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Al! posted:I wish they had put it up for pre-order on their website, I would've bought it from them instead of forgetting that they were going to sell it there and getting excited and buying it from Steam. I'd buy directly from them but I'm offsetting the 20$ cost with 6-8$ in Steam funds.
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Um is anyone else having trouble in the menu? I don't have a cursor and as a result I can't do anything. I can change what I have selected with the keyboard but not actually do anything. e: figured it out, it was some weird head tracking driver I have installed, the game should really let you use the menu with a keyboard even if it detects a joystick.. Alligator fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Aug 15, 2013 |
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Alligator posted:Um is anyone else having trouble in the menu? I don't have a cursor and as a result I can't do anything. I can change what I have selected with the keyboard but not actually do anything. Disconnect your gamepad. Edit: Wait, that's not actually it. But the cursor takes a bit (a second) of moving around to show up for me.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 19:24 |
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GhostDog posted:Disconnect your gamepad.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 19:24 |
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This is the first game in a while I've blindly bought without reading much or waiting for the opinions of non-game journalists. I hope it's good.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 19:28 |
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I have a lot of respect for the Fullbright Company yet I can't bring myself to play this. I do however want to know what happens in it. Am I a terrible person?
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Monster w21 Faces posted:I have a lot of respect for the Fullbright Company yet I can't bring myself to play this. I do however want to know what happens in it.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 19:35 |
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Monster w21 Faces posted:I have a lot of respect for the Fullbright Company yet I can't bring myself to play this. I do however want to know what happens in it. The act of playing and figuring out what happened are one and the same! It's sort of hard to describe, but actually being in this place and piecing together the story from environmental cues is half of what makes the story work as well as it does.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 19:36 |
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Well, it depends. Can you not bring yourself to play it because a home killed your parents, and the idea of playing an entire game set inside a home would be traumatic? Or are you simply unable to play any video game at all? I lived in a home once, and then 28 years later my Dad died. Coincidence?
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Well, it depends. Can you not bring yourself to play it because a home killed your parents, and the idea of playing an entire game set inside a home would be traumatic? Or are you simply unable to play any video game at all? It's probably the ghosts.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 19:37 |
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And the lack of ammunition to dispatch said ghosts.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 19:39 |
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Monster w21 Faces posted:I lived in a home once, and then 28 years later my Dad died. Coincidence?
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 19:39 |
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Wait, so this was made by some of the people who made Minervas Den? I loved that DLC, and I concider it to be better than Bioshock Infinite, which I also adored. I will have to pick this up.
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Unlucky7 posted:Wait, so this was made by some of the people who made Minervas Den? I loved that DLC, and I concider it to be better than Bioshock Infinite, which I also adored. I will have to pick this up.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 19:50 |
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Just finished it. Holy loving poo poo. I think that's among the best games I've ever played. I'm going to play through it again right now.
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grmartin posted:Just finished it. Holy loving poo poo. I think that's among the best games I've ever played. I'm going to play through it again right now. Can I get some spoilers? Tagged of course. Why is everyone gone? I only ask because I have some life experiences I really never want to relive again and I worry that this game deals with them. Monster w21 Faces fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Aug 15, 2013 |
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grmartin posted:Just finished it. Holy loving poo poo. I think that's among the best games I've ever played. I'm going to play through it again right now. Finished already? How long is this game?
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Monster w21 Faces posted:Can I get some spoilers? Tagged of course. Why is everyone gone? I only ask because I have some life experiences I really never want to relive again and I worry that this game deals with them. Review roundup so far:
TychoCelchuuu fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Aug 15, 2013 |
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Wandering Knitter posted:Finished already? How long is this game? It's a large house without many roadblocks. You could technically run through the entire thing in like an hour if you ignored everything and made a beeline for the end. My playthrough was somewhere around 5 hours, poking around every room to examine every object and absorb the atmosphere, listen to the music, and let certain ideas sink in.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 20:28 |
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This sounds right up my alley as far as games go. I can't wait to play it once I get money. I especially like how it apparently made the Kotaku guys cry. That's good, I like strong emotion in games.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 20:28 |
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Well i've played about an hour so far and it's got me hooked. I've always wanted to root around a house and this fetish has unfortunately been coupled with my fear of dark rooms. The atmosphere is as scary as i've experienced even though most of it is in my head - i swear i've seen a shadow dash past in the corner of my eye a few times. Oh yeah gently caress you Tommy.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 20:33 |
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/\/\I think the lights are messed up, I've had sections I know should be on end up turning themselves off. Wait, there's an ending? I had to take a break because I got stuck on how to unlock the attic, but I am really loving this so far. Anyone have any broad non spoiler hints on that?
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Dreadwroth posted:/\/\I think the lights are messed up, I've had sections I know should be on end up turning themselves off. I too would like vague spoilers on where to find the key to the attic and the key to safe in basement.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 21:05 |
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Patrick Klepek spoiled some stuff for me at my request on tumblr. I'll steer clear of playing the game but I'll still buy the game.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 21:07 |
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To point out the odd man out, Eurogamer did not seem to crazy about the game.
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Monster w21 Faces posted:Patrick Klepek spoiled some stuff for me at my request on tumblr. I'll steer clear of playing the game but I'll still buy the game. Just curious, but why are you so averse to playing it? Does it not seem complex enough or something?
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 21:12 |
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EuroGamer can go gently caress itself. I cried. I cried over a game. I have never cried over a game. No spoilers. Its better to experience it yourself. You need to buy the game, and you need to reward the people who made this for making it.
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:Just curious, but why are you so averse to playing it? Does it not seem complex enough or something? I don't really want to go into it but there are some experiences I don't want to relive and I caught undertones of them in the trailers.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 21:14 |
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Can't wait to speedrun this poo poo tonight.
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Monster w21 Faces posted:I don't really want to go into it but there are some experiences I don't want to relive and I caught undertones of them in the trailers. Gotcha. I was thinking it was purely a mechanics thing.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 21:16 |
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Just finished and, wow that was the first bloody videogame to ever make me tear up. Well played devs, well played. I think I need a hug.
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I just finished my playthrough of it, and my God. The way the visuals are crafted in this game is simply really impressive. I enjoyed how much it really ran with the theme of walking through a reclusive, psychotic man's house, secret passages and all. It kinda says something about a game that makes you really understand its characters, without ever letting you interact with them. For people who have finished their playthroughs, are there more than 21 journals? I feel like I explored pretty exhaustively, and haven't found any more than that. That, and I'm not sure if it ever really explains what Oscar actually did, or if we're left to guess that for ourselves. I mean, we know that whatever he did alienated the people around him, and most of his immediate family. I'm also a little confused, because Sam refers to Oscar as "Uncle Oscar", but the will in Terrence's safe clearly says that Oscar is Terrence's Uncle, not brother, which would make Oscar Sam's great-uncle, right? Anyway, it was a really great game, and I could see booting it up again to exhaustively explore anything I didn't find.
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 21:23 |
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Game does not let me watch a bootleg VHS copy of Dark Crystal. 4/10
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# ? Aug 15, 2013 21:23 |
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Took me about 3 hours. Things I didn't like: - While you can pick up a lot of objects, most of the meaningful interaction is still relegated to reading documents. - The way these documents are scattered throughout the house serves the way the story is supposed to unfold and as such is a bit unbelievable. Things I did like: - This feels like the game equivalent of an early Mountain Goats song.
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I just beat it. Despite being pretty thorough I'm missing three journal entries and I forgot about the basement safe and didn't check back on it. Where's the combination? Also was the mom cheating with her co-worker? There was nothing definite but my suspicions started with that novel up in the attic and the game just kept piling it on afterwards. Anyway it was really great, Eurogamer confirmed for absolutely no taste. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Aug 15, 2013 |
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I cried! Playthrough was only about two hours for me, though. No complaints - it was like watching a good movie. It's lingering with me so much that I want to play it again, but I'm a very thorough "pick up everything and poke at everything twice" in games like this and I can't help but feel like I didn't really miss anything, other than the safes. For the dad's, I tried 1963 and 1163 but neither of those codes worked. Anyone have a tip on that one? I actually thought I was going to have a panic attack when I was approaching the attic at the end once I had the key. My heart was pounding and my hands started shaking and I had to literally save and step away from the game for a few minutes to collect myself. Endless admiration for that one - I really got THAT emotionally invested in the story and the characters. One thing that I just don't understand - where ARE the parents while the gameplay is happening? Transistor Rhythm fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Aug 15, 2013 |
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Basement safe combination is in the guest bedroom next to the secret door Hope this helps.
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Transistor Rhythm posted:I cried! Playthrough was only about two hours for me, though. No complaints - it was like watching a good movie. It's lingering with me so much that I want to play it again, but I'm a very thorough "pick up everything and poke at everything twice" in games like this and I can't help but feel like I didn't really miss anything, other than the safes. For the dad's, I tried 1963 and 1163 but neither of those codes worked. Anyone have a tip on that one? For your second question,they're at a couples counseling retreat if I'm not mistaken. StoicFnord posted:Basement safe Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Aug 15, 2013 |
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Transistor Rhythm posted:I cried! Playthrough was only about two hours for me, though. No complaints - it was like watching a good movie. It's lingering with me so much that I want to play it again, but I'm a very thorough "pick up everything and poke at everything twice" in games like this and I can't help but feel like I didn't really miss anything, other than the safes. For the dad's, I tried 1963 and 1163 but neither of those codes worked. Anyone have a tip on that one? Oh man i know what you mean regarding the spoiler. I haven't felt that tense in a while and i'm not ashamed to say i ran to the light turned round and then slowly creeped round the corner. I was expecting something really horrible but was really, really blown away by the conclusion. Listening to Sam's last diary about Lonnie and looking at the pictures in the attic made me tear up. Amazing game, go and get it.
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So, serious question, with some spoilers. I've only watched two or three videos on this, almost all promotional/the opening of the QL, and it almost felt spelled outright that the parents were abusive, maybe emotionally, maybe physically, and the sister likely had something to do with the disappearance, especially since you left her with them. Hell, the early stuff they did on GB felt like they almost said it outright. I want to buy this to support these guys, and I want to play it, but I feel like I already figured out what happened, so what's the point. They put so much on the "oh yeah, abuse", stuff, that I can't imagine most of this stuff will phase me. Learning the secret stops being a journey when you know the ending, yeah? And even when I secondguess myself and think it might be something else, the ideas of what it could actually be don't really interest me much either. So I guess what I'm asking is. Is it a clearcut thing. Do those undertones just lead straight to the ending, or is there much, much more there. e: I guess this makes me heartless, but I'm basically saying I don't want to spend $18 if this is just a sad "games are art" tale of abuse you uncover. I want there to be a mystery, questions, and something to keep me curious. I'm torn because the idea behind it sounds cool, I'm just not the guy who spends over $5 on "games are art" style games, outside of maybe Journey. And that's the read I'm getting from these trailers. Rookersh fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Aug 15, 2013 |
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