Let's play System Shock 2 in PUSSY-Mode! (Completed)

[Black Cat]

@ Spineless Mirror-Kun

"Let's fuckin' list all USEFULL PSI-disciplines"

Adrenaline overproduction, Psychogenic Strenght, Psionic Hypnogenesis, Enhanced Motion Sensitivity, Energy Reflection, Remote Pattern Detection, Electron Supression, Remote Circuitry Manipulation, Cerebro-Energetic Extension (the most powerful melee weapon in the game, no competition), Soma Trasference, Imposed Neural Reestructuring, Metacreative Barrier, External Psionic Detonation, Psycho-Reflective Aura.

And some of those others you mentioned, too.

"So tell me, what's so great in pure-OSA build. Using only a wrench, cryo- and pyrokinesis?"

Coolness, bragging rights, tension, fun, and improvising with the spells you have or can get to solve and survive diferent situations both scripted and, like, emergent and stuffies? Pure OSA is considered the ultimate System Shock 2 challenge, and it is both totally cool and totally hard. And since you are no longer going Bro there's no need to don't die and you can tinker around with the diferent situations, events, powers, and stuffies until you find a creative or cool way to go beyond it.

Edity Edit: That without mentioning Localized Pyro thingie plus the Invisibility stuffie equals a very slow way to kill enemies without being detected since Localized Pyrokinesis doesn't break the Invisibility thingie. And Localized Pyrokinesis also makes you immune to the Protocol Droids' explosions during it's duration.

 

[tarkin]

It's time for the 4th and final OS-Upgrade.

Take either replicator expert or pharmo-friendly.

 

[Rude Dude]

Go with tank it will complete your evolution.

on a serious note, it is time for replicator expert

p.s. is there a better way to change these osa-"spells" ? it seems to be rather uncomfortable. Oh and Diego dies because you reversed the gravity?

 

[spekkio]

@ Black Cat:
Thanks for the info about Localized Pyro + Invisibility.
So there is one more semi-useful PSI-discipline. Too bad all others are totally worthless.

@ C&C:

replicator expert

Not that great since there is ONE fucking shopping left in the entire game. Everything except Psi-hypos and Maintenance Tools can be and will be duplicated (cheaper than using replicators).

pharmo-friendly

Semi-useful (final battles).

tank

Best choice ATM IMO.

@ stuffies:

Is there a better way to change these osa-"spells" ? it seems to be rather uncomfortable

I don't think so, "change weapon mode" key changes psi disciplines within the tier, "change ammo" key displays list of tiers and disciplines (thingie in lower-right corner) - you can use "inventory" button with PSI-amp equipped to do the same.
tl;dr OSA sux.

Oh and Diego dies because you reversed the gravity?

Diego died because he tried to switch MtF without professional medical help. I had nothing to do with this!

 

[spekkio]

Alright, it's gonna be Replicator Expert.
Free up some HDD-porn space for the final updates!

It's gonna be as epic as always!

 

[Black Cat]

@ Spineless Mirror-Kun

"So there is one more semi-useful PSI-discipline. Too bad all others are totally worthless."

Not really. Like, Soma Transference. It does low damage but it heals you for that amount of damage, and given how low Pure OSA hitpoints can be that means it is a full health bar every casting. Anything that can't kill you in one hit, then, becomes totally useless if it doesn't brings friends since you get full health in between each of his attacks. It also bypass all kinds of defenses, so you kill the Brain of the Many in two strikes since you don't have to attack the nodes first, so monsters aren't spawned and the super floating brain doesn't get to even shoot his one hiting ray of death even once. So, like, if you also have the invisibility one you just run up the corridor filled with floating thingies and big meaty thingies while being invisible, and as soon as you get into the Many's chamber you shoot an overloaded Soma thingie. As soon as it hits you click again and it is done, goodbye.

It's also the only damage dealing thingie that bypass Metacreative Barrier, so you can raise the barrier in a corridor or so and anihilate everything on it without they ever getting a chance to answer or, if you are feeling nasty, wait until they charge, raise the barrier, put two or three External Psionic Detonation mines and, if you time it well, clear the mob. Metacreative Barrier, if you are good, can also be used to lock ChibiShodan's running and slashing thingie in a corner. Then you down the shield, jump at the big face, and it takes two smashes of Cerebro-Energetic Extension plus Adrenaline Overproduction to win teh game.

Then you have the charms: Two shut off the enemies for a short while, usually enough to do your thingie and go away. The last one turns the monsters among them. Cast against something big and ugly from a distance or before becoming invisible, cast and raise a Metacreative Barrier, etc. It's fun. And the ones that shut off enemies are pretty cool to deal with respawns in areas you just need to retrace your steps once to complete something or stuffies, or to pull one enemy in a group by means of getting agro and then shuting the others off while you run.

Then you have, among other thingies and stuffies, a spell that blocks 80% of all damage, which is vewy vewy high, and i don't kind remember the equation but you can make that spell that turns thingies into nanites to give you a much greater return than the recicler would for the same amount of stuffies after taking into account the value of the PSI points you are using, but that works only for pure OSA builds, and not even all.

So, like, totally nya. There are lot of useful PSI disciplines, they just require you tinker with them. And that's cool, Pure OSA shouldn't be a character you play to kick down the bulkhead and, like, jump in throwing fireballs around. And those are just some combos and uses i remember or someone told me about, there are lots and lots more.

That's me defending the rights and reputations of the pure spellcasters from videogames, nya. :wink:

 

[spekkio]

Thanks for the wall of text, Black Cat. The thingies you described are quite interesting. It's quite amusing how much effort was put into creating this game. Soulless popmole shit a.k.a. Desu Ex is praised to heavens for the amount of optional stuff present in game, while such true masterpiece as SS2 is valued mainly for it's atmosphere and sound design... (in before ghostdog's whining)


The problem is that I'm a irreformable marine, who prefers to simply shoot the alien in the gut or smash his/her/ITZ reproductive organs with a wrench

So, stop your impure alien-propaganda, Eldar witch!

It is better to die for the Emperor than live for yourself!

 

[spekkio]

Last but one video uploaded:

Part 52
Part 53
Part 54

Thingies:

 

[Black Cat]

@ Mirror-Kun

"It's quite amusing how much effort was put into creating this game. Soulless popmole shit a.k.a. Desu Ex is praised to heavens for the amount of optional stuff present in game, while such true masterpiece as SS2 is valued mainly for it's atmosphere and sound design..."

System Shock 2 is totally amazing and stuffies and thingies and many nyas. Deux Ex is totally overated. It isn't, like, bad, but it isn't the amazing jewel of gaming people seems to believe it was, nya.

"The problem is that I'm a irreformable marine, who prefers to simply shoot the alien in the gut or smash his/her/ITZ reproductive organs with a wrench "

As is to be expected from the Mon-Keigh, hmpf.

"So, stop your impure alien-propaganda, Eldar witch!"

I'll, like, proceed to totally take that as a compliment, nya xP

Maybe some day when i have restored my inspiration to do Let's Play thingies and finished my Shin Megami Tensei II one i'll make a Pure OSA on Impossible one if you won't take it as a violation of your territory, your coolness, your awesomeness, and stuffies.

 

[poocolator]

Tits or gtfo, nya.

 

[lightbane]

Thanks for the wall of text, Black Cat. The thingies you described are quite interesting. It's quite amusing how much effort was put into creating this game. Soulless popmole shit a.k.a. Desu Ex is praised to heavens for the amount of optional stuff present in game, while such true masterpiece as SS2 is valued mainly for it's atmosphere and sound design... (in before ghostdog's whining)


The problem is that I'm a irreformable marine, who prefers to simply shoot the alien in the gut or smash his/her/ITZ reproductive organs with a wrench

So, stop your impure alien-propaganda, Eldar witch!

It is better to die for the Emperor than live for yourself!

First, marines DO have psykers (points to the Grey Knights); second, that statement is utterly stupid, Eldar are biologically unable to be friendly and offer advice without scheming a backstab/betrayal for later, she's just a misguided witch that will be healed as soon as the Black Ships catch her (and she's shown the Excrutiator). Third, if you didn't wanted to play as an OSA from the beginning you should had chosen a marine and focus only on firearms and shit. 4th, your lp will be finished soon, what will be your next project?

PS: And Space Wolves>>>>Blood Ravens

 

[spekkio]

Wowsie, SIS.
You not only offended DesuEXfags:

Deux Ex is totally overrated. It isn't, like, bad, but it isn't the amazing jewel of gaming people seems to believe it was, nya.

But also WH40000fags:

You even brought your biggest fan, poocolator with you.

All that in one post. You made the Baron happy!

I'll make a Pure OSA on Impossible one if you won't take it as a violation of your territory

Sure thing, go ahead. As long as you trick people into downloading ~8GB of videos, everything will be glorious...

What will be your next project?

Finishing my Incubation LP and retiring in full glory. You can't beat ghostdog in LP territory anyway so why even bother?

 

[Black Cat]

"You can't beat ghostdog in LP territory anyway so why even bother?"

Awww, i like Mirror-Kun's Let's Play thingies and there are more than enough awesome, weird, obscure, or just plain crazy games out there as to acomodate quite a lot of Let's Players and styles and niches and stuffity thingies like those.

Though those thingies really take a lot of time, nya.

Edity Edit: That Desu Ex image is pure win, teh smex, etc, nya. Pachi pachi pachi, nano desu!

 

[spekkio]

Well, I was thinking about LP-ing Tactics Ogre for PSX with a team of brave Codexers.

People could choose their job, equipment, etc. This game is also non-linear (good/neutral/evil path) so there would be a place for some C&C.
But:

• it's way too time-consuming,
• PSX port is shitty and original SNES game is still not translated (Aeon Genesis is working on it, as hard as lightbane on his Mother3 LP),
• you can't rename plot-important PCs,
• without a metagaming this would be a real massacre IMO (level scaling in this game is atrocious).

tl;dr
No fucking way!

 

[ghostdog]

I want someone to make a Hired Guns LP. Spekkio ?

Also Desu Ex is like the best game evar, nya. And that Denton pic needed Denton to be bald and have a spider tattoo.

 

[spekkio]

I want someone to make a Hired Guns LP.

Isn't this game fully enjoyed only in 4-player multi? I've heard that its MP is better than Doom and Quake combined...

Also Desu Ex is like the best game evar, nya.

You're just butthurt 'cause it was proven that something that you like pretty much sucks.

 

[ghostdog]

I want someone to make a Hired Guns LP.

Isn't this game fully enjoyed only in 4-player multi? I've heard that its MP is better than Doom and Quake combined...

Yeah, but it's a solid single player too from what I can remember. Many years ago I gave my NES to a friend and he gave me his amiga, for one summer. Hired Guns was one of the games he had.

 

[lightbane]

Well, I was thinking about LP-ing Tactics Ogre for PSX with a team of brave Codexers.

People could choose their job, equipment, etc. This game is also non-linear (good/neutral/evil path) so there would be a place for some C&C.
But:

• it's way too time-consuming,
• PSX port is shitty and original SNES game is still not translated (Aeon Genesis is working on it, as hard as lightbane on his Mother3 LP),
• you can't rename plot-important PCs,
• without a metagaming this would be a real massacre IMO (level scaling in this game is atrocious).

tl;dr
No fucking way!

You could try Final Fantasy tactics (the original one or the updated version on PSP, ignore the broken faggotry that's Advance 1 and 2), despite you may think the game has a somewhat mature plot, is challenging and fun (until you get that overpowered guy that was called the Lion or something, but only the spineless would use it).

 

[spekkio]

Thanks for PROTIP, I've finished FFT twice, TO once and I'm strongly convinced that TO>>>FFT.
I haven't tried FFT 1.3 HackMod yet, though.

And saying that

is overpowered doesn't properly describe the situation. He would make Chuck Norris cry...

 

[spekkio]

ITZ time for our dance to end, insects:

Part 55
Part 56

Stuffies:

"Goodnight sweet prince":

OM NOM NOM NOM

then:

and finally:

Who's teh winrar now?

Ending

:shock:

Proper "Goodnight sweet prince" then:

Bonus stuff:

1) Machine Mother in her full 1600x1000 glory:





2) Terri Brosius being awesome

She's a little bit more matronly now

3) Credits

Looking Glass Studios: By nerds for nerds.

R.I.P. and let's hope that your games franchises will rest in peace, undisturbed.

4) Statistics:

If you watched the entire LP, you've wasted 7,7 GB of your bandwidth and 11h 44m 7s of your life. Mom would be proud.

Drama King Out!

 

[ghostdog]

bravo !

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Thanks for the wall of text, Black Cat. The thingies you described are quite interesting. It's quite amusing how much effort was put into creating this game. Soulless popmole shit a.k.a. Desu Ex is praised to heavens for the amount of optional stuff present in game, while such true masterpiece as SS2 is valued mainly for it's atmosphere and sound design... (in before ghostdog's whining)


The problem is that I'm a irreformable marine, who prefers to simply shoot the alien in the gut or smash his/her/ITZ reproductive organs with a wrench

So, stop your impure alien-propaganda, Eldar witch!

It is better to die for the Emperor than live for yourself!

First, marines DO have psykers (points to the Grey Knights); second, that statement is utterly stupid, Eldar are biologically unable to be friendly and offer advice without scheming a backstab/betrayal for later, she's just a misguided witch that will be healed as soon as the Black Ships catch her (and she's shown the Excrutiator). Third, if you didn't wanted to play as an OSA from the beginning you should had chosen a marine and focus only on firearms and shit. 4th, your lp will be finished soon, what will be your next project?

PS: And Space Wolves>>>>Blood Ravens

Warcasters > Psykers

 

[Wulfstand]

Terry Brosius

Is she Erick Brosius' (the one who did SS2's soundtrack) wife?

 

[spekkio]

Yup. Google banned your IP or something?

 

[tarkin]

Great LP mang! Congratulations for bringing it to the end.

Also, you did better than i thought you would.

Death no.10: chewed by the Many.
Death no.11: mishandling of a grenade launcher.

11 deaths on impossible is a great success, can you feel the glory of the Many hivemind?