I think you got your quotes mixed, as I did not say that (the first quote of me), lol.
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Shadow Warrior 2 |OT| A ninja knows no fear
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I think you got your quotes mixed, as I did not say that (the first quote of me), lol.
Dictator93
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Some of the guns and gun upgrades in this game are NUTS.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
DF's look at the game's fairly impressive graphics engine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0TXZaxisbU
Courtesy of Dark10x.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0TXZaxisbU
Courtesy of Dark10x.
Just finished. Absurdly fun game, really loved it. About to begin New Game+, although I'm pretty miffed 'cos I didn't get to pick up all the loot for beating the final boss. Activated a cutscene that I didn't know wouldn't let me go back. So yeah, that fucking sucks.
EDIT: Oh hey, you can load backup saves.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
EDIT: Oh hey, you can load backup saves.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
Then go play something else. We knew about this new direction for months. It's really a shame people like you can't enjoy old school and modern shooters alike, but keep bitching.
Idk, haven't followed this one before it came out, so maybe not, but I know they did with the last one. Thought they would just build on that, instead of adding that other stuff.
Finding around with menus isn't such a good idea for a fast paced shooter though.
I mean, this is the very definition of "building off" of the previous game.
I guess if you like that kind of stuff. I was never into the lewt whoring games much, as it's so unsatisfying getting new weapons/items when upgrades are so constant, dull and minor.
Is this any different in regards to this aspect ?
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Deleted member 325805
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After finishing the second game then playing some of the first I definitely miss a lot of the features and QoL changes they made, I'm not sure why they would garner any hate, improvements all around IMO.
I like the game, but it's nowhere near as good as SW13 for me. The most jarring problem I come across is confusion in the narrative. The
makes this glaringly obvious. When I reported back to the quest giver, I gave him information that I'm pretty sure I didn't obtain during the mission or cutscenes.
Edit: Also Kamiko's model and animations could have used a lot more polish.
paparazzi side-mission
Edit: Also Kamiko's model and animations could have used a lot more polish.
The general stat upgrades, no, but the weapons / abilities are all pretty substantially different. It's not "I got shotgun+1" generally it's "I got an automatic shotgun" type for weapons so you're more or less constantly getting a new toy to play with that feels different, unlike most other loot games.
Each gun I've gotten so far all feel radically different from each other. Its not like Borderlands where its a different gun as in "this one has 2 more damage than the last one." All of them are different models with a unique reload animation and feel. The only part that fits the Borderlands description is the gems.
Coriolanus
Banned
Yarp. Finished sw1 today. Only area where it is better than the sequel is the story.
Each weapon has some thought put into their aesthetic and function. It's more like Dark Souls loot rather than Borderland's mountain of randomly generated guns that mostly look the same.
Pretty much, they did consciously advertise 70+ guns, rather than "INFINITE".
I kind of prefer it that way, where the guns have more of an identity, don't become dramatically outdated, and you just slot in stuff to keep them improving. I've been more encouraged to use new weapons, but also go back to old ones more than most loot-based games.
mcz117chief
Member
Yeah I love that too. I hated how I had to shuffle through my guns constantly in Borderlands (which is why I dropped the game a couple of hours in) but here there is no need to unless you want to. You can easily play 4 or 5 missions before upgrading your arsenal. For example I made it through the game often using only the Devolver, Wang's Touch smg and the golden sword, the ones you get at the very beginning and I had no trouble.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
This is a big point for me. Loving how mostly different the weapons are in terms of handling and looks. But even once I have all weapons I'll definitely go back to old ones and try them with different upgrade setups to make them fun and viable.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Free post-release content incoming.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/10/21/shadow-warrior-2-free-post-launch-content/
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/10/21/shadow-warrior-2-free-post-launch-content/
mcz117chief
Member
Oh nice, that is very nice! I really need extra story missions because the ending we have now is straight up garbage. Deus Ex machina with an abrupt nonsensical ending ala original Mass Effect 3 ending but worse.
Patch Notes: http://steamcommunity.com/app/324800/discussions/0/333656722971757395/
Welp my whole build just got wrecked.
Welp my whole build just got wrecked.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Sounds great.
I'm not really liking these balance changes.
They double dipped on nerfing Arm of Orochi on a knee-jerk reaction to the casual crowd by both decreasing the base DPS significantly (It does only 33% damage per Force Slash instead of the 100%) as well as significantly increasing health on monsters in the new difficulty tiers AS WELL AS giving a majority of those same monsters physical resist/immune, meaning you do shit all with the sword now.
There's also the case where I'm level 69, yet I can only have a handful of skills to put points into, and by the time I reach the "max" level (96, because exp caps out at 999999 or whatever) I still won't have enough to max out all the skills.
Enemies are now more resistant than ever in difficulties above Hard, fulfilling the wrongful complaints that enemies were bullet-sponges by making them actually bullet-sponges now.
They also haven't fixed the bug where if you dash into a ledge you can get sucked into the rock and get stuck there, nor have they fixed the bug with the cutscene where you obtain the Blade of Exile, where if you're holding a button when the cutscene triggers, you won't be able to skip it.
They double dipped on nerfing Arm of Orochi on a knee-jerk reaction to the casual crowd by both decreasing the base DPS significantly (It does only 33% damage per Force Slash instead of the 100%) as well as significantly increasing health on monsters in the new difficulty tiers AS WELL AS giving a majority of those same monsters physical resist/immune, meaning you do shit all with the sword now.
There's also the case where I'm level 69, yet I can only have a handful of skills to put points into, and by the time I reach the "max" level (96, because exp caps out at 999999 or whatever) I still won't have enough to max out all the skills.
Enemies are now more resistant than ever in difficulties above Hard, fulfilling the wrongful complaints that enemies were bullet-sponges by making them actually bullet-sponges now.
They also haven't fixed the bug where if you dash into a ledge you can get sucked into the rock and get stuck there, nor have they fixed the bug with the cutscene where you obtain the Blade of Exile, where if you're holding a button when the cutscene triggers, you won't be able to skip it.
mcz117chief
Member
Mate, either I read it wrong or you are but auras are not immunities but rather elemental effects like fire and such, right? Also, the thing about fixing the "walkmesh", doesn't that solve the issues with being stuck in geometry?
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
Very nice, can't wait for the new missions and this "challenge mode", whatever that may be.
RelentlessRolento
Member
Man I wanna play this but gotta wait for console release. Had zero interest until I saw the GB quick look.
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
This one is worth highlighting too :
Meaning most if not all of your skill points get dumped back into your pocket and you have to reassign all of that shit. I am on NG+ and have almost 70 ffs, and I can't remember what I invested into what. I love this game but this really pisses me off.
There certainly are monsters immune to physical and/or elemental damage. This was also true pre-patch.
And no, it doesn't solve the issue because it happened to me during a test run with the patch.
https://www.twitch.tv/beardyduck/v/96364562
Laurentius
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Deleted member 325805
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I had some performance issues during my first run through where I'd drop into the 40s for no reason that I could tell, most of the time it was buttery 60+, it felt like it was something to do with asset loading possibly so if anyone notices any performance improvements with the patch please let us know.
Laurentius
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mcz117chief
Member
That is not what I meant, I meant the fact that these immunities are not called auras, auras are only elemental.
Intheflorsh
Banned
I definitely saw some rain in several missions before the patch, sounds like you were just unlucky with the random level generator.
holy crap i totally missed that all skill points were reset. talk about a rude awakening when i loaded it up this morning. if this were any other game i'd have rage quit and probably uninstalled it
in the end it wasn't a huge deal but that was quite the buzzkill after looking forward to kicking back and playing all week
in the end it wasn't a huge deal but that was quite the buzzkill after looking forward to kicking back and playing all week
can you not play the side quests after you finish the main line ?
guess ill restart on insane difficulty .. game was short the side quests should have been mandatory
Overall probably the best game of 2016. Bulletstorm meets Borderlands meets Doom. PC Gaming at its finest.
surprised how many weapons there are when the game is so short
guess ill restart on insane difficulty .. game was short the side quests should have been mandatory
Overall probably the best game of 2016. Bulletstorm meets Borderlands meets Doom. PC Gaming at its finest.
surprised how many weapons there are when the game is so short
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not gonna lie i didnt read a line of dialogue throughout the whole game D:
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
After this patch on harder difficulty levels the game became somewhat harder than before, but after just 1 mission it's cakewalk for me now on Hard. I mean there's still damage sponge mops (the ones with the shield icon) here and there, but other than that... very it's easy.
Blade of Exile is a fucking beast. I've added ice damage to it with huge freeze effect, vulnerability to chill and this sword destroys absolutely everything that doesn't have ice immunity or huge resistance to ice. This and Saw Blade is the best swords in the game so far and I've almost completed my first playthrough.
The levels now is extremely similar to one another and I'm starting to think that there's 4 or 5 unique levels in this game at best, which is a shame cuz... well, it's still a lot of fun to rip and tear, but not fun at all to do this on the same levels over and over again.
You reference DOOM, but half of that game's levels were practically interchangeable and looked nearly identical.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
I've zero complaints about DOOM's levels - DOOM has 100% unique levels even though they look similar but only in terms of art-direction and overall architecture and you can't build anything and make absolutely every aspect look unique in terms of art-direction and architecture, but you can make levels unique in terms of design, object placement, paths and little things here and there to make every levels look distinct from others - hangar, foundry, plant, lab, living quarters, administrative building etc. and DOOM has exactly that, every level has appropriate look based on structure's practical purpose. In Shadow Warrior 2 on the other hand I'm seeing the same levels over and over again with the exact same design, object placement, starting points, paths etc. DOOM is perfect to me with the exception of Rune challenges and some of the challenges related to weapon upgrades cuz they distract you from playing the game and wasting your time on something much less interesting.
Just finished it.
Couple thoughts re: the story:
It really was just abysmal honestly. Half the time I was like "why did this just happen" even though I was watching the whole scene and actually trying to pay attention
The game really just end out of nowhere. I was like
Couple thoughts re: the story:
It really was just abysmal honestly. Half the time I was like "why did this just happen" even though I was watching the whole scene and actually trying to pay attention
The banter between Zilla and Wang was a lot better and enoyable than Wang and Kamicko. Im now disappointed they didnt go with that pair for the game. Wouldve been better to have Wang play off a serious character other than someone who doesnt want to be there and is forever pissed she's there in the first place.
The game really just end out of nowhere. I was like
"Oh shit, a dragon." Then it just ate me for no reason at all and that was it.
DOT DASH DOT
Member
The HDR implementation in this game is bloody fantastic, who'd have thought that this relatively low budget game would trounce the HDR in Gears 4! The change it makes to the lighting and look of the game is amazing, there's nothing quite like it when a game with little to no fanfare absolutely exceeds what you expect.
AHA-Lambda
Member
WTF kinda ending was that???!?!