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I'm waiting on the day that kill or spare options mean more than 'let them go without even a flick on the forehead' and 'beat them within an inch of their life, throw them down a chemical vat and finish off by putting them through a wood chipper positioned so the chunks fly over their horrified family.' Anyway, I'm going with Kill because loving hell how can you be so thick as to think that she'd just let you walk? If the Spare option let you bust his face up, I would've gone with that.
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I am full of spite and that man led to Reggies death so I say Murder.
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Samovar posted:OK, I'm beginning to see what makes the faces look odd, despite the facial animation being so good - it's the teeth. The teeth don't look realistic. I've been saying this since the game came out. The rest of the game looks fantastic, but the teeth throw closeup shots straight into the uncanny valley. They're too defined from each other I think, too dark around the edges. They even went the extra mile to make Fetch's slightly yellowed, presumably because she probably didn't have easy access to toothpaste as a hobo/addict, but they're still way too defined.
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Reggie wouldn't want Delsin to murder anyone, especially in front of their child. Spare.
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RareAcumen posted:I'm waiting on the day that kill or spare options mean more than 'let them go without even a flick on the forehead' and 'beat them within an inch of their life, throw them down a chemical vat and finish off by putting them through a wood chipper positioned so the chunks fly over their horrified family.' I think video games should just scrap karma systems until everyone in the industry can sit down and figure out something that actually makes sense. There's exceptionally few (I can't even think of one off the top of my head) that actually balance moral choices in a coherent way. Nobody can think of any bad choice that has a level of subtlety or moral grayness. Do they think that it wouldn't make sense if it wasn't obvious?
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Is it me or is the game audio much quieter than the commentary?
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Gideon020 posted:Is it me or is the game audio much quieter than the commentary?
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Gideon020 posted:Is it me or is the game audio much quieter than the commentary? Yeah, that's intentional. Cutting up audio is actually, literally impossible with the editing software I'm using for this so it's a pretty brute-force and not ideal solution. I tried to work around it in some pretty dumb ways and was foiled at every turn. This is seriously not an exaggeration and as frustrating as you can imagine. I might have a solution though so I'm going to try it and maybe go back to fix older videos where this is a problem. Of course, I wasn't using my usual headphones when I put everything together and I didn't think it was that loud either but I'll keep a closer eye on that. Maybe my hearing is going bad or these headphones are utter trash. LPs are harder than I ever thought, dang. In any case, here's some more uncommentated First Light while I get poo poo sorted. Thanks for your patience.  2. They Taste Better When They Run Because I'm a real dumbo, I forgot to mention one other way getting lumens. Fetch also has graffiti art but a lot less of it and no choices to make, so let's knock those out of the way too. Graffiti Roundup, First Light style cardinal direction fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Feb 11, 2015 |
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oh okay so they're just straight up stealing Saint's Row IV's leveling system (which in turn stole it from Crackdown)
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Just putting up the no-commentary over cutscenes/dialogue version of They Taste Better When They Run. I'm using editing software from this decade now so from here on out stuff will be as it was intended and we'll just be removing our jabbering from dialogue heavy instances. I'm still getting used to it so if there are any issues with the audio or god forbid somehow the video as well, I'll do my best to get those kinks worked out. Expect some more First Light this week! I'm also gonna go ahead and call it and say the thread has chosen to spare Hank, unless against all odds the thread is suddenly inundated with kill Hank. Thanks for indulging my curiosity and dealing with me bumbling through this in general! Of course, I've neglected to put up the next round of graffiti so I guess let's just go ahead and start with that? Here's what we're choosing from this time: Origami Airlines / Catch! I Scream Cone / Pop-Sicle Safe! / Flower Power Never Stand Under an Elephant / Pink Rain Mind Over Bladder / Payback
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Hi hello, here's a First Light update 3. Scout's Honor, or Uncut commentary The end of Second Son will be this weekend, probably!! Wow! There's still graffiti and a few little extras to get though so we won't be saying goodbye to Delsin completely.
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God Shane's an rear end. A believable rear end. A well-written rear end I would totally love to see beaten to a pulp.
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Alright, it's looking like I'll just flip a coin for graffiti roundups. I dunno. In any case, let this double First Light update end the game. It's pretty good, all told. If there's anything else you'd like to see just let me know and we'll find it or something. 4. It's a Date, or uncut commentary 5. She's Ready, or uncut commentary I guess tomorrow will be the end of Second Son other than a few extras and graffiti. e: also these should be in 60FPS now so that's pretty cool provided I didn't gently caress it up somehow--which is always extremely likely.
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I agree that the vaporization at the end there is pretty extreme... probably cause Fetch takes her time over it.
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Not having any luck trying to locate any info related to the story changes you mention in the video. Is there a particular named article, publication, blog, or post I should use to refine my search?
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Searching 'Destiny original storyline' should get you there, but I don't believe it's anything entirely reputable. I think it's all based on some Reddit post.  Here's a Forbes article about it, but there are a variety of other places that put their two cents in on it actually being real. Anything would have been better than throwaway sentences that you can't even see in the game itself but it wouldn't have won any awards--provided it's even true.Anyways, 12. Hey, Wait, I've Got a New Complaint, or cut commentaryThis is the end of the story. All that's left is graffiti and a bonus video or two with some more backstory stuff, but no one seems particularly interested in Paper Trail so if that's the case I'm fine calling it here. Of course, if I'm wrong, please tell me and I'll do all that. Since I don't want to awkwardly further prolong the graffiti stuff, the rest will be good or evil. I'll take the first choice that's posted and go from there. If not, I'll... flip a coin, I guess? Other than that, just want to say thanks again for bearing with me as we bumbled our way through our first real deal LP. We had a lot of fun! And the very cool @AwrySquare on twitter drew this for the thread. You should absolutely check their art out and follow them. I don't believe they have a forums account so that's how I'm crediting them.  I forgot why I said something about bunny Delsin?? cardinal direction fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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I'm gonna go ahead and call out good. edit: Also just a heads up, you link to the cut version of Tyrant Wounded instead of the latest update in both the OP and in the post you just made instead of the video I think you intended to. Evil Kit fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Were you going to make a video showing off the differences between the good and evil powers?
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SaffronKit posted:I'm gonna go ahead and call out good. Even at the end of the thread, I'm still sloppy with my linking. Thanks, gonna fix that now! Also, yes, there will be a video showcase of powers from both karmas. e: links are fixed.
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I'll ask that you make Good gratifies
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cardinal direction posted:Searching 'Destiny original storyline' should get you there, but I don't believe it's anything entirely reputable. I think it's all based on some Reddit post. Oh, you were referring to Destiny, not Second Son. That explains why I wasn't finding it.
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All the time this game being set in Seattle and no jokes about Frasier? For shame.
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I'm not totally sure ilthrel has even heard of Frasier, to be honest. Evil powers showcase Good powers + concrete showcase Graffiti Roundup Finale In retrospect, the Evil powers don't really change things that much. Video is the one that plays the most differently, in my opinion, and Neon is just not that great as an Evil Delsin. Good Delsin can at least benefit from Video, but evil Neon is lacking in a lot of ways if you ask me. Smoke is a nice middle ground but it lacks the mobility. Cinder Blast that disintegrates though is fantastic and especially so considering you can play Evil Delsin with much less precision and care. Concrete is a cute bonus but it doesn't get a karmic streak or any karma specific powers. It's extremely limited. I forgot to mention it, and will likely go back to change that, but upgrading Concrete can get you 20% more damage resistance which is... certainly something that exists. As per SaffronKit's lightning quick choice of good, you can now enjoy a solid 20 minutes of graffiti. Personally, I think the good graffiti is better anyway so it was a lucky coincidence. Well I guess that's it if there's nothing else anyone wants to see! There are the little side missions scattered around the map but they're not THAT interesting. Thanks again for watching. We learned a lot and already have some plans for what we want to do next. It was fun!
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Hold the phone - I seem to recall somebody saying during this game that you encounter someone with 'paper' powers, or am I just uttery mistaken?
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Yes, that's the Paper Trail subplot. It's a few side missions where you do X thing, then have to log onto a website and participate in a very obtuse ARG to unlock the in game side missions again. Or, more likely, look up a guide online. You get a few more text logs that make it bleedingly obvious that Augustine manipulated the whole thing into making Delsin, Eugene, Fetch, and Hank into more perfect villains to justify her existance. And when you finally track down the paper person They bugger off without a boss fight because they couldn't figure out how to make paper a combat viable power.
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Yeah, that's pretty much the size of it. I mentioned it waaaay back in the OP and throughout the thread here and there, but nobody ever really showed interest in seeing it so that's why we sort of decided to just skip it. I guess it's kinda neat but I ended up finding a guide as well to finish it, so I'm not entirely sure if it was successful in what it set out to do. It's a shame, because paper could potentially be a pretty fun power. If people DO want to see it, then I'll record that but it's probably going to be on the backburner because we want to move on to something new and a little more varied in terms of content. I like Second Son a lot but it can get pretty repetitive. Really, a lot of the extra exposition just reinforces what you already know. There are audio logs scattered around Seattle as part of the side missions, but... they're basically things you could have inferred from the game itself and First Light. They're told by, presumably, a DUP agent that defected. Here's a transcript of them if you are extremely curious about them though: quote:1. "Augustine is the most powerful Conduit I've ever seen. And she's got all the DUP as her loyal lap dogs. The mission has always been to collect Bio-terrorists to keep the world safe. She's done it so well that the government says they don't need the DUP anymore. I gotta tell you kid, I wouldn't wanna be the government right now. Augustine IS the DUP. Sayin' they don't need the DUP is sayin' they don't need Augustine. That's a bad idea. Worse, it's a powder keg just waiting for a spark- a spark like you."
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I would personally love to see wire as a power.
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Having spent last weekend cutting concrete-reinforcing wire to make tomato cages, I would NOT want to be on the receiving end of wire powers. The scrapes I picked up when some things went sproing are just healing up now.
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Kurieg posted:Yes, that's the Paper Trail subplot. It's a few side missions where you do X thing, then have to log onto a website and participate in a very obtuse ARG to unlock the in game side missions again. Or, more likely, look up a guide online. This is kind of dumb it's not like it's hard to make a paper enemy. Our Darker Purpose has an entire level with a paper theme.
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Paper is the coolest power.
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Great Joe posted:Paper is the coolest power. It's Augustine's weakness.
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I wonder if they also have a scissor power, then.
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Delsin only needs one piece of paper to defeat Augustine. But he needs to choose: "NOTICE OF DISMISSAL" or "ARREST WARRANT"? This is a Karma-affecting choice.
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Great Joe posted:I wonder if they also have a scissor power, then. I bet Augustine has that one covered. 
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I'm kinda interested in seeing the paper subplot, if only to better understand the problems with it.
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At the risk of making things harder for you, I am actually now slightly intrigued by the paper-subplot.
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I'd like to say that'll happen at some point but I'm going through some personal stuff in my life at the moment that has totally drained me of any drive to play games for the internet. Sorry everyone. I'm going to close this thread for now and maybe come back to it. If anyone else would like to cover that themselves and post it here, you have my permission, I guess? I dunno, feel free to contact me through youtube if you want to do that and I'll open the thread up or whatever.
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