Nah. I've been out in the open, middle of the street and a guard a bit of a way from me didn't notice, staring in my direction. Ive been using this AI to my advantage on my no-powers run.
For the record: Hard
Are you on Very Hard?
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Dishonored |OT| The belle of the ball
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For the record: Hard
Are you on Very Hard?
Dyni Crippler
Member
Uh. No, I'm playing on Hard too. I guess I was just unlucky, since every single guard in the whole game seems to be able to spot me unless I'm behind cover/in the shadows.
Crazymoogle
Member
Speaking of the weepers, do they count as enemy kills for achievement/chaos reasons? I always wondered if they were dead-dead or if I had to render them unconscious...
There is a break point and I've found it to be a little bit farther than Dark Vision. They will become alert - hitting "spidey sense" level 1 or maybe 2 but if you maintain distance they never hit "spidey sense" 3 and give chase.
Edit: I'm also not talking about prancing about the open streets for extended lengths of time - only using their limited vision for brief moments - they wont see you.
Dyni Crippler
Member
I see. Interesting, although I don't use Dark Vision so I don't know how far that might be.
Still, I keep seeing people not liking it. It saddens me.
Clay Davis
Member
this game is completely unforgiving. I'm playing on easy and I'm still having a hard time completing the missions. it took me over 15 tries to beat the first mission, the side mission with
added another 10 tries. I hate the thugs who use those bottles to blow fire at you, the attack takes too much health.
I'm really enjoying it though, it's not the kind of game where I feel it's being unfair. it's challenging and you always feel like it's your fault when you die.
granny rag
I'm really enjoying it though, it's not the kind of game where I feel it's being unfair. it's challenging and you always feel like it's your fault when you die.
HyperCubed4
Member
GODDAMN IT WHY DID I CHECK THAT
jks
I hadn't found that one. I guess it's meant to be ambiguous?
strange, I'm playing it on hard and finding it pretty easy. Playing stealthy. I'm thinking about switching to very hard.
PapaJustify
Member
Maybe you are playing too agressive and impatient. What I enjoy most about this game is that there are so many ways around the "main road" where you can circumvent almost every enemy. And with the blink ability you can go places you didn't think you could reach. And while many games have invisible walls, this game is almost like "what you can see is where you can get to".
This.
I've died a bit but it's mainly due to stupid mistakes.
The stealth AI is kinda crappy. If someone is at the end of a corridor, you can walk past them and they wont see you. Everyone is very short sighted.
Doesn't playing stealth make difficulty setting essentially irrelevant? Unless I'm missing something. You either get detected or you don't, and although it says enemies have keen perceptions on harder difficulties I'm hearing otherwise from everyone else (AI laughable across all settings).
I think it just changes enemy health/damage. If you're going for a stealth run it doesn't matter if you have it on easy or very hard.
the stealth AI is quite good and unforgiving. One of the best I've seen. I was noticed from afar and being in the dark from afar.
Play on hard. And yes, enemies are more perceptive.
bitoriginal
Member
I'm really enjoying the game, but I honestly feel like the enemies vision cones are too small or something, it definitely does seem a little easy to walk in front of someone from a distance and not get noticed. I'm playing it on hard btw.
Very Hard is still a little too lenient in this, but I feel that is the way the game should be played.
Blue Ninja
Member
Finished it. Good ending.
And I fucking knew Callista was voiced by Lena Heady, that voice was way too familiar.
I agree. It's a blast to play, but it's really ugly.
And I fucking knew Callista was voiced by Lena Heady, that voice was way too familiar.
I agree. It's a blast to play, but it's really ugly.
Level design in the Kaldwin's Bridge mission really shines. It does in the entire game, really. Combined with the art, music and gameplay, it makes for something that feels really special.
This. The gorgeous art style makes up for any technical shortcomings.
I'm in the midst of doing it myself. Headed out to see a movie now but will be picking up just past the point where I
looted Pritchard's safe.
Blue Ninja
Member
PC version looks pretty good, but I can't say how it fares up close. Once you get close to stuff on the 360 version it can get pretty hideous. :lol
Dat washed out color.
Kaldwin Bridge mission is excellent, though. I also liked the final one, though it says I killed two people and I have no idea who.
Dat washed out color.
Kaldwin Bridge mission is excellent, though. I also liked the final one, though it says I killed two people and I have no idea who.
I want the satisfaction of killing my targets but the non lethal options are a lot more painful to them.
Such a tough choice.
I've decided to spare the first 3 targets.
. Is any sort of life better than death?
Such a tough choice.
I've decided to spare the first 3 targets.
The twins got their tongue torn out and put into a mine. The first douche got branded
Raitosaito
Member
Dennis4k screenshots makes you want to only play with great IQ
I cannot process people using words like "incredibly ugly" and "really ugly" to describe this game's look. And this isn't the first time I've seen people use that sort of strong language to describe the visuals. Surely the console versions can't muck up the great art to that degree.
Mister0079
Member
The game just looks incredibly beautiful to me, it runs extremely smoothly on my crappy rig on high settings as well. So for me, this beats out any other super budget graphic game any day.
They don't. I am playing it on PS3 and think it is gorgeous for it's use of color and brush stroke look. The smooth textures make sense in this context.
Veeery low res textures and veeeeery simplistic lighting. Like I say, on a technical level, it's the weakest game I've played in ages.
The nonlethal options are great,
Lady Boyle is in for some nice times, forever and ever.
It's Unreal Engine 3, so you can mod in some Mass Effect style lens flares and then batch overlay some gritty scratches onto all the textures bro.
The PS3 version looks pretty sharp to me and runs quite smoothly. I doubt the 360 versions FXAA can kill the incredible art. It's technically quite simplistic but the art is great and holds up due to nice IQ.
Yeah, that's how I feel about the textures. They work to give the game a distinctive painterly look.
The big problem with low-res textures in other games is that they're extremely jarring relative to the rest of the image. I don't think this game really has that problem. The image as a whole is nicely coherent.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I haven't played too far yet, but I say it feels more like Deus Ex than anything, but with no specializing to speak of. Namely because having supernatural powers is more evocative of augs than anything present in Thief, that and straight on combat is more viable in this game than it ever was in Thief. You're practically using the Dragontooth from the start.
I dunno really, it doesn't exactly feel like either even though it has its elements of both.
Question about the last mission:
I choked out Havelock and got zero kills and I still didn't get Clean Hands achievement, even though I got zero kills on any of the other missions. Is this mission glitched or do you need to discover an optional way to take out Havelock?
Well to be fair girls in this game are absolutely hideous.
Many are reporting that Clean Hands does not unlock properly so I am keeping screens of every mission summary. I've read numerous complaints on all platforms of this.