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CommissarMega posted:How about getting her to shoot Leland? That's easy. After she shoots Mike, Mike will automatically start convincing her that Leland isn't going to pay her (how he convinces her depends on his conversation posture).
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Oxxidation posted:3. You have to max out Madison's dossier (there's one piece you can buy, one you get upon introduction, one in the villa, and one in the ruins) and have good rep with her. Also, after the first of the two missions you do after meeting her - warehouse or ruins - question her about her terminal use. After getting the option to sleep with her (it doesn't matter if you do or not), Mike will press the issue and she'll spill her father's identity. Mike's moment when he figures this out is one of my favorite moments in the game in regards to voice acting. He sounds legitimately stunned.
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ToxicFrog posted:Because the game's balance is completely hosed and pistols and stealth are both comically overpowered compared to everything else. It's good to err on the side of caution, but I don't think that's a spoiler.
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Oxxidation posted:edit: hey Toxicfrog we're mortal enemies now, just givin you the heads-up Good to know, I'll get the bees ready. Doc Hawkins posted:It's good to err on the side of caution, but I don't think that's a spoiler. Yeah, with all the questions in spoilers I kind of got into a groove.
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Haven't been able to play for three days now because of work and my wife's online class. I'm getting antsy. I'm also spazzing out over what missions to do in what order for my jet-setting veteran run because I want to see everything at once and I know I can't! I've done all the "meet and greet" missions everywhere I can, and my interview with Marburg he looked like he was on the verge of reaching over to smack the smug out of me.
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I assume pretty much everyone here makes their Thorton look like this, right?
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Noxville posted:I assume pretty much everyone here makes their Thorton look like this, right? Beanie and the slightly smaller beard for me. And rear end in a top hat Mike had the light-catching laser-eye rimless glases and stylized hair.
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Jul 13, 2011 20:00
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This game has a bunch of surprising comments on what you wear at times, but does it ever comment on glasses, hats or giant beards?
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Jul 13, 2011 20:03
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Noxville posted:I assume pretty much everyone here makes their Thorton look like this, right? I think Veteran Thorton is more of a clean-shaven beret-and-mirror-shades type of guy. It fits the Veteran dialogue with Darcy beautifully, IMO.
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Jul 13, 2011 20:05
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Beanie and the slightly smaller beard for me. Same glasses, but backwards baseball cap and circle beard is the best rear end in a top hat Thorton.
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I just finished the museum mission in Rome, where I chose to disarm the bombs. I have a question regarding something available on Clearinghouse right now, though. It's the third tier stealth armor, but buying it will require basically all my funds at the moment. I'm just curious if I'll need money immediately for intel or such that'll pop up shortly, or if the armor'll vanish from the purchase list before I can get more cash. I don't want to miss my chance to get it if so. 
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Kitfox88 posted:I just finished the museum mission in Rome, where I chose to disarm the bombs. I have a question regarding something available on Clearinghouse right now, though. It's the third tier stealth armor, but buying it will require basically all my funds at the moment. I'm just curious if I'll need money immediately for intel or such that'll pop up shortly, or if the armor'll vanish from the purchase list before I can get more cash. I don't want to miss my chance to get it if so. You can always sell extra ammo and that sort of thing, it's usually enough to buy you the intel you need. As for the armor - select it and go into the 'extra info' part, it should say which faction is selling it. I think it's G22 but I don't remember exactly. As long as you don't do anything to piss them off entirely then it should continue to be available for sale.
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Noxville posted:I assume pretty much everyone here makes their Thorton look like this, right? I'm having a lot of fun doing a veteran, civilian clothes only playthrough right now. I change my hat, facial hair, glasses and skin tone to match where I'm at (you aren't that good of a spy if you're sneaking around Moscow with snow everywhere while sporting a tan, or you're in Saudi Arabia looking like you haven't seen the sun in a month). And you just have to play the Moscow missions in an ushanka and lumberjack beard.
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Kitfox88 posted:I just finished the museum mission in Rome, where I chose to disarm the bombs. I have a question regarding something available on Clearinghouse right now, though. It's the third tier stealth armor, but buying it will require basically all my funds at the moment. I'm just curious if I'll need money immediately for intel or such that'll pop up shortly, or if the armor'll vanish from the purchase list before I can get more cash. I don't want to miss my chance to get it if so. IIRC, items only disappear from the clearinghouse after you purchase them. The stealth armor should be there indefinitely, but that armor is pretty boss so I'd go ahead and get it.  Plus, don't forget to occasionally check your inventory for things to sell - particularly unique weapons you get from defeating bosses that you aren't specialized in. e: oh duh, I forgot that as you travel to hubs items unlock in the clearinghouse if you're friendly with certain people. If it's not available in one place, I think you should be able to travel to another hub you've previously worked in and have it available. The Illusive Man fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Jul 13, 2011 |
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I just sperged out for an hour trying to identify the used and unused music tracks for the ending. From what I can make out they are: Xhibit - Dying to Live Pleasure Club - Cops and Criminals Our Lady Peace - One Man Army The Lonely Island - I'm on a boat Stephan Clark - Wanna feel it Unkle (feat Gavin Clark) - Broken Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself. In addition I came across the composer's website and he has posted a bunch of tracks from the game. A couple of tracks have malformed urls but you can fix them by removing the "\" next to the "'". Noxville posted:I assume pretty much everyone here makes their Thorton look like this, right? I can't not make my Thorton look like this.
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Yeah, I sold the Gold plated AK because I need no weapon that pimped on a stealth oriented guy. Even if the stealth consists of getting close enough to punch someone in the throat then shooting everyone with a pistol.  And I was worried since after Saudi Arabia a few things had vanished, but if it's related to people liking/disliking you I guess that makes sense. I'm also curious if Marburg running away at the end of the Rome Museum level was because I took too long or what. This game makes me question everything because of the massive level of spoiler boxes in this thread. Kitfox88 fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Jul 14, 2011 |
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Kitfox88 posted:Yeah, I sold the Gold plated AK because I need no weapon that pimped on a stealth oriented guy. Even if the stealth consists of getting close enough to punch someone in the throat then shooting everyone with a pistol. Marburg info: He always runs away there unless you have taken some very specific steps to make him fight you to the death. He is a cautious cool headed guy, he knows when he's beaten and prefers to live another day than let himself die. EDIT: Also I fixed your spoiler tags because your usage pretty much gives absolutely everything away you were trying to hide. Mistikman fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Jul 13, 2011 |
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 The music changes between endings? It can actually be "I'm on a boat"?!Someone confirm or clarify, please.
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Kitfox88 posted:And I was worried since after Saudi Arabia a few things had vanished, but if it's related to people liking/disliking you I guess that makes sense. I'm also curious if Marburg running away at the end of the Rome Museum level was because I took too long or what. This game makes me question everything because of the massive level of spoiler boxes in this thread. It sometimes quite interesting to look into the sources of where you are getting weapons. The classic case is Nasri is the main weapon dealer in Saudi. If you kill him you cut yourself off from the good stuff. Most of the major factions such as G22/VCI will sell you stuff as well as the independent operators like Heck and Gregori(I could be wrong but I think how you treat Grigori effects the prices you get from him as well) As for your spoiler there is a way to get that scene to play out differently but it is not time related but rather your relationship with that character and without going into spoilers it's one of the most satisfying bits of the game.
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Doc Hawkins posted:
I'm on a boat is in the game files but unfortunately it doesn't occur in game. I think there are three different tracks that can play at the end depending on what ending you take. Save Yourself, Cops and Criminals, and Wanna Feel it.
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Kitfox88 posted:Yeah, I sold the Gold plated AK because I need no weapon that pimped on a stealth oriented guy. Even if the stealth consists of getting close enough to punch someone in the throat then shooting everyone with a pistol. Marburg is an old man who hatesyoung whipersnapperswho act like smug dicks. Doc Hawkins posted:
It was going to be the ending for leaving on the boat with Steven Heck. Presumably it wasn't included because Obsidian are THE WORST DEVELOPERS EVER
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Category Fun! posted:Marburg is an old man who hatesyoung whipersnapperswho act like smug dicks. It's okay, I've got it queued up to play on my computer.
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Beanie and the slightly smaller beard for me. But this hat is great for ruining the blocking of cutscenes  
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So, on my second playthrough on Recruit, I decided to edit the APLevelChart.ini to give myself essentially infinite AP and level up every skill to max. However, hacking is now essentially impossible. I'm on the last Saudi Arabia mission and I have to hack a door to progress to the next part of the mission. I'm out of EMPs and I literally cannot complete the hack in the time allotted. I never had a single problem with hacking (besides the controls) in my first playthrough. Did I screw myself by adding too many points in a skill tree or something? This is on easy by the way.
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Hank Morgan posted:I just sperged out for an hour trying to identify the used and unused music tracks for the ending. From what I can make out they are: 
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BIFF! posted:Did I screw myself by adding too many points in a skill tree or something? Hacking difficulty is determined by your number of AP. By adding a huge amount, you made the hacking much more difficult.
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BIFF! posted:So, on my second playthrough on Recruit, I decided to edit the APLevelChart.ini to give myself essentially infinite AP and level up every skill to max. However, hacking is now essentially impossible. I'm on the last Saudi Arabia mission and I have to hack a door to progress to the next part of the mission. I'm out of EMPs and I literally cannot complete the hack in the time allotted. I never had a single problem with hacking (besides the controls) in my first playthrough. Did I screw myself by adding too many points in a skill tree or something? This is on easy by the way. Hacking difficulty is determined by how many AP you have spent. if you have lots of AP then the hacking difficulty spikes way up high to compensate!
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Welp. Is there any way to edit the timers on hacking minigames? I'm guessing there isn't and I'll have to start over...
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Mistikman posted:EDIT: Also I fixed your spoiler tags because your usage pretty much gives absolutely everything away you were trying to hide. I'm bad with this stuff, yeah. I edited the post to reflect your changes. 
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Holy gently caress! At the end of Moscow I'm going for Judge, Jury and Executioner achievement and I just executed Albatross at Brayko's. This is the first time I've executed my handler and that poo poo was COLD! Hard mode is going okay, of course I am cheesing it with pistols/stealth. Surkov's rescue was rough because I forgot to buy the sniper rifle or it didn't spawn, but smart use of Chain Shot, Iron Will, Fury and a few incendiary grenades made short work of the fight. EDIT: Also, the blood from the dead person is black, I think it was a life model decoy, which would totally fit with that organization. Soonmot fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Jul 14, 2011 |
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Soonmot posted:Holy gently caress! At the end of Moscow I'm going for Judge, Jury and Executioner achievement and I just executed Albatross at Brayko's. This is the first time I've executed my handler and that poo poo was COLD! Hah! Life model decoy. I like your style, man. I need to actually try out a Bastard Run sooner or later. I always wimp out and try to get everyone on my good side.
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Things the game does not explicitly react to that I wish it did (list in progress):
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Doc Hawkins posted:Things the game does not explicitly react to that I wish it did (list in progress): 
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Doc Hawkins posted:Things the game does not explicitly react to that I wish it did (list in progress): It doesn't differentiate between reasons for Mina hating you - either by being a dick to her or killing innocent(ish) people wherever you go. I would've liked a dialogue path based on slaughtering people but still being cordial and flirty with Mina. The best we get is some slight variation in Suave dialogue reactions if you have negative Rep with her.
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Hank Morgan posted:In addition I came across the composer's website and he has posted a bunch of tracks from the game. A couple of tracks have malformed urls but you can fix them by removing the "\" next to the "'". Finally downloaded these, and they're jammin'. I wonder if the game was ever actually slated to feature a "C-130 Tailgating Party at 10,000 feet"?
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Doc Hawkins posted:Finally downloaded these, and they're jammin'. I wonder if the game was ever actually slated to feature a "C-130 Tailgating Party at 10,000 feet"? I think the guy who made these might actually be the brother of a goon. I've seen him posting about how his bro made the music for Dead Space. Cool to know he made the music for this game too.
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Doc Hawkins posted:Finally downloaded these, and they're jammin'. I wonder if the game was ever actually slated to feature a "C-130 Tailgating Party at 10,000 feet"? I think Compte mentioned there use to be a mission that took place while you were jumping out of an airplane?
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Looking to complete my Alpha Protocol music collection, and I can't find these two songs:Hank Morgan posted:Pleasure Club - Cops and Criminals Are those names right? Is there something I'm missing? e: Yo Lonely Island, I'm'a let you finish, but Tennessee X has the greatest AP ending track of all time. Doc Hawkins fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Jul 14, 2011 |
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Doc Hawkins posted:Things the game does not explicitly react to that I wish it did (list in progress): How long can you continue to wear it, just until the first Saudi Arabia mission? If I'm not mistaken Westridge makes a comment about it during the de-briefing right before you leave for the first mission there.
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Soonmot posted:Holy gently caress! At the end of Moscow I'm going for Judge, Jury and Executioner achievement and I just executed Albatross at Brayko's. This is the first time I've executed my handler and that poo poo was COLD! The goon who played through an entire run of AP with some video card problem that caused text not to show on the dialogue wheel did this on accident. He was hoping to abandon Albatross, but the option he picked at random had him go save him. And then he shows up and blasts him in the head.. Alpha Protocol without text on the dialogue wheel is just this hilarious Kafkaesque nightmare game.
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