When TNC launched, I was in love with the world and the characters, but really kind of off-put by the gameplay. A fast paced shooter like this lives and dies by the value of it's moment to moment combat and the ability to navigate it, and TNC really got it wrong at launch. I'm not an FPS master at all - I don't play an MP - but I can hold my own in an FPS campaign, and comfortably complete Doom 2016 on ultraviolence. What was here at launch had nothing to do with difficulty, it was just cheap shots coming from god knows where, and many scenes (one notorious one in particular) just became an exercise in frustration. So much so, that it got in the way of enjoying an outstanding story and set of characters, to say nothing of a wonderful fuck you to the the rise of neo-nazism and the alt-right. The OT for the game noted this repeatedly - everybody loved the game world, just not quite so much the game.
But a little while ago I saw patch 1.07 had downloaded with patch notes including:
I'm reminded just what a ballsy narrative and set of characters this is in 2017 too - huge props to MachineGames and to Bethesda for this. If you dropped it when it released on account of these issues, let this serve as a PSA to pick it back up. And if you didn't try it the first time around, grab it - it's frequently on sale and I can pretty much guarantee if you've ever enjoyed an FPS and are in the mood for some ridiculously excellent, over the top characters and some old school FPS action, it's a great experience.
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But a little while ago I saw patch 1.07 had downloaded with patch notes including:
- Updated difficulty balancing
- More prominent damage direction indicators
I'm reminded just what a ballsy narrative and set of characters this is in 2017 too - huge props to MachineGames and to Bethesda for this. If you dropped it when it released on account of these issues, let this serve as a PSA to pick it back up. And if you didn't try it the first time around, grab it - it's frequently on sale and I can pretty much guarantee if you've ever enjoyed an FPS and are in the mood for some ridiculously excellent, over the top characters and some old school FPS action, it's a great experience.
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