Recruit or a background?

[Trustin]

Do you guys think it would be better to pick a starting background or to pick recruit on the first play through? Cause recruit sounds more interesting, but it would be nice to start out with some skills

[zkylon]

I think i'll do a straight freeagent (was it?) and just run and gun the first time through. Just so i've got an incentive to play it a second as stealthy rookie and third time as whatever suits my taste then. If i'm a lame rookie it'll make sneaking harder

 

I'm just doing it that way because i have little interest in playing it like a shooter and if i don't force me to at least try it i'll never know

[Trustin]

That actually sounds like a good idea, I was thinking of doing stealth first, but since Im getting the assault pack with my preorder, why not use it

[Oner]

IMO start with a "normal" background so the goofy stuff doesn't mess up the atmosphere the first time.

 

Zkylon: Freelancer.

[Trustin]

so the recruit background is going to have goofy stuff in it? I thought it was just people commenting on your rookie status

[Gfted1]

I just read somewhere that the recruit background offers more dialog choices. And beating the game and playing on Veteran opens more still.

[Oner]

Well, I imagine people berating you for your inexperience will be more on the fun side of the scale rather than on the serious.

Joseph Bullock once said there will be fourth wall breaking, but not if it was in Vet or Rec.

[Itkovian]

I intend to start as a field agent, perhaps freelancer. If I enjoy myself I'd then make a rookie then a veteran.

 

Itkovian

[WorstUsernameEver]

Will definitely start as a freelancer with points in stealth, pistol and technical aptitude (I believe that was the name of the hacking/gadget skill), maybe I'll put a couple of points in martial arts as a failsafe.

Definitely will try rookie too for one of my playthroughs.

[Starwars]

My first playthrough will be some sort of stealthy guy. Whether it be Field Agent or Freelancer with a build like WorstUserNameEver, I don't know yet...

 

I gotta say the tech specialist sounds pretty fun as well. Shotguns and gadgets, hell yeah.

[vault_overseer]

I had a post somewhere about a Bourne-like character....

 

 

EDIT:

Found it: http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?showtopic=54129

Edited May 25, 2010 by vault_overseer

[Raithe]

Well technically (just to be a little pedantic), Bourne would be a Soldier with a bunch of Martial Arts added on...

[vault_overseer]

Well technically (just to be a little pedantic), Bourne would be a Soldier with a bunch of Martial Arts added on...

 

I think he's closer to Field Agent

[Oner]

Bourne has 10 points in every skill.

[Orogun01]

Well technically (just to be a little pedantic), Bourne would be a Soldier with a bunch of Martial Arts added on...

Actually it would be a soldier turned super-spy. You actually can do that in AP, any change in career will also reflect on the conversations.

[Raithe]

Film Bourne - Army Officer who gets volunteered into a secret program, and gets trained to blend in and assassinate people.

So soldier type, tough, with martial arts and sneaky stuff added to it...

 

Book Bourne - Army Officer (with Academic background), who loses his wife and kids, throws himself into a vietnam special operations group.. then volunteers to go undercover to track down another assassin because he has nothing to live for..

Soldier type with some martial arts, sneaky and a touch more technical..

 

 

 

(And yes dammit, I wanted to see either The Jackal or Medusa turn up in the films at some point..)

[Alpha]

i would like to play without AP skill to made the first playthrough last more.

[Hell Kitty]

I plan on playing blindfolded to increase the challenge.

[Joseph Bulock]

Well, I imagine people berating you for your inexperience will be more on the fun side of the scale rather than on the serious.

Joseph Bullock once said there will be fourth wall breaking, but not if it was in Vet or Rec.

 

The veteran stuff has what will feel more like the director's cut sort of stuff, the goofier stuff, and the VO that was just too distracting or over the top for the first experience. The recruit will mainly funny things where they make fun of you for being a total noob.

 

I'd recommend doing a play through on a "standard" background, then recruit, than veteran, not because of the dialog choices, but because with three playthroughs, you will see a decent chunk of the branching content. Not nearly all of it, but with three playthroughs, you'll see just how big of a game you have with AP.

[mrmumbles]

I'd recommend doing a play through on a "standard" background, then recruit, than veteran\\

I like this suggestion, will do.

[Trustin]

Well, I imagine people berating you for your inexperience will be more on the fun side of the scale rather than on the serious.

Joseph Bullock once said there will be fourth wall breaking, but not if it was in Vet or Rec.

 

The veteran stuff has what will feel more like the director's cut sort of stuff, the goofier stuff, and the VO that was just too distracting or over the top for the first experience. The recruit will mainly funny things where they make fun of you for being a total noob.

 

I'd recommend doing a play through on a "standard" background, then recruit, than veteran, not because of the dialog choices, but because with three playthroughs, you will see a decent chunk of the branching content. Not nearly all of it, but with three playthroughs, you'll see just how big of a game you have with AP.

 

One other question, (directed towards you or one of the other devs), do the characters comment on your background if you pick one of the standard ones? like if I picked freelance would I hear different lines then my buddy who is picking soldier

[Oner]

Well, I imagine people berating you for your inexperience will be more on the fun side of the scale rather than on the serious.

Joseph Bullock once said there will be fourth wall breaking, but not if it was in Vet or Rec.

 

The veteran stuff has what will feel more like the director's cut sort of stuff, the goofier stuff, and the VO that was just too distracting or over the top for the first experience. The recruit will mainly funny things where they make fun of you for being a total noob.

 

I'd recommend doing a play through on a "standard" background, then recruit, than veteran, not because of the dialog choices, but because with three playthroughs, you will see a decent chunk of the branching content. Not nearly all of it, but with three playthroughs, you'll see just how big of a game you have with AP.

I see, thanks.

 

 

One other question, (directed towards you or one of the other devs), do the characters comment on your background if you pick one of the standard ones? like if I picked freelance would I hear different lines then my buddy who is picking soldier

They do. It was confirmed some months back.

[Trustin]

alright lol, I must have missed it, thanks Oner

[Alpha]

Well, I imagine people berating you for your inexperience will be more on the fun side of the scale rather than on the serious.

Joseph Bullock once said there will be fourth wall breaking, but not if it was in Vet or Rec.

 

The veteran stuff has what will feel more like the director's cut sort of stuff, the goofier stuff, and the VO that was just too distracting or over the top for the first experience. The recruit will mainly funny things where they make fun of you for being a total noob.

 

I'd recommend doing a play through on a "standard" background, then recruit, than veteran, not because of the dialog choices, but because with three playthroughs, you will see a decent chunk of the branching content. Not nearly all of it, but with three playthroughs, you'll see just how big of a game you have with AP.

thanks for the advise!

[zkylon]

IMO start with a "normal" background so the goofy stuff doesn't mess up the atmosphere the first time.

 

Zkylon: Freelancer.

That's it! I'm probably gonna pick Freelancer all three times unless the other backgrounds have some influence ala Mass Effect. If not, i just feel better allocating points myself.