Equipment does play into it, but the guide rarely takes you into a fight your under-equipped for. If your unsure, just bait an enemy to begin until you have learned their attacks.ĭue to the enemy cooldown, the combat is actually really easy if you just play it safe. You will get to learn enemies attacks over time, and the timing in which they attack and cooldown. Some enemies will have a few attacks and the enemies that do, the attacks seem to alternate rather than be random. Whenever a enemy attacks, move/jump away then move in straight after and begin attacking while they are cooling down, then after a few secs, dodge again then move back in and repeat. You only have one attack (another is unlocked later, but is mainly used for mining) so it does get repititive, but the Bossfights are quite fun and they cahnge it up a bit. All the enemies have a cooldown after a attack which will normally last a few seconds, this is the time when you attack. Very basic in this game, you will soon get to grips with it, however, the controls are a pain. You don't have to be insanely fast on the speedruns, you can still take your time so just follow the guide at your own pace and enjoy yourself.
I haven't played PS3, but since the VITA and PS4 versions are the same, im sure the PS3 version is as well.Īll in all, this is a fun game and to be honest, the road to Platinum isn't great but that road will allow you to unlock extra items for free mode. This guide will apply to both the VITA and PS4 versions, I have played both and there identical apart from the controls/graphics. Completing a Chapter will unlock it's recipes and islands in the free mode, so eventually you can use everything in free mode with no restrictions and this is where you want to take time building. If you are serious about building in this game, I strongly advise flying through the game because during the Chapters, you are restricted to that particular Chapters items/materials. Using this guide should save you a lot of frustration and will help you to complete the game quicker, which will then unlock all recipes and Chapter locations in Terra Incognita mode (free mode).
BUT, make sure you read the basics before you begin, as there is some very useful information there. I will only step in and tell you 'how' to do something when it isn't that obvious within the game, but these moments are rare. I will be instructing however where to go, what to do next, what materials to collect on your current Quest, when to craft a particular item etc.
Throughout the Chapters, the game does explain to you all the mechanics so I won't be explaining exactly how to do absolutely everything as there is no need. As you progress in each Chapter, you will gain better equipment, become stronger so each Chapter does slowly get easier, but it's easy enough anyway. The difficulty of the game is not especially hard, you begin weak on each Chapter as nothing transfers between Chapters but the enemies begin weak as well. The good thing is, following a guide, this is easy to achieve on your 1st playthrough, along with the other Challenges. This speedrun requires you to complete a Chapter within a certain amount of days and if you fail, it means replaying the whole Chapter again which could take hours. The only real problem comes from a speedrun Challenge that each Chapter has. There are not many trophies in this game, and the majority of them involve doing something in the game that you would or would likely have done anyway. Welcome to another guide in the Platinum Speedrun series! This guide will direct you to Platinum in the fastest time, while trying to keep the game as easy as possible, so is ideal for any skill level.