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I figured out who our DomCutie is - she's the super AI that developed in the EYE sattelite system over long years of observing mankind, having developed a vast understanding of humanity. In the bio it says "Some say they've grown a conscience and have even started intervening in Earthly affairs, helping people in need", and Her comment (usually the last sentence in the bio, since it's all written as she's explaining it to you in the "Database"): "Seems like the only hope some people can afford."

Why does this make sense? Because she's both distant yet affectionate in her own way and clearly had it out for Heaven, which uses people (mainly Third Children (the outcast kids born third to a family under the government's two-child policy [this is China, isn't it?])) like fodder for the machinery to sustain "Virtuality", a massive system of virtual reality where people who buy into it can flee from a decaying world into fantasy. She shows abject loathing for King (TraffiKing - get it? Trafficking? trafficKing? Like human trafficking? Hurr) and is rather sadistic towards anyone related to Heaven.
Also because of everything in the Database, come to think of it. Interesting how she knows absolutely everything, can hack into anything and can trudge up things from people's past (like when she threatened the mechanic)
Also note that she never harms you and actually, despite using you for her own apparently altruistic ends, gives you your freedom and revenge. She's clearly meant to be on the dominatrix side of tsundere, and she is genuinely using you to bring down Heaven, but you get the feeling she does care about you, especially in giving you that last push even after forcing you to fight Heaven's goons and kill your brother (who was using you for biological spare parts for years, apparently, and you'd have killed him anyway; she just wants to make sure the job is done): "Meet me where heaven falls."


My theory? WIZARD was contracted by Her under an alias [no evidence] while also presenting her services to the brother to help stop the mess she started. She then uses YOU to go after the legs and heart of Heaven, King and the Twisted Sisters, under the pretense that they are usurpers to the brother. I found it odd that they never gave off that vibe despite what the brother says at the end, but if it's this case then it makes sense. The brother was fooled from the get and all of this was planned by Her (EYE) in order to destroy Heaven.
What does anyone else think?

As for "Meet me where Heaven falls", well I think that's something the devs are going to add in later (pic related from last thread) but I'm pretty sure it's gonna be something related to the EYE satellites. You'll probably be searching for Her in whatever dlc they bring out, and if not then they've legitimately left the game half done with a very weak ending.

Mask and Her's conclusion needs to be done, even if it turns out raw in the end.
Personally I'd prefer it end with him acting as Her personal merc or something since the guy is basically a butchered cyborg Captain America with no other reason to live or place to go and the only memory in his head is him and his brother leaving a vault or room of some kind.

I find it interesting that at one point she asks you if you remember that accident that happened here in one of the latter stages. I chose "No" because I didn't, though the dialogue options don't really make much difference in the game. Maybe she was referring to that accident your brother mentions as the reason he TOOK YOUR ARM.

There's also one point where King is talking to you on an elevator and mentions something like, "Why don't you say anything? Can't talk? I wonder why… I thought it meant she was muting the protagonist, but now I think your brother butchered/harvested you so bad you can't actually speak

Pirated it, and I'm conflicted.
I certainly don't mind a good die and retry, and it is satisfying to pull off, but as a twin stick shooter I think there's something wrong with the aim. In things like assault android cactus it feels much more natural to shoot at shit. I'm not certain I can pinpoint what's wrong with it, but maybe it's got something to do with the hitboxes, they're too narrow for both enemies and bullets, and too much time must be taken aiming when this genre is more about dodging at the end of the day.
That said, I can respect if it was a deliberate choice to make a more aiming-oriented twin stick.
Characters and aesthetics are definitely compelling. For 20 bucks I'm fairly interested but how much content is there?
Also sucks you can't rebind shit but I hear they're working on that

>Your brother always was a good hider. But this time we have the upper hand: :^) we have his signal! Just keep following it.
Can't believe I just glazed over it before, but How does she know his brother used to be a good hider?

It's clear the game was designed with dash-melee in mind. It gives the most rewards and flows better than trying to shoot things.

Pretty good story and that's it. What you see is what you get. No other modes or anything.

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pretty sure the aim issue with a controller is a bug the devs are working on fixing. that could be a major reason why I dropped it after pirating. I'd be willing to try again after a patch or two.

this girl is fucking qt

Devs confirmed all DLC will be free and more game modes are coming.
What? is anybody's guess.

Now see that's the sort of thing I like to see in games I fancy buying.
Can't find anything about it though, got a source?

BUT THATS JUST A THEORY, A GAME THEORY
seriously though user, great posts I think you're on point

Yes

I got this off the Steam forums.

i don't see anything in that post about dlc being free, but i am disgusted so good job.

hold on idiot.
a dev confirmed it in another forum.

I can't beat the exo mercs.

I found those to be pushovers
chain dash into them and spam melee, kill the big guy and take his minigun, after that the fight becomes trivial
also I sure hope you invested in max dash and bullet time

Haven't used bullet time at all so far.

found your problem

Go shill this shit somewhere else.

Counter-sage.

Reported.

The most insecure reaches of the web indeed.

Quit being such a baby and let us have fun talking about the new Daft Punk game without having to deal with fruits like you.

Oh hey, I just realized - there's no queers in the game. No propaganda, no characters, no Japanese joke-tropes or anything. Can't believe it. How long has it been since that was the case?

I'm glad to hear about this dlc situation. I thought it would be standalone.

No, fuck you. She is a cute girl waifu.

Good posts though, I like the brother harvesting bit. I like calling the protagonist Puppy because it's just one word and fairly recognizable like Jacket and Helmet.


I think the projectiles are a bit too slow. I used shotguns, flamethrowers and railguns most of the time for this reason.


Use the deployable shield for the big guy.

oy gevalt

>>>/oven/

This is the the alt-anonymous, it's time to cease your infractions of the law.

Well that's true no matter the case

Ignore him, mate. He's just sucking for attention

Stand aside citizen.

Well post it then.

I fucking hate hate HATE these triad fucks. Almost crushed my controller.
Maybe it's because it's late but this shit seems near impossible.

Chain dashing, son

Have you tried just getting good?

Haha xDDD I know this meme it's where you say git gud right? i saw it on facebook

I beat it after a break and a couple more tries. Those triad fucks are still annoying as shit. I dunno if it's the hard difficulty or what but the reactions are some fighting game AI levels of speed.

chain dash into melee the goons, then deployable shield into ranged on the boss
its one of the nastier bosses in the game


you got told to git gud, and you got gud and beat them
so clearly the issue was you not being gud, as the only thing between you and beating the boss WAS to git gud

stop being a bitch user

I wasn't around for the last thread. Is there a magnet for the GOG version? There is a GOG version, right?

Don't bother asking, this is just an obvious shill thread.

Hmmmm….

Did Hiroshima banned you again?
Go back to >>>/cuckchan/
Goddamn

Did Hiroshima banned you again?
Go back to >>>/cuckchan/
Goddamn

Checked

STOP RESISTING.

TB made a video on it.

Have you anons been getting those sweet GAINS

You're asking for a torrent, what do you fucking care if it's good old goys or not? Get off your high horse.

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:3afad40345baa6a28bb65927a44ee72828aebbf6&dn=rld-ruiner&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fexplodie.org%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.zer0day.to%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.opentrackr.org%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2f9.rarbg.com%3a2710%2fannounce

I prefer the GOG versions because they save me the step of installing the crack. Thanks for the magnet.

I pity the game journo who can't know such joys.

Who gives a fuck about totalasscancer?

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Hmmm…

Now I cant seem to find the dev message about the DLC being free but mark my words, it will be, and you'll be looking stupid for doubting me
FUCK YOOOOUUUU

Did you nod or did you shrug, Holla Forums?
Shrug master race.

shrug is the only acceptable way

i can't beat that motherfucking third boss, the one with the glowing sword. yes i'm talking about like the third guy worth worrying about that you run into in the entire fucking game. please help me get good, as i have literally no idea what i'm doing wrong. I'm dash-chaining behind him, getting a couple melee strikes in, then dashing out and hitting him with a couple Ruiner rounds before starting the cycle again, and he's just fucking ending my world over and over with that goddamned whirlwind move. is there some ability i haven't chosen that would make my life way easier for shit like this?

Are you talking about Nerve ?

yeah, the gang leader

deployable shield slows down and prevents bosses from doing special attacks

dash into deployable shield into backdash into ranged
do not try to actively melee him UNLESS you happen to be in melee range already
bullet time helps as with every boss too

He's pretty much a counter boss, everything you could do in a frenetic mindset will be punished against this fuck.
You need to take the dash upgrades and the slow-mo, and focus on dashing the fuck away and punishing him when he strikes. Don't rely on the chain dash mechanic, it's too slow to trigger. You'd do well to have the eviscerator (gun that launches saws which bleed, dropped by the previous boss, and I think it's there in the pre-arena area) and gun capacity upgrades to benefit from the guns that drop. The upgrade that improves pickups goes without saying. The only time you can reliably melee is when he has his shield, so you can wait until he drops it, strike and dash. All in all, keep your cool and your slow-mo, the instant you rage against him is the instant you die.

I forgot to say something about that shield. It's good news for melee but bad news for ranged since it reflects your shots. It's especially bad for the eviscerator since if you're hit by it it's 50% of your health right there. So when you shoot him when he's in a resting state, instantly dash in case he shields it. He can also dash with shield out, which hits you for 25%, but it's not his favorite move, and it only triggers for some distance. If he's walking close to you with his shield, he won't do it, so you can prepare for a melee strike.
Slow-mo is really essential for this fight.

So a patch just came out for this. If you were turned off by the game prior I highly recommend giving it a second round. The patch adjusted enemy health so they die at a much more reasonable speed, making taking on 19 of them much more manageable without compromising on the fact they can tear through you if your not playing well. They also nerfed stun grenades, and your projectile speed is faster. Basically the game fairly good gameplay wise instead of fairly shit now. It didnt fix some larger issues but I find it quite enjoyable now.

THE GROUND IS TOO SOFT

….damn

Just finished it, I'm really glad to hear that the developers are going to be expanding on the game, hopefully the soundtrack will also expand accordingly.
Also, did anyone else notice that In every cutscene following the fight with Nerve you're still carrying the Steel Pipe instead of Nerve's sword? Were you supposed to do something special to earn his sword?

Finished it today as well, the sick sisters bossfight and tearing through entry tier enemies at the final sequence felt extremely satisfying, satisfying enough for me to forgive the fact that the story isn't over and there's still story DLC coming.
Maybe I'll buy it on sale one day when they finish patching it up to the point where I don't get frustrated by the fact that 90% of guns are useless and the story is complete.
You get the sword no matter what but I guess letting the player use the sword as a permanent replacement to the pipe was a late addition, after all the cutscenes were done.

Guess I'll give it a try again
and give Strafe a try again since the roguelite shit is gone and they have handcrafter levels now

A new patch was released which increased firearm projectile speed in general (for both you and the enemies), reduced the total health for enemies, increased stun grenade energy cost, fixed some stun exploits so you can't stunlock bosses, better damage feedback, and so on

I think one of the problems is that in most twin stick shooters you're holding down "fire" so you have visual confirmation at all times in the way in which you're facing.

That melee is far superior to shooting, and shooting is all limited ammo, contributes to the problem of having to look at your character to determine which way you're facing.

I didn't know this was the case but it make sense considering how open ending the ending was. Still I'd be excited to see a chapter where you go and to see what Her wants with you at the end. Bonus points if it does involves cyber waifu.

I think i agree with you there. She really seems to be some sort of omniscient AI .

Also:

Bumping with a similar game.

Gas the nodders. Shrug war now.

Just because e likes something doesn't make him less of a worthless parasite.

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Fully upgrades stun-bombs can completely shut down most bosses dude, even in the endgame.
Just go for that.

Shutting down is the weakling way, Moishe.

Maybe, but it's also the winning way.

Dypae?

Judge.
It's not-Dredd

Wow user, if everyone stopped liking everything because an e-celeb likes it, the only games we'd be allowed to discuss are weebshit porn games. That's probably what you want though.

Abuse cover and focus bullet time.

Abuse cover and focus bullet time.


Did they fix the infinite energy railgun bug? That literally made the game a cakewalk.

Not since the newest update

Well I dunno how recent that nerf was, but I finished the game yesterday by pretty much solely using Stun + Overdrive

How did they manage to fuck up the keyboard controls this bad? It's really fucking simple, S moves down, W moves up, always camera-aligned, but instead they align that shit to the world so S moves down-left and W moves up-right.

The nerf was increasing the cost so unupgraded it cost about 50% and fully upgraded it costs about as muich as stock stun grenades pre-patch. It didnt go far enough.

The problem is that the level geometry itself is also skewed to the camera angle. So hallways going north and south are also skewed to that angle. If you tried to navigate the levels using screen-relative keyboard controls, you'd constantly be moving around diagonally or not be able to find the right angle to move around since you can only move around in eight directions.

True, but that's normal. It's something PC players are pretty much used to in all games. Not having screen-relative controls is going against years of muscle memory and common sense.

The other option is to use facing-based controls. The shit they did though is just unplayable for me, and I have no interest in using a controller for this.

okay

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What are you gonna play while you wait for more levels/modes to be patched in?

It really takes some balls to recycle the same boss fight five times in a fucking row

Yeah, that boss fight was annoying as fuck and is probably the weakest point of the whole game. I absolutely hated it, especially the non skipable cutscenes. I swear, this boss fight was specifically created to maximally tilt the player.

THEY RECYCLE THE SAME BOSS IN THE FINAL FIGHT TWICE AS WELL
THAT TOTALS SEVEN
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

You think thats bad?
THE GAME CRASHED WHEN I GOT TO THAT PART RIGHT AS I FINISHED THE THIRD FIGHT