Two Guns, Infinite Possibilities. Let's Play Hard Reset!

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JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

Hard Reset was developed by Flying Wild Hog, a Polish based company that includes alumni from CD Projekt Red, City Interactive, and the makers of Painkiller. It was released on September 13, 2011 to mixed but largely favorable reviews. One of the biggest complaints of short game time and limited enemies was worked on by the free add on of 5 levels that continued the story and added new foes. This combined game is now the full official version.

The gameplay is clearly inspired by an age of games that has largely moved on by such as Quake and Unreal. It's all about moving fast and shooting faster. At it's core it tries really hard to be a fun shoot 'em up, and I feel it hits that mark. There's also a plot. This is what the manual claims:

The Manual posted:

The world as we know it ceased to exist. Humanity is at the verge of extinction, living in the last closed city of Bezoar. Mankind wages war against machines, controlling vast areas of what became the ‘Barrens’. Machines want to control and assimilate ‘The Sanctuary’, a network that holds billions of digitalized human minds. Our hero, Maj. Fletcher, is a soldier of CLN – a corporation combat unit, established to protect the city. Machines are constantly assaulting the walls of Bezoar. Fletcher moves in when Bezoar’s protective barrier is breached.

The LP
I will be showing off all the weapons, all the secrets, and as much of the Nano collecting as possible. Joining me will be Chocolate Donuts, friend and compatriot. The plan is do do one update weekly at a minimum, but I've never done a video LP before so we shall see how things shake out. I'd like to do biweekly updates.

I'll be playing on Normal, as enemies are just too bullet spongy on harder difficulties. I will also be collecting all secrets, but not necessarily all NANO pickups. There are additional modes that I will do at least demonstrations of.

Spoilers?
Please no spoilers of any kind. The game is not too in depth, but I'd still like to keep a lid on things.

Videos

Video One - First Contact (with Chocolate Donuts) Youtube
Video Two - Sector 6 (with Chocolate Donuts) Youtube
Video Three - The Chase (with Chocolate Donuts) Youtube
Video Four - Shantytown (with Chocolate Donuts) Youtube

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# ? May 19, 2013 22:52

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

Weapons/Upgrades
The gun system is quite interesting. The player has access to the CLN Firearm, and an N.R.G. Weapon. Each pulls from it's own pool of ammo. You can then purchase new firing modes for these guns, which let's you use more useful and powerful attacks. I'll be prioritizing upgrading the weapons over some of the other upgrades in order to show all the types of guns off, but it will take a while.

CLN Firearm Upgrades

ASSAULT RIFLE

Gatling Barrel Block – A primary weapon mode for the CLN Firearm. A rapid-firing machinegun. Select the Assault Rifle, then press Primary Attack Key to fire.
Magnifying Scope -The Magnifying Scope allows you to zoom in on enemies. Select the Assault Rifle and hold Secondary Attack Key to use it.
Turbo Engine – Assault Rifle rate of fire increased.

COMBAT SHOTGUN

Shotgun Module - The Shotgun hits all enemies in a short range frontal arc. Select the Shotgun then press Primary Attack Key to fire.
EMP Flechettes - EMP Flechettes paralyse enemies on impact. Select the Shotgun and press Secondary Attack Key to launch them.
Recoil Spring – Shorter Shotgun reload time.

GRENADE LAUNCHER

Grenade Launcher - The Grenade Launcher shoots explosive grenades. Select the Greande Launcher and press Primary Attack Key to fire.
Gravity Grenade - A Gravity Grenade pulls all enemies in range towards it and holds them in a gravity field for a short amount of time. Select the Greande Launcher and press Secondary Attack Key to use it.
Reaction Amplifier - Grenade area of effect increased.

RPG

RPG Attachment - The RPG shoots rockets that explode on a direct hit. Select the Rocket Launcher mode and press Primary Attack Key to fire.
Laser Aiming Module -The Laser Aiming module allows you to guide the missile to a target. Select the Rocket Launcher mode, launch a rocket and hold Secondary Attack Key to mark your target.
Hi Explosive Barrage – RPG explosive cluster warhead.

PROXIMITY MINES

Proximity Mine Launcher - The Triple Tap Mode shoots mines that stick to both obstacles and enemies and explode when an enemy comes into the vicinity. Select the Sticky Mine Launcher and press Primary Attack Key to shoot.
Manual Detonator - The Manual Detonator allows you to manually detonate any sticky mine you shoot. Select the Sticky Mine Launcher mode, shoot a mine and press Secondary Attack Key to use it.
Extended Pod - Increased amount of proximity mines in the field.

N.R.G. Weapon Upgrades

PLASMA RIFLE

Plasma Generator – A primary weapon mode for the N.R.G. Weapon. A rapid-firing plasma rifle.
Plasma Condenser - The Plasma Condenser allows to charge up plasma energy and shoot a cumulative plasma projectile. Select the Plasma Rifle then hold Secondary Attack Key and release to shoot.
Magnetic Sling - Plasma velocity and frequency increased, faster charge rate.

SHOCK BLASTER

Electric Taser - The Shock Blaster fires beams of electric current, electrocuting all the enemies in a frontal arc. Select the Shock Blaster and hold Primary Attack Key to shoot.
EMP Generator - The Emp Generator allows you to launch an EMP pulse that will cripple all nearby enemies. Select the Shock Blaster and press Secondary Attack Key to use it.
Tesla Coil - Blaster total range increased.

ELECTRIC MORTAR

Electric Launcher - The Electric Mortar fires a sticky projectile that launches beams of electric current on impact. Select the Electric Mortar and press Primary Attack Key to shoot.
Stasis Grenade - A Stasis Grenade emits a stasis field on impact that will freeze enemies for a short amount of time. Select the Electric Mortar and press Secondary Attack Key to shoot.
Hi Capacitor - Electric Mine and Stasis Grenade area of effect increased.

RAILGUN

Particle Compressor - The Particle Cannon beam will penetrate both enemies and obstacles, allowing you to shoot through walls. Select the Particle Cannon and press Primary Attack Key to shoot.
X-Ray scope - The X-Ray scope allows you to see enemies through walls. This mode drains weapon energy while active. Select the Particle Cannon and hold Secondary Attack Key to use it.
Charging Turbine – Faster particle cannon recharge.

SMARTGUN

Guidance System - The Smartgun allows you to see enemies through walls and shoot homing projectiles that will penetrate any obstacles in their way. Select the Smartgun and press Primary Attack Key to shoot.
Targeting Device - The Targeting Device allows you to lock on an enemy and launch a series of devastating obstacle-penetrating projectiles. Select the Smartgun, hold Secondary Attack Key to lock on an enemy, after the lock on icon appears, release to shoot the projectiles.
Fusion Cell - Smartgun projectiles cause more damage.

Combat Gear Upgrades

TACTICAL SCANNER

Directional Sensor - Displays the direction of incoming damage.
Tactical Scanner - Displays enemy positions on HUD radar.
Awarness Module - Displays N.A.N.O. pack positions on radar.

TRAUMA PACK

Hormone Dose - Critical health level triggers enhanced perception mode - you become super fast for a limited time.
Enhanced Hormone Dose - Increases damage resistance in enhanced perception mode.
Double Hormone Dose - Enhanced perception mode lasts longer.

HI-CAPACITOR

Hi Capacity Magazine - Increases max weapon capacity.
N.R.G. Filter - Pickups regenerate more ammunition and energy.
Restore Compartment - Weapon ammunition and energy regenerates faster.

MEDICAL MODULE

Endurance Controller - Max hit points increased.
Enhanced Centrifuge - Medkits regenerate more hit points.
Nano Tourniquet - Increased damage resistance.

SHIELD EMITTER

Shield Booster - Max shield capacity increased.
Defensive Generator - Increases shield regeneration speed.
Regenerative Module - Shield regeneration starts sooner after taking damage.

Beastiary
As I encounter enemies I'll be giving you the rundown of them here. These Health and Shield values represent enemy health on Easy.

M.M.U.6M Pecker
A very basic melee rush enemy. They are almost always found in large groups and make a bee-line for the player. Their only attack is to jump at the player in an attempt to slash them.

M.E.U. 750 Grinder
A variant of the pecker. Instead of a buzz saw, the Grinder has a set of propellers that it can use to rise off the ground and fly at its enemies.

M.E.U.34M Savage
A suicide unit comprised of a bomb with legs. If the player is at distance the Savage will curl into a ball and launch himself to cover the distance. They explode on death, or on command once within range of the player.

M.R.U11B Gorilla
The Gorilla is a tank, taking a lot of damage to kill. Its main attacks are to rush the player, knocking them backwards and dishing out lots of pain. They can also stomp their foot to release a shockwave that will damage the player.

M.E.U. 130 Flash
Flashes are the first ranged enemy we have encountered. They move quickly and fire a 3 shot plasma blast. If you get up close they will attempt to kick the player. It's best to take them on from cover as if all their hits land, you'll be in trouble. Their center mass is comprised of the torso and head of a corpse.

M.E.U. 13C Puncher
Instead of firing a weapon, these bipedal organic harvested bipeds will rush towards you and attempt to slash you open. They move very fast and often come in groups of 3 or 4.

M.E.U. 46G Spitfire
The Spitfire has a similar structure to the Gorilla, but instead of charging at people, they use the shoulder mounted RPG launchers to fire a barrage of explosives at their targets.

JossiRossi fucked around with this message at Mar 20, 2013 around 13:52

# ? Mar 7, 2013 02:22

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

***Post reserved just in case***

# ? Mar 7, 2013 02:23

MassRanTer: May 26, 2001; Fundamentals as sound as the WNBA

Chocolate donuts starts accusing people of being sociopaths the second he's not crashing cars into innocent people and property.

The robots in that arena area reminded me a bit of some of the robots in Screamers, so, I like this game.

# ? Mar 7, 2013 07:06

Dreadwroth: Dec 12, 2009

Ahhhh this game. I have a love/hate relationship with this game. On the one hand, I love the rediculous guns you have and the level design is pretty fun. On the other hand, there is some epic bullcrap you run into that made me so mad I uninstalled the bastard.
EDIT: Ahahahahaha I forgot about the rediculous plot and how bad the VAs are.
I agree, the menu is pretty drat cool, and Fletcher is definetly a robot racist.
That loving cement mixer had it coming!

Dreadwroth fucked around with this message at Mar 7, 2013 around 12:48

# ? Mar 7, 2013 12:01

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

MassRayPer posted:

Chocolate donuts starts accusing people of being sociopaths the second he's not crashing cars into innocent people and property.

The robots in that arena area reminded me a bit of some of the robots in Screamers, so, I like this game.

Donuts is a total hypocrite. Where as I have the unquestionable moral high ground.

Also you are totally right about those bots being Screamer-esque. I had to look it up, but there certainly seems to be inspiration: http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/screamers03.jpg. I didn't think anyone else saw that movie but me.

Dreadwroth posted:

Ahhhh this game. I have a love/hate relationship with this game. On the one hand, I love the rediculous guns you have and the level design is pretty fun. On the other hand, there is some epic bullcrap you run into that made me so mad I uninstalled the bastard.
EDIT: Ahahahahaha I forgot about the rediculous plot and how bad the VAs are.
I agree, the menu is pretty drat cool, and Fletcher is definetly a robot racist.
That loving cement mixer had it coming!

It's sort of a shame that the voice work and the writing are so poor while the visuals are great and the game play enjoyable. There's a certain charm to the story in how little sense it makes, but something a bit more engaging and rational would have helped a lot.

There are some frustrating game play events and I'll mention them as I hit them, but I like to stay positive so I'll try not to dwell on anything too much. I'm also not sure what difficulty you were on, but it helps to play on Normal. Harder difficulties are just obnoxious.

# ? Mar 7, 2013 14:36

AltaBrown: Sep 8, 2011

Oh hey, I remember when the trailer for this debuted, and then nothing more was heard about this game. The hilariously bad VA was one of the things that stood out for me. That and the utterly inscrutable plot summary the MC gives at the start.

Also, I think that last 5% of Nano was that secret stash you showed off, but never got. It looked like you walked right past it shortly before the video ended.

# ? Mar 7, 2013 14:44

Dreadwroth: Dec 12, 2009

JossiRossi posted:

Also you are totally right about those bots being Screamer-esque. I had to look it up, but there certainly seems to be inspiration: http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/screamers03.jpg. I didn't think anyone else saw that movie but me.
It's sort of a shame that the voice work and the writing are so poor while the visuals are great and the game play enjoyable. There's a certain charm to the story in how little sense it makes, but something a bit more engaging and rational would have helped a lot.
There are some frustrating game play events and I'll mention them as I hit them, but I like to stay positive so I'll try not to dwell on anything too much. I'm also not sure what difficulty you were on, but it helps to play on Normal. Harder difficulties are just obnoxious.

I've seen all Screamers movies due to a previous roommate having a massive movie collection, they're all really good bad movies. I was playing on normal, the waves of enemies gets a bit overwhelming later on, plus I may have made bad upgrade choices as well. I'm gonna dig it up and reload and see how it goes.

# ? Mar 7, 2013 15:19

Tin Tim: Jun 4, 2012; Live by the pun - Die by the pun

JossiRossi posted:

I didn't think anyone else saw that movie but me.

I saw it.

_{Also I often check that website, good stuff}

I played the demo when it came out. I really liked the twitch gameplay and modular weapons, but the game still didn't click with me. Can't really say why though.

# ? Mar 7, 2013 15:22

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

AltaBrown posted:

Oh hey, I remember when the trailer for this debuted, and then nothing more was heard about this game. The hilariously bad VA was one of the things that stood out for me. That and the utterly inscrutable plot summary the MC gives at the start.

Also, I think that last 5% of Nano was that secret stash you showed off, but never got. It looked like you walked right past it shortly before the video ended.

The Plot doesn't really become any more clear. We can play "Guess the plot of the sequel" game when the game is over. There will be no losers.

Not sure if anyone else is as anal as me about the Nano, but I am pretty sure the one I missed is behind a dumpster near a big "Breaking News!" tv screen I stared at for a bit trying and failing to get a short announcement to play.

MassRayPer posted:

The robots in that arena area reminded me a bit of some of the robots in Screamers, so, I like this game.

Dreadwroth posted:

I've seen all Screamers movies...

Tin Tim posted:

I saw it.

We are the Cool Sci-Fi Crew right here.

Dreadwroth posted:

I was playing on normal, the waves of enemies gets a bit overwhelming later on, plus I may have made bad upgrade choices as well. I'm gonna dig it up and reload and see how it goes.

I would honestly suggest giving it a try on Easy. There is obviously far less challenge, but the game can wear a little thin if you aren't enjoying the grind of waves of enemies. On easy you level up faster too, so you get access to everything earlier and less penalty for poor choices. The end result is you become a living god really early on and it becomes a game about just how big a boom and how fast you can annihilate the robots. It's much more fun, the game works best the less you need to worry about it I think.

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# ? Mar 7, 2013 16:15

Dreadwroth: Dec 12, 2009

Ohhh I like the sound of that. Gonna try it out!

EDIT: Yessssss it is as good as I remember! Hard Reset is what happens when Blade Runner and Mega Man go to Poland and have a baby.

Dreadwroth fucked around with this message at Mar 7, 2013 around 18:40

# ? Mar 7, 2013 17:06

Chocolate Donuts: Nov 2, 2009; Break a leg!

MassRayPer posted:

Chocolate donuts starts accusing people of being sociopaths the second he's not crashing cars into innocent people and property.

The funny part of this is that I then roped him into recording some Sleeping Dogs commentary in which I repeatedly murdered innocent people on accident, including a flying kick to a paramedic's face.

As he observed multiple times, I am a bad person.

# ? Mar 7, 2013 19:46

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

Update: New episode recorded and awaiting commentary with the ol' CD. I have a bit of a head cold though. If I can't commentate then I'll prep episode 3 for recording instead.

Dreadwroth posted:

Ohhh I like the sound of that. Gonna try it out!

EDIT: Yessssss it is as good as I remember! Hard Reset is what happens when Blade Runner and Mega Man go to Poland and have a baby.

You know, I've never thought Megaman would transition well to first person, but there's actually a lot of elements here that would work really well tweaked to the Megaman series. Let people choose levels and reward the new weapons on boss defeat.

Chocolate Donuts posted:

The funny part of this is that I then roped him into recording some Sleeping Dogs commentary in which I repeatedly murdered innocent people on accident, including a flying kick to a paramedic's face.

As he observed multiple times, I am a bad person.

Whoever is currently playing is objectively the worst person between the two of us.

# ? Mar 8, 2013 14:38

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

Episode 2: Sector 6

Video Two - Sector 6 (with Chocolate Donuts) Youtube

We are tasked by the Corporation to find out why all the readings in a sector besieged by robots are reading normal. We'll encounter a new deadly foe, gain two new powerful tools for our arsenal, and what answers we find, lead to only more questions.

# ? Mar 9, 2013 02:08

Chocolate Donuts: Nov 2, 2009; Break a leg!

JossiRossi posted:

Episode 2: Sector 6

Video Two - Sector 6 (with Chocolate Donuts) Youtube

We are tasked by the Corporation to find out why all the readings in a sector besieged by robots are reading normal. We'll encounter a new deadly foe, gain two new powerful tools for our arsenal, and what answers we find, lead to only more questions.

Bullshit, we didn't get any answers anywhere and you and I were both clueless as to what we were doing.

This is still a fun game to talk about, though

# ? Mar 9, 2013 03:23

MassRanTer: May 26, 2001; Fundamentals as sound as the WNBA

I am getting an overdose of interactive objects and random stuff killing enemies today, it is glorious.

# ? Mar 9, 2013 06:12

Dreadwroth: Dec 12, 2009

Wow, I need to grab the gravity grenade!

# ? Mar 9, 2013 07:03

IronSaber: Feb 24, 2009; oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...

MassRayPer posted:

I am getting an overdose of interactive objects and random stuff killing enemies today, it is glorious.

I know! I dreamed of a game where things explode into bits in the environment, and I might need to buy this to scratch that itch.

# ? Mar 9, 2013 08:19

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

IronSaber posted:

I know! I dreamed of a game where things explode into bits in the environment, and I might need to buy this to scratch that itch.

As with all things on Steam it may go on sale, but it's normal price is actually very appropriate I feel at a reasonable 15$. http://store.steampowered.com/app/98400/

Dreadwroth posted:

Wow, I need to grab the gravity grenade!

Interestingly I am finding that most weapons stay useful through the whole game. There are a few that really knock it out of the park such as the Gravity Grenade, but even the Plasma gun, with it's secondary attack can stay useful through to the end.

# ? Mar 10, 2013 04:36

unfair: Oct 6, 2012

This is good stuff. I liked the game alright, but I'm enjoying watching you guys play/commentate it even more.

# ? Mar 10, 2013 09:32

Whooping Toff: Oct 21, 2010; *ahem*

I do beg your pardon.

JossiRossi posted:

As with all things on Steam it may go on sale, but it's normal price is actually very appropriate I feel at a reasonable 15$. http://store.steampowered.com/app/98400/

Interestingly I am finding that most weapons stay useful through the whole game. There are a few that really knock it out of the park such as the Gravity Grenade, but even the Plasma gun, with it's secondary attack can stay useful through to the end.

Does anyone else find that the charged attack just passes straight through enemies a lot of the time? Certainly with gorillas I just can't actaully hit them with it, I have to aim at the ground they are standing on for it to do anything. Is that a bug? Similarly with the grenades, half the time a direct hit will just bounce of a lie on the ground.

# ? Mar 10, 2013 10:36

McKilligan: May 13, 2007; Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

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Man, what is it with Polish or Eastern European game companies and awesome shooters? The other one that comes to mind being Painkiller, but I'm sure there's more out there as well. I love games where the focus of the entire experience is the relationship between the player's weapons and the environment, and all the pretty ways that you can make things explode.

# ? Mar 11, 2013 00:37

Kai Tave: Jul 2, 2012

McKilligan posted:

Man, what is it with Polish or Eastern European game companies and awesome shooters? The other one that comes to mind being Painkiller, but I'm sure there's more out there as well.

Serious Sam was made by Croteam in, naturally enough, Croatia (though I guess that's more Central Europe if you wanna get picky).

# ? Mar 11, 2013 02:30

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

McKilligan posted:

Man, what is it with Polish or Eastern European game companies and awesome shooters? The other one that comes to mind being Painkiller, but I'm sure there's more out there as well. I love games where the focus of the entire experience is the relationship between the player's weapons and the environment, and all the pretty ways that you can make things explode.

The priorities of let's say "Non-Western" games seems to be quite different. That's why I tend to like them so much. Hard Reset is a great example of the love and effort that's poured into games even if the end results are flawed in some way. Here the plot is nigh incomprehensible and we've not even really started. I'd actually like to do something like a "Lost in Translation" series, as most the games on my tentative to LP list are not from Western devs.

Whooping Toff posted:

Does anyone else find that the charged attack just passes straight through enemies a lot of the time? Certainly with gorillas I just can't actaully hit them with it, I have to aim at the ground they are standing on for it to do anything. Is that a bug? Similarly with the grenades, half the time a direct hit will just bounce of a lie on the ground.

I'll look into that when I sit down to do the next episode in the next couple days (got some footage in the can just awaiting this cold to go away so I can commentate). I don't recall having any issues with it however. For the grenades they always reliable detonate when I hit an enemy. Perhaps some armors could deflect them though? I'll check that as well with some of the more layered Gorillas.

VVVVVV
Chrome is absolutely on my "fantasy list." Along with Precursors, Afterfall: Insanity, and a few others.

JossiRossi fucked around with this message at Mar 11, 2013 around 03:02

# ? Mar 11, 2013 02:38

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; Lord Fitzmoa
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Dead Birds Society

Techland did Chrome and 4A did Metro 2033 I think

# ? Mar 11, 2013 02:43

McKilligan: May 13, 2007; Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Recipient: Internet Medal of Heroism

Kai Tave posted:

Serious Sam was made by Croteam in, naturally enough, Croatia (though I guess that's more Central Europe if you wanna get picky).

Oh god, you just reminded me how disappointed I was that Serious Sam 2 didn't just make the same game but with x1000 more enemies. I would have sacrificed all the graphical advances for just filling the screen with as many enemies as my computer could possibly handle.
Still, Hard Reset is proof that the '10,000 enemies vs You' FPS Genre is still alive and kicking. I'm amazed that I'd never heard of it before.

How long will it be before we get a similar game that simply eschews plot altogether and just gives us pretty weapons and exotic (and chemically unstable) locales to use them in?

# ? Mar 11, 2013 04:15

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010; Perfection Takes Practice

McKilligan posted:

Man, what is it with Polish or Eastern European game companies and awesome shooters? The other one that comes to mind being Painkiller

More or less the same people. Their attitude was more or less "gently caress market trends, let's make a game we'd actually like to play", and it shows.

# ? Mar 11, 2013 16:17

Kurieg: Jul 19, 2012

I actually just got this game yesterday, and I've played through about half of it.
One thing that annoyed me though, even on normal, there are some fights later on that will obliterate you repeatedly until you figure out the environment gimmicks or weapons that will win you the day.
Particularly that fight on the two floor room at the end of this video is really hard without the grenade launcher or energy mortar.

McKilligan posted:

Man, what is it with Polish or Eastern European game companies and awesome shooters? The other one that comes to mind being Painkiller, but I'm sure there's more out there as well.

There's a good reason it seems familiar.
The people from People Can Fly(the guys who made Painkiller) who didn't go on to make Bulletstorm went on to form Flying Wild Hog, and made this game.

# ? Mar 11, 2013 19:36

McKilligan: May 13, 2007; Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Recipient: Internet Medal of Heroism

Kurieg posted:

I actually just got this game yesterday, and I've played through about half of it.
One thing that annoyed me though, even on normal, there are some fights later on that will obliterate you repeatedly until you figure out the environment gimmicks or weapons that will win you the day.
Particularly that fight on the two floor room at the end of this video is really hard without the grenade launcher or energy mortar.

There's a good reason it seems familiar.
The people from People Can Fly(the guys who made Painkiller) who didn't go on to make Bulletstorm went on to form Flying Wild Hog, and made this game.

In that case I can't wait to see some of the other weapons in the game. If there's one thing those games did particularly well, it was weapons that made you feel like the wrath of god incarnate.

# ? Mar 11, 2013 23:54

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

McKilligan posted:

In that case I can't wait to see some of the other weapons in the game. If there's one thing those games did particularly well, it was weapons that made you feel like the wrath of god incarnate.

Some of the later weapons are a little more about variety and utility than pure power. Perhaps it is more about being really destructive when used correctly. Things like the Mortar blast are a hell of a lot of fun though. My first run was pretty much exclusively shotgun and mortar. I'll probably get that in a couple videos. I am trying to properly build to something to make a future boss more manageable.

Pierzak posted:

More or less the same people. Their attitude was more or less "gently caress market trends, let's make a game we'd actually like to play", and it shows.

I love that this has been happening more and more. Kickstarter for all its flaws will be providing Adventure Game lovers like me a real renaissance in about a year as a lot of old faces relaunch the genre.

ALERT

I may be in need of a one time co-commentator for the next video. It's currently ready to go, I just don't think my and Chocolate's schedules are going to line up for a while. My skype name is Spriteville if you have interest. C.D. might wind up available in the short term, but I'd love to have some interested back ups even if not for this week. Thanks anyone who has interest!

# ? Mar 12, 2013 00:34

McKilligan: May 13, 2007; Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Recipient: Internet Medal of Heroism

I'd be interested - PM'd with my info.

# ? Mar 12, 2013 01:40

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

Responded, if not this episode than another for sure. Due to McKilligan's time zone if anyone else would like in please feel free to contact me!

# ? Mar 12, 2013 01:46

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

Episode 3: The Chase

Video Three - The Chase (with Chocolate Donuts) Youtube

In "The Chase" we discover the one responsible for the breach of Sector 6. The AI steps up its attacks, we find some secrets hiding along precarious ledges, and the questions begin to add up. Fletcher races after a man named Professor Percival Novak, of whom he shares a dark secret. I guess?

# ? Mar 20, 2013 14:00

MassRanTer: May 26, 2001; Fundamentals as sound as the WNBA

I have been suitably teased to watch the next episode and see these cinemas you speak of. And of course we don't have cinemas like this in Boston, this is a Polish cinema.

# ? Mar 21, 2013 07:46

Chocolate Donuts: Nov 2, 2009; Break a leg!

MassRanTer posted:

I have been suitably teased to watch the next episode and see these cinemas you speak of. And of course we don't have cinemas like this in Boston, this is a Polish cinema.

So what you're telling me is that the Polish watch their movies in active power plants?

# ? Mar 21, 2013 13:45

McKilligan: May 13, 2007; Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

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Chocolate Donuts posted:

So what you're telling me is that the Polish watch their movies in active power plants?

Given the sheer amount of electric discharge we've seen so far, I think that there is very little in this game that is NOT in some way closely related, if not built into, a power plant.

# ? Mar 21, 2013 15:11

MassRanTer: May 26, 2001; Fundamentals as sound as the WNBA

Chocolate Donuts posted:

So what you're telling me is that the Polish watch their movies in active power plants?

It's an Eastern European thing, ask any goon from the region.

# ? Mar 21, 2013 17:48

bumblingbee: Dec 30, 2012

Thought this might be interesting; Hard Reset is part of the Indie Spring Sale on Steam.

Edit: It's 66% off.

bumblingbee fucked around with this message at Mar 21, 2013 around 23:01

# ? Mar 21, 2013 21:09

JossiRossi: Jul 28, 2008; Alone in space with Bears, Cats, Robots, Lizards, Energy Entities, and some Love.

MassRanTer posted:

I have been suitably teased to watch the next episode and see these cinemas you speak of. And of course we don't have cinemas like this in Boston, this is a Polish cinema.

Boston Buddies!

bumblingbee posted:

Thought this might be interesting; Hard Reset is part of the Indie Spring Sale on Steam.

Edit: It's 66% off.

Well now is the time to buy if you are going to. It's $5.09

http://store.steampowered.com/app/98400/

TRAILER CONTAINS SPOILERS KIND OF

It also has a kickin' song.

# ? Mar 22, 2013 00:51

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# ? May 19, 2013 22:52

Tin Tim: Jun 4, 2012; Live by the pun - Die by the pun

bumblingbee posted:

Thought this might be interesting; Hard Reset is part of the Indie Spring Sale on Steam.

Edit: It's 66% off.

Thanks for the heads-up! The game still didn't fully click with me, but at that price you can't make a mistake.

Also I think it's funny that Steam assumes that it is Spring.

# ? Mar 22, 2013 12:38

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