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Mordja posted:What were those notes? The first game had its problems, but it really captured the feeling of being a 1-tonne wrecking ball and I'm sad there won't be another. Basically Titus gets blackmailed by the Inquisition, but he escapes, goes on a rampage of righteous fury against the corrupt, and eventually establishes an Ultramarines successor chapter.
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jizzy sillage posted:Firewarrior had the best bolters in any game, full stop. I think Fire Warrior and Chaos Gate are among the few games that nailed the sound and impact of bolters. Most other games sort of just alter them to be more like machine guns. It's just a shame Fire Warrior wasn't better.
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I like the voice actor for serious old table guy, he had gravitas
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Firewarrior was the last fps I ever played that had red/blue/yellow key level design. It did not give me a good impression.
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Apr 14, 2019 21:21
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Doc Hawkins posted:Firewarrior was the last fps I ever played that had red/blue/yellow key level design. You should play Doom, new or old, both are good.
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OwlFancier posted:You should play Doom, new or old, both are good. I have played old Doom. Hence my familiarity with needing the blue key. It's a very uninteresting objective, and quite jarring in a game trying to give you an impression of an immense baroque black metal universe. It's mostly fine in Doom, because, hey, run around and shoot the demons, who cares, it's just a cool game. I felt the same way in quake, but then thought it was jarring in quake 2. Does new Doom actually do the colored keys thing? Does new Wolfenstein do it? I'm concerned now.
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New Doom has colored keys, but there's usually some narrative around them, like you find the dead scientist who had the yellow keycard in order to get through the locked door in the science lab. Most levels don't have keys.
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Max Wilco posted:I think Fire Warrior and Chaos Gate are among the few games that nailed the sound and impact of bolters. Most other games sort of just alter them to be more like machine guns. Everybody I've met that played Fire Warrior said that it wasn't bad but it wasn't really all that good either. It just kind of exists. The concept was neat and I never got to play it but hearing that it's like...should I?
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Everybody I've met that played Fire Warrior said that it wasn't bad but it wasn't really all that good either. It just kind of exists. The concept was neat and I never got to play it but hearing that it's like...should I? I didn't play it myself, but Mandalore Gaming did a video on the game, which is worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDh_aoyZT38 It seems like it manages to capture certain aspects of the setting pretty well (some the various weapons, as well as the level design in certain areas), but the overall package is under-par.
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Doc Hawkins posted:I have played old Doom. Hence my familiarity with needing the blue key. It's a very uninteresting objective, and quite jarring in a game trying to give you an impression of an immense baroque black metal universe. It's mostly fine in Doom, because, hey, run around and shoot the demons, who cares, it's just a cool game. I felt the same way in quake, but then thought it was jarring in quake 2. Bongo Bill posted:New Doom has colored keys, but there's usually some narrative around them, like you find the dead scientist who had the yellow keycard in order to get through the locked door in the science lab. Most levels don't have keys. Yeah it's basically just a way to get you to go back through areas to get the key through the door, generally with a new encounter. Good way to make use of the same geometry to extend the gameplay. While being more consistent than "you need to press this specific switch to open this specific door". If you see a blue door you know you need a blue key, and you can remember to go back to the blue door once you have the blue key.
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It's a clever way to give structure to open-style level design if you don't have the time or technical capability for real scripting. OG Doom tended towards very open levels and without keycards and such, there would've been a decent chance of you just running past the majority of the level and stumbling into the exit by pure chance. Locked doors give you a reason to actually go everywhere in a particular order. That said, it doesn't really belong in any game made after the year 2000.
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You can have locked doors, backtracking, etc. Literal arbitrary color-coded keys/cards is super game-y. Not even necessarily bad, but clearly it undercuts the impression of a story or fictional space, unless you're making a Paranoia fps, then I'd be on board a million percent.Cardiovorax posted:That said, it doesn't really belong in any game made after the year 2000. You edited in this part so I'll edit in my empty-quote of it.
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 I'm pretty sure that was there all along, but I guess it's not like it matters.
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DUSK came out in 2018, has coloured keys and thank god for DUSK. 
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[Mod] I replaced all colored key cards with numbered ones.
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It's not a mod but I think it's funny. https://twitter.com/XCOM/status/1116793107713069056
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RareAcumen posted:It's not a mod but I think it's funny. https://twitter.com/pleaserespond47/status/1116800729732255751
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That's peak or near peak smug internet gamer there.
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Apr 15, 2019 01:32
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It’s sad how many people don’t get the joke
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CharlestheHammer posted:It’s sad how many people don’t get the joke Voice actors (Cam Clarke and David Hayter's Taco Bell skit) and companies being free to jump in on jokes is like the only good thing about the games industry.
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To be fair, XCOM's tendency to make you miss shots at point-blank range is pretty aggravating. I say this having bought both new XCOMs, but not having played them yet. I just know about the issue from things I've seen online: 
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Max Wilco posted:To be fair, XCOM's tendency to make you miss shots at point-blank range is pretty aggravating. That's fair, and usually what a lot of people think of, but the opposite is true as well. When the mission has gone south, and your squad is down aside from one wounded soldier, and Advent only needs one more civilian killed to wipe out the resistance, so you line up that 10% shot on the last Advent soldier, say a quick Hail Mary, and instantly blow that Officer's head off with a solid crit, saving a bleeding out XCOM soldier and the entire resistance cell in that region, too
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Danaru posted:That's fair, and usually what a lot of people think of, but the opposite is true as well. 
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RareAcumen posted:It's not a mod but I think it's funny. I didn't realize the Honest Trailers voice did XCOM work.
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Arcsquad12 posted:I didn't realize the Honest Trailers voice did XCOM work. It's so satisfying to hear him. "I had... high expectations, Commander... and yet... you exceeded them." 
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Arcsquad12 posted:I didn't realize the Honest Trailers voice did XCOM work. Oh, his "Greetings, Commander" sends chills down my spine every time I hear it.
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Arcsquad12 posted:I didn't realize the Honest Trailers voice did XCOM work. Hey, that guy sounds pretty cool! (The original was taken down I guess.)
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https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/66726 This seems pretty promising! quote:You've all most likely heard of mods such as CAGE and Continue After Ending by McLion. Whilst these mods are great, and allow you to continue after you conclude the battle of Hoover Dam, that's all they do. The world doesn't change; the Dam battle still takes place as if nothing changed, if you help the Legion, they never take over New Vegas and NCR troopers are still around and act as if they haven't lost yet, and if Goodsprings was taken over by the NCR, this isn't represented at all.
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I know this is pretty tame as far as bad mods go, but
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Is this literally a shopped photo of a Jaheira cosplayer? Because it looks like it is. Oh god, I'm still laughing.
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Finally, our many years of asking have paid off and we've got our Matrix game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGd3kl7LRVI
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Apr 20, 2019 22:13
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Oh that’s been around for over a decade now
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Replayed Max Payne 2 with the Payne Effects mod, game's still fun as hell. Also replayed MP1 before that, def not as good from a gameplay standpoint, possibly better from an atmosphere one? I dunno, I dug all the modern-day ragnarok poo poo.
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RareAcumen posted:Finally, our many years of asking have paid off and we've got our Matrix game! The best part of this is that Bravura has mirror shades too.
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Have you ever wished Half Life 2 played more like Titanfall 2? https://www.moddb.com/mods/mobility-mod-for-half-life-2/videos
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Mordja posted:Have you ever wished Half Life 2 played more like Titanfall 2? I have NOW, thank you very much for the link. Now all we need is a campaign that's 10 times harder so I don't just steamroll the base one. But I'm sure the internet has that covered too.
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