System Shock 2 Confirmed for GOG Release! Out Now! (Via RPS)
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I can confirm the multiplayer is still broken in this version, unfortunately. After a while it either crash or lead to a synchronization error that corrupts the save file once you did the prologue.
You will need a lot of patience to finish this in multiplayer. Saves in different slots all the time.
It seems they didn't retool that mode at all and according to the GoG forum the game is basically the NewDark fixed version.
You will need a lot of patience to finish this in multiplayer. Saves in different slots all the time.
It seems they didn't retool that mode at all and according to the GoG forum the game is basically the NewDark fixed version.
Yeah, I just changed leaning to Q/E and put lean forward as, uhh, X (is that really useful in the game?), if use isn't on one of the mouse buttons then I'll just make it F or something. A lot easier to retool than SS1 I imagine.
MacGurcules
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Anybody else waste way way too much time playing Overworld Zero?
Nah, you can probably count on one hand the number of times you might want to lean forward over the course of the game. You can get some really deep leans by simultaneously leaning forward and to the side and then turning, but that's really just a novelty. There's no where that you need it.
brandonh83
Banned
Damn, it rejects my card info when I try to buy it.
I tried, GAF. I did.
I tried, GAF. I did.
TRY HARDER!
brandonh83
Banned
Navy for first playthrough.
You want to totally destroy the game with no effort whatsoever? The Navy. Standard Weapons decimate all. Hack everything.
jim-jam bongs
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Psi on Impossible with no other skills for next!
Conciliator
Banned
Bought. I see some mod talk, but is there a consensus on 'essential' mods? If so, any change of getting something on the OP?
Psi powers are all temporary but if you know what you are doing (basically second playthrough) then you roll psi ops. You are a god in 30 second chunks.
anchorman128
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Playing the game three times and exploring all three is the obvious choice. But really I normally go Marines or O.S.A.
Some banks decline gog because they process payments in Europe. On my old bank card I had to call the bank and ask to remove the international block on transactions.
They are a subsidiary of CD Projekt RED in Poland and gog headquarters is in Larnaca, Cyprus.
jim-jam bongs
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Definitely, the trick is playing strategically enough that you don't get killed during the other 4.5 minutes of every 5 minute chunk. The biggest pain in the arse is the final boss fight when you forget to save all your ICE Picks.
I H8 Memes
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My bank rejected my order with some BS excuse about me not having any money in the account.
Use your paypal account and pay with your credit card through paypal? This is what I did. Paypal is in the US so they won't reject it.
jim-jam bongs
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My bank has given up blocking me when I buy random shit from overseas. It's like they looked at the fact that the lion's share of my disposable income has been spent on the internet for my entire adult life and finally started to understand that I'm a highly evolved digerati.
I H8 Memes
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It was a joke dude. My bank account is actually empty. Now that I think about it that's not a very funny joke. : (
Man, whenever I start talking about System Shock 2 I always end up going back to the one moment that completely sold me on the game -- finding that circuit board:
(For those who haven't played the game but don't mind very minor spoilers)
Right now I'm trying to write a massive blog on why console gamers should give SS2 a shot. Also, if you end up playing SS2 for the first time and like it, there's no reason why you should not then investigate the original Deus Ex, Arx Fatalis, and Thief.
(For those who haven't played the game but don't mind very minor spoilers)
There’s a section where you need to modify a computer by switching out a circuit board. After a voice recording tells me the registration number of the board I need, I go find the room where it’s supposed to be, expecting a small room where the correct board is the only movable object. What I get is a massive library -- several stacks filled with circuit boards, each one able to be picked up and placed in your inventory. When I had to look at the registration number of each board until I found the right one, I said to myself “this isn’t a collection of levels anymore, this is a real place.”
Right now I'm trying to write a massive blog on why console gamers should give SS2 a shot. Also, if you end up playing SS2 for the first time and like it, there's no reason why you should not then investigate the original Deus Ex, Arx Fatalis, and Thief.
hypostatic
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Brilliant post. I've played through SS2 more than any other game, and it still blows me away.
As buggy as it is, I'd add Omikron: The Nomad Soul to that list.
Yes. I should get my username changed to the full version. Hah.
SatelliteOfLove
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I should pick this up after trying (and enjoying) PS:T, especially after the crazy backstory about its wandering in the wilderness.
Did anyone ever attempt some kind of weapon balance mod?
hypostatic
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brandonh83
Banned
Yeah... by god I'll get it one way or the other, if not hopefully it makes haste to Steam.
Very likely at this point.
Calavera520
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Terra Nova! oh that would be wonderful. I would buy it gladly.
Yeah, both games were a problem to get out, but with SS2 out the dam's broken.
Not here, but lean forward practically breaks Thief 1.
scorpscarx
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So I just played for 2 hours after getting all my mods and tweaks done, really cool game. It looks like survival horror star trek in the best way possible.
Given how much more important stealth is there I'm not surprised.
... And I'll have to make sure that's SZXC for movement, so I can use WAD for leaning.
As others have said Navy is the one that will make your life easier especially early on. This is mainly because of the hacking skills as it makes finding resources a lot easier. It also gives you an early start with standard weapons.
I never played as a marine as it never appealed to me but those are weapons experts so you get to use more weapons.
OSA is harder to play at the beginning but properly configured by the end of the game you are a god and it makes the end levels really easy except for the very final battle. Cant say much about that battle but any of the three careers can have issues with it the first time but IMO the Navy will have the least problems and the OSA the most (on average).
Also note that any career can choose elements from another career path but it will cost more. So a Navy guy can learn an OSA skill but it will cost the Navy guy a lot more cyber modules (what you use to buy skills) than it would an OSA guy and vice versa.
Theres a few like straylight Adaob. They try to make the alien weapons worth it but in reality the amount of cybernetic modules you have to waste into research will never offset the organic implants or the researchable weapons. Its just not worth it. Its the same for most psi abilities. A lot of them are crap.
how do I know if my mods are working or not?
this happens to me too though I don't really understand what you mean to do in the bolded above. a little help please?
edit: i guess this means my mods are working. looks pretty clean.
this happens to me too though I don't really understand what you mean to do in the bolded above. a little help please?
edit: i guess this means my mods are working. looks pretty clean.
My old bank used to block steam because apparently they are flagged as a gambling website and banks don't like that. Same thing happened with greenmangaming.
jim-jam bongs
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If a hybrid looks like this:
Then your mods aren't working. If they look like this:
Then your mods are working.
If a hybrid looks like this:
Then your mods aren't working. If they look like this:
Then your mods are working.
I made the hybrid death noise when I saw the original.
jim-jam bongs
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But he tries so hard!
It's fun to remember that the duck's guts graphically at that time was q3test, so the models were even pretty bad for the era.
XANDER CAGE
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I forgot how weird all the first-person animations in this game are. There's something seriously wrong with your dude's hand.
scorpscarx
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lololol jasec.
My game looks awesome, forcing 8x ogssaa along with the mods.
My game looks awesome, forcing 8x ogssaa along with the mods.
