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Haha jesus I am comically bad at tailing people, and the pool of players it'll connect me to is apparently incredibly small so I keep getting the same players multiple times in a row. I bet it's really weird on their end that I keep basically running up and handing them notoriety points. Fun game though 
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Elendil004 posted:Is there a trick to disabling? My normal method of ieds and grenades won't work. Get way ahead of them and block up the road. Lay down some IEDs (in case you get an opportunity to blow something up without harming the target) and take cover. Shoot out the target's tires and it's a straight gunfight from there until there's nobody else left.
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May 30, 2014 04:36
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-Dethstryk- posted:Does anyone know what causes enemies to go hostile and start calling for backup? I think it might just be if they spot you directly, because I feel like I can hack and gently caress with them all day if I can get away with it unseen. Yeah it's only after they actually see you that they'll start taking cover, calling for backup, trying to escape, etc.
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May 30, 2014 20:16
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I'm about 80% sure you hear noises when tails connect/disconnect, but I haven't figured out what they are because everything everywhere seems to make its own beep boop noise.NESguerilla posted:I don't know why everyone is complaining about the gunplay and aiming when GTA 5 was the same if not more extreme because it literally aimed for you, and no one was complaining about that game. If I wanted in depth differences between guns I'd go play a shooter instead of a game like this. The only thing that seems really off balance wise is that the first gun you get is also the only silenced gun, so I just find myself using that 90% of the time since all the other guns alert enemies. I've actually found a couple more silenced guns, with even longer sniping range than the default pistol AND burst fire so I barely have to aim at all any more. Tempo 119 fucked around with this message at 20:59 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 30, 2014 20:57
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Most of the towers are just about walking around until you find a scissor lift, but the ones that are actually different are pretty awesome when you spot the clue. I'm thinking of the one on the train tracks, and the one on the docks in particular.
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May 30, 2014 21:44
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I do like that this game does something cool/dumb/broken every few minutes but it seems like 9 out of 10 times I press Share there's no video to save, and I don't know if it's the game's fault or the PS4's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83v3iWrpgvk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukd0CNJdIQ8
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May 31, 2014 06:02
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I enjoy the gang hideout missions a lot, they're just like the outposts in Far Cry 3. Convoys are pretty fun too when you work out how to do them. It's weird that there are no missions that work the other way around though, where you kill one guy and leave the rest alive. Seems like an obvious one.Lead Psychiatry posted:Yeesh the police AI in this is such monumental bullshit. I just tried doing a fixer mission where I steal a cop cruiser. Only I couldn't complete the thing since it never allowed me to escape the police for whatever stupid reason. I literally spent three minutes of this last attempt no less than four blocks away and out of view and it simply would not end the chase. It's not very clear in the game but chases have distinct phases, you won't be able to hide until the minimap turns gray. You have to keep driving in a direction and taking out cars until it lets you do stealth.
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May 31, 2014 06:57
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Skeleton King posted:haha i was totally right about this game Congrats bro, you nailed it
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Jun 1, 2014 18:31
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Someone tried to invade me while I was going for the heat level 5 trophy, I basically started a full-on war at the waterfront and a little purple circle just popped up on the map like "hey umm I'm here too". I hope they enjoyed the show, or at least the free notoriety points!
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Jun 2, 2014 02:32
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Does anyone know why all the driving AI sometimes gets flipped to "hacked lights, go crazy" mode, everywhere all at once? Not that I'm complaining, it's more fun like that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lopkx0EsDcg
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Jun 2, 2014 03:13
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I'm ok with tailing now, and I can usually defend myself from an invader, but I'm still yet to actually hack anyone. It's mostly because it's a massive idiot. I got pretty close tonight but they caught me after 90% and I chose a big-rear end truck for my getaway vehicle - too slow to evade but too heavy to get taken out, so we spent a good few minutes having the slowest, dumbest cross-city chase you ever saw. Eventually I hit a dead end and just got out and let him take it. I regret nothing.
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Jun 5, 2014 03:31
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Mycroft Holmes posted:How the gently caress do you evade police? I can't run from them, hiding in the car just lets them catch me, the context hacking sucks; what am I supposed to do? Literally just get in any car and drive in any direction. Raise bridges as you go over them, but don't hack anything else until it starts beeping and flashing because that means you're definitely going to stop someone with it. Most cars can outrun a helicopter, or you can duck under the train tracks/underground tunnels. Stopping and hiding doesn't work at all until they've lost you and you're in the stealth phase, but at that point it's much easier to drive out of the search radius anyway. I've never hidden since the introductory mission where you have to do it.
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Jun 7, 2014 16:16
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So if I'm in a story mission and a police scan starts, but there's no way to escape it because I'm "supposed" to get into a full chase and escape THAT, even though the outcome is essentially exactly the same, why bother with the scan at all? I just wasted a bunch of jam coms on a totally pointless exercise. Also there was another part of the mission where it told me to get away from something, but when I got in a car and drove off it told me to get back in the mission area. Why is the main quest in every open world Ubisoft game (if not every open world game) always total garbage?
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Jun 8, 2014 02:24
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I just finished a mission, and Jordi called to tell Aiden there was a bunch of fixers incoming. Aiden shrugged it off and immediately the "you are being invaded" notification popped up. With such perfect timing I thought it had to be another fake hack so I didn't take it seriously and just waited for the thing to shrink enough and show me where the NPC was. Turns out it was real and I lost a bunch of poo poo, and then I had to listen to the whole phone call from Jordi again because it got interrupted half a second from the end. gently caress everything.
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Jun 8, 2014 03:33
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bunnyofdoom posted:No offense, but that's loving hillarious. I know 
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Jun 8, 2014 03:55
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Every time I start the game I notice Aiden's logo on the loading screen is missing a line. Is the logo supposed to be a fox? Is that why he's called the fox? Edit: I wish you could put your sniper rifle and grenade launcher in different slots, I use both. Edit 2: I finally finished the story and I guess I didn't hate Act 5 as much as a lot of people, but I did think Act 4 was really really dumb and awful. Tempo 119 fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Jun 9, 2014 |
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Jun 9, 2014 02:13
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Moochewmoo posted:I've lost 4 invasions now because Aiden can't pull his stupid loving face out of cover. The cover system is so completely hosed when you try and move around it is what I hate most about this game. When I pull the stick away from cover that means get out. Don't put an invisible God drat wall so I cant move around corners with out have to tap a button. Ubisoft makes the splinter cell games right? So why the gently caress can't they use that stealth system instead of this poo poo show. You can unsnap from cover more reliably by pressing B/circle.
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Jun 10, 2014 02:08
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Ledenko posted:I think you're giving the story some weight that's not really there. In the intro, it's Damien who's pushing to see what's going on and sets off the events. Aiden keeps telling him to focus and wants to drop safely. Maybe you're just not giving the game enough credit? Aiden wanting to get out of a job safely has nothing to do with his character, that scene is more about Damien being greedy than anything. And when Jacks compares himself to a healer in a video game, then rebuffs Aiden's attempt to adopt that analogy to excuse the mass murder he just committed, that's another demonstration of Aiden not being as noble as he thinks he is.
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Jun 10, 2014 17:59
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Ledenko posted:That makes no sense, he wants to play it safe and that has no bearing on his character? If Damien listened the whole vendetta thing could have been avoided. And Jacks telling the guy that having something to fight for is neat in concept, but it's not a game (it totally is, how meta!) and people are actually dying doesn't seem to get through either. He wants to leave the Merlaut because he's in danger. A basic sense of self-preservation is not a notable character trait. If Damien had listened it all could have been avoided - Aiden agrees with this and that's obviously why he doesn't want anything to do with Damien any more. Aiden doesn't undergo any character growth and that's a big strike against the story as a whole, but we're not talking about whether the story's good or not, we're talking about the fairly stupid idea that the writers didn't know Aiden was a bad dude, even though every other character says it out loud at some point.
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Jun 10, 2014 18:33
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Rakthar posted:Realizing a job is going badly and trying to respond, instead of blindly ignoring the danger, is actually a sign of clear thinking under stress. In many heist stories / movies there's a 'reckless' character that acts rashly under danger, and a clear thinking character. In that scenario it sure seemed that Aiden had correctly identified they were in serious trouble and should have immediately aborted. Why would you interpret that as "Aiden is a coward that tried to save himself?" Well you're right about him being good under pressure, but I don't know what that has to do with the conversation at hand, or how you got the idea that I think he's a coward?
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Jun 10, 2014 23:13
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Pretty sure you're not affected by the hacking if you turn your profiler off, ie. get your face out of your phone and just look around. Also yeah, the creepy effect on the title screen and the memory scenes is what you get when you remove keyframes from videos, I thought it was a neat effect and a smart update to the old "snowy analogue static = fuzzy memory" trope that hasn't made sense in years. Tempo 119 fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Jun 21, 2014 |
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Jun 21, 2014 21:52
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If by "CTOS Hack boxes" you mean the Breach missions where you hunt for 4 random routers in awkward places on a time limit, I agree, gently caress those. The towers and bases were cool though, I wish there were more. Edit: maybe I'm just a pessimist but when I saw T-Bone's robot monster labyrinth I got this horrible sinking feeling that his DLC is just going to be some garbage tower defense thing. Tempo 119 fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Jun 22, 2014 |
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Jun 22, 2014 19:50
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J-Spot posted:Alright, what's the secret to getting completion on Sound Sneak? I'm stuck at 20/23 post credits and couldn't tell you the last time I hacked a song. Edit: oops didn't catch that Use the song sneak app in shops and newspaper stands, I don't know if there are any exclusive to that (as opposed to hacking them out of people) but that's where I got the last 2 or 3 after ages of nothing.
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Jun 23, 2014 00:34
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They put up some of the pre-order packs (1 mission each, plus outfits/guns/perks). You can download them from within the game, at least on PS4 (main menu -> additional content -> PS store). The ones I got don't match the description in this Eurogamer article. It's all a bit of a mess!
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The full set of 6 pre-order packs is up for download now, it's an extra couple hours gameplay for season pass holders but I wouldn't bother buying it outright tbh.Rakthar posted:Or it is in fact weird because the tone feels out of place for the context and you didn't pick up on it? It's hard to miss how oddly chummy and light-hearted their conversations are while she's being held hostage. That poster is probably just overreacting to the word "flirtatious" because there are people in this thread who think there is an actual literal incest angle to Aiden's relationship with his sister, which is dumb as hell and pure projection.
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Jul 2, 2014 21:59
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You could just post the actual script of the game and it would be funnier and take less time to read.
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Frkzd posted:I've REALLY wanted to play this game. It's been the only title I followed pre-release since FFXIV. Alas, I missed out on preorder collector's edition bundle because I couldn't afford it while it was available, and now have less interest due to (what I hear of) it's gameplay similarities to Assassin's Creed in terms of storyline objectives, side quests, exploration, etc. Besides, I'm getting ever more annoyed at having to pay subscription (internet) upon subscription (game/console) upon subscription (season pass), but I suppose I should just come to terms with the trend. It plays a little closer to Far Cry 3 than AC I think, but yeah that still means it's Ubisoft as all heck. The map's open from the start though, and you mainly deal with pursuers by blowing them up.
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Zachack posted:But then again I think the "Ubisoft Game" complaints tend to be really stupid and more for attention than quality so take that as you will. It's not necessarily a complaint to say Ubisoft open world games share a lot of common elements. It's entirely up to you whether that adds or subtracts appeal.
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Dial A For Awesome posted:Who could be the mysterious hacker in a rodent mask? Oh wait, it's the DJ at Chicago's most famous nightclub who wears the same mask when performing and who drives around in a car with the mask symbol flashing in the back window. I love that whole subplot, it's beyond ridiculous. You walk into the club and he's literally centre-stage right in front of you, but Aiden's like "he could be anyone, I'd better hack a camera or something".
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Jul 19, 2014 17:13
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The upgraded profiler skips people with small bank accounts. If you're going to find a song it'll be on someone who is highlighted.
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Aug 9, 2014 20:14
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Does aborting a hack/tail count as a disconnection?
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Aug 22, 2014 22:54
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haveblue posted:If the guy is not "aware" of you you are not penalized for quitting. I was never 100% sure on what "aware" means. Certainly if you have profiled him it counts, but there seem to be other ways (I invaded into a trap once, hosed around a bit triggering hackable objects, and was penalized for quitting even though I never profiled him or got spotted). It's those times I'm worried about - where the jig is up and it's a loss if you leave, but you've not been warned. It's no big deal to take the loss and lose a few points, but are you now also doomed to an eternity of pairing with people who pull the cord on your hack if you're not dead by 90%? Or is there a technical distinction between "disconnecting" and "quitting"?
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Just powered through Bad Blood in one sitting. It doesn't do a whole lot differently from the main game, the story's still totally hokey and incoherent on the whole, but just having a protagonist who is vaguely likeable helps a ton. There are some great little moments between characters, and the end credits scene is actually adorable. Hopefully the bit in the last mission where they talk about staying in Chicago and teaming up with Aiden Pearce isn't a teaser for the sequel because holy poo poo nobody wants that. Edit: spent some time with the side content today. The procedurally-generated "street sweep" missions are neat, especially in co-op. You can kind of destroy them all with the RC car though, since the stun gun doesn't count as a kill or a weapon use, and the AI is largely oblivious to it. I didn't mind the driving missions in the main game but some of the new ones are just atrocious. loving escort missions, of all things. Tempo 119 fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Sep 29, 2014 |
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I found it worth at least keeping your reputation out of the red, so you don't get those random news reports that obscure half the screen and put everyone on alert.Croccers posted:How's the T-Bone DLC for it? Is it mostly Autistic Batman 1.5? Steam has it for 7.50 for a few more hours. I had a decent enough time with the base game. The DLC is kind of like AC4 Freedom Cry or Infamous First Light, where the open world is a little bit remixed and you essentially go through the whole progression of the game again in a shorter time. Unlike Freedom Cry, the scale of the world isn't reduced - you have the full map to run around in, a new full set of side activities to do (though unfortunately some of the mission types got swapped out for shittier ones), and even the multiplayer is intact (plus a new co-op mode). The story is still all hokey and disjointed but it's much easier to swallow with a protagonist who isn't a massive dildo. Overall I think it's a cool DLC, maybe too similar to the normal game to play them back to back, but great if you've had some time away and want to dip in again.
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