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Pretty sure I've asked before but I can't be assed to look If I grabbed Revelations 2 for the Switch I have to replay the story I don't care about to get Raid mode correct?
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Morpheus posted:So I didn't realize a trailer for the System Shock remake came out: OG SS was very much an FPS infested with hitscan enemies so if it's as blandly 1:1 as it's been looking thus far I'd set my expectations low. SS1 was not much like modern immersive sims, you'd really have to look to Ultima Underworld for that. SS1 was non-linear and encouraged exploration but you spent a ton of time murking respawnig enemies.
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To be fair SS2 also had constantly respawning enemies and I'd argue the only reason it ended up the way it did is because the limitations of 3D at the time meant they could only render like 2-3 enemies max so the resulting game is a lot slower paced. SS1 is a lot more combat heavy but it's also a lot more focused on navigation and secrets.
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Jun 19, 2022 15:15
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Len posted:Pretty sure I've asked before but I can't be assed to look Yeah you have to beat the game once to get raid mode.
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:OG SS was very much an FPS infested with hitscan enemies so if it's as blandly 1:1 as it's been looking thus far I'd set my expectations low. The only level I remember being a pain in the arse with respawning enemies was the maintenance level, and that was mostly because it was those invisible fucks and it took a while to get through the whole flood.
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Hopefully they avoid both old game and modern game trends of your weapons only really taking off once you reach optimal capability or against something specifically weak to them. Which came to mind when I replayed SS2 last year. Before replaying SS2: "The shotgun was overpowered. It kills mutants good in the lategame." During replaying SS2: "Ugh, I can't even one shot a monkey or stationary egg with the shotgun yet. I still need to finish upgrading the shotgun and maybe also get the OS upgrade for damage." After replaying SS2: "The shotgun killed mutants good in the lategame, shotgun was overpowered-wait a minute..." Stuff like that is why these days I sigh when I hear people complain about things like the plasma cutter in dead space, because listening to that is how you try to use the flamethrower for variety and are poo poo out of luck when they put you in a "Flamethrower don't work in outer space, idiot!" segment, go back to the Plasma cutter that actually works, and are treated like you and the plasma cutter are the problem when you stick with it from there. Which leads back to thinking about System Shock 2 "Pistols are overpowered!", and then throwing my EMP rifle onto the floor in frustration to just dual wield the bullets pistol and the laser pistol.
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Jun 19, 2022 15:59
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joylessdivision posted:Yeah you have to beat the game once to get raid mode. Is this a switch only thing? I never beat the story mode of Rev2 and just jumped right in to Raid mode on PC. There are some characters locked behind beating the story but that's all I saw
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Evil Kit posted:Is this a switch only thing? I never beat the story mode of Rev2 and just jumped right in to Raid mode on PC. There are some characters locked behind beating the story but that's all I saw its unlocked from the getgo in 2, the first needs the story to be beaten, i havent finished the story and have hundreds of hours in raid mode on my switch
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I can't believe Routine is coming back. I really hope they keep the super low refresh rate on the multitool nightvision module because that seemed like one of the most pant making GBS threads game mechanics I've ever seen. Also apparently Mick Gordon is involved so that's great.
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7c Nickel posted:I can't believe Routine is coming back. First I've heard of Routine. There's an 8 year old gameplay trailer on YouTube, was it in dev hell or something?
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WattsvilleBlues posted:First I've heard of Routine. There's an 8 year old gameplay trailer on YouTube, was it in dev hell or something? nobody knows, they released some teaser stuff and then nothing there is a pretty fun little mini rant where they accuse alien isolation of ripping them off though
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Jun 19, 2022 22:27
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Len posted:nobody knows, they released some teaser stuff and then nothing Alien: Isolation that shipped the same year as their trailer? Pah. Great game that, one of my all time favourites.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Alien: Isolation that shipped the same year as their trailer? Pah. Great game that, one of my all time favourites. Yes that one, if you search back through the thread you'll see the rant referenced but I don't see a link
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Alien rip-off board game Nemesis is getting an Alien Isolation rip off video game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHm8uDv0vs4
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The_Doctor posted:Alien rip-off board game Nemesis is getting an Alien Isolation rip off video game! I played that game once. I was a man in a wheelchair and I ended up with multiple aliens in me and then died The game continued without me for another two hours Long boardgames should not have player elimination
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I remember SU&SD saying that was a huge problem with the board game.
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It’s a difficult problem to solve for horror board games but ideally they should take a page out of Among Us and have you play a ghost with limited actions or pull a Thing and make you a minor badguy. I still think Betrayal does it best where the horror event is the big climax at the end instead of being the whole game like the Arkham titles. al-azad fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Jun 19, 2022 |
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A guy at my local parlor brought Cthulhu Death May Die in recently after hyping it up as one of the best Cthulhu games It was okay I guess, not the worst I've played at least, but the fact I got to be actual Rasputin was pretty rad. And I just punched Hastur to death because as it turns out he's real weak to being punched
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The_Doctor posted:Alien rip-off board game Nemesis is getting an Alien Isolation rip off video game! Ugh looks like they're bringing the murder objectives, by far the worst part about nemesis, into the game. Could really be a fun multiplayer survive-the-aliens kinda game but nope
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Len posted:A guy at my local parlor brought Cthulhu Death May Die in recently after hyping it up as one of the best Cthulhu games Everybody's all "oh these eldritch horrors, you know guns do nothing" and it never occurs to than to just give Hastur a smack in the face.
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The great old ones are all wimpy nerds, the whole reason they look all mind-boggly is to keep you from getting close enough to hit them with something.
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It's like that one Buffy episode with the demon who was said to be totally impervious to all weapons but they figured out that those accounts were written a thousand years ago when all weapons were just variations of metal on stick so they killed him easily with a bazooka.
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Captain Hygiene posted:The great old ones are all wimpy nerds, the whole reason they look all mind-boggly is to keep you from getting close enough to hit them with something. Cthulhu is canonically weak to being hit by a boat "Stars weren't right" my rear end, dude ran away like a coward
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Len posted:Cthulhu is canonically weak to being hit by a boat We are like ants to the Old Ones. Specifically in the sense that if ants got together, built a battering ram, and used it to plow into your shins then you'd probably be getting the hell out of dodge even it it didn't hurt because those ants are too smart.
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I have run away and frantically yanked my pants off when ants crawled up in there and bit me on the butt, so I would say that's not unreasonable
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Cthulhu got stung by a bee and smacked the snooze button, he ain’t got time for that poo poo.
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He was beaten by a two masted schooner from the 20s Imagine what hitting him with a modern boat could do, get reckt scrublord
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'I'm going back to sleep, but only because I want too. Also I totally could have kicked your rear end if i felt like it, which I don't... '
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Len posted:He was beaten by a two masted schooner from the 20s thunder child vs cthulhu
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Evil Kit posted:Here, have a video. Spoiler'd of course, for those who are arachonobic. Spider tech is getting pretty advanced. Now i just need a spider-patting game
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Hell it's 2022, can he even be scarier than modern day internet?
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the stars were right for taking x4 Boat Damage
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I take more psychic damage going through my timeline than any Lovecraftian mythos. Maybe eldritch horror was humanity all along.
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7c Nickel posted:I can't believe Routine is coming back. It's pretty amazing but also i definitely won't believe it until i have it and am playing it
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Improbable Lobster posted:It's pretty amazing but also i definitely won't believe it until i have it and am playing it Here's your first post in this thread, from 8 years ago. Improbable Lobster posted:Man, I hope Routine isn't far off. I want my space floppies.
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Morpheus posted:So I didn't realize a trailer for the System Shock remake came out: This looks great, god drat. WattsvilleBlues posted:First I've heard of Routine. There's an 8 year old gameplay trailer on YouTube, was it in dev hell or something? They basically found that their game wasn't that fun, had to restart but didn't have any funding anymore so the project was shelved.
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Proper modern day Mythos horror would be easy by basing the long term plot around the concept of ‘humanity is on the verge of creating its own Great One and becoming a Servitor Race’ and it turns out the stars going right and all the other old ones waking up is actually to bear witness to the event and celebrate it
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Related to the current topic https://twitter.com/WeirdMedieval/status/1538834599337463808?t=OrFcW73L1r3g6q_uexGVyQ&s=19 I'm not a theologian but I think a punch from Virgin Mary might have some powers normal people's punches don't have vis a vis pummeling the Devil. FreudianSlippers fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Jun 21, 2022 |
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He’s going to explode like it’s Fist of the North Star preach the heresy of Mary’s insane power levels
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sigher posted:This looks great, god drat. Ah cheers, fingers crossed for this one then. I still have tears that we'll never see an Alien Isolation sequel. That game was a masterpiece. Apparently the average playtime to complete is 16 hours. According to Steam, it took me 28 hours, basically meaning I spent 12 hours hiding, which checks out. One of the most incredible horror experiences I've had in any media.
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