In my experience, when you use headphones, all the speaker sounds just get directed into the headphones, which is a nice compromise. Might be a per game thing though, not sure.
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Thereās a monster in The Evil Within 2 that only makes sounds through the controller speaker.
In Astrobot all the little robots you save fly into your controller on screen and you can hear them in your DS4 through itās speaker.
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Yeah, Iām still on Miami and I find it pretty difficult (but great) myself. I really loved the intro beach apartment break-in level, but I find Miami so huge as to be a bit overwhelming. I never played Hitman 1, and Iām wondering if that game had more of a curve in terms of the scope and size of its levels.
In Platinumās Legend of Korra game the pad changed color when you switched between element styles.
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It doesnāt hurt playing the intro levels they carried over from Hitman, but yeah, after those levels Paris and Sapienza had you go after two targets each with a pretty clear means of approach.
Hitman could be kinda hand-holdy, and I probably got used to that. Hitman 2 just says āhey, that guy you passed by has a good disguise, get it,ā points you in a general direction, and leaves you to figure out the rest.
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ohhh I didnāt know that! Now I feel like Iām missing out 
Itās nothing huge, just like a line that the light shines through, but I appreciate it. Given that PS4 controller batteries are not the best, you will probably end up with a new on anyhow. I will try to grab a pic of it tonight if I remember so you can see. Hell, for all i know, it is just a production flaw in my controller, but one that I love.
EDIT: Nope, apparently it was an intentional revision: https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2016/08/23/report-new-dualshock-4-includes-light-touch-pad/
I thought it wasnāt too difficult. I was able to go through each level the first time trying to so/sa it, then repeat the process on master difficulty, without too much trouble, except columbia took a little patience to figure out. I like to take care of the āclassicsā challenges on master difficulty first before getting into everything else, and I just did the last level.
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Itās nothing huge, just like a line that the light shines through, but I appreciate it.[/quote]
The original position of the light bar was never great for the holder to see their own light so itās a nice benefit there, but I imagine the second light bar actually serves a dual purpose of helping with controller tracking on PSVR. The camera tracks the controllerās light bar and the second strip is probably helping with tracking when you turn the controller downward.
ah geez I started valkyria chronicles on the switch
I wish there wasnāt so much talking
I also wish that there wasnāt such a weird relationship with like, war
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this is my experience with 95% of RPGs
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also my experience with life in general
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Red Dead Redemption 2 sure does feel like one of those games where you step away from it for a week or two and instantly forget all the controls and systems.
I guess I could, uh, restart it. Again. Or just wait til I have time to dump into it.
Anyway, killing time til Smash hits by still messing with Black Ops 4. I continue to be terrible at FPS games, but it turns out you donāt need to be good when you have silent footsteps and a big honkinā shotgun (the Anton Chigurh method).
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I tried Valveās new CCG Artifact, going through tutorial and one Phantom Draft run (1-2). Coming from Hearthstone, I find the games are way too long and lacking in obvious dramatic moments so I didnāt really enjoy it so far. I doubt Iāll keep playing this until Iām expert enough to truly understand whatās going on and therefore enjoy it.
So I sold all my cards from my 10 starter packs worth anything on the marketplace. I figure I can always buy them back if I have a change of heart, and I suspect theyāre at their most expensive on release day. I think I was ridiculously lucky because I got 30$ back, for a profit of 10$ on the gameās selling price. Half of that is from the hero Axe, the most expensive card in the game (15$)
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Ax Futures: A Legend of Golden Axe
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God, thatās a nightmare. The monetization, I mean. Theyāre taking this too far
Theyāre trying to emulate the economy of modern MtG. You can buy packs or buy and sell singles on the Steam marketplace. Currently a full playset runs about ~$250 if you take the lowest asks off the market (which you shouldnāt) and the prices have been falling (you could only reasonably turn a profit if you sold within a small window after the game launched). This is cheaper than Hearthstone, which forces you to buy in bulk (or grind), as well as modern Magic in both the Online and paper formats (which cost three times as much as Online).
As far as trading card games go, Artifact is cheap and will likely be considerably cheaper in a week. Plus you have the option to recoup at least half of your investment for other Steam games.
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No Matter How Many Times I play through Panzer Dragoon I barely remember the game. I think I have stronger memories of how much I donāt like Orta and how janky Azel is.
Which is to say last night I played through Panzer Dragoon. Pretty great small game. I should run through Zwei soon at least once. Zwei is so good!
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I think paper trading cards are a terrible racket too, just to make my position clear. Itās good to know Artifact is less terrible but the whole steam marketplace makes me sickā¦ I guess at least you can trade single cards, which isnāt possible in Hearthstone and the like, so you can get specifically what you want instead of paying for loot boxes
Why not?