why is the server room violently combusting when i don't even have any explosives in there
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If the servers are damaged enough they can explode, and do various other things, and unfortunately if one in the alpha server room explodes it will usually cause them all to explode. You might've had a physics object or something wedged under a server and it finally collided in just the right way to trigger an explosion.
Agreed. Also bring back being unable to pause during events, it was a major atmosphere builder for me.
I'm pretty sure you still can't. The pause menu appears, but the game isn't actually paused and you aren't able to save or quit to menu. I honestly prefer this behavior over the old way because it lets people quickly access settings in case they need to adjust volume sliders or other settings.
Also, metaparanoia is easily one of the best atmosphere building features in this game. It makes it feel like the game itself is breaking under the anomalous crap in Dunkeltaler. The busted pause mechanic just adds to the feeling that whatever is messing with Kel can see you and screw with you too.
I do like this one for it's uses as well, but it personally just doesn't hit quite as hard as the old one. I'm not really sure how to describe it, but the old one makes me feel more trapped, like I have truly nowhere to hide. The new one makes me feel a bit safer, cause even if the game still doesn't actually let me pause or let me quit, that somewhat comforting pause menu still opens and I can access my settings and the help menu to change things in my favor.
Hacksaw basically instantly gets rid of them, or you can just spend a few minutes smacking them with a weapon until they break.
I really dislike how the power washers in the game work. When you're better off mopping your glass or waiting for an oversized sponge than using the hyper advanced alien pressure washer you know you've screwed up mechanically. Or maybe it's just Nose trolling us.
I legitimately think the portable pressure washer is currently the worst store purchase in the entire game: it costs 500 points, cleans like 1.5 dirt stains before needing to be refilled at a static water source, and you can even get an upgraded version of it halfway through the game for free. Pressure washers desperately need to be buffed in some way.
While i agree that the art style has changed you have to remember that A LOT of the old assets were just placeholders most likely. I do like some of the older styled assets though but also some of them would be very out of place when placed next to some of the newer assets that basically NEED to look better otherwise they would look strange or even unrecognizable. Maybe when the game releases we can get a "texture pack"-ish setting to bring back the "classic" assets.
