Outbreak 1-2 Discussion

I bought file 2 at Gamestop and I haven't played it yet. I want to know if the friendly AI is remotely self sufficient enough to survive on their own and actually help me. I am a huge fan of games with friendly AI. I suppose it's something that amuses me, but i really don't want to waste my time if my allies actually make the game harder rather than easier.

I think you'll find a balance of both Good and Bad. Depends on what character it is, actually.

Then again, I really haven't played in ages. But I might play some tonight.

Which characters are not stupid?

King Saul wrote:

Which characters are not stupid?

I don't think any of them are really "stupid." It's all subjective.

Okay but are there any npcs that are more useful than others? If so, please name the useful ones.

David is a loner therefore he won't follow you when you ask him to do something, Mark hates Kevin because he's security and he's a cop(no idea why) Yoko and Cindy afaik are helpful. Alyssa I think she is semi useful if you give her what she needs(considering she's a reporter) Jim is useless he just runs away from everything, George is the same as Cindy and Yoko but I think he has some exceptions. On higher difficulties decisions can be catastrophic so choose carefully.

So when making your teams pick the right ones for the right situations, I think these stats also pass onto the NPC characters as well, that's another thing I found about outbreak that was cool was how each character had her/his own personality and if you picked a character they didn't like they would not listen to you.

Thanks A LOT DXP! That is exactly the info I was looking for.

I can't believe you guys actually gave this poor soul hope.

ABANDON ALL HOPE, the AI are very very very bad.

Especially in Wild Things, no matter how many times I play on easy, it's very rare for any of my ai partners to be alive. They always die.

The problems are numerous, you can't control the ai, you can't tell them to stay put or hurry up. They'll put down shotgun shells and pick up brooms, you have to take care of them every step of the way and even then, they're still hard to keep alive. I was able to keep them alive for other campaigns like Flashback, Underbelly, etc... but in Wild Things they just died.

Voltius wrote:

ABANDON ALL HOPE, the AI are very very very bad.

Oh shush. I've never had any problem with the AI, at least not on normal. Hell, David once disappeared only to return with two shotguns and a room full of dead lickers.

That is freaking impressive! The AI hasn't been too bad, although it's a tad bit stupider than I'd like. Yoko usually refuses to pick up ammo in a given room for her 9mm.

Anywho, any advice on the damn infecto-meter? it goes up a little to fast for my liking.

The infected meter can be temporarily stopped by picking up anti-virus tablets,anti-virus sprays or hell using any herb or F-Aid Spray and using them, which one you use has a different rate of degradation before the timer starts up again think F-aid's last the longest(but I haven't played outbreak in a while) Cindy has her herb ability and George can make pills with his (if I remember outbreak file 2 100%) if you have any of them in your team you should last a lot longer.

And another thing avoid enemies like the plague they cause the virus meter to rise quicker...and one more thing each person's infected rate is different Kevin's I think rises the quickest and Mark's is less(again I haven't played it in years)

I was playing as Kevin. That might explain why it was going up so fast. Are there cheats that I can use to stop the meter so that I can get a better feel of the game?

EDIT: Well I haven't been able to get out of the train station, there is no .45 ammo, and I was overwhelmed by an assload of zombies in a narrow corridor.

I'd also like to add that Jim's "Play Dead" ability makes the meter go faster. As for cheats, there's Gameshark.

Kevin's .45 ammo is RARE. That gun is for emergencies only.

Awww you guys make me want to play these so bad... I think I will when I get home from work later now, make my sister hand over the PS2 so I can use my good ole MC and dress up as Monica. Oh the nostalgia!

Also I'd like to say I've never had much of a problem with the AI. At most I've lost both of my partners, but that was typically during the final boss battle on certain stages.

Mass Distraction wrote:

I'd also like to add that Jim's "Play Dead" ability makes the meter go faster. As for cheats, there's Gameshark.

Kevin's .45 ammo is RARE. That gun is for emergencies only.

Forgot about Jim he's so useless even his special skill makes him turn into a zombie quicker. And yes Kevin's .45 ammo is rarer than Barry Burton's beard falling off.

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

Awww you guys make me want to play these so bad... I think I will when I get home from work later now, make my sister hand over the PS2 so I can use my good ole MC and dress up as Monica. Oh the nostalgia!

Also I'd like to say I've never had much of a problem with the AI. At most I've lost both of my partners, but that was typically during the final boss battle on certain stages.

I really want to replay it now all I need is to set my ps2 up, damn outbreak had so much potential shame we won't see OB3 anytime soon =(

OB3 needs to come out for the PC and not just consoles if it ever does.

Atleast the AI in this game were actually useful most of the time rather than just standing like Sheva. I also like how different AI react differently.

Prince of Judah wrote:

OB3 needs to come out for the PC and not just consoles if it ever does.

Capcom's idea of a re-release is 1 and 2 without online support on ps3 classics =_= wasted opportunity.

Evil Rage42 wrote:

Atleast the AI in this game were actually useful most of the time rather than just standing like Sheva. I also like how different AI react differently.

You sir win one Internets for that evaluation =P

DXP wrote:

Prince of Judah wrote:

OB3 needs to come out for the PC and not just consoles if it ever does.

Capcom's idea of a re-release is 1 and 2 without online support on ps3 classics =_= wasted opportunity.

Is that a thing that's actually happening?

As for the possible File#3, in this day and age it would most likely be ported to the PC too.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Is that a thing that's actually happening?

As for the possible File#3, in this day and age it would most likely be ported to the PC too.

Afaik it's still happening they just haven't confirmed a release date yet. I wish they would do a file#3 on pc with proper microphone support that would be bad ass.

Yeah that would be the greatest game of all time =D.


EDIT:

How frequently do NPCs show up, specifically armed NPCs, in both outbreaks?

This is an old topic but I don't see any reason to not use it by starting a new thread.

How different is Easy from Normal? Does it change the AI? Does it effect the speed of infection, damage of enemies and health? How does it work? I might be putting this on twitch with my friend.

There has been heavy discussion on the Steam forums regarding Outbreak 1 and 2 coming to Steam. Not that it will change anything, but Outbreak seems to be a hot topic right now.

Prince of Judah wrote:

This is an old topic but I don't see any reason to not use it by starting a new thread.

How different is Easy from Normal? Does it change the AI? Does it effect the speed of infection, damage of enemies and health? How does it work? I might be putting this on twitch with my friend.

Easy makes the infection cauge go down very slowly and you take less damage. I'm not sure if the difficulty has anything to do with puzzle items but I would assume it'd be easier to find ammo and health on easy.

I played it for about 15 minutes on twitch last night. It took me many hours to get game capture working. Well it would not surprise me if Outbreak was ported to the PC. But my concern is that it wont be properly modified for communication that works well. Also, even if they only charge 19.99 for it, that price is too steep for me, and it will be for a long time to come. I already purchased the Outbreaks for the PS2, and it would be nice if Outbreak was free to those who prove to Capcom via photographs they purchased it in the past.

http://www.twitch.tv/benyohanan/b/505077542

I may delete the video in the future.