- Jul 15, 2003
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First off, people around the internet keep calling it DLC but on Steam its not DLC, its a patch, so you dont have to click or unclick anything in the DLC tab of the game properties.
2nd: in order to access the new content you need to load up an old save near the end of the final boss of the game and beat it again. NOT the fake boss in the middle of the game, the true final boss.
If for some reason you lost or deleted your old saves then you have to play the entire friggen game all over again to go and beat that final boss.
3rd: If you wanna play as the new character you merely need to select New Game and select him as an option during character creation. He looks cool and he's got some special moves, but near as I can tell the gameplay is basically the same. You can use him on a New Game + as well as normal, hard, and nightmare difficulty.
4th: If you wanna access Random mode you have to go the the Extras tab and select that then select Randomizer. Then you make a brand new character with the random options. You may not use Randomizer on old saves.
5th: IF you use Randomizer theres some things you gotta know.
- Story elements all seem to be disabled, and theres a speed run timer in the lower left corner you can never disable. it doesnt affect you, but may be annoying if you dont wanna see it.
- Theres a wooden wall (bulkhead) early on that you need to pass thru. If you selected random shard drops from enemies you probably wont get the fire cannon shard you would normally need to bust down that wall. That doesnt matter, because the devs were smart enough to account for that and now its already open when you run into it. HOWEVER, later on in the same ship theres another optional wood bulkhead to break down and you can't do it without that fire cannon shard. You'll have to hope you get it later in the game and then come back to it. I suspect other essential areas are handled similarly.
-Random enemy item and shard drops are not completely random. Once its established an enemy gives you a particular item and shard, that enemy will ALWAYS give you those items and shards. Also item and shard drop rates are now 100 percent, so no farming for crap. However what they get assigned to drop is truly random and its possible to get some wild stuff from those first area enemies. I actually got a really great sword from those stupid bird things on the ship.
- Random drops from chests are truly random. So you may get a REALLY good weapon early in the game, or may run around without finding any weapons for an extremely long time. You may also get junk like low grade bullets without finding a gun for some time. You may also get gold, which is nice but not useful in that first section of the game when you can't spend it.
-The above combination of factors means you may be in deep trouble on that first boss who has a crapload of health in Normal mode. You may have to restart or grind for levels.
I did not try the Random crafting or store locations or warp zones, because that seemed kinda silly to me.
2nd: in order to access the new content you need to load up an old save near the end of the final boss of the game and beat it again. NOT the fake boss in the middle of the game, the true final boss.
If for some reason you lost or deleted your old saves then you have to play the entire friggen game all over again to go and beat that final boss.
3rd: If you wanna play as the new character you merely need to select New Game and select him as an option during character creation. He looks cool and he's got some special moves, but near as I can tell the gameplay is basically the same. You can use him on a New Game + as well as normal, hard, and nightmare difficulty.
4th: If you wanna access Random mode you have to go the the Extras tab and select that then select Randomizer. Then you make a brand new character with the random options. You may not use Randomizer on old saves.
5th: IF you use Randomizer theres some things you gotta know.
- Story elements all seem to be disabled, and theres a speed run timer in the lower left corner you can never disable. it doesnt affect you, but may be annoying if you dont wanna see it.
- Theres a wooden wall (bulkhead) early on that you need to pass thru. If you selected random shard drops from enemies you probably wont get the fire cannon shard you would normally need to bust down that wall. That doesnt matter, because the devs were smart enough to account for that and now its already open when you run into it. HOWEVER, later on in the same ship theres another optional wood bulkhead to break down and you can't do it without that fire cannon shard. You'll have to hope you get it later in the game and then come back to it. I suspect other essential areas are handled similarly.
-Random enemy item and shard drops are not completely random. Once its established an enemy gives you a particular item and shard, that enemy will ALWAYS give you those items and shards. Also item and shard drop rates are now 100 percent, so no farming for crap. However what they get assigned to drop is truly random and its possible to get some wild stuff from those first area enemies. I actually got a really great sword from those stupid bird things on the ship.
- Random drops from chests are truly random. So you may get a REALLY good weapon early in the game, or may run around without finding any weapons for an extremely long time. You may also get junk like low grade bullets without finding a gun for some time. You may also get gold, which is nice but not useful in that first section of the game when you can't spend it.
-The above combination of factors means you may be in deep trouble on that first boss who has a crapload of health in Normal mode. You may have to restart or grind for levels.
I did not try the Random crafting or store locations or warp zones, because that seemed kinda silly to me.
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