You're probably right, however I still wish they would at least acknowledge the issues and let everyone know they are working on a patch.
I have a bad feeling that a patch could be ways out
You're probably right, however I still wish they would at least acknowledge the issues and let everyone know they are working on a patch.
I'm trying to keep spoiler free but I can't play this for a few weeks, but I'm patiently awaiting that time cause I really liked the first two games. Haven't read much of anything about the reception. How is it? Mediocre, best game in the series, did open worldish hurt the series?
God I'm so excited to finish work and sink into it. Sounds so far up my street it's ridiculousFinished the game today on hardcore (PC). Was a real rush. It's actually such a good game in so many ways it is hard to believe it exists; the open areas are designed with such attention to detail and care, with such a strong coherence to the plot, characters that inhabit those areas, and gameplay, it's probably one of the best examples we have right now of 10/10 level design for a modern era. The gameplay itself is a step above previous entries; the survival elements of the game shine hard now, with resources being more scarce, and the need to customize your weapon for the encounters being far more important. Finally, the survival *Horror* elements of the game have never been so pronounced: this is a fucking scary game. Like, actually, terrifying.
It's not a perfect game; sound mixing is pretty bad, and there's a lot of "jank" in some of the stuff you do: climbing, especially, but general movement. The voice-acting is hit or miss, but for most of it I accepted it as reasonable camp. Finally, there are some tonal oddities, and while I think the game does nothing but *expand* the world of Metro, I can understand why some people might be turned off slightly by how Metro has changed in this iteration. And, yes, narratively speaking, I don't think having a silent MC is helping the story beats near as much as some. Edit: oh yeah, and Hardcore difficulty is no joke, and it did rob me of some fun I believe I could have otherwise had in particularly difficult segments of the game (lots of 1 shots, and unfair ones at that)
All that aside, this is a gorgeous, intense, well-paced, expansive, scary, technical powerhouse of a fucking videogame, and when it hits Steam you should all buy it if you're waiting. I haven't been this impressed with a survival horror game since The Last of Us. In fact, I would welcome it into my list of "mostly perfect games" (Bloodborne, Resident Evil 4, TLoU, a few others)
God I'm so excited to finish work and sink into it. Sounds so far up my street it's ridiculous
I suspect that the lesser quality of the console experience is hurting the reception more than any gameplay factors.
Personally, on PC, it's my favorite Metro, but I wasn't a big fan of the environment variety and more linear world of the first games.
if performance is similar to PS4P then you'll get 30FPS most of the time and it'll be a looker.
Hold tab and press r.I'm playing on Ranger Hardcore Full Dive and need a little help. Weapon spoiler but nothing major.
How do you change to the incendiary ammo on the crossbow on PC, I've tried every button I can think of.
FWIW, I had two hard locks in the first hour of the game but none since and I'm ~7 hours in. It's been pretty smooth for me, both in the performance and bug departments following that.if performance is similar to PS4P then you'll get 30FPS most of the time and it'll be a looker.
But bug wise? Yeah it sounds pretty bad. From crashes to losing progress and stuff.
edit: don't take my word as gospel, basing this on what i've read here. I'm on PC and haven't played yet
LMAOSo I've been really starting to love the game until right now. I'm trying to get on to a boat undetected. I'm told to "wait until they leave", but they can't leave because a laundry basket has made its way onto the ramp and they won't pass it. Once they glitched through it but I can't get beyond it without jumping over it which alerts them. Ugh!
edit: Found an alternate path. Woohoo!
It's been a blast for me as well. I really wish I had known in advance that the main quest takes you all over the maps. So exploring areas before the main quest takes you there is not really advised.Lol, except for the glitches and control issues, this game is the shit. It's beautiful in HDR and really fun stealth.
So how is the karma system this time around, if its still there? I remember loving to play the other two Metro Games as non-lethal as possible. Made those firefights you either had to engage or fucked up on way more powerful.
I'm really really enjoying it so far myself, and I was kind of lukewarm on the first two games. I've had a few crashes but I think that's been attributed to a slightly too aggressive overclock.100% get.
Almost felt like I was playing a different game from everyone else because the game was almost flawless for me through 2 playthroughs. Just took like an hour to get used to the slow controls. Then I fell through the floor at the end of my 2nd playthrough. I did not experience 1 crash through 2 playthroughs that people claim plague the x version.
I found a 6x scope for the tihar.Is there a 4x scope the Tihar? I suck trying to snipe with the red dot sight lol
Shadow of Chernobyl is one of my favorite games of all time and in my opinion this definitely nails the exploration and environment. You don't travel back and forth through the maps like stalker but so far out of the first two maps there's a lot to see and do.I loved STALKER and the first two Metro games. Can anyone with STALKER experience chime in on if it scratches a similar itch?
I found it too finally
Shadow of Chernobyl is one of my favorite games of all time and in my opinion this definitely nails the exploration and environment. You don't travel back and forth through the maps like stalker but so far out of the first two maps there's a lot to see and do.
Parts of the game scratch the itch but most of the game doesn't.I loved STALKER and the first two Metro games. Can anyone with STALKER experience chime in on if it scratches a similar itch?
Man, this sucks.
I just had Duke die. I stealthily did the whole boat and bridge part, didn't kill the random fanatics I encountered, got the bear and guitar and he STILL died. I can only think it's because of the people I killed in the train station. I encountered it randomly and they shot at me. Now I want to restart the game.
What difficulty are people playing on? Hardcore feels great except I don't really like getting one shotted this much. If normals too easy I think I'll stick it out though...
for duke I think you just aren't supposed to kill any of the cultists. You can either stealth it or knock them out. And yeah I would just restart or load a save if I were you. This alone has locked you out of the good ending I think
What difficulty are people playing on? Hardcore feels great except I don't really like getting one shotted this much. If normals too easy I think I'll stick it out though...
Playing on Ranger hardcore. Don't think I've ever been one shotted, only 2 shotted. And Enemies usually die in 1-2 shots as well. The supposed limited ammo/workbenches haven't been an issue for me. Sometimes I run low on a certain ammo, but then I just switch guns at the train to a gun that has a ton of ammo since I haven't been using it. Knives are very strong too and you can pick them up after using them.What difficulty are people playing on? Hardcore feels great except I don't really like getting one shotted this much. If normals too easy I think I'll stick it out though...
The opening cinematic kinda does a rough recap but the rest of the game doesn't reference anything particular from what I noticedHow much does the game reference the previous two games?
I have them all for ps4, but was waiting for at least one patch on Exodus before I really started it.
Man, this sucks.
I just had Duke die. I stealthily did the whole boat and bridge part, didn't kill the random fanatics I encountered, got the bear and guitar and he STILL died. I can only think it's because of the people I killed in the train station. I encountered it randomly and they shot at me. Now I want to restart the game.
How much does the game reference the previous two games?
I have them all for ps4, but was waiting for at least one patch on Exodus before I really started it.
The opening cinematic kinda does a rough recap but the rest of the game doesn't reference anything particular from what I noticed
All the characters are from the previous games, so you have a history with them.
What difficulty are people playing on? Hardcore feels great except I don't really like getting one shotted this much. If normals too easy I think I'll stick it out though...
It's not that. I massacred everyone at the Train Station, no issues. You'll hear the "bad karma" sound effect if you kill someone you shouldn't.
3 criteria for what you're looking for:
You have to not kill anyone & stealth out of the church, same thing for the tug boat & bridge part
Picked this up to kill some time waiting for Division 2. I haven't ever finished the first two games but played a bit of each of them.
Would it be worthwhile for me to go back and finish 2033 and Last Light?
They are good games and have a redux version that makes them more modern, so yes.
I jumped in this one without playing the other two, and have felt like I could understand the party dynamics from the get go. I did watch a 15 minute rundown of the story so far beforehand, though i feel like the events in that haven't mattered much since you leave the metro first thing in this game. There was an important story line in the previous two games that might show up in this game, and if that is the case then knowing that story line will be pretty important I would imagine.My question is more related to if it's worth doing so for the story, or if I really won't miss anything by skipping to this one and powering through it for a month. I also own both games already (non-Redux), so assume I won't be paying for those versions of the game.
My question is more related to if it's worth doing so for the story, or if I really won't miss anything by skipping to this one and powering through it for a month. I also own both games already (non-Redux), so assume I won't be paying for those versions of the game.