"Subsequent playthroughs" means playing a game or going through an experience again after you have already played or experienced it before.
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It's a clever platformer that embraces the frequent deaths that are a hallmark of the genre by forcing you to use your own corpses
in subsequent playthroughs in order to pass its levels.
This keeps things fresh and adds a healthy dose of replayability to
subsequent playthroughs as you try to tackle the various scenarios you come across throughout the game.
There's something awesome about becoming so good at the game that you can
complete subsequent playthroughs saving everyone with time to spare, participating in all the wacky adventures that Fortune City has in store for you, because you successfully planned your route through the world.
Of course, there may be better rewards for beating the game's hardest modes — but I would have liked to have seen something that
made subsequent playthroughs a little more interesting — such as a Classic Dante skin, an infinite - DT perk, or perhaps a new take on the «Legendary Dark Knight» costume using Sparda's new design.
While the room - to - room layout will vary in structure and enemy placement
on subsequent playthroughs, the story and world will flow naturally and encourage exploration like all great metroidvania games.
Granted, Zero Mission's best qualities are only really evident
in subsequent playthroughs, so I will have to see if this holds up as well on replays down the line before determining where it should be placed relative to the other games in the franchise.
Rogue Squadron often featured a signature ship for each mission, but opened it up to include other starfighters
for subsequent playthroughs.
Across each point there is a tracker to tell you which ones have been collected, which persist
through subsequent playthroughs, which is a handy touch for the completionists among you.
By playing as other characters with different starting spells,
subsequent playthroughs may be very different.
A whole new level of challenge opens up for
subsequent playthroughs and there's nothing warm about it.
I suppose most earth shattering is decisions carrying over to
subsequent playthroughs, I think that's bold, and why I haven't tried the genocide run.
It can be beaten in one sitting and
subsequent playthroughs may be required to obtain all the achievements.
The open world environment will feel quite familiar to players by the time 2B's story wraps up and
subsequent playthroughs won't do much to revitalize that sense of wonder players will feel when they first arrive back on Earth.
The main campaign is reportedly two hours or so, but the open world design of this game could allow for a different approach on
subsequent playthroughs.
This can become annoying, but luckily the level order is randomized and you always see something different with
each subsequent playthrough.
Subsequent playthroughs can still be fun, but they never do have the same sense of enjoyment without those eureka moments.
The challenge level and incredible gameplay make this tolerable in
subsequent playthroughs.
Artifact Hunt - Metroid Prime 2: The «Artifact Hunt» was the only major maligned portion of the original Metroid Prime, but it was forgivable considering the clues were lenient, the world was easier to navigate and you could even do them ahead of schedule (in
subsequent playthroughs, when you know where they were hidden).
There's a new game + mode after you finish the campaign the first time, allowing you to use artifacts found throughout the first playthrough to add certain perks to
subsequent playthroughs.
Learning the game in this piecemeal fashion soon reveals itself to be a satisfying experience too, as
each subsequent playthrough sees you armed with more knowledge and refined tactics than previous attempts.
The levelling system in 2 was also very good and led to
subsequent playthroughs being very different, much like Deus Ex but with a fun light - heartedness to it.
Every Resident Evil game thus far has awarded players at least one new costume for their chosen character on
subsequent playthroughs, a practice that Konami has only recently added to its trademark Silent Hill series.
A running tally of achievements allows you to work towards unlocking powerful weapons and better ships, allowing you to progress further on
each subsequent playthrough.
This is supplemented by the procedural generation: making trying to survive a more dynamic experience and challenging on
subsequent playthroughs.
Of course plot heavy games lose something on
subsequent playthroughs (espescially if it's full of TWISTS!).
We expect Metro fans will want to try Ranger Mode for
a subsequent playthrough, and we think that for this hardcore player, Ranger Mode offers a richer experience — but only once you've clocked the game at least once.»
On
subsequent playthroughs, however, I used the large empty space at the bottom of the room to charge a Shinespark and then shoot up to the top of the room, making quick work of what initially took up half of my time in Maridia.
You'll be gradually unlocking three new areas (finish a boss level three times and you unlock the ability to start from the next area in
subsequent playthroughs), earning new cosmetic items such as bikes and clothing, and generally earning a high amount of rep.. In other words, once you unlock all the stages or finish the game, that's pretty much it.
That palpable tension of a shadow lurking just out of sight remains taut for the entire campaign, and each encounter layers on more reasons to be fearful while poking around Talos I. Learning about the humans that may or may not have survived is just as worthwhile as investigating the alien presence, and the mystery comes to a startling, sudden conclusion that will change how you view certain events on
subsequent playthroughs.
However with
each subsequent playthrough, PlatinumGames brilliantly fills in a piece of the puzzle, providing an improved sense of understanding behind convoluted instances in the narrative.
If you can get passed the level 4 boss, you'll be in cruise control until the end, meaning the last 15 - 20 minutes can drag on
subsequent playthroughs.
Missions that could start to seem repetitive on
subsequent playthroughs are suddenly much more interesting and varied when there is a real person flying by your side.
Or perhaps detect that I've played it before, so that
subsequent playthroughs can be tutorial free.