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Post by wunty on Oct 28, 2023 19:52:35 GMT
This is incredible so far. As soon as I've finished it I'm going to play control again. Ha ha. I’ve just reinstalled Control for after. |
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Post by wunty on Oct 28, 2023 19:58:01 GMT
Talking of which, I’m loving all the references.
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Post by wunty on Oct 28, 2023 20:29:43 GMT
One more thing. It seems like the game doesn’t want you to go straight for the next objective. Seems huge chunks of stuff is off the beaten path.
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Post by Frog on Oct 28, 2023 20:52:05 GMT
Didn't think too much of the first boss fight but other than that I've been having a good time.
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Post by bichii2 on Oct 28, 2023 22:12:05 GMT
I haven't tried this in performance mode yet but I really see no need to. In quality it is really smooth and I am assuming looks much better.
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Post by askew on Oct 28, 2023 22:17:23 GMT
Didn't think too much of the first boss fight but other than that I've been having a good time. Not much room to evade |
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Post by Duffking on Oct 28, 2023 22:31:45 GMT
It was nice of the game to wait until after that fight to tell me I could quick turn. I didn't find it too bad though, I did have a shotgun for it however.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Oct 29, 2023 10:23:05 GMT
This has replaced BG3 at the top of my wishlist for next game purchase.
It looks bloody gorgeous, every shot is a potential wallpaper but the with more and more comments likening it to control has sealed it for me.
/Installs control
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Post by bichii2 on Oct 29, 2023 10:39:17 GMT
It's not like control gameplay wise but it's fully linked to it in terms of the universe and interconnect plot. It's more of a horror/scary/detective thriller.
I was so disappointed with control first time through but I must have been missing something because I love it now.
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Post by Syrette on Oct 29, 2023 10:43:24 GMT
I found the setting of Control to be so dull. This, and its predecessor are the opposite of dull.
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Post by Frog on Oct 29, 2023 13:09:42 GMT
It's not that the boss fight is hard it's just not very good. Either way a small blight on what's been a great experience so far.
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Post by wunty on Oct 29, 2023 14:09:00 GMT
I didn't mind it but it's not exactly a high point. The funny thing is after not liking it so much the first time I played AW, I could actually do with a bit MORE combat in this. It's very fucking good but six hours in I've done an awful lot of walking about.
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Post by malek86 on Oct 29, 2023 14:22:19 GMT
Actually I kinda want to start Alan Wake again. I remember I liked it well enough the first time around, although they really could have improved the combat - American Nightmare was better in this regard, so you'd think they could have gone back to the original game and refined it too.
For comparison, I really didn't like Quantum Break, and Control was decent but left me pretty cold overall.
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Post by Frog on Oct 29, 2023 15:01:36 GMT
Bigger blight is getting a GPU crash in the section after all the time. Can't get past it without a crash so going to have to wait for a patch or a new driver to try..
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Post by Fake_Blood on Oct 29, 2023 15:54:08 GMT
I was so looking forward to all the pretty gfx that I forgot I don’t handle jump scares very well. Failed that first boss fight a couple times, so going to wind down with some mario  |
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Post by dfunked on Oct 29, 2023 16:05:05 GMT
Haha, yep. I'm a giant pussy. Some of the sudden cuts when you're just walking around the place made me launch a cat off my lap. Hell, even the deer in the general store made me jump out of my skin. Chapter 3 was pretty wild. Sam Lake doing the Max Payne gurn cracked me up. "Very meta"  Quite surprised at the lack of combat so far. They clearly knew what kind of game they wanted to make and stuck to their guns. (or lack of) I can see it putting some people off, but I'm loving the slow burn and wandering around the place. |
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Post by Frog on Oct 29, 2023 16:24:09 GMT
The combat isn't a high point anyway so it's better that they keep it to a minimum. It's mental that they made Max Payne all those years ago and have struggled to make combat feel as good since.
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Post by Mark1412 on Oct 29, 2023 18:35:07 GMT
The combat in Max Payne outside of slow mo was like controlling one of those inflatable garage tube men. If was only incredible because of the slow motion.
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Post by Vandelay on Oct 29, 2023 18:53:42 GMT
Nah, that's nonsense. Max Payne felt good to play in and out of slow-mo and 2 was even better.
For years afterwards, developers seemed incapable of creating good feeling third-person shooters on PC. Even now, most only feel right with a pad. Remedy managed to do it perfectly fine 22 years ago.
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Post by snackplissken on Oct 29, 2023 19:32:50 GMT
Do you not remember that blood trail level in the first Max Payne? That was horrendous to control.
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Post by dfunked on Oct 29, 2023 19:57:02 GMT
Yeah, you have the precise control of a mouse for turning, paired with the frustration of Max lurching off the edge when you tapped a key to move forward a tiny bit. God those bits were awful!
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Oct 29, 2023 20:34:29 GMT
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Post by Vandelay on Oct 29, 2023 20:34:29 GMT
Do you not remember that blood trail level in the first Max Payne? That was horrendous to control. True. Those were terrible. The combat felt great for the time though and 2 perfected it. |
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Post by geefe on Oct 29, 2023 21:57:30 GMT
And the never ending baby crying. Eurgh. Fuck that level.
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 30, 2023 4:45:45 GMT
Don't like that you have to put together the clues in the minds place to progress even when she's already said out loud what she needs to do.
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Post by UncleLou on Oct 30, 2023 6:28:57 GMT
I am about 10 hours in, it‘s definitely one of the most stylish, best looking, best sounding and most atmospheric games, but there‘s also very little, well, gameplay, is there? Walk through a gorgeous, entirely non-interactive level until somewhere, a little UI symbol indicates that you can press X. You can also shoot your gun every 30 minutes or so. I‘ve played so-called walking simulators with significantly more player agency.
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Post by hicksy on Oct 30, 2023 7:37:59 GMT
In the words of Sir Cliff…
It’s so funny… how we don’t talk anymore 😆
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Post by bichii2 on Oct 30, 2023 10:37:50 GMT
Hot take.... THIS IS AMAZING!!
And I would like to confirm that saga does , finally, react to what's going on. Those first few chapters early game were a bit bizarre how calm she was.
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Post by Duffman5 on Oct 30, 2023 10:40:49 GMT
Hot take.... THIS IS AMAZING!! And I would like to confirm that saga does , finally, react to what's going on. Those first few chapters early game were a bit bizarre how calm she was. revan if one had just replayed the remaster (and dlc) and pretty much had a poor experience (I really enjoyed original on 360!) would you recommended this ? |
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Post by bichii2 on Oct 30, 2023 10:46:50 GMT
I'm not sure what it's like to play it now as I've not played it for maybe ten years. I absolutely loved it ten years ago.
The atmosphere and style is similar but it's much more slow paced than the original. Much more detective work and talking and stress.
It's not quite a walking SIM as there is action and shooting and boss fights etc but it's 75/25 a stressful/scary walking sim.
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Post by Duffman5 on Oct 30, 2023 10:57:21 GMT
I'm not sure what it's like to play it now as I've not played it for maybe ten years. I absolutely loved it ten years ago. The atmosphere and style is similar but it's much more slow paced than the original. Much more detective work and talking and stress. It's not quite a walking SIM as there is action and shooting and boss fights etc but it's 75/25 a stressful/scary walking sim. Ty, is it like condemned now ? |
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