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Archonex posted:It does have a neat little tie in though. The lore explanation is definitely what they were going for. You basically break her mind so much that she becomes careless and gets bitten, which is why she disappears. Talk to Petrescu afterwards, he gives you the lowdown even though he hates your guts. She was still practicing up to that point. It's a very Alpha Protocol unintended effect thing, but the reasoning is sound. It is definitely a gotcha to address a too-easy solution to the problem. Solutions have to have consequences, and you have to take a risk doing something that might come back to bite you. Hampton on the other hand was kinda hosed, because if he can subsist on dead bodies why the gently caress would I want to [Turn] him and make him another obligate bloodsucker? The mechanics of that exchange weren't very well explained even if you paid attention until the endgame. [Turn] implies you somehow make him an Ekon with your blood, not stabilize him but leave him a Skal. I mean the guy definitely gave me the fuckin' willies, but after Dorothea I figured the easy blue option was definitely going to gently caress me and instead go with the sensible white option. Dontnod, fuckin' reverse psych fuckers All the fuckups ultimately end up being kinda satisfying too. You get to see these neat ripple effects and the people who go missing end up having kinda cool dialogue (as enemies once you find them) that ties into their own plots. Also you get almost as much XP from killing their asses as you would have for embracing them without having it count against your kill count. Before the endgame I made a victory lap embracing all the wicked fuckers I thought had it coming. I hosed up with Sean Hampton and wiped out like 5 dudes from that alone, merked Seymour (that was a net positive in my book, don't know what was up with that kid though, he was probably like the Devil incarnate or something), and then looped back for Edwina Cox, which even though everyone remaining was healthy plunged the Docks into hostile territory and I'm pretty sure hosed my ending. But whatever.
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# ? Jun 19, 2018 16:45 |
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I did the Sean Hampton stuff and feel like I missed something or it was written weird? So everyone thought Sean the Skal killed people and broke that woman out of the hospital. OK, cool. And before I talked to him people were saying he's some kind of super angry dude, while other people were all 'He's the Sad Saint, he was molested, he's actually really cool' So then I got to him and talked to him and... he is a Skal but he's only eating people that are already dead, and he's running a homeless shelter for humans and skals both and is a really nice guy. So I chose to Turn him which I thought was gonna make him a vampire but instead it just "cured" him so that now he doesn't need to eat... anything at all? And it turns out everything was just a big misunderstanding? That about right? If there's something coming later because of what I did, that's cool, but I'm still a bit confused about the whole setup in the first place. Also has anyone else found the two gay war veterans? Their story is so sad but also kinda and it's gonna be really hard to eat them on my "EVERRRRYOOOONE" run.
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# ? Jun 19, 2018 19:39 |
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precision posted:I did the Sean Hampton stuff and feel like I missed something or it was written weird? IIRC there's bit of lore that helps clear the thing up somewhat: By default, skal are bound to degenerate over time, becoming ever more ravenous until they're essentially feral like the rando skal you run into in the streets. Sean might be cool for the moment, but it's gonna be a downward spiral and eventually he's gonna crack, no matter his intentions. However, ekon blood has the unique property to halt this degeneration for good, which is what that particular choice actually does. Let's just say that if you had let him run free without that, the consequences would have been... less than ideal.
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# ? Jun 19, 2018 21:19 |
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The head writer teased that there's a Nemrod in-game that you don't realize is one. Any indication who it is? Talltree maybe?
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# ? Jun 20, 2018 04:57 |
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I'm in the west end district and I'm having a hell of a time finding the citizens. I'm still looking for all but one of the bottom row, as well as the two people in the top right corner of the overview screen. Are they locked behind the main quest progression or something?
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# ? Jun 20, 2018 09:19 |
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double nine posted:I'm in the west end district and I'm having a hell of a time finding the citizens. I'm still looking for all but one of the bottom row, as well as the two people in the top right corner of the overview screen. Are they locked behind the main quest progression or something? Yeah. Six of them are in an area behind a quarantine wall. You're sent to the other side as part of the main quest. And one is unlocked through a quick side quest.
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# ? Jun 20, 2018 09:49 |
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Son of a Vondruke! posted:Yeah. Six of them are in an area behind a quarantine wall. You're sent to the other side as part of the main quest. And one is unlocked through a quick side quest. I think I've unlocked that one, is she the one you find after a puzzle in the park sewers? Something else, I think my game bugged out/I found an exploit.There is a merchant in the western docks near the shelter, the young rear end in a top hat man who takes advantage of a poor old woman with dementia, the player character will comment that the guy sucks at commerce. Turns out he really sucks at commerce, because I can purchase all of his stuff for free. AND he gives me money for me selling stuff to him, which I can then buy back for the steep price of zero shillings. So I can effectively use him to get infinity money, by buying and selling all of my supplies back to him. I'm assuming this is a bug, did anyone else have this "issue"?
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# ? Jun 20, 2018 10:26 |
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double nine posted:I think I've unlocked that one, is she the one you find after a puzzle in the park sewers? Not much to spend your ill-gotten earnings on though aside from Tarot card readings.
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# ? Jun 20, 2018 13:27 |
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double nine posted:I think I've unlocked that one, is she the one you find after a puzzle in the park sewers? I forgot about that one. Two of them are unlocked through sidequests then.
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# ? Jun 20, 2018 13:40 |
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Chickenwalker posted:Not much to spend your ill-gotten earnings on though aside from Tarot card readings. Once I got to the West End I spent like 900 shillings on upgrade parts.
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# ? Jun 20, 2018 19:46 |
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question about chapter 5: after I exited the theatre at the end of chapter 4, I hopped down and attacked and killed a couple of human mooks. Only afterwards did the game give me the next objective (defend the [...]). Was there a choice there that I screwed up by attacking the
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# ? Jun 20, 2018 21:02 |
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I'm not sure 2H weapons are worth giving up the versatility of having both a level 5 shotgun that shoots fire and a Stake that can stun vampire enemies in one hit. Right now I'm still rolling with the rusty hacksaw and the hatchet. Thoughts on the best Ultimate? I picked the one that turns an enemy into a blood bomb, which seems great because it also locks that enemy down for a few seconds.
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# ? Jun 20, 2018 21:17 |
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algebra testes posted:Has anyone just played through sucking everyone off? Does that effect the game in any way? Generally, everyone has a really satisfied look on their faces whenever you see them. To be serious there supposedly are a variety of endings, including one where every last bit of London turns into a Skal infested nightmare/basically the city from Bloodborne. Archonex fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Jun 21, 2018 |
# ? Jun 20, 2018 21:49 |
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I wish that using up all your ammo/serums in a boss fight attempt didn't mean you have to create/buy more for every attempt. I know why the devs did it, but it means I never use them.
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# ? Jun 21, 2018 17:21 |
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IShallRiseAgain posted:I wish that using up all your ammo/serums in a boss fight attempt didn't mean you have to create/buy more for every attempt. I know why the devs did it, but it means I never use them. It's funny you guys are saying this, because every time I died I always came back with less ammo, but I definitely still had at least one clip on every respawn. The way the reload boxes worked didn't make much sense to me. I guess they just stockpiled any excess you had?
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# ? Jun 21, 2018 21:31 |
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IShallRiseAgain posted:I wish that using up all your ammo/serums in a boss fight attempt didn't mean you have to create/buy more for every attempt. I know why the devs did it, but it means I never use them. If you're looting properly you should have way more than enough materials for serums even if you're using them like constantly.
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# ? Jun 21, 2018 22:29 |
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I specced for blood drain and healing and I feel like I never need to use serums because I can just land a few hits to fill my blood bar, do my Legacy of Kane bloodsteal move, and then heal myself. I'm only in Chapter 3 though so maybe it gets harder later and I'll need them.
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# ? Jun 21, 2018 23:28 |
Well my no-embrace run is about to die after I let Swansea die a human rather than turn him into a monster. Hospital committed mass suicide after I handed out some medicines and slept to respec, apparently I should not have gone as deep into the abilities as I did so I'm getting hilariously owned. I'm pretty close to either putting the game down or committing mass murder while yelling gently caress it, which I think is kind of the developer's intentions?
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# ? Jun 25, 2018 05:52 |
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TheGreatEvilKing posted:Well my no-embrace run is about to die after I let Swansea die a human rather than turn him into a monster. Hospital committed mass suicide after I handed out some medicines and slept to respec, apparently I should not have gone as deep into the abilities as I did so I'm getting hilariously owned. I did a no-embrace run and, in terms of game endings, there is only one thing that seems to matter: how many people you ate. It's possible that London also different ending conditions but I don't think I saw those? I did do what you didn't though so maybe that has an impact? I would persevere if I were you though - you're very close to the end of the game. And it turns out that a phosphorous shotgun does insane amounts of damage to the undead, who'd have thunk it.
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double nine posted:I did a no-embrace run and, in terms of game endings, there is only one thing that seems to matter: how many people you ate. It's possible that London also different ending conditions but I don't think I saw those? I did do what you didn't though so maybe that has an impact? Well I did. I got the ending where Lady Ashbury and Jonathan go to America to have adventures in science and not killing people. Internet says this is the best ending, and I got the not even once achievement despite London being in pretty bad shape. At first I was super annoyed by the Red Queen being immune to bite, but she turned out to be easy enough to kite to death. Whoever came up with the bite build for a no-kill playthough is a genius - I respecced again to that and the combat was much easier.
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# ? Jun 27, 2018 04:36 |
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Oh wow this game is so Deus Ex. Most of your time spent walking around perpetually dark streets talking social justice with total strangers, each one as eloquent as the next. Feels nostalgic.
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# ? Jul 2, 2018 21:11 |
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Holy downloads, Batman! 8.3 GB update!?woodenchicken posted:Oh wow this game is so Deus Ex. Most of your time spent walking around perpetually dark streets talking social justice with total strangers, each one as eloquent as the next. Feels nostalgic. Seconding this.
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# ? Jul 2, 2018 21:58 |
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It’s not nearly as nuts as DX, unfortunately.
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# ? Jul 2, 2018 22:20 |
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Holy downloads, Batman! 8.3 GB update!?
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# ? Jul 3, 2018 17:28 |
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Maybe it was the start menus?
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# ? Jul 3, 2018 18:22 |
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quote:We're happy to release Vampyr's first update! Doesn't seem like it should have been that large...
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# ? Jul 3, 2018 18:30 |
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It makes sense for it to have been either an audio or a graphical change at that size, maybe there were some videos they had to swap out.
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# ? Jul 3, 2018 18:35 |
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Just beat the game last night. That... was kind of a sudden ending? I think I got an okay-ish ending? It said "London is saved" but gave no specific details about any of the districts. I kind of expected it to say... something, anything about all those people I didn't eat. What happened with Sean, who I cured?? What happened with Whitechapel, which went Hostile and had everyone die in it??? I got no information other than "I saved London, my vampire lover babe stepped into some flames for reasons, and her dad was Sir William... okay??? Like I'm not upset at all because the game was so good but the ending is kind of a non-starter. Oh well, I'm already kinda psyched to start a new game. Just not sure if I want to do "no kills" or "all kills" first.
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# ? Jul 3, 2018 19:24 |
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precision posted:Just beat the game last night. That... was kind of a sudden ending? No kills has a bigger ending difference, I think.
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# ? Jul 3, 2018 19:30 |
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Wolpertinger posted:No kills has a bigger ending difference, I think. Yeah and considering how easy the game is, is probably a lot more fun. Seriously if you Embrace even a few people you are so OP it's dumb. The last boss took me about 2 minutes and I didn't have to use a single Serum. I never even crafted the strongest Serums. Are there optional bosses I missed that are hard? I went everywhere but I clearly missed some stuff because I had missing Hints for several people, including the bartender and the waitress.
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# ? Jul 3, 2018 19:44 |
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Goa Tse-tung posted:yeah you can, it's good OP I'm sorry, am I missing ? Because from what I understand you play as Dr. generic mcvampire white man. got me all excited at work for a character creation system.
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# ? Jul 4, 2018 03:57 |
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4000 Dollar Suit posted:I'm sorry, am I missing ? Because from what I understand you play as Dr. generic mcvampire white man. got me all excited at work for a character creation system. Excuse me, his name is Dr. Acula.
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# ? Jul 4, 2018 04:16 |
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Sorry Mitch
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# ? Jul 4, 2018 04:36 |
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What's the deal with the room in the church basement next to the fortune teller? There's obviously a hidden passage mechanism there but I could never get it open and nobody ever asked me to.
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# ? Jul 5, 2018 00:11 |
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precision posted:What's the deal with the room in the church basement next to the fortune teller? There's obviously a hidden passage mechanism there but I could never get it open and nobody ever asked me to. If you do Usher's quest without reading his journal, he gives you a scroll with a hint on how to open it, and you can get a sword and an achievement. The combo to open it is randomized, so you do need the scroll to solve it.
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# ? Jul 5, 2018 00:23 |
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Next question, there's actually a trophy for saving the plant in your office. HOW?! Only like 1% of players have got it.
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# ? Jul 6, 2018 18:10 |
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precision posted:Next question, there's actually a trophy for saving the plant in your office. HOW?! Only like 1% of players have got it. I remember reading up on it, somewhere in the fourth city quarter you should be able to pick up water somewhere but I don't remember where.
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# ? Jul 6, 2018 20:04 |
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double nine posted:I remember reading up on it, somewhere in the fourth city quarter you should be able to pick up water somewhere but I don't remember where. In West End in the section where you rescued Kimura, north of Reid Manor, there's a blue boarded up shop behind a guardrail where you can open the door.
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# ? Jul 10, 2018 01:02 |
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Also it is extremely rude that the game doesn't tell you that it's better not to munch on guys mid-combat. Sure, you get a bit of blood and some iframes and it means you get some stamina back too. But against smaller enemy numbers and against bosses, it's better to just let them stand back up. You can use the time to regenerate all your stamina, and their stun-meter only refills to half, and they don't improve their stun resistance!
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But where do you get the blood, and don't say rats, I'm doing a no-rat run
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