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harry_theone
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 19:13 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 19:14 Post subject: |
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vurt
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 19:26 Post subject: |
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great, waiting for upload....
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 19:53 Post subject: |
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GOG version is on rustorka. 
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shadak
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 20:26 Post subject: |
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I wonder if it has the day1 patch
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 21:00 Post subject: |
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the pc version released with the latest build, the patch was for the console disc versions.
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 21:39 Post subject: |
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Wow that intro was really bad 
Empty again 
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JBeckman
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 21:45 Post subject: |
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So so far I started out, explored and ran into that-one-person that guides you to the first settlement and lets you run through some easier quest chain for XP and tutorial on how things work.
Got through that and into the first city which happens to be the Berserker stronghold.
Thus far it really plays like a refined version of Risen so for anyone who's played those games this should be immediately familiar, as goes for anyone who's played the earlier Gothic games.
A few differences are that NPC's will "tell" you that they are angered by your decisions or respect you or how choices will affect the story, this is basically a little text notification on any major changes your choices have wrought about but I found it useful though this seems like it can be disabled from the gameplay menu too in order to increase immersion and just try to read NPC's and how they talk and react to what you say. (Animations, aren't exactly the best for trying to do this though but the dialogue is pretty clear on how characters feel.)
On the downside the combat is pretty rough with focus on combo and special attacks to really do damage in between "filler" light attacks to build said combo bar, early on just as with their past games everything can kill you and very quickly at that, saving often is recommended because you will run into problems even in the earlier areas of the game, also there's a ton of loot items and stuff to craft but as usual don't expect to run across powerful weapons and especially more powerful armor just like that, has to be earned from the factions from how things appear so far and you can't strip dead motherfuckers of anything but smaller loot from what I have tested so far, guessing mission critical NPC are also immortal even if you ground stab them after beating them into unconsciousness.
Oh and dialogue choices can disappear completely depending on what you select, talking to named NPC's might be a bit difficult when you have something that appears as a statement and then the choice below appears as a question so you select a question and then the statement option is gone. Guessing there's a lot of quests and ways to accomplish these but it seems very easy to miss out on things though this has been true for some of the past Piranha Bytes games too but it's something to keep in mind.
You also get a lot of skill points from leveling up but you need very high stats to learn actual skill and the trainers will charge a lot of money for it too so getting leveled up is a bit slow on it's own but learning skills is probably going to be even slower and I am pretty sure there's faction specific skills too and not just in the way they use Elex or what sort of armors and weapons they prefer though that factors into things too.
And the DOF effect is way too strong and blurs everything around the player character, I'd recommend disabling that, INI file is fully editable too but I only upped shadow resolution a little bit so far, will spend more time going through it later on as it looks very similar to how you could tweak the Gothic and Risen games but there's some new options here to have fun with.
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 21:55 Post subject: |
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the intro movie was indeed bad but the first 10-15 minutes definitely have PB feeling
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 21:58 Post subject: |
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@JBeckman
| Quote: | | you can't strip dead motherfuckers of anything but smaller loot |
I've always thought that it's pretty ridiculous...You kill a dude wearing armor and stuff and you can't take it off...It's just wrong. The solution is to make proper,really powerful armor and weapons available 1) via quests and improving your rank in a guild\clan you've joined 2) and via killing really tough bosses , and let us loot junk armor from ordinary dudes for sale or dismantling them into crafting pieces
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shadak
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 21:59 Post subject: |
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Definitely feels like a classic PB game. I like the "feeling" I guess but it feels a bit too clunky for todays standard tbh.
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 22:04 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | you can't strip dead motherfuckers of anything but smaller loot |
I'm giving this one a wide berth, then. This is the single most annyoing "feature" ever in an RPG.
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Keit
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 22:05 Post subject: |
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The bloom is blinding when you're inside buildings looking out lol.
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JBeckman
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 22:23 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Oct 2017 23:47 Post subject: |
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Wow, I am so happy! Thanks men for this sexy game!
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| Posted: Wed, 18th Oct 2017 00:33 Post subject: |
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If you understand it, you should get the german version. The voices are alot better than the english one. PB games are the only ones i actually play in german. Usually i hate the german dubs.
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vurt
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Famou
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| Posted: Wed, 18th Oct 2017 01:33 Post subject: |
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Why can't they hire some ppl to make the combat decent. This is worse than games from 1996.
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Nodrim
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| Posted: Wed, 18th Oct 2017 09:20 Post subject: |
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I loke it a lot so far. It's the technically dated and junky experience I was expecting, but filled with PB goodness. There are a few things that annoy me, like the fact that the game kinda forces you to go to berserkers first and that double tapping for dodge can't be disabled.
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| Posted: Wed, 18th Oct 2017 09:22 Post subject: |
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| Nodrim wrote: | | double tapping for dodge can't be disabled. |
ugh this is a deal breaker for me, double tapping should only be used in 2d fighters/ sidescrollers, fuck that in a 3d game.
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| Posted: Wed, 18th Oct 2017 09:31 Post subject: |
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I managed to stomach Risen 2 for quite a bit, but this clunky mess is just too much. Staying old-school just for old-school's sake doesn't really serve much purpose. So many games have nailed third person combat far better in the time since PB's glory days...yet they insist on retaining these clunky ass combat models. Is it because they want to appeal to their fans, or do they just not know how to implement it better?
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| Posted: Wed, 18th Oct 2017 10:22 Post subject: |
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@Nodrim | Quote: | | double tapping for dodge can't be disabled. |
I suppose one could use autohotkey to turn this shitty double tapping into pressing just one button to make our character dodge..
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shadak
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| Posted: Wed, 18th Oct 2017 10:26 Post subject: |
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I think i dodged accidentally about 20 times in 10 minutes...
Combat was fine in Gothic days but this is too much, especially with the weird ass camera movement.
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tonizito
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| Posted: Wed, 18th Oct 2017 10:44 Post subject: |
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Yeah... think I'll wait until they patch all the bullshit out and add some toggleable options (re: that double tapping dodge BS, WTF?) before trying this one out.
...always the same unfinished shit, FFS 
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harry_theone
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