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Post by mikegarrison on May 6, 2019 20:46:45 GMT -5
I played Hitman Absolution on the PS3. I played it 3X, not because I loved the game but because I wanted to kill my targets in different ways. It was okay. My favorite part of the whole game was trying to kill these some assassins in the middle of a cornfield. That was incredible! Yeah, I'm playing the 2016 title just called "Hitman". I never played the older titles, but I hear this was something of a reimagining of the game. For each assignment you have multiple targets and a big area to deal with. One is set in a large hotel. Another is set in a hospital/resort in Japan. Another is set in a large chateau in Paris. It's non-linear -- you can take out the targets in any order you like. They retained the idea that you have lots of different ways to take out each target -- sniping from long range, shooting or melee from close range, breaking their neck from behind, drowning, pushing them off a height, or arranging "accidents" like something heavy falls on them or they get electrocuted by a short circuit. You get more points for making it look like an accident, not killing anyone but the target, not being seen or recorded (or destroying the recording), etc. You can poison their food or drink, which makes them sick so they run to a bathroom, where they are vulnerable. A sick person drowned in the toilet counts as an "accident". One memorable one was when I found out that a target wanted to buy a tuktuk car. The car doesn't run and the owner is unable to fix it, so you need to find a wrench and covertly fix it. Then the owner runs off to find the target and bring him back to the car. In the meantime, you puncture a tank of gas near the car and let the gas pool. When the target tries out the car, it backfires and BOOM! "Accident".
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Post by mln59 on May 6, 2019 21:02:06 GMT -5
cranked up god of war again. still dealing with tanky units. so far it's been two waves: 2 heavies then 1 heavy + 2 lights. but the 2nd wave comes when i kill one of the heavies from the first wave. i'm trying to attack the 2 1st wave heavies in a way that they go down almost simultaneously. did not get passed this part but i'm feeling okay about it. learning how to fight heavies.
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Post by XAsstCoach on May 8, 2019 1:06:11 GMT -5
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Post by mln59 on May 8, 2019 6:08:08 GMT -5
already in my gamefly queue.
at that price Wolfgang won't be playing it for a few years
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Post by mln59 on May 11, 2019 8:37:52 GMT -5
cranked up god of war again. still dealing with tanky units. so far it's been two waves: 2 heavies then 1 heavy + 2 lights. but the 2nd wave comes when i kill one of the heavies from the first wave. i'm trying to attack the 2 1st wave heavies in a way that they go down almost simultaneously. did not get passed this part but i'm feeling okay about it. learning how to fight heavies. about to try again
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Post by mln59 on May 11, 2019 9:13:07 GMT -5
was able to time my attacks so that i killed both enemies in the first wave simultaneously. now i just have to deal with the 2nd wave.
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Post by mln59 on May 11, 2019 9:46:01 GMT -5
was finally able to get through both waves. at the end, i used nothing but my ranged attack and avoided close combat at all costs.
run away!
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Post by mln59 on May 11, 2019 11:24:16 GMT -5
reached a new area with a new enemy combination. got wrecked. need to re-evaluate my strategy
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Post by mikegarrison on May 11, 2019 11:28:26 GMT -5
I'm playing the "Patient Zero" campaign from Hitman, where they go back to the same locations as before but give you new targets. One mission you are completely reliant only on sniping from a cellphone tower, and the skill is to figure out who to hit. The final one was added, I believe, to satisfy the urges of everyone who tries to play Hitman stealthy. You are wiping out everyone who is infected with a deadly virus in a hospital, and as they run around they infect new people. For once you are basically encouraged to just go around shooting almost everyone.
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Post by mln59 on May 11, 2019 23:33:12 GMT -5
reached a new area with a new enemy combination. got wrecked. need to re-evaluate my strategy was able to work through this section. much patience was required. had to hold block and wait for them to approach. wait for a ranged attack to pass, use my ranged attack, and retreat swiftly to allow my ranged attack to reset.
wash rinse repeat.
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Post by XAsstCoach on May 12, 2019 12:38:50 GMT -5
mln59 & Wolfgang , did either of you get the ancient armor in Zero Dawn? Better than the suits available thru the merchants?
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Post by Wolfgang on May 12, 2019 13:01:23 GMT -5
mln59 & Wolfgang , did either of you get the ancient armor? Better than the suits available thru the merchants? I got the ancient armor in all my 5 play throughs, however, I used it in only 3. You can do well in the game without the ancient armor, but the ancient armor is superior to all other outfits. The problem is that you get it so late in the game that you’ll only use it for the final mission. If you hadn’t done the Frozen Wilds DLC then you can use it for that as well. Anyway, the ancient armor makes you almost invincible in Normal mode. I’ve read for the harder difficulties, it has less impact (but still better than other outfits). I’ve only played on Normal so I wouldn’t know firsthand. The way that the ancient armor works is like all the other armors in other games. It takes damage and, after some brief interval, it recharges and regenerates. It’s called “ancient” because that’s how shields and armors worked in almost every video game of the 21st century (our time) and Horizon Zero Dawn is set in the way distant future. Horizon Zero Dawn doesn’t have armor. If you take damage, you have to regenerate yourself with those plants and potions, as you know. You can get shields that guard against specific types of damage, e.g., shock, freeze, fire, however. The only weakness with the ancient armor is from those control towers in the Frozen Wilds. They emit pulses of energy that deplete your ancient armor charge so if you’re not careful, you’re walking into a fight practically naked. The control towers don’t affect other types of shields, however. It’s worth getting because you’ll do better in the final mission. But it’s not absolutely necessary. I guess once you got it and do random open world stuff, it’ll make you invincible.
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Post by XAsstCoach on May 12, 2019 13:07:58 GMT -5
mln59 & Wolfgang , did either of you get the ancient armor? Better than the suits available thru the merchants? I got the ancient armor in all my 5 play throughs, however, I used it in only 3. You can do well in the game without the ancient armor, but the ancient armor is superior to all other outfits. The problem is that you get it so late in the game that you’ll only use it for the final mission. If you hadn’t done the Frozen Wilds DLC then you can use it for that as well. Anyway, the ancient armor makes you almost invincible in Normal mode. I’ve read for the harder difficulties, it has less impact (but still better than other outfits). I’ve only played on Normal so I wouldn’t know firsthand. The way that the ancient armor works is like all the other armors in other games. It takes damage and, after some brief interval, it recharges and regenerates. It’s called “ancient” because that’s how shields and armors worked in almost every video game of the 21st century (our time) and Horizon Zero Dawn is set in the way distant future. Horizon Zero Dawn doesn’t have armor. If you take damage, you have to regenerate yourself with those plants and potions, as you know. You can get shields that guard against specific types of damage, e.g., shock, freeze, fire, however. The only weakness with the ancient armor is from those control towers in the Frozen Wilds. They emit pulses of energy that deplete your ancient armor charge so if you’re not careful, you’re walking into a fight practically naked. The control towers don’t affect other types of shields, however. It’s worth getting because you’ll do better in the final mission. But it’s not absolutely necessary. I guess once you got it and do random open world stuff, it’ll make you invincible. Good to know, thx! Now I have to find enough power cells. Are they all in the Nora region, or in ruins scattered throughout the open world? I’ve already unlocked the vault only to find out I need like 5 more power cells to operate the machine.
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Post by mikegarrison on May 12, 2019 13:20:21 GMT -5
Sounds like a long list of reward items from many other games.
Video game designers love to give you the ultimate badass armor and weapons when you complete the game ... and don't need it anymore. Sometimes they do it so that you can fight the otherwise unfightable Big Bad Final Boss, or other times (open world, usually) they give you that stuff as a reward for winning the main questline and then you can roam the open world even more OP than before.
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Post by Wolfgang on May 12, 2019 13:21:48 GMT -5
I got the ancient armor in all my 5 play throughs, however, I used it in only 3. You can do well in the game without the ancient armor, but the ancient armor is superior to all other outfits. The problem is that you get it so late in the game that you’ll only use it for the final mission. If you hadn’t done the Frozen Wilds DLC then you can use it for that as well. Anyway, the ancient armor makes you almost invincible in Normal mode. I’ve read for the harder difficulties, it has less impact (but still better than other outfits). I’ve only played on Normal so I wouldn’t know firsthand. The way that the ancient armor works is like all the other armors in other games. It takes damage and, after some brief interval, it recharges and regenerates. It’s called “ancient” because that’s how shields and armors worked in almost every video game of the 21st century (our time) and Horizon Zero Dawn is set in the way distant future. Horizon Zero Dawn doesn’t have armor. If you take damage, you have to regenerate yourself with those plants and potions, as you know. You can get shields that guard against specific types of damage, e.g., shock, freeze, fire, however. The only weakness with the ancient armor is from those control towers in the Frozen Wilds. They emit pulses of energy that deplete your ancient armor charge so if you’re not careful, you’re walking into a fight practically naked. The control towers don’t affect other types of shields, however. It’s worth getting because you’ll do better in the final mission. But it’s not absolutely necessary. I guess once you got it and do random open world stuff, it’ll make you invincible. Good to know, thx! Now I have to find enough power cells. Are they all in the Nora region, or in ruins scattered throughout the open world? I’ve already unlocked the vault only to find out I need like 5 more power cells to operate the machine. They’re scattered. Almost all are found in areas that open up for missions, e.g., Maker’s End. If you didn’t pick one up during the Maker’s End mission, you may have to travel back there and climb that tower all over again. It’s on the highest possible point in that tower conference room area. It’s hard to explain where these power cells are located. You may have to use an online guide.
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