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Nesnomis

@DIPSET said in Favorites new Videogames characters of 2017:

I loved how you watch her world views get spun upside down throughout the game.

That was mostly just from all the upskirt camera angles.

Nesnomis

@Sheria A fresh game won't be as quick, as you will meet a lot of walls on your way. Be it running out of healing, ammo or stronger enemies showing up with you not having the proper gear to handle them. Also, you will not have all the abilities unlocked that just overall helps with fighting and movement. I'm also not sure how playing on easy would affect the game, as there's not that many situations that lock you into a fight that has to be done. A lot of the time saving is that I already knew where to go, what I would face and how I could easily handle or avoid what came at me.

If the map size is what's intimitading you, then I can tell you that the main story takes you to less than half of it. And most of that is traveling to an end point of the map where the story is.

If we use Howlongtobeat as an example, the main story takes on average 22 hours (16 if rushed). So it's not exactly a 30 hour commitment, unless you want it to be.

If you feel it's still too much of a hassle, there's always the option of discovering the main story through streams or videos. But I feel the story needs a little breather from time to time for it to have full effect, so just watching it all back to back isn't the best way to experience it.

If I were you, I'd just jump back in and follow the main story path and see if it feels good. If it doesn't feel fun, then you don't have to do it :)

Nesnomis

@Sentinel-Beach The run took just under 5 hours. I was not expecting to beat it in under a sitting myself, but when you skip all the dialogue and cutscenes the game gets surprisingly short. Also new game+ starts when you're an adult, so you skip the entire child section too. So that's a little more saved time.

Also, since it was a speedrun I just kept on running past most of the enemies that I didn't need to fight. Those I had to fight still went down easily, since all my weapons were pretty much maxed out on beefy modifications. Some fights could have gone a lot cleaner, but despite my bad aim and it being a while since I played last, I still know how to properly "exploit" the weapon combinations and slow-motion. So when the muscle memory came back it went 90% smoothly. Though I could have been even stronger if I had saved my shards and excess modifications as they released those new versions as mentioned earlier.

But I guess the biggest time saver is the fact that you keep all your stash on new game+, so I had the crafting materials for almost the entire run on me or by randomly looting on the way. Only had to purchase some wire and health potions. This in combination with the skill to always summon a mount means you get around quickly.

Streamed the entire run with the PS4 share, so the quality isn't anything to brag about, but if you're curious what new game + on ultra hard looks like just take a peak at The archives.

Nesnomis

Just finished new game+ on ultra hard. Was a fun speedrun. Didn't hurt that I was pretty maxed out on gear and mods before I started. Though they did introduce more expensive gear and weapons with 4 weapon slots that I never got to try out, since I wasted all my shards after I finished the game last time.

Only deaths I had was being one-shot by a tailswipe from a corrupted thunderjaw and a fall. Other than that ultra hard didn't really pose any challenge since the enemies still died easily. And the shield-weaver armor took most of the damage, even after they nerfed its potential a couple patches ago.

10/10 would recommend if you are beefed out and just want to wreck some machines.