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Wolfsheim posted:Thanks for this. I actually used Blood to Salts, the one that restores health when you melee people to death, the one that lets you melee from like ten feet away, the electric melee, and the fully upgraded Charge power to pretty much bounce around the room like a Mass Effect Vanguard, constantly getting my health, shield and vigors regenerated as I pinball about smacking people in the face. I don't even bother using guns anymore unless a robot (or a g-g-g-g-ghost mom) pops out, it's ridiculously overpowered. Almost moreso than the wrench, which I didn't think was possible. It's also the most fun way to play. The gunplay in the game is pretty meh but fully upgraded, the melee is fantastically fun.
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regulargonzalez posted:It's also the most fun way to play. The gunplay in the game is pretty meh but fully upgraded, the melee is fantastically fun. I dunno, I thought the shotgun was one of the most satisfying shotguns I've ever seen in a video game.
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I know this is a few years late, but Darksiders, specifically the Steam version. I just finished the game for the first time and the wiki needs a lil update. There are a few problems, specifically concerning Achievements and also the late-game Special Armor. - In order for Steam Achievements to work, Steam MUST be restarted each time you play the game. No one knows why, but restarting Steam will make achievements work correctly. - Make a save game before collecting the final piece of Special Armor. In order to start a new game+ mode with Special Armor unlocked from the beginning, you have to have collected the final piece before quitting the game. Collect the final piece of Special Armor, quit to main menu, then start a new game. This will allow you to use Special Armor from the beginning! These two points have been tested and proven by me, and should replace the 3rd and 4th tabs on the Darksiders page in the beforeiplay.com wiki.
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Sep 12, 2014 03:23
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Zedd posted:I might have missed it searching the website/thread but anything on The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing? duckfarts posted:Learn how to use your rage; all those little bubbles next to your skills on your skill tree are activated by using rage(the yellow poo poo next to your health and mana bubbles). Basically, you hit a key(1 through 3) to use rage to add up to 3 pips of boost to a skill, and then it will fire off the next time you use that skill. If you don't use those pips, those skill enhancements won't do anything.
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Sep 12, 2014 07:06
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Anything for Shadow Warrior?
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Sep 12, 2014 07:34
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How much of the Bioshock series do I need to play before Infinite? One of my friends is insistent that I need to play the entire series first, another says I can and should skip 2. What are goons opinions on this?
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Sep 12, 2014 10:08
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Tea Bone posted:How much of the Bioshock series do I need to play before Infinite? One of my friends is insistent that I need to play the entire series first, another says I can and should skip 2. What are goons opinions on this? Bioshock Infinite pretends that Bioshock 2 didn't happen.
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Sep 12, 2014 10:11
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Tea Bone posted:How much of the Bioshock series do I need to play before Infinite? One of my friends is insistent that I need to play the entire series first, another says I can and should skip 2. What are goons opinions on this? Actually, I don't think you need to play 1, either.
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Sep 12, 2014 10:13
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You may not strictly need to play it, but Bioshock is a good game and Infinite is clearly written as a follow-up to it.
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Sep 12, 2014 10:15
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Yeah play the first one for sure, it's a good game on its own even though a bit dated. I haven't finished 2nd game and loved Infinite
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Sep 12, 2014 10:33
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Infinite can stand on its own however the ending hinges on a certain element common to the series and the impact may be lessened if you're not aware of it.
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Sep 12, 2014 10:48
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al-azad posted:Infinite can stand on its own however the ending hinges on a certain element common to the series and the impact may be lessened if you're not aware of it. Could you send me a PM about it, please? I can't remember the thing you're talking about.
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Sep 12, 2014 10:55
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Fat Samurai posted:Could you send me a PM about it, please? I can't remember the thing you're talking about. That's not necessary because it's really simple: everything begins with a lighthouse, a man, and a city. It was a self reflecting moment and I wouldn't have cared about the ending as much if it was the first game I played. But Rapture plays a role in Infinite and more so if you get the DLC so playing the first game is still recommended. e: Haha, Bioshock 2 subverts that anyway so ignore my comment, I got lost in a memory.
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Sep 12, 2014 11:04
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Doctor Spaceman posted:You may not strictly need to play it, but Bioshock is a good game and Infinite is clearly written as a follow-up to it. Bear in mind that you're playing the original Bioshock for the story and atmosphere. It's a mediocre shooter. Also it's $20 on Steam, which is a lot for a 7 year old game.
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Sep 12, 2014 13:18
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Gynovore posted:Bear in mind that you're playing the original Bioshock for the story and atmosphere. It's a mediocre shooter. It's frequently heavily discounted and the atmosphere, art design and story are still great.
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Sep 12, 2014 13:21
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Gynovore posted:Bear in mind that you're playing the original Bioshock for the story and atmosphere. It's a mediocre shooter. That's cool. The reason I'm interested is because of the story and atmosphere I've heard so much about. I couldn't really care less about the shooter side of it. I've also got all three in my steam library (presumably from an old sale or humble bundle).
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Sep 12, 2014 13:26
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al-azad posted:But Rapture plays a role in Infinite and more so if you get the DLC so playing the first game is still recommended. If you're going to play the DLC, I would say that Bioshock 1 is basically mandatory. The events of episode 2 assume a lot of knowledge of the first game, to the point where a lot of things probably won't even make sense if you haven't played it.
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Sep 12, 2014 15:49
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I really liked Bioshock 2 as well for what its worth. Not as good as the first, but passable and enjoyable. Also, surprisingly enough there is a prequel book that was pretty drat good that leads into Bioshock 1 and 2.
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Sep 12, 2014 15:51
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Personally, and I'm the only person I've met who has thought this, I did not care for Bioshock 1 or 2 and didn't play either for more than an hour or so. I finished and enjoyed Infinite though and understood what was going on, though I had a fair amount of familiarity with the general concept of Rapture from all the hype surrounding the first game. note: Haven't played Burial at Sea
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Sep 12, 2014 17:32
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As someone who just finished Infinite you might wanna warn him not to expect much out of the ending because Jesus what a mess. This actually applies pretty well to the original Bioshock too, actually.
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Sep 12, 2014 23:02
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Bioshock ended with a literal übermensch, it was totally in the spirit of objectivism. 
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Sep 12, 2014 23:15
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Bioshock ends with you fighting this giant guy. He turns red with fire, so you need to shoot him with ice. Then he turns blue with ice and you need to shoot him with fire. I'm pretty sure my eyes rolled so hard they flipped back around. In a game filled with creativity, it was pretty much one of the least creative things I'd ever seen.
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Sep 12, 2014 23:20
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Bioshock ends with you fighting this giant guy. He turns red with fire, so you need to shoot him with ice. Then he turns blue with ice and you need to shoot him with fire. You're literally making that up, by the way.
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Sep 12, 2014 23:35
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He turns red with fire, so you shoot him in the face. Then he turns blue with ice, so you shoot him in the face. Then he has a third form, so you unload all those cool explosives you've been hoarding the entire game. Right into his face.
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Sep 13, 2014 00:19
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:He turns red with fire, so you need to shoot him with ice. Then he turns blue with ice and you need to shoot him with fire. Literally nothing about this is true, btw. Also you should play Bioshock 2 because it has the best combat in the series, even if its mostly a retread of locales from the first game.
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It's still a terrible, unfun, pathetically easy bossfight. The whole last level is awful. A tedious escort mission with an incredibly distracting fishbowl effect over the camera? Who on earth thought that was fun?
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Sep 13, 2014 01:00
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Agnostalgia posted:Literally nothing about this is true, btw. I don't think Bioshock 2 revisits any areas at all.
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Sep 13, 2014 01:56
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Spalec posted:It's still a terrible, unfun, pathetically easy That's a description for like half of the Bioshock series, but yeah.
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Sep 13, 2014 01:57
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Tried Bioshock about 4 times from the beginning, gave up every time because of its sheer badness and terrible nerd story.
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RatHat posted:You're literally making that up, by the way. Agnostalgia posted:Literally nothing about this is true, btw. My mistake, I was misremembering. He also turns into lightning guy. You use various conveniently placed environment-based traps that are scattered throughout a fairly small room. For real though, why did two people call me out on this? I re-watched the fight on youtube just to be sure.
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Spalec posted:The whole last level is awful. A tedious escort mission with an incredibly distracting fishbowl effect over the camera? Who on earth thought that was fun? The game just should have ended after the golf club scene, really.
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:My mistake, I was misremembering. He also turns into lightning guy. You use various conveniently placed environment-based traps that are scattered throughout a fairly small room. You don't need to do anything special in the fight, is the thing. You just kill him the same way you kill everything else(with all the explosives you've been hoarding).
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:My mistake, I was misremembering. He also turns into lightning guy. You use various conveniently placed environment-based traps that are scattered throughout a fairly small room. It's funny, the way you described would've been more interesting than what the boss battle actually was.
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Agnostalgia posted:Literally nothing about this is true, btw. Bioshock 2 has amazingly satisfying weapons compared to 1.
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Odd posted:I know this is a few years late, but Darksiders, specifically the Steam version. I just finished the game for the first time and the wiki needs a lil update. There are a few problems, specifically concerning Achievements and also the late-game Special Armor. Thanks a bunch! I've replaced the tips you mentioned with the ones you provided.
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Southern Heel posted:I've just picked up Amnesia on the humble bundle and I'd like to know if there's anything specific I should know, or whether I should simply plow onwards? Otherwise, just be on the lookout for physics-manipulable things, and plow forwards. 
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Shibawanko posted:Tried Bioshock about 4 times from the beginning, gave up every time because of its sheer badness and terrible nerd story. I also had this problem. Does the game actually get better or does it continue to phone things in with boring set-pieces and combat that's all inventory management?
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Smerdyakov posted:I also had this problem. Does the game actually get better or does it continue to phone things in with boring set-pieces and combat that's all inventory management? If you get to the point where you can shoot bees from your hand, and the game still isn't holding your interest, then you can go ahead and drop it.
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Smerdyakov posted:I also had this problem. Does the game actually get better or does it continue to phone things in with boring set-pieces and combat that's all inventory management? Honestly, I think it picks up a little towards the middle, but for sure play on easy, because the combat is poo poo. Nothing but bullet spongy enemies. Also, the console commands that give you all the camera research are a godsend. gently caress that hacking minigame bullshit. Its fun the first few times, but quickly becomes tedious.
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Thanks for the Bioshock advice guys. I'm currently on the first and enjoying the story quite a bit. As people have said the combat is pretty boring though, I've got it set to easy, but I'm considering running a few cheats as well so I don't have to keep dicking about hacking stuff, and just enjoy exploring.
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