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Finally a game that uses my gtx680. Runs amazing, no titans necessary. I really liked the very beginning of the game where you get attacked by the dark ones and as you put them down they turn out to be your buddies.(Spoilered for people that can't start the game yet)
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Underwhelmed posted:What is up with those dossiers I keep picking up anyway? Is that something else that is getting shaved off due to the HUD being reduced? Diary pages may be read by pressing 'Esc' and selecting 'Diary' from the menu -- don't worry, this isn't explained anywhere on RH. Regarding ammo on RH, most non-scripted pickups are 1-2 rounds. Once you reach the first hub station, you can check your total ammo and after that, well, I guess you have to mentally track your ammo (which isn't that hard if you're doing a stealth run).
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May 14, 2013 22:20
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You also can check the total ammo at exchange stations, as well as get a breakdown of how much certain types of ammo you have. I have to say though I haven't really felt scared of running out of bullets, even on RH.
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May 14, 2013 22:47
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Ranger Hardcore is really fun but there are a couple of annoying things that get in the way. Having literally no way to check your inventory, no way to see what secondary you're using, and no QTE button prompts sure is a weird design decision.
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May 14, 2013 22:51
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The Metro games have this weird level of detail that I have a hard time describing. It has this distinct style that makes it look unlike other games, but I couldn't even tell you what it is if you asked me.
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May 14, 2013 23:11
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A lot of it is interface stuff. Looting corpses is contextualized instead of selecting a corpse then hitting loot all. Instead you have to find each ammo pouch and manually loot them. Of course, that can get annoying with bodies that fall face first and obscure most of them. It just does away with a lot of modern shooter conveniences.
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May 14, 2013 23:17
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The pumpy generator thing is awesome and I'm glad it still exists.
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May 14, 2013 23:23
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Underwhelmed posted:What is up with those dossiers I keep picking up anyway? Is that something else that is getting shaved off due to the HUD being reduced? They're Artyom's notes on what's happening. I think you press tab to read them. e: fb
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May 14, 2013 23:41
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NESguerilla posted:The Metro games have this weird level of detail that I have a hard time describing. It has this distinct style that makes it look unlike other games, but I couldn't even tell you what it is if you asked me. I think a big part of it is that it's really designed around the setting and the difficulties it would present. Fallout, for example, never quite goes to the extent of having you as one of the dirty survivors scraping by in the ruins. You're always a little bit better off than the people you're talking to, and there are a lot of remnants of the old world lying around for you to feel awesome with: unbroken weaponry, future guns, etc. The post-apocalypse is a terrible place, but you're making it work for you. Metro carries it through, though, even to the fine details. Your objective marker is an old notepad, the bullets are hand-loaded and terrible, and even at the end of the game when you have the best weapons you're likely to get, you never feel like a huge badass. All the NPCs are barely scraping by, about to get killed, or actively malevolent. It's a post-war game that doesn't feel like some kind of cleverly disguised playground.
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Jimbot posted:A lot of it is interface stuff. Looting corpses is contextualized instead of selecting a corpse then hitting loot all. Instead you have to find each ammo pouch and manually loot them. Of course, that can get annoying with bodies that fall face first and obscure most of them. It just does away with a lot of modern shooter conveniences. No need to search, just start mashing the activate button as you spasmodically jerk your head around. In the future, we all have chorea! Leb posted:Diary pages may be read by pressing 'Esc' and selecting 'Diary' from the menu -- don't worry, this isn't explained anywhere on RH. Regarding ammo on RH, most non-scripted pickups are 1-2 rounds. Once you reach the first hub station, you can check your total ammo and after that, well, I guess you have to mentally track your ammo (which isn't that hard if you're doing a stealth run). I have been trying to keep track, but the occasional death/reload, or save/quit, combined with all the mad looting in the dark means that I lose track after awhile. Running out of bullets in the middle of a fight is cool, and does add to the tension when you don't see it coming, but I really wish it would just tell me the numbers during downtime. Hardly annoying enough to make me not play on Ranger mode, but still a little aggravating. Wanderer posted:Metro carries it through, though, even to the fine details. Your objective marker is an old notepad, the bullets are hand-loaded and terrible, and even at the end of the game when you have the best weapons you're likely to get, you never feel like a huge badass. All the NPCs are barely scraping by, about to get killed, or actively malevolent. It's a post-war game that doesn't feel like some kind of cleverly disguised playground. Fallout and games like it, make you feel welcome in a hostile world. Games like Metro, and Stalker like to remind you how unwelcome you are.
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May 14, 2013 23:51
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I think I'm gonna have to play through Stalker SoC and CoP again, there's no other games that have the sort of atmosphere they (and Metro) have. Everything is grim and worn down and desperate.
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May 14, 2013 23:59
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For those of you agonizing over the Russian voices, the acting really isn't much better than the English voices so if your only concern is higher quality, just stick with the English.Underwhelmed posted:Fallout and games like it, make you feel welcome in a hostile world. Games like Metro, and Stalker like to remind you how unwelcome you are. Only F3 and NV do that, and F2 I guess if you're played the game a hundred times and rush to get a suit of PA within the first twenty minutes. Lil Swamp Booger Baby fucked around with this message at 00:05 on May 15, 2013 |
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May 15, 2013 00:03
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hopterque posted:I think I'm gonna have to play through Stalker SoC and CoP again, there's no other games that have the sort of atmosphere they (and Metro) have. Everything is grim and worn down and desperate. Cryostasis is kinda this way, but it doesn't take place within a society so there's less of it. JebanyPedal posted:For those of you agonizing over the Russian voices, the acting really isn't much better than the English voices so if your only concern is higher quality, just stick with the English. I've been using the Russian voices because it's harder to tell if the acting is bad.
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May 15, 2013 00:05
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:I've been using the Russian voices because it's harder to tell if the acting is bad. I guess that makes sense actually.
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May 15, 2013 00:06
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Underwhelmed posted:What is up with those dossiers I keep picking up anyway? Is that something else that is getting shaved off due to the HUD being reduced? Notes are saved in the 'diary' tab under the main menu. No idea if this is explained in vanilla.
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May 15, 2013 00:31
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JebanyPedal posted:Only F3 and NV do that, and F2 I guess if you're played the game a hundred times and rush to get a suit of PA within the first twenty minutes. Yeah, but by the end of FO1 you're wandering around in power armor blowing poo poo away with a plasma rifle. In Metro, you're always gonna be using that lovely AK.
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May 15, 2013 00:34
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Lord Yod posted:Ranger Hardcore is really fun but there are a couple of annoying things that get in the way. Having literally no way to check your inventory, no way to see what secondary you're using, and no QTE button prompts sure is a weird design decision. Yeah, it feels like they should just design the default difficulties to be more Far Cry 2ish in terms of UI elements so that the Ranger poo poo isn't completely awkward. I like the game so far. I kind of miss the stuff from 2033 where you're slowly getting better guns and when you get the Kalashnikov you feel like a god but the game is good so far and I don't really know where the game is going. Game kind of performs terribly compared to what you'd expect, though, and I had a BSOD. Feels like they should've optimized better edit: For the Far Cry 2 poo poo having the rummage around in a bag to count ammo would've been fun as hell Sputty fucked around with this message at 00:39 on May 15, 2013 |
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May 15, 2013 00:35
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Sputty posted:Yeah, it feels like they should just design the default difficulties to be more Far Cry 2ish in terms of UI elements so that the Ranger poo poo isn't completely awkward. Definitely, my frame rate drops every time someone fires a shotgun.
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May 15, 2013 00:39
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JebanyPedal posted:I guess that makes sense actually. Unfortunately, those of us who understand Russian are still screwed either way. Although, interestingly enough, the Russian dub has a number of VAs that have voiced STALKER games so if you've played the games from that series and you want some gibberish coming from the familiar voices, you can play it in Russian. HellishWhiskers fucked around with this message at 00:42 on May 15, 2013 |
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May 15, 2013 00:39
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I miss Uncle Bourbon.
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Peruser posted:Definitely, my frame rate drops every time someone fires a shotgun. Yeah, I had a couple of hard crashes on the Xbox 360 version, and thinking about it, both times were when I was reloading a shotgun.
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May 15, 2013 00:47
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Wanderer posted:Yeah, I had a couple of hard crashes on the Xbox 360 version, and thinking about it, both times were when I was reloading a shotgun. I have had this happen twice as well while loading the shotgun. I'm really digging this game but it feels really easy compared to the first one even on hard and I played 2033 on normal.
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May 15, 2013 00:57
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NESguerilla posted:I have had this happen twice as well while loading the shotgun. Stealth works in a predictable way now, or at the very least is a lot easier. I couldn't sneak for poo poo in the original, no matter what I did it was like I was wearing a day-glow orange jumpsuit and dragging a string of pots and pans behind me. In this game, I pop out of the shadows, punch some dude in the face and then bury a throwing knife in the throat of his buddy 5 feet away.
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Just a heads up, try not to kill anyone unless you absolutely have to or else you won't get the good ending. Ending Spoilers I let Pavel and that other prick live, but I brutally exterminated every single bandit, nazi, and those pricks who were burning that one metro down, still was enough to get the bad ending apparently
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May 15, 2013 01:15
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Ok so there's literally no way to put on the gasmask, change filters, or turn the flashlight on with the gamepad on PC. 
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May 15, 2013 01:17
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I tried hitting tab and m, but I can't seem to check how many rounds I have in reserve on ranger easy. A couple of times hitting tab would show the various ammo types but those were only in civilized areas. Artyom is evidently still a silent protagonist outside of narration and it would be nice to have a key to check how many magazines he has in reserve like in the king kong game for ps2.
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Dear god this game looks incredible  Bolow posted:Just a heads up, try not to kill anyone unless you absolutely have to or else you won't get the good ending. Eh gently caress that. Killing people is fun. There is always youtube or second play through for that. 
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May 15, 2013 01:21
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I actually like the bad ending more honestly, it's really bittersweet and the overall outcome is the same.
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Is there any good way to check if you are using Military or Dirty rounds on the Ak on ranger Hardcore, the reload animation is too quick and the Military rounds seem pretty similar to my eyes. So far the only part of the game I find annoying apart from that are the (Spoilers for a Mutant type, you encounter them about chapter 3) The Spiders, they seem to just keep running away when I flash my light at them Apart from that the game is as fun as the first, even if it took me a while to realise there was a non lethal takedown.
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May 15, 2013 01:37
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Quote is not Edit, god damnit.
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May 15, 2013 01:37
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Military rounds have a louder report when fired, the bullet tips are gold not greyish. If you can't see them very well like on the AK series stuff, you can always just hit tab to see how many Military rounds you have then pop off one round to see if the count decreases.
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Barring a few gripes like the Locked FOV, a lack of AMD drivers, and a desire for more freeish roam areas like the outside sections this is a drat good game. Weed spoiler? : And if you missed it between lap dances you can take puffs of a hooka to your left and watch Artyom trip out all over again like when climbing through the bandit station's crate pile in 2033. Sphrin fucked around with this message at 01:49 on May 15, 2013 |
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May 15, 2013 01:46
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Bolow posted:Military rounds have a louder report when fired, the bullet tips are gold not greyish. If you can't see them very well like on the AK series stuff, you can always just hit tab to see how many Military rounds you have then pop off one round to see if the count decreases. So in hardcore the answer is basically no, then?
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Anybody have an AMD HD 7000+? Wondering if the game is worth buying with my HD 7950, I've heard some sketchy stuff about this game and AMD so far but nothing confirmed.
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Chillmatic posted:Ok so there's literally no way to put on the gasmask, change filters, or turn the flashlight on with the gamepad on PC. Yes there is, you have to hold down the left bumper (assuming you're using a 360 pad) and then press y for flashlight, left d-pad for charger, a for filter change(I'm not sure how you put the mask on off the top of my head). So far I'm really liking this game, atmospheric and creepy, honestly I'm a big baby and scared of playing this alone in a dark room. gently caress spiders with no npc companion to hold my hand/use as spider bait. My only gripe so far is it seems like there's some sort of weird faint yellow light emanating from my character sometimes. That and the benchmarking tool keeps locking up on me and I need to end it in the task manager.
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I'm liking a lot of the small conversations you hear. Apparently there are still people alive in St. Petersburg, and there's a nuclear power plant somewhere in Russia, manned, and under siege by barbarians.
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Man, I bought this on onlinekeystore for like 26 euro (36 dollars) and it still shows as pre-order. Anyone else use them and have a different result or know what the deal is? I was totally looking forward to playing this tonight and now that dream is sailing away (oh the pain of saving money).
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SoggyGravy posted:Man, I bought this on onlinekeystore for like 26 euro (36 dollars) and it still shows as pre-order. Anyone else use them and have a different result or know what the deal is? I was totally looking forward to playing this tonight and now that dream is sailing away (oh the pain of saving money). Pretty sure the rest of the world gets released on the 17th. The 14th was just NA. It was unlocked for me late on the 13th though.
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NESguerilla posted:I have had this happen twice as well while loading the shotgun. I kind of agree, comparing ranger hardcore to ranger hardcore. Although I did have an emergent gameplay panic attack when I ran out of ammo in the middle of an intense fight.
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