be me, love playing games w/ joycon

but i’m fine if others prefer mouse+kb

my friend invites me to play w/ him

friend constantly gets disconnected (okay, that’s his “old pc” vs nprotect issue)

we land in illuminate territory, doing the “take down overship” mission

codes retrieved. next: going to the children’s playground

friend takes control of the terminal, while i’m unlocking the hatch

wow cool, there’s a gigantic cannon hidden under seesaw/slider/spinner

see 2 valves on the back of the cannon, “walk” there, die

apparently, i’m “out-of-bounds” because the cannon isn’t “fully” erected

friend finally raises the cannon up from the ground

my belongings stayed underneath the ground, no longer retrievable

sadge

but okay, it looks safe now to engage w/ the valves, i guess

i “interact” w/ the up-down valve

there’s no prompt or whatsoever hinting which button to press in order to control the cannon

can’t even make it budge despite trying every button/stick on my joycon

friend takes the left-right valve, successfully moves it using his keyboard

friend disconnects before successfully aiming the cannon to the alien ship

the “interact” prompt on the left-right valve is gone

now no one can take control of it, soft-locking the game (despite friend logging back into the mission)

sadge

restart the mission

okay, this time i’m taking control of the terminal instead

friend falls to his death by rushing to the valves before the cannon is fully erected

friend gives up, lets me control both valves

i need to swap to keyboard in order to move the cannon left-right, up-down

(found out later that, in order to move the cannon UP, i need to press RIGHT on my D-pad…..)

anyway, how to fire this f_cking thing?

we try interacting w/ this-and-that around the valves, nothing happens

turns out one person need to stay at the terminal and “fire” from there

….

tell me there’s no playtesters on the team w/o telling me there’s no playtesters on the team

Originally published on: Steam