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Post by bbg95 on Jul 8, 2024 12:25:35 GMT -5
I got the remaining badges for the swamp mission, which include not sniping with Doc, not stepping on loud surfaces, and not using anyone for melee takedowns except Isabelle. Not sniping with Doc is easy, though he basically went unused for virtually the entire mission. I used his bag once and had him hide a couple of bodies, and that was it. I had Cooper use his knife to take out one enemy on a tower, and that was it for him. Not stepping on loud surfaces requires you to be careful with your movement, but it was manageable. I just kept checking the badge list in the menu periodically to make sure I hadn't invalidated it (the list will update as soon as a badge is no longer possible). And only using Isabelle for melee was quite fun. You can still use Hector's bear trap and whistle, and they did some good work. I connected the long coats to tied-up enemies so that Isabelle could solo them without Hector's involvement.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 8, 2024 15:18:16 GMT -5
Desperados III
Three things about this game that are interesting, puzzling and/or funny.
1. During the Bridge at Eagle Falls mission, some people were occasionally whistling the soundtrack from that mission. I suspect it was the enemy guards and not the main characters.
2. I can't believe the enemy guards who were kicked in the nuts and rendered unconscious by Kate can't later remember who kicked them in the nuts.
3. I find it peculiar that the main characters can't pick up ammo for each other. Likewise, when they're missing their weapons and gear, one character is not allowed to find and retrieve the weapons/gear belonging to another character. Like, "hey, here's Cooper's knife. I'll just pick it up and give it to him when I get the chance."
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 8, 2024 15:32:11 GMT -5
Desperados III Three things about this game that are interesting, puzzling and/or funny. 1. During the Bridge at Eagle Falls mission, some people were occasionally whistling the soundtrack from that mission. I suspect it was the enemy guards and not the main characters. 2. I can't believe the enemy guards who were kicked in the nuts and rendered unconscious by Kate can't later remember who kicked them in the nuts. 3. I find it peculiar that the main characters can't pick up ammo for each other. Likewise, when they're missing their weapons and gear, one character is not allowed to find and retrieve the weapons/gear belonging to another character. Like, "hey, here's Cooper's knife. I'll just pick it up and give it to him when I get the chance." Wait until you get to the mission at the mansion. There is a band on stage there that plays all the theme songs from the early missions, and introduces them with things like: "This is a ballad about the bridges we build and the bridges we burn."
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 8, 2024 15:45:46 GMT -5
Well, Fallout 4 is available for $8.99. From youtube game reviews and what I've read online, it seems Fallout 4's single player campaign is average-to-above average but the open world stuff is flat-out amazing. In fact, some say you can just skip some of the story missions and just go explore the post-apocalyptic world. After years and years of loving the Elder Scrolls games, I'm pretty burned out on Bethesda's open worlds. Yeah, the only thing keeping me from buying the game right now is that if it turns out to be a great open world game, it'll absolutely drain what little free time I have right now. Lately, I like the structure of linear games where the finish line is clear, visible, and there's really nothing left to do when you get there (...well, excluding subsequent playthroughs of earlier completed missions).
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 8, 2024 23:09:32 GMT -5
The trophy for getting 90 badges did not pop when I got to 90. I read in the trophy guide that it's glitched and may require 94 to 96 badges to actually pop. I got up to 95 badges and still nothing. I then replayed the Flagstone mission, since I only had four badges. I got three more, and it finally popped. Annoying, but at least I got it. That mission was pretty fun. I made the first three victims look like accidents (avoiding the bushes and haystacks to get one of the badges) with the bull, poison and church bell. The last target was inside an area where I needed to avoid taking anyone except him down for another badge. I was on top of the elevated position that Cooper can climb vines to get to the church, and I realized that the target was in range of Cooper's throwing knife. So I just killed him with it because Cooper didn't need to bother retrieving his knife, as the mission was effectively over as soon as the last target died.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 9, 2024 17:32:10 GMT -5
I'm pretty close to getting the platinum trophy in Desperados 3. After I finally got the trophy for getting "90" (actually 98) badges, there were only a few trophies left that I didn't have. One was to kill 200 enemies with Cooper's double shot skill. That is a lot, especially for someone who uses Cooper as little as I do. Fortunately, there is a baron challenge where you only have guns and have to kill all the enemies, so there is plenty of ammo. In Cooper's case, he can get 50+ per run. I was halfway through a third run when I got the trophy. Now, I just have to track down all the developer enemies.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 10, 2024 11:28:42 GMT -5
I got the platinum for Desperados 3. I looked at the list of developers, and there were a fair number of civilians that I wouldn't have taken out in normal play. Once I got those, I saw four that I was pretty sure I hadn't gotten. One is an enemy way out of the way on the last mission. I had noticed them before (from their red dot on the map) but didn't realize they were a developer. One was actually in the second prologue mission and not one that Cooper would normally take out. And the other two were in the Casa DeVitt mission in the areas where Kate and Cooper are. Since Kate can move through those areas undetected and still has her pistol, it was pretty easy to take them out. I think I'm done with Desperados 3 for a while. I'll go back to Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 10, 2024 17:06:15 GMT -5
Desperados III
Near the end of the main game. Currently in the Gold mine mission where I have to push a mine cart toward a gate. I haven't even touched the mine cart yet although I know where it is and where all the track switches are. I'm just going around and clearing the area of enemies. The OCD part of me wants to completely clear each area. It's like...if an area is not empty of enemies, I feel I've left things undone. Yeah, I know it's not necessary to kill everyone (or even one enemy) but I have a sickness. For example, the opening area where Hector, Isabelle, and McCoy are placed for hard labor, I could've escaped while leaving almost everyone alive but after I killed about three enemies, the only thought in my head was, Jeez, might as well kill everybody. In a future playthrough, I may try a more "high performance" strategy involving stealth and speed.
(Edit: when I say "kill" in the opening enclosed prison area, I mean knock out, tie up, and hide the body so that they effectively "disappear." Although I could actually just tie everyone up and then, after retrieving my weapons and gear, I could go back down and kill everyone in the prison area. After all, I have to go back down anyway to escape.)
Incidentally, this mine cart mission reminds me of the Borderlands 2 minecart mission where my character has to push a minecart along the tracks in some circuitous route to some crushing machinery. I feel the soundtrack music is the same -- or at least remarkably similar.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 11, 2024 9:30:28 GMT -5
I picked up Total War: Shogun 2 for $3 in the Steam summer sale that's about to end. Baldur's Gate 3 is currently 20% off at $48. I'll pick it up eventually, but I'm waiting for it to go to half price or below. I'm sure it's a great game worthy of all its praise. But I have plenty on my backlog as it is, and I nearly always regret buying games for more than super discounted rates and then seeing them at much cheaper prices later. Like Disco Elysium. I bought that on PS4 for like $14, and it's now just $4 on Steam. I never got around to playing it due to other games I wanted to play first, so I should have just waited.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 11, 2024 15:32:28 GMT -5
Desperados III
Gold mine mission -- I cleared all areas of enemies which made pushing the minecart relatively peaceful. I didn't use Cooper and Kate at all. Just for fun, I used Isabelle to connect enemies in different areas so that I could thin the herd in different places at the same time, although I don't think it's more efficient or faster.
Las Piedras mission -- I used the cows to stop the train. I thought about clearing the other area with the wagon but I decided to do that in a future playthrough.
Casa DeVitt party mission -- I cleared all the relevant areas with the generator, contraption, and fireworks. The only place I haven't cleared is the main party ballroom. Isabelle was tremendous. Just to give Hector something to do, I had him kill a bunch of people that were connected via Isabelle's power. I hardly used Kate. She's just sitting in the maze in the dark. I'll use her later to knock out DeVitt.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 11, 2024 15:37:14 GMT -5
Shadow Gambit
This was the final game Mimimi produced before they went bankrupt. It's like Shadow Tactics and Desperados III. Unfortunately for me, it's only available in PS5 (as well as Windows and Xbox). This is motivating me to buy the PS5 sooner than later. Also, I'm hoping it would drop in price to the $10-$15 range.
There's another similar game called Mutant: Year Zero that's kinda like Shadow Tactics/Desperados III but it's more turn-based action which also incorporates stealth. I use the word "similar" loosely. It's available for the PS4 but it's not at my price point right now.
I found several lists of games like Shadow Tactics and Desperados III from Commandos to other variants. But not a whole lot.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 11, 2024 15:48:18 GMT -5
Shadow Gambit This was the final game Mimimi produced before they went bankrupt. It's like Shadow Tactics and Desperados III. Unfortunately for me, it's only available in PS5 (as well as Windows and Xbox). This is motivating me to buy the PS5 sooner than later. Also, I'm hoping it would drop in price to the $10-$15 range. There's another similar game called Mutant: Year Zero that's kinda like Shadow Tactics/Desperados III but it's more turn-based action which also incorporates stealth. I use the word "similar" loosely. It's available for the PS4 but it's not at my price point right now. I found several lists of games like Shadow Tactics and Desperados III from Commandos to other variants. But not a whole lot. I'm not sure if Shadow Gambit is PS5 only. The PS store suggests that the complete edition (i.e. with all the DLC) is playable on PS4, but I'm not sure. I'm not sure how long it will take to get down to $15 or less. Even on PC, the complete edition hasn't been cheaper than $33 up to this point.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 11, 2024 23:33:09 GMT -5
Shadow Gambit This was the final game Mimimi produced before they went bankrupt. It's like Shadow Tactics and Desperados III. Unfortunately for me, it's only available in PS5 (as well as Windows and Xbox). This is motivating me to buy the PS5 sooner than later. Also, I'm hoping it would drop in price to the $10-$15 range. There's another similar game called Mutant: Year Zero that's kinda like Shadow Tactics/Desperados III but it's more turn-based action which also incorporates stealth. I use the word "similar" loosely. It's available for the PS4 but it's not at my price point right now. I found several lists of games like Shadow Tactics and Desperados III from Commandos to other variants. But not a whole lot. I'm not sure if Shadow Gambit is PS5 only. The PS store suggests that the complete edition (i.e. with all the DLC) is playable on PS4, but I'm not sure. I'm not sure how long it will take to get down to $15 or less. Even on PC, the complete edition hasn't been cheaper than $33 up to this point. Not for PS4 despite the fact that the PS Store uses the "PS4" icon for some versions. When I go to the PS Store through my PS4 console, no version of this game even shows up except for the soundtrack. However, if I go to the PS Store via my desktop computer, all versions come up.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 11, 2024 23:34:12 GMT -5
I'm not sure if Shadow Gambit is PS5 only. The PS store suggests that the complete edition (i.e. with all the DLC) is playable on PS4, but I'm not sure. I'm not sure how long it will take to get down to $15 or less. Even on PC, the complete edition hasn't been cheaper than $33 up to this point. Not for PS4 despite the fact that the PS Store uses the "PS4" icon for some versions. When I go to the PS Store through my PS4 console, no version of this game even shows up except for the soundtrack. However, if I go to the PS Store via my desktop computer, all versions come up. Hmm, that's interesting. Oh, well. I'll just play it on my PC when the price comes down enough.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 11, 2024 23:36:46 GMT -5
Desperados III
Now on my final mission. I think I'll feel really depressed that the game will be over soon. I sometimes have feelings of loss and emptiness after finishing a really good game. But at least I'll have some DLCs and some bonus challenges to look forward to.
Shadow Tactics and Desperados III are definitely in my Top 10 favorite games of all time.
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