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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jun 25, 2024 7:30:49 GMT
Entered Dogtown on this playthrough and I'm now officially in Dogtown open world and not just post landing wandering to gawp at the shinies. NGL, that opening was something special!!
Utterly gobs asked when 'it' stood up from under the sheet. Id literally just read a shard with details how they wanted to sell some heavy artillery.
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Post by dfunked on Jun 25, 2024 7:50:10 GMT
Yeah, that whole section felt like was a decent step up from anything in the main game.
Awful boss fight to cap it off, though.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jun 25, 2024 8:01:07 GMT
AHH, I loved that fight. Totally wasn't expecting it as I thought it was just this long plot action scene but to turn into a boss fight was ace. I can however, see that fight playing out entirely different depending on your character choices to that point. Reckon melee are in a sticky predicament.
I 'luckily' maxed the yinglong smart SMG to T5++. Homing bullets that cause mini electrical explosions/emp bursts/whatever. I literally just ran around hosing bullets in its general direction and it died so quick. It was only afterwards that I survey the room to see loads of roof turrets I could've hacked or even just hit it with a T5 shock hack.
Still, super dead and I have Jail broken my augs for a nifty upgrade to my monowire
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jun 25, 2024 8:26:09 GMT
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jun 25, 2024 9:04:50 GMT
Not gonna lie, I love that ... but £156. The Lucy & David escape diorama is pretty cool too.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jun 26, 2024 14:43:24 GMT
The voicework in this expansion is a step up. Had a 20 minute convo with the Pacifica Typhoon (P.T Malone). So so good
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jun 30, 2024 2:22:05 GMT
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jun 30, 2024 11:06:00 GMT
I've just infiltrated a party and it has probably been one of the best things ever.
Cruising around the room, listening to the music and spotting the movers and shakers of NC.
Then after the 'chat' a performer stepped out and BOOM fucking epic light show and song.
Fuck this game is awesome.
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Post by dfunked on Jun 30, 2024 11:15:55 GMT
Finally about to cross off the last achievement in this. It's been pretty much all-consuming for my gaming time these past two months, so looking forward to playing something a bit shorter next!
That quest was ace. Make sure you make a manual save during the firestarter quest if you want to come back and see all of the DLC's endings btw.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jun 30, 2024 16:51:04 GMT
It didn't register at the time but it was Lizzie Wizzy ... I now have the BD
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 1, 2024 11:16:12 GMT
I don't think I've ever watched a game credits before. That was thoroughly epic. I reckon if I'd done that opening mission instead of driving around just to check out the new traced rays I'd have gone all in then. Utterly sucked in after that opener and the new area was fantastic.
Shame they aren't doing anymore dlc
Like I did with the main game on my first playthrough, I'm not gonna reload to see the alternative endings as I feel it'll lessen the one I had. That can be a different playthrough with a different v
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Post by Rich on Jul 2, 2024 17:18:13 GMT
Quick question. Is this game playable on PS4 yet or is it still a mess?
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jul 2, 2024 18:47:06 GMT
It is what it is really. I imagine it's functional but I don't think you'd have a great time. Stuff like the cpu and mechanical hard drive just hold it back.
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Post by Rich on Jul 2, 2024 19:27:43 GMT
Should have specified PS4 Pro but guess it won't make much difference. Shame.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 6, 2024 14:01:22 GMT
I'm just running around now cleaning up the NCPD events, side jobs and gigs now, not many left actually before going to meet Hanako @ Embers.
Literally maxed all stats, swimming in mats and everything is tier 5++ and even on the hardest difficulty, I'm just melting everything. Feels good man although this happened last time I played and I stopped taking in the environment and stories of the gigs in favour of being death incarnate, difference now is I'm supper agile so I'm dashing everywhere and hosing out smart targeted death.
What I did discover last night though was the legendary mod I could craft from the Chimera core. Wtf?
How the fuck did I miss this! I don't remember anything after that event saying I could use it. Still, I created a Hackatomy and put it in my Smart XMOD pistol. It's changed my game up at least :-)
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Post by eleven63 on Jul 6, 2024 15:42:06 GMT
60fps or ray tracing? PS5. Just downloaded the dlc. Cheers.
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Post by richardiox on Jul 6, 2024 16:04:17 GMT
60fps or ray tracing? PS5. Just downloaded the dlc. Cheers. 60fps I reckon. |
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Post by dfunked on Jul 6, 2024 16:33:26 GMT
Yeah, recommendations seemed to be go for the performance mode when I checked got SX.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 6, 2024 16:38:50 GMT
How good is RT on consoles? Is it the same as on PC?
Id say at least do a lap to some of the big areas/Dogtown to see the pretty lights and then when settling in to play go 60fps
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Post by dfunked on Jul 6, 2024 16:45:16 GMT
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Post by richardiox on Jul 6, 2024 20:39:09 GMT
How good is RT on consoles? Is it the same as on PC? Id say at least do a lap to some of the big areas/Dogtown to see the pretty lights and then when settling in to play go 60fps I think even without Ray Tracing, the lighting and (screen space) reflections are pretty amazing post 2.0 update in 60fps mode. |
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jul 7, 2024 10:59:44 GMT
They stated they no longer had anyone actively working on the game anymore as of 30th April, yet every day this week I've had a small patch drop.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 7, 2024 12:58:58 GMT
On steam?
Not noticed any on GOG
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jul 7, 2024 13:05:44 GMT
How good is RT on consoles? Is it the same as on PC? Id say at least do a lap to some of the big areas/Dogtown to see the pretty lights and then when settling in to play go 60fps It's just indoor RT shadows, no sun shadows. I guess the only other benefit of the RT mode is a greater amount of pedestrians and cars on the road. |
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jul 7, 2024 13:55:39 GMT
On steam? Not noticed any on GOG Yeah, about 100kb at a time, several days in a row. No notes, so assuming it's nothing major. |
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Post by Vandelay on Jul 24, 2024 16:16:54 GMT
Been playing this quite a bit recently, after a few months hiatus when I got distracted by Spider-Man 2 and Alan Wake 2. Not sure why it has taken me so long to get back into this, but it is a bit good. I did find the combat wasn't great due to bullet spongy enemies, but now I have some decent weapons this seems less of an issue. Also have been getting a bit more to grips with the skill tree and the different cyberware you can hook up at the ripperdocs. There is so much to choose from and some much info that it was pretty overwhelming, but starting to come together now. I'm guessing some of the onboarding difficulty is related to changes that were implemented in 2.0 or has it always lacked guidance?
I've probably messed up my attributes and perk spending, as I have them quite spread out at the moment (except for in body). Is the big reset attributes button complete free to do? Do you regain perk points as well?
It is the stories that I'm really impressed with. I've been digging into the Panam stuff most recently and it is all great. Amazing that it is mostly just side content stuff rather than part of the main missions. Same goes for the investigation with River, which I've done a little of (just been to the club and found the infected BD device). I know people sing the praises of the storytelling in The Witcher 3, but I was always quite underwhelmed by it. Besides the Bloody Baron quest, nothing really stood out to me. Here though, it seems CDP have upped their game considerably and I'm enjoying just soaking in the various different story beats, even if it is just some guy that is mourning the loss of his turtle.
Edit - ah, I see that the reset attributes is a one time thing and was mainly added for returning players due to he big changes in 2.0. Still handy for me though.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jul 24, 2024 19:12:27 GMT
Yeah you can reset and respend any of the individual points (yellow) within each tree to respect how you like but the main attribute points (blue) are set in stone unless you use your one time reset.
Pc players can just get one of the mods and freely reset them at any point but I never bothered.
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Post by zisssou on Jul 31, 2024 8:14:47 GMT
I should really buy Phantom Liberty now that it is 15% off..
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Post by dfunked on Jul 31, 2024 8:27:48 GMT
Definitely get it. It's an excellent expansion!
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Post by zisssou on Aug 1, 2024 8:03:25 GMT
I might hold off for the next sale, as I've still got a bunch of side jobs and gigs to complete first... plus I've bought far too many games recently  |
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