You can rent it for 70k per day in Lorville if you’d like to try it out. Also, 50k small cargo missions between planet LZ and space station can be stacked for quick money.

Raft is one of the best cargo ships at the moment honestly - relatively cheap, large and easily accessible cargo space, great tractor turret placement, nice interior. I’m currently debating between it and Hull A myself and the only reason it’s even a debate is because I tend to lean towards smaller ships.

Can’t say much about combat ships - all of my attempts to return to dogfighting end after 1-2 missions due to constantly teleporting enemies. If you want meta, light fighters still reign supreme as far as I know. Otherwise, just pick what looks cool - that’s what the free rentals are for.

It really depends on what you’re interested in - big/small, combat/industry, new/old… Personally I’ll be checking out some of the already available ships to see if there’s anything I’d like to buy in-game.

In general though, probably the new additions? There are no specific confirmations I believe but the current speculations include:

• New Drake ship (Clipper?)
• Perseus
• Kruger Wolf Alpha
• RSI Hermes

No idea which of these happen though, we’ll have to wait and see.

No worries, I’m just curious but I’m also not interested in forcing anyone to go above what they’re interested in. I hope you’ll have fun with the game!

Hmm, I think that’s a later version than what I tried. Makes sense though since that was one of the most “finished” of the old versions, I believe. Sounds good.

Ohh, in that case you’ll be eating good. Some people find story to be rather slow until the Deep Dive/Singularity combo so I’d be curious about your thoughts on that in the future, if you’re willing. No pressure though.

No worries, it’s not your fault - I simply found the tracks in the second half of the game to be weaker than the early ones. If anything I’m the opposite and tend to be way more critical about stuff that gets hyped up by everyone while trying to keep an open mind about things others complain about.

I remember surfing from one of the trailers, I think, I just hoped there’d be at least a short sequence on the ship and that surfing itself would be a part of the game (I expected a cutscene honestly). As good as these games are there are still some parts that feel a bit rough and unplanned. Oh well, it’s not a huge issue.

What are we talking about - first game, second, manga?

On a more positive note, Niko is returning tomorrow at 18:30 JST (source tweet, rough MTL).

They talked about it briefly a year or two ago and not being able to pilot in heavy gear is no longer the plan - they’re leaning towards lower G-force resistance instead. They might change their minds again but that’s the last official word on it that I’m aware of.

Damn Tomo!! Why is he so buff?!

The fact these games hold up as well as they do is a testament to their quality. There’s plenty of even newer titles which can’t boast about similar results.

Also, I’m a bit “specific” (well… weird) in terms of what does or doesn’t gel with me and I often tend to prefer less popular or worse options. Going back to hugely successful titles can be a rather unique experience for me - every game is a surprise in that way, I guess.

I mean… if you’re running around in full gear in your ship instead of stowing stuff when it’s not needed I don’t really mind some kind of “punishment”. That’s just me though, someone who tends to gear up based on immersion rather than “it’s a game, I’mma just run with everything on me”.

Regardless of the reason I’m just glad it’s coming back. It can be a real coin toss whether an old feature makes it back or not so it’s nice to have a confirmation.

Eh, I survived retail A-life I can survive an imperfect one in a mod if it means no fanfic additions. They might be interesting for later playthroughs but I’d rather play something closer to the original vision. Actually, did they specify which version they’re basing this on? Oblivion Lost had quite a few changes during development if I recall correctly, I’m curious which was the chosen one.

Anyway, as long as older versions are available it’s fine. At least they aren’t trying to justify those new changes as “lore accurate” and push them on everyone like a certain Skyrim modder who shall not be named, right? Please say yes.

The updated Aurora sneak peek doesn’t look particularly different from the current model which is great. The only thing I could spot here was the addition of door panels inside and outside the ship though there’s obviously more we can’t see from this pic. I’m happy with that, I was worried they upsized it, added a larger interior or did something similarly ridiculous.

It’s also getting some new audio and visual effects! I can’t wait.

“We are bringing back the ability to have two weapons stored on your back while you hold a third one in your hands.” Core Gameplay Team

Freaking finally! I was afraid we’d never get this back. I love it.

Following positive feedback on the faction competition missions (…)

Huh, most of my experience (and opinions of others I’ve seen) said they were broken and extremely boring due to lack of variety, simple tasks and level design. Looks like plenty of people felt differently.

The team also completed a major loot refresh, with the devs updating the UGF and Distribution Centers to give greater future control and bring them up to par with the current design.

Well, I haven’t seen any worthwhile loot in UGFs since the last patch (I think?) so I’m curious if that’s something we’ll see in the future or if something got borked and the work just isn’t present in game.

Some existing missions will move over to the Nyx system with new narrative elements, while some older content will return, including Missing Person, Blackbox Recovery, and Retrieve Cargo.

Nice to see some of the old content returning.

Ohh, that’s some important info. Appreciate the warning.

Yeah, I spent WAY TOO MUCH time with Crysis (both playing and modding) so I’m familiar with the CPU issue. Can’t predict everything, unfortunately.

Good to know about the Oblivion Lost remake - I did play one of the leaked beta builds before so seeing a more finalised version of what could’ve been should make for an interesting experience. I have a lot to look forward to, thanks!

Yeah, you certainly did. It’s not a huge issue honestly - difficulty was high? That sucks but I simply lowered it, whatever.
My main problem, which isn’t even a real problem, has to do with the atmosphere. Playing MCC made me realise that I simply prefer the (early?) book and Reach approach of subdued, bittersweet and somewhat tragic tone over the “action hero saves the day” of the mainline games. That’s just personal preference though.

Overall, my issues with the game aren’t with its quality, it’s more of a “me” thing.

I have no doubt multiplayer, whether co-op or versus, would be a good fun, it’s just not something I can comment on. I have no one to play with in co-op and I don’t really care about PvP any more. Gameplay does feel like it would work great in that environment and the nostalgia factor can not be understated - I also have plenty of games that might not be my favourites (or the best at what they do) but my memories with them leave me with a soft spot that doesn’t care about objective facts.

It was an engaging experience and that’s exactly what I hoped for when starting MCC for the first time.

Sounds exciting, especially the multithreading part since CPU has always been my main bottleneck. Hopefully it’ll make it in by the time I decide to give it a shot. Not gonna lie, while I was hopeful about Stalker modding in the early days I didn’t expect it to go this far. It’s a nice surprise.

I only heard a little bit of Anomaly in the past but I’m glad it got to such point now. Looks like I’ll have plenty to play with once I get back to it.

Does Anomaly use the updated open source version of the engine or is it running on the game one?