Finished it. Took 16 hours according to Steam, but for some reason it didn't count a lot of hours (7). So the "speedy Neon's completionist playthrough" ( ) took me around 23 hours, which is EXCEPTIONAL in this day and age. I played on "Very Hard" difficulty.
One of the proudest achievements of my gaming life:
The time differs between the two achievements because my VPN lost connection, but thankfully it reconnected, otherwise I would rage hard if I didn't get it. I know, I know, it's just an achievement, but still.
Screens with stats after every mission (be wary of spoilers, also I got the good ending)
Spoiler:
A fantastic game, an exceptional experience. I'm immediately going for a second playthrough now to FINALLY kill somebody and try out different powers and collect the paintings I didn't get.
GOTY of 2012 without a doubt.
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Just completed my first play through on Very Hard, with no kills and no alerts (Ghost and Shadow achievements). By the way, just to warn anyone that might be trying for those, you can't go back and retroactively beat a mission perfectly to get those two particular achievements - you have to play the game ALL the way through again from the mission you didn't get them on, until the end. Had to replay the last three levels due to that. When all was said and done, took me 18 hours or so due to the copious trial and error involved.
What a fucking phenomenal title! Extremely reminiscent of Thief mixed with Hitman. I will say though that I feel like I missed out on the majority of the cool stuff in the game due to going for a perfect play through, kind of regret it now. Basically didn't get to do any combat. Ah well, next run will be balls to the wall merciless slaughter!
GOTY for me - with nothing coming remotely close to it.
I can never be free, because the shackles I wear can't be touched or be seen.
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So far I'm really disappointed in this game. Especially because I just have to compare it to Dark Messiah all the time and it doesn't fare that well against it to be honest.
You're comparing an action game which could and did focus on a single aspect, the combat, which made that aspect excellent, to a game that is much more complete overall What else, other than combat, was better in DM?
Combat:
DM > Dishonored - Hands down! The combat is bland imho.
Stealth: (Yes, there is stealth in DM too!)
DM =< Dishonored - Both aren't exactly Thief quality while Dishonored obviously does a better job than DM.
I'm not saying that Dishonored is bad, I just said that I'm disappointed because of the wasted potential, potential based on my expectations. My expectations where very high and I was under the impression that I'll get the kickass'ness that was DM combined with some Bioshock and Thief on a very high quality level and thought through. But to me it feels like that it's only mediocre in all those aspects, even very bland sometimes.
I guess that my expectations were set a little too high in the end and now I can't ignore it anymore. Destined to be disappointing.
(It goes so far that I don't even feel the urge to finish it at the moment)
*EDIT* Makes me sad that everyone seems to enjoy it that much while I just can't
So far I'm really disappointed in this game. Especially because I just have to compare it to Dark Messiah all the time and it doesn't fare that well against it to be honest.
You're comparing an action game which could and did focus on a single aspect, the combat, which made that aspect excellent, to a game that is much more complete overall What else, other than combat, was better in DM?
Combat:
DM > Dishonored - Hands down! The combat is bland imho.
Stealth: (Yes, there is stealth in DM too!)
DM =< Dishonored - Both aren't exactly Thief quality while Dishonored obviously does a better job than DM.
I'm not saying that Dishonored is bad, I just said that I'm disappointed because of the wasted potential, potential based on my expectations. My expectations where very high and I was under the impression that I'll get the kickass'ness that was DM combined with some Bioshock and Thief on a very high quality level and thought through. But to me it feels like that it's only mediocre in all those aspects, even very bland sometimes.
I guess that my expectations were set a little too high in the end and now I can't ignore it anymore. Destined to be disappointing.
(It goes so far that I don't even feel the urge to finish it at the moment)
*EDIT* Makes me sad that everyone seems to enjoy it that much while I just can't
I would have hoped for a DM 2 over Dishonored any day. But one thing I don't like these games too much is that it is chapter based, and both games too short. I would love to see Arkane take on Open world games again in the future. Maybe if this sells well, they will do a Dishonored 2 but open world, that would be great.
So far I'm really disappointed in this game. Especially because I just have to compare it to Dark Messiah all the time and it doesn't fare that well against it to be honest.
You're comparing an action game which could and did focus on a single aspect, the combat, which made that aspect excellent, to a game that is much more complete overall What else, other than combat, was better in DM?
Radicalus wrote:
Complete ghost is when you don't touch anyone. Sneak in, do your job, sneak out. No contact. Except for stealing keys and money, yeah, that goes
Do you mean you made that up to give yourself a challenge or are you talking about the ghost rating of the game itself? If it's the latter, you can get ghost even if you kill people. You just can't be detected, that's all.
Made it up for myself to give me a challenge, to counteract blink, really.
Am I the only one who is obsessed with the "real proper reloaded" installer music?
Ive been sitting here for 30+ minutes listening to this instead of playing the game
I usually have such moments when i'm stoned
Lol fml its been over an hour. The installer music is officially more addicting than the game. Here is the youtube link (courtesy of Fjuczers) in case anybody is interested:
The download link is in the description
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The time differs between the two achievements because my VPN lost connection, but thankfully it reconnected, otherwise I would rage hard if I didn't get it. I know, I know, it's just an achievement, but still.
No problem, you had already lost me at "One of the proudest achievements of my gaming life"
boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote:
i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then
The time differs between the two achievements because my VPN lost connection, but thankfully it reconnected, otherwise I would rage hard if I didn't get it. I know, I know, it's just an achievement, but still.
No problem, you had already lost me at "One of the proudest achievements of my gaming life"
I guess your proudest achievement was crying for Soap and Price
When I still cared about that (back when I was a kid ) and not even such a thing existed, my proudest "cheevo" was defeating omega weapon on FFVIII without any kind of help.
boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote:
i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then
help the scavenger, then follow the scavenger, i free some guy from the cell in the bridge, and he just stand 10 meters from cell, shame i didnt listen fucker, hehe, help, ty
and one other thing
Spoiler:
mission royal physician, i finished that with no kills, one wacked body found, never got detected, but in mission stats says overall chaos HIGH, it should be low right? i dont get it
I didn't think PC gamers cared too much about achievements. I used to care about them when I played on my Xbox 360 because people on xbox live were able to see the amount of points a player had
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Am I the only one who is obsessed with the "real proper reloaded" installer music?
Ive been sitting here for 30+ minutes listening to this instead of playing the game
I usually have such moments when i'm stoned
Lol fml its been over an hour. The installer music is officially more addicting than the game. Here is the youtube link (courtesy of Fjuczers) in case anybody is interested:
The download link is in the description
Aaaaahhh... this. I've immediately set this tune as ringtone when Torchlight 2 was released.
I didn't think PC gamers cared too much about achievements. I used to care about them when I played on my Xbox 360 because people on xbox live were able to see the amount of points a player had
And they don't AFAIK.
Neon was just pointing that out because, as I see it, he did it for himself since he enjoyed the game so much playing that way, not for others to see his imaginary dick hat.
And I was just teasing him since I couldn't get any decent sleep tonight.
boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote:
i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then
Lol fml its been over an hour. The installer music is officially more addicting than the game. Here is the youtube link (courtesy of Fjuczers) in case anybody is interested:
Thank you! Great chip tune! Reminds me of the Commodore days. Or .
- art dealers, according to journal safe key can be obtained in golden cat but i`ve got art dealers house key by helping a woman npc, is there any way to get the safe combination before entering the golden cat?
At the very end, while Havelock was holding Emily captive within his arms, I threw a grenade at them, thrusting him outwards while having her catch the very edge of the platform they were standing on. She was unharmed.
I'm trying to play a pure ghost, no contact, no takedowns at all. It's hard, thank god. Some quests you have no choice though, and you have to takedown some people.
Which are those? For all the main quests at least there's always a non-lethal way.
Takedown is non-lethal. It's called choke in this game, whatever, you get the point.
I've had like 5-6 situations, where in order to help someone/solve quest, I had to choke people.
Complete ghost is when you don't touch anyone. Sneak in, do your job, sneak out. No contact. Except for stealing keys and money, yeah, that goes
How do you complete granny's first quest of getting rid of the "gentlemen" if you have no contact with same?
Combat:
DM > Dishonored - Hands down! The combat is bland imho.
Stealth: (Yes, there is stealth in DM too!)
DM =< Dishonored - Both aren't exactly Thief quality while Dishonored obviously does a better job than DM.
I'm not saying that Dishonored is bad, I just said that I'm disappointed because of the wasted potential, potential based on my expectations. My expectations where very high and I was under the impression that I'll get the kickass'ness that was DM combined with some Bioshock and Thief on a very high quality level and thought through. But to me it feels like that it's only mediocre in all those aspects, even very bland sometimes.
I guess that my expectations were set a little too high in the end and now I can't ignore it anymore. Destined to be disappointing.
(It goes so far that I don't even feel the urge to finish it at the moment)
*EDIT* Makes me sad that everyone seems to enjoy it that much while I just can't
I get what you're saying and this is probably one of the reasons why I didn't even download the game yet. Sure, it's awesome that it's a great game, very DXHR-like, but in a steampunk-ish world, but I wasn't expecting that. I was expecting a proper Arkane game, instead it's more like another game made by the guys that made DXHR, from all I've read and seen. Oh, and fucking yes, the stealth in Dark Messiah is brilliant... one of the very few games in which I absolutely loved the stealth aspect.
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) took me around 23 hours, which is EXCEPTIONAL in this day and age. I played on "Very Hard" difficulty.
What else, other than combat, was better in DM?
