The really stupid thing about that stuff is
they never question the other changes. "A bunch of random shit has changed, oh well, best carry on, I'm sure the airship will still be waiting for us if we just keep tearing randomly".
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Bioshock Infinite |OT| No Gods, Kings, or Irrational Games
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
I never abandon my gold-encrusted handcannon. I'd sooner drop my shotgun/RPG/Carbine/etc before I let my Revolver hit the ground
Anyone care to share how they got past
on 1999? I can manage the regular enemies, but then the Handyman comes in and he drives me insane. I try to lure him to the tesla coil, but he always manages to ram me and I can't find a medkit nearby. Hardest encounter yet.
the firemen encounter at the end of Finkton (after Fitzroy shoots Fink)
What does the Storm gear do? I had some pretty terrible gear throughout my game. The only useful thing was a piece with 2x fill up speed for the shield/-1 recharge delay. One piece boosted my speed by 50% when without a shield. That definitely saved my ass on hard.
Abuse the rail system. Handymen are fast, but they can't match Booker zippity-doop-boody-dap railhook. He might try to electrify a section of the rail, but it's usually limited to a very small subsection and it's easy to climb down for a few seconds. There is also a vendor machine on the bottom floor near the back of the map. It also seems like Crow Storm is extremely effective against Hadymen.
youre using it with bucking bronco + devils kiss ?
I guess all this is true. But it doesn't bother me that much because a) I liked the core story and b) social commentary in games is kind of a tough thing to pull off anyway. Both Bioshocks that I've played were rather blunt in that regard.
Did I miss something about that gun? It always sucked for me. Do you have to stand really close?
I prefer distant headshots and close encounters. The HandyCan almost makes it too easy. Its a great gun dont get me wrong. I just find it surprising I dont use it much.
It's powerful, and has long range and accuracy. Definitely one of the best, especially after upgrades obviously.
CambriaRising
Member
Fantastic weapon for headshots.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Hand Canon + Sniper Rifle/Carbine
Can't go wrong son.
Pops them like little cherrys. Sniper Rifle no scope is excellent as well.
Can't go wrong son.
Pops them like little cherrys. Sniper Rifle no scope is excellent as well.
You were on the honor system :'(
Whenever I come across a new gun, I pick it up, fire it once or twice, and discard it, opting to stick with my winning combo: Machine Gun and Sniper Rifle.
The machine gun is for rapidly depleting enemy health when they're moving about quick-like. The sniper rifle has range, obviously, but it's powerful too, so at close range it's like a shotgun. Between the two of them, you can't go wrong!
Vigor-wise, I quite like my upgraded Murder of Crows and upgraded Shock Jockey. Return to Sender is quite a bit of fun. Also, I see great potential in Undertow's Bulletstorm-style grappling (the alt function).
The machine gun is for rapidly depleting enemy health when they're moving about quick-like. The sniper rifle has range, obviously, but it's powerful too, so at close range it's like a shotgun. Between the two of them, you can't go wrong!
Vigor-wise, I quite like my upgraded Murder of Crows and upgraded Shock Jockey. Return to Sender is quite a bit of fun. Also, I see great potential in Undertow's Bulletstorm-style grappling (the alt function).
Would you prefer that every enemy run blindly at you?
I agree. It's really tough. But the only reason it's part of the conversation is because the game brings it up ("bluntly," as you say). And props to Irrational for trying yet again. High concepts are now de rigeuer for AAA shooters thanks to the success of the original Bioshock. This one tries to do the same, only grander. And then... it quietly tries to sweep all of that bombast under the rug without us noticing. That's not just bad politics; that's bad writing.
Did anyone find the burstgun, heater, volley gun to be any good? I didn't like those weapons and I only used them if I had no other choice.
Also, I asked before... but how do I get the industrial revolution bonus content on Steam? Starting off with some infusions/500 credits would be pretty helpful for my upcoming 1999 playthrough
Also, I asked before... but how do I get the industrial revolution bonus content on Steam? Starting off with some infusions/500 credits would be pretty helpful for my upcoming 1999 playthrough
Possession is still the best Vigor, though. Allow me to demonstrate:
That's my new friend and I playing skeet with his former pal. Possessed him, bronco'd the other guy in the air, and hilarity ensued in the form of a close-range shotgun blast. Also fun is possessing a dude and then electrocuting him, and watching as he becomes a living tesla coil that terrorizes everyone around him.
Also, I didn't know the Motorized Patriots had melee attacks until I possessed one and - if my eyes didn't deceive me - watched him smash the shit out of some dude with his Crank Gun.
That's my new friend and I playing skeet with his former pal. Possessed him, bronco'd the other guy in the air, and hilarity ensued in the form of a close-range shotgun blast. Also fun is possessing a dude and then electrocuting him, and watching as he becomes a living tesla coil that terrorizes everyone around him.
Also, I didn't know the Motorized Patriots had melee attacks until I possessed one and - if my eyes didn't deceive me - watched him smash the shit out of some dude with his Crank Gun.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
So far, this game has the perfect balance of combat/exploration. I knew this game was gonna turn out amazing, but this is even better than my expectations.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
BS1 AI, taking lessons from Doom 1
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Ya know how sometimes the Patriots just get tired of slowly walking around corners/columns and shit while you try to kite and rush at you? Giant metal Abe Lincoln ran straight at me and slapped the SHIT out of me with his giant gun, and I FLEW across the room
Mattakuevan
Member
Charge + invulnerable upgrade. Then run away like mad.
I don't have the cash for that, any other ideas?
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Pray
Mattakuevan
Member
You "might" be able to get the cash for that. The area is huge and there's a lot of stores that are locked up with tons of cash.
If you still can't get enough money after pillaging every shop... kill the adds with fire I guess so that they don't come back.
Edit: Shock will destroy the bodies too, but that's more expensive vigor-wise.
lol that's awesome
I try to keep my distance, but yeah they can seriously gain some steam. After I got Possession for Less, however, I started looking really forward to the Patriots because they are juggernauts and it's quite nice to have one on your team (with Possession for Less you can basically keep casting it on him). And in the process their health is whittled down, so it's win-win.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Haha.
I beat her pretty easily by using Return to Sender along with the Crank Gun which gets her down to almost half and when you throw the ball of sender it can take her down quite a bit as well. Then I wait for her to resurrect a army around her in a circle and as soon as they spawn I did Bucking Bronco + Devils Kiss w/ the chain equipment on. It takes her down to almost nothing. Then I scoured for Salts and did the Return to Sender again along with your weapon of choice and she should be done.
Okay, I'll try to use the rails more, but he rides them and chases me there as well. Vendor's no option since I'm going for the 'no dollar bill' trophy.
I didn't say that the game eschews politics in favor of human figures, just that people are required to make ideology anything more than abstractions, and as such the game in no way suggests that labor activism, for instance, is evil.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
It just gets better and better man.
Hey Shawn was the
horse segment ever in the actual game? What happened to that?
Sometimes I think the only thing that will make people happy with enemy AI is if a digitized version of General Mattis himself storms onto the battlefield and starts giving orders.
#TeamCarbineHandCannon
Carbine is my favorite weapon in the game, leaps and bounds over everything else. Honestly I barely even used the second weapon slot. Vast majority of the game was just Carbine + Vigors.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
And I'm happy I'm playing this on hard difficulty. I haven't died quite yet, but I've been close multiple times and I really have to use my plasmids perfectly or I'm dead.
LOVE IT.
LOVE IT.
This game's about the characters first. Always has been since they started showing it.
CambriaRising
Member
Unfortunately I was forced by hard mode to frequently change my weapons due to ammo scarcity.
Carbine and Handcannon is the only way to roll.
Possession is still the best Vigor, though. Allow me to demonstrate:
That's my new friend and I playing skeet with his former pal. Possessed him, bronco'd the other guy in the air, and hilarity ensued in the form of a close-range shotgun blast. Also fun is possessing a dude and then electrocuting him, and watching as he becomes a living tesla coil that terrorizes everyone around him.
Also, I didn't know the Motorized Patriots had melee attacks until I possessed one and - if my eyes didn't deceive me - watched him smash the shit out of some dude with his Crank Gun.
Those two dudes were once pissing on that corpse. Was too much to ship though.
blindrocket
Member
I'm all about the hand cannon and the shotgun. Mmmm... I love 'em.
I missed how I'm supposed to see the menu to play dress up with the clothes I have found. Would someone mind telling me what to do? Thanks.
They're both pissing and not pissing on the corpse until further confirmation.
O on the keyboard, and then it's the second menu panel from the left.
I have no idea why it isn't I by default.
blindrocket
Member
Thank you! Now back to figuring out what in the hell is going on with the story.
EDIT: Wow, a very nice menu full of things I've neglected this entire time. haha
Maybe a link to it from the ESC menu would have been better for a dummy like me.
http://youtu.be/WUAKpFoovg0?t=1m16s Does the 1999 pantheon approve?
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Finished.
I'm trying to collect bits and pieces of my brain off the floor.
I'm trying to collect bits and pieces of my brain off the floor.
I don't know what it is about Bioshock games but I completely ignored the analogous version of that menu in Bioshock 1 & 2.
Visualante2
Member
That reminds me great toilet flushing FX team!
To be really specific Winter Shield existed in the E3 2011 demo.
blindrocket
Member
I thought the same thing! Especially I think whenever I used like five lockpicks (at a point when they were scarce) to get to something and it just turned out to be a pair of pants that I did not want. They made my butt look big.