What are you playing? (Redux)

[fhdz]

Do you folks play Dishonored? What's the skinny? Is it as awesome as it seems like it would be?

[Syt]

I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.

[garbon]

I've freshly acquired guns from a pirate vendor on a floating sailing ship moored by anchor to a snow planet. But the guns seem weak compared to my trusty melee hammer.

I think you have to be in the beta sector at least to get reasonable guns. The level one guns seems almost useless. The bone hammer that throws bones is much more useful. Also doubles as an indestructible pick axe.

I'm surprised by the randomization of planets. Sometimes you land on a desert planet and it has almost no vegetation. Next time you have weird cacti with skulls on top. Or regular cacti. Or some that look like seaweed. Another planet might have trees where the trunks have suction cups. Or look like made of metal. Or like giant rose bushes. The procedural generation appears to work pretty well for creatures, too. They're jumbled together by a plethora of parts and attack types. And while some parts will looks familiar after a while, they keep being different on each planet. In general, it seems the cuter a critter is, the more likely it is to be hostile. Birds have been nerfed a lot, but they can still be a bane if they have two strong attacks bundled together.

Some planets seem to suffer from "Genesis Syndrome", though. You travel to a desert planet, beam down and find yourself in snow (yes, I know there's ice deserts), and a screen to the left you have a Sahara type thing. The transition between biomes could be a bit smoother. And the nights just a bit shorter.

Perhaps, I was unlucky and got plucked down amid a shitty collection of stars, but I actually found that few of my planets were very unique. Yes, I constantly had to be on guard for animals as two from different planets might look similar but one was actually aggressive, and yes some of the biome varied but I had several planets that had nearly identical structures (there's one Apex structure that always has a vat of acid on ground near chest that I've seen more than 5 times now). Also had several well guarded underground facilities on planets (robots and humanoids with guns) that were only guarding blueprints that I already had acquired on the surface.

On a side note, what's the best way to go spelunking? I've had more than a few occasions where I dug myself into an open cavern and fell to my death. I'd also like some way of having light around beyond just placing and removing torches. Tedious!

[Syt]

Well, maybe I'm luckier, maybe I'm less fuzzy. I agree that structures/houses/dungeons repeat quickly, and I hope that they either increase the variety there (I had one planet where a dozen people lived several screens away from their neighbors, but each in the same house; and then I've run into the robo knight living alone in his mini castle twice - will probably convert one of them to my home base). I see more variation in animals/trees (so far) than in actual planet make ups. Though dirt and cobblestone can come in different colors and tenacity when mining, it seems.

For spelunking (bear in mind, this is my experience in alpha sector). Bring torches. A lot. Bring bandages, though you might find enough grapevines to craft new ones. Bring food (bread is good). I hardly use the flashlight. Torches have a pretty large illumination range, and you can "cast" them pretty far. You can also stock up on flares. Bring a campfire/bed to heal/warm up on the fly. Bringing a workbench/smelter/anvil/metalworking station can also be a good idea, if you realize you're missing some tool.

In general I didn't find anything too exciting. A few chests, some funny blocks (flesh and bone), and obviously magma rock and magma all the way down. If you come upon monsters, you can usually box them in with walls. I think this may become more relevant once you have crafting recipes that require some of the materials you can get deep down.

[katmai]

I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.

Ditto

[fhdz]

I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.

Ditto

It was 75% off in the recent sale? FUCK.

[Grey Fox]

I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.

Ditto

It was 75% off in the recent sale? FUCK.

Relax, Winter sale is coming.

[fhdz]

I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.

Ditto

It was 75% off in the recent sale? FUCK.

Relax, Winter sale is coming.

When? When? When? When? When?

When?

[Queequeg]

Do you folks play Dishonored? What's the skinny? Is it as awesome as it seems like it would be?

No. It's Thief 2 and Half Life 2 in a blender with a lot of jagged edges and chunks of frozen banana. It felt a lot less interesting than most entries in the Warren Spector genre.

[Grey Fox]

I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.

Ditto

It was 75% off in the recent sale? FUCK.

Relax, Winter sale is coming.

When? When? When? When? When?

When?

Soon! My guess is Thursday.

[Grey Fox]

Fhadizzle, Dishonored is 75% off on Steam right now.

[fhdz]

Fhadizzle, Dishonored is 75% off on Steam right now.

I saw it; just bought the GOTY edition.

Plus an expansion for Skyrim.

Plus Space Hulk.

[fhdz]

And Walking Dead Season 1. HELP ME I CAN'T STOP

[Razgovory]

Fhadizzle, Dishonored is 75% off on Steam right now.

I saw it; just bought the GOTY edition.

Plus an expansion for Skyrim.

Plus Space Hulk.

Danger, Will Robinson!

[Grey Fox]

And Walking Dead Season 1. HELP ME I CAN'T STOP

No. Serve The Gaben.