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OwlFancier posted:Somewhat hilariously, he says he got it from his dad. It's an X-linked recessive gene if I remember right, so if the dad is xY and the mom is xX then his dad would be a hemophiliac while his mom would be "normal". Then he winds up xY and assumes he got it from Dad. Phenotype vs genotype and all that.
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Not only that, he somehow finds out they're hemophiliacs, too.
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Also, to be fair, he's completely bugnuts. It could be on him and not the writers.
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I wonder how many customer support calls the Ubisoft store has to deal with that are just like that privacy invasion. Or at least they hoped they get people that are that upset about their Aiden figurine they just bought.
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Jan 4, 2016 07:58
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I'm more inclined to say lovely writing than character depth.
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Did they just try and put a breaking bad reference in the privacy invasions?
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Jan 4, 2016 08:04
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Lobsterman posted:Didn't someone say something way earlier about how the serial killer was somehow Blume's fault, or was that a different thing? Same thing, he basically got hit by the fibbonachi mind control from that one woman with the safe house Audio logs but he was unstable enough to go off the deep end.
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Jan 4, 2016 08:06
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Goddamn, this game manages to be completely  with absolutely everything. Its actually almost impressive.
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Jan 4, 2016 08:18
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Did you just identify the hacker before he even started hacking you? That was great  .
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Jan 4, 2016 08:30
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BlazeEmblem posted:Did you just identify the hacker before he even started hacking you? That was great I imagine that the hacker just rode up screaming "I'm preparing the hack, oh poo poo how did he know I was here?"
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Jan 4, 2016 08:35
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Even if you accept the idea that the serial killer was creating the displays specifically for Aiden to find, how did he get Aiden's phone number after the last body? He's shown no hacking knowledge, and from looking at his manifesto, it doesn't seem like he could deduce who Aiden was. Actually, looking at that note, how could he possibly be smart enough to find dozens of hemophiliac women.
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Jan 4, 2016 08:47
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Desfore posted:Even if you accept the idea that the serial killer was creating the displays specifically for Aiden to find, how did he get Aiden's phone number after the last body? He's shown no hacking knowledge, and from looking at his manifesto, it doesn't seem like he could deduce who Aiden was. Actually, looking at that note, how could he possibly be smart enough to find dozens of hemophiliac women. Well, duh! (points at a wrinkled, stained document that looks like a pile of used fast food napkins) The script says so!
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Fabulousvillain posted:Goddamn, this game manages to be completely It's also thoroughly lazy. Nearly every "big moment" that you'd think would have something unique about it is yet another convoy chase, cop escape, escort mission, or intervention that has little differentiating it from the generic or randomly occurring instances of those activities. Motto fucked around with this message at 09:00 on Jan 4, 2016 |
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Jan 4, 2016 08:55
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Samizdata posted:Well, duh! (points at a wrinkled, stained document that looks like a pile of used fast food napkins) The script says so! C'mon, son, don't half-rear end that joke when it hits home better with 10s effort. 
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I have this" Nicky's never coming back" poo poo happening in Black Flag. Every time I hit the sea or end a contract there one dialogue fires off. Heard it about 20 times now, but still not desperate enough to move on to the story.
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All I can see is 
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The "Nicky's never coming back" thing is an entirely normal feature of open world games that's meant to remind the player what the next story mission is if they spend a ton of time doing a sidequest. It's only getting this histrionic reaction because C&I have cut together completing all the sidequests in a row. The voice in the madness digital trip is Damien. It's meant to represent Damien's influence on Aiden, and Aiden's subconscious perception of Damien. There's also a "Destroy or evade the police" objective in Madness. Madness is probably the hardest of the digital trips to complete, because one of the last objectives is some stupidly high timed killstreak (40, maybe?) and having your streak end once usually means you won't have time to try again. Waffleman_ posted:I like that both the serial killer and the victim were hemophiliacs. All of the victims had blood disorders- this is actually shown(again, the devs expected players to be paying way more attention to the profiler) at the individual crimescenes. It's also hinted at with the blood drawings. The serial killer, whose sanity was continuously degenerating over the course of his kills, developed the belief that they were infected by a demon that was trying to control his mind. Lobsterman posted:Didn't someone say something way earlier about how the serial killer was somehow Blume's fault, or was that a different thing? Yes. This is explained at the end. If it's not covered by C&I I'll go into it.
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Discendo Vox posted:
Oh, so they are gonna explain it. Wasn't expecting a half-assed sidequest to get referenced outside the quest.
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Discendo Vox posted:The "Nicky's never coming back" thing is an entirely normal feature of open world games that's meant to remind the player what the next story mission is if they spend a ton of time doing a sidequest. It's only getting this histrionic reaction because C&I have cut together completing all the sidequests in a row. It's going to turn out that the borderline illiterate and mentally ill killer was somehow also able to hack into Blume's databases (like Aiden!) to identify his potential victims, isn't it? 
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END ME SCOOB posted:C'mon, son, don't half-rear end that joke when it hits home better with 10s effort. Sorry. My PC is down, so I am stuck on my tablet...
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Regalingualius posted:It's going to turn out that the borderline illiterate and mentally ill killer was somehow also able to hack into Blume's databases (like Aiden!) to identify his potential victims, isn't it? Dumber.
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Stormgale posted:Dumber. That's Watch_Dogs for ya. Anything you can think of, Watch_Dogs can be even stupider.
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Desfore posted:Even if you accept the idea that the serial killer was creating the displays specifically for Aiden to find, how did he get Aiden's phone number after the last body? He's shown no hacking knowledge, and from looking at his manifesto, it doesn't seem like he could deduce who Aiden was. Actually, looking at that note, how could he possibly be smart enough to find dozens of hemophiliac women. He had a camera pointed at the crime scene, when Aiden walked up he was able to call his phone through the camera because phones work on line of sight 
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The dumbest thing about Nikki is in the dlc where you find an audio log/voicemail from Aiden she's moved to the Midwest and Aiden is hiding out there too. So basically no consequences for his actions again since somehow their relationship is okay
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Spiritus Nox posted:I can't believe they actually wrapped up the serial killer plotline with a loving random Crimestopper event. That is the lamest poo poo. in the continuing theme of comparing watch dogs unfairly to much better games lets have what a meeting with what an atmospheric insane serial killer can look like to leave something with you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXUCu3EhReY
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Discendo Vox posted:The "Nicky's never coming back" thing is an entirely normal feature of open world games that's meant to remind the player what the next story mission is if they spend a ton of time doing a sidequest. It's only getting this histrionic reaction because C&I have cut together completing all the sidequests in a row. Three people posting along with the joke in the video == histrionic reaction
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Mokinokaro posted:The dumbest thing about Nikki is in the dlc where you find an audio log/voicemail from Aiden So collecting audio logs infects you with a desire to leave your own behind I guess? I wonder who is ground zero of audio log distribution.
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"Did the serial killer leave the clues because he wanted someone to find him? Did he want me to find him? No, he's just a sick gently caress that I needed to kill. In this, a city full of sick fucks that I will ritualistically hunt and murder forever." The only way to redeem Watch_Dogs 2 is to make Aiden Pierce someone the next protagonist of a future game hunts and takes down like the killer of this game. It will and can easily be a big uneventful letdown of a concept like its predecessor, just give us the sweet satisfaction of one self absorbed vigilante taking down another and for neither of them to see their own imperfections the entire time.
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That shooting clip and voyeur segment was worth every second of work you put into it, Chip.
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Crabtree posted:"Did the serial killer leave the clues because he wanted someone to find him? Did he want me to find him? No, he's just a sick gently caress that I needed to kill. In this, a city full of sick fucks that I will ritualistically hunt and murder forever."
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Discendo Vox posted:The "Nicky's never coming back" thing is an entirely normal feature of open world games that's meant to remind the player what the next story mission is if they spend a ton of time doing a sidequest. It's only getting this histrionic reaction because C&I have cut together completing all the sidequests in a row. Just because it's "normal" doesn't mean it's not badly done or annoying. This kind of thing happens to me all the time replaying Far Cry 3, because they have it set up to play certain sound bites whenever you start up the game. It doesn't happen with every story mission, but it does with the majority on the second island, making it very annoying to play the last half/third of the game in reasonable smaller chunks. Now obviously, having this feature at all isn't a bad thing, but you shouldn't be slapping the player in the face with it every hour or two. Trust your players and make it something they can activate, instead of something that goes "Hey! Stop having fun, there's plot to do!" at regular intervals.
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 Mr. Kibbles'll never come back. I've driven him from the internets, from me. But I know he's safe.
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That lady's mouth looks like somebody's aiming a blow dryer at it any time she speaks.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:So collecting audio logs infects you with a desire to leave your own behind I guess? "Things are crazy here. The ship's been invaded by aliens, ghosts, and evil AIs. But as bad as things are, I'm sure one heavy-armed person could fix everything. Unfortunately everyone is too busy recording audio logs. I fear we may soon run out of recording media. I will now finish this recording and drop it in the hallway. The door code is 0451."
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Regalingualius posted:You know, I just realized: for all the power of his Magic Phone, Aiden's at his most vulnerable if the network's down. I'm honestly surprised that hasn't been the gimmick for one of the missions even this late into the game; it seems like such an obvious and entirely fitting trick to play on the player. This reminds me, the tutorial at the baseball stadium was one of the best missions in the game because it was able to have the neat scripted moments and detailed environment that we saw in the previews.
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Suspicious Cook posted:
Thanks for this, I just started a game of Diplomacy online with some friends and I need something bizarre to post in the public press.
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chitoryu12 posted:This reminds me, the tutorial at the baseball stadium was one of the best missions in the game because it was able to have the neat scripted moments and detailed environment that we saw in the previews. Creating interesting concepts and setpieces on paper that then get bogged down in grimdark mediocrity in practice is practically Clock_Hounds' trademark, though. 
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Chip Cheezum posted:That lady's mouth looks like somebody's aiming a blow dryer at it any time she speaks. In a world where everything is hackable, the corollary is that all computers are poorly made. Based on that axiom, we can conclude that the "blow dryer" in question is probably the CPU fan.
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Good news everyone! (Read the bottom of the article)
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Ometeotl posted:Good news everyone!
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