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[Jetsetlemming]

Jesus Christ, who wrote the design doc for the helicopter in crysis, because the choppers are fucking retarded. I don't think ive encountered a more annoying and poorly thought out enemy vehicle in my entire gaming history. From the first point the chopper joins the game it went from a fun to tedious and shit.

It has pin point accuracy.

It is impossible to hide from. Even if you stealth and go somewhere it can't possibly see you it knows where you are.

It detects you if you come within 500ft

It doesn't stop chasing you ever?!

You can't shoot it down with a normal gun.

It takes 5+ grenade launchers (I don't know exactly because hitting it more than 50% of the time with the nade launcher is pretty tough) to destroy it.

Same goes for jeeps and boats too, as soon as they can possibly see you, they have seen you.

I stealthed past the chopper in Crysis, in the night time level. It was all going cloak and sprinting from bush to bush. I found that pretty reliably going prone in a bush hid me from the chopper so I could recharge my suit and move again. It was pretty fun.

Edit: Maybe it's dependent on difficulty level or something, I was playing on Normal.

[Sentura]

i remember the chopper as tedious as well. but this was during the day. i mostly used speed and stealth to try and outrun it. fighting is overrated, especially on delta.

[-HP-]

i remember the chopper as tedious as well. but this was during the day. i mostly used speed and stealth to try and outrun it. fighting is overrated, especially on delta.

Yeah, I did that on my first playthough as well. Cloaking and hide under a bush was so fun!

You can shoot down the chopper tho, (with a rifle) just aim at the two engines on the side, you should be able to make them explode with a clip or two with your scar.

[Vilham]

I dunno how u guys were doing that coz every time i tried that (maybe 20 times) I got a chain gun in my face, even through the canopy of the jungle :/. I spent ages trying to shoot the pilot as that is the obvious weak point in any kind of vehicle, especially as bullets seemed to just ping off them.

[Sentura]

i was running from cover to cover until i found some bushes that it apparently couldn't see me through. i then waited for a good long while until i could be sure it didn't detect me, then stealthed/sprinted to safety

[Serenius]

Jesus Christ, who wrote the design doc for the helicopter in crysis, because the choppers are fucking retarded. I don't think ive encountered a more annoying and poorly thought out enemy vehicle in my entire gaming history. From the first point the chopper joins the game it went from a fun to tedious and shit.

It has pin point accuracy.

It is impossible to hide from. Even if you stealth and go somewhere it can't possibly see you it knows where you are.

It detects you if you come within 500ft

It doesn't stop chasing you ever?!

You can't shoot it down with a normal gun.

It takes 5+ grenade launchers (I don't know exactly because hitting it more than 50% of the time with the nade launcher is pretty tough) to destroy it.

Same goes for jeeps and boats too, as soon as they can possibly see you, they have seen you.

Strange. I was always able to find a missle launcher any time a chopper was around. In fact it got to the point that when I spotted one on a map, I knew it was a cue to start exploring and there was always a launcher (or a few) available. 2 shots and done with. Seeing through the cloak was pretty annoying, but I'm guessing the logic was supposed to be they're equipped with infrared sensors.

Never had the same issues with Jeeps and boats though. They had a pretty good range to spot you, but jeeps are endless sources of hilarity. Shoot out a tire when it's going full speed and laugh as it comedically flips over. Then shoot the gas tank on the back as the soldiers scramble to escape and cackle madly as it explodes before they can get away. Boats are funny when you shoot the gunner and play crackshot to headshot the driver before it gets away (assuming the AI doesn't panic and drive into a mine).

[Vilham]

well the 3rd point ive encountered the chopper there was a rocket launcher, which I used to destroy the SAM and then the bloody chopper turned up :/ so basically im boned and ive gotta reload an earlier save because I didn't magically have this foresight.

Disappointed to say the least.

[Serenius]

Why would you use a rocket launcher to take out the SAM when you have C4 and explosive barrels?

[Serenius]

Also I got Gears of War 1 and The Witcher today. Gears of War 1 is absolutely atrociously terrible, and it killed my enthusiasm for games a bit, so I haven't touched The Witcher. Seriously, how could anyone think enemies that take 2+ clips of ammo each to die is fun? Shit's horrid. And you have 1/10th their health so good luck running up for chainsaw kills. And you can't that I could tell cook the grenades, and the enemies would all run away from them as they landed, dodging them most of the time. And you lose all ability to steer when you sprint. Playing as Marcus Fenix couldn't feel less fun to play if he had no legs and I had to control crawling around on the ground QWOP style.

Maybe you're doing it wrong. It's more about tactical gameplay than CoD style shooting galleries (though you can of course take that approach, but it loses the fun). Almost every map has flanking routes which should be used while exposing yourself as little as possible (to both keep from getting killed and because the enemies are not omniscient about your position unless they see you). If you're using the Lancer, aim for the legs and they crumble for a curb stomp in seconds. Grenade placement has to be tactical as well to avoid the enemies getting away. Sprinting is designed to quickly move to cover. It's not meant to be your typical twitchy FPS experience, but it sounds like you're trying to force that square peg into a round hole anyways.

Either way, the original was a new idea that had a fair amount of flaws that were almost all addressed in the second game. Hope you find a way to enjoy it so the money wasn't wasted.

[Jetsetlemming]

Haven't played it again since that sour first impression, I've been playing The Witcher. It pleases me in the same odd way that Neverwinter Nights did. My only complaint so far is that you can't point the camera in OTS mode in a different direction from where Geralt is facing, so I can't swing the camera around dramatically as I run from point to point

[Vilham]

Why would you use a rocket launcher to take out the SAM when you have C4 and explosive barrels?

because that was the first time it had even shown me C4 and i had no idea what it was. Anyway what kind of shoddy design is that, if you make a choice you get severely punished such that you have to reload an earlier checkpoint?

[Serenius]

Why would you use a rocket launcher to take out the SAM when you have C4 and explosive barrels?

because that was the first time it had even shown me C4 and i had no idea what it was. Anyway what kind of shoddy design is that, if you make a choice you get severely punished such that you have to reload an earlier checkpoint?

What level was it? There's usually another launcher laying around somewhere.

[Campaignjunkie]

Playing through Mass Effect 2. I liked how they stopped kidding themselves and got rid of the RPG elements. Now I can just focus on killing lots of things. The "Jack" character is really annoying though, a rather large misstep on the part of the writers.

[Steppenwolf]

Played some Mount & Blade: Warband. Really love the idea behind it (take an medieval rpg, get rid of all the fantasy and magic stuff, add support for huge parties and combat etc.). I just wish there was more to do in the game and more diverse quests. After a while it gets quite repetitive. But for an indie game developed by only two people it is really amazing and offers a lot of bang for the buck.

[Vilham]

Why would you use a rocket launcher to take out the SAM when you have C4 and explosive barrels?

because that was the first time it had even shown me C4 and i had no idea what it was. Anyway what kind of shoddy design is that, if you make a choice you get severely punished such that you have to reload an earlier checkpoint?

What level was it? There's usually another launcher laying around somewhere.

The AA gun one, from what I could find there wasn't another one about. Doesn't really matter tbh, was just that it turned my opinion on the game on its head in an instant. Went from great really fun experience, to extremely frustrating experience.