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Is a no canister play through possible in any of the games?


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Has anybody tried this and been able to play the game to completion for their chosen faction? If so then would there be any interest in implementing this as an achievement for the updates? For bragging rights I imagine it would be even more impressive than the loner or pacifist achievement.

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It's very possible, and it's not actually all that hard.  The canister boosts are nice, but they aren't generally game-breaking.

 

Still, you get achievements for each sect's victory; wouldn't be crazy to have a no-canister achievement too.  I say, request this for the G3 remake.

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I have done it in Geneforge 3 and Geneforge 4.   In Geneforge 3, it improves the ending slightly if you play a Shaper loyalist, but using them is helpful and it doesn't hurt your ending much.  In Geneforge 4, the good Shaper ending is only possible if you use less than 7 canisters, and using canisters in that game makes some fights impossible to avoid as they cause insanity(which is part of why the Shapers forbid their use.)  I have never tried going canister free in Geneforge 2,  and the other two Geneforge games do not change whether you use canisters or not.  

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On 9/17/2024 at 10:37 PM, Kennedy said:

Has anybody tried this and been able to play the game to completion for their chosen faction? If so then would there be any interest in implementing this as an achievement for the updates? For bragging rights I imagine it would be even more impressive than the loner or pacifist achievement.

It is not that hard, to be honest. There are several people that do it. No, I am not one of them but I have seen it done. 

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