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Post by zisssou on Sept 6, 2024 13:01:16 GMT
Saying that.. I paid £100 for that Broken Sword collectors edition and £69 for the Astro Bot controller. WHO'S THE IDIOT NOW.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Sept 6, 2024 13:01:38 GMT
Good news, everyone. I can use my trusty Salamanders in the MP modes. Everyone can relax.
The customisation seems quite cool. I am going wind up buying so much horse armour…
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Post by dasbooter on Sept 6, 2024 13:07:18 GMT
Is there customisation for the campaign or are you just limited to Titus in his Ultramarine armour?
Who does a co-op partner play as?
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Sept 6, 2024 13:12:48 GMT
No customisation for the campaign, but there is for the MP and the co-op operations.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Sept 6, 2024 13:13:38 GMT
Every campaign mission has two bot characters that I guess a co-op partner would take over.
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Post by Phattso on Sept 6, 2024 13:20:08 GMT
Bit the bullet on the Series X Gold version. Happy to be part of the problem. It's SPACE MARINES!
If you whingers can't wait a paltry four days then perhaps YOU are the ones with the problem. EVER THINK ABOUT THAT?!
I rest my case.
Can't wait to get stuck in. Might alternate it with Astro Bot over the weekend.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2024 18:49:56 GMT
BROTHERS I HAVE CRACKED
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Post by peacemaker on Sept 6, 2024 18:59:50 GMT
Ha! I nearly did today but I stayed stubborn! Fuck these practices. Enjoy.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Sept 6, 2024 20:16:19 GMT
This is a bit of a fanboy treat if you enjoy 40K fluff. Stomping round the battle barge listening to all the different stuff going on is pretty cool.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Sept 6, 2024 20:22:04 GMT
SPICE MAUREENS, ATTACK
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2024 20:31:28 GMT
Did you know on the battle barge there is a band of servitors playing Billie Eilish.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2024 20:32:15 GMT
SHIRLEY YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS BROTHER |
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Post by Danno on Sept 6, 2024 20:33:34 GMT
PC discount
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Post by Blue_Mike on Sept 6, 2024 20:36:46 GMT
Did you know on the battle barge there is a band of servitors playing Billie Eilish. I liked the tech-priest lamenting on how roughly the marines slap new clips into a bolter. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2024 23:03:54 GMT
Wow! Nobody expects the Deathwatch ! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2024 8:15:19 GMT
I ended up playing this until half past one. Ludicrous. Finished the introductory mission and am some way into the next.
A couple of findings:
1. It looks really nice.
2. It can be hard. Swarms which integrate warriors when you aren’t ready for them can be tricky.
3. I despise the RB button, I have one of those Elite controllers you read about where it doesn’t work.
4. There are basic melee combos and as usual I can’t remember them and primarily button mash.
5. It’s really fun. I *think* it’s probably a very decent game without the licence but it’s so hard to be objective for me sorry.
6. As a fan of 40K and especially as somebody that has sunk HOURS AND HOURS into painting Ultramarines and Tyranids (these are like fish fingers, chips and beans to me - my favourite) it really is the best representation of 40K feel I’ve played. Like you can tell there are people that love it at the heart of this. Walking around the ship, seeing the puny humans doing the funky chicken AKA Aquila at you, seeing the Primaris Chaplain you only painted the other month in front of you, seeing servitors be mindless, having ad mech wandering around, the cherubs and servo skulls buzzing round, seeing the view outside with all the cathedral ships, seeing the lore swarms of Tyranids brought to life. I could go on and on and on.
It’s a bit janky at times, I’ve had an elevator switch disappear and team mates clipping through one another.
From a single player perspective, the gameplay is light combo melee stuff with shooting as almost a secondary, and that’s the heart of it so far - so I’d say if you only have a passing interest it’s likely a decent action game but maybe wait for a sale.
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Post by peacemaker on Sept 7, 2024 8:49:19 GMT
Yeah I’ve read how it’s melee heavy which is fine but what if you pick class like heavy eh!?
I’m thinking bulwark and my son wants to go sniper or assault.
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Post by trafford on Sept 7, 2024 9:02:54 GMT
Classes for coop operations mode and pvp.
Hell, this game does carnage like I've never seen before in a videogame.
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Post by Zyrr on Sept 7, 2024 9:16:50 GMT
To give it its dues, those bits when you get to see a wide view of the invasion - with hundreds of Tyrannocites (essentially Tyranid drop pods) dropping down through the atmosphere, the sky filled with whirling swarms of gargoyles and just a roiling mass of claws and teeth as a massive herd of gaunts and warriors descends upon a hopelessly outnumbered line of Militarum troops - absolutely jaw-dropping. It feels dead-on accurate to the artwork and fiction in the codeces and novels.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2024 9:23:05 GMT
Yeah I’ve read how it’s melee heavy which is fine but what if you pick class like heavy eh!? I’m thinking bulwark and my son wants to go sniper or assault. I haven’t even considered multiplayer tbh. |
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Sept 7, 2024 9:31:21 GMT
Looks / design-wise they have absolutely nailed this. Especially the scale of everything. The mission at a Mechanicus facility looks amazing.
Everything else though, just feels a bit loose and thrown together. I don’t think it plays as well as the first game. It doesn’t feel quite as tight and visceral and the encounter design is a bit half-assed. Way too many missions spent defending health bars with your hapless teammates.
MP is quite good fun, but everyone dies very fast and there must be about 4 maps total I think.
Anyway, it’s good but a bit disappointing at the same time.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Sept 7, 2024 9:35:14 GMT
And the parry system just makes absolutely no sense/
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Post by Phattso on Sept 7, 2024 9:53:00 GMT
Half-assed is the right conclusion I think. Clipping through your squad mates in the lift? That was solved 20 years ago in that Spacehulk FPS! “Araziel, move!” is seared into my brain.
The combat is clunky as fuck too, and far too much attacking from off camera. I get that it’s a swarm, just feels too random and chaotic in the moment.
And yet it’s fucking excellent, and I’m enjoying it.
AAA aspirations. AA vibes.
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Post by Frog on Sept 7, 2024 10:17:43 GMT
Drake, why don't you bind RB to a paddle. Will feel a little odd for about 20 mins and then will be second nature.
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Post by Zyrr on Sept 7, 2024 11:03:01 GMT
Just tried the cross save feature and it works. Transferred my PC save over to PS5 and campaign progress and unlocks are all there. The only things you don't get is any DLC bought on the other system and achievements don't roll over (not like that matters). I believe co-op and pvp ranks DO transfer, though.
You can only perform a save transfer once every 2 hours from your PROS account. I'll probably have a noodle around on the PS5 on the big telly later on, then move my progress back to PC when I need to. Wish more games did this, I'd be more inclined to double dip.
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Post by zisssou on Sept 7, 2024 11:22:18 GMT
Arrived safe and sound. Nice EARLY ACCESS EH LADS.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Sept 7, 2024 11:31:58 GMT
I stuck a twitch stream on my other monitor, muted it and turned it off, and got some skin drops that I will look at once and probably never use again.
This is the way.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2024 11:49:05 GMT
Drake, why don't you bind RB to a paddle. Will feel a little odd for about 20 mins and then will be second nature. Because binding and paddling is how we get Slaanesh. |
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Sept 7, 2024 11:57:03 GMT
There is a preset that lets you use X for melee like a normal person before Souls games ruined everything.
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Post by Phattso on Sept 7, 2024 12:10:00 GMT
It’s A to dodge that’s fucking me up somehow.
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