Burgeoning Battle Gamma apolloooo Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 so use all canisters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 The last game, Geneforge 5 is the only game where canister usage doesn't affect the game and endings. All the others may make you do certain actions depending upon how many canisters you have used. So what if those idiots don't recognized you power from using canisters. Get angry and crush them. You can play through without using canisters, but it is harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 The effects in Geneforge 4 are pretty miniscule, unless you go the Shaper route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma apolloooo Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 The last game, Geneforge 5 is the only game where canister usage doesn't affect the game and endings. All the others may make you do certain actions depending upon how many canisters you have used. So what if those idiots don't recognized you power from using canisters. Get angry and crush them. You can play through without using canisters, but it is harder. haha yeah, as a shaper, it'd be super tough to not use them maybe someday when i replayed the series, i'd powergame it with no/minimal canister, but for now, i'll play the rest according to my own choices/feel and skill. plus jeff successfully draws out the greed in me with this game i usually do a good first playtrough in most RPG, but this geneforge, really intrigue me. i can't let anyone have this power, IT"S FOR ME ALONE!! anyway, i did some post-game stuff and just cleared the super tough crypt it's super easy with ultra-powered cyrodrayks lol, and i got this crazy girdle that give +4 to all stat lmao. amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Canister use has no effect on the ending in G1. It's G2 / G3 / G4 where the "Will I or won't I use canisters?" issue is a big deal for gameplay / endings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 And even then, it generally has a much stronger effect on your ending if you're going pro-Shaper than if you side with anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Blxz Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I find that using canisters seem to be balanced enough to make me feel arrogant and powerful. Perhaps it is a subtle effect of the writing too but I feel the power and find myself becoming more careless and arrogant in my mindset the longer I play in canister runs. Probably part of Jeff's deeper design. Whenever I play the Geneforge series I just feel that Jeff 'gets' me. The whole story just resonates with me so much more than the others game series which just feel old fashioned and unoriginal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma ThricebornPhoenix Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 The whole story just resonates with me Geneforge is about accumulating power for its own sake, and the mechanics both reinforce and subvert this theme. It's basically The Neverending Story for RPGs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma apolloooo Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 ok, i started geneforge 2, as a shaper again, how many canisters is the "good" threshold? but since you can learn skill by buying / from books, i guess it really isn't as canister dependant as G1. i just reached the first canister btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Dragonboy Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Awh, you can't have just one can you... The answer I believe is five or six. People start giving you comments at that point, so that should tip you off you've had too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Also learn skills from trainers before books and canisters, otherwise you can't get that third level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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