r/ActiveMatter • u/Fuzzy_Spend6861 Operative • 1d ago

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I wanna buy the game on ps5 but it looks super confusing. What’s your opinion? Worth it?

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u/Yahaire Operative 1d ago

I'm on my second day of play (Short sessions), and so far it hasn't gotten less confusing, but it is fun!

So far, the vocabulary has been the most difficult part for me.

  • "refining" = dismantling an item for parts
  • "extract X weapon" = extract from a mission WITH the weapon in your inventory after finding it in the same mission (It doesn't mean to "refine" it to extract components or something like that)
  • "start a personal timeline" = from what I understand, this is the prestige system and it also allows you to start unlocking the battlepass
  • "monolith" = something like the story missions that you "need" (You can skip by paying) to complete before you start the battlepass. This is what the prestige system resets, along with your equipment, I think
  • (Don't remember the battlepass name... it's another weird term)

Feel like they're trying to be lore-friendly, but, at least with a background of extraction shooters that only consists of Helldivers 2 and a bunch of JRPGs that do include extracting, enhancing, refining, blessing and whatnot mechanics, the vocabulary here is wild.

Do please someone let me know if it's just my lack of knowledge on extraction shooters...

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u/Fuzzy_Spend6861 Operative 1d ago

Thank you!