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Is the SEGA intro supposed to make me jump out of my chair? I have just started a recruit/rear end in a top hat run. As you can imagine this has hilarious moments where I'll say something totally dick followed up by something completely noobish right after each other. To be honest alot of the recruit responses so far have been great.
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I have just hunted down and bought this game (for 10quid preowned) solely because of this thread. So I hope the OP finally feels s/he has achieved something and can rest easy.
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Jul 21, 2011 12:49
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Haledjian posted:That's exactly what it's doing.
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Jul 21, 2011 12:50
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So, anyone know what specific triggers are necessary for getting Marburg to backstab Parker, because Parker was the guy who pulled the plug on Deus Vult and left him to dry years ago? Is there some intel I'm missing, do I need a specific approach, or what?
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Jul 21, 2011 22:30
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Speedball posted:So, anyone know what specific triggers are necessary for getting Marburg to backstab Parker, because Parker was the guy who pulled the plug on Deus Vult and left him to dry years ago? Is there some intel I'm missing, do I need a specific approach, or what? There is some secret dossier info on Marburg you need. It's in Marburg's villa and you need to buy the map beforehand in the Clearinghouse to be able to find it.
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Jul 21, 2011 22:37
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Just finished my earnest, professional recruit Thornton run-through last night. Big beard, hooligan cap, and almost all missions in civilian clothes with a pistol/stealth/martial arts build. I've got to say I don't think I've had a more gratifying and satisfying experience in a video game than when I shot Leland down like a rabid dog. Next I'm gonna do a veteran, aggressive, shotgun-toting tough guy Thornton who gives no fucks about alarms. This game is phenomenal, the best five bucks I ever spent. Also, is there any way to kill Marburg after he runs away from the fight in the museum?
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Jul 21, 2011 22:38
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Speedball posted:So, anyone know what specific triggers are necessary for getting Marburg to backstab Parker, because Parker was the guy who pulled the plug on Deus Vult and left him to dry years ago? Is there some intel I'm missing, do I need a specific approach, or what? You just need all of their dossiers (you should have 100% of Marburg's and 80% of Parker's plus his secret fact before stating the final mission ). EDIT: There are two different e-mails from Mina where you have to option to get intel on Parker, are you sure you're getting those? Lynx fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Jul 21, 2011 |
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Jul 21, 2011 22:39
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gohuskies posted:you need to buy the map beforehand in the Clearinghouse to be able to find it. Besides the one bit of intel you mentioned, is there anything else that can only be found if you buy the map? I've always avoided buying them, it seemed like a waste of money.
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Jul 21, 2011 22:43
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DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:Besides the one bit of intel you mentioned, is there anything else that can only be found if you buy the map? I've always avoided buying them, it seemed like a waste of money. There's no such thing as wasting money on intel.
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Jul 21, 2011 22:49
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DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:Besides the one bit of intel you mentioned, is there anything else that can only be found if you buy the map? I've always avoided buying them, it seemed like a waste of money. As far as I know, that's the only time.
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Jul 21, 2011 22:50
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BSAKat posted:There's no such thing as wasting money on intel. But that's money that could be spent buying tons of assault rifle ammo for when the alarms go off and I go from James Bond to Rambo.
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Jul 21, 2011 22:51
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DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:Besides the one bit of intel you mentioned, is there anything else that can only be found if you buy the map? I've always avoided buying them, it seemed like a waste of money. I'm with you, I never buy the maps because when I do I never use them.
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Jul 22, 2011 00:21
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Haledjian posted:Is the main menu supposed to make grunting noises? This happened to me before and the game became unplayable any time it happened. (Thankfully it only happened a few times and it would usually play just fine after a restart.)
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Jul 22, 2011 00:28
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Played through it on veteran hard (as an rear end in a top hat) and the part when (spoiler about end-game) I found out that Scarlet killed Sung made me seriously consider playing the game once more. If only NWN1 modules would let their grip over me go. The mini-games (specially the point-pin one and hacking) sucked on keyboard and mouse, I'll need to get me a gamepad or some such I imagine.
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Jul 22, 2011 00:30
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BSAKat posted:Also, is there any way to kill Marburg after he runs away from the fight in the museum? Two ways. (Rome) If you're a smug, arrogant dick, you can goad Marburg into fighting you to the death rather than retreating. AFAICT to do this you need to have chosen mostly Suave responses (just choosing them when talking to Marburg isn't enough - you need to have a reputation), and have most of his dossier. If you miss your chance there, you can (endgame) fight him to the death in the Greybox depending on your choices there - I'm pretty sure that if you don't convince him to turn on Leland, you have to fight him.
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Jul 22, 2011 01:30
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THE PWNER posted:I found it ridiculously easy with a mouse, the only time I hosed it up was when I accidently hit "EXIT" when clicking to lock the bars in place which sets off alarms for some reason. I wish this game had a way to analyze the minigame you're about to enter into and present the player with the relative difficulty of the minigame based upon your skills in hacking/lockpicking so that you'd know what you're getting into before you actually made an attempt at it, since backing out of the minigame risks raising an alarm.
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Jul 22, 2011 01:30
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BSAKat posted:There's no such thing as wasting money on intel. Or just use the Cheatengine program to do your own hacking mini-game and get a bit better money supply for spending sprees.
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Jul 22, 2011 01:45
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Started up a new playthrough tonight. Played this game three (four?) times already and just realized pressing down on the d-pad switches the camera to your other shoulder. Also I might be misremembering here, but Mike usually has his casual shirt untucked around the safehouse/on missions, etc, right? I chose all Professional and Veteran options in training this time and now that I'm in Saudi he has his shirt tucked into his pants. Because he's so professional.  This loving game?
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Jul 22, 2011 02:37
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Bloodcider posted:tucking shirt Are you making GBS threads me? Are you making GBS threads me.
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Jul 22, 2011 02:39
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I poo poo you not.
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Jul 22, 2011 02:48
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7MCb_CGrRE
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Jul 22, 2011 02:50
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Bloodcider posted:Your wardrobe is choice Truly, Alpha Protocol is a puzzle, wrapped around an enigma, wrapped around a mystery, wrapped around a creamy nougat center. > apgame.exe
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Jul 22, 2011 03:16
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Bloodcider posted:Also I might be misremembering here, but Mike usually has his casual shirt untucked around the safehouse/on missions, etc, right? I chose all Professional and Veteran options in training this time and now that I'm in Saudi he has his shirt tucked into his pants. Because he's so professional. I'm pretty sure Mike always has his shirt tucked in Saudi. At least I can't remember ever seeing it untucked across 9 or so playthroughs. To be fair, I usually go professional, but still it seems really unlikely that you clothes of all things would change depending on your attitude in conversations.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:18
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Lynx posted:I'm pretty sure Mike always has his shirt tucked in Saudi. At least I can't remember ever seeing it untucked across 9 or so playthroughs. To be fair, I usually go professional, but still it seems really unlikely that you clothes of all things would change depending on your attitude in conversations. Yeah, no, clothing's not changed by attitude.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:23
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It should be. He should turn into a Juggalo after a while. Also, I am trying so hard to like this game, but it keeps punching me in the dick. I was in the infiltrate-the-airfield mission (apparently setting off all the alarms and shooting everyone counts as infiltrating). Anyway I paused it to look at the mission objectives and I can't figure out how to get back to the game. Escape doesn't work. Oh god.
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Jul 22, 2011 05:29
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Haledjian posted:It should be. He should turn into a Juggalo after a while. Tried Tab? Working too much lately to play this game , sadly. Not to mention I still have about thirty different games in my backlog to get through. But I don't think I've done anything SMG-centric yet, so that might be my next run.
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Jul 22, 2011 05:37
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Haledjian posted:It should be. He should turn into a Juggalo after a while. Tab gets you out of there. It took me awhile too.
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Jul 22, 2011 05:43
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Haledjian posted:That's exactly what it's doing. I had it do that exactly once, and it complained that my saved games were corrupt when i tried to load them. It fixed itself when I restarted the game. I don't know what caused it.
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Jul 22, 2011 05:47
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You know, the pistol is so God-damned useful that even after like five or six playthroughs I still haven't tried to get the achievements for any of the other weapons, except the submachine guns for when I need crowd control. I'm gonna need to go out of my way to play someone who only uses the assault rifle or shotgun now. That, or try to be a Darcy-like gadgeteer who chucks grenades like crazy.
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Jul 22, 2011 07:22
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Judge Jury and Executioner ffffffffffff
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Jul 22, 2011 07:37
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gohuskies posted:Judge Jury and Executioner ffffffffffff What I need to know for sure for this is, do you need to execute everyone it is possible to execute? For example: If you bed Mina, you never really confront her on her on her setting you up to go rogue in the first place; same goes for Scarlet Lake if you don't get told by Omen Deng about who she really is. I'm not actually sure it's possible to go after both. You'd need some clever plot-tweaking to get it just so...
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Jul 22, 2011 07:40
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I think you can always get the chance to kill both Mina and Scarlet. Just find them in the last level. I've never not had the option for both of them.gohuskies posted:Judge Jury and Executioner ffffffffffff My psychic powers tell me you shot Brayko too soon.
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Jul 22, 2011 07:40
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Speedball posted:What I need to know for sure for this is, do you need to execute everyone it is possible to execute? For example: If you bed Mina, you never really confront her on her on her setting you up to go rogue in the first place; same goes for Scarlet Lake if you don't get told by Omen Deng about who she really is. I'm not actually sure it's possible to go after both. You'd need some clever plot-tweaking to get it just so... Yeah, how do you get Scarlet if you execute Deng? Deng tells you she's the shooter, but if he's dead, he can't do that. So she doesn't show up in the Greybox in the room, or at least she didn't for me. I was hoping she'd show up at the end when I confronted Leland, as happens sometimes, but she never showed. I think you might have to spare Leland, she shows, Heck kills her, and then you get another chance to do Leland. But I took the first chance on him. AND I missed the headslam opportunity, not sure how I missed that one, and I LOVE headslamming. And I didn't execute Mina myself - I never got that option, just leave her or save her, and she was at -10 with me. Not sure what is up there, if leaving her counts or I didn't get the option for some reason. I actually know the Brayko thing so I get Surkov every time now. But I don't know how some of the either/or kills work - SIE vs Albatross at Brayko's and Parker vs Marburg at the Greybox. I know with the latter, you can sic one on the other, but does that count? Or do you need to get Marburg in Rome? I don't know if you have to do them yourself to count. Gaaaahhh what a stupid achievement but it's really the only one worth having. Just finished the playthrough 10 minutes ago so it's on the mind.
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^^ If she likes you enough she confesses to being the assassin when you meet her in the Greybox, no need for Deng to get involved at all; that's how it played out on my first playthrough. I'm pretty sure the trigger for her showing up in the Greybox isn't Deng telling you about her; it's you meeting with her before you return there.Speedball posted:What I need to know for sure for this is, do you need to execute everyone it is possible to execute? For example: If you bed Mina, you never really confront her on her on her setting you up to go rogue in the first place; same goes for Scarlet Lake if you don't get told by Omen Deng about who she really is. I'm not actually sure it's possible to go after both. You'd need some clever plot-tweaking to get it just so... Wrong on both counts. First: When you go to rescue Mina in the Greybox you have the option of killing her (or leaving her to die) even if you slept with her. You can also get her to tell you about how she set you up and sleep with her anyways (and then kill her). Second: Give Scarlet the evidence, sleep with her, then find her in the Greybox. She'll confess to being the assassin and you can kill her.
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ToxicFrog posted:^^ If she likes you enough she confesses to being the assassin when you meet her in the Greybox, no need for Deng to get involved at all; that's how it played out on my first playthrough. First: Are you sure you get an execute option? Under what condition? I was at -10 and only got leaver her or save her Second: she wasn't in the room this time! I went there and she wasn't there! I feel ripped off!
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Speedball posted:What I need to know for sure for this is, do you need to execute everyone it is possible to execute? quote:You'd need some clever plot-tweaking to get it just so... It's a pretty annoying achievement to get, since you pretty much have to know what you're doing pretty early on to get. A few things: -Make sure you execute your handler at Brayko's mansion. -As mentioned, don't kill Brayko until you have the info to go after Surkov -Get Mina to dislike you. You have to go to the bomb room and make the choice to kill her for the achievement. You can't just ignore the room, and if your approval is high enough you may not get the option to kill her. -Take Heck as your handler, don't take Leland's deal, and don't visit Scarlet in the Greybox. Then, after fighting Leland, go against your instinct and choose the option to spare him. Scarlet will show up, and you'll get a very amusing option to kill her. After that, you'll be given the option to kill Leland a second time. Just as you put a bullet through his skull the achievement will unlock if you did everything else right. Edit: gohuskies posted:First: Are you sure you get an execute option? Under what condition? I was at -10 and only got leaver her or save her Jokymi fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Jul 22, 2011 |
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Jul 22, 2011 07:55
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Hannibal Smith posted:
When I tried this the other night I I let Scarlet kill Leland first and then got Heck to kill her so it appears you can kill these two characters in any order but I don't know how that will affect the achievement.
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Jul 22, 2011 10:44
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Speedball posted:So, anyone know what specific triggers are necessary for getting Marburg to backstab Parker, because Parker was the guy who pulled the plug on Deus Vult and left him to dry years ago? Is there some intel I'm missing, do I need a specific approach, or what? Is it possible, and what happens if you do both this and reveal that Marburg killed parkers daughter?
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Jul 22, 2011 11:18
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ShineDog posted:Is it possible, and what happens if you do both this and reveal that Marburg killed parkers daughter? Someone claimed upthread that you can't do both.
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Doc Hawkins posted:Someone claimed upthread that you can't do both. That was me - you have the conversation with Marburg before the conversation with Parker, and if you tell Marburg about Deus Vult, the option to tell Parker about Madison doesn't come up.
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