Have not got that high of heat yet around level 5 but I am kinda doing ever weapon at once instead of focusing on one.
The one that throws extra shields or the one you call back? Shield is prob my least favorite of them all. I really like the Guan Yu staff shit is fun, bows are supper fun also but they seem as good as everything else with the heat lvl i am at.
What heats do you run? I usually do the buffed bosses (extra countermeasures) and the speed one is where i am at.
So, the key to going up higher in heat at first is to pick the things that effect the least amount of fights buffing the bosses is good, but so is the one for making the Elite rooms have more enemies. They end up tougher (some mini-bosses become more scary than actual bosses, imo), but you're still balancing those 1 or 2 fights against the entirety of a buffed Elysium/Styx.
I like the pact that gives the elite enemies extra abilities, because they really change things up. Sometimes to the point of guaranteeing you will take damage, like when you come up against a room full of the kamikaze chariots with buffed speed and/or teleport. That really amps up the variety/challenge.
I did not think Shield was good until after I had enough extra titan blood to upgrade it all the way because I could. The aspect that throws extra shields is insane. You end up throwing 5 shields, so if you get Dionysus' special, you can apply all stacks of poison at once. The charge you have to do to buff the special is still a basic attack, so if you get anything that also applies a debuff (Aphrodite, Demeter, Ares) you get an instant 40% damage buff from having two debuffs. If you get Dio's Cast as well, it has duo boons with Demeter and Zeus, and you can get both of them at the same time! Zeus also has duos with Ares and Demeter, and if you can get billowing strength (+>20% damage buff after call) you end up doing huge damage.
All this good synergy in a build, and you can block! Blocks take 0 damage. Even from Hades.
I really liked Bastion, and I've had Transistor in my library forever assuming it was a guaranteed good time when I got around to it. It's very well reviewed, looks killer and all of that.
I fired it up about two weeks ago, and I gave it two attempts and both times I just shut it off after about 15- 20 min. I didn't get how it wanted to be played and wasn't enjoying it in the slightest. I like the presentation stuff, but as a game I was mightily put off right from the get go.
Yeah, that's my exact problem with Transistor. I love everything about that game except the game part of the game. The combat system was just too different for me, and if it had just played more like Bastion, I'd probably truly love it. I appreciate the innovation, though.
I still listen to that game's sound track. Super Giant games are instant buys from me for the sound track alone.
