Returnal Tower of Sisyphus | Ascending to 1 Billion | Attempt 52 (Freeze)

As stated in the title, the game froze just a few minutes after I resumed the run (I had to eat breakfast). Thankfully I decided to capture this footage before eating breakfast. Final score is 440,085,467.

[@elbaronsass]

you really had no luck but what a pleasure to see your run I've been waiting for it for weeks

[@ravenous2001]

Thanks! It's been a week or two after attempt 51. I played Rise of the Ronin for days, it could have better graphics, but everything else is really good. I'll try to get back to the "usual schedule" of uploading a Tower vid once per week.

[@bluraymex23]

Welcome back bro, glad to see you're uploading again. I get all hyped up when i see you got a new video in my feed. Looking foward to the next part of this series. 49:26

[@ravenous2001]

More to come!

[@Stall2213]

Bro i was sooo comfortable with that 64 million run. I had 90+ protection. Soon as i lost that parasite and went down to 70 percent protection i got smoked.

[@ravenous2001]

Yeah, enemies starting Phase 10 or Phase 15 are not to be trifled with, especially with low Protection AND no active shields.

[@LN.2233]

good shit

[@room.beer.controller3032]

Quick question please; does anything in the DLC transfer over to the main campaign?

[@ravenous2001]

The Disgorgers and poppies are exclusive to the Tower. That's pretty much it. If you're talking about weapon traits unlock/upgrade (alt fire also), the Tower is the best place to unlock/upgrade weapon traits and alt fire due to it being an endless mode.

[@room.beer.controller3032]

@@ravenous2001 Thanks. Uh...what are poppies?

[@ravenous2001]

They're flowers, white colored specifically, and exclusive to the Tower. You'll know it when you see one. Sorry for not replying for days, the notification for some reason didn't work.

[@room.beer.controller3032]

@@ravenous2001 No worries. My notification was on the fritz as well. i am a new fan of your channel. Great content man. I have a few more questions please, especially as I have reinstalled Returnal (I platted it at launch with only 4 deaths then forgot about it until this evening). Firstly, does the Tower of Sisphyus have any new parasites or artifacts and if so are these new items available in the main campaign? Secondly, how do you deal with malignnancy? I usually hunt them down voraciously at the beginning of a cycle and then actively ignore them in the 3rd and 6th biome. Thirdly, what are your top 3 weapons and their traits?

[@ravenous2001]

@@room.beer.controller3032 There are a few "new" things from Tower but they're EXCLUSIVE in the Tower, so you can't encounter them in base game. The Benign parasite is exclusive to the Tower, and it is basically a parasite that DOES NOT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE EFFECTS. The Disgorgers are consumables only exclusive to the Tower. These are REALLY good consumables that can destroy every enemy in a few seconds (in Phase 20+ even the weakest enemies can tank hits from Disgorgers for a second or two, the tankier ones can tank hits for more than 5 seconds). The poppies as I replied from your prior comment is exclusive to the Tower. They basically "add" more lore to the Tower via its cutscene, the same way the sun fragments from the biomes work. Every biome run, I ALWAYS get malignancy due to their risk reward. I usually stop picking up or cleansing malignant items via Ether whenever I have 2 malfunctions. I fix a malfunction or two then repeat process of using malignant items. The only time I do not pick up malignant items is if I have Slimy (malfunctions have severe effects) or Oily (malfunctions have harder to fix requirements) parasites. Assuming your goal is to survive as long as you can while getting as much points in the Tower, here are my suggested weapons and traits: Coilspine Shredder - Shattering Discs, Enhaced Charge, Negating Discs, any of these three or a combination or all of them are enough to make Coilspine a monster of a gun. Any fourth trait that is NOT Retarget (unless your goal is surviving as long as you can) or Enlarged Chamber. Dreadbound - Either (or both for more firepower) Expanding or Explosive Shards. Any third or fourth trait. The only caveat with Dreadbound Expanding and Explosive Shards is if you rely on dealing damage to enemies via blast radius (you shoot a wall, an enemy is near it, they take damage due to absurd blast radius of both Expanding and Explosive Shards), enemy counter orbs will emerge from unexpected angles, greatly increasing your chances of getting hit. Thermogenic Launcher - Full Auto is the bare minimum for the Launcher to be viable. If it has Replicating Hits, try your best to get as many mid air melee kills on smaller enemies and turrets before you start rapid firing the Launcher, why? Because Replicating Hits basically makes EVERY SHOT spawn a missile that can bounce on nearby (smaller and turret) enemies dealing damage and destroying them, missing out on 275k pointer per mid air melee kill. Mega Rocket is surprisingly good but you need to challenge yourself in order to get used to it and use it for long Tower runs. Lemme know if you have more questions. Good luck Scout.

[@Stall2213]

how much protection you be having at phase 20 plus?

[@ravenous2001]

If you have really good RNG, you should have both Scabshell (+10% Protection, +20% if you have Murmuring Cocoon), and Scabspur (+20% Protection), those will bump up your Protection to 90%. Then again, even with 90% Protection, you will still get one shotted by any attacks from medium to large sized enemies.

[@Stall2213]

@@ravenous2001 ok wish me luck

[@ahmedalameen7375]

do you think this is the best rouglike/lite on ps5 or is there something better?

[@ravenous2001]

IMO yes. Returnal is my first ever roguelite game, and IMO not only it's the best roguelite game on PS5, it is also the best PS5 game. But there are more roguelikes/lites available, just ask anyone. The roguelikes subreddit is a good start.

[@Stall2213]

What's the best traits on the coilspine shredder?

[@ravenous2001]

Minimum: Either (or both if possible) Enhanced Charge or Shattering Discs. Negating Discs alone is also good Either or both traits I mentioned should be good enough for a strong Coilspine. If you can't find a Coilspine with either traits but you encounter a Coilspine with Negating Discs, it is still viable to use due to it being a form of defense. If you want the perfect Coilspine you should have the three traits I mentioned, and any other 4th trait that are not Enlarged Chamber or Retarget. You have the firepower thanks to Enhanced Charge and Shattering Discs (you dlnt need to full charge, even a few seconds charge is enough increase damage of next shot), AND you have defense thanks to Negating Discs destroying enemy projectiles. For alt fires, any alt fire that does not require to press and hold L2 and R2, AND recharges fast. Alt fires such ad Killsight, Shieldbreaker, Tracker Swarm, H/V Barrage, and so on hits hard, quick to fire, and recharges fast. Ask more questions if you have some.

[@Stall2213]

@@ravenous2001 ok cool that negating disc defense. Yo have to hit the projectile?

[@ravenous2001]

Most of the time as you fire at an enemy, when they fire their projectiles, those projectiles are immediately destroyed by the discs, so just keep firing at the enemy. The only projectiles you should actively shoot at to destroy them are the slow moving malfunction arrows, those things hit very hard and if you survive after getting hit by one of those, you'll get a malfunction, so destroy them when you can.

[@Stall2213]

@@ravenous2001 ok cool cool

[@Stall2213]

What's up buddy?

[@ravenous2001]

Yo!

[@Stall2213]

@@ravenous2001 you started over?