I don't claim to be an audiophile by any means (although I'm no longer using "gaming" headsets and couldn't be happier), but I agree that the game does sound pretty great. The original score is very well done IMO, and I can see myself going back to it solely as a listening experience and not layered over gameplay (which I find myself doing more and more of with good game/movie/TV soundtracks).
I agree with you about the artist choices - I think part of that recognition factor they tried to avoid by having them use pseudonyms, but they sort of negated that by also revealing the real artist names too. Even if I didn't know that Yankee and the Brave was Run The Jewels, I would've recognized EL-P and Killer Mike's voices in an instant.
Also agree about the cyberpunk musical theme. I get that they wanted to include a variety of genres for the radio stations, but unless you're cruising out in nomad country, I just can't picture anybody in a cyberpunk world headbanging to death metal. Expected to see more artists along the lines of Clams Clasino, The M Machine, The Glitch Mob, etc. I'm sure there are better examples but I've been out of my EDM phase for a while now so I'm not discovering those more obscure electronic artists anymore. Doing that on the hip-hop side of things instead.
Good to see more people can appreciate the best music ever made
I had myself on Radio PEBKAC almost all the time, it just nails it for the theme. Another one that works great but isn't ingame is just getting the Blade OST on your speakers.
I'd be surprised if that wasn't a mod yet. Give it some time. I've already found the proof that it will exist. Somebody already thought to try it with what's there.
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And there you have it. It's already more of the way there than you'd think. Can probably stealth with blades and then switch to the katana when stealth just isn't the way. Or I guess just sneak up behind people give em a wap across the back with a bigass 5nm-edge straight sword.
Haha man I had that movie in my mind in my first playthrough, just that Japanese dinner scene alone = the game for me.
Maybe for the next level I'll try and impersonate this next time:
RUINER
Probably needs a mod or DLC to get that headpiece
All this talk about chicks makes me wanna try Kill Bill aproach ,blades only some stealth perhaps..
Its glorious. Seriously. There's a video of mine earlier in the topic, to get an idea. You will destroy the game for all difficulties though.
I did my first playthrough with a non-lethal mod on my Kiroshi, it only came in handy for some missions where they would give you more money if you didn't kill anyone.
For the A.I it's apparently part of the bugs as far as they are concerned, but it's coming from a board member, so ehhh:
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He 'thinks' yeah. In other words, he has no fucking clue, but maybe some NPCs will work better. All he really knows is they're bugfixing and there are bugs on NPCs too
That's a resounding NO. Its clear the AI needs a full rework - how it spawns, when and where it does, how wanted levels work, random events, etc. Even basic response, cover system/movement patterns are like playing the lowest level of UT'99 bots, the ones that literally walk into your Flak shell. Yes I'm that old.
The reality check, if you expect anything more than the game was on launch... wait until the first expansion. There is absolutely no way they will get a big gameplay fix in anytime soon, especially considering the number of platforms and how different each version performs. Even if they do it will be limited in scope, bandaid at best.
