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Sep 8, 2015 18:20
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I always feel like I'm low on scrap. I figure that's a theme of the game, being constantly low on resources, but even then fuel's not really an issue and water is kind of irrelevant (kind of wish there was a thirst system in place where you need to keep yourself topped up or suffer reduced max health or something). Also I discovered that if you keep getting into your car on the left side Chum comments on it asking why you seem to be confused as to the position of the wheel. Segmentation Fault fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Sep 8, 2015 |
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Sep 8, 2015 18:22
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Somebody mentioned that you might get the "original" wood sawed off back at some point--is this true? I don't mind being constrained to two barrels, I just want that sexy shotgun in my holster. quote="VulgarandStupid" post="449940183"] Does anyone else think that Archangels are a complete waste of time? [/quote] I haven't really found a use for them, myself. I've had more success with vehicles I configure on my own.
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Sep 8, 2015 18:24
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:Somebody mentioned that you might get the "original" wood sawed off back at some point--is this true? I don't mind being constrained to two barrels, I just want that sexy shotgun in my holster. I'd love to have that sawn-off, I was hoping that the Lv2 upgrade would be it but no such luck. 
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Sep 8, 2015 18:26
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VulgarandStupid posted:Does anyone else think that Archangels are a complete waste of time? Yes, although design templates aren't necessarily a bad idea, you always revert to something that you build yourself. I never get tired of driving around covered in dead warboys, so full boarder spikes is a must. It's one of those dangling things that make you suspect that there was another six months of game to flesh out, as Rinkles said. Palpek's point about a Nemesis system would have made it utterly awesome, because the top dogs are, at the moment, a fairly bare boss system that considers of dodging a lot. I'm still happy with the purchase though. They really made it look amazing. Edit: I don't think I'm really running short on resources after completely upgrading Jeet. Each hour brings in around 200 scrap, and I'm taking the odd scrapulance and muthaloot box to top that up. Pacing means that I'm pretty well upgraded for blowing through Gutgash's missions. Fuel only gets scarce if I stay out a lot, but there are enough scavenging locations that nothing has been a huge resource problem. Hav fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Sep 8, 2015 |
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Sep 8, 2015 18:26
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King Vidiot posted:So you've been in a War Crier-buffed brawl with 20 guys doing counterable attacks against you, while you're doing an attack animation and getting pummeled from 10 different angles, and lived? The camera angles are the biggest problem, but it sounds like you aren't making much use of evade. Dodge out of combat until you get a better angle and can just smack one guy in the pack. Rinse and repeat until you get fury mode, then stomp them. I've also never let a war crier get his buff off either. Run in/evade the ground troops and shotgun him down. Cream-of-Plenty posted:Somebody mentioned that you might get the "original" wood sawed off back at some point--is this true? I don't mind being constrained to two barrels, I just want that sexy shotgun in my holster. You need to finish the storyline to get it. VulgarandStupid posted:Does anyone else think that Archangels are a complete waste of time? Yep, but unfortunately there are Archangel specific challenges.
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Sep 8, 2015 18:27
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Dodge and parry are great tools, don't neglect them. Also don't neglect light strikes. Heavy strikes are cool but the time they take to wind up can end up costing you.
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Sep 8, 2015 18:33
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-Troika- posted:Is the final harpoon upgrade worth getting? I don't really want to do all those minefields in Jeet's area You need it for the top tier scarecrows, yeah. Also for new game+, I wonder how feasible it'd be to get a trainer, give yourself all the late game upgrades, but somehow buff enemies. Turning off counter prompts would be a good start. Cream-of-Plenty posted:Somebody mentioned that you might get the "original" wood sawed off back at some point--is this true? I don't mind being constrained to two barrels, I just want that sexy shotgun in my holster. It's true.
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Sep 8, 2015 18:39
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This is one of the few open world games where I heartily suggest blasting through the story as quickly as possible, because when you beat the game, you unlock Max's original movie outfit, original movie shotgun, and the V-8 Interceptor, which just makes the whole drat game feel better when you're running around clearing out the wastes.
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Sep 8, 2015 18:48
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Thanks for the responses. I had a feeling it would be a situation of "you can get your shotgun back but you'll have to pry it out of his cold dead hands"--at least I have the opportunity to retrieve it (eventually) I suppose. These pipe and zip guns just don't have the same aesthetic appeal! Upgrading Max's melee move set is one of the first things I do because it makes melee combat so much more entertaining. Once you can violently disarm attackers with perfect parries and various shiv-related attacks, the hand-to-hand combat starts to feel more involved than simply parrying attacks and punch-punch-punch. Which isn't to say that the melee combat is bad in the beginning--it's still very visceral and satisfying. The extra stuff just adds some more flavor and a little more depth to the fights.
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Sep 8, 2015 19:04
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This game has turned out to be far more enjoyable than I could of possibly expected. Been pretty fun so far.
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Sep 8, 2015 19:07
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I don't want to spend scrap on skills because I want to spend it on my car and the strongholds and 
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Sep 8, 2015 19:11
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Oh man, thunderpoons make convoys FAR less difficult to deal with. Now I don't have to spend 10 minutes carefully murdering all of the escort cars, I can just one shot them. Take that, jerks!
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Sep 8, 2015 19:13
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-Troika- posted:Oh man, thunderpoons make convoys FAR less difficult to deal with. Now I don't have to spend 10 minutes carefully murdering all of the escort cars, I can just one shot them. Take that, jerks! I had upgraded the regular harpoon prior to getting the thunderpoon. Convoys to me were a stretch of abandoned vehicles with their wheels ripped off.
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Sep 8, 2015 19:22
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midge posted:Run in/evade the ground troops and shotgun him down. You're kind of assuming that there'll always be shotgun shells on hand  I like to fire out of my car, okay
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Sep 8, 2015 19:28
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Segmentation Fault posted:I don't want to spend scrap on skills because I want to spend it on my car and the strongholds and I've found there's two ways to make scrap. Collect those cars with cogs above them or fish in storms. All other ways are inferior and should be ignored. Don't bother fishing around bases for scrap, or looting wrecks, you're just wasting time.
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Sep 8, 2015 19:42
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Mad Max 2, given a good amount of development time, will be absolutely terrific. Avalanche made a great base game in which to expand upon. I hope the sales numbers merit a sequel.
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Sep 8, 2015 19:50
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Honestly, overthrowing camps has been the biggest earner for me so far. Every so often 200 scrap just shows up in my inventory, usually, right when I need it.
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Sep 8, 2015 19:54
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I really wish there were enemy vehicles with War Boys riding in back throwing thundersticks. Feels like the one missing piece for car chases, a vehicle which isn't trying to ram you but is instead playing keep-away trying to get some ranged attacks in. The friendly fire potential alone would be hilarious. I imagine right now their hands are full working on patches for the launch bugs, but I hope they announce plans for DLC or gameplay updates. Still crossing my fingers for a hard mode, NG+ with the unlocked endgame items. Base game is fine, gimme a challenge mode for us masochists to lose ourselves in.
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Sep 8, 2015 20:48
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 The screenshot tool is my favorite minigame.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:01
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Parkingtigers posted:I really wish there were enemy vehicles with War Boys riding in back throwing thundersticks. Feels like the one missing piece for car chases, a vehicle which isn't trying to ram you but is instead playing keep-away trying to get some ranged attacks in. The friendly fire potential alone would be hilarious. I know there's pick-ups that have their beds filled with warboys that can all have thundersticks. I don't know if they throw or suicide bomb you with them, because nailing them with a thunderpoon is probably my greatest joy in this game.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:05
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The game was most fun and full of promise when I was hoarding shotgun shells and desperate for water; after you have those in abundance, it loses a really fun aspect of exploring the wastes. I feel like the developers had a more unique vision that got dumbed down quite a bit; the basic Shadow of Mordor mechanics are still fun but there could have been a lot more there.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:10
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Should I be installing sweetfx on first playing of this?
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Sep 8, 2015 21:19
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Mozi posted:The game was most fun and full of promise when I was hoarding shotgun shells and desperate for water; after you have those in abundance, it loses a really fun aspect of exploring the wastes. I feel like the developers had a more unique vision that got dumbed down quite a bit; the basic Shadow of Mordor mechanics are still fun but there could have been a lot more there. Agreed, which is why once I unlocked the equipment you get from beating the game, I went back and downgraded as much equipment as possible. Sure, you still loot a shitton of ammo due to your skills, but if you use a poorer ammo belt, you can't carry more than a couple of shells.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:22
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The flavour text for The Big Nothing is a bit of a tease. Pretty much says heading east will kill you, but south and west the plains go on forever. I died heading south though. Still want to test this out some time. I just know there have to be Easter eggs out there somewhere. I doubt they put in the moutains and green places and the Big Wet, but I'm convinced there's something, SOMETHING out there. I may have desert madness, but I need to go and look.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:23
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Parkingtigers posted:The flavour text for The Big Nothing is a bit of a tease. Pretty much says heading east will kill you, but south and west the plains go on forever. I died heading south though. Still want to test this out some time. South west there's a programming test area that requires infinite health to get to.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:24
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If you drive too far out, you run into a bunch of annoying kids in an airplane fuselage and the whole game turns into an escort mission.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:35
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w00tmonger posted:Should I be installing sweetfx on first playing of this? Yes, not least to use something other than FXAA, and you probably won't notice a difference in FPS even, it's that well optimised. Here's a bunch of presets. I'm using K-Putt. https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/game/1092/ Edit: Although I might give that F.R Fidelity a whirl. SplitSoul fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Sep 8, 2015 |
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Sep 8, 2015 21:50
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Parkingtigers posted:The flavour text for The Big Nothing is a bit of a tease. Pretty much says heading east will kill you, but south and west the plains go on forever. I died heading south though. Still want to test this out some time. if you head east after beating the game, you will inevitably get attacked by War parties that will one shot you with a thunder poon.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:53
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Call me crazy but I would kind of like to see a few more guns in the wastes (like in the movies). I don't want to turn the game into a third person shooter, but instead something like Condemned: Heavy emphasis on fists and blunt objects, with the occasional scrap submachinegun wildcard or zip gun that can abruptly change the way you approach a group of enemies.
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Sep 8, 2015 22:04
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SplitSoul posted:Yes, not least to use something other than FXAA, and you probably won't notice a difference in FPS even, it's that well optimised. Which is the one in the op?
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Sep 8, 2015 22:13
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I must've taken almost a dozen shots of this scene using different filters. Game is so drat pretty. Thanks a lot for launching me off that cliff, ya oval office. God forbid a man take a moment to eat some maggots or whatever it is I was doing.  
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Sep 8, 2015 22:16
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:Call me crazy but I would kind of like to see a few more guns in the wastes (like in the movies). I don't want to turn the game into a third person shooter, but instead something like Condemned: Heavy emphasis on fists and blunt objects, with the occasional scrap submachinegun wildcard or zip gun that can abruptly change the way you approach a group of enemies. Maybe not a submachine gun, but i'd love a handheld flamethrower or something. Treat it like a normal melee weapon we already have in. Also let me use a flare to shoot people in the face and burn them to death or something.
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Sep 8, 2015 23:37
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:Upgrading Max's melee move set is one of the first things I do because it makes melee combat so much more entertaining. Once you can violently disarm attackers with perfect parries and various shiv-related attacks, the hand-to-hand combat starts to feel more involved than simply parrying attacks and punch-punch-punch. The shiv related moves are loving brutal. Slash your throat, jab to the skull, then poppin' this blade in my pouch cause you sure don't need it now 
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Sep 9, 2015 00:37
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Capn Beeb posted:Slash your throat, jab to the skull, then poppin' this blade in my pouch cause you sure don't need it now
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Sep 9, 2015 01:34
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I'm missing one history relic. Anyone know what this one says so I can search for it? It's the 7th one from the bottom of the list.
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Sep 9, 2015 01:40
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Didn't see this screenshot yet. Also didn't get a chance to zazz it up, but I think it doesn't need it: Max, Conan of Australia.
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Sep 9, 2015 02:00
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Just beat the game: ending was a downer, but kind of figured it would end up that way. If anything, the events of the game really emphasize what a headcase Max is. I mean, if you think about it, he spent all this time trying to get his car back, killed 2,000 Warboys, knocked down some massive gate, helped stage the insurrection of 4 fiefdoms, won countless death races, killed one of Immortan Joe's sons, but everybody that was really close to him died. And all those people died because Max was a selfish rear end in a top hat. He could've taken Hope and her kid along, could've used a thunderpoon to knock the Land Mover off that cliff, SOMETHING, but no, he had to have his revenge, and it had to be at the cost of everybody involved. But if it wasn't, then maybe he wouldn't be the Stone Cold Badass he was in the Fury Road movie?
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Sep 9, 2015 02:05
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Finally got around to checking out the photo tool and holy poo poo this game is amazing. That photo mode should be a mandatory feature of all games.  
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Sep 9, 2015 02:44
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JFC posted:I'm missing one history relic. Anyone know what this one says so I can search for it? It's the 7th one from the bottom of the list. You should get every one of them on a map as pick up locations whether its scrap or history relic or something else if you get every base's survey team.
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