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Shinji Mikami's THE EVIL WITHIN |OT| Where's everyone going? Tango?
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BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Save that upgrade for NG+. 8s is more than enough for NG.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Time to splurge on upgrades then. Thanks.
-MD-
Member
6 seconds is more than enough, 8 is good for akumu.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Oh god Chapter 11. The moment of truth. Platinum or no Platinum.
Also I just found out that tapping x while out of breath ends the panting. I'm very upset.
Also I just found out that tapping x while out of breath ends the panting. I'm very upset.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Seems redundant. Why read the manual if the games gonna pop a big tutorial window for almost everything else?
-MD-
Member
Even easier than that is to just let go of RB before the meter drains completely.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Well yeah. That's what I do now, but there have been a few times where I could have survived had I known.
The best thing your allies do for your is provide a distraction.After finishing chapter 5 I can confirm that allies AI indeed sucks. I skipped on the chance to get a chapter 5 trophy for the big fight, because my partner was acting like an idiot.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Only 60 deaths short...
Well, what's in the manual that's not covered by the tutorials?
Well, what's in the manual that's not covered by the tutorials?
Marty-esque
Member
For this trophy, Joseph can't take any damage. Did he keep dying or did He just take a few hits? I don't think that taking damage means that the AI isn't good.After finishing chapter 5 I can confirm that allies AI indeed sucks. I skipped on the chance to get a chapter 5 trophy for the big fight, because my partner was acting like an idiot.
After finishing chapter 5 I can confirm that allies AI indeed sucks. I skipped on the chance to get a chapter 5 trophy for the big fight, because my partner was acting like an idiot.
I got it on NG+ on Casual with a full stock of every bolt.
xrnzaaas
Member
It's not only that scene, the other ones as well. AI doesn't use cover when it should, doesn't stay close to the main character, doesn't target the nearest monster, doesn't use melee hits (or maybe I haven't seen it), doesn't move back when a grenade is supposed to go off nearby... Also it would be nice to be able to issue simple orders.
Yep, maybe I'll try it later when I'll unlock better stuff (I'm trying to do a no upgrades playthrough).
Marty-esque
Member
You didn't see Joseph destroying enemies with the axe? It seems like you expect the AI to act like a human controlled character.
xrnzaaas
Member
Yeah, I probably missed that since I was focused on the zombies in that fight. I dunno, maybe it's me hating all games where you have to take care of somebody else. Thank God Ellie stayed out of the way in The Last of Us, because otherwise it would ruin that game for me as well.
Anyway no biggie, I'll fight for this trophy in my NG+ playthrough.
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Thanks for the demo Bethesda, the game looks like shit. That forced stealth section at the beginning turned me off this game completely.
Marty-esque
Member
I'm No fan of babysitting and escort missions but I feel Joseph is competent enough. And it's only a small part of the game.Yeah, I probably missed that since I was focused on the zombies in that fight. I dunno, maybe it's me hating all games where you have to take care of somebody else. Thank God Ellie stayed out of the way in The Last of Us, because otherwise it would ruin that game for me as well.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I'm up to chapter 7 now, it's so playable.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
I think Joseph died around 4x more than I did in the sections where he accompanies you. Whoever says he has competent AI can kiss my ass. They probably had infinitely better luck than myself :lol. As if I didn't have enough issues on my Akumu run, this jackass comes to ruin the day.
With that said, he can kick major ass in the castle section where has the axe if you let him. He needs 2 hits at most to dispatch an enemy. Pretty useful.
With that said, he can kick major ass in the castle section where has the axe if you let him. He needs 2 hits at most to dispatch an enemy. Pretty useful.
xrnzaaas
Member
So the sixth chapter didn't change my opinion on Joseph for better. For a few moments I stopped and observed how him and a bunch of zombies were trying to hit each other and kept missing. Chapter 6 was fun by the way (apart from inifinite zombie spawn in the ruins) and it took me a while to finish it.
For a few moments I stopped and observed how him and a bunch of zombies were trying to hit each other and kept missing. Chapter 6 was fun by the way (apart from inifinite zombie spawn in the ruins) and it took me a while to finish it.
-MD-
Member
Starting chapter 11 akumu -_-
Chapter 10 has been the bulk of my deaths, must have died at least 10-15 times. Did kill the garage boss first try though.
There are a finite number of enemies, they do eventually stop.
Chapter 10 has been the bulk of my deaths, must have died at least 10-15 times. Did kill the garage boss first try though.
So the sixth chapter didn't change my opinion on Joseph for better.
There are a finite number of enemies, they do eventually stop.
I'm stuck on chapter 15... all those enemies and I have barely no ammo.
I understand that this is a survival horror and that I should've saved more ammo... but how was I supposed to kill that reptile beast on chapter 14 without almost running out of it? Those slugs would only give me handgun bullets...
Ahhhhhh... looks like I will have to load one of my previous saves and try to hoard ammo.
BTW, LOVING the game
I understand that this is a survival horror and that I should've saved more ammo... but how was I supposed to kill that reptile beast on chapter 14 without almost running out of it? Those slugs would only give me handgun bullets...
Ahhhhhh... looks like I will have to load one of my previous saves and try to hoard ammo.
BTW, LOVING the game
Marty-esque
Member
I did had some trouble keeping Joseph alive in chapter 5 on akumu. But you expect things to be harder.
Joseph only died on me once in akumu thankfully, I left him alone too long in chapter 5.
Also what's this dude on twitter on about?
Aww, yeah
Marty-esque
Member
Holy crap! . Hope it's true.
-MD-
Member
Finished my akumu run, my goal was to stay under 100 deaths so I'm happy with that number. The double building in chapter 6 and the shutter door in chapter 11 were the biggest hold ups but other than that those chapters went pretty smoothly. Chapters 12/13 were surprisingly intense/stressful but I never really see people bring those up when they discuss akumu.
Played with letterboxing on w/ a controller too for the folks that say it's impossible to see anything
Where's my DLC now?
Marty-esque
Member
Wow! Nice. I think I had 344 deaths on my akumu playthrough.
Finished my akumu run, my goal was to stay under 100 deaths so I'm happy with that number. The double building in chapter 6 and the shutter door in chapter 11 were the biggest hold ups but other than that those chapters went pretty smoothly. Chapters 12/13 were surprisingly intense/stressful but I never really see people bring those up when they discuss akumu.
Played with letterboxing on w/ a controller too for the folks that say it's impossible to see anything
Where's my DLC now?
Death Metalist
Member
Still haven't done my AKUMU walkthrough but I will probably after playing the shit out of REmake which is one week away.
-MD-
Member
Can't wait for REmake. Gonna be bouncing between playthroughs of that and cooping Dying Light with my friend.
The Xtortionist
Member
Finished my akumu run, my goal was to stay under 100 deaths so I'm happy with that number. The double building in chapter 6 and the shutter door in chapter 11 were the biggest hold ups but other than that those chapters went pretty smoothly. Chapters 12/13 were surprisingly intense/stressful but I never really see people bring those up when they discuss akumu.
Played with letterboxing on w/ a controller too for the folks that say it's impossible to see anything
Where's my DLC now?
You're better than me. I died 394 times and my time was 19 hours :l
Incredible job! I struggled enough on Nightmare difficulty, akumu is way too crazy for me. I don't think you unlock anything else in the game, do you?
Finished my akumu run, my goal was to stay under 100 deaths so I'm happy with that number. The double building in chapter 6 and the shutter door in chapter 11 were the biggest hold ups but other than that those chapters went pretty smoothly. Chapters 12/13 were surprisingly intense/stressful but I never really see people bring those up when they discuss akumu.
Played with letterboxing on w/ a controller too for the folks that say it's impossible to see anything
Where's my DLC now?
-MD-
Member
To be fair you started your run a lot earlier than I did. I had decent strategies for each encounter after playing through a few times.
I don't doubt that if I jumped straight into akumu after my first playthrough i'd have wayyy more deaths.
Sadly you do not, just brass knuckles again.
nice job -MD-
i had a blast with akumu. you really have to be patient the whole time. There were some moments were i got really pissed. But overall it was a very challenging experince.
i made some short akumu mode strategie videos for thos who are interested
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtNYCMyM4w7du0IZpZE_fsvuLSwPPvmNi
i had a blast with akumu. you really have to be patient the whole time. There were some moments were i got really pissed. But overall it was a very challenging experince.
i made some short akumu mode strategie videos for thos who are interested
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtNYCMyM4w7du0IZpZE_fsvuLSwPPvmNi
xrnzaaas
Member
I'm progressing rather slowly, finished chapter 9 (for the 1st time) yesterday. I loved how they kept winking at the RE fans, but sometimes I feel that the game relies too much on the ideas from previous games and doesn't bring as much new goodies to the table as I'd like. Or maybe I'm spoiled too much.
Marty-esque
Member
Try using the traps in the houses. Craft some explosive bolts.
Fancy Clown
Member
Finished my akumu run, my goal was to stay under 100 deaths so I'm happy with that number. The double building in chapter 6 and the shutter door in chapter 11 were the biggest hold ups but other than that those chapters went pretty smoothly. Chapters 12/13 were surprisingly intense/stressful but I never really see people bring those up when they discuss akumu.
Played with letterboxing on w/ a controller too for the folks that say it's impossible to see anything
Where's my DLC now?
Holy shit your Akumu run is both faster, and has far fewer deaths than my survival run (and my nightmare run, which is going to be even longer and have more deaths)...feels bad, man.
xrnzaaas
Member
Chapter 11 had a lot of tough battles, but I survived. I also finished chapter 12 yesterday and I liked the final part of it the most.