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Let's Play System Shock 2 - Set 30 - A date with Shodan

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Hedgethorn wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Why aren't there more first person RPGs? System Shock, Deus Ex, and Bloodlines are the only ones I can think of that have compelling dialog, an inventory, and shootin'.

    Fallout 3?

    I haven't played Fallout 3. D: Or Borderlands. D:

    Still, five FPSRPGs in the last decade. I'd be satisfied with one a year, especially considering they're almost always critically acclaimed.

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  • falling_stonefalling_stone Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Fallout3 seconded. And also Fallout.

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    One of the balloons in this youtube video suggests System Shock Portable is free and legal - is that right? Is it remade by fans?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID2BEXJ4IKc

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  • BremenBremen Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    By the way, now that you've boosted your modify you can modify other weapons, not just the assault rifle.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    emnmnme wrote: »
    One of the balloons in this youtube video suggests System Shock Portable is free and legal - is that right? Is it remade by fans?

    System Shock Portable is simply a portable application of System Shock that can be downloaded and run anywhere with hypothetically zero headaches. Electronic Arts still owns the System Shock ip, so there's no way it's in any way legal.

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  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Bremen wrote: »
    By the way, now that you've boosted your modify you can modify other weapons, not just the assault rifle.

    Can he modify his wrench to shoot sparks and set fire to evil?

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Almost caught up, I've watched all of 17-19 now. Will try to watch Set 20 tomorrow during breaks or compile time.

    (That's your cue to release Set 21, Hell. :P)

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  • HelloweenHelloween Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Almost caught up, I've watched all of 17-19 now. Will try to watch Set 20 tomorrow during breaks or compile time.

    (That's your cue to release Set 21, Hell. :P)

    After my Uni paper is done today, i shall indeed do another. Hopefully releasing it around 10 pm should the recording go smoothly.

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  • LordGravewishLordGravewish Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Awesome. I'll be here then :P

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  • WulfWulf Disciple of Tzeentch The Void... (New Jersey)Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Helloween wrote: »
    Almost caught up, I've watched all of 17-19 now. Will try to watch Set 20 tomorrow during breaks or compile time.

    (That's your cue to release Set 21, Hell. :P)

    After my Uni paper is done today, i shall indeed do another. Hopefully releasing it around 10 pm should the recording go smoothly.

    It puts the nanites on its skin, or else it gets the Spiders again!

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  • HelloweenHelloween Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    So. Red robots huh. Oh and other demons. How nice. :(

    Set 21 - Power Rangers

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  • KitsunaKitsuna Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Well, it seems as though the game is back to trying to kill you - quite successfully - through particularly evil ambushes. Seriously, sticking a robot behind a keypad locked door is just unsporting. Great fun to watch, but nonetheless unsporting.

    That said, I heard that monkey ambush coming. I honestly thought you would as well, but you did us proud and remained oblivious so you could take a couple of fireballs to the face for our amusement.

    Oh, and to be fair to Shodan, your track record hasn't exactly been unblemished. How many times have you died up until now? I'm just saying that I can see why she might be a tad dubious about your ability to succeed in the tasks she keeps setting you. :P

    I shall look forward to the next set.

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    It's a good thing the baddies haven't figured out how to use the resurrection machines.

    ...

    ...

    Hm, I think I just figured out why the monsters respawn in this game.

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  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Nice job softening up the second red ranger so the falling crates would cause it to suffer the same fate you did.

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    It's a good thing the baddies haven't figured out how to use the resurrection machines.

    ...

    ...

    Hm, I think I just figured out why the monsters respawn in this game.

    When I saw the dead guy right in front of one I thought, "Man, SO CLOSE."

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    The code you got for the armory on the med/sci deck is for the armory on the med/sci deck.

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  • ProPatriaMoriProPatriaMori Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Several very good bits of this one. And there were so many good bits that I've forgotten every single one of them. But I enjoyed them!

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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    This set was fantastic. The second video especially, was golden. I laughed and watched it twice, just because.

    It is getting a bit funny/silly just for the fact that you keep running into things that you can just single-shot with the Assault Rifle, especially when you only notice them when you're running directly into them. "Monkey!"*blam*

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  • ProPatriaMoriProPatriaMori Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Oh, I almost forgot. The fight with the second red ninja was the first ninja I encountered. To me, it seems like one of the closest things SS2 has to a miniboss--especially since I seem to recall that the crates are scripted.

    Also! Go to Medsci, you buffoon, and open up that weapons locker! There are goodies!

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  • npc.EXEnpc.EXE Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Also! You haven't played that last tape and missed one a corridor back. Please do enlighten the masses with exposition. :D

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Try to get your penis combo even higher...

    This set was great, does it hold the record for most deaths/ambushes? At the very least, it's gotta be a close contender.

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I like how you always feel compelled to respond to the cheerful item vendor. So polite.

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  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Another excellent set. Full of evil and red shiny robots of doom. Too bad the wrench is at the peak of it's penis pulverizing capabilities. Get that combo higher!

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  • DartboyDartboy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    "A ladder! Oh God."

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  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Dartboy wrote: »
    "A ladder! Oh God."
    That first ladder on the Rickenbacker will be so delightful.

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  • StollsStolls Brave Corporate Logo Chicago, ILRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Dartboy wrote: »
    "A ladder! Oh God."

    What a thrill... :whistle:

    Hello: Stasis gun thingy just freezes things so you can kill them with something else. Since you're looking to bump up big guns anyway, you might as well put it to good use; good for fast things, big things, and things that explode that happen to be right next to you. It works on everything you've seen so far (don't remember if it freezes turrets), can't affect you, and the alt-fire mode has decent AOE range. Nothing a grenade can't handle for the most part, but it may be handy for dealing with a certain problem that's been causing you soooo much sorrowwwwwww near a certain sim unit.

    If memory hasn't failed me, I think you left a bunch of prisms near the recharger on deck 3 if you wanna try it out.

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  • ElosElos Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    *pops speed boost*
    *runs straight into a camera*

    :^:

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  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm enjoying Helloween's growing confidence due to new/better weapons outstripping his caution. A Mario monkey managed to sneak up and paste him what, 4 times? Open door, giant robot, die. And so on and so forth.

    The Rickenbacker is going to be so. Much. Fun.

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Please no more MGS3 references with ladders. It is so done. :(

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  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Adus wrote: »
    Please no more MGS3 references with ladders. It is so done. :(

    Fine, no more about snakes and ladders.
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  • ProPatriaMoriProPatriaMori Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Adus wrote: »
    Please no more MGS3 references with ladders. It is so done. :(

    What's sad is that Braid hadn't come out yet, so the song didn't rewind if you slid back down the ladder.

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  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm enjoying Helloween's growing confidence due to new/better weapons outstripping his caution. A Mario monkey managed to sneak up and paste him what, 4 times? Open door, giant robot, die. And so on and so forth.

    The Rickenbacker is going to be so. Much. Fun.

    I can't wait. It's going to give him flashbacks of when he did Alice bosses on Nightmare. :mrgreen:

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  • HelloweenHelloween Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Adus wrote: »
    Please no more MGS3 references with ladders. It is so done. :(

    Awww those goes my excuse to put in the MGS3 music next time there's a big ladder :(

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    do it

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  • RoshinRoshin My backlog can be seen from space SwedenRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Hedgethorn wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Why aren't there more first person RPGs? System Shock, Deus Ex, and Bloodlines are the only ones I can think of that have compelling dialog, an inventory, and shootin'.

    Fallout 3?

    Arx Fatalis, maybe.

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  • StollsStolls Brave Corporate Logo Chicago, ILRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Helloween wrote: »
    Adus wrote: »
    Please no more MGS3 references with ladders. It is so done. :(

    Awww those goes my excuse to put in the MGS3 music next time there's a big ladder :(

    Aw dude you gotta do this later on. I know it's abusing an old meme, but this has to be done. I don't mean to tell tall tales, but there's a ladder coming up later that you ain't gonna forget. Or should I say, ladders.

    I am so sorry for inflicting this upon you.

    Not too sorry to laugh, mind you. :P

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Roshin wrote: »
    Hedgethorn wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Why aren't there more first person RPGs? System Shock, Deus Ex, and Bloodlines are the only ones I can think of that have compelling dialog, an inventory, and shootin'.

    Fallout 3?

    Arx Fatalis, maybe.

    I should really get around to beating that. Encountered some bug and had to stop playing.

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Helloween wrote: »
    Adus wrote: »
    Please no more MGS3 references with ladders. It is so done. :(

    Awww those goes my excuse to put in the MGS3 music next time there's a big ladder :(

    If you're doing music, sing the Power Rangers theme song the next time you see a red robot.

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  • rabiddeityrabiddeity Registered User new member
    edited December 2009
    I've been watching this thread and the vids with great joy. Thought I'd point a couple things out.
    1. You completely skipped an audio log that was in plain sight on the bypass over the green gooey fog. In the last vid of set 21, you can see it for a few seconds right around 1:45 of the last video.
    2. Speaking of audio logs, I think you have a backlog of a couple messages. Hitting the 'U' key only plays new messages, so you can hit it if you're in doubt and it won't play something you've already heard.
    3. The code you got for the MedSci Armory that everyone is nagging about isn't showing up in your notes because of a known bug. I'll spoiler it even though you've already heard the message; the code is:
      98383

    Keep the updates coming! You picked a great game to LP.

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  • HelloweenHelloween Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    rabiddeity wrote: »
    I've been watching this thread and the vids with great joy. Thought I'd point a couple things out.
    1. You completely skipped an audio log that was in plain sight on the bypass over the green gooey fog. In the last vid of set 21, you can see it for a few seconds right around 1:45 of the last video.
    2. Speaking of audio logs, I think you have a backlog of a couple messages. Hitting the 'U' key only plays new messages, so you can hit it if you're in doubt and it won't play something you've already heard.
    3. The code you got for the MedSci Armory that everyone is nagging about isn't showing up in your notes because of a known bug. I'll spoiler it even though you've already heard the message; the code is:
      98383

    Keep the updates coming! You picked a great game to LP.

    Thanks! I'll go back and get that then.

    I shall get some songs going, dont y'all worry :P

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