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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    So playing this I have to wonder if some of the people from Radical found their way to Volition when Acti broke the studio up.

    Its basically SR+Prototype and I love it.

    Also man Volition must be huge Mass Effect fans. So many references.

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  • Dr. ChaosDr. Chaos Post nuclear nuisance Registered User regular
    Are there any activities centered around the new powers?

    Theres gotta be, right?

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    Are there any activities centered around the new powers?

    Theres gotta be, right?

    just about every activity is centered around the new powers

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    Are there any activities centered around the new powers?

    Theres gotta be, right?

    Off the top of my head, there's the super speed and jump races, Genki's Mind over Murder, and I've seen mention of Super Powered Fight Club in the tab menu.

    Though really, I think any non-vehicle based activity probably ends up centered around the new powers. Even in straight up fights early on super sprint and jump are constant gotos for getting into cover or grabbing health.

    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • RonaldoTheGypsyRonaldoTheGypsy Yes, yes Registered User regular
    Climbing these towers is everything I want in a new Jedi Academy game. Sigh.

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  • TOGSolidTOGSolid Drunk sailor Seattle, WashingtonRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    heenato wrote: »
    But he's nolan north AS Nolan North!

    Also he's a good voice actor when they don't make him do Nathan Drake.

    He's in everything. I'm sick to death of him.

    That's... that's the joke?
    You'd think that have been obvious when you select the hadouken taunt and he shouts
    I'M NOLAN!
    instead of Hadouken.
    Climbing these towers is everything I want in a new Jedi Academy game. Sigh.

    I miss that series. :(

    What I don't miss are the shitheads that ruined the MP.

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  • RonaldoTheGypsyRonaldoTheGypsy Yes, yes Registered User regular
    Oh, also, this whole game is great and

    second mission spoilez
    The way that my character walked in the leave it to beaver scene made me crack up so much.

    I am loving the powers and the only guns I need to even upgrade are the pistols (op one headshot long range snipers with high rof) and the 'merica gun (it's my all purpose are there vehicles/lots of people/tough enemies problem solver)

    I've pretty much stopped using cars.

  • envoy1envoy1 the old continentRegistered User regular
    Grumble grumble something something why games are released later in EU grumble grumble

    Sigh...
    :cry:

    Sirialisexis
  • BionicPenguinBionicPenguin Registered User regular
    This game is so goddamn good. Destroying that first dome is when it really clicked for me. Sprinting around and hitting enemies with all kinds of ridiculous melee attacks made me feel more like a superhero (or villain) than any other game.

    It's a damn good thing I didn't unlock any powers before going to bed last night or I might've been playing until morning.

  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    Are there any activities centered around the new powers?

    Theres gotta be, right?

    Off the top of my head, there's the super speed and jump races, Genki's Mind over Murder, and I've seen mention of Super Powered Fight Club in the tab menu.

    Though really, I think any non-vehicle based activity probably ends up centered around the new powers. Even in straight up fights early on super sprint and jump are constant gotos for getting into cover or grabbing health.

    Super powered fight club is AWESOME. Best new activity. You get to be really creative in how you use your powers, and the enemy types are all really varied.

  • ThePantsAssociationThePantsAssociation A million could-be years on a thousand may-be worldsRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    I seem to be experiencing a weird glitch where I don't hear my car engine sounds when I drive. Anyone else having a similar audio problem? Maybe I should reinstall?

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  • Brutal JBrutal J Sorry! Sorry, I'm sorry. Sorry. Registered User regular
    Ordered off Amazon with free shipping as they were not offering $1 release day shipping.

    They still haven't shipped it yet. It's been "shipping now" for 24 hours.

    I want this game now, not the "now" that exists in Amazon's sadistic world.

  • ImperfectImperfect Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    So I finished the intro mission and now I seem to be stuck in a loading screen.

    Seriously, it's been a few minutes here.

    What the heck.

    Oh, and also? It can't seem to decide whether I'm using a controller or a mouse, and my quicktime instructions sometimes show controller buttons and sometimes show mouse or keyboard buttons and I have to translate them in realtime. Makes it more challenging, sure, but more frustrating, too.

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    Zyrxil wrote: »
    Do the different gun customizations actually change the stats/damage/etc or are they cosmetic? I can't really tell.

    The skins are mostly cosmetic. However, they can change the sound, and for one particular weapon, that sort of actually matters.

    Decided I just didn't like any of the men's haircuts so I made a lady boss. Decided to use a French accent and modeled her on a French girl I've sometimes bumped into in a store. Hope she's fine with being turned into a merciless superpowered killer. I then bought like 15 pants and skirts at the first opportunity because I find the clothing options so much better for females and wanted to have them just in case.

    I had no idea there would be so many data clusters. Upgrading mobility super powers first is a good thing. Super jump height and glide especially are good to prioritize.

    Not all that impressed with the dubstep gun, at least in its none upgraded state. It's tough to get a read on how much damage it's doing when stuff is actually shooting back at you. On the other hand, the abduction gun is great for taking out high hit point targets that spawn in some activities.

    I've also bumped into a bug. It seems if something prevents the reload animation of a box magazine fed weapon from completing, you wind up not reloading, will still see a magazine in your left hand, and can't manually reload until you fire a shot. Some fights were really annoying until I figured out why my SMG wasn't reloading when I wanted.

    I thought male and female share the same haircut-pool.

  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    Imperfect wrote: »
    So I finished the intro mission and now I seem to be stuck in a loading screen.

    Seriously, it's been a few minutes here.

    What the heck.

    Oh, and also? It can't seem to decide whether I'm using a controller or a mouse, and my quicktime instructions sometimes show controller buttons and sometimes show mouse or keyboard buttons and I have to translate them in realtime. Makes it more challenging, sure, but more frustrating, too.

    Yeah, Steam is currently having server problems, so it won't let me download my Boss. Wonder if I should just make a new one.

  • crimsoncoyotecrimsoncoyote Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Imperfect wrote: »
    So I finished the intro mission and now I seem to be stuck in a loading screen.

    Seriously, it's been a few minutes here.

    What the heck.

    Oh, and also? It can't seem to decide whether I'm using a controller or a mouse, and my quicktime instructions sometimes show controller buttons and sometimes show mouse or keyboard buttons and I have to translate them in realtime. Makes it more challenging, sure, but more frustrating, too.

    Yeah, Steam is currently having server problems, so it won't let me download my Boss. Wonder if I should just make a new one.
    They say it's routine maintenance
    http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=34835369#post34835369

    Broke coop for me and @Rend

    Edit: seems to be back now

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  • Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Played for an hour and a half. There were some good laughs during that time and I am enjoying the game. Some sorta spoilery images below:
    WTF is going on here behind this door in the middle east?

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    On of the real lol moments from the first play

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    The second real lol part of the fiirst play screens don't do it justice on how he was walking.

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    Time for some fun!

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    Starlight, starbright, the first st... WTF

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    Tuesday is maintenance day.

    This has been a public service announcement.

    Now. Back to Saints Row 4.

  • exisexis Registered User regular
    envoy1 wrote: »
    Grumble grumble something something why games are released later in EU grumble grumble

    Sigh...
    :cry:

    I'm importing this to save some cash (grumble grumble oceanic retail price gouging), so won't be getting ahold of the game until it releases AND ships from Europe.

    Woe is me :(

  • AvalonGuardAvalonGuard Registered User regular
    I picked the Nolan North voice set with no regrets whatsoever.
    The fourth wall breaking stuff has been so enjoyable.

  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    Drake wrote: »
    Tuesday is maintenance day.

    This has been a public service announcement.

    Now. Back to Saints Row 4.

    What a great day of the week for them to use.

  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    You know, I never liked "Don't Want To Miss A Thing" until it came up as the soundtrack during Insurance Fraud.

    Now I can't stop singing it.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    So far this is coming off as really poor. The graphics and animation are pretty bad, the writing is dumb, that whole beginning tutorial thing was so creatively bankrupt I had to force myself to even finish it, it's crossed the line from ironic misogyny (which is still bad) to lazy misogyny, and the game can't seem to keep up with itself. I get stranded in the middle of missions constantly having done what it asks but the game keeps thinking I haven't done it.

    I don't see myself firing this one up again any time soon. It's boring and very by the numbers although
    the Leave it to Beaver thing was a little funny.

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    I think you'll find you're in the minority, I found the writing hilarious and pretty clever so far.

    Also that opening mission managed to parody about three films and every Call of Duty trope known, it was pretty great.

    I guess pick a less funny game? The first mission is a blatant parody.
    Lawndart wrote: »
    You know, I never liked "Don't Want To Miss A Thing" until it came up as the soundtrack during Insurance Fraud.

    Now I can't stop singing it.

    Here's the great thing now that Insurance Fraud has been increased in speed. Go to a freeway, find traffic, get some air and start rag dolling WITH the flow of traffic instead of against it. After a few bounces I picked up so much speed I racked up about 350k per chain.

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  • ImperfectImperfect Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    Update: My controller problems were due to XPadder sending keyboard commands along with all my controller buttons, and the loading thing hasn't happened since I restarted.

    This game? Fun, with so many nice little touches.

  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    Imperfect wrote: »
    Update: My controller problems were due to XPadder sending keyboard commands along with all my controller buttons, and the loading thing hasn't happened since I restarted.

    This game? Fun, with so many nice little touches.

    What did you think of the
    Slowmo epic Call of Duty shooting scene

    in the first mission? I'm glad I didn't have that spoiled.

  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    Word to the wise: if you see a lone Professor Genki wandering around the simulation, run. Do not challenge him. He will crush you.

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  • L Ron HowardL Ron Howard The duck MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    Magic Pink dislikes a game! The sky is still blue! Stay tuned for more news at 11!

    I'm just messin' with ya. :bz

  • hatedinamericahatedinamerica Registered User regular
    My SR3 Latina boss has been remade from scratch, and suffered some kind of stroke or something that gave her a French accent.

    non-spoilery screenshot
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    I'm loving the writing so far. Keith David cracks me up every time he opens his mouth. It's just so good. Doesn't run that great on my machine, but it still looks fine with everything set to Low or Off.

  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Oh my god

    Oh my god

    Ending act 1 spoilers
    What is love?

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Word to the wise: if you see a lone Professor Genki wandering around the simulation, run. Do not challenge him. He will crush you.

    He actually helped me clear a flash point. :P

    Also, if you have ADD, this game is going to give you serious problems...

    I'm done for today, but I managed to do Shaundi's mission which was extremely good character wise. It got some legit feels from me.
    Whether this salvages new Shaundi or not for people, I thought it was fantastic. She just sounds so ashamed. And when she started stabbing Zombie Gat and screaming I just wanted to give her a hug and an 40z. Oh yeah, and classic Shaundi is great with an awesome voice actress. Can't wait to do their loyalty mission.

    Her romance is also surprisingly adorable.

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  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    You know, I never knew who sang What Is Love and I thought Haddaway was a guy who did some weird version you guys liked, but nope.

    Still in the tutorial missions, but I keep getting distracted by glowies and activities.

    In SR3 I never used melee except to pick up the occasional guy to throw into traffic, but I've been clearing out flashpoints exclusively with melee after getting the first powers. It just feels so awesome sprinting around and doing the special moves. I feel like a superhero! I was worried I was going to be a fast guy with guns.

    Blaze is a ton of fun and I haven't gotten anything less than gold on them so far (even Hard). I think I've completed 4 or 5 of those already.

    I love the towers. It's like climbing the HQ in Crackdown except 5 different times. They get really fast with upgraded powers.

    Some of the assassinations are nuts. I just had to kill
    an animated sex doll with a SMG.

  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    So, the dubstep gun is pretty bad when you get it.

    Go on though, upgrade it(particularly explosive wubs). Never worry about crowd control again my friends.

    I cant url good so add me on steam anyways steamcommunity.com/id/Raslin

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    I pre-ordered this from Gamestop and picked it up tonight. How do I redeem the code for the Presidential Pack? I don't see a code on the receipt ...

  • CadeCade Eppur si muove.Registered User regular
    Played some more today and loving it. Been focusing on getting clusters and doing side stuff and the occasional thing that pops up or I run into.

    Got unlimited sprint which is very nice, hated running out of stamina. Makes getting that upgrade kinda pointless now. Clusters wise I got over five hundred clusters left and tons of powers upgraded.

  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    Cade wrote: »
    Played some more today and loving it. Been focusing on getting clusters and doing side stuff and the occasional thing that pops up or I run into.

    Got unlimited sprint which is very nice, hated running out of stamina. Makes getting that upgrade kinda pointless now. Clusters wise I got over five hundred clusters left and tons of powers upgraded.

    What happens when you collect them all? Do enemies immediately combust into flames when they glance in your direction?

  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    Favorite mission so far: Asha's rescue.

    That snake is solid.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    How does the PS3 version run?

  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Cade wrote: »
    Played some more today and loving it. Been focusing on getting clusters and doing side stuff and the occasional thing that pops up or I run into.

    Got unlimited sprint which is very nice, hated running out of stamina. Makes getting that upgrade kinda pointless now. Clusters wise I got over five hundred clusters left and tons of powers upgraded.

    What happens when you collect them all? Do enemies immediately combust into flames when they glance in your direction?

    Based on the progression of the super powers I'm witnessing so far, that's a distinct possibility.

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