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[Revolutionary]

There's a recycler chip? I Only saw a shotgun

It should be in the locker with the shotgun.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Beat it at 20+ hours. I thought it was great and the ending surprised me.

 

[Sinatar]

Surprised that I got the achievements for all emails, recordings and food today without trying. I never unlock OCD achievements like that in games generally.

 

[matrixman92]

Surprised that I got the achievements for all emails, recordings and food today without trying. I never unlock OCD achievements like that in games generally.

question about recordings.

Spoiler

did you have to kill anyone to be able to get certain ones? Like take it off their body after u kill them

 

[arts&crafts]

20 Hours in and I just started having "performance" problems. My game just crashed to desktop and when I started it up again and load last save it instacrashes. Furthermore just recently I entered a zone i had entered 50 times before and everything reappeared and the whole map was undiscovered...Oh well I am almost done and it was a great ride, I am just going to load an earlier save and rush to the end now.

 

[Shrike Alvaron]

Sure, but don't use the Recycler chip that it gives you. Makes the game way too easy IMO.

All it does is protect you from killing yourself with recycler charges right? Don't see how that's too bad, unless you start dropping charges point blank while staring a Phantom down or something.

 

[Revolutionary]

All it does is protect you from killing yourself with recycler charges right? Don't see how that's too bad, unless you start dropping charges point blank while staring a Phantom down or something.

Later in the game,

Spoiler

recycler traps can appear. Having the chip installed makes the traps a complete non-issue.

And yeah I guess you can also do point blank recycler charges as well.

 

[malfcn]

I'm good for now. But I need a Gloo ammo plan at some point.

 

[Stoze]

yeah. i just hate managing save files, its a pain lol. Ill probably do that. Im pretty sure it wouldnt pop without those emails. There are also some transcribes you cant get

Spoiler

unless you kill certain people.

Idk the details about that cus im not too far. Im sure with some very precise saves throughout the game everything could be done fast, but that requires a ton of planning.

Surprised that I got the achievements for all emails, recordings and food today without trying. I never unlock OCD achievements like that in games generally.

The achievements are either borked or super lenient - I just got the one for reading all emails, and there's another terminal right next to me with ones unread.

 

[RoyaleDuke]

Man I can't believe how amazing this game is.

We are all blessed.

BLESSED.

sticky notes are a mimic

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/07/nope1.gif

FUCK.

 

[matrixman92]

The achievements are either borked or super lenient - I just got the one for reading all emails, and there's another terminal right next to me with ones unread.

youre right! Just saw this on Powerpyx

The trophies will pop early before finding everything. The trophies should pop at 165 TranScribes / 267 Crew Members / 190 Emails.
Combine this playthrough with your Human Abilities run so you can hack doors, lift heavy objects and make repairs.

 

[psychotron]

Fuck it. Bought and started the XBone version.

 

[malfcn]

How many will dupe to make unlimited mods?

 

[Mister Wolf]

This was a good palate cleanser after my massive disappointment with Mass Effect Andromeda.

 

[J_Viper]

Holy fuck is that Walton Goggins as Aaron Ingram?

 

[Intheflorsh]

Just ran into the bug that causes a crash every time you try to go through an airlock. The best part is that apparently it corrupts all your saves. Great.

Holy fuck is that Walton Goggins as Aaron Ingram?

It was an amazing impression if it wasn't him.

 

[Pontiaction]

It was an amazing impression if it wasn't him.

It's him, according to IMDB and various sources. (I haven't seen the credits in-game yet.)

 

[Jocund]

Holy fuck is that Walton Goggins as Aaron Ingram?

It is!

 

[chrominance]

God this game is so good.

Also, found a brilliant Easter Egg.

Do a Phantom Shift. Spin around and look at your 'decoy' body. Scan it with the Psychoscope.

Result: Yu (one of them) has a sense of humour:

thatsdamngood.gif

 

[Revolutionary]

It's him, according to IMDB and various sources. (I haven't seen the credits in-game yet.)

Yep, he's even the first listed name in the credits! https://youtu.be/7yeNP2VcNT0?t=36s

What surprised me the most was Mae Whitman

Spoiler

as well as her singing! She did great.

.

 

[Zooboomoofu]

Beat the game on hard after 30 hours, will replay on Nightmare.

Overall one of my favourite gaming experiences of the last couple generations. The freedom to explore really hooked me, to the point that I found myself just wandering around and exploring rather than completing the main quest. Funnily enough, my early exploration of some areas made some late game quests easier to complete. Excellent game, and I hope word of mouth helps sway people to buy it.

Ending Spoilers:

Spoiler

I love that the game intentionally laid out all the information regarding the twist to us. The emails, and Alex's voice when trying to leave Talos were great. Even though I followed their breadcrumbs to an obvious twist, the ending still managed to surprise me in how well it was executed. It was very satisfying to see my choices and good deeds reflected in the end. I am excited to start my rampage playthrough now...no survivors.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Having a blast with this game so far. I'm at about 10 hours in, but I feel like I'm progressing through the areas without really getting many of the side objectives done. Is there an easy way to keep track of objectives by area instead of flipping them on and off manually?

Also, is there any reason to try and track down all of the employees listed in the security terminals?

 

[Mister Wolf]

Ending Spoiler:

Spoiler

This is the first game I can recall where the ending judged me as a decent human being or not haha.

 

[Technosteve]

have 6 shotgun shells and 10 goop

how do i kill 2 phantoms? ;_;

 

[therealminime]

have 6 shotgun shells and 10 goop

how do i kill 2 phantoms? ;_;

WITH YOUR MIND!!!!

You can likely just not kill them and still do what you want to do, though it might be a touch tricky.

 

[Tal]

Surprised that I got the achievements for all emails, recordings and food today without trying. I never unlock OCD achievements like that in games generally.

Same here. Looking it up it seems that you don't actually need all of them, just a certain percentage.

 

[Mister Wolf]

have 6 shotgun shells and 10 goop

how do i kill 2 phantoms? ;_;

Use Gloo and wrench on one and shotgun on the other. You're gonna take some damage though.

 

[Coriolanus]

Ending Spoilers:

Spoiler

I love that the game intentionally laid out all the information regarding the twist to us. The emails, and Alex's voice when trying to leave Talos were great. Even though I followed their breadcrumbs to an obvious twist, the ending still managed to surprise me in how well it was executed. It was very satisfying to see my choices and good deeds reflected in the end. I am excited to start my rampage playthrough now...no survivors.

Yarp. Does everything an rpg ending should do. Every single aspect of it is properly foreshadowed if you've been paying attention, recognizes all major choices, and perfectly sets up the sequel.

Can only suspect that people calling the ending trash closed the game before getting to the post credits scene.

 

[Stoze]

have 6 shotgun shells and 10 goop

how do i kill 2 phantoms? ;_;

Explosive canisters

 

[Sinatar]

question about recordings.

Spoiler

did you have to kill anyone to be able to get certain ones? Like take it off their body after u kill them

No idea, like I said I wasn't trying to find them all so I wasn't really paying much attention to where I found them.

have 6 shotgun shells and 10 goop

how do i kill 2 phantoms? ;_;

With the most powerful weapon in the game. A recycler grenade.

 

[captainnapalm]

Really great game so far. Could pass for a Bioshock sequel, but also borrows from the older Shock games and Arkane's own Dishonored.

The scavenging and recycling, the upgrade system, the weapons, the enemies, the exploration, the emails and audio logs, the setting - I'm really enjoying it all. The sound design and score is absolutely amazing too.

My only complaint would probably be the visuals, which seem a bit dated. It would have been nice if this game had the wow factor something like Bioshock had back in the day.

 

[malfcn]

Texture cache and resolving is bad on Xbox. Sometimes I'll reenter a room and it's all blurry for a second.

 

[Lijik]

So went back to the starting area and broke into fabrication. Took a turret with me and...

Spoiler

Whatever that thing in there is took it away from me and started attacking me with it...

This fucking game.

I will be back, wiser and stronger next time.

Same thing happened to me first time I went in there lmao, felt like a real wile e coyote moment when the scheme backfired

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Texture cache and resolving is bad on Xbox. Sometimes I'll reenter a room and it's all blurry for a second.

It isn't great on the PS4 either.

The game is incredible, but the port is pretty rough.

 

[Laurentius]

Enjoying this game a lot, but it's also giving me renewed appreciation for how good the Dishonored / Dishonored 2 combat was. There's a ton of cool powers and abilities in this, but fighting indistinct flickering enemies just never feels as good as fighting humans / humanoids. I played both Dishonored games like 8 times each primarily because of how fun I found the combat. I don't see myself playing Prey more than twice, TBH.

 

[SlasherJPC]

So during my playthrough, I fought a mimic, I was near one of those teleporting elevators. Suddenly a medkit comes flying out of one. I scrambled for it... then it transformed into a mimic... gosh damnit lol

 

[Hispanic! At the Disco]

I really want this game but I cant handle jump scares. I spent 3 hours in the demo before getting to the lobby because I was afraid every single object was a mimic.

 

[carlsojo]

Same thing happened to me first time I went in there lmao, felt like a real wile e coyote moment when the scheme backfired

Lmao me too.

 

[Noks415]

Explosive canisters

I think proximity plays a role. I've killed phantoms with just a couple of rounds by just being right in their face.

 

[KDC720]

Just got the psychoscope, I enjoyed the demo well enough but so far this is looking to a be a serious GOTY contender.

Love just how many options you have of traversing and interacting with the enviroment, man this game is gonna have so much replay value.

 

[Noks415]

Tip: Not sure if people here use the pistol at all, but that gun puts in the work. It doesn't cause as much damage as the fully upgraded shotgun, but a fully upgraded pistol can get in so many more shots in way less time. I'm just destroying mimics and phantoms.

 

[Mifec]

Tip: Not sure if people here use the pistol at all, but that gun puts in the work. It doesn't cause as much damage as the fully upgraded shotgun, but a fully upgraded pistol can get in so many more shots in way less time. I'm just destroying mimics and phantoms.

Especially with sneak attack+ damage. Since it fires as fast as you press the button it usually shreds stuff.

 

[Shrike Alvaron]

Tip: Not sure if people here use the pistol at all, but that gun puts in the work. It doesn't cause as much damage as the fully upgraded shotgun, but a fully upgraded pistol can get in so many more shots in way less time. I'm just destroying mimics and phantoms.

I've been wanting to use the pistol more but I hear there's a

Spoiler

golden pistol

you can get that might have better stats? I've heard some people say it has worse stats and others say it was the same so don't want to commit upgrades until I know for sure what it is. Then again, I CAN fabricate weapon upgrades anyway, though I tend to be short on synthetic matter a lot of the time thanks to Neuromod fabrication...

 

[SkyTurnsRed]

How far am I?

Spoiler

I just synthesized Danielle Sho's voice samples and got rid of the impostor cook.

 

[Brandon F]

Reading this thread after playing the demo...it feels like the Internet is playing the most elaborate troll on me with this GOTY talk.

 

[terrible]

I finished the game tonight, was it ever a good game. I didn't even really know of its existence until very recently. This has to be the most out of the blue GOTY candidate for me ever. A game this good should've had waaaaaaay more hype.

 

[Dmax3901]

Just encountered the bug in Cargo Bay. Fucking sucks man.

 

[Intheflorsh]

Just encountered the bug in Cargo Bay. Fucking sucks man.

I feel your pain. Apparently the patch will be out by the end of the week.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/05...e-a-patch-to-fix-game-breaking-bugs-this-week

 

[munroe]

have 6 shotgun shells and 10 goop

how do i kill 2 phantoms? ;_;

Sneak up on them and blast them for 150/200/250% damage!

 

[Mrstriker09]

how far am i? made it to ARBORETUM