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The best way to fight things in the Mako is to not fight and just keep driving. The Mako sucks and there's hardly any part of the main plot that actually throws enough enemies in one area that it requires you to fight in those overworld driving segments, even on Insanity you can survive just by driving by everyone shooting at you. gently caress the Mako.
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Vinlaen posted:Can anybody give me some advice for The Witcher? (the first one) Aard and Igni signs (force push and fire) are the best. Gather all the ingredients and use potions and sword oils liberally. Sadly I don't remember enough gameplay specifics to be helpful beyond that... Push through the first act if you find it boring, the game and its choices severely open up after that. And don't be discouraged if the Act I boss kicks your rear end, it's easily one of, if not the, toughest encounter in the game due to your abilities at the time.
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The Mako isn't terrible, just sometimes you have to use it to ZOOM (apparently a lot of people don't realize you can do that?) and snipe from a distance. I hate to ask about this one since so many people have before, but I'm about to start playing Demon's Souls. I was reading the Before I Play site, and I remember someone throwing down a suggested level progression (something like play 1-1, then 1-2, then 2-1, etc) and that's not on the site. Also, the site says: "The Demon's Soul items dropped by bosses can be traded for unique weapons and magic. Don't use them unless you're sure they're no good to you. " Does this mean don't use the items the bosses drop, or don't use the unique weapons and magic? I'm confused.
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Brian Fellows posted:"The Demon's Soul items dropped by bosses can be traded for unique weapons and magic. Don't use them unless you're sure they're no good to you. " Pretend it says "eat" instead of "use." Basically don't turn them into souls by using them in your inventory. You are also able to trade them for magic and weapons you can't get otherwise. Get it?
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Vinlaen posted:Can anybody give me some advice for The Witcher? (the first one) It's not too bad on easy. I've played through it twice on easy, probably the best bits of advice I can give you are: -Swallow potion is your favorite potion, since it drastically increases health regen. For some of the fights in the second half of the game, it's basically mandatory, so always keep a few handy. -Invest in the silver stamina talent that reduces the Pain effect by 50% (not sure if it's reduced duration or chance, but either way you want it) because otherwise you'll get stunlocked by specters and that's bullshit. -If you find yourself getting stunlocked by enemies with the Stun or Knockdown effect, the Willow potion nullifies those effects completely. Note that you can literally be one hit killed when stunned, so if that happens, reload and drink a willow first. This doesn't seem to come up terribly often though -Note also that you can one shot enemies that are stunned yourself. It's never a terrible idea to cast Aard into a big group of enemies and one shot the ones that get stunned. Aard is a good sign to use. -The only weapons worth using are the two swords. For the other weapon slots, just pick whatever you think looks coolest hanging off your belt, you'll never be using them.
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Ainsley McTree posted:-The only weapons worth using are the two swords. For the other weapon slots, just pick whatever you think looks coolest hanging off your belt, you'll never be using them. Or early on, whatever has the highest resale value. Late game, keeping a second Steel Sword with different additional effects around could be useful, but it's not exactly going to make or break you.
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Brian Fellows posted:The Mako isn't terrible, just sometimes you have to use it to ZOOM (apparently a lot of people don't realize you can do that?) and snipe from a distance. Worlds get harder as you progress through them so most people go through the first tier (2-1, 3-1, etc) then the next tier then so on. Generally I start my games off by using a royal with soul arrow to beat 1-1/get the cling and thief rings, go to 5-1 and get a blessed hammer, go to 4-1 and beat all the skeletons with said hammer and get the adjudicator shield/crescent falchion then go to town on the rest of the game.
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Aug 8, 2011 00:18
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A powered up Igni spell or two can DEVASTATE whole groups of enemies.
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Just pick up Oblivion I heard there was a problem with levelling but I am on a console. Any help would be appreciated.
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Honestly, the leveling sucks, you should maybe read a summary of how it works, but if you gently caress up and things get hard you can always just slide the difficulty down. That was my solution.
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afroserty posted:Just pick up Oblivion I heard there was a problem with levelling but I am on a console. Any help would be appreciated. You are playing Oblivion on a console. You are beyond help.
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elf help book posted:The best way to fight things in the Mako is to not fight and just keep driving. The Mako sucks and there's hardly any part of the main plot that actually throws enough enemies in one area that it requires you to fight in those overworld driving segments, even on Insanity you can survive just by driving by everyone shooting at you. Or get out of the Mako and kill everything on foot for double xp. 
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I've been sitting on a steam version of Beyond Good and Evil for a while, are there any tips to make it look better on a modern computer/ work with my 360 controller? Also any general tips on the actual game would be greatly appreciated!
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afroserty posted:Just pick up Oblivion I heard there was a problem with levelling but I am on a console. Any help would be appreciated. So, to be a bit more constructive, the big problem with Oblivion is that it's easy for enemies to outstrip you at higher levels and leave you with no way of fixing it. See, when you level up, the number of skills you've raised during that level govern what bonuses are available to what attributes. So if you raise a lot of Endurance skills, you might find a nice +4 or +5 next to Endurance when you level up. Because enemies scale to your level at all times, it's always better to have 2 or more +5s during level up and you should usually allocate those to your combat attributes first. If you don't, and you're playing on a medium or hard difficulty, then eventually the monsters will simply have better stats than you. The problem won't be one you can fix on your next level-up or by buying better equipment or by coming back at a higher level, because it will have been going on for too long. If you want to get down into the nitty-gritty of it, just read up on efficient leveling at the Oblivion wiki. They also have some good advice on leveling in general. As far as more general advice goes, here's another big one: you may wish to hold off on the main quest...indefinitely. When you leave the tutorial sewers the main quest will send you to Chorrol, and then to Kvatch. Visiting Kvatch triggers a world-event that persists for a very long time and is one of the most tedious aspects of the game. You can postpone it as long as you like by simply never visiting Kvatch. When you start out, try to do a circuit of the roads around the Imperial City. There'll be bandits aplenty, but also some good starter quests. Specifically, find the hamlet of Aleswell (due N of the Imperial City) and help out the townsfolk. You get a free bed and chest as a reward. You can pick up some free enchanted armor early on by joining either the Arena (in the Imperial City) or the Dark Brotherhood (by murdering someone). The Arena has spares of their armor, whereas the Brotherhood doesn't, so you'll have to repair it yourself. If you're playing a spellcaster, you'll want to hit up the mage guild in all the outlying cities and do the recommendation quests ASAP. The reward is entrance to the Arcane University in the Imperial City, and access to custom spellmaking and enchanting altars. Be sure to keep the following items: ayleid ancestor statues, shadowbanish wine, and nirnroots. Keep an eye out for daedric statues in the wilderness. Each one will have a pretty involved quest that usually comes with a unique reward. The quests are all level-restricted and you need a specific offering for each statue, but you can usually talk to one of the supplicants nearby to get that info. If you train up Illusion, you can very easily break the game in your favour. Armorer is possibly the most useful skill. Equipment degrades quickly, and you need to be able to repair magical equipment on the fly.
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Thanks For the information.
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Halo 3 Multiplayer Most of yours kills, especially early on will be running into a guy spraying your assault rifle and finishing off with a melee. This is important and takes more skill than just spray-and-pray. Learn to get a feel when to run straight at a guy, back up, or melee. It's best to avoid throwing frag grenades in the middle of a classic AR encounter, however sticky grenades and even spike grenades prove to be useful as people tend to run straight at you most of the time. The Battle Rifle is like the cooler than the AR friend you have that you don't get to spend as much time with. Always try to pick up a BR. Memorize where they spawn, they come back pretty quickly. Learning the four shot is key. Three shots to the body and one to the head for a quick, easy, satisfying kill. Never. NEVER throw a grenade in the middle of a mid-range, open field encounter. You will die. (unless your opponent is considerably worse than you) Zooming in is of course useful for accuracy, but don't over use it at medium distances, as having a wide field of vision is critical for staying alive. If you get the sniper, don't try to no-scope/quickscope (unless you know what you're doing). You'll make an rear end of yourself, and waste the sniper rounds. If you feel the need to try to impress anyone, impress your friends in Customs. And for the love of God don't be a team killing fucktard (unless they are the biggest jerks this side of Xbox LIVE) March onward young spartans 
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I've had Growlanser Generations (Growlanser 2/3, apparently) sitting around for a while, but never really messed around with it. I hear it's especially difficult, so what should I know before I get my rear end wrecked?
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Since there doesn't appear to be a thread for it, and someone was able to help me out before, I have another question about Record of Agarest War. I noticed that I was able to teleport around the map, avoiding the red battles and jumping straight to events, or taking alternate routes to avoid the battles. Is there any consequence for doing so, other than missed exp and item drops? It doesn't seem like an issue to me, but I want to make sure I'm not going to miss anything before I do it too often.
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Dr Snofeld posted:What of Theme Hospital? Going back a page, I love this game so here are a couple more good tips, some expanded on whats already been said: After level 3 or 4 usually build and keep at least 4 GP offices together. This is where most of your patients spend their time as they head to it on arrival, come back to it after every diagnosis room and before being sent for treatment so you want to keep the moving. Give the rooms and seating a fair bit of room. If it’s more open and spaced they are less like to all start vomiting. If someone is dying in your hospital and you won't cure them in time either send them home or my favourite, hover over the room/door they are queuing at so the little menu pops up, right click on them and send them to another hospital. It does actually seem to cause them to die at the competing hospitals. Don't bother doing emergencies with over 5/6 patients. It takes ages for them to land the drat helicopter and then get to the treatment room depending on the proximity to the helipad. For operating room emergencies don't go over 2/3. Hire everyone that looks capable in the first month of staring a new level; otherwise you may end up stuck for months trying to hire a surgeon and psychiatrist as there are none available. It’s worth having a rubbish/slow specialist than none at all. **** Anyone got anything worth knowing for the Back to the Future games by Telltalegames? Thinking of grabbing them later this week off steam
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Palleon posted:Record of Agarest War. Is there any consequence for doing so, other than missed exp and item drops? In general, I don't think so - I can think of only one time where the game stringently checks which way you've gone, and even then I'm fairly sure those checks are based of events, just like anything else. On the other hand, there is a kind of progression to the crafting tree, and a couple battle's worth of drops can make a lot of difference on that front.
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Slavik posted:Anyone got anything worth knowing for the Back to the Future games by Telltalegames? Thinking of grabbing them later this week off steam Might as well watch the movies before hand to ramp up the nostalgia factor, that's probably why you are playing then in the first place any way.
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I want to play S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl but I can't stand that nauseating head bobbing. I think SoC had some good mods? Beyond that, any advice in general?
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Install STALKER Complete; it fixes the head-bobbing and drat near everything else as well (and gives the game a grapical upgrade at the same time).
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Hey, I'll be plowing through MGS2 soon, and I would appreciate some basic advice.
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LoveisOver posted:Hey, I'll be plowing through MGS2 soon, and I would appreciate some basic advice. Just know that the end of the game goes off the deep end story wise. It's an enjoyable game, and you'll have fun with it, but don't run and gun I'd say. Try to sneak around, because being caught is more trouble than it's worth. Also, all the bosses have an endurance meter that can be taken down with the tranq gun, and makes it so they don't count against your kills. I don't remember if anything is different when you don't kill people, but it's an option of course.
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LoveisOver posted:Hey, I'll be plowing through MGS2 soon, and I would appreciate some basic advice. As with all MGS games that have it, you will have an easier time with the game if you tranq the guards instead of killing them. Guards wont investigate any further when they find one of their buddies sleeping. They will just wake them up and continue as normal. After you beat the boss that plants bombs, the final bomb is closer than you think.
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Palleon posted:Since there doesn't appear to be a thread for it, and someone was able to help me out before, I have another question about Record of Agarest War. I noticed that I was able to teleport around the map, avoiding the red battles and jumping straight to events, or taking alternate routes to avoid the battles. Is there any consequence for doing so, other than missed exp and item drops? It doesn't seem like an issue to me, but I want to make sure I'm not going to miss anything before I do it too often. If I remember right it's the only way to unlock the creepy stuff by spending like 100+ turns per map (which is a poo poo-ton of battles). It's actually a nice buffer so you don't accidentally stumble upon creepytown, that is, unless you were actively hunting that stuff down which would take hours. Most people will be done with a map in about 30ish turns. Other than these kind of events, you wont be missing anything you haven't listed. As much as I enjoyed the combo system and the crazy attacks, I don't think I'll be touching the sequel.
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Mayor McCheese posted:If I remember right it's the only way to unlock the creepy stuff by spending like 100+ turns per map (which is a poo poo-ton of battles). It's actually a nice buffer so you don't accidentally stumble upon creepytown, that is, unless you were actively hunting that stuff down which would take hours. Most people will be done with a map in about 30ish turns. Other than these kind of events, you wont be missing anything you haven't listed. What's "Creepytown" in this case?
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Anatharon posted:What's "Creepytown" in this case? IIRC, Record of Agarest War is the one where the premium edition bonus was a hug pillow. so, you know.
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LoveisOver posted:Hey, I'll be plowing through MGS2 soon, and I would appreciate some basic advice. Explore. Explore everywhere. There are a lot of items you can miss that are really handy. First (plant) boss soilers: No, you can't beat Fortune. You just need to wait for the elevator. Avoid calling rose unless absolutely necessary. Not because saving is bad, but because she's so loving annoying. You will like the game a lot more if you avoid her whenever possible. You can hit the choke button once when holding a guard when they start to wiggle to keep control over them. Magazines are broken as poo poo. Use them, love them.
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Nick Buntline posted:IIRC, Record of Agarest War is the one where the premium edition bonus was a hug pillow. I wasn't aware of this until I saw the Limited Edition bundle just now. It comes with a "Yearning Ellis pillowcase" and a "Sensual 3D Vira-Lorr mouse pad." Creepytown (NWS) If you're curious, Anatharon, I was referring to the spa/bathhouse scenes in the game. Edit: Oh god, the SA plugin just pops these image links out.  Edit2: Fixed for the Last Read plugin. Mayor McCheese fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Aug 10, 2011 |
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Mayor McCheese posted:I wasn't aware of this until I saw the Limited Edition bundle just now. It comes with a "Yearning Ellis pillowcase" and a "Sensual 3D Vira-Lorr mouse pad." Creepytown Does that mouse pad have a wrist rest made out of titty?
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You haven't viewed the forums until you viewed them with your wrist in Sensual 3D.
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Captain Novolin posted:Explore. Explore everywhere. There are a lot of items you can miss that are really handy. I'll go ahead and say you should codec everyone after every major event because it puts the story into perspective. Rose talking about loving movies isn't wholly out of place when you take in the ending and neither is Campbell and his "REMEMBER YOUR VR TRAINING." Pliskin is the most important because he knows the back story for every boss which actually highlights their insane motivations.
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LoveisOver posted:Hey, I'll be plowing through MGS2 soon, and I would appreciate some basic advice. You'll be asked a question when you start a new game. Say that you played MGS1 and loved it. If you knock out a guard, shoot him with the tranquilizer gun. As someone said above, the guards won't do anything other than wake them up, but if they're unconscious, they will call in reinforcements. You can hold L1 to auto-aim in first person view and to run and gun in third person. In first person view, press L2 and R2 to inch to the sides. If you hold both at the same time, you can stand on your tiptoes. Tapping R2 twice will reload your weapon instantly. If you call an elevator twice, it will come quicker. This works in all MGS games. Spermando fucked around with this message at 12:59 on Aug 10, 2011 |
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Vince Videogames posted:I've been sitting on a steam version of Beyond Good and Evil for a while, are there any tips to make it look better on a modern computer/ work with my 360 controller? Also any general tips on the actual game would be greatly appreciated! Sorry but there are no graphical mods for this game. You know that there is an HD version for Xbox 360 right? It has higher resolution/widescreen support and HD textures. I played it on my PC using a 360 controller no problem but I have the GoG version so I don't know how Steam compares to it. There is nothing to add when it comes to gameplay - it's streamlined and they explain everything, simply enjoy the world. This game is timeless and surprisingly modern. Maybe the only thing you should remember is that when you get a ranged attack - try it on different enemies/bosses/buttons etc. At first I forgot to use it and hacked everything in mellee and only later discovered that it makes certain fights much easier.
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Is Two Worlds II worth buying for the multiplayer? Would it be fun with just two players, and how many hours of gameplay would I be looking at?Spermando posted:You'll be asked a question when you start a new game. Say that you played MGS1 and loved it. I'm going to disagree with this if he's new to MGS, due to the difficulty of the Tanker chapter if you're new to MGS's gameplay. I started playing MGS with MGS2 and loving hated the Tanker. I didn't know that that prompt meant I could skip it, or that the Plant is designed to be the beginning of the game for new players and has a proper tutorial. Rollersnake fucked around with this message at 10:06 on Aug 11, 2011 |
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Palpek posted:Sorry but there are no graphical mods for this game. You know that there is an HD version for Xbox 360 right? It has higher resolution/widescreen support and HD textures. I tried playing the HD (trial) version on Xbox. I have heard it's a great game and it seemed to have some promise. But as far as I could tell, there was no option to invert the camera vertical axis. That is a complete game breaker for me. You would think in this day and age, they would include something so simple, especially as they gave it a HD update.
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There's an option in your X360 profile to set your preference about whether you want your Y axis inverted. MS standards demand that X360 games pay attention to it, so i theory that should work.
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