u/AuramiteEX

Hey all. I've been messing around with the modifiers and have put together this very powerful (and legal) combination.
With this set up you can be significantly more powerful, and the sacrifices are negligible when playing correctly. This can also be done early in the game.

The modifiers and trials are as follows:

Protections:
-Damage Enhancement 3
-Armour Enhancement 2
-Shield Power Enhancement
-Overlord Restoration

Trials:
-Lucinite Devaluation 2
-Power Decelerator 2
-Artifact Destruction

So what do you get with this?

You are significantly more powerful and can dispatch enemies with ease, far more durable, your shield doesn't drain power, and your health is re-filled when you enter a boss Arena.

What do you lose?

You lose almost all Lucinite if you fall so you have to clear a Biome fully. Your shield doesn't recharge your power meter and a random artifact is destroyed when you enter a new Biome.

The power meter sounds rough, but your shield no longer uses power to work. Also, you can quickly look for a weapon that comes with the power generator perk - this is key as your weapon will now be the source of your power in the game. Lastly, losing a relic isn't a debuff. It can often act as a buff by removing a weak relic when you enter a new Biome.

Go ahead and give this a try if you want to smash through the game without resorting to cheating with infinite protections. The only thing you need to do is complete the nightmare trial in the swamp to unlock "Power Decelerator 2"

Was thinking of playing this gem of a game again. I have a new Steam account and can buy either version, and my PC can handle any game.

The issue is... the Remaster looks significantly worse in the vids/comparisons I've seen. Both cost about the same.

Crysis 2 had a very particular look that I love. The Bloom, the sun, the vibes, etc. Why on Earth would they tone this stuff down?

Gibson sell over 500 Guitars every day, and on some days they sell over a thousand.

We're looking at over 170k guitars sold per year.

If just 1% of the guitars are duds or have problems and get past QC, that will be around 2000 bad guitars per year in the hands of people. 5-10 new owners per day that get them and share the images and "horror stories."

I imagine the duds are probably more than 1 in a hundred, but not much higher. Even that results in thousands of horrible examples every year.

It's how these perceptions are perpetuated, even though the vast majority of instruments are excellent. I have played a lot of Gibsons and they've been generally great, especially the current crop post 2020, which is the best period for new guitars since the early 2000s.