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by Arbit 02/27/2013, 3:06pm PST |
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The Happiness Engine wrote:
Genuinely curious. I loved SS2 the first time I played it, ran across Fabio's review, disagreed enough to start a new game...and realized it was %100 correct. All you do is kite some guys with the wrench,
Setting the difficulty to impossible reduces your HP so a single wrench hit will kill you. The hybrids have an underhanded swing that comes out pretty fast and has good reach, so every time you try to skimp on ammo by meleeing you are risking instant death. Increasing the difficulty unfortunately also jacks the cost of upgrades way the hell up, but if you want to tune the difficulty you can reduce the difficulty before you buy upgrades. The other alternative is, if melee is a fun-killing OP superstrat, one could I don't know not use it so much?
I generally hate having to adjust my actions to compensate for a poorly balanced game, but SS2 falls into the category of RPGs like Morrowind and Skyrim where they are less about tactics and agonizing over skillpoint distribution, and more about personalizing your character and expressing your unique individuality by making a duel wielding pyro-cyberwrangler priest or whatever. The RPG mechanics in SS2 are clearly fucked for various reasons (most egregiously, many of the weapons require ridiculous stat and skill investments only to suck ass compared to the standard ballistic weapons), but it is still fun to experiment and, say, try an energy weapons centric build and find out that the laser pistol actually kicks ass with some modifications and a high skill level, or mess with the slew of psi powers.
and every time you try to complete a goal you're blocked and given two more goals before you can even accomplish step 1.
The quests to fix this or that are just an excuse to explore, piece together how the ship went to shit, and follow the storylines of various crew members through the audio logs.
The ideas behind all the design choices are exactly what I want, only the implementation was...not good.
Agreed, but again I think there is enough going on in other places that it's a worthwhile game. |
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Games need to be shipped fast, before designers have a chance to ruin them. by Ken "Common Sense" Levine 02/19/2013, 3:55pm PST 
System Shock 2 is the greatest FPS of all time! NT by Mischief Maker 02/19/2013, 10:25pm PST
Someone explain this to me by fabio 02/20/2013, 10:39am PST
Reaction time, eye-hand coordination, you know. by Mischief Maker 02/20/2013, 11:56am PST
You mean Bioshock was more than a wrench-bludgeoning simulator? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 02/21/2013, 1:21pm PST
BioShock was a very good game that was also very nearly a great game. by Jerry Whorebach 02/21/2013, 1:51pm PST
I don't understand why you guys are such cunts about this game by Arbit 02/21/2013, 5:14pm PST
Re: I don't understand why you guys are such cunts about this game by Mischief Maker 02/22/2013, 10:23am PST
Even if you removed the resource management difficulty by fabio 02/22/2013, 11:58am PST
Was SS2 the game that started OMM on making fun of "the thinking man's shooter"? NT by Mischief Maker 02/22/2013, 12:57pm PST
I liked the simple melee combat in BioShock. by Jerry Whorebach 02/22/2013, 12:59pm PST
I like how the banner ads make the Bioshock 3 girl look like she's in her 20s. NT by Mischief Maker 02/22/2013, 6:29pm PST
Welcome to last season by fabio 02/22/2013, 11:53pm PST
I bought The First Encounter when it was on sale, and played it for five minutes by Jerry Whorebach 02/22/2013, 12:48pm PST
Don't play Serious Sam with a pad. by Mischief Maker 02/22/2013, 12:56pm PST
Serious Sam doesn't need to exist in a universe that has Painkiller by Arbit 02/22/2013, 3:18pm PST
Haha I didn't even watch that video you linked until now by Arbit 02/22/2013, 3:21pm PST
You would prefer a room that spawns 30 kleers, 5 at a time? NT by Mischief Maker 02/22/2013, 3:30pm PST
I would prefer an enemy that is fun to fight NT by Arbit 02/22/2013, 5:46pm PST
I take it I won the System Shock 2 portion of this thread. NT by Mischief Maker 02/22/2013, 5:54pm PST
I'm not sure what you think you won, or that we are even arguing. by Arbit 02/26/2013, 12:04pm PST
How does setting the difficulty to unpossible fix the wrench trick? by The Happiness Engine 02/26/2013, 8:29pm PST
Re: How does setting the difficulty to unpossible fix the wrench trick? by Arbit 02/27/2013, 3:06pm PST
Have you played System Shock 1? by Mischief Maker 02/27/2013, 4:10pm PST
Re: Have you played System Shock 1? by Arbit 02/28/2013, 5:15pm PST
Re: Have you played System Shock 1? by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/28/2013, 7:57pm PST
Re: Have you played System Shock 1? by Mischief Maker 02/28/2013, 8:50pm PST
Then what the Christ am I doing wrong? by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/28/2013, 9:10pm PST
I loved those Kleer marathon sections. by Fullofkittens 02/22/2013, 3:56pm PST
Oh, another special snowflake that likes to LEARN and TEST HIS SKILLS by Arbit 02/22/2013, 6:00pm PST
Re: Oh, another special snowflake that likes to LEARN and TEST HIS SKILLS by Mysterio 02/22/2013, 6:22pm PST
Left 4 Dead 2 NT by Fullofkittens 02/22/2013, 6:37pm PST
Yes by Arbit 02/26/2013, 12:13pm PST
Re: Oh, another special snowflake that likes to LEARN and TEST HIS SKILLS by Fullofkittens 02/22/2013, 6:37pm PST
I've never played an FPS with more perfectly-tuned hitstun than Doom. NT by Doom is HITSTUN: THE VIDEO GAME. 02/23/2013, 1:50pm PST
But can you design your own levels in System Shock? And if so, do so "easily"? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/28/2013, 5:48pm PST
Oh sorry, this is the 'rage' forum; take my prior comment for rage instead of SS NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/28/2013, 5:51pm PST
I wonder if there are any steps between a 3D model and a game engine? NT by Nope! Probably not! Lazy devs! 03/01/2013, 10:52am PST
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