Okay now do I go through FF7R again now that Intergrade is released or play through Control for the first time? I'm really struggling with this one.
This is why I'm glad I love Overwatch. It remains evergreen.
I'm kinda tempted by Metro Newgen Patch tbh, but I don't want to spend whatever Metro costs.
Also if you haven't played Control yet it's fuckin' awesome. The only thing I hate about Control is the constant "pspspspsps" of the Hiss as you play it. It's meant to be an annoying sound that drives people to madness, and it is pretty fucking grating. To me.
But running and jumping and shooting and telekinesis-ing as Jesse is 10/10.
'Chance, you are the best kind of whore.' -Henroid
Okay now do I go through FF7R again now that Intergrade is released or play through Control for the first time? I'm really struggling with this one.
This is why I'm glad I love Overwatch. It remains evergreen.
I'm kinda tempted by Metro Newgen Patch tbh, but I don't want to spend whatever Metro costs.
Also if you haven't played Control yet it's fuckin' awesome. The only thing I hate about Control is the constant "pspspspsps" of the Hiss as you play it. It's meant to be an annoying sound that drives people to madness, and it is pretty fucking grating. To me.
But running and jumping and shooting and telekinesis-ing as Jesse is 10/10.
Also, I keep having to remind myself I need to re-download and continue ff7r. Not the biggest fan of all the side stuff, but it’s mostly great and I should see it through.
I'm also finally going through VIIR for the first time now (but I already spoiled myself on the big "twist" long ago). I'll give them actual credit for immensely padding out a segment of the game that was what, 4-5 hours long in the original? And it hasn't felt like excessive padding for time either. I mean, from jumping off the train to reactor 5, it's something like ~10 screens and ~10 minutes. And they're two fully fleshed out chapters here.
I keep flip flopping on the combat though. The demo never really clicked for me. Playing the actual game has been pretty good so far. But every once in a while there's an enemy encounter that just stomps me and I'm not entirely sure what I could have done differently. The big issue is that when I'm focusing on one enemy, it gives others free reign to smack me in the back with attacks I can't see. Or sometimes I try to block something and I don't exactly "block" it. I also have no idea if I'm really playing effectively with all 3 party members, that maybe I'm not switching party members as often as I should. It annoys me that the other 2 earn ATB at a snail's pace. ...The flip side to all this bellyaching is that I just beat the Hell House, a boss I've heard many people bemoan... and it was hard but fun, and I felt in control most of the time, a real good ebb and flow feeling to it. I got hit with some clunkers, but I knew how and why. So I'm obviously doing something right.
My personal pet theory is the 3rd person action nature to the combat is messing with my mind. In a traditional RPG, I obviously don't freak out when the enemy hits me and I lose HP. That's the game, I can't do anything about that, even with a boss that might do 45% of my health with an attack. With VIIR, it's still very much an RPG with those kinds of attacks, but because of the 3rd person, when I get hit my brain says that I fucked up and didn't dodge or block correctly. That I *shouldn't* be getting hit if I'm playing well enough. But I am getting hit, because even with the added 3rd person action feel to the combat, it still leans very heavily towards traditional turn based combat in many ways. And I'll give them all the props in the world for actually pulling it off.
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
Dang, I'm pretty sure that FF7R platinum is going to remain forever out of my reach. That last VR Mission is beyond me. Kinda wish I knew I wasn't gonna be able to get it before I put all that time into getting dresses. Talk about souring my mood on a game for no reason.
Dang, I'm pretty sure that FF7R platinum is going to remain forever out of my reach. That last VR Mission is beyond me. Kinda wish I knew I wasn't gonna be able to get it before I put all that time into getting dresses. Talk about souring my mood on a game for no reason.
Just started up Yakuza Like A Dragon and I gotta say... I fucking love this game so far. I love the combat. I love the job system. I love the story.
Some very quick, non-spoilery LAD tips (that I will put in a spoiler anyway)
#1: Some job skills are universal. Once you earn them, they are yours no matter what job you're currently using. It is worth leveling a job until you get those skills in your pocket. Freelancer has a couple of really good universal skills.
#2: If the game ever introduces a place and says "hey we should go there and get stronger", you should immediately go there and get stronger before going further into the story.
#3: Don't overlook Agility as a stat. It helps you dodge more and attack more often. The only thing better than tanking hits is not being hit and then hitting them twice or three times because they get another swipe at you.
#4: Check that fucking BREAD yo
I just started Chapter 3 and it's so damn good. I'll keep all of those in mind... I'm sure the game hasn't even opened up to me yet. The way they do the combat is so much fun for me. It keeps it feeling new but also old.
Dang, I'm pretty sure that FF7R platinum is going to remain forever out of my reach. That last VR Mission is beyond me. Kinda wish I knew I wasn't gonna be able to get it before I put all that time into getting dresses. Talk about souring my mood on a game for no reason.
Because that guide makes it look easy. Dunno about actual implementation though.
Looks harder than they make it seem, but I'll give it a shot later. Hopefully I have 3 Fury rings like it requires, since it's not something I ever bothered using when playing normally.
Dang, I'm pretty sure that FF7R platinum is going to remain forever out of my reach. That last VR Mission is beyond me. Kinda wish I knew I wasn't gonna be able to get it before I put all that time into getting dresses. Talk about souring my mood on a game for no reason.
Because that guide makes it look easy. Dunno about actual implementation though.
Looks harder than they make it seem, but I'll give it a shot later. Hopefully I have 3 Fury rings like it requires, since it's not something I ever bothered using when playing normally.
Gave it a shot, definitely not as easy as he made it seem, just gonna give up on it.
I have a hard time describing FF7R as an "Action" RPG when it's like one step removed from KOTOR or NWN. There's a few big tells you can block/dodge and that's about it, you can't easily interrupt your attacks and such to block or dodge every little thing. Meanwhile every important decision is made in a pause menu. Sounds like Yuffie might be a step towards having some useful evasion though.
Dang, I'm pretty sure that FF7R platinum is going to remain forever out of my reach. That last VR Mission is beyond me. Kinda wish I knew I wasn't gonna be able to get it before I put all that time into getting dresses. Talk about souring my mood on a game for no reason.
Because that guide makes it look easy. Dunno about actual implementation though.
Looks harder than they make it seem, but I'll give it a shot later. Hopefully I have 3 Fury rings like it requires, since it's not something I ever bothered using when playing normally.
Gave it a shot, definitely not as easy as he made it seem, just gonna give up on it.
If Ifrit is the problem you can make two? of your characters absorb fire, so he's just wailing on you with healing spells while you pound bahamut.
As I recall barrier (or is it wall?) and full HP is enough to survive his countdown attack. So between that and absorbing fire you can just have a lazy, leisurely battle if you want.
Honestly, having played both very recently, I would say that FF7R is to action-RPG as Mass Effect 3 is to shooter-RPG.
The ATB menu is just a different version of the Mass Effect power wheel. But the moving and the fighting is about as 'character action' as you can get.
Ughhhhh, got hit by Bad Breath multiple times with my Enemy Skill equipped character, but never unlocked it before finishing off the Marlboro. Now I gotta do that whole tough chain of encounters again just for another shot at it :< So fucking annoying.
Dang, I'm pretty sure that FF7R platinum is going to remain forever out of my reach. That last VR Mission is beyond me. Kinda wish I knew I wasn't gonna be able to get it before I put all that time into getting dresses. Talk about souring my mood on a game for no reason.
Because that guide makes it look easy. Dunno about actual implementation though.
Looks harder than they make it seem, but I'll give it a shot later. Hopefully I have 3 Fury rings like it requires, since it's not something I ever bothered using when playing normally.
Gave it a shot, definitely not as easy as he made it seem, just gonna give up on it.
Me with pretty much every FromSoft boss fight video ever.
"Oh, simple, I just dodge the thing and then bop the guy with the sword WAIT WHY AM I NOT DODGING THE THING HEY I CAN'T BOP THIS GUY AT ALL WTF"
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Those damn guide videos. Showing you the end point but not automatically giving you the abilities to do it without learning how to dodge the thing and bop the heads yourself. What's the point of that?
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I mean c'mon, it's been 20 years, I still can't just download knowledge from the Matrix, wtf?
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Up to wall market in FF7 remake on ps5 for my first play through. So far things that haven’t been so great:
- textures and lighting inconsistency, sometimes phenomenal, sometimes low res and rough (although still overall creates brilliant vistas and environments)
- some quite basic kind of level structure (though still enjoyable, and kind of evocative of the way you explore in the original, with set “paths” through an environment, still not very impressive next to more open and flexible environments in other modern games), there’s a sensation that there’s like a floor or box, and you’re “stuck” inside it. It kind of works, but also I can’t help but want more from the environments in the next game in terms of traversal and creating less of a distinction between “level area” and “backdrop”
- The lower tier npc characters look like a different species, like from a different game, combined with super bad lip synching. I hope for future instalments they put more effort into even the minor characters and make them look more part of the same game as the main cast. It’s fine for like npcs walking around, but when you zoom up to talk to like a shop keeper or something it’s very distracting to be greeted with a super generic rough looking npc
Positives, literally everything else. The story is so good, the characters are amazingly fleshed out, I love everything they’ve done and it genuinely feels like a better story than the original, rather than just a padded out one. I love Jessie, Biggs and wedge, whereas in the original game I barely remember them. Jessie especially is fantastic.
The environments and areas are so evocative and memorable, the music is weapons grade nostalgia (with the old tracks being elevated not just riffed on, but actively made better, and some banging and funky new tracks), and the combat system is perfect.
I don’t know if it’s just how they tailor the fights but they always feel satisfying, even the ones that kick your ass. It’s a combination of them putting the effort into making sure the majority of the fights have cinematic and dynamic context that carries into the fight itself. You always know why you’re fighting, there’s always a sense that anything can happen during a fight, but they always give you time to adjust to any new mechanics. Like I’m not sure if it’s as simple as saying that I like this fighting system, so much as I like how it’s implemented the majority of the time, there’s a care and an effort to tune the majority of fights to be interesting in some way. You never feel like any one mechanic takes precedent, but you also can’t totally ignore all the mechanics
Just a joy to play and I’m so glad it sold a bazillion copies cos I just want the whole damn story over as many games as it takes if this is the effort they’re going to put in, particularly in the cinematics and presentation
The standout region and setting for me so far has been the shinra neighbourhood with the attack on the base. It had such a phenomenal sense of context and space, it felt like a real place, and the effort and detail of like after the attack all the emergency services showing up and like crowds gathering and coming out of their houses to see what’s going on. That’s what I want. I don’t want big open empty worlds, I want to feel like I’m in a living world reacting to my actions, even if it’s linear, I want to see consequences and a world happening around me
Think I should give up looking for a system till I secure a new apartment to move at the end of summer. Constantly hunting two different things that show as available until the moment I try to acquire them is starting to feel stressful!
I mean c'mon, it's been 20 years, I still can't just download knowledge from the Matrix, wtf?
If I could just upload my hard earned knowledge of how to beat things from hours of beating my head against the wall until I break it, I would. More people might have more fun then.
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Control question (possibly spoilers if you're that into them):
Do I need to play Alan Wake to fully appreciate this? I got this because the PS Plus subscription I never wanted bought the price down to Sure, Why Not. And I got Alan Wake on Steam at some point, presumably for the same price, I don't remember.
But it's been on my Maybe I'll Pay This One Day backlog pile since then.
Given that headlines like I Just Found Out Control Is A Stealth Sequel To Alan Wake apparently aren't spoilers, I've gathered that much already.
I didn’t play Alan Wake and was only passingly aware of its thing, but loved all of Control, even the part that is most closely related. So you should be fine, imo.
Control question (possibly spoilers if you're that into them):
Do I need to play Alan Wake to fully appreciate this? I got this because the PS Plus subscription I never wanted bought the price down to Sure, Why Not. And I got Alan Wake on Steam at some point, presumably for the same price, I don't remember.
But it's been on my Maybe I'll Pay This One Day backlog pile since then.
Given that headlines like I Just Found Out Control Is A Stealth Sequel To Alan Wake apparently aren't spoilers, I've gathered that much already.
There is an Alan Wake DLC section in Control, that is very obviously cordoned off in its own area and is very obviously Alan Wake. The rest of the game is entirely unconnected.
Control question (possibly spoilers if you're that into them):
Do I need to play Alan Wake to fully appreciate this? I got this because the PS Plus subscription I never wanted bought the price down to Sure, Why Not. And I got Alan Wake on Steam at some point, presumably for the same price, I don't remember.
But it's been on my Maybe I'll Pay This One Day backlog pile since then.
Given that headlines like I Just Found Out Control Is A Stealth Sequel To Alan Wake apparently aren't spoilers, I've gathered that much already.
There is an Alan Wake DLC section in Control, that is very obviously cordoned off in its own area and is very obviously Alan Wake. The rest of the game is entirely unconnected.
There are a couple of Alan Wake nods in the main game, but they exist entirely in the realm of Easter Eggs. The DLC goes hard on making a connection BUT it also completely explains the entire context and would be a perfectly fine introduction to the Alan Wake universe, since you already understand how these crazy events tend to happen, thanks to playing Control.
Control question (possibly spoilers if you're that into them):
Do I need to play Alan Wake to fully appreciate this? I got this because the PS Plus subscription I never wanted bought the price down to Sure, Why Not. And I got Alan Wake on Steam at some point, presumably for the same price, I don't remember.
But it's been on my Maybe I'll Pay This One Day backlog pile since then.
Given that headlines like I Just Found Out Control Is A Stealth Sequel To Alan Wake apparently aren't spoilers, I've gathered that much already.
There is an Alan Wake DLC section in Control, that is very obviously cordoned off in its own area and is very obviously Alan Wake. The rest of the game is entirely unconnected.
There are a couple of Alan Wake nods in the main game, but they exist entirely in the realm of Easter Eggs. The DLC goes hard on making a connection BUT it also completely explains the entire context and would be a perfectly fine introduction to the Alan Wake universe, since you already understand how these crazy events tend to happen, thanks to playing Control.
It's also one of the better parts of the game, albeit a very creepy one.
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Alan Wake is a very very good survival horror game if you are into that then I highly recommend playing it.
Eh, I'd put it at middling. The gameplay has a decent core concept but wears it out very fast, the antagonist gets to do whatever it wants while the narration states there are supposed to be rules, and the game lasts less than ten hours and is still padded out. And there's really blatant extra padding in the form of hiding story elements in the Very Hard mode, which is locked to force two playthroughs.
The DLC is honestly the better experience. Takes about as long as the original game and delivers an actual ending and brings in some open-world flavor the original wanted (not a lot, though).
I just really really hope Alan Wake 2 gets to deliver the original game's premise of open-world investigation of a spooky town on a day/night schedule. It's a huge shame that the town they put together got reduced to a handful of linear levels in the game we got, with the "investigation" also being a linear point-to-point deal that's mostly just cutscenes and extremely minimal clue-following. The original game deserved so much to be what it was originally envisioned, not what it was butchered down to being.
I disagree with your sentiment. I honestly loved every moment of the first one and I like linear levels. Allows them to focus on nailing the atmosphere. But I'm old and crockety and comfortable with it.
I play AW once or twice a year because I love it that much.
I rented Alan Wake. I beat it in that rental period. I didn't hate it. I barely remember a damned thing about it.
Stephen King wannabe moves to town to write novel. Some... supernatural force is bringing his novel to life I think? The only batteries that exist in the entire town are Energizers.
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
I don't know how well AW holds up, I liked it well enough back when I played it, despite it being too creepy for me. I also liked American Nightmare significantly more, but again, idk how well it's aged over the past decade.
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do you like using a flashlight in games?
If yes, enjoy alan wake
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Dang, I'm pretty sure that FF7R platinum is going to remain forever out of my reach. That last VR Mission is beyond me. Kinda wish I knew I wasn't gonna be able to get it before I put all that time into getting dresses. Talk about souring my mood on a game for no reason.
Because that guide makes it look easy. Dunno about actual implementation though.
Looks harder than they make it seem, but I'll give it a shot later. Hopefully I have 3 Fury rings like it requires, since it's not something I ever bothered using when playing normally.
Gave it a shot, definitely not as easy as he made it seem, just gonna give up on it.
I've tried following that guide a bunch of times and gave up on it. I can get to Bahamut but I can never stunlock him and I get wrecked.
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This is why I'm glad I love Overwatch. It remains evergreen.
I'm kinda tempted by Metro Newgen Patch tbh, but I don't want to spend whatever Metro costs.
Also if you haven't played Control yet it's fuckin' awesome. The only thing I hate about Control is the constant "pspspspsps" of the Hiss as you play it. It's meant to be an annoying sound that drives people to madness, and it is pretty fucking grating. To me.
But running and jumping and shooting and telekinesis-ing as Jesse is 10/10.
Yes.
Also, I keep having to remind myself I need to re-download and continue ff7r. Not the biggest fan of all the side stuff, but it’s mostly great and I should see it through.
I keep flip flopping on the combat though. The demo never really clicked for me. Playing the actual game has been pretty good so far. But every once in a while there's an enemy encounter that just stomps me and I'm not entirely sure what I could have done differently. The big issue is that when I'm focusing on one enemy, it gives others free reign to smack me in the back with attacks I can't see. Or sometimes I try to block something and I don't exactly "block" it. I also have no idea if I'm really playing effectively with all 3 party members, that maybe I'm not switching party members as often as I should. It annoys me that the other 2 earn ATB at a snail's pace. ...The flip side to all this bellyaching is that I just beat the Hell House, a boss I've heard many people bemoan... and it was hard but fun, and I felt in control most of the time, a real good ebb and flow feeling to it. I got hit with some clunkers, but I knew how and why. So I'm obviously doing something right.
My personal pet theory is the 3rd person action nature to the combat is messing with my mind. In a traditional RPG, I obviously don't freak out when the enemy hits me and I lose HP. That's the game, I can't do anything about that, even with a boss that might do 45% of my health with an attack. With VIIR, it's still very much an RPG with those kinds of attacks, but because of the 3rd person, when I get hit my brain says that I fucked up and didn't dodge or block correctly. That I *shouldn't* be getting hit if I'm playing well enough. But I am getting hit, because even with the added 3rd person action feel to the combat, it still leans very heavily towards traditional turn based combat in many ways. And I'll give them all the props in the world for actually pulling it off.
Is it this one?
Because that guide makes it look easy. Dunno about actual implementation though.
Some very quick, non-spoilery LAD tips (that I will put in a spoiler anyway)
#2: If the game ever introduces a place and says "hey we should go there and get stronger", you should immediately go there and get stronger before going further into the story.
#3: Don't overlook Agility as a stat. It helps you dodge more and attack more often. The only thing better than tanking hits is not being hit and then hitting them twice or three times because they get another swipe at you.
#4: Check that fucking BREAD yo
Fucking love LAD so much.
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Looks harder than they make it seem, but I'll give it a shot later. Hopefully I have 3 Fury rings like it requires, since it's not something I ever bothered using when playing normally.
Gave it a shot, definitely not as easy as he made it seem, just gonna give up on it.
Boo. That's frustrating.
As I recall barrier (or is it wall?) and full HP is enough to survive his countdown attack. So between that and absorbing fire you can just have a lazy, leisurely battle if you want.
The ATB menu is just a different version of the Mass Effect power wheel. But the moving and the fighting is about as 'character action' as you can get.
Marlboro Fights
Me with pretty much every FromSoft boss fight video ever.
"Oh, simple, I just dodge the thing and then bop the guy with the sword WAIT WHY AM I NOT DODGING THE THING HEY I CAN'T BOP THIS GUY AT ALL WTF"
- textures and lighting inconsistency, sometimes phenomenal, sometimes low res and rough (although still overall creates brilliant vistas and environments)
- some quite basic kind of level structure (though still enjoyable, and kind of evocative of the way you explore in the original, with set “paths” through an environment, still not very impressive next to more open and flexible environments in other modern games), there’s a sensation that there’s like a floor or box, and you’re “stuck” inside it. It kind of works, but also I can’t help but want more from the environments in the next game in terms of traversal and creating less of a distinction between “level area” and “backdrop”
- The lower tier npc characters look like a different species, like from a different game, combined with super bad lip synching. I hope for future instalments they put more effort into even the minor characters and make them look more part of the same game as the main cast. It’s fine for like npcs walking around, but when you zoom up to talk to like a shop keeper or something it’s very distracting to be greeted with a super generic rough looking npc
Positives, literally everything else. The story is so good, the characters are amazingly fleshed out, I love everything they’ve done and it genuinely feels like a better story than the original, rather than just a padded out one. I love Jessie, Biggs and wedge, whereas in the original game I barely remember them. Jessie especially is fantastic.
The environments and areas are so evocative and memorable, the music is weapons grade nostalgia (with the old tracks being elevated not just riffed on, but actively made better, and some banging and funky new tracks), and the combat system is perfect.
I don’t know if it’s just how they tailor the fights but they always feel satisfying, even the ones that kick your ass. It’s a combination of them putting the effort into making sure the majority of the fights have cinematic and dynamic context that carries into the fight itself. You always know why you’re fighting, there’s always a sense that anything can happen during a fight, but they always give you time to adjust to any new mechanics. Like I’m not sure if it’s as simple as saying that I like this fighting system, so much as I like how it’s implemented the majority of the time, there’s a care and an effort to tune the majority of fights to be interesting in some way. You never feel like any one mechanic takes precedent, but you also can’t totally ignore all the mechanics
Just a joy to play and I’m so glad it sold a bazillion copies cos I just want the whole damn story over as many games as it takes if this is the effort they’re going to put in, particularly in the cinematics and presentation
The standout region and setting for me so far has been the shinra neighbourhood with the attack on the base. It had such a phenomenal sense of context and space, it felt like a real place, and the effort and detail of like after the attack all the emergency services showing up and like crowds gathering and coming out of their houses to see what’s going on. That’s what I want. I don’t want big open empty worlds, I want to feel like I’m in a living world reacting to my actions, even if it’s linear, I want to see consequences and a world happening around me
Also love heideggar, he’s so deliciously EEEEvil
If I could just upload my hard earned knowledge of how to beat things from hours of beating my head against the wall until I break it, I would. More people might have more fun then.
An Altered Weather Event?
Sounds like an AWE.
But it's been on my Maybe I'll Pay This One Day backlog pile since then.
Given that headlines like I Just Found Out Control Is A Stealth Sequel To Alan Wake apparently aren't spoilers, I've gathered that much already.
Alan Wake is pretty good though and worth a look if you wind up vibing on Control's atmosphere.
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There is an Alan Wake DLC section in Control, that is very obviously cordoned off in its own area and is very obviously Alan Wake. The rest of the game is entirely unconnected.
Ray traced slomo shootouts ummmn yeah.
There are a couple of Alan Wake nods in the main game, but they exist entirely in the realm of Easter Eggs. The DLC goes hard on making a connection BUT it also completely explains the entire context and would be a perfectly fine introduction to the Alan Wake universe, since you already understand how these crazy events tend to happen, thanks to playing Control.
It's also one of the better parts of the game, albeit a very creepy one.
Eh, I'd put it at middling. The gameplay has a decent core concept but wears it out very fast, the antagonist gets to do whatever it wants while the narration states there are supposed to be rules, and the game lasts less than ten hours and is still padded out. And there's really blatant extra padding in the form of hiding story elements in the Very Hard mode, which is locked to force two playthroughs.
The DLC is honestly the better experience. Takes about as long as the original game and delivers an actual ending and brings in some open-world flavor the original wanted (not a lot, though).
I just really really hope Alan Wake 2 gets to deliver the original game's premise of open-world investigation of a spooky town on a day/night schedule. It's a huge shame that the town they put together got reduced to a handful of linear levels in the game we got, with the "investigation" also being a linear point-to-point deal that's mostly just cutscenes and extremely minimal clue-following. The original game deserved so much to be what it was originally envisioned, not what it was butchered down to being.
I play AW once or twice a year because I love it that much.
If yes, enjoy alan wake
I've tried following that guide a bunch of times and gave up on it. I can get to Bahamut but I can never stunlock him and I get wrecked.