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RotationSurgeon posted:You see all this stuff about limbs? Ignore this. Shoot enemies in the head. It hurts more. The only time you ever shoot an enemy NOT in the head is if you either can't see their head or they have a weapon so deadly you feel you need to shoot the weapon. Or if they don't have a head. But seriously just go for headshots and you'll win; the game is never really that difficult. Particularly when there is a perk that increases accuracy with rifles (there is one for pistols too), one that increases accuracy of headshots and one that increases accuracy with each subsequent VATS shot on the same body part. So target the head multiple times. There are (very) few occasions where you might want to target a weapon instead, aside from that if you can see the head you shoot the head...
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RBA Starblade posted:All those perks are worthless now though because the patch accidentally made it so none of them actually work. It reduced the accuracy in VATS across the board (and particularly for headshots), but as far as I'm aware they still work. Or at least the stated % chance to hit definately goes up on consecutive attacks on the same body part using that perk. This is on the Xbox 360 using a patched game.
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Well, the consecutive hits one works, but as far as I know the Sniper, Commando, and Gunslinger perks no longer give any bonuses to VATS on the PC version. Some people tested it by using the console to remove the perks and targeting the same guy in the same spot, there was no percentage difference.
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RotationSurgeon posted:You see all this stuff about limbs? Ignore this. Shoot enemies in the head. It hurts more. The only time you ever shoot an enemy NOT in the head is if you either can't see their head or they have a weapon so deadly you feel you need to shoot the weapon. Or if they don't have a head. But seriously just go for headshots and you'll win; the game is never really that difficult. If they have a grenade out, try and aim for that in VATS. Yes, you can shoot grenades out of their hands, and they will explode!
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I'm just starting Final Fantasy V. What should I know (particularly regarding the jobs, I'd like to discover secrets and poo poo by myself)?
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NicktheBishop posted:I'm just starting Final Fantasy V. What should I know (particularly regarding the jobs, I'd like to discover secrets and poo poo by myself)? If you don't want to grind for cash, try to assign a type of armor to each of your characters. By this, I mean one would always get classes with heavy armor, one with medium/light, etc. and have that character stick to classes that use that armor. That way when they change classes they can keep using a lot of junk they just had equipped and you won't need to spend lots of money by new gear. Also, berserkers are super broken.
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NicktheBishop posted:I'm just starting Final Fantasy V. What should I know (particularly regarding the jobs, I'd like to discover secrets and poo poo by myself)? Blue Magic is very useful if you get the spells as early as you can. Also bosses are usually susceptible to a status effect or two. If you're in a tough spot, there's no harm in giving L.5 Doom or Odin a try...
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One more Fallout 3 question. Thanks for all the quite comprehensive answers to my last question, that cleared everything up. I just want to know if for the trophies/achievements that are quest related, are all those quests required for playthrough or does completing some of them exclude others from being able to be completed in one playthrough. I'm planning to play through twice, one for good/bad karma character. Will that cover everything in terms of quests?
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NicktheBishop posted:I'm just starting Final Fantasy V. What should I know (particularly regarding the jobs, I'd like to discover secrets and poo poo by myself)? Monks ruin any encounter and they are cheap (equipment-wise) as hell.
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RotationSurgeon posted:You see all this stuff about limbs? Ignore this. Shoot enemies in the head. It hurts more. The only time you ever shoot an enemy NOT in the head is if you either can't see their head or they have a weapon so deadly you feel you need to shoot the weapon. Or if they don't have a head. But seriously just go for headshots and you'll win; the game is never really that difficult. One instance where targetting legs is worthwhile - you can build a dart gun from schematics that does 1000HP damage to a leg. Which makes it easy in VATS to cripple both legs of melee enemy so that they move very slow, like the death claw especially or a super mutant with a sledgehammer. McKracken posted:One more Fallout 3 question. "Strictly Business" is probably the only one to look out for on your evil playthrough. In doing other quests you can kill people essential to that one. Also, if you go exploring and fool around in the Jefferson Memorial you can prevent yourself from getting the achievement for the "Scientific Pursuits" quest like I did. So maybe you could read up on both these quests on fallout.wikia.com so you don't lose your chance to get them. Also hoard all the nuka cola quantum you come across if you want to get all the quest achievements.
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Pocket Billiards posted:One instance where targetting legs is worthwhile - you can build a dart gun from schematics that does 1000HP damage to a leg. Which makes it easy in VATS to cripple both legs of melee enemy so that they move very slow, like the death claw especially or a super mutant with a sledgehammer. You don't have to hit them in the legs for this to happen.
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Pocket Billiards posted:One instance where targetting legs is worthwhile - you can build a dart gun from schematics that does 1000HP damage to a leg. Which makes it easy in VATS to cripple both legs of melee enemy so that they move very slow, like the death claw especially or a super mutant with a sledgehammer. Many thanks. That's pretty much what I had to do with Oblivion because I was always afraid I was going to explore too far into an area before I was suppose to get there, altho I dont remember any specific instances of where it screwed up my game, but I had head about it happening.
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Mar 3, 2009 03:27
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McKracken posted:One more Fallout 3 question. Yes, but to get all achievements you need to play through three times: you need to hit X, Y, and Z levels with good, bad, and neutral karma for some (I think it's 8, 16, and level 20 but I forget).
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NicktheBishop posted:I'm just starting Final Fantasy V. What should I know (particularly regarding the jobs, I'd like to discover secrets and poo poo by myself)? The Freelancer will get the passive skills (ones not marked with !) of other jobs once you master them. This means things like dual-wielding and sprinting can be given to a class without using up a skill slot.
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RBA Starblade posted:Yes, but to get all achievements you need to play through three times: you need to hit X, Y, and Z levels with good, bad, and neutral karma for some (I think it's 8, 16, and level 20 but I forget). Close, it's 8, 14 and 20. You can do it in two playthroughs like so (massive spoilers, obviously): Get either all three good or all three neutral karma achievements on your first playthrough. Then, on the second, keep your karma at the level you didn't pick the first time round, and don't resolve the 'Power of the Atom' sidequest. When you're nearly at level 8 (and 14, and 20) make a save that will allow you to get back to Megaton without levelling up. Go back and detonate the bomb, setting your karma to the lowest possible level, then level up to 8 (14, 20) to get the bad karma achievement. Once done, reload the previous save and continue on to get the other missing achievements. Obviously you can mix and match good and neutral between playthroughs, but it's probably easiest to keep them separate.
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RBA Starblade posted:Yes, but to get all achievements you need to play through three times: you need to hit X, Y, and Z levels with good, bad, and neutral karma for some (I think it's 8, 16, and level 20 but I forget). Just play barely good and save before leveling up at each of the right levels. Then go to a town and slaughter the innocent to get the neutral and evil ones.
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NicktheBishop posted:I'm just starting Final Fantasy V. What should I know (particularly regarding the jobs, I'd like to discover secrets and poo poo by myself)? Most jobs are worth mastering. None are useless. I turn one set of character in physical attackers and one into mages. Granted, for some jobs like Thief/Monk, you'll want to master the class on everyone, but the two ultimate builds are a magic build and a physical attack build.
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Anonononomous posted:Just play barely good and save before leveling up at each of the right levels. Then go to a town and slaughter the innocent to get the neutral and evil ones. Alternatively, you can play as an evil character and go on a donation spree right before you level up. Giving twenty Purified Waters to a beggar or 1000 caps to a church will take you from pure evil to absolute neutral. Either way, it's not too hard to change your karma, just make sure to leave yourself a save with at least a few hundred exp to go.
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Veritron posted:It's better to master jobs than to half-rear end them. This is not quite true. During most of the game, it won't really matter. Unless you're No-class or Mimic, it doesn't matter whether Ninja is mastered or not, you'll still have to use your one ability slot on Two-Weapon if you want to dual-wield. Since most of the time you'll be assigning jobs to your characters to level up, you won't get any real benefit from mastery. The only time mastering classes comes in handy is if you go No-class for important fights. In that case, you'll get the stat benefits from your best mastered class, and all the inherent abilities of mastered classes--since Ninjas automatically have Two-Weapon, a No-class character with Ninja mastered will also automatically have Two-Weapon. For your endgame, the objective best classes to have mastered are Monk (highest STR and STA modifier), Thief (highest speed modifier) and Summoner (highest magic modifier). Aside from those three, figure out which classes have inherent abilities you like and figure out what 2 (or 3, with Mimic) equippable abilities you'll want to use as No-class. Even if you're not trying to min-max, Monk is a good class to master for your fighters due to high HP and inherent Counter-attack, and the Archer's X-Attack is awesome as an equipped skill. Black Magic is also kinda weak in FF5, too. It gets a little overshadowed on damage by summoning spells, and its not nearly as versatile as summoning or time magic either.
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Nate RFB posted:Use the elevator when you get to the top of the lighthouse. You'll know what this means when you get there. yes yes yes yes yes. i was fighting that fucker for an extra five minutes before i realized I had already beaten him. This game really gives a love/hate feeling through the whole thing.
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Znorps! posted:yes yes yes yes yes. i was fighting that fucker for an extra five minutes before i realized I had already beaten him. This game really gives a love/hate feeling through the whole thing. Also, once he's dead, go back up to the top of the lighthouse. It's worth it.
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NicktheBishop posted:I'm just starting Final Fantasy V. What should I know (particularly regarding the jobs, I'd like to discover secrets and poo poo by myself)? Mastering classes is completely unnecessary and if you're smart you should never have to grind much or at all to beat the game. Don't be afraid to change jobs a lot. Two important notes for boss battles: 1. You can often nail them with a debilitating status effect 2. Each boss usually has a glaring weakness to a job or two.
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I'm starting Shadow of the Colossus today. Any suggestions on on how to get the most out of this game?
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pope_mabus posted:I'm starting Shadow of the Colossus today. Any suggestions on on how to get the most out of this game? If you see any white lizards, run to them and pick them up (I forget how). You'll munch on them and increase your grab meter. Also, using your sword will reveal the bosses' weak points, and it can be pretty useful. Some of the collosi are a little tricky though, and take some extra work rather than just climbing to a point and stab stab stab. Other than that, the game is fairly self-explanatory. Don't rush everywhere, take in the surroundings, and enjoy the experience.
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I just bought myself Dead Rising, and am kind of overwhelmed a little. I just finished fighting Carlito in the food court, then was promptly overtaken by a gigantic crowd of zombies. Any tips?
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Secret Ooze posted:I just bought myself Dead Rising, and am kind of overwhelmed a little. Don't be afraid to start over. You can't save everyone and wont be able to until you are lvl 40+ Dont bother using guns until they are in abundance near the end of the 2nd or is it 3rd day? (youll know when you get to this part) Killing Adam gives you away around the Convicts. Kent sucks. Kick his face in whenever you are goofing off and not playing seriously
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blackguy32 posted:Kent sucks. Kick his face in whenever you are goofing off and not playing seriously Funny you should say that, his laugh reminds me of a guy actually named Kent. I wasted a bit of time bouncing chairs and other goodies off his skull.
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Secret Ooze posted:I just bought myself Dead Rising, and am kind of overwhelmed a little. Like blackguy32 said, the first thing to realize in Dead Rising is that it's natural to feel overwhelmed at the start. You're going to get killed, lose survivors, and frankly get a little frustrated before you finally get the hang of it. Restarts are your friend. As for crowds, the way to avoid confrontation comes naturally with some careful play; you can run right past most zombies that aren't facing your direction since they take a moment to turn around before they can lunge. Also, tell your survivors where to go. The auto-follow will get them mauled pretty often, and you'd be surprised how competent they become at avoiding zombies once they have a destination. As a more specific tip, every time you pass through the food court, it's worth it to grab all the wine you can carry. Wine is the best healing item in the game that doesn't require cooking. If you're got some injured survivors, the wine shop is also a great place to stop and heal everyone with the aforementioned wine because zombies rarely make their way up. It's an easy detour to make if you're going through the park once the gate between the food court and the way back to the security room is open. ellbent fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Mar 4, 2009 |
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iamsmike posted:Also, tell your survivors where to go. The auto-follow will get them mauled pretty often, and you'd be surprised how competent they become at avoiding zombies once they have a destination. If you're in a situation where you can't use waypoints (typically when you're carrying a survivor), I find it helps to repeatedly hit the "follow me!" button, maybe once every few seconds. There are situations where a survivor's path will temporarily be blocked by another survivor, and I think hitting the button makes the survivor try again, as opposed to running off to find an alternate route. Also, take some time (which you'll have, if you don't try to do everything) to explore the mall. If you beeline between objectives, you'll never learn where the awesome food and weapons are. Explore not just the stores, but also any hard-but-not-impossible to reach areas you notice. Try using everything as a weapon at least once, and remember that your only goal is to be back on the helipad in 72 hours -- everything else is optional.
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Dominic White posted:Breakdown (Xbox) Do this. Don't ask, don't think you're good at fighting games, loving do it. Do not quit at the lovely starting bit because of the terrible shooting and gently caress hard enemies before you get upgraded. The soldiers are boring, you get to beat up those aliens later on. Do not quit at the loving long jumping section, the best bits of the game come after it and the genius devs let you replay it with super jump which makes it take about a minute You have to run at the first Solus encounter, he's invincible. Dodge the mines. When you see the torn up, covered in blood Alex (Alyx lol) during one of the hallucinations, kill her. She's actually a T'lan. You're supposed to lose in the first Solus boss fight. You haven't done anything wrong. When you get to the bit of the game where you lose your HUD, you can still see your health and T'langen by pausing. The HADOOOKEN attack, while cool, is fairly poo poo. Spam shockwave like a motherfucker when you get surrounded and in any bit which you find difficult Like the very last fight - the infamous nightmare room A fully charged jump kick is excellent for taking down Heavies. Retreat and continue to use it. Do not engage more than one Heavy or they will use you as a loving toaster. Every time you upgrade, your initially lovely Jan Lee forearm smash move gets better and better. By the time you get The Ultra Accelerator it hits about six times.
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I'm about to replay Fallout 1 again, and I've recently heard there's a patch somewhere that adds in some cut content (apparently there is one for Fallout 2 too). I've had a look around and there seem to be a huge number of different unofficial patches - can anyone shed some light on which one this might be?
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BlackIce posted:I'm about to replay Fallout 1 again, and I've recently heard there's a patch somewhere that adds in some cut content (apparently there is one for Fallout 2 too). I've had a look around and there seem to be a huge number of different unofficial patches - can anyone shed some light on which one this might be? I'd just play it safe and trust No Mutants Allowed's patch index for that.
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pope_mabus posted:I'm starting Shadow of the Colossus today. Any suggestions on on how to get the most out of this game? What the other guy said: Just relax, kick back, and enjoy it. It's not meant to be rushed, limit yourself to one or two colossi at a time. Take your time to appreciate little details, and if you're getting frustrated with a colossus, switch the game off and come back later. There are save temples close to every colossus, so you can restart without having to find him again. Try to find out the pattern for each one yourself, as it provides an great sense of accomplishment.
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A while ago, I bought Pathologic on GamersGate, played it up until the start of the second day, got distracted by another game, and eventually reinstalled Windows without backing up my saves. I was thinking of starting again, but I was wondering. Is it possible to totally screw yourself up and not realize it until nearly the end of the game? I mean, for example, missing something on day 2, and it making the game totally unwinnable in such a way that you don't find out until almost the end, or having the later parts of the game be impossible because you didn't stockpile something early on? Also... without getting spoilery, is there anything else I need to know?
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pope_mabus posted:I'm starting Shadow of the Colossus today. Any suggestions on on how to get the most out of this game? Just to elaborate on the white-tailed lizards (shoot them and eat the tail with R1), you're always guaranteed to find one at a new save point, either on the stone or somewhere nearby. In addition, there are some trees that bear fruit. Shoot the fruit with an arrow and eat it with R1 to increase your life meter.
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im_sorry posted:A while ago, I bought Pathologic on GamersGate, played it up until the start of the second day, got distracted by another game, and eventually reinstalled Windows without backing up my saves. I was thinking of starting again, but I was wondering. Is it possible to totally screw yourself up and not realize it until nearly the end of the game? I mean, for example, missing something on day 2, and it making the game totally unwinnable in such a way that you don't find out until almost the end, or having the later parts of the game be impossible because you didn't stockpile something early on? Yep, pretty much. You have to complete the main task for each day. If you don't, you won't be able to complete the game, although you won't find out until the end that you screwed yourself. Completing the main tasks is pretty obvious, though--I wouldn't proceed anyway if I failed one. The more insidious way is to slowly run out of supplies, and I can see how you might be able to run your game into the ground and not realize it until its too late to fix. This should all be taken with a grain of salt, though. My information comes from an hour playing the game (and realizing I'd never be able to finish) and the informative Let's Play going on here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3033830 That Let's Play's worth a read anyway; the author's done a really good and thorough job so far, and the game has an atmosphere worth experiencing even if its not fun to actually play.
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gigglefeimer posted:Mastering classes is completely unnecessary and if you're smart you should never have to grind much or at all to beat the game. Don't be afraid to change jobs a lot. Two important notes for boss battles: 1. Level every character in knight far enough to get !guard 2. Change to Monk and set !Guard as your secondary ability. 3. Select !Guard every single round on every character. Voila, you win against anything in the game that doesn't have a magic attack. Guard reduces the damage you take to zero, counter makes you counterattack when you get hit.
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I just bought Sins of a Solar Empire and the Entrenchment expansion. Anyone have any tips for playing the game in general, or for the Advent race in particular? I like how they look, but I seem to remember someone saying they were pretty weak.
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