i hate him bro he doesent fit the themes at all im playing a post apocolyptic game where a small town in russia has been devistated by a large mysterious growth that brought alien artifacts and stuff. the old version was so dreary and liminal! It was so creepy and ominous, but now theres a fuckass white guy who sounds like he is tryna go surfing with me. If this stays the whole genre would fall right off
please for the love of god remove the white guy. AND THE GIRL!!
The white guy should be an old russian grandpa who has been stuck here for years and is really unpredictable and unreliable. he should have a heavy russian accent but not in the video game way. have him actually be a russian voice actor. the girl should also be russian. THIS GAME IS SO GOOD PLEASE I BEG REMOVE THE WHITE PEOPLE
#For the love of god remove the white guy
icy escarp
quiet token
Russians are Caucasians or 'white people'. Maybe there is a story element that the developers don't want us to know about yet? Let the story unfold. I love a good plot twist. Although a russian grandpa would be a fantastic idea. A emotional counter to Eva, a gritty personality to Eva's bubbly character. Katya was bubbly too although in a sad way
raw stone
Ever been in a war with Russians? that is some of the guys act even in horrible situation the only thing missing is vodka.
but you might prefer those guys who are old and gloomy. remember the story said they were buddies with the player. as a young guy who got accustomed in the radius. He fits the bill.
and for the girl. she sounds like an Idi*t she needs to be a little more serious. but by the way she portray herself she might fit the bill of insane supervisor for research purposes. and the radius in long term will make you insane.
if they are able to build a massive base it means they are there in the long time. you wont get scared forever. you will eventually get accustomed to the environment.
fringe tangle
I can’t tell if he means white or white 
midnight blade
Born and raised in Southern California and been surfing since 5th grade. I am that white dude and I hate both the characters. Eva not as much only because shes not in the game much. Someone suggested just making him a statue, so if you want to hear what he has to say you can, but you dont have to hear Well, Well!! Every time you go to a different location.
The in-between areas are pretty cool though
fringe tangle
Born and raised in Southern California and been surfing since 5th grade. I am th...
Yup
That was me and my crew
Making him a statue is just the most logical thing to do
It solves many problems
fringe tangle
Ever been in a war with Russians? that is some of the guys act even in horrible ...
Yes that’s why we should add Mickey Mouse to resident evil
velvet cove
Ever been in a war with Russians? that is some of the guys act even in horrible ...
"Yeah the dude who was supposed to die in the 87 Pechorsk event should sound like a 2010 silicon valley startup chud because he's trying to fight the hardships and horrors"
like bro...
sounding like a pbs kids game trying to give you directions
fringe tangle
like bro...
I didn't even catch that
"Hey, you notice the thing that is literally everywhere you go?"
velvet cove
genuinely seems like they just needed to pay the VA a fair wage and he needed to record a plethora of voice lines or smthn cause these are all filler
the fact that the entire playtest with practically no dialogue at all played the game for the most part with no oversight or intervention because the playerbase is competent and it's really disappointing that instead of branching into a range of work they haven't really invested in, only previous work with Katya and the occasional story off an ash-statue, they played it incredibly safe with overbearing dialogue.
literally plays like this
fringe tangle
Man it sucks so bad
It's surprising, CMI is my favorite game studio, they made such a masterpiece of a first game
Then the second game was a little different but that didn't stop me from buying it first day
velvet cove
I really enjoy ITR2 mechanically
fringe tangle
ITR2 is different but it's still good
velvet cove
I really dislike the artistic design
fringe tangle
But this just ruined the little ITR1 that ITR2 still had
velvet cove
The like props and stuff are meh, they look good, a little to the cartoony side on some but who cares, its a VR game. but then stuff like helicopters in base?
this stupid va?
then they glossed over it saying it'll be cleared up in the story
velvet cove
and then it wasn't? it was just introducing more stuff that wasn't correlated and is really disingenuous to the vision of a wasteland shooter out of the pechorsk disaster
fringe tangle
I wonder while they were sitting there looking at the 30 hours of dialogue for Laurie and the Supervisor, why they didn't think "man we really shouldn't add this"
velvet cove
i just replayed 1.0, itr1 all the way through and the whole time i was thinking, "whoever made this version, was working so clearly on one vision" and it was my fav story vers of the game
Its fascinating because i feel like mechanically the game advanced incredibly quick from the beta versions of ITR to the 1.0 release
and then itr2 seemed somewhat similar
but only really did when it dropped, and when they dropped gun parts
fringe tangle
i just replayed 1.0, itr1 all the way through and the whole time i was thinking,...
1.0 is so good
velvet cove
The last mission is a little weird
fringe tangle
They have the resources to try it again
velvet cove
honestly i think the story "ends" with the castle with me
the last mission obviously was like i want a campaign mission at the end of this
fringe tangle
They have the resources to try it again
The big map, the large structures, the mechanics
fringe tangle
The last mission is a little weird
The vision as a whole was great
velvet cove
i just love the artistic direction of 1.0, it reminded me a lot of an actual wasteland. Me being completely alone, in water up to my neck, traversing a land i had no clue what i was doing in was absurd for the time
I used a terrible windows mr headset that barely ran back then, it crashed all the time, i ran the game off a 1050 ti and i had more fun then with the story then i did in itr2 just because it's clearly so diluted in its goal and vision
fringe tangle
The big map, the large structures, the mechanics
It'll be so interesting to see the open world map from 1.0 in itr2. Whether the devs add it or whether the modders add it
fringe tangle
I used a terrible windows mr headset that barely ran back then, it crashed all t...
Yeah they burned themselves out on the features before they could implement the most important part
velvet cove
I think it may also be a case of too many chefs on one dish, I think the game feels diluted because some people really wanted a story with a consistent character, and it didn't fit the vibe because other people constructed it differently for mechanics and atmosphere
fringe tangle
They need to delay so bad
At least till July I'm thinking
With frequent betas
So we could keep them in check
And THIS doesn't happen anymore
fringe tangle
I think it may also be a case of too many chefs on one dish, I think the game fe...
Yeah their studio is a lot bigger now
velvet cove
I don't think they should delay to any timeframe, I hope they recognize the lashback as nothing more than the playerbase respecting what has been the storyline and atmosphere of ITR as a rough vision, and I hope they pull back on certain aspects like the hand-holding enviornment for unfortunate quest kiddos
fringe tangle
That's why the beauty of the game is that WE are the creative director of the game
They're going to listen, we just don't know how much they'll comply
velvet cove
It's really inconvenient and really selfish, but I really hope they scrap the current VA and dialogue. It's unbearable, its not even the volume the quality of it is terrible to. I wouldn't be surprised if AI was used to streamline the writing process
It follows a full sentence, then sentence split by a -, then a full sentence speech pattern often very characteristic of AI chatbots lol
fringe tangle
I don't think they should delay to any timeframe, I hope they recognize the lash...
Yes, not only that but 1.0 is going to be BIG. Itr is bigger than ever, new eyes are fragile, we can't risk that
Even looking past the story, the game is buggy, and VERY unfinished, there is nothing polished about the game, because instead of just focusing on bettering the stuff they already have, they just add more on top of that to bury more and more problems
velvet cove
ITR 2 1.0 release has the chance to be like a really cool main title VR game, as the VR market is so so so dry rn and having a regular title to but in circulation would be huge for the playerbase. The early access kept a lot of people out, but with it releasing a lot of people that were skeptical are gonna buy it. I really would be disappointed if they try to ret-con the original atmosphere for a more METRO style atmosphere where there are "characters" who are humurous in the apocolypse.
velvet cove
Even looking past the story, the game is buggy, and VERY unfinished, there is no...
Honestly insane considering darius himself has told me over and over that the devs will "Fix these bugs in 1.0" which is hilarious to say considering they're adding an entire STORYLINE like that obviously will introduce MORE bugs
Also the fact that 3-4 player co-op isn't even in the scope of the game now
3 of my friends bought the game to be able to play it together, we all thugged it out on the 2 player seperate playthrus for the sake of yeah totally its an early access game. But now it's years later and their empty promises become more and more unattainable
fringe tangle
Honestly insane considering darius himself has told me over and over that the de...
I see them trying, they always do, but if they keep adding they'll never be able to catch up to themselves
velvet cove
2 of them BOUGHT the game to play with us btw
velvet cove
I see them trying, they always do, but if they keep adding they'll never be able...
I agree, I've called this out, they disagree
fringe tangle
It's like digging 2 feet, then shoveling a foot back in, you're still going down
fringe tangle
3 of my friends bought the game to be able to play it together, we all thugged i...
Yeah it's unfortunate
And when we say this it looks like we hate the games or something
velvet cove
I see them trying, they always do, but if they keep adding they'll never be able...
Okay, also this is a paid large developer team that has ignored MAJOR bugs for months to years with no interest in dropping hotfixes and waiting for the next big release that will inevitably drop more bugs
fringe tangle
ITR1 is one of my favorite games ever
It made me feel things that almost no other game could make me feel
velvet cove
The fact that darius himself admitted that there is no processor on earth that can run the game currently in co-op at 120hz is fucking hilarious
fringe tangle
ITR2 has the potential to pass it, but it never will if they keep adding more material without polishing the stuff we already have
velvet cove
The game is unoptimized, buggy, unfinished, and now dropping a horrendous storyline with PBS kid VA's that plague and dilute anything resembling the original story. I've given ITR2 years, and I respect all the work its made. Mechanically I think the game is astronomically adept.
I love ITR as a whole, I have nothing but respect for the amazing titles they've made
But also, they are ignoring major leaks sinking the boat
fringe tangle
The game is unoptimized, buggy, unfinished, and now dropping a horrendous storyl...
Yes it has the potential to be the best vr game out
Very major
velvet cove
Also, if ITR2 plans on dropping with this amount of alloted content, it's really not a big game.
Which is crazy
ITR 1.0 has more playtime lol
fringe tangle
Yeah sl lvl 3 is like 3 hours of gameplay across two maps
fringe tangle
Theres 7 top priority missions dude
More
velvet cove
You're playing the game for 7 missions and a bunch of overhead grind and walking back to base after a run
fringe tangle
Some don't level you up
fringe tangle
And they did add some good stuff this update too, and fixed 4 patches worth of bugs
velvet cove
The game has less maps than itr 2.0 lol
fringe tangle
And they did add some good stuff this update too, and fixed 4 patches worth of b...
But if you pour relish on a smoked salmon, it's still gonna taste like relish no matter how good the salmon is
fringe tangle
The game has less maps than itr 2.0 lol
Yeah and there are two in betweens
Meaning we could've had two satellite maps
velvet cove
Okay also on a random topic, I mentioned yrs ago both guns that could be deconstructed and inbetween or loading screens that transition smoothly should be implemented and they told me not possible
They did do that tho...
it was literally like 1.0 release time tho LMAO
there's gotta be more maps
3 maps is like
comeon bro 😭
one is a tiny ass map no one even likes
then forest and outskirts are fine but outskirts you have to go thru forest
so theres NO variety
its just forest to outskirts or forest
fringe tangle
Yeah and it sucks
Because both maps are pretty good
It's just the repetition and the lack of variety that kills them
velvet cove
I disliked the segmenting of maps in general, because ITR 1.0 is literally proof it can be done lol
ITR 2.0 atleast got over the hurdle by the maps interacting in interesting ways and being able to find secret exits
I really wish we got a map that was more open, I feel like this game focused so hard on the density of models that it never really took the oppurtunity to have maps that were meant to be wide open. Reminiscing of the factory map in 1.0
dude i'm @ing you again cause this is nuts
@fringe tangle this is dialogue.
what the hell
genuinely not gonna play this if this is the chosen story on april 23rd wtfff
lone slate
genuinely not gonna play this if this is the chosen story on april 23rd wtfff
if they dont change this im refunding ts i have too many hours and had it for more than 2 weeks but i will be getting my money back 🙏
but i have faith
velvet cove
if they dont change this im refunding ts i have too many hours and had it for mo...
i've critized the game for yrs over random petty shit i've never seen the people with explorer in their name and veteran status genuinely griping and saying they'll refund ts is crazy 😭
this story is baaaaaaaadddd dude
lone slate
i will hope the fence and leave the radius
fringe tangle
this story is baaaaaaaadddd dude
Yeah man
It's sad 
Me I will never give up hope on itr
I'm just heartbroken that they thought we would like the stuff they're doing
lone slate
Me I will never give up hope on itr
cm hasnt failed us before i dont think they will this time