather than a timer like they introduced in Year 3. Beat the score to unlock an aura for your character like the D1 Nightfalls. Prestige Nightfalls are back to being the Nightfalls of old with a burn modifier and a wipe sending you back to orbit. Now's your chance for the Ratking J.T, all you have to do is beat a Nightfall. No time bullshit, nothing fancy, just beat the Nightfall. Max Light Louis! That's my new name for that glorious bird, he's 3 for 3 now. I cashed in my clan engram and once again he gave me the last piece of gear i needed for max light. I'm now 335 on all 3 characters.

Finished off the strike milestone, another week without the Titan being max light unless i can be bothered with A Call To Arms over the weekend to see if that drops a mark for me. Not all wasted though, I cashed in with FWC and have a full set of gear from them now. That additional vault space can't come soon enough, though i'm not sure 50 slots will be enough. I think i have a problem with hoarding. I also finished collecting all the verses for Vance and was pleasantly surprised at the reward you get for completing it. I thought the discord thing was largely for PC players since there was no in game way of communicating. Maybe it's spread to the console versions as well.

As long as they still plan on scrapping the Nightfall timer and going back to the old scoring method at the end of the month i'm fine. The pessimist in me thinks a lot of these updates will be delayed until the next expansion to make it feel more complete. Another tip for your Sparrow skills for the Nightfall, or just in general, you can completely negate the fall damage you receive on your Sparrow from dropping off a high ledge by using the side thrusters just before you hit the ground. Boosting to the left or right seems to reset the height the game thinks the Sparrow fell from and you take no damage. If you're after more bight dust J.T and have no plans on using all the shaders that get dumped on you from bright engrams, dismantling them gives you bright dust too. But only the ones from bight engrams, not regular shaders. I've found weapon ornaments seem to have a fairly high chance of dropping from bright engrams anyway. So you might just get lucky and have the only you're after drop for you eventually anyway.

Those Rigs are game breakingly OP in the right situation! In a congested enough area you get your super back instantly after using it. If you're a team of RNG blessed, well equipped Hunters you can burn Nightfall bosses. Have one wear the Rigs, the other 2 with the 6x Golden Gun helm. Wait for everyone to have a charged super and let the adds gather close together, tether them with the rigs, get your super back instantly, and make a crap ton of orbs. Have the 2 Golden Gun Hunters shoot the boss, grab the orbs you just made to get their supers back and shoot again. You can take off massive chunks of health doing this either forcing the boss into the next stage of the fight, or with enough damage, completely skipping a stage of the fight. I've seen videos of an Orpheus Rig user and 5 6x Golden Guns burn through the Raid Lair final boss in it's first stage. I think the record is 30 seconds or something with the right prep work.

Tips for the Nightfall if you're still chasing that Rat King. The time bonus this week is Rings. Going through a ring extends the time. Once you go through a ring in an area though you only have a limited time to get the rest. They won't start disappearing until you collect one. The best strategy is to clear out the enemies first before starting your ring run so you can collect as many as possibly without having to worry about fighting and dying. The other modifier is Momentum. It's terrible. Bungie are anti fun. Basically your health only regains while sprinting. I've read that if you stack maximum mobility along the mini tool and multi tool to max out the stat you can activate the health regen by just walking instead of sprinting. I've never tried this and it limits your weapon load out. Once you've got past the two Cabal commanders and cleared out the round room of enemies and made the jump to where the Vex are fighting the Cabal near the giant drill you can Sparrow your way through that entire area past the drill and into the boss room if you're confident in your driving abilities. Only one of you needs to make it to the boss room and it will drag the other 2, dead or alive, through to join you. Risk/Reward. It's much faster if you make it but you waist a ton of time if you all die.

Hope your dads doing ok J.T. 2 max light characters in one week! After finally hitting it on the Warlock earlier on i finished off the Hunters clan XP and once again, Louis had my back, he dropped me a max light The Took Offence cloak. I did not take offence! Just have the Titan to work on now who's lacking a chest and mark. For future reference on themed crucible events, someone mentioned above they didn't think they counted towards the crucible milestone. they do stack with A Call to Arms. Both Iron Banner and Crimson Doubles has so far. We knocked out both the CD and ACTA milestones in 5 crimson matches.

After falling back in love with Bloodborne and finishing a BL4 run i got over confident. I tried an all bosses no death run. I died to Darkbeast Paarl twice and the Orphan of Kos once. While i'm damn happy with the outcome that shit is too stressful and not at all fun. I'm not built for those sorts of challenge runs, i'll go back to playing video games for fun thank you very much.

It's another good Nightfall week for the Rat King J.T. Same modifiers as last week, this time on The Pyramidion. It's a little tougher than last weeks since there's more you have to kill but we 2 manned it with about 2.20 left on the clock so a full team of 3 should be good for 5 mins remaining. 3 hunters with the invisibility evade and the Orpheus Rigs is a good combination. You can go invisible at pretty much any time thanks to the torrent modifier and the Rigs mean your super recharges pretty much straight away since there's so many enemies to tether.

MAX LIGHT! After being stuck on 334 on all 3 characters for over a month my main finally hit 335. Louis dropped me a pair of 335 boots for my crucible clan engram. I'll not hear a bad word said about that glitchy bird, hes awesome. Speaking of crucible, it's the return of my favourite game mode, Crimson Doubles. It's the only 2 man game mode they do. It seems this year's event is a grenade fest with them recharging insanely fast if you are in close proximity to your team mate. We knocked out the quest which also stacks with A Call to Arms. I scored the exotic sparrow which looks pretty awesome and flowery. It seems they've learnt from their mistakes from The Dawning. Crimson Engrams drop from any activity when levelling up along with the normal Bright Engrams and the rewards don't repeat until you've got everything so it's possible to get all of the Crimson Days items with enough grinding and not spending any money.

You get an aura from the Prestige Nightfall still I believe. It's a higher light level and a shorter time limit. If you're looking to do the Rat King this weeks Nightfall is perfect for 3 Void Hunters with invisibility grenades. Torrent is the modifier and you're grenades recharge as fast as it takes for the invisibility to wear off. On top of that there's only 4 (I think) enemies you have to kill during the entire strike. You can just run through it all and get to the boss room with 15+ mins left. We 2 manned it with around 3 left on the clock so you should be able to smash it with a full team. Alternatively, any Nightfall with the Anomaly time extender is a good pick for the Rat King since you can run between corridors and the anomalies resporn. You can stack the time to the full 30 mins and have an easier go of it.

The gear that drops from Ikora for completing her meditations and cashing in tokens is a legendary version of the armour set you start off Destiny 2 in. So if you liked the look of that gear do the meditations, if you don't want it there's not much point in doing them. The Tractor Cannon is fun but not really a viable, useful weapon. Unless you just want to mess about with it, or are a collector, shard it. Prometheus Lens was broken and was the most fun I've had in the Crucible for the weekend it was over powered. Bungie then nurfed it into the ground until they could come up with a balanced way to use the gun. It was addressed in the last patch but i haven't tried it yet. I'm hoping this is the week i finally get a max light character. RNG is really screwing me over. My Warlock and Hunter have both been one piece of gear short of 335 for 3 or 4 weeks now and my Titan is catching up only needing 2 pieces. Come on RNG.... On the flip side of RNG, i think i got the last droppable exotic i was missing from Xurs engram over the weekend. I'll have to check properly but i think the only one i am missing is the raid exotic.

I actually platinumed this back when i first played it a couple of years ago. It was my first platinum and worth every minute i put into it! This run was just to see how far i could get sticking at BL4 and not levelling up. Never expected to be able to beat the game like that. Probably the hardest thing I've done in a video game.