Just buy the health and weapon upgrades as soon as possible. You'll only make it harder for yourself as you keep playing by waiting until much later. You'll be getting a constant stream of credits as you complete missions anyway.
Also, the weapon upgrades apply to your entire squad (it says this right on the descriptions while you're shopping), so no reason to skip over any of them even if it's for an upgrade to a weapon Shepard doesn't use. The whole team gets stronger, and that's always a good thing!
Ben has the right idea for this game. Push in. Don't hesitate. There's so much mobility that allows for SWAT-like tactics to scare the shit out of hapless players holing up in a confined space. That's exactly what happened both times they got to 2nd place on this stream.
Of course, it helps to have a lot of situational awareness too so you don't run past shield regen items and headlong into battle without all your gear ready!
Also, being the late third party in a firefight is almost always guaranteed to end up in your squad's favor. When you hear shots going off in the distance, go towards it. You can get the jump on the enemy squad busy fighting another squad to down them, or you can wait for one team to win and start looting then jump them while they're busy going through the boxes and healing up. I've solo wiped teams numerous times using both strats, and I'm not some 16-year-old headshot wizard!
@vinny, please let Alex look up to see the cool skyboxes and views in this game. Him not bothering to see the crack in the hull in the Normandy 1 to see outer space was a huge missed opportunity! That was an awe-inspiring moment for me and I'm assuming for a lot of other players the first time through. And I mean that in the deepest sense of the word, as it made me feel like I was so not ready for the heights this game would take me.
Sentinel is definitely the better choice of class for how Alex played the first game. Keep your distance and just throw the occasional biotic/tech power out. The extreme streamlining of the RPG elements in 2 should make for an easier time using abilities. But yeah, I'm all about that Vanguard life. Biotic Charging enemies and blasting them with a suped-up shotgun never got old here, and even got better in 3.
This looks like it's going to be a solid AAA-ass GAAS game. It'll serve as a fun, relaxing social space for people who have yet to get into Destiny or got turned off by it.
It has good visuals, it sounds like it plays well, and it seems to be following a tried and tested formula for a core gameplay loop.
It looks very safe, is what I'm saying. Won't light the world on fire unless it comes out broken.
Yeah, I have to echo the sentiments of some of the commenters here, especially @humanity regarding the... quality of this quick look. I respect the hell out of the ethos of the site basically being the staff does whatever the hell they think is interesting and fun, and it has made for some incredible content over the years that I've thoroughly enjoyed. It's why I've been a consistent premium subscriber for quite some time!
Maybe I've just lost the point of Quick Looks though since I don't watch a lot of them anymore, but I remember them being at the very least an attempt at showing what a game is like and how it works.
This Quick Look doesn't really accomplish any of that apart from showing how the HD remastering looks. If that was really the only intent, then okay! Mission accomplished for sure. These remasters mostly look nice.
But yeah, I just don't know about having a Quick Look completely misrepresent the core mechanics of a game. I'm absolutely fine with Dan running amok in Hitsmas and other premium features where comedic hijinks are what we look for, just to be clear!
I've only played the very first Hitman game a long time ago, and my love for the last two in the series has made me want to check out the earlier ones. This collection certainly has my interest. I would have appreciated a Quick Look that put more effort into demonstrating what these two games are actually about. I don't even expect "Silent Assassin, Suit Only" level of gameplay. Just a more honest attempt at showing the mechanics and systems. I can imagine a Quick Look of a dialogue-heavy adventure game where y'all just button through the dialogue would be equally frustrating.
Again, maybe I just don't get the purpose of these QLs anymore. Maybe this is just a one-off with Dan being peak Dan. Whatever the case, this particular video is not great!
300 hours into Bloodborne just after getting into it this year is wild. I might have the same amount of time put into it, but that's from playing it a couple of times to completion every year since it came out!
And yeah, I think if I'm ever getting a tattoo, a game-related one, it's going to be the Hunter's Mark.
300 hours into Bloodborne just after getting into it this year is wild. I might have the same amount of time put into it, but that's from playing it a couple of times to completion every year since it came out!
And yeah, I think if I'm ever getting a tattoo, a game-related one, it's going to be the Hunter's Mark.
Love the Before the Storm love. Despite its weak last episode and unnecessary final scene, it has some of the best moments and writing in all of the LiS games. I still haven't played the bonus episode though! Not sure if my heart can take it.
Gonna watch Mandy as soon as it's available here in the Philippines!
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