Finished my second play through last night and I enjoyed the game far more the second time around. What helped the most was that I played through the game already and I was much better the second time through. I have more tips now...
edit: I also don't recommend the ground pound, as cool as it looks.
edit 2: Oh, and performance on my i5 3450 RX 570 4GB PC was shockingly good.
- Pay attention to where every enemy is. There are no visual notifications, so you'll have to manually keep track of them.
- If you hear the whiz of a grenade, and you have the ability to pick them up, just pick them up. Don't try to find them, the game tends to default to them if they're anywhere nearby.
- Pay attention to what you're picking up and where it is in relation to your target. Don't bring back every single throw. If you happen to grab something that's near an enemy and he's a weak enemy, just do a quick pickup and toss. Whatever you pick up will go towards the enemy, regardless of where you're standing. So if the object is on the left side and the enemy is on the right it will go straight towards them, saving you a lot of time rather than bringing it back to you.
- Melee if they get close and they're low on health. You're more likely to hit them that way than with whatever weapon you're using. It also saves energy and ammo.
- Be aggressive but not reckless. Your defensive abilities are basically non-existent, so kill everything as quickly and efficiently as possible. Don't just focus down the big shielded enemies. Drop the unshielded weak enemies so you don't have to keep track of them (and some of them deal a lot of damage).
- If you're getting low on health, go straight for the health pickups. Turtling isn't going to save your life.
edit: I also don't recommend the ground pound, as cool as it looks.
edit 2: Oh, and performance on my i5 3450 RX 570 4GB PC was shockingly good.
If you go up to the end of the room enemies can't attack you from behind. You just need to use launch against the explosive mobs and watch the staircase in case any hiss soldier goes up. The siren attack can be completely blocked with the shield, and then you can shoot her face off (I use grip with headshot bonus) and I guess it was easy to notice when it was coming because I was up there alone.
I played the game before and after they launched the patch and the frame drop is less perceptible in some ways but when you have NPCs and a lot of enemies at the same time it can be annoying though playable enough for me at least.
So is there anyway to find your way back to the beginning section of the game that you walk through?
That shouldn't stop you from throwing though. You just need to throw harder :P
I would check out that Digital Foundry video a few pages back. X1X is still tops followed by the Pro, X1, and PS4. The latest patch was supposedly a big improvement for the Pro but there are still some framerate drops in certain areas, but its supposedly much better.
Like you, I've waited and plan to buy on the Pro, after watching DF video I think it looks a lot better but definitely not perfect.
Thank you both, gonna check the DF thread, i have a Xbox S so i thought the pro was the better deal.
After endgame
you can go talk to some characters for new dialogue. I went to the Hedron Chamber and Jesse had new dialogue too. You'll also be attacked by 3 siren hiss and a bunch of elevated hiss.
I managed to seize one of the siren. That was fun to watch lol.
I managed to seize one of the siren. That was fun to watch lol.
Thanks for the help, I ended up skipping most of the side quests and finished the game. As much as I love the lore of the oldest house, I just wanted to be done with the game. The respawn at control points kind of ruined the game for me. And I get that the oldest house is supposed to be confusing, but I hated how easy it was to get lost, even if I knew what section I was supposed to be in. Kind of strange because this was the only game I can think of were I was lost most of the time lol.
You mean the entrance and lobby where you first meet Ahti? I don't think so. Once you go in the first elevator to executive you can't go back. There is only one collectible there near the security checkpoint I think.
Completed it earlier, kind of just rushed through the last few missions as, despite how awesome the combat was up until the mid way point, I just found myself doing the same thing over and over and it felt a bit stale. Got tired of the collectables as there were just far too many of them and pausing to read them was just breaking the flow of progression. Also not a fan of constant mod pickups ..... especially when im near end game and still being given level 1/2 mods so I have to keep cleaning house of junk collected.
About half way I stopped doing side quests as they were just getting in the way, but seeing as the main game is over I will go back to do them, some sound interesting.
Overall I liked it, the combat was insane to start off with and every power feels slick, just ran out of steam a bit toward the end. Story was cool and kept me going but I did not fancy diving into all those collectables to find the finer details. Graphics are fucking bonkers cannot knock them one bit, its top tier. Still not a fan of many games taking on the loot and levelling style stuff, previous game I played was the new Wolfenstein which was the same, and left a bad taste in my mouth.
Ashtray Maze was the shit, was that
About half way I stopped doing side quests as they were just getting in the way, but seeing as the main game is over I will go back to do them, some sound interesting.
Overall I liked it, the combat was insane to start off with and every power feels slick, just ran out of steam a bit toward the end. Story was cool and kept me going but I did not fancy diving into all those collectables to find the finer details. Graphics are fucking bonkers cannot knock them one bit, its top tier. Still not a fan of many games taking on the loot and levelling style stuff, previous game I played was the new Wolfenstein which was the same, and left a bad taste in my mouth.
Ashtray Maze was the shit, was that
Poets of the Fall in there I heard? If so they basically got the entire Remedy gang back for this game, loved it.
Nobody knew her name. But she turned up just the same. There was a knock on the door, a thump on the floor, and the party turned insane, as she called out her naaaaaame. Naaaaaaaaame! And she walked in looking like DYNAMITE! She said, "now come along and boogaloo through the night!" And by the way she's moving, well DYNAMITE! Might she not, with all she's got! She's got the whole town lighting up DYNAMITE! Nobody quite knowing what to do, wrong or right! But they all know Jesse is DYNAMITE! They're right!
By far my favorite moment of the game, tied with the Ashtray Maze. The guy that plays Darling is just perfect.
I've only been able to play a little of this game this past days but everytime I do I'm instantly reminded why I love it so much. There is such an... elegance to this game and to Jesse's character. I feel like half of me is playing the game and the other half is just watching in admiration.
Hopefully the future is bright for this game and IP.
Hopefully the future is bright for this game and IP.
if the force powers don't feel as good as launch in J:FO i will be sorely disappointed
That'd be Matthew Porretta, voice of Alan Wake. Also played Will Scarlett in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, weirdly enough.
Anybody got the patch on Xbox? I'm noticing that I still can't upgrade any weapons to max level and at this point I'm kinda just done. I really don't feel like restarting and I don't want to go into DLC with a glitched save.
I had one weapon that was stuck on level 1, after the update I collected some materials using the gun and went to an upgrade zone and could finally upgrade.
Maybe try equipping the guns, shooting some enemies, collect some materials and then try to upgrade.
Weapon upgrade levels are locked to story progression I believe. The exception was Pierce, which was bugged until the most recent patch.
Middle ground: there should be an OoP that grants invisibility/stealth so it's easier for you to run past and away from enemies.
Not sure if it helps, but
When he sends those black balls at you, you can grab them and launch them back at him. That does a lot of damage to him. Also, I try to levitate as much as possible when he starts destroying the floor. By that point, though, the fight's already nearly over.
Question about going for the Platinum: if I do all the sidequests, will I make enough ability points to get all the skills? Or do I need to grind and repeat some missions?
Where is the update for xbox one and pc? This is ridiculous
edit: nvm it updated just did it over night
edit: nvm it updated just did it over night
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You can't repeat main or side-missions. The only other source of ability points is hidden areas.
The PC version was patched not all that long after the PS4 patch went live.
I've finished the game, so unless I gotta clear that last boss fight I can't see why I can't upgrade.
I thought you could replay missions from the title screen? But I guess those don't give you new ability points then?
I found the spin to be most effective. A lot of time you luck out and blow up the balls right outside his eye.
You need to finish every sidequest and even then you'll need to find some of the secret locations in order to fully upgrade the skill tree.
I found I needed to find all(?) of the secret areas to get enough skill points.
Okiedoke. Thanks. Still have quite a few sidequest things to do first, after that I guess I'll see how many points are left to figure out how many hidden areas I missed.
I didn't need to find them all. In fact, I discovered a couple more after getting the Platinum so now I have 2 skill points and nothing to spend them on. It's possible there's even more out there for all I know
I mentioned a few pages back I have 14 with nothing to spend them on. So there's a lot of skill points out there.
I'm going back through the game a second time, and I can't believe how many things I missed!
Because of that, I didn't have enough money/points to unlock all the weapons and skills (just got Pierce and it's badass!). I've already got launched maxed out and I'm not even half-way through this play through. I didn't max out launch until I was almost at the end of the game on my first run.
And I also found a bunch of sidequests I missed. Most notably the one in the Synchronicity sector and the other one in the Sensory Deprivation lab.
And I'm having just as much fun the second time around as I did the first. Kudos to the team at Remedy for making an amazing game!
Because of that, I didn't have enough money/points to unlock all the weapons and skills (just got Pierce and it's badass!). I've already got launched maxed out and I'm not even half-way through this play through. I didn't max out launch until I was almost at the end of the game on my first run.
And I also found a bunch of sidequests I missed. Most notably the one in the Synchronicity sector and the other one in the Sensory Deprivation lab.
And I'm having just as much fun the second time around as I did the first. Kudos to the team at Remedy for making an amazing game!
That's super frustrating. I love the game but I can't see myself letting all the progress go. Maybe for a new game plus.
It sounds like you only need to find 6 out of the 20 hidden locations if you've done the side missions. I currently have 7 extra points and I haven't come close to finding all of the hidden locations. I don't think I have a single one from containment yet.