Equanimity
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This game is a HUGE improvement over the first one. I'm still on chapter 3, so far so good.
The Evil Within 2 |OT| "Something not quite right"
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Astral Dog
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I doubt it, EW2 is on a new engine with mre advanced graphics and open areas, lots of content for a single player campaign. At the very least it should be slightly higher than the first one as its a true current gen game (though that could have worked in terms of art direction for the first game somehow)
The change is a design thing. EW2 looks more "modern"
CrichtonKicks
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I just played through the first DLC last night (The Assignment) and it was fantastic. Honestly one of the best DLCs I've played. They went all out in introducing a huge number of new mechanics (it plays totally different than the base game), it's quite meaty (3 hours long), and just chock full of cool and interesting scenarios.
I think I may like it more than the base game.
Going to go through the second DLC and then its back to TEW 2.
Tango is owned by Bethesda.
I totally agree. I don't think charging you more to craft on the fly was a necessary addition to this game. It just makes acquiring more a hassle. I like to play this game in a more actiony style and I'm getting punished for doing so. It seems to be catered more towards stealth gameplay.
Astral Dog
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If you liked it Dusk then i think its going to be fine can't wait to get my hands on it
TEW is one of the scariest games i ever played, but was far too uneven/rough and i never finished before the disk got scratched. :c
Astral Dog
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Too soon
The higher cost works for the more open sections such as ch3 but for more linear chapters it doesn't really work.
Use shock bolt and blast them with shotgun. Also I think you can climb on top of the containers and keep shooting them from there since they can't climb.
Didn't find the crossbow yet >.>
I tried climbing to the top of the truck but they climbed up with me.
I tried climbing to the top of the truck but they climbed up with me.
RE7 has seemingly the same problem- the standard difficulty is too easy (especially on replays), while the next difficulty up is closer to being "very fucking hard" as opposed to just "pretty fucking hard".
In TEW2, it seems to basically go very easy -> easy -> hard
Shoot it till it dies. If its the part Im thinking of, climb the trucks to get a bit of breathing room (theyll take a few seconds to hop up). They tend to do just one dodge when you first aim at them iirc
CrichtonKicks
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Did you get the employee card?
CrichtonKicks
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It should show up on the key pad screen. Use the look up table like this: B3=first 2 digits, B4= second 2 digits (can't remember the actual code).
Is the Predator skill bugged? I got it, and it never gives me the red arrow.
I even watched YouTube videos, and i'm doing the same thing i think, but i never see the red arrow to activate it.
I'm enjoying the game so far.
I'm still dicking around in Chapter 3, but my only two complaints would be:
1) The skills available with the gel all seem pretty pointless this time around.
2) I didn't like the piss filter of the first game, but this went perhaps a bit too far in the opposite direction, looks almost like Fortnight at times, with the bright colors (as a whole though it looks way better).
I even watched YouTube videos, and i'm doing the same thing i think, but i never see the red arrow to activate it.
I'm enjoying the game so far.
I'm still dicking around in Chapter 3, but my only two complaints would be:
1) The skills available with the gel all seem pretty pointless this time around.
2) I didn't like the piss filter of the first game, but this went perhaps a bit too far in the opposite direction, looks almost like Fortnight at times, with the bright colors (as a whole though it looks way better).
Equanimity
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The art direction was good but not great imo, sometimes it just looked too clean, sometimes it looked alright. Not saying it's bad, but TEW1's art direction is on a whole different level, despite the ''bad'' dated graphics.
I mean come on, who seriously think TEW2 had art direction and atmosphere THIS good?
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I have no fucking clue why people ever complained about TEW's visuals. That game was a real looker most of the time.
It still looked amazing when I played it earlier this year.
You can avoid that fight. There's a crate you can climb on the opposite side with a plank bridge going over the fence. I just ran away.
It is definitely toned down imo. I'm not even sure if I would put EW2 in the horror genre, I think it's really just survival-action with some horror elements. Ch. 2, 5, 9, 11, and 12 lean heavier on the horror side, but I feel the same way about the game as I do about F.E.A.R., RE4, Deadly Premonition. There becomes a point where there is too much action for me to outright say "this is a horror game." Compared to something like Amnesia or even the recent RE7.
Then again, a mumber of my own assumptions about the horror genre are going into those statements.
I'm not sure if it's literally bugged, but it's definitely finicky. I made a separate save to test it out because of the reports on here about the issues with it. I encountered those issues.
This perplexes me too, I played the first game earlier this year and thought it looked good, must've been a revelation three years ago.
Happened to me too. It wouldn't ever pop up til I was pretty much already in stealth kill range. Found it completely useless, especially for 12,000 gel. I just reloaded an older save and got other skills. It sux cuz that's what I had been saving up for since the beginning. :/
darkslayer101
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Well, I officially lowered the difficulty to medium. Some parts were a bit too much for me. Should have done that before the clearing the part that was giving me trouble but oh well.
Ended up luring them to the stars where they couldn't climb up so I managed to get easy clean shots in.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that area.
Ended up luring them to the stars where they couldn't climb up so I managed to get easy clean shots in.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that area.
Yeah, maybe it was because I played in on PC but i though it looked AMAZING.
Oh, that's a bummer.
I don't know if i have a save before that, also i think it'd annoy me to go all the way back.
It's not like there's other skills i'm dying to get anyway (as i was saying, they're not very interesting).
I read the Kick is pretty shitty, too.
Really? Man, I guess I need to play it on a super high end PC, but that was not my impression, at all.
The art direction was good but not great imo, sometimes it just looked too clean, sometimes it looked alright. Not saying it's bad, but TEW1's art direction is on a whole different level, despite the ''bad'' dated graphics.
I mean come on, who seriously think TEW2 had art direction and atmosphere THIS good?
these are all just PS4 footage by the way, you don't really need high end PC graphics when the art is this good. Bloodborne is the perfect example.
but still, TEW2 art direction is definitely not bad at all. I agree with you.
Can't say I'm all that impressed with your examples, but to each his own.
kunonabi
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The godawful texture pop in on the ps3 ruined it for me. It being an action game for most of the chapters i played didnt really give me time to appreciate it either.
Once i free up some space on my PS4 hard drive ill make it a point to try and soak it up more. The gifs and images people have been posting do look gorgeous.
I'm only on chapter 6, but I would say EW2 is a vastly different game from EW1.
If that is a good or bad thing is yet to be determined by me. I am enjoying myself a lot, and if it pans out well it would eek out Prey as my GOTY or be #2.
I'm a little hesitant to think it could be better than EW1 though. This is a much more stealth and action game and far less horror than the first. The first was able to scare me quite often. One scare so far here.
If that is a good or bad thing is yet to be determined by me. I am enjoying myself a lot, and if it pans out well it would eek out Prey as my GOTY or be #2.
I'm a little hesitant to think it could be better than EW1 though. This is a much more stealth and action game and far less horror than the first. The first was able to scare me quite often. One scare so far here.
This game is evil just for being so polarizing that people can seriously say the above.
darkslayer101
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guys how do I get back to Union?
currently on chp 13 and I really need the sniper rifle and laser handgun
Thanks for input Dusk. Seems like Tango took another aim with TEW2. Most memorable with the first game surely was those stressful moments, I kinda loved those. It's gonna be interesting to play this later on.
Yeah I can see what you mean here. Love both FEAR/RE series and it's nothing wrong for Tango to take this approach. Then again first game seemed to struggle what kind of game it wanted to be, pendling between horror and action.
As someone who was lukewarm on TEW, I'm having a good time with the sequel, midway through Chapter 5. Chapter 3 dragged a bit, and the sidequests really didn't do anything for me, but overall it's keeping my interest.
The main issue, as many others have mentioned, is the combination of the zoomed in FOV on PS4 and atrocious aiming mechanics. As someone who plays a lot of both 3rd and 1st person shooters, I can remember a recent game whose shooting felt so bad. It's just sluggish and inaccurate, and is compounded by the lurching movements of enemies. Really bad.
Other than that, it's fun. It's definitely a one and done for me, and isn't remotely scary, but I'm not regretting the time or money I'm putting into it.
The main issue, as many others have mentioned, is the combination of the zoomed in FOV on PS4 and atrocious aiming mechanics. As someone who plays a lot of both 3rd and 1st person shooters, I can remember a recent game whose shooting felt so bad. It's just sluggish and inaccurate, and is compounded by the lurching movements of enemies. Really bad.
Other than that, it's fun. It's definitely a one and done for me, and isn't remotely scary, but I'm not regretting the time or money I'm putting into it.
Duxxy3
Member
Some small complaints.
Picking up items takes forever. I know it looks stupid, but I'd rather just pick up things quickly. Or better yet, don't have the character grab the items at all. Just add to inventory.
Stealth animation takes too long. Stab to the head and done. Doesn't need to be any more than that.
This might be a bug: Changing the type of weapon I'm using and then having it switch back to the default. I don't know why it does that.
Also, I ended up using a keyboard and mouse because I didn't like the controller options.
Picking up items takes forever. I know it looks stupid, but I'd rather just pick up things quickly. Or better yet, don't have the character grab the items at all. Just add to inventory.
Stealth animation takes too long. Stab to the head and done. Doesn't need to be any more than that.
This might be a bug: Changing the type of weapon I'm using and then having it switch back to the default. I don't know why it does that.
Also, I ended up using a keyboard and mouse because I didn't like the controller options.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Yes! Drives me nuts.
Do you have the default weapon set into quick select?
Nah. Just don't over do it. Gunpowder is very plentiful.
Duxxy3
Member
I have to update my quick select after changing the type?
That's how it should behave, but I'll give it a try.
Like myco said, check if it's not because of the quick select.
I was experiencing the same thing (i wanted to have the normal gun, but it kept switching to the DLC gun) and i realized that you can set on the quick select, the specific sub-type of weapon you want.
So in theory you could have two different types of gun, both on the quick select wheel.
For sniper I think you might be SOL,,,but did you get the
revolver
Save your gunpowder for shotgun ammo mostly. Sniper ammo is also important but is crazy expensive. There's also another gun type you'll want to save up for:
assault rifle, with each bullet costing 1 gunpowder.
Kind of a bummer you can't melt ammo down into components.
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Has anyone tried (post-game unlockable)
Classic Mode
Didn't care for this area either. Pretty bland.
My impression post ch3,i'll spoiler tagged it just in case.
the game is starting to lose me a little after ch3,i was in love with it after completing 2 and extensively exploring 3,i've spent like 7hrs in that chapter alone and never got bored one bit.
I don't know what happened but the game jumped from 3 to 5 without even realizing it,like what happened with 4? And that sums up that chapter i guess,because barely anything happened..unless refilling the same area with more enemies consists a new chapter now.
I kinda hate/love ch5,everything post Laura bossfight was great,loved the atmosphere,Obscura etc..but everything before that,The Marrow was incredibly dull,boring and lifeless;just a bunch uninspired passage ways.
Chapter 6 is just like 4,went back to The Marrow,ran away from the white goo monster,talked to yukiko and that's it,it lasted like 15 min.The highlight was yukiko i guess,the few glimpses of her personality,voice and dialogue were great,i hope i can get some of that fantastic duo feel i've got from Seb and Joseph again.
Currently at the very beginning of 7 and it seems to be more what i liked from 3 but not entirely the same,but unfortunately i'm looking at the game in a different way now..i hope it can gain me back again.
I don't know what happened but the game jumped from 3 to 5 without even realizing it,like what happened with 4? And that sums up that chapter i guess,because barely anything happened..unless refilling the same area with more enemies consists a new chapter now.
I kinda hate/love ch5,everything post Laura bossfight was great,loved the atmosphere,Obscura etc..but everything before that,The Marrow was incredibly dull,boring and lifeless;just a bunch uninspired passage ways.
Chapter 6 is just like 4,went back to The Marrow,ran away from the white goo monster,talked to yukiko and that's it,it lasted like 15 min.The highlight was yukiko i guess,the few glimpses of her personality,voice and dialogue were great,i hope i can get some of that fantastic duo feel i've got from Seb and Joseph again.
Currently at the very beginning of 7 and it seems to be more what i liked from 3 but not entirely the same,but unfortunately i'm looking at the game in a different way now..i hope it can gain me back again.
nkarafo
Member
I'm 5 hours in. I like
, reminds me a bit of Silent Hill 2.
I hate the performance though. I locked it at 30fps on a PC that should be able to run it at 60. I still get microstutters that don't get reported. Counters claim solid 30 but i can see the judder.
the small town you explore
I hate the performance though. I locked it at 30fps on a PC that should be able to run it at 60. I still get microstutters that don't get reported. Counters claim solid 30 but i can see the judder.
d00d3n
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Got 98000 three times yesterday, then I walked away. The other mode was a piece of cake since I'm playing PC and switched to mouse aim.
Finished it with just under 17 hours on the clock on Survival.
Overall I absolutely loved it and it'll be in my top 5 this year (Yakuza 0 still takes the top spot). I can't say I like it a lot more than the first game or anything but I think they sit alongside each other really nicely in that they are doing different things. Now I'll admit it's been a long time since I've played the first game but I remember it being a lot more oppressive atmosphere wise, more grindhouse like whilst this feels more like a survival horror haunted house ride with gore. It's story is told in a simpler way (not to its detriment) but it's also less of a mindfuck than TEW1 though it does have its moments. I can see why some folks who loved TEW1 might not likeTEW2 but I really enjoyed them both, on the otherhand I can see folks who didn't like TEW1 liking the sequel more.
Combat wise I do feel it's better than the first game overall but there's something wrong with the hitboxes up close, you cannot aim your gun when they are right up in your face and hit them with a shot, you have to rely on melee/or get some distance. The thing that definitely hurts it is that it feels like the skill for pushing enemies away/making a bit of distance by kicking them away from you is broken, I never got it working properly (now admittedly maybe I misunderstood who to use it but never got a prompt).
Lot of thoughts whirring through my head about it but I'm delighted of course that there's a (game completion spoiler)
Overall I absolutely loved it and it'll be in my top 5 this year (Yakuza 0 still takes the top spot). I can't say I like it a lot more than the first game or anything but I think they sit alongside each other really nicely in that they are doing different things. Now I'll admit it's been a long time since I've played the first game but I remember it being a lot more oppressive atmosphere wise, more grindhouse like whilst this feels more like a survival horror haunted house ride with gore. It's story is told in a simpler way (not to its detriment) but it's also less of a mindfuck than TEW1 though it does have its moments. I can see why some folks who loved TEW1 might not likeTEW2 but I really enjoyed them both, on the otherhand I can see folks who didn't like TEW1 liking the sequel more.
Combat wise I do feel it's better than the first game overall but there's something wrong with the hitboxes up close, you cannot aim your gun when they are right up in your face and hit them with a shot, you have to rely on melee/or get some distance. The thing that definitely hurts it is that it feels like the skill for pushing enemies away/making a bit of distance by kicking them away from you is broken, I never got it working properly (now admittedly maybe I misunderstood who to use it but never got a prompt).
Lot of thoughts whirring through my head about it but I'm delighted of course that there's a (game completion spoiler)
New Game Plus option and that they've given me a Magnum as well as a 40,000 gel to spend. Sweet
Chaos2Frozen
Member
That reminds me of another nitpick i had.
When you break crates theres like a full second delay before you can pick up the item!