What are you playing now?

[random n00b]

Knife is horrendously effective in tight corridors. If the enemies don't have an ample amount of shotguns, you are destined to win.

Um, OK. The knife is useful maybe against lone enemies that don't use shotguns, but that's about it. A squad of AK74-armed soldiers can do a number on you if you aren't careful at that point in the game, IIRC. I remember sweating quite a bit to clear that outpost, and I did it by drawing them out and hiding in the bushes, then picking them off one by one. Maybe I was playing a higher diff, I don't remember.

 

 

Also those quotes are many ingame hours apart and STALKER stops being in any way difficult midgame and then picks up again later.

Less than a day apart. And yeah, once you get a hold of the fatter ARs and armor suits (I never used exoskeletons, myself), your life gets quite a bit easier. But then, why would you be using the knife?

 

 

No. No, no, no. I don't suck. I'm fairly confident that's not it...

[Krookie]

Mainly Mass Effect. I think this is like my 5th playthrough or something.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

I remember sweating quite a bit to clear that outpost, and I did it by drawing them out and hiding in the bushes, then picking them off one by one. Maybe I was playing a higher diff, I don't remember.

 

And that's what I tried to do - but I ended up as a red smear quicker than I could say "**** it." It was then that I noticed the downed tree in the rear of the mine-field, something that breached the fence-line. I ran, somehow managing to avoid the explosives, and jumped into the space behind the compound. Most of the troops were staked out front, so I snuck up behind the guard stationed on the roof -next to the open, upper office-, slit his throat, and grabbed his grenades (I should also note that I had the free Merc suit that you can get from the attic of one of the abandoned homes). I then ducked inside of the building and waited until a crowd of soldiers had barricaded the entrance - perfectly clumped for a grenade blast. Sneak out, gather loot, repeat. when no one else was near the front I walked out and noticed that there were two people coming up the stairs, a perfect place to jump down behind them and preform two swift cuts to the neck. I then swept the rest of the complex for survivors, loaded up the extra loot into one of the dead bodies, and dragged the impromptu bag back to the trader.

[Gorth]

Yes, that game really redefines the term "Body Bag"

[CoM_Solaufein]

Risk An old game from the past and one I thoroughly enjoy. Its addicting when you start playing it. Too bad its not smart like a human when it comes to strategy.

[Shryke]

fallout 2

 

Advanced Power Armour + Jet + Psycho + Action Boy Perk + Bonus HtH Attacks Perk + Super Sledge = Lots of dead Enclave troopers

[astr0creep]

Darkstar One

Lands of Lore The Throne of Chaos

[Moatilliatta]

Also those quotes are many ingame hours apart and STALKER stops being in any way difficult midgame and then picks up again later.

Less than a day apart.

I count STALKER as becoming easy once I take out the military by the bridge and that is usually withing the first five to ten hours.

[Tale]

I beat Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. Now trying a no alert run through of Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. The new camera angle is a godsend. I can actually SEE enemies, which is important without the old radar. Getting the better hang of CQC now than my last two playthroughs. I'll regularly run up to enemies and slam them to the ground instead of wasting Mk22 ammo to knock them out.

 

It's actually kind of fun to do that while under fire. Having Snake run up to a guy who is shooting at him, grab the soldier, and faceplant him into the dirt is exciting. I'm on a no alert run, so being suicidal like that when I get caught is a-okay. The fight against the Ocelot Unit was pretty tough to do this time around with no alerts, so I got lots of opportunities to practice. I actually was able to faceplant 6 of them before getting taken down by the 7th.

Edited April 21, 2008 by Tale

[Pidesco]

Playing around with NWN2's toolset.

 

My mouse wheel is out of commission and I'm trying to zoom in out of the map without it. IT seems to be impossible. Does anyone know of a way?

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Not that I know of, but maybe you could open up the configuration file and reassign the commands.

[Pidesco]

Actually, I finally found a way. It isn't very practical, though. You have to hold ctrl+shift+mouse button and drag the mouse vertically to zoom in and out.

[WITHTEETH]

I at Max Payne 2 and I reinstalled Stalker, Ill give it one more shot. Ill try it on Easy... I'm a noob when it comes to this game. I hope my Unreal Tournament 2004 buddies dont hear about this...

[mkreku]

Once you get over the initial difficulty threshold of STALKER, it becomes easy. Until you hit the last levels that is..

[Kaftan Barlast]

Or you could just install a mod* that fixes the lack of balance and feel in weapon accuracy etc. and makes the game really shine. Its kind of odd that some kids on the internet can do in a weekend what a whole bunch of Ukranian designers(with the help of outside consultants) couldnt do in years. Unless it was a deliberate design choise and the Ukranians actually enjoy having to pump an entire clip at point blank range into an enemy to even have a chance of wounding him.

 

 

 

*really just a different config text file

[Deadly_Nightshade]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - I think I might try to get mod working on vista soon, although I'll probably wait until I beat the game or get really tired of it. Anyone know of good ones that I should start off with?

[Pidesco]

You just have to understand that Ukrainians are, like, made of Kevlar.

 

It's just us Westerners who are a bunch of sissies when it comes to bullets.

[Dark_Raven]

Just finished Bloodlines. Kinda sucks having a vampire that doesn't have any area of effect disciplines. Well Presence but that is weak.

[Dark_Raven]

fallout 2

 

Advanced Power Armour + Jet + Psycho + Action Boy Perk + Bonus HtH Attacks Perk + Super Sledge = Lots of dead Enclave troopers

 

Advanced Power Armour + mini gun (choose your favorite) = Lots of bloody dead Enclave troopers

[Slowtrain]

Or you could just install a mod* that fixes the lack of balance and feel in weapon accuracy etc.

 

 

What exactly does this mean? Increased accuracy? Increased damage? what?

 

I'm curious because I find user mods notoriously suck at balance. Not all. Just almost all. Even mods I like.

[Shryke]

fallout 2

 

Advanced Power Armour + Jet + Psycho + Action Boy Perk + Bonus HtH Attacks Perk + Super Sledge = Lots of dead Enclave troopers

 

Advanced Power Armour + mini gun (choose your favorite) = Lots of bloody dead Enclave troopers

 

Vindicator

[kirottu]

I just finished Kotor 1 for the first time.

 

Even as unfinished as Kotor 2 was I liked it better. I mean, Malak was obviously running for "the cheesiest main villain of the year" prize. Almost all the light side joinable charaters would start whining about something every time I gained a level. Bastila was so bad I didn

[Shryke]

i swear Calo Nord has small man syndrome

 

i so wish you could kill him in the cantina on Taris...

[Dark_Raven]

fallout 2

 

Advanced Power Armour + Jet + Psycho + Action Boy Perk + Bonus HtH Attacks Perk + Super Sledge = Lots of dead Enclave troopers

 

Advanced Power Armour + mini gun (choose your favorite) = Lots of bloody dead Enclave troopers

 

Vindicator

Too bad the Gauss mini gun isn't in F2.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. although I also played a game of TF2 with another member of SoDOFF - Pop! Yes, now hell will freeze over and our OEF "clan" will win all of the tournaments.