Don't be afraid to lower the difficulty if things get too frustrating. The game can feel really punishing and cheap on higher difficulties.Just picked this up in the sales (£19.00 for the steelbook version) looking forward to this, any tips before I go in?
I was about to ask this question. Seems very cheap at times on Hard.Don't be afraid to lower the difficulty if things get too frustrating. The game can feel really punishing and cheap on higher difficulties.
Don't be afraid to lower the difficulty if things get too frustrating. The game can feel really punishing and cheap on higher difficulties.
You'll definitely want to familiarize yourself with the story. The "last time on..." segment barely touches on a lot of key plot points from TNO.For newcomers into the series did you feel the need to look up story from the first game, and were you lost at all? Or can you just jump on
It does not have HDR on Xbox either
This game is noticeably harder than the first. If you're playing on PC I'd recommend the Hard difficulty, anything below that if you're on console during your first playthrough.
Don't bother with Very Hard/Uber unless you're going for achievements since it's unfun garbage, same for Mein Leben since you have to watch 15 minutes worth of unskippable cutscenes if you die and have to start over.
How the hell are you supposed to kill thegiant robot dude you fight at the end of Roswell?
I just ran...
You get to go back to the u-boat! No worries.
Also, I wasn't digging this game as much as the first until the twist, and I think still a bit less than the first after the twist, but it got so much better after that point. Really started enjoying myself. Anyone else have that as a turning point?
So, to be clear, if you wait until after the credits you hear the sound of helicopters approaching BJ. Nothing was retconned. It'd be retconned if the last thing you see/hear is the nuke going off.Finished this up today. Man, I really wanted to enjoy this. I even bought the Collector's Edition, which I've never ever done before. But it just didn't click in the way the original did.
- The plot felt like... I don't know. I loved TNO because it was took place in and around these characters who were trying to live their lives despite the circumstances. This one just felt way over the top in a way where the ludicrous events just completely overshone the characters. The things that were happening in the game felt really unconnected to what was happening in the levels. The world never seemed to react.
- And even when we got these great over the top characters- Boone, Grace, Siggrun - we only ever really saw them in cut scenes. It made the game feel segregated.
- I never really got a sense of the world in the way that TNO showed it to me. Maybe the novelty had worn off?
- And every level was so same-y same! When BJ got the bike I was like HELL YEAH but then it was a cut scene. When BJ got to the Nazi Parade I was like HELL YEAH, but it was just a museum. Only the childhood home level really offered some variety.
- And no end boss! What a bummer! Definitely felt unfinished.
- My enjoyment of the game shot up 500% when I went down to easy. I got to experiment with the weapons! It was fun!
- The ending made the game feel like some kind of weird prologue to a larger game.
- I hated that they ret-conn'ed the end of TNO. I loved the ending to that game- BJ suffering for his hubris, for not being able to let go of his vengeance. Anya leading the weary out of the camp, hope for the future. It was sad and spectacular.
So, to be clear, if you wait until after the credits you hear the sound of helicopters approaching BJ. Nothing was retconned. It'd be retconned if the last thing you see/hear is the nuke going off.
I ran back into the previous area and picked up one of the big guns dropped by other enemies and used that to take him down super quick.How the hell are you supposed to kill thegiant robot dude you fight at the end of Roswell?
I just ran...
Yeah the number of codes you need is stupid. However if you want to farm fast you can save right before killing a commander, kill him, pick his code and suicideSo I finished all the districts, including the bonus districts and damn, who decided you needed this many Enigma codes. It's far more than you get by killing all the Commanders in the main game + the districts. Which means you inevitably need to farm. Which is just not fun, especially not with the load times. And I was playing on the easiest difficulty, just sprinting to Commanders, killing them, and leaving. I can't imagine the tedium of doing it the "normal" way on anything other that the easiest difficulty.
And playing all those districts in such a short time span really shows how poor the level design is. So many times I just watched a YouTube video to see where I had to go. Because the game just wants you to crawl through a vent which is totally unmarked somewhere in an inconspicuous corner of the map. And this just keeps happening.
I"m afraid I'm going to have to agree with those here who feel it's rather underwhelming. No idea how far I'm in (4/5 hours) but so far I've found it really boring. I loved the last one, but this just isn't clicking for me. The shooting mechanics just feel very floaty which makes firing some of the rather decent guns annoying.
I only picked this up for £20 in Black Friday sales. Had I paid any more for it I would have been angry.
Yep. I finally came back to the game and powered through an early fight I was having trouble with, then I started really digging the game. The Roswell mission was cool and I got through it without too much trouble, exploring BJs old childhood home was awesome, the graphics wowed me in these walking around sections like the one at beginning of Roswell mission. Anyway starting to think maybe I really can love this game. Then I get to that courtroom fight, holy shit it is frustrating, so many enemies while you have to be picking up so much ammo and health/armor because you don't start with any. Its so annoying trying to pick things up while losing half your in 1 shot when you pop out of cover to move. The weapon wheel is just not great especially when I need to switch to something specific very fast due to how brutal these firefights are. It could at least slow down time like in DOOM damnit. Anyway finally made it through most of the enemies but ran out of ammo and only had like 30 health. Got pinned down in my corner and tried to run to get some damn ammo but one of those zippy fast robots came up and 1 shot me. Then it resets almost all the way back to the start of the fight with all the enemies.The difficulty is so all over the place, Jesus.
I'm at theand holy crap it's difficult. Doesn't help that the level is just one giant open area circle with chest high cover scattered about. It's like run around in circles simulator. This isn't Doom 2016 where you can survive shots, c'mon.courtoom
This is very disappointing...
Just picked this up in the sales (£19.00 for the steelbook version) looking forward to this, any tips before I go in?
It has more variety but these environments can look like trash even with updated visuals (manhattan especially, even if it's a nuked city, just looks bad. The map design is really poor too). Roswell looks nice but it lasts like 3 minutes if you go for the objective, there isn't much gameplay there (except if you come back for the uber commando but then it's night). New Orleans is disappointing as well.Just finished it. What a wild ride. I loved The New Order and this followed well in its footsteps. I felt like TNO had more memorable gunfights overall but the variety in the environments, improved visuals, satisfying shooting and fantastic storytelling (writing, acting, cinematography) really propelled this to my top 5 this year.
BJ and Anya have incredible chemistry. One of the best couples in gaming for sure.
Still think its salvageable with a decent patch, but I doubt they'd do it. Basically, options for a greatly expanded auto-pickup range, to where you only need to manually pick things up if you want to overboost. Better hit feedback. Adding lights to enemies to help deal with pitch black areas on maps. And - maybe blasphemy here but I don't care - the ability to skip all cut-scenes, including the in-game ones. Loved all of that stuff in the first playthrough but if I'm going to dive back in its just for the shooting and maybe some exploration - I really don't want to watch some of those drawn out and cruel scenes multiple times over. If they did that I'd jump back in and consider the DLC. For now though its a one-and-done.
Yeah I think I'm bout to do this. I started off on Bring it On I believe
Yeah I think I'm bout to do this. I started off on Bring it On I believe
Caroline's power armor must be made of fucking tinfoil
Really annoyed that I downloaded the demo on PSN because it blocked me from buying the duluxe version of the game (including the game and the season pass) and now I have to pay extra for the season pass.
PSN is ass sometimes
I have been reading about this happening, I was going to get the demo to try but I am glad I didn't now, I have not found out what the exact issue that is causing this to happen though, is the demo progress carried over to the full game maybe?