Slashman wrote on Jul 10, 2018, 11:08:

MacLeod wrote on Jul 10, 2018, 09:11:
I hope it plays more like the first game than the second one... I honestly couldn't make it through the second game. Didn't like it.

The setting in the second game was my biggest problem but that didn't stop me from finishing it at all. Setting the bulk of it on an alien world was kind of pointless and didn't leave much for the player to relate to.

Quinn wrote on Jul 10, 2018, 18:30:
I have watched many videos of this game in an effort to understand what's so special about it.
I still don't get it.

Running around in nature killing big monsters. Whoop-dee-fucking-doo. I am very close to losing any faith in the gaming industry. Maybe stuff like Cyberpunk and Rage 2 can help me regain some faith, but that may be too little too late for my state of mind.

intermarer wrote on Jul 10, 2018, 08:53:
What genius thought it would be a good idea to release at the same time as Battle for Azeroth? Jeez.

I'll probably get it anyway, but 60 fps cap? Come on! Smells like crappy port

Sacrifex wrote on Jul 9, 2018, 23:37:
The complete lack of care they've given the PC build is astonishing, given that they took 7 months to deal with it. I love Monster Hunter, but with what sounds like a poor port (60 FPS is minimum to get in the door - not a selling point, console title having no increase in tech but recommended specs that seem FAR too high just for 1080p30, etc...), and Denuvo to top it off, I'd rather settle for MHGU on the Switch and let this die on the vine. I couldn't be much more disappointed.

It may be the only PC Monster Hunter we get if it tanks, but, I won't pay for "it's okay, we'll do better next time, promise." I have a huge backlog already, this can wait until it's a deep-discount buy, at best - I've already waited this long.

Steele Johnson wrote on Jun 7, 2018, 23:40:
I hated the last one. You go through the level the same exact way, and sometimes they spot you, sometimes they don’t. The AI sucked.

Squirmer wrote on Jun 7, 2018, 01:26:

ventry wrote on Jun 6, 2018, 20:06:

Squirmer wrote on Jun 6, 2018, 19:32:
Let's see how long this lasts when someone releases Pedophile Simulator 2018 and the media gets wind of it.

Reading comprehension fail: "Nothing Illegal"
Pedophilia IS Illegal!

Um, grand theft auto is a crime, but Grand Theft Auto is not illegal. A game about child abuse is not necessarily illegal either, and by Valve's new policy it would be totally fine to make that game and put it on Steam. If Valve wants to their service to be even more of a cesspit, that's up to them, but they'll need to face the consequences.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on May 24, 2018, 23:38:

Jerykk wrote on May 24, 2018, 22:42:
They need to allow you to switch to Path of the Damned mid-game and have extreme level scaling (where all enemies are 4+ levels higher than you).

PoE 2 is just ridiculously easy past the early game. I think part of the issue is that you level so quickly. In the first game, I think the level cap was 13 and that took about 100 hours to reach. In PoE 2, I feel like I'm leveling every 2-3 hours. It doesn't take long for you to out-level everything and level scaling doesn't help because enemies at your own level are still too easy.

I've seen these kind of comments in various spots, and obviously Obsidian agrees and is already working on it, but I have to wonder, did you skip all the side areas? There is a vampire (excuse me, Fampyr) island to the South East, that is a clear jump up in difficulty from the rest of the game. Same for some of the small random islands, which I assume are late game bounties, but you can run into at any time of your choosing.

Normal ships with Kith crews are clearly a joke, but I wonder how much they can get buffed before your team starts getting alpha striked by high level ranged enemies the second combat starts.

I think I'll just try to finish the game with this Assassin/Cipher I have now, then replay with another character once they do this balance patch, and maybe even one of the real DLCs.

It also feels like the prices of various things are way out of whack... 30,000 copper to upgrade an item? Plus unique(? rare?) materials? I'm lucky if I pick up enough from bounties to get 3-4 items fully upgraded before the game ends, it seems.

Way more importantly, ship to ship combat needs to be reworked, as far as the actual combat option. Cannons are a joke, just setup the fastest ship possible, sail right at ANY enemy and board. Your super team will annihilate them, instead of burning tons of resources in a cannon battle.

Maybe my next game I'll bother with one of the larger broadside ships and try to actually Cannon other ships to death...although you probably lose out on alot of the loot then?

tl/dr: I'm totally in the weeds on this game; so far I'm level 13-14 and have ignored the main questline almost entirely, exploring the world and killing and plundering all captains/ships.

CJ_Parker wrote on May 20, 2018, 23:05:

Jerykk wrote on May 20, 2018, 22:26:
Also, once you choose a difficulty at the start of the game, you can't change it so I'm stuck with a pretty laid back experience.

This is not quite true. You can change the difficulty mid-game at any time BUT the change will only apply to maps you have not been to yet.
When you switch difficulty, you get a message that says, and I quote... 'Difficulty change will take effect on any maps you have not yet visited'.

Anyway, huge difficulty level rework is on the way but it will take some time. The devs are very aware that the game is too easy. Priority is bug-fixing though. Balance passes will follow up later. This Twitch stream with Josh Sawyer is pretty informative wrt to post-release plans.