Fafhrd on 24/4/2016 at 23:44
Quote Posted by henke
Also, the map unhelpfully doesn't tell you which direction you're facing in, making it extra hard to navigate without runner vision.
I went into work to play since my home PC can't play because of reasons. The map does tell you what direction you're facing, in two different ways: it's oriented so that up is the direction you're facing when you first open it, and if you mouse over your icon, it'll show a gray vision cone for your direction.
Overall thoughts after a couple hours playing: I really like it. I was starting to have a lot of concerns about the apparent increased combat focus being shown in a lot of videos, but it looked like after those first couple combat tutorial missions it becomes mostly optional. and the traversal attacks are kind of awesome for when you just have to knock some dudes out of your way and keep going.
Thirith on 25/4/2016 at 05:10
Quote Posted by henke
Didn't you get into the beta, Thirith?
Unfortunately not. Perhaps signing up didn't work properly for me, or I somehow missed the notification mail (though I checked my spam folder). Thanks for the write-up, though!
henke on 25/4/2016 at 05:21
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
I went into work to play since my home PC can't play because of reasons. The map does tell you what direction you're facing, in two different ways: it's oriented so that up is the direction you're facing when you first open it, and if you mouse over your icon, it'll show a gray vision cone for your direction.
Ah, thanks! I was hoping I'd simply missed something.
gkkiller on 25/4/2016 at 15:36
I remember hearing about 3rd person takedowns while this was in development. Did they make it into the game?
henke on 25/4/2016 at 16:27
Yes, sometimes it'll switch to one of those when you're taking down the last guy in a group of enemies.
Starker on 25/4/2016 at 16:32
Ah, like in Max Payne?
henke on 25/4/2016 at 17:35
Pretty much!
henke on 13/5/2016 at 10:06
So apparently Chvrches have written the theme for ME2, and here it is!
[video=youtube;hSRheLrB1uA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSRheLrB1uA[/video]
If anyone had asked who I'd want to take over theme-writing-duties from Lisa Miskovsky for this one, Chvrches would've been pretty high up on my list. Possibly only surpassed by Robyn. And maybe Kate Boy or Annie. Thinking about who would be a good fit made me compose (
https://open.spotify.com/user/leemajorz/playlist/7inbdpMCpBOScyPvYTe275) a playlist of suitable candidates.
Anyway, as for the theme, I like it. Gonna need to let it sink in a bit more and hear it in context of the game before I can judge how it holds up against Still Alive.
Jason Moyer on 5/6/2016 at 23:30
Pre-ordered and pre-loaded. Anybody else planning on playing this on day 1?
derfy on 5/6/2016 at 23:52
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
Pre-ordered and pre-loaded. Anybody else planning on playing this on day 1?
Sorry, I learned my lesson on pre-ordering with Splinter Cell: Double Agent.
