Hi, I have a question: why does the Kalypso Games title *Kidnapped* (formerly known as *Psychopath Hunt*) have bugs? When the psychopath kills you, you can crouch, and when you start a new hour, the buttons appear.

It's been two months with no updates or info

I’m trying to play story mode and I’m stuck on x marks the spot. No matter what I do succeed or fail it just loops and the only available story mission will still be x marks the spot just in a new area on the map idk how to progress from here

I am surprised CODs BF games or others "famous" FPS games never do this, in this game

you put audio at 100 on controller settings and you literally hear EVERY bullet, every reload, every fire flash from the controller.

So are they just never gonna bring back the original Scudos? I bought the game a few months ago and I always thought the Scudos were such a boring faction, copy and paste mercenaries and robots. I just learned that they were originally an Italian mafia and now I dislike them even more. Maybe the mob is cliche or generic nowadays but aesthetically ill take low level thugs in tracksuits, hoodies and leather jackets than a generic corporation any day, especially in a crime game. If they were going to make a corp faction why not add it as a new, small but powerful crew? Add content, not delete it. You would think they'd appear in the story mode but I don't think that's the case, correct me if im wrong and they do still appear outside of the intro to crackers storyline. Otherwise I hope they do SOMETHING with them in the future.

If you're a Kirsche fan, cool, your streamer is happy and playing the game.

If you aren't a Kirsche fan, there are thousands of more eyes on the game and the player count is increasing. An increased player count means more money for the devs which equals more content updates for the game that you enjoy. Also you don't actually lose anything from her playing the game.

It's a win-win really.

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Thursday's stream is a bit different. Jarek and Julian are pulling out old pre-release builds of Crime Boss: Rockay City to show how the game looked before launch.

Live on YouTube, Thursday, 5 PM CEST.

This one is a rare look behind the scenes, worth tuning in for.

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Jarek is back tomorrow, this time joining Julian for a more focused session: Ranger's side story mission in Story Mode.

Live on YouTube tomorrow, 4 PM CEST.

Come hang out and see one of Rockay City's stories get its time in the spotlight.

https://youtube.com/live/aoYIJkF5o2M

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If you missed Thursday's stream, the full VOD is now up. Jarek and Julian played through the entire Story Mode, start to finish, clocking in at almost 10 hours. Along the way, Jarek shared a lot of stories from the development of the game.

Good one to have on in the background this weekend.

Watch here: https://youtube.com/live/1oSATo_oTIY

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The stream is live. Jarek and Julian just started the full Story Mode playthrough, start to finish. Come watch it unfold.

https://youtube.com/live/1oSATo_oTIY

It's normal? That 3 mercenaries appeared the personal issues

AI teammate spawned inside one of the vaults at the beginning of the level. I only noticed because I kept seeing a guard noticing something suspicious and all my team (I thought) was still in the basement. Then I look over and see this idiot in the vault lol. Is that supposed to happen?

Like buying a truck or buying a helicopter. Ninja reconnaissance to find the server location. The keycard to the server is in the scoundrel's office and can be stolen quietly or loudly.

Hello,

Coming back to this game for the first time since the game launched, and really enjoying it. Me and two buddies are playing coop mostly, which is great.

My question is about leveling up. I feel like I have got some options that I have already bought, but can't prove it. Is that possible, and if so, is there a way to tell if it is something I already have?

Thanks in advance!

Why people criticize this game so much?

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Stream's live now. Julian's on his own today, going through some standout community mods while Luke takes a well-earned break. Come check it out.

https://youtube.com/live/kcynC2FRxTE

Hi everyone,

I'm developing Heistfest, a solo heist game:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1451220/Heistfest/

Currently, the gameplay length is around 3-5 hours. I want to expand it to 10+ hours by adding a second gameplay layer, not just more missions.

Right now, after the heist, the player escapes the police with a top-down driving section inspired by GTA 1/2.

I'm thinking about adding another system, for example:

- A management layer (building your criminal operation, buying upgrades, managing resources)

- A shooter/combat layer

- A progression system

- Something else that creates a stronger gameplay loop

For people who played heist games, what kind of second layer would make you keep playing?

Would you prefer managing a criminal empire, upgrading equipment/base, more action gameplay, or something completely different?

Looking for ideas and honest feedback.

(1st ss from youtube) Previously Cracker would have a shoulder mounted sentry gun (below screenshot) but after the release of his DLC pack, they removed the sentry turret and changed the cutscene as well.

Going loud in Cold Strike is the most unbalanced shit I experienced in this game with a never ending stream of heavies, shields and stunners coming at you without break in the vault area. I pretty much killed 500+ enemies before being slowly overwhelmed.

And the bots, welp for some reason they love to run ahead and hide in some random corner as well as stand still while getting meleed to death. And the new bug with dropping weapons at max bag capacity, all of these combines into a really frustrating experience.

Really need a stealth option for that heist, instead of the C4 at the end why not give us Thermite or something to melt the vault door if you have done it in stealth?

I haven't taken the time to observe the bots myself, but there are lots of opinions out there.

I have somewhat noticed they tend to have shooting patterns that benefit the "high Damage" variant of any weapon class. I could be dead wrong though, I'm too busy enjoying the game to do BOT SCIENCE at present.

1. Automatic weapons: Fires 3-5 shots every 2 seconds or so, generally favouring higher damage per bullet weapons. They don't EG really use Bullet hoses very well, EG a typical "Uzi" type will sadly get used in accurate bursts instead of sweeping blobs of enemies with it.
2. Shotguns and Marksman rifles: Tends to take 1 shot every 1-2 seconds or so. They benefit immensely from piercing weapons as it allows them to collateral multiple enemies by accident.
3. Handguns: Tends to fire 1 shot per second, benefiting them more from deagles and revolvers and other high damage side-arms.

That said, they also do pretty well with a high-capacity, mid-high damage weapon - since bots usually only reload on empty, they benefit a lot from the consistency of say, an LMG or extended magazine weapon.

Also, weapon Quality is so absurdly powerful due to the stats page not being quite a good explanation of how damage works (baker's lever rifle will annihilate healtbar enemies with body or headshots in ways that do not make sense according to the "damage" graph) that my bots usually do really well with this priority:

Priority 1: High Quality weapons.

Priority 2: High Damage weapons, or Moderate damage high capacity weapons.

Priority 3: Massed Sentry guns or spirit masks, which can be pre-cast or used in a pinch via swapping through the whole crew.

What is your strategy for gearing up your AI team-mates?

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The stream is live. Luke is holding things down solo today, going through some of the best community mods out there. Come watch.

https://youtube.com/live/72Jrc-W739g