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Shadow Complex: The last liberal is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace. (new OP)

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  • Seattle ThreadSeattle Thread Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Elitistb wrote: »
    For those of you with fancy 100% completion runs, is that with or without help?
    Without, but it took me forever to figure out that I could make a foam bridge

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  • BursarBursar Hee Noooo! PDX areaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Trying for a minimum item run, need some help:
    How the hell do I escape from the exploding command center without the Friction Reducer? I can't even get up the ladder before I'm toasted. It doesn't help that half my life is gone before I even get control of the character after the cutscene...

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2009
    Makershot wrote: »
    Elitistb wrote: »
    For those of you with fancy 100% completion runs, is that with or without help?
    Without, but it took me forever to figure out that I could make a foam bridge
    What did you need to make a foam bridge for?

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  • Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak is it because you were insulted when I insulted your hair?Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Bursar wrote: »
    Trying for a minimum item run, need some help:
    How the hell do I escape from the exploding command center without the Friction Reducer? I can't even get up the ladder before I'm toasted. It doesn't help that half my life is gone before I even get control of the character after the cutscene...
    Eh, I didn't attempt a minimun item run myself, but if you're quick enough, you shouldn't take any more damage after you reach the ladder (have you tried the hookshoot instead of climbing up the ladder?).

    Alfred J. Kwak on
  • CullenCullen Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    The sub title for this game should be 'A Love Letter to Super Metroid' for the number of nods it has to SM (from everything from the items to the level design in certain sections). I think if it was just a bit more atmospheric and the bosses were a bit more impressive (although I haven't finished it yet so this might change) I'd be tempted to say its better than SM. Best game I've played in 10 years easy.

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  • VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Yeah I needed a guide to help me get that one passkey in the scuba mask room. Thing is though, that passkey isn't that well hidden, it's just that the map says that you already got the mask there, so as Claire would say, why would anyone look there?

    I was able to figure out all the hyperspeeds except for that one with the drawbridge.

    I never did make a foam bridge though. hookshot and triple jump 4lyfe!

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  • HedgethornHedgethorn Associate Professor of Historical Hobby Horses In the Lions' DenRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Bursar wrote: »
    Trying for a minimum item run, need some help:
    How the hell do I escape from the exploding command center without the Friction Reducer? I can't even get up the ladder before I'm toasted. It doesn't help that half my life is gone before I even get control of the character after the cutscene...
    Are you watching the cutscene or skipping it? For some reason, if you skip the cutscene, you lose about a half-second of getting-the-hell-out-of-dodge time.

    As for the 100% items, I needed to check the map to find two items that were hidden in save rooms. It never crossed my mind that the items I missed might have been hiding in the starred rooms. And I had to watch a video to figure out how to speed dash around the factory to break the crate in the adjoining room.

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  • WillisIVIIXWillisIVIIX Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Just finished up an Insurgent run, man that was some crazy shizz. I know some crazy s.o.b will try it on insane, the hell with that.

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    How do you skip cutscenes in this game? Pretty sure I pressed every single button.

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Pause, select "skip cutscene"

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  • APZonerunnerAPZonerunner Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Did an insurgent run. That was cool.

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  • MechanicalMechanical Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Bursar wrote: »
    Trying for a minimum item run, need some help:
    How the hell do I escape from the exploding command center without the Friction Reducer? I can't even get up the ladder before I'm toasted. It doesn't help that half my life is gone before I even get control of the character after the cutscene...

    Do as Cypher says: "Run. You run your ass off."

    Mechanical on
  • BlurblBlurbl -_- Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    This game is great. A benchmark for what can be done with Arcade games. But it really feels like it could have used a few more weeks of polishing, on the foreground/background aiming, for example.

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  • joshgotrojoshgotro Deviled Egg The Land of REAL CHILIRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Elitistb wrote: »
    For those of you with fancy 100% completion runs, is that with or without help?
    without help.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    So, How do I lower this drawbridge?

    I wanna get that gun first since that seems to be something people were getting screwed out of for some reason. I can't find any switches anywhere though.

    Am I supposed to be able to lower it now, or do I have to wait?

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    If you're following the blue line, it'll lead you right to the switch. If not, go through the door underneath and to the right of the drawbridge.

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  • nlawalkernlawalker Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    So, How do I lower this drawbridge?

    I wanna get that gun first since that seems to be something people were getting screwed out of for some reason. I can't find any switches anywhere though.

    Am I supposed to be able to lower it now, or do I have to wait?
    If you follow the blue line, you won't get screwed out of the gun. You simply need to make sure you get it before you proceed down the elevator a couple rooms to the right.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Well, I got it first anyway to be safe.

    Effing sweet gun too..

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2009
    Pulse Rifle > Shotgun.

    Can't hit a damn thing with the shotty.

    Sheep on
  • Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak is it because you were insulted when I insulted your hair?Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Pulse Rifle > Shotgun.

    Can't hit a damn thing with the shotty.

    Just fire in the general direction of an enemy and he will bounce 30 feet through the air. Always fun to watch.

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  • MechanicalMechanical Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I seem to have gone too far with my Insurgent run.
    Was I supposed to kill the second Tarantula before or after I got the foam gun?

    Mechanical on
  • SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Okay, so I'm stuck.
    I just beat the missile guy with the shield in the outdoors. I don't yet have missiles, so it doesn't seem like there's a whole lot I can do. What the fuck do I do here?

    [Edit] Nevermind, I figured it out. I'm an idiot.

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  • fsmith1fsmith1 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    So I just finished all of the proving grounds. I have platinum gold on almost all of the first two packs, but on the last one it's mostly bronze. The big friction dampener jump near the end was tottally killing me. Took me like six minutes to get it :P.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Ohhhhh now I see.. I'm screwed out of getting this foam upgrade, arent I?


    The one in the water underneath the tiny drawbridge?

    Edit: Yay, nvm. I found the grenadable panel.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Mang... I'm missing one passkey component, and I think one missile pack..

    tried to pinpoint em on that item map, but I can't seem to find a spot where I'm missing something

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2009
    Passkey is probably the one in the scuba mask room.

    Sheep on
  • LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Pulse Rifle > Shotgun.

    Can't hit a damn thing with the shotty.

    The rifle is way better if you're trying to get more experience, too, since it's worlds easier to get headshots. Though for just dicking around, it's hard not to get more satisfaction out of seeing Cobra flunkies ragdoll into oblivion with that shotgun. <3

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I think its the FEAR thread, or maybe the MW2 thread, where people were saying there's no good shotguns in games, short range and all that.

    This inertial element thingy is like the Messiah of game shotty's

    Got all the gold bars so I traded it in for a gold plated one :winky:


    That room is accessable on all subsequent playthroughs, right?

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    That room is accessable on all subsequent playthroughs, right?

    Yep!

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2009
    Lunker wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    Pulse Rifle > Shotgun.

    Can't hit a damn thing with the shotty.

    The rifle is way better if you're trying to get more experience, too, since it's worlds easier to get headshots. Though for just dicking around, it's hard not to get more satisfaction out of seeing Cobra flunkies ragdoll into oblivion with that shotgun. <3

    The shotgun is good for XP too. Most shots results in a screaming death, that boosts the XP counter.

    Sheep on
  • nlawalkernlawalker Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    Mang... I'm missing one passkey component, and I think one missile pack..

    tried to pinpoint em on that item map, but I can't seem to find a spot where I'm missing something

    There's a missile pack in a save room near the bottom right of the map. It's the save room that's in the dark, red hallway.

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  • GanluanGanluan Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Lunker wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    Pulse Rifle > Shotgun.

    Can't hit a damn thing with the shotty.

    The rifle is way better if you're trying to get more experience, too, since it's worlds easier to get headshots. Though for just dicking around, it's hard not to get more satisfaction out of seeing Cobra flunkies ragdoll into oblivion with that shotgun. <3

    The shotgun is good for XP too. Most shots results in a screaming death, that boosts the XP counter.

    Unfortunately you can't get headshots with it, so you lose out on those XP bonuses. I still used it exclusively once I got it though :P

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Know what I want?

    Another game exactly like this one, set in a big research complex, but with zombies and monsters n shit.

    that'd be badass

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  • nlawalkernlawalker Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    Know what I want?

    Another game exactly like this one, set in a big research complex, but with zombies and monsters n shit.

    that'd be badass

    I was thinking something else the other day: a game like this one, with a few more stealth elements (don't make them the focal point of the game, but some camera-dodging, silent-takedown-required bits would be nice) that takes place over a set of skyscrapers in a downtown area. SC has the underground base and various bits of scenery at ground level (dam, lake, docks, cabin, waterfall, cliffs, etc.). How about ziplining rooftop to rooftop, descending into different buildings (a bank, a research facility, military operations, etc.) to find new toys and progress the story. A small subway system (mine cart!) could connect them at underground level, and perhaps you'd occasionally surface at ground level to tromp through a fountain on the way to some pickup.

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  • WillisIVIIXWillisIVIIX Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Mechanical wrote: »
    I seem to have gone too far with my Insurgent run.
    Was I supposed to kill the second Tarantula before or after I got the foam gun?
    Yea you did, I did that myself on my first attempt and without the foam I don't think you can get back up the ladder in the big room before that.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Turns out im missing a grenade pack. Hmm any difficult out of the way nade packs out there?

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  • VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Ok, so on my first playthrough, I got to lvl 20. I've started a new playthrough on Insane and I'm already on lvl 25.

    I can see the whole map, but I have yet to see any question marks...ANYWHERE...even on squares I know secrets are in that I haven't got yet.

    Bug?

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    VoodooV wrote: »
    Ok, so on my first playthrough, I got to lvl 20. I've started a new playthrough on Insane and I'm already on lvl 25.

    I can see the whole map, but I have yet to see any question marks...ANYWHERE...even on squares I know secrets are in that I haven't got yet.

    Bug?

    No ?'s on Insane.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Ha! every time I think this game has bested me I catch another break.

    I have a tiny sliver of XP needed to get to 20, I'll just grind that shit out and get the whole map! Ha ha ha, those nades can't hide forever!

    Also, what does adding the fusion helmet do? I'm all glowy now

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  • joshgotrojoshgotro Deviled Egg The Land of REAL CHILIRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    walk slowly for invincibility.

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    does it?
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