Phasmaphobia blows now

[CopyrightedNameHere]

I've been playing since October 2020, on and off since then but I don't get how you can make the gameplay worse like, first off the menu for adding gadgets and ♥♥♥♥ to the assignment sucks and is unreadable, not having the lighter and salt at the start sucks especially when some ghosts cannot be discovered without them. Second - the ghosts DO NOT behave at all like how the journal describes each one, they don't behave like anything anymore it is downright impossible to figure out what the ghost is now. What are the devs thinking?

Me and my friend just got done with a round where we got Spirit Box, Freezing Temps, and Ultraviolet meaning it could only be one, The Mimic, right? No it was a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Phantom. Like what, sorry? It in no way behaved like a phantom - it never showed itself or tried "frightening" us as is described in the journal.

Whatever just venting about a dead game that definitely deserves it's deceased status i guess.

[AtorfRisha]

i mean you ever try lethal company yet? sorry you dont like the game.

[Maya-Neko]

Everytime i see gameplay from the first version of the game, i'm just glad that i've started in 2022. Gameplay was just way flatter back then with less variation in gameplay and no real threat to begin with beyond th Revenant.

As for the journal, that was never 100 % accurate, so it's not like anything changed in that regard.

As for the Phantom, keep in mind that cold breath is not an evidence anymore. use the thermometer to get freezing temps.

[C-zom]

The personality descriptions are silly and should probably go away sooner or later. The game runs on a director style AI that has one objective, to hunt you, and a group of permutations and seed/map dependent behaviors. There are subtle differences between them, sure, but a territorial Oni or a movie style Poltergeist just isn't going to happen in the game, despite the journal -- from the beginning -- making it seem like they each had a unique behavior and personality set to expect.

[Captain Oveur]

Originally posted by CopyrightedNameHere:

Me and my friend just got done with a round where we got Spirit Box, Freezing Temps, and Ultraviolet meaning it could only be one, The Mimic, right? No it was a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Phantom. Like what, sorry? It in no way behaved like a phantom - it never showed itself or tried "frightening" us as is described in the journal.

So I’m guessing you never checked for mimic orbs nor verify that it was—in fact—freezing?

[Maya-Neko]

Originally posted by C-zom:

There are subtle differences between them, sure, but a territorial Oni or a movie style Poltergeist just isn't going to happen in the game, despite the journal -- from the beginning -- making it seem like they each had a unique behavior and personality set to expect.

They don't really have a personality (in the sense of getting rid of all the replayability in favor of having a unique one time experience for each ghost), but they for sure have unique behavior, which can even be used to identify ghosts in 0-Evidence runs.

[VulgarMonkey]

Originally posted by CopyrightedNameHere:

Whatever just venting about a dead game that definitely deserves it's deceased status i guess.

Dead game? Outside it's first 3 months, in the back-end of 2020, Phasmo has more average players than it's ever had. The new update has brought in/back more players than the game has seen since January 2021. Over two years ago. It also didn't slip comparing October to September which implies the number might be steady. Source.[steamcharts.com]

The evidence suggests the update was an incredibly good thing for the game. But you're dumb and don't want facts. You want to be feel right throwing a little tantrum. Pathetic.

[💚⁧⁧ Peach]

Originally posted by CopyrightedNameHere:

I've been playing since October 2020, on and off since then but I don't get how you can make the gameplay worse like, first off the menu for adding gadgets and ♥♥♥♥ to the assignment sucks and is unreadable, not having the lighter and salt at the start sucks especially when some ghosts cannot be discovered without them. Second - the ghosts DO NOT behave at all like how the journal describes each one, they don't behave like anything anymore it is downright impossible to figure out what the ghost is now. What are the devs thinking?

Me and my friend just got done with a round where we got Spirit Box, Freezing Temps, and Ultraviolet meaning it could only be one, The Mimic, right? No it was a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Phantom. Like what, sorry? It in no way behaved like a phantom - it never showed itself or tried "frightening" us as is described in the journal.

Whatever just venting about a dead game that definitely deserves it's deceased status i guess.

The game isn't going to die for awhile and people keep misusing that word like crazy.
However, there have been plenty of opportunities missed.

[Miichee]

i agree that the journal is deceptive, and i think majority of the player base does. use the wiki for real information and learn how to play that way

[Estellese]

... You've been playing since 2020, and can't identify the ghosts... But a team of new players who started just a few weeks ago (self and friends) can identify the ghosts with 95% accuracy.

We are even, slowly, learning how to identify their hunt behaviors. Not there yet, but getting there.

That sounds like a you issue.


And I can see why. You called mimic without even checking for mimic orbs. The unique trait only mimics have. No other ghost has 4 evidence.

And you think a lighter and salt are necessary to identify a ghost? They are not. All the necessary tools (the ones that give evidence) are provided.

[Ramen Llama]

skill issue tbh. but yeah the equipment menu is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. new one looks good tho

[Banshee Target]

I know I'm gonna sound like a condescending 14 year old, but "skill issue" is the best way to describe this post.

"Whatever just venting about a dead game that definitely deserves it's deceased status i guess" - Dead game with ~22 500 current players.

[Magic Man]

Originally posted by CopyrightedNameHere:

Me and my friend just got done with a round where we got Spirit Box, Freezing Temps, and Ultraviolet meaning it could only be one, The Mimic, right? No it was a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Phantom.

The Mimic's evidence is Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, and Freezing Temperatures. It also has the fake evidence of Ghost Orbs.
The Phantom's evidence is Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, and D.O.T.S.

I would assume that you correctly obtained spirit box and ultraviolet evidence, but you and/or your friend were unaware of the changes made to the freezing temperatures evidence in the Ascension Update back in August.

Seeing your cold breath is no longer a telltale sign of freezing temperatures evidence. It now just means that the room you are stood in is below 5°C / 41°F. The thermometer was changed from being an optional piece of equipment to a part of the starter equipment, as it is now required to check if the room's temperature is below 0°C / 32°F.

Another noteworthy change is that before the Ascension Update, every ghost could step in a pile of salt, but the Wraith was the only ghost that wouldn't leave UV footprints. Now it has been changed so that the Wraith is the only ghost who won't step in salt piles. UV footprints have been added to what was "fingerprints" evidence, which has now become "Ultraviolet" evidence, so only ghosts with UV evidence will give footprints.

[OddyNuff]

sounds like a skill issue to me buddy

how can some ghosts not be discovered without salt and lighter lol

[Emurinus]

If you've truly been playing since October 2020 then I figured you had the cognition to read the last 3 years of patch notes/news to get caught up on everything. It is early access after all.

Since you didn't:

1. A new shop UI is already on the way with a mock up available on Reddit.

2. Journal descriptions have always been flavor text. I thought this was obvious even back in 2020. The only parts that are reliable are the strengths and weaknesses, even if those are still a bit vague in some areas.

3. None of the ghosts require salt or lighters unless you're actively playing with limited/no evidence. It's not discouraged to play at Professional or lower for the few levels.

4. You probably just assumed cold breath was freezing. Again, learn to read the patchnotes.

[HulaGremlin]

in a game where it is possible to figure out ghosts with no evidence, its going to be very hard to chock any of this up to anything but a skill issue. sometimes you can definitely get misled or baited by some ghosts and thats normal, but the evidence itself wont lie. you just have to verify and not jump to conclusions.