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Use multiple save files - that should be general good advice for any game, but particularly in the late stages of the game as once you head to the NPP there is no going back.

Toxic-Seahorse

Ouch.....that's not a very good situation to be in. Must have taken a good number of quick saves/loads to knife a few guys and collect ammo, especially if you were playing at harder difficulties.

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Its kinda weird, somebody making a new profile talking up the game of GS forum about the beta, this close to the actual game's release.

Anyways, I'm gonna have to ignore Diablo 3 at this moment sadly. I can't see the wisdom of having an always-on internet DRM even when playing single-player; I travel a lot and don't always have internet.

I'll probably wait for price drops, pick it up on cheap and then get a crack. Its sad really but its easier to run pirated games these days than legit ones. And I used to think that blizzard were a pro-consumer company. Although I pretty sure Acti-f**king-vision had something to do with that DRM.

Haarhus

Look, I genuinely have no interest in how their online DRM works. And I can't see how it is of any benefit to me, considering I will probably have to pass on this game because of that always-online thing. If I'm not wrong, I'm not alone in this and a lot of people have already complained about it. Heck, go the the main GameSpot page today, Laura Parker has criticised it. Not everybody has internet available to them 24x7.


You have an always-on internet, you can play this. Good for you. That doesn't make it any more convenient for the rest of us that don't. Read that post again, I never said I was gonna pirate the game, I never have done, never will. You have to understand the difference between picking a game up cheap on sale and stealing it.


My job requires me to travel a lot and I spend a lot of time sitting alone in a hotel room in remote places where my only pass-time is playing single player games on my laptop. I don't think it is too much for me to ask from a game that I've PURCHASED to let me play SINGLE-player hassle-free.


And perhaps this will be too much for you to understand that I said I'll have to download a crack EVEN AFTER I will purchase it; whether it works or not thats another matter. Its that DRM thats gonna make me get that crack even after buying it; or not going to let play the game at all even after purchase, which seems likely now; going by your explaination of the DRM that you "respect" Blizzard so much for.

I never realized that having a 24x7 internet connection was a compulsary requirement for gaming, especially for single-player. Go back just a few years, take even Diablo 2 for that matter. Diablo 2 didn't have any DRM, I bought it and played the hell out of it; so did millions of others. Those who wanted to play online still played online just alright, people like me were happy with the single-player experience they got out of the game. Blizzard made millions from that game, going a long way in making Blizzard what it is now. All that without a DRM.

You quote me WoW as example. I hope you do realize the difference between a single-player and a MMO game.

In the end, I'll probably end up ignoring Diablo 3 and picking up Torchlight 2 whenever that comes out. Atleast it won't have me dealing with the hassles of DRM to play single-player. Its the DRM thats making Blizzard lose out on my purchase, as well as other like me. Good luck respecting that. And lets see how many copies of Diablo III get pirated and how many it prevents.


Oh btw, calling someone "narrow-minded kid" on a public forum is the not really the way to get your point across.

So basically, I should just carry on as I like until I get to pripyat, only then worry about the endings.

Will it be worth playing the last few hours again to get the other endings? And what the hell is a fake ending anyways? I've never heard about any game having a fake ending before.

Anyways, thanks guys. This helped.

There seems to be lots of anger about DLC and I think we need differentiate the good from the bad. I don't necessarily equate free DLC, that which CD Projekt Red provides with being a better developer...or would say they care more about their customers. I gladly pay for DLC when it adds significant, well crafted content...I would have gladly paid CDPR for it, they are a business after all and have mouths to feed and raises to give for good work, etc. Being part of that and rewarding them for that is something I enjoy, they take care of me and continue to support the games they put out, I will take care of them via a financial exchange. Seems to me that's the way it should be. Of course, there is that DLC that really pisses me off like the kind that Dice released unlocking all content for $40. While this is great for new customers and those that want to pay for it, it really screws over the loyal ones that worked so hard to unlock all that stuff.Gooeykat

hmm, a bit hard to explain without spoilers, so here goes, to get the true endings, avoid doing any quests relating to a certain phenomenon known as the wish granter.

If you finish the wish granter side quest, then you WILL get the false endings. And yes, after playing stalker, I couldn't go back to heavily scripted shooters.

omenodebander

I started playing Shadow of Chernobyl with Complete 2009 mod recently. I'm about 3-4 hours in, just did the Agroprom sewers and heading to the barkeep.

I read somewhere that there are multiple endings and most are false endings. Now, I'm doing a very thorough playthrough so I doubt I'll be doing a second playthrough. So can u guys help me so that I get a proper ending and not a false one. Just general do's and dont's really, nothing too specific.

And for the love of god, NO SPOILERS!

This is easily the in the top 3 FPSes I've played along side the Half-Life games(both) and Crysis. Atmosphere and scare-wise, it tops everthing. That agropom sewer was my first venture underground in the game and i was genuinely scared.

Also, can anyone tell me where can I find a scope for my fast-shooting AK?

One last thing, I had a lot of problems playing games like ME3 after playing Deus Ex Human Revolution because everything else felt so restricting. I have a similar feeling that I won't be able to go back to those linear, on-rails shooters after SoC. What about the rest of you guys??

CD Projeckt Red wins it for me. 2 awesome, proper-PC games so far, great after-purchase support, no evil DLCs, a totally free super-cool enhanced edition for the games and best part, No DRMs or online activations or any such hassles. If only more devs were like these guys. I'll buy Witcher 3 without a thought, whenever that comes out. Work has already started on The Witcher 3, right?

Next is valve. I'd have put Blizzard first had they not implemented that stupid always-online DRM for Diablo 3.

Its kinda weird, somebody making a new profile talking up the game of GS forum about the beta, this close to the actual game's release.

Anyways, I'm gonna have to ignore Diablo 3 at this moment sadly. I can't see the wisdom of having an always-on internet DRM even when playing single-player; I travel a lot and don't always have internet.

I'll probably wait for price drops, pick it up on cheap and then get a crack. Its sad really but its easier to run pirated games these days than legit ones. And I used to think that blizzard were a pro-consumer company. Although I pretty sure Acti-f**king-vision had something to do with that DRM.

Wow, I can't believe these many people agree with me here. I expected lots of backlash actually, counteracting my every point in the original post; seeing how popular this game is.

I suppose I was over-hyped by seeing such a highly-rated bioware game that won quite a few GOTYs. Its a fairly solid game in its own right; I was probably just expecting a bit more from it after seeing all the hype around it. Hence the disappointment, hence the post.

Even forgetting about Review scores, every single reviewer across the planet praised it like the best thing in gaming. After liking the original, I believe I should be forgiven for expecting a bit more grandeur from it as every reviewer said it was a major improvement over the first in every way.

Makes me wonder if they played the same game that I did. Or are the conspiracy theories of major publishers buying out review scores actually true?? ;/