I’m not feeling it with this one. Perfectly happy with our band of cutscene desperados but the actual gameplay feels a bit basic to me. Somehow constricted yet at times too fast. I would refund it if I could.
Here is how I found them. After a certain point, NPCs around the sub will tell you the locations of the other two. You have to remember them yourself as there is no quest listing. Then you can use the helm map to do an Ubercommander mission and the contraption will be laying around like a collectible. Once you get back to the sub, another NPC will give you quest that will unlock the contraption perks.
I’m 100% with @anonymgeist here - I love the tone shifts. The plotting is all two-fisted pulp insanity, but it also takes the pain these larger then life characters feel completely seriously, and it makes the outlandish moments actually mean something. It’s like Buffy in that the contrasts enhance the peaks and walleys rather then undermine them.
Sounds like the first one?
Perhaps people are tiring of the formula a bit. Meaning I looked at the steam reviews.
Probably because there was much less expectation in the smaller market. The sequel is just a repeat with a bit of polish and expanded content.
Perhaps now a lot of these games are already heavily refined prior to release. In the sequel they fiddle with mechanics that aint broke, and content costs a fortune.
What’s behind the submarine door that has a timer on it?
This video looks to be from last Friday, but the count down timer would have expired naturally now? Is there a video of what this looks like since it’s opened, without place holder art and such?
EDIT - I NEVER even saw this vault in the sub, I must have just walked by it dozens of times.
Finished it. It was great as far as story and story scenes go, but the level design was once again quite boring, and both gunplay and stealth leave a lot to be desired. And I hated lack of flashlight. But still, the story made it all worth it. I would like to play a third but it would be nice if they improved all that needs improving.
Also, I never want to step into virtual sewers again. I feel like I must have explored hundreds of them at this point.
I was watching a few random Twitch streamers play through this over the weekend and it looks absolutely insane, in the best way. Now I really want to skip over The Old Blood and go right into this.
I think you’re pretty safe skipping over The Old Blood.
This will be on sale for $30 at Target on Black Friday. If I can find a copy, I’m going to grab it and skip The Old Blood.
This will be on sale for $25 at Best Buy on Black Friday.
I hope a digital retailer also has it for that price, but that’s probably a pipe dream. Either PSN or preferrably Xbox.
These is the least stable game I remember for a while for me… probably half a dozen crashes on the way through and now a black screen at what I think might be the end.
Hmm, no stability issues for me yet, it’s been solid. Though I hear the new Nvidia drivers have caused some issues perhaps.
Right, I tried going back a few drivers but no joy. Anyone tell me if the bit where you carry out an assault in a tv studio is the end and I should Youtube it? He says hopefully. Or is there more gameplay?
Alistair…
That wraps it up unless you want to do any of the assassination missions you didn’t already do.
Ta. On to Origins then :)
Finished this just now and came straight from the predecessor. Both good games but liked the second more. The little character vignettes that play out on the base are great an make the crew and ship feel more alive. I love the mix of Stealth gameplay while the Commanders are active and full guns blazing craziness. Definitely looking forward to more of the franchise, they put a great spin on it and made it their own. The German version sucks though. As everyone speaks German and everything is translated. Literally. So a lot of characterization goes missing from a lot of characters. Not to mention you fight the Regime and not Nazis anymore but that’s not so bad. I had to repurchase and do a VPN to get the English version and it is so much better.
Someone said in a different thread that this game is a flop so far? Is that rumor or based on some kind of leaked sales figures?
I recall it being on the top sellers list in the UK, haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere else.