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The vail has got to be where you have left it, as long as you saved after dropping it. SS2 saves all item drops - I remember piling an inventory full back in Engineering entrance, all the stuff was still there even before the endgame.
I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the game. Is out on steam today for 14USD. I would have bought it if the coop wasn't local only.
What's there seems to be a basic port of the XBOX game from 2012. Finished the other night. I had a moment of utter mind-fracturing SHOCK when the boss combat was actually fair, obvious and reasonably timed, instead of a gruelling unsaveable incomprehensible gimmick-fest of tedium that DS2's boss fight and most of the stupid QTEs in DS3 would have me believe. I mean sure it was crap and devoid of any horror BUT it was actually playable, which was nice.
The game....good in most places, great in a few places, terrible in some. Any QTEs and boss combats were stupid, awful, and removed any sense of horror and atmosphere. The minor puzzles were pretty similarly pointless. The controls were as ugly and awkward as before. BUT the overall game progressed pretty smoothly, the non-gimmick combat was mostly good, sometimes properly tense (sometimes first-time-death imba). The variety of settings this time was great, and some of those had a lot of character - floating around the ship graveyard was spectacular, and the bleak atmosphere of the abandoned ice planet was very well done. The gritty sci-fi details were excellent throughout. A bit like Tomb Raider in a way - looks great, atmosphere is great, gameplay is mostly good, but the deliberate addition of bad controls and bad QTEs lets it down a bit. Still recommended tho. Metro: Last Light (just started)
Bioshock Infinite (just installed) Crysis 3 (just mail-ordered) (Uninstalled FC3 as it was FC2 gameplay in FC1/Cry1 setting, didn't inspire.) Any other modern games I should try?? I have spare Steam keys for Mirror's Edge and Dead Space. Anyone interested who hasn't played any of them, yet?
It's a key that you need to activate in Steam. I sent it to the email address in your profile. Have fun!
In other news, Amnesia - A Machine for Pigs is finally released on 10 September! necros rejoice! I liked the first one but my interest waned when I discovered this tactic:
1. Monster appears 2. Run to the nearest corner 3. Stick your head in it 4. Leave the pc, go get a glass of water or something 5. Continue playing I completely ruined it for myself I know, but I can't help taking advantage of an exploit. Wasn't a fan of Dear Esther either, and apparently those two developers teamed up for AMFP. Esther was just a shoddy HL2 mod, for me at least. Having said all that, Machine is still tempting... Bit of shit trailer, just some dude walking around in pitch dark almost, and nothing actually happening. Doom3 looked better than this.
A lot of the game actually. But yeah, the game play shown in that one is pretty staid.
But bear in mind if your expectations are for an atypical FPS then you'd be disappointed anyway. What its strong on are the storytelling, environment design and raw fear. just some dude walking around in pitch dark almost
That IS the game. There's no fighting of any kind. There's also your character crying, shivering, moving like a slug and breathing heavily for no apparent reason :P
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