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[ArkkAngel007]

Didn't get too far last night, but the XBO has some severe screen tearing and lag, especially in regards to

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Looking Glass

stuff. It's not a common occurrence, but it has reminded me of pre-patch Titanfall​ on the occasions it does.

Edit: To clarify, severe is within the instance, not the frequency. I've only encountered two instances of screen tearing within what may be the first hour, and is only to triggered consistantly in an area of maybe a couple of square feet that hardly anyone will linger around.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

What's the point to the crew log thing in the security room? Like what's the point trying to find every dead or alive human? Just wondering if its worth it or not?!

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

dlc isnt working on ps4 digital version even though it still list it as included. Really sucks, may wait to advance until I hear back from sony.

 

[DOWN]

The graphics seem a bit weak on PS4. There's something off about lighting and shadowing, especially AO

 

[Tovarisc]

Playthrough on Hard complete, took me 30h according Steam and save file data.

Enjoyed game a lots, but it got little cheap at the end there and ending could have been stronger. It was interesting ending by all counts, but just felt... lacking in a way. I also found game to be easy after first few hours as amount of resources snowball so hard that you never run out of anything.

Would recommend to people.

 

[GHG]

What's the point to the crew log thing in the security room? Like what's the point trying to find every dead or alive human? Just wondering if its worth it or not?!

Some can lead to some decent loot.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

Some can lead to some decent loot.

Ahh ok, thanks

 

[Anung]

The graphics seem a bit weak on PS4. There's something off about lighting and shadowing, especially AO

I hope they patch in some extra graphical stuff in or a pro performance patch because the art style is this games saving grace as visually it's nothing special.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

I love the GLOO Cannon.

 

[Corpekata]

Ahh ok, thanks

The general idea I think is, if you read some of the emails you'll see them talking about someone (or themselves) having something, and then you go look them up and they might have those goodies still.

 

[Moff]

What's the point to the crew log thing in the security room? Like what's the point trying to find every dead or alive human? Just wondering if its worth it or not?!

there are some sidequests that make use of this feature, I would not recommend simply looking someone up randomly, many are in locations you can't reach.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Ok so this is a just a little spoilery but I want to post this in case others run into the same game halting glitch I did.

Later in the game there is a mission you get

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REPOMAN

to go after a NPC

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field officer Kaspar

If you kill a certain other NPC before you do that mission and the mission states that NPC is outside on Talios 1 exterior (this can change depending on various factors) the mission marker will not show and trying to find this thing is like a needle in a haystack. I luckily had a save before I killed the other NPC, loaded it up and the marker showed me where this NPC for the mission is. I loaded my latest save and went to that location, boom, there it was, even without the marker. Crisis averted and I can finally progress. I took screenshots of the location in case that itself isn't random.

http://imgur.com/gallery/HrDqd

 

[Meffer]

For those who played Dishonored 2, would you say you're enjoying more this one or D2, and why? I loved D2 and I'm sure I'll grab this one once I'm done with Persona 5, but I'm curious to know about about the differences between the two titles and which one people are enjoying more

D2 had some amazing levels but the tense atmosphere here is really good.

 

[Meffer]

This game looks fun! I've been on a real BioShock kick lately, and I'm considering diving into this after I finish Minerva's Den and Dishonored. Approximately how long is it?

Going through the main story I heard is around 14 hours. Doing side quests and exploring everything takes longer.

 

[Rexatality]

If the OT makes it to 100 pages, I'll be pretty happy.

 

[BlizzKrut]

5 hours in and I haven't even passed the "demo end gate", there's some really cool exploring in the first areas of the game.

 

[Cmerrill]

Didn't get too far last night, but the XBO has some severe screen tearing and lag, especially in regards to

Spoiler

Looking Glass

stuff. It's not a common occurrence, but it has reminded me of pre-patch Titanfall​ on the occasions it does.

And there goes my purchase of the game.

 

[Truant]

Where's the key to the Oxygen Control Room?

 

[Moff]

Where's the key to the Oxygen Control Room?

you'll get a sidequest later on for that one, that will make you look for the person who holds it, and it's in a late game area

 

[ArkkAngel007]

And there goes my purchase of the game.

To be clear, this happened maybe in two instances noticeably. There's some lag during some dialogue scenes as well, but overall the game seems to run smooth outside those instances.

I'm​ not far enough to gauge whether or not the rest if the game makes up for those instances of technical shortcomings (still within the first hour probably), but I am enjoying it currently.


That said, I'd love it if this game saw some development attention on the Scorpio. Doubtful since there isn't a Pro mode, but the game has the potential to deserve it.

 

[CamelCloud]

So during the "Do No Harm" sidequest,

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when you're about to do the evaluation test to discover your own evaluation, the monitor is stuck on "Please Wait" for me, any way to fix this?

 

[Rexatality]

So during the "Do No Harm" sidequest,

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when you're about to do the evaluation test to discover your own evaluation, the monitor is stuck on "Please Wait" for me, any way to fix this?

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Use Kohl's computer and go to utilities and click begin a new test

 

[CamelCloud]

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Use Kohl's computer and go to utilities and click begin a new test

I feel so dumb, thank you!

 

[Tovarisc]

Did some Treasure Hunt (quest) in two different ways, got different treasures: https://abload.de/img/untitledo5s0x.png

 

[Sliver]

And there goes my purchase of the game.

bye bye

 

[EvB]

Didn't get too far last night, but the XBO has some severe screen tearing and lag, especially in regards to

Spoiler

Looking Glass

stuff. It's not a common occurrence, but it has reminded me of pre-patch Titanfall​ on the occasions it does.

I can't say I've really noticed.
I did see it dipping near looking glass areas, but it's non buggy. Certainly nothing like Titanfall's tearing.
I'm on Xbox One S

 

[nikwhatsup]

Does the retail copy the same input lag as the demo had? (PS4)

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

I found a chipset but it turns out it's one I already had. But I can only install one of them. Why do they give you duplicates?

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

And there goes my purchase of the game.

Its incredible how so many are praising the game and yet all it took for you to make your purchasing decision was one person vaguely mentioning screen tearing and you swear the game off.Basically with that mentality you never had any intentions of buying the game in the first place.

 

[BLUElightCory]

Anyone else explored the

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volunteers quarters

?

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Got the door open and it was pitch black so I was hesitant about going in there but then it was fine until I found the power switch through the bathrooms. Turned it on and then realised I wouldn't be able to get back out because of the current flowing through everything so switched it back off and exited... Then I had the scare of my life as out of nowhere there's some telekinetic mimic kicking my arse.

Managed to kill it with a few rounds of shotgun but WTF was that?

This game is amazing.

I ran back into the room and

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turned the power back on. I'm pretty sure it shocked and killed him but it was hard to tell. Either way, no more spooky guy.

 

[ArkkAngel007]

I can't say I've really noticed.
I did see it dipping near looking glass areas, but it's non buggy. Certainly nothing like Titanfall's tearing.
I'm on Xbox One S

The Titanfall type tearing occurred when

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breaking out of the apartment.
Anytime going near that glass (on the apartment side, not the control room) caused severe screen tearing on the upper quarter of the screen.

Framerate dips so far have only been noticeable during some dialogue in

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the testing rooms

and the same instance mentioned with the screen tearing.

 

[Tovarisc]

I found a chipset but it turns out it's one I already had. But I can only install one of them. Why do they give you duplicates?

Because there is only few of them overall and they spawn at random outside of quest rewards.

 

[Cmerrill]

Its incredible how so many are praising the game and yet all it took for you to make your purchasing decision was one person vaguely mentioning screen tearing and you swear the game off.Basically with that mentality you never had any intentions of buying the game in the first place.

"severe screen tearing" isn't "vaguely mentioning" anything.

Performance issues such as these are no buys for me, even if I'm interested. I don't support poor performance titles.

 

[Louis Cyphre]

Is there any point to have duplicate weapons in your inventory? I noticed I had 2 wrenches and 3 Gloo guns. Also how do you recharge your stun gun?

"severe screen tearing" isn't "vaguely mentioning" anything.

Performance issues such as these are no buys for me, even if I'm interested. I don't support poor performance titles.

I don't notice any but then again I play with v-sync on and the game runs very smooth even at very high settings, not very demanding at all.

 

[Tovarisc]

Is there any point to have duplicate weapons in your inventory? I noticed I had 2 wrenches and 3 Gloo guns. Also how do you recharge your stun gun?

Materials from recycling them

 

[RedlineRonin]

There's no way to put turrets in your inventory right?

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

Its incredible how so many are praising the game and yet all it took for you to make your purchasing decision was one person vaguely mentioning screen tearing and you swear the game off.Basically with that mentality you never had any intentions of buying the game in the first place.

100% agreed. Because first of all I've yet to notice any screen tearing. I did have some bad framedrops when I was outside Talos but so far that has been the only times and it's only for mere seconds.

But to miss out on this absolutely fantastic game because of some screen tearing here and there would be ridiculous and a shame. Most of the time the game has been smooth as butter here. Xbox version.

Because there is only few of them overall and they spawn at random outside of quest rewards.

Ah I see. Good to know!

I really like the optional stuff in this game and it makes the game world all the more believable. These optional quests aren't very long or anything but they definitely are meaningful and add to the overall experience.

From

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Derelict space shuttles to a area with escape pods and you can actually go in there and explore and read up on things or help other people out.

Man there's a lot here.

 

[ArkkAngel007]

I can't say I've really noticed.
I did see it dipping near looking glass areas, but it's non buggy. Certainly nothing like Titanfall's tearing.
I'm on Xbox One S

The Titanfall type tearing occurred when

Spoiler

breaking out of the apartment.
Anytime going near that glass (on the apartment side, not the control room) caused severe screen tearing on the upper quarter of the screen.

Framerate dips so far have only been noticeable during some dialogue in

Spoiler

the testing rooms

and the same instance mentioned with the screen tearing.

Its incredible how so many are praising the game and yet all it took for you to make your purchasing decision was one person vaguely mentioning screen tearing and you swear the game off.Basically with that mentality you never had any intentions of buying the game in the first place.

While I agree that it's ridiculous to discount a game entirely from a couple instances, there's some here who have been quite defensive and dismissive to others over the game between the input lag (haven't noticed it myself) and now this. Personal enjoyment isn't going to be lessened by others sharing technical issues.

I mean, if Digital Foundry puts up an article talking about those things, what then? And given we're on a board with a lot of members who refuse to play 30≥ fps titles (or so they say), I can see someone not wanting to bother with a game that has screen tearing.

But again, this was a couple of instances early on that seemed to occur in specific conditions rather than an inherent issue that's a constant throughout. The Titanfall comparison is specifically to the severity of those instances, rather than frequency. I'd also point out that most would probably rush quickly through that part than pause, so I'd venture that it wouldn't be noticeable outide of a second or so.

 

[nOoblet16]

Btw if you come across the 4chan plot leak then don't read it, it's all true.

I actually took a guess where the story was gonna go super early in the game, then I read the 4chan leak and it confirmed my suspicions but I didn't know if it was true as it seemed way too convenient but 70% of the game in and I've found everything that was in that leak to be true.

 

[31GhostsIV]

Right now, around 3-4 hours In and i'm dying constantly - the enemies are suddenly harder to deal with for no good reason. I'm probably sucking at the game, but at the same time the game has done a terrible job of explaining its mechanics to me aside from the standard basic fps controls.

It's frustrating, because the combat in this game is balls (just like Dishonored) but I quite like the rest of it, even if i've yet to stumble across an original idea.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Are there any difficulty-related trophies in this game or can I wimp out and play on Easy?

 

[Rexatality]

Are there any difficulty-related trophies in this game or can I wimp out and play on Easy?

None whatsoever.

 

[ArkkAngel007]

"severe screen tearing" isn't "vaguely mentioning" anything.

Performance issues such as these are no buys for me, even if I'm interested. I don't support poor performance titles.

The "severe" is contained within the instance of it, not frequency. Given it has only happened in that small space, I doubt it's going to be an overall issue.

And the fps dips aren't bad (outside that same part) and have only been noticeable in some NPC interactions. Game runs well outside of those.

 

[munroe]

Have any of you checked out the achievement art, some of them are really nice. I like it when devs put some effort into the artwork.

Also I agree to if some one doesn't buy the game purely because of some screen tearing then you probably werent going to buy it anyways. Your loss, it's a great game

 

[RedlineRonin]

There's no way to put turrets in your inventory right?

Also, what does hacking an already friendly turret do? Anything?

 

[kaskade]

I'm only playing the demo right now but the screech scares with the mimics are pretty annoying. It makes me jump sometimes but having it happen so often is a big turn off, just feels kind of cheap.

 

[Rexatality]

Also, what does hacking an already friendly turret do? Anything?

In case you get enough alien abilities to the point that turrets turn hostile against you, hacking them would make them friendly to you.

 

[iammeiam]

Mid-to-late-game-question: How scripted are the encounters with the

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Nightmare? I've run into it once in the lobby when getting off the elevator, and just reloaded and didn't take the elevator back. I've run into it again in the Crew Quarters but just started the timer and exited the area to wait it out, which seems to have worked.

Is it just a random chance every time I switch zones from now on?

 

[NascentGecko]

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[diaspora]

How often does one find glue ammo? If it's sparse I'll want to ration it.