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Chief Savage Man posted:I'm about to start Ghost Recon. Any tips? Original? Generally how it works is your AI buddies are bad at moving into an enemy's LOS, but they can overwatch well. So if you're assaulting a position, you generally want to set up the AI guys up in overwatch (switching over to their squad to precisely position them if need be) and then you move in yourself with them watching your back. The enemies are quite accurate and usually one-shot you so you want to be leaning a lot. There is a quick save in-mission, unlike the early Rainbows - I used it. Each mission has a "special objective" that unlocks you an additional squad member - these guys carry much better weapons than the grunts so you definitely want to do them. The only last thing is that I liked to bring two anti-tank guys, not just one The anti-tank guys use a decent carbine, so you aren't losing much shooting power, and it sucks when the combat team that doesn't have the anti-tank guy is the one that runs into a tank, so they have to take cover while you haul the AT guy's squad over from wherever they are. But you should experiment and find what you like. Good luck, it's a lot of fun!
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adamarama posted:I just noticed I have Indigo Prophecy/Farenheit on Steam. Don't know when I got it but looks interesting. Seems like quite an unusual game though, any advice before diving in? As soon as you think to yourself "this poo poo is loving stupid", stop playing the game because it's only going downhill from there. The beginning is really good though.
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Chief Savage Man posted:I'm about to start Ghost Recon. Any tips? To piggy back off of this, I picked up Advance Warfighter 1 & 2 off steam for cheap on the recent sale - any tips for those? I started 2 on easy, skipped the tutorial, fumbled with the controls, got shot in the head by a mexican and died in one hit so I'm guessing this game actually requires strategy. Should I start with the first game before I play the second?
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senae posted:I don't think I even knew hidden blade counters were a thing, and I beat it (not 100% though because gently caress that). I know I used the short blade everywhere, because it was better in just about every way then the long sword. Yeah, that's one of the first things I did. Standing on a tall building and tossing men over the side is hilarious. I've assassinated the first 3 guys, is that generally all there is? Going to a city, completing the necessary mini-quests for info, and then assassinating the final guy? I'm using a health trainer as well, just because I'm terrible at action games, and it makes it much less of a chore.
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particle409 posted:Yeah, that's one of the first things I did. Standing on a tall building and tossing men over the side is hilarious. I've assassinated the first 3 guys, is that generally all there is? Going to a city, completing the necessary mini-quests for info, and then assassinating the final guy? Sadly, yes. That's the game. The entire fun of the game is the assassinations and throwing random guards off roofs. Don't let yourself get tired of that, it's pretty much what kept me going. Also the promise that AC2 is awesome. Like we said, don't bother with anything else. The extra investigation missions especially; there is NO reward, achievement, or anything for them. At least the flags have an achievement for them. The only reward for doing all missions is a better understanding on how to stylishly kill your target, and there's really no reason why you can't do it yourself or just slaughter everyone in the room and kill your target head on. Keep at it, you'll love AC2 and the dredge of AC1 will not ruin it.
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I was always interested in playing Neverwinter Nights and I was bored so I bought the diamond edition off gog. There wasn't anything on the wiki, so any tips?
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Erdos posted:I was always interested in playing Neverwinter Nights and I was bored so I bought the diamond edition off gog. There wasn't anything on the wiki, so any tips? Skip the original campaign, because it's boring. Play the Shadows of Undrentide campaign and then Hordes of the Underdark. You can use a single character for both, which I really recommend. I don't know about the rest of the content in the Diamond Edition, but I believe those are standalone campaigns. Should you import your character into HotU after finishing SoU, you'll have all your gear stolen in the very beginning of the HotU campaign. Near the end of the first act you'll find a chest which contains your stolen possessions. This is one of the few chests in NWN which has items spanning multiple pages. So don't be a fool like me and assume you only get a fraction of your gear back and move on... loot the entire chest! Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 11:04 on Jun 7, 2011 |
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Mierenneuker posted:Skip the original campaign, because it's boring. Can't be stressed enough. The single-player campaign is so rote, mechanical, predictable, and repetitive that by the time you hit chapter 2 you'll be furious with the lack of creativity that went into it. By chapter 4 you'll start to question whether you even enjoy playing this game. But yeah, the expansions are where its at.
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Astfgl posted:Can't be stressed enough. The single-player campaign is so rote, mechanical, predictable, and repetitive that by the time you hit chapter 2 you'll be furious with the lack of creativity that went into it. By chapter 4 you'll start to question whether you even enjoy playing this game. I was at that point by chapter 2, and when the game bugged out and erased a plot-critical NPC from existence I opted to uninstall the game rather than restart the chapter. NWN's original campaign is never worth it.
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Ainsley McTree posted:To piggy back off of this, I picked up Advance Warfighter 1 & 2 off steam for cheap on the recent sale - any tips for those? I started 2 on easy, skipped the tutorial, fumbled with the controls, got shot in the head by a mexican and died in one hit so I'm guessing this game actually requires strategy. I'd recommend that. The second part is by no means bad, but it doesn't offer that much over the first one and is a tad harder on top of that. I think that the campaign in the first one was more fun as well. As was already said, consider your guys to be backup mostly. Have them watch your flanks and back while you push the advance. After you secured the area have them move up and repeat. Learn to love the overview-map, I've found it to be much more reliable than ordering the guys around in first person. This probably goes without saying, but whenever you have access to a drone have it recon everything before you move forward, though keep in mind that it cannot see people inside buildings. For the loadout, I've found the Scar-L (or whatever it was called) most effective since it's generally able to drop enemies in two hits and is pretty accurate as well, though don't let that keep you from trying them all out. You haven't played GRAW until you destroyed an enemy position by power-sliding around a corner emptying your G18 into them. Also don't bother giving the bots the sniper rifle, they aren't all that accurate even against stationary targets and an assault rifle will work just as well in 90% of cases.
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Mierenneuker posted:Skip the original campaign, because it's boring. Play the Shadows of Undrentide campaign and then Hordes of the Underdark. EDIT: I wouldn't worry much about the equipment either. HotU's basically littered with great stuff, so you won't be missing out on much I think. Sombrerotron fucked around with this message at 14:53 on Jun 7, 2011 |
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To be honest, my advice would to be skip NWN entirely and play any or all of the following, depending on what exactly you're after:
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ToxicFrog posted:To be honest, my advice would to be skip NWN entirely and play any or all of the following, depending on what exactly you're after: The Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale series definitely do, however.
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Like I said, it depends on what you're looking for. PST for story, AP for reactivity, FO1/2, Arcanum, or MotB for a good story/combat balance, ToEE or Icewind Dale for combat. Yeah, AP plays very differently from everything else on that list, but I figure if I'm listing good RPGs it deserves a mention (and, like PST, it's not the combat parts of the gameplay that you're there for). Regardless of whether you're after combat, story, or both, there is no circumstance in which I would recommend Baldur's Gate (1, anyways; I haven't played 2). E: to expand on the above:
NWN falls in the first category (combat-focused), but the original campaign is worse than either IWD or ToEE. ToxicFrog fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Jun 7, 2011 |
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Alpha protocol belongs in any list of games worth playing. Any tips for red faction guerilla?
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Sombrerotron posted:EDIT: I wouldn't worry much about the equipment either. HotU's basically littered with great stuff, so you won't be missing out on much I think. Holy Avenger but only if you're a paladin and the +5 gear in HotU quickly outstrip it. Chief Savage Man posted:Alpha protocol belongs in any list of games worth playing. Any tips for red faction guerilla? Play it on easy. Normally I play my games on the hardest difficulty but you're quickly swarmed in combat which makes the exploration annoying even on medium difficulty. The game is really straight forward but gets repetitive fast if yo try to do everything at once. Play at your leisure but if you're getting bored push on with the main story.
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Chief Savage Man posted:Alpha protocol belongs in any list of games worth playing. Any tips for red faction guerilla? Guy above me nailed most of it. You aren't here for the combat. Rather, you're here to destroy every piece of Martian infrastructure in existence. Storyline missions are mostly a pacing system to open up new regions of Mars; side missions are mostly a way of prodding you towards areas you might not otherwise visit and funding your detpack habit. For me it falls in the same bucket as Just Cause 2: it's a sandbox rear end in a top hat physics simulator, everything else is incidental.
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Chief Savage Man posted:Alpha protocol belongs in any list of games worth playing. Any tips for red faction guerilla? If you're playing on PC there's a few tweaks out there, most notably one that makes your explosives have a bigger explosion. It's not game-breaking or anything, just makes it less annoying as I felt the original radius was rather small.
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Wiki doesn't seem to be working... Any tips on Deadspace 2?
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Kid Moe posted:Wiki doesn't seem to be working... http://www.beforeiplay.com/index.php?title=Dead_Space_2 Anything I need to know for Dead Nation? Me and some friends all picked it up from Welcome Back for some mindless co-op. Seems like it's just a shallower Alien Swarm.
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Erdos posted:I was always interested in playing Neverwinter Nights and I was bored so I bought the diamond edition off gog. There wasn't anything on the wiki, so any tips? You already know not to play the original campaign. After you finish the expansions I recommend visiting http://nwvault.ign.com/ and browse the user-generated content. There are some really enjoyable modules people have made. The site is kind of difficult to navigate, but if you explore a little bit you should be able to find some cool poo poo. It's been a long time and I can't remember a lot of them, but Ravenloft: Beyond the Gate and Honor Among Thieves stand out as exceptional ones. Also, the beginning of Hordes of the Underdark can be daunting and/or boring but it is worth plowing through (if you happen to feel that way about it).
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Chief Savage Man posted:Alpha protocol belongs in any list of games worth playing. Any tips for red faction guerilla? Guns are usually terrible. The only non-hammer weapons really worth a drat are the rocket launcher, shotgun, thermobaric rocket, and the Gutter -- that big tribal spear thing. You may say to yourself "why would I waste a weapon slot on the Gutter when it just recreates what the Hammer does?" The answers: 1) Because the guns are poo poo, 2) Because you'll probably kill more people with melee and detpacks than all other weapons combined, and 3) If you're going really heavy on melee, might as well get the best weapon for it.
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Guns are usually terrible. The only non-hammer weapons really worth a drat are the rocket launcher, shotgun, thermobaric rocket, and the Gutter -- that big tribal spear thing. The nano-rifle is useful for pinpoint accuracy, mega damage, and it helps destroy buildings pretty well. The rocket launcher is indeed useful, because it's a loving rocket launcher and when has that not been useful? The thermobaric is more fun than useful since, iirc, you only get like 1-2. Might be good in a pinch, but, eh, I'd rather have normal rockets. The lightning thinger is useful in any mission involving enemies in tanks. It will fry the person inside the tank without damaging the tank itself, so that you can hijack said tank and wreck havoc with it. There are at least two story missions where this is useful, one of which is the last one. I liked the assault rifle since there was a good supply of ammo for it and it was a pretty respectable long range weapon. The shotgun is less useful in that regard, since at close range you have your hammer and/or mines.
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GrandpaPants posted:The nano-rifle is useful for pinpoint accuracy, mega damage, and it helps destroy buildings pretty well. Yeah I usually rolled assault rifle, nano rifle, det packs. Det packs do 90% of the work, assault rifle to kill a particularly annoying soldier, nano rifle to finish off teetering buildings.
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I know it's soon and there's an official thread (which I'm avoiding due to spoilers), but anything on L.A. Noire ?
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I just updated the OP with the current Wiki link. Sorry I didn't catch it sooner. Also while I'm here… Anyone want to help me with Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines or really any of the series?
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schwein11 posted:I know it's soon and there's an official thread (which I'm avoiding due to spoilers), but anything on L.A. Noire ? You can bump up your rating by turning off audio cues and scene skip in the options. I like going through the cases with all audio cues and music fade turned off. THat really gives it more of a "real game" than it is.
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Gaggins posted:You already know not to play the original campaign. After you finish the expansions I recommend visiting http://nwvault.ign.com/ and browse the user-generated content. There are some really enjoyable modules people have made. The site is kind of difficult to navigate, but if you explore a little bit you should be able to find some cool poo poo. It's been a long time and I can't remember a lot of them, but Ravenloft: Beyond the Gate and Honor Among Thieves stand out as exceptional ones. This. As with all user-generated content, 90% of it is pure poo poo, but since IGN alone has thousands upon thousands of works, that works out to many dozens of good modules. If you want to try a funny one, try this. Yes, it looks horrible at first glance, but it's actually pretty good. Also, try the editor yourself, it's pretty user-friendly. The terrain editor in particular is so easy to use, you'll be making lush countrysides in minutes.
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As possibly the only person to have enjoyed the NWN2 main campaign, I can still say that it's absolutely essential to skip the NWN1 main campaign. It cannot be stressed how dull and uninspired it is. At least NWN2 had that castle.
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CloseFriend posted:Also while I'm here… Anyone want to help me with Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines or really any of the series? I'm playing that right now, actually. Bought it and played it years ago, then bought the whole Steam pack during Christmas for like 3 bucks. Never did get far in it before, but I'll try to help. - Quick save after every successful kill (i.e you're sure that they won't find the body) - The Sapper's bear trap placed on the Green Beret's noise generator is a perfect combination. - Sometimes leaving a body is a good idea. A soldier will usually run over to investigate, and will stand there staring at the body for several seconds before sounding the alarm, giving you ample time to stab him. - The Sniper has the least health. Be careful with him. Also, his rifle makes noise, probably as much as the pistol. - It takes 3 pistol shots to kill a soldier, so try to have at least 3 Commandos grouped together fire at the same time to kill a soldier instantly. - You can probably take out a patrol of no more than 3 men with pistols without dying if the sound doesn't give you away. - Enemies notice when you use the bolt cutters to cut through a fence. They may not shout anything, but after staring at the hole for awhile they will sound the alarm. - The Diver can take out two man patrols by backstabbing the rear soldier and using the "J" hotkey to quickly switch to the harpoon gun and kill the other one. - In mission 4, after you hijack the tank, kill the guard across the train track bridge. Enemies will come to inspect his body, allowing you to mow them down as well. You can clear out a good portion of enemies that way. - You will on rare occasions have room to blow up the enemy barracks and still have enough explosives to clear a mission. - The Spy's lethal injection must always be applied from behind. - The medkit is pretty much useless. 99% of the time, if you're being shot at, just reload. You're probably hosed anyway.
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:If you're playing on PC there's a few tweaks out there, most notably one that makes your explosives have a bigger explosion. It's not game-breaking or anything, just makes it less annoying as I felt the original radius was rather small.
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schwein11 posted:I know it's soon and there's an official thread (which I'm avoiding due to spoilers), but anything on L.A. Noire ? Do the street missions, it's a great way to level up early in the game.
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GrandpaPants posted:The nano-rifle is useful for pinpoint accuracy, mega damage, and it helps destroy buildings pretty well. Oh poo poo right the nano rifle. I normally rolled Gutter, Nano Rifle and Rockets. Swapped out for Thermos depending on the mission.
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OilSlick posted:- The Sniper has the least health. Be careful with him. Also, his rifle makes noise, probably as much as the pistol. Good advice, but the bolded bit is just wrong. The rifle is completely silent.
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Scalding Coffee posted:I would like to know where exactly. Particularly if you can add the micro missile launcher from the DLC. I used this. I know nothing of this missile launcher though You can pick which mods to use. Mod list posted:This archive also contains the following mods:
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scamtank posted:Good advice, but the bolded bit is just wrong. The rifle is completely silent. Nope. I've fired it at nothing and sounded the alarm.
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OilSlick posted:Nope. I've fired it at nothing and sounded the alarm. Then the manual lies, my memory is faulty and the sound effects are misleading. Another case of "I could've sworn", then. 
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schwein11 posted:I know it's soon and there's an official thread (which I'm avoiding due to spoilers), but anything on L.A. Noire ? - During interrogation, you can back out of a lie accusation as long as you don't choose evidence to present. This can be handy just to see which direction Cole will take on a topic, which isn't always intuitively obvious. - Using an intuition point to eliminate an answer will also pare down the possible evidence you can present in the 'lie' option. - Don't get too caught up in getting everything 'right' (i.e. blowing an interrogation and quitting before a save). You won't fail, and even if there was significant evidence to be had, the game will give it to you another way. Sometimes the interactions when you fail are just as interesting as when you succeed. - If you don't like the driving, you can press triangle (or whatever the 360 equivalent is) and have your partner drive. You'll still get the dialogue, but you'll warp to the location afterwards. - Keep your eye out for newspapers -- they can seem like just another collectible, but they are fairly crucial to the story. I'm a little surprised they put so much of the story into something you can potentially miss, actually. - You'll know you've found all the clues in a scene if the music disappears (assuming you have that option on).
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ToxicFrog posted:To be honest, my advice would to be skip NWN entirely. The second expansion Hordes of the Underdark has a pretty awesome campaign story. If you're more Planescape Torment than Dragon Age like I am, then I highly recommend it.
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Mr.Success posted:The second expansion Hordes of the Underdark has a pretty awesome campaign story. If you're more Planescape Torment than Dragon Age like I am, then I highly recommend it. I never even tried HotU, after trying NWN proper. Maybe I'll give it a shot next time I'm in an RPGing mood. And after I finish Alpha Protocol for the third time. 
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