SiKboy posted:

If it tells you that your convoy is under attack (shipping stuff to shops for money) and you need to defend it, it wont initially show you where it is. Its in the frontier, so fast travel there. Once you are in the frontier the marker will show up.

Some of the chases are apparently ridiculous, but the only one I have had a problem with so far I took another goons advice and hit the dude with a poison dart. That slowed him enough to catch him.

The peg leg collectable missions are actually fairly fun and a decent length, so they are worth doing.

SkySteak posted:

What general things should I know about Just Cause 2?

Lizard Wizard posted:

I'm not too far into Xenoblade Chronicles, so you got anything for me on that front?

Derek Dominoe posted:

Just started playing Mass Effect. I checked the wiki, which gives some contradictory information. I have some specific questions.

1. I know somehow characters and decisions persist through the sequels. Will certain decisions end up costing me a lot of story in sequels? E.g., if you let such-and-such die, you miss a lot of cool dialogue/backstory/quests.

2. If you do multiple playthroughs with one character, can you complete multiple ally achievements? Do they all persist in the sequel?

3. For that matter, does any amount of min/maxing or achievements apply in any significant way to the sequels, or do you get a somewhat fresh start in terms of your character?

4. For party composition, how important is diversity? I'm really digging Wrex's and Garrus' dialogue, but they're kind of redundant for my soldier.

5. Can you switch Shepard's class on a subsequent playthrough without starting from scratch? I know soldier is supposedly the easiest for the first game, but is there any big story/content advantage to choosing a different class?

For background, my main interest in an RPG is usually getting the most story content. I generally don't have time for more than one or two playthroughs on most games these days, so I try to get the most out of each run. This often involves min/maxing mainly to unlock the maximum dialogue. I'm willing to do fetch quests if they unlock something really useful, new quests, etc. but not for crap like development artwork or something equally inane.

Conversely, if I'm not going to miss much by just pursuing stories/missions without trying to find every hidden piece of debris on each planet, then I'll just press forward.

Luisfe posted:

Anything I should know about Chivalry: Medieval Warfare?

CowboyKid posted:

Just got Binary Domain. Heard good things.

What should I know?

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Blowing robots to pieces gets you more credits than a mere kill. Just keep shooting as they fall to knock pieces off. It'll also give you a Trust bonus to your active squadmates. Oh and keep rotating them around - the squad trust meters affect the ending somewhat.

pentyne posted:

in addition to her being blindingly stupid about Shepard and Cerberus, to the point where While Udina is setting up the Council to die and tells Ashley to protect them she'll back him and either Shep or Garrus can shoot her.

Gharbad the Weak posted:

Are there any mods I just need for Just Cause 2 before I start playing?

NaDy posted:

Just bought Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition for cheap on steam. Never played it before, put about 30 mins into it so far as a human warrior (yes boring) and I'd love some essential tips. The combat isn't what I'm used to and if there are any skills to avoid or get quickly let me know. Any other advice is greatly appreciated too. Thanks!

Nate RFB posted:

There is a woman who will ask you if she should burn a plant or secretly plant it. You must tell her to secretly plant it. It's fine if you miss her, she will show up in a different location later and is always accessible. But above all you must not tell her to burn it, or you will miss out on a big sidequest.

I will also agree regarding the black box treasure chests and Ayla's Charm ability (basically, never take Ayla out of your party and Charm every boss). Just to elaborate further on the black chest thing, I believe it only applies to ones in 600 AD. And you must try to open them in 600 AD first, specifically select "No" when prompted, and then re-try in 1000 AD. Then you'll get the powered-up item. It won't work if you skip straight to 1000 AD.

McCoy Pauley posted:

Any tips for Dragon Age Origins (on steam, the complete edition with all the DLC), beyond what's on the wiki? In particular, with all that DLC, when and how do I access it (like when can I get the golem companion, for example)?

Twitch posted:

Sorry if this has been covered already, but what should I do about properties in GTA5 to keep from screwing myself over? I've only done one heist, and I've played far enough that I have all three characters. So far the only properties I've bought are the gun running hangar for Trevor, and Franklin bought the weed store, because I switched to him and he was working out at the beach nearby when he got his cut of the heist, and immediately walking across the street and buying a dispensary seemed funny.

Basically, I figured I'd try to spread the properties between all three characters, will this be good enough?

Cliff posted:

The extended cut and the original endings are more or less exactly the same. The extended cut just adds a fourth ending you can choose. You will feel deeply unsatisfied regardless.

Kaboom Dragoon posted:

I've heard Tales of Graces F can be the wrong side of grindy, especially for Skill Points. Is it worth getting the double SP DLC for that? Anything else not on the Wiki worth remembering?

McCoy Pauley posted:

So I tried Starbound last night and realized I basically had no idea what the hell is going on, have barely touched Terraria, and having never played minecraft or similar games. Any basic tips or strategies for starting out? Like namely what to do and how to do it. I got as far as cooking some meat, and then I had my guy make a bed, but I was feeling lost as to what my general goal should be.

Sociopastry posted:

100000000? I'm having a hell of a time trying to get past adventurer.

Xander77 posted:

Oh hey - that IS an issue I have. Thanks. Anything for quicker elevator rides?

Oh yeah - I seem to remember some builds posted in this thread (a thing about endless non-overheating sniping?) but I can't find them at the moment.

regulargonzalez posted:

blackguy32 posted:

Was playing through Just Cause 2 and I sort of started cheating by unlocking all of the black market.

Is it worth it to start over without cheating? Does it feel grindy to unlocking all the weapon upgrades or is it just busy work before you can start having real fun?

CrusherEAGLE posted:

Any tips for Persona 4 G? 2 and 3 are in the OP but not 4...

duckfarts posted:

Offhand, here's what I remember, others will probably have more:

-triad experience is harder to max out than cop experience
-get arm/leg break to make crowd control much easier and also they're awesome
-use environmental hazards all the time
-there's this one mission where you defeat monks at a temple; it's endless and you don't have to keep fighting forever
-listen to the radio all the time because it's awesome
-for the surveillance missions, I believe you can activate a bunch of cameras before going home so you can just do all the surveillance bits at the same time instead of running home for each one
-you're not a man unless you have a pork bun in your hand

Sociopastry posted:

Does anyone have anything for Defender's Quest?

Morpheus posted:

I'm about to play regular Skyrim (no mods) on the PC. Played through it a bit before, didn't really get into it, felt kind of bland, in a way that's sort of difficult to describe, but I'd like to give it another shot. Are there any mods people would recommend to make it better, as well as any mods in general that improve the overall nature of the game (like...uh, SkyUI I think it was called)?

Something that made magic not completely terrible would be nice, but anything is good too.

Getsuya posted:

Could I get some beginner tips for the Super Robot Wars series? I've been getting into it after starting to read some of the LPs around here, and some Japanese friends told me it's best to start from Alpha so that's where I'm at right now; about 5-6 missions into the first Alpha game. My main questions are:

- How the hell do I know which units to upgrade and which are just going to be dead weight? I don't know enough about old mecha shows to know who is a main character and who is support. I mean yeah it's obvious when they're piloting the title mech, but a lot of the Gundam shows seem to just have a whole cluster of folks in mechs with random names and I don't know if I'm supposed to ignore them and just focus on main characters or not.

- Is there a way to actually predict how much damage you're going to do? The numbers next to each attack seem to be only good for telling which attack does more damage than the other, not how much it's actually going to do against any given enemy. I keep thinking 'oh this enemy has 1500 health left, I should be able to take it out with this 1800 attack... nope'

- Should I sweat over getting the secret/hidden stuff or not? I'm doing all the special hidden point things just because they're stupid easy but some of the secret character/mech things seem to be a lot of trouble, and if they're not necessary to my enjoyment of the game I'll just ignore them.

- Should I be saving my points or spending them between each battle? I know the mantra of 'supers get armor, EN and HP/reals get EN and Dodge' but I'm curious if it's actually necessary to spend all my points between each round buffing up the guys I have, or should I wait until later and buff up all my units once I have them all? Or something?

- Finally, are there any other 'you must play this Super Robot Taisen game or you're not getting the real experience' games in the series? I'm planning on just reading the LPs of the Z series (assuming they do all the way through it), but any other one I'm open to getting, and I can get pretty much any of them really easily so whichever one folks suggest I'll probably just pick it up.

Sorry I don't know how much this thread talks about import games or if there's a SRW expert around to answer these questions but if someone could that'd be awesome.

Getsuya posted:

- Is there a way to actually predict how much damage you're going to do? The numbers next to each attack seem to be only good for telling which attack does more damage than the other, not how much it's actually going to do against any given enemy. I keep thinking 'oh this enemy has 1500 health left, I should be able to take it out with this 1800 attack... nope'

quote:

- Finally, are there any other 'you must play this Super Robot Taisen game or you're not getting the real experience' games in the series? I'm planning on just reading the LPs of the Z series (assuming they do all the way through it), but any other one I'm open to getting, and I can get pretty much any of them really easily so whichever one folks suggest I'll probably just pick it up.

Centipeed posted:

I believe the Arcane Art has to hit for the Mystic Arte to activate?

Head Hit Keyboard posted:

Okay I have no idea what I'm doing wrong with this game but I'm in the Tower of Ishal without any real agency over what my party is capable of and the very first fight I have to use items faster than the game lets me. I must be doing something horribly wrong.




(I also have powerful but I'm not going to take another screenshot just to show it)

I'm at a loss as to what I could be doing wrong. I can't go blowing through my items this fast since there doesn't seem to be a way to get any more and... the game just won't let me. Is there something I could be missing?

Zaphod42 posted:

The devs just patched the game to change data files and make it harder to mod, and they sent takedown notices to all the mods online they could find.

Kinda dickish.

me your dad posted:

Is there a good first-time guide for Diablo 3? I just started playing the Ultimate Evil ed. on the PS4. I have never touched a Diablo game before this.

Starhawk64 posted:

Well I was able to refund it, so whatever.

al-azad posted:

The joke is he's a cat so of course he doesn't want to do poo poo.

Nemesis Of Moles posted:

One more tip for Persona that I missed, hitting square on the quick travel screen will show you which bonds are available in that area!