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I like that the DnD game is a running thing through the whole game rather than just in a single lab, it really drives home what massive nerds live in the station.
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n4 posted:I love the audiolog of the D&D game where the guy interjects his name is STABFELLOW. CAPTAIN stabfellow
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May 8, 2017 18:04
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DreamShipWrecked posted:I like that the DnD game is a running thing through the whole game rather than just in a single lab, it really drives home what massive nerds live in the station. That, and the nerf crossbow being on like every other computer got a good chuckle out of me.
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May 8, 2017 18:08
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There is also a little battlebots league going on in the power plant. The station is filled with bored nerds!
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May 8, 2017 18:10
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Palpek posted:I don't know if everybody gets that but there's this one fabricator with an item stuck in it that you can't directly pick up and when you turn it on to get it it turns into a mimic. That jumpscare is practically after you pick up the Psychoscope with Mimic Finder chip and just lol if you're not creeping around at the speed of a snail everywhere, using it so that you wouldn't get jumpscared by a mimic ever again.
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May 8, 2017 18:15
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The Walrus posted:CAPTAIN stabfellow I actually really liked Elias Black, he's one of the guys that really brings it that home this huge station of a hundred odd jerks is an actual workplace. He's jumpy to his boss cause there's poo poo in the vents, he's an enthusiastic member of the local tabletop group and he's black mailing that chick in sales for stealing neural mods on a tip from his security buddy in sim lab  .
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May 8, 2017 18:20
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Question about the ending: why the gently caress are they operators and not people?
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May 8, 2017 18:27
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n4 posted:Question about the ending: why the gently caress are they operators and not people? This is entirely speculation but I assumed that it was meant to show that, despite it being a simulation those robots were also 'logged in' and acting out the roles of those people who maybe didn't exist in the real world, since all of them existed basically to test if you had empathy for living things or not. Of course this makes less sense given Alex, so maybe I'm entirely off base. 
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May 8, 2017 18:30
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Anyone know why my game is freezing sometimes when I or the game quicksaves? Also freezes up for a few seconds when a tutorial or something appears. It never crashes though. Just hangs for 20ish seconds and then continues on.
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May 8, 2017 18:34
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Is the increase PSi pool a human skill? Thinking about doing the Typhon only run but it's weird that would be under the human skills and not alien
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May 8, 2017 18:44
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Lakbay posted:Is the increase PSi pool a human skill? Thinking about doing the Typhon only run but it's weird that would be under the human skills and not alien It makes sense when you think about it, Humans naturally have psionic aptitude according to datalogs, we just couldn't do much with it without Typhon stuff.
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May 8, 2017 18:48
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Lakbay posted:Is the increase PSi pool a human skill? Thinking about doing the Typhon only run but it's weird that would be under the human skills and not alien I'm not sure but there is an easy way to tell, when you get access to the Typhon abilities, put a point into a psi upgrade and see if Alex gives his "see this is real power" speech.
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May 8, 2017 18:48
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Ibram Gaunt posted:It makes sense when you think about it, Humans naturally have psionic aptitude according to datalogs, we just couldn't do much with it without Typhon stuff. Also to give people doing a Human only run with Combat Focus a bone
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May 8, 2017 18:52
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The real struggle on Typhon only or No Neuromods is having default inventory space.
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May 8, 2017 18:59
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At least for Typhon psi hypos are tiny and super plentiful so you won't need room for as much gun ammo. For No Neuromods uhhh good luck
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May 8, 2017 19:02
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I imagine that a No Neuromods runs would probably try to skip as much combat as possible and just get the fastest possible ending.
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May 8, 2017 19:05
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n4 posted:Question about the ending: why the gently caress are they operators and not people? My theory: Everyone make a backup montly. January, February, ... December. In case you die, they can put your last backup in a robot. That give you some sort of immortality. I think everyone died, and Alex Yu is in some ugly station around earth, while earth is getting devoured alive by the aliens. You are a (he) backup plan to solve the mess, by building a way to make the aliens friendly. hehehe... Get it? You are a Backup plan. You are probably March inyected into a alien
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May 8, 2017 19:07
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Jack Trades posted:I imagine that a No Neuromods runs would probably try to skip as much combat as possible and just get the fastest possible ending. Yeah, someone already did a 45m speed run of the game so I'm sure you can skip a ton of stuff if you're just blazing through for achievements.
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May 8, 2017 19:09
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Skippy McPants posted:Yeah, someone already did a 45m speed run of the game so I'm sure you can skip a ton of stuff if you're just blazing through for achievements. A lot of that involved exploiting door glitches though so it wouldn't be so easy on a legit run To me the hardest part would probably be a lack of repair/hacking skills. All the combat stuff is nice but it sucks to be straight up locked out of a lot of places.
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May 8, 2017 19:10
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n4 posted:Question about the ending: why the gently caress are they operators and not people? Alex says the scenario was based on memories of real events, so presumably the originals died in the original incident. Presumably they got personality copies the same way Morgan did with January and December and they had to put those in the simulation so it would be as close to the real thing as possible.
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Tei posted:My theory: Everyone make a backup montly. January, February, ... December. In case you die, they can put your last backup in a robot. That give you some sort of immortality. I think everyone died, and Alex Yu is in some ugly station around earth, while earth is getting devoured alive by the aliens. You are a (he) backup plan to solve the mess, by building a way to make the aliens friendly. That's my guess too. And December is basically an "admission" that the plan from January didn't work!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvqaRRtx25c&t=524s [time stamp 8:44] Hope they release this (trauma/survival system) Hearing that Arx Fatalis' strcture was a major inspiration for Prey makes me want to finally give that game a chance.
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May 8, 2017 19:13
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Ending: since it's all a sim I wonder if save scumming is canon, or if they went through all this trouble making this monster and the hyper real simulation just to go "well, it died in five mins to a mimic. pack it up, we are all doomed"
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May 8, 2017 19:15
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Maaannn, I get why Alex's voice acting is more "just a normal guy, smarter than you but under extreme duress" than "evil scientist desperate to defend his work", but god I wish he didn't sound like he was about to fall asleep for half the game. edit: "I cut off access to Place You Want To Go... I know this isn't what you want but it is how it has to be... Sorry.... Morgan..... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Ending: since it's all a sim I wonder if save scumming is canon, or if they went through all this trouble making this monster and the hyper real simulation just to go "well, it died in five mins to a mimic. pack it up, we are all doomed" "Who is December?" spoilers One of the operators during the game over screen of that says "start it up again" so yes save scumming is canon
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May 8, 2017 19:17
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n4 posted:Question about the ending: why the gently caress are they operators and not people? So the game could allow you to murder all of them without it requiring a work-intensive alternate ending sequence.
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May 8, 2017 19:28
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I just got to the point of unlocking typhon mods. I guess these are like psi skills from SS2? I'm considering just ignoring them on this run and sticking to human only for the achievements, and do typhon next playthrough. Dumb idea?
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May 8, 2017 19:33
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Anti-Hero posted:I just got to the point of unlocking typhon mods. I guess these are like psi skills from SS2? You can do whatever you want 
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May 8, 2017 19:34
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By the way, that crazy OOB speedrun that was 44:06 yesterday... is now 19:34.
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The only dumb idea would be no neuromods on a first run unless you're some kind of masochist or savant
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CJacobs posted:By the way, that crazy OOB speedrun that was 44:06 yesterday... is now 19:34. I like that he skipped getting the suit so he runs through the thing in his underwear.
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You know it's a super minor thing in the grand scheme of things but I actually really enjoy how opening sequence (pre-getting knocked out by gas) IS actually in the neuromod division physically. It would have been easy for them to have it be a separate map and put you in the 'set' after you woke up. But they did infact make an entirely functional sim lab, and that's awesome.
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n4 posted:Question about the ending: why the gently caress are they operators and not people? From a gameplay perspective its because it builds on the existing multiple approach system that you've been using so far. You can kill them like regular enemies but the operator stations will constantly redeploy new ones unless you can block them off. You can try to hide from them like regular enemies but until you destroy your tracker they know where you are. Also its probably easier than making a whole new enemy type. You can also look at symbolism or whatever and how your use of the stations resources to survive has been subverted and turned into a weapon against you to make Dahl more of a threat.
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Ibram Gaunt posted:You know it's a super minor thing in the grand scheme of things but I actually really enjoy how opening sequence (pre-getting knocked out by gas) IS actually in the neuromod division physically. It would have been easy for them to have it be a separate map and put you in the 'set' after you woke up. But they did infact make an entirely functional sim lab, and that's awesome. it reminds me of the Clockwork Mansion in Dishonored 2--another level that not only shows you what is happening behind the scenes but also lets you completely "break" the level by Blinking into the guts of the walls and sneaking through most of it.
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I like that you can go through and finish the test that you got interrupted in the middle of (and get a cheevo for doing so  ).
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Pwnstar posted:From a gameplay perspective its because it builds on the existing multiple approach system that you've been using so far. You can kill them like regular enemies but the operator stations will constantly redeploy new ones unless you can block them off. You can try to hide from them like regular enemies but until you destroy your tracker they know where you are. Also its probably easier than making a whole new enemy type.
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n4 posted:Question about the ending: why the gently caress are they operators and not people? To completely obfuscate the status of everyone but Alex. If they're dead then it's a back up ala January, if alive then they're remote viewing the situation from another safe zone and only Alex is enough of a red blooded mad scientist to stand within arms reach of the creature rising from the slab.
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More opening stuff: I also found out you can escape via breaking the aquarium in the hallway rather than breaking the glass in your room. Neat.
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CJacobs posted:Maaannn, I get why Alex's voice acting is more "just a normal guy, smarter than you but under extreme duress" than "evil scientist desperate to defend his work", but god I wish he didn't sound like he was about to fall asleep for half the game. Oh man, I disagree. Maybe it's because I chose girl Morgan and the first thing he says to me is "you look good in that suit" which well and truly creeped me out. There's a lot of lines where he tries to sound all warm and brotherly but ends up just seeming deranged, I thought it was a great effect.
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an actual dog posted:Oh man, I disagree. Maybe it's because I chose girl Morgan and the first thing he says to me is "you look good in that suit" which well and truly creeped me out. There's a lot of lines where he tries to sound all warm and brotherly but ends up just seeming deranged, I thought it was a great effect. I- No, I think that's just you.
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