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This demo is great, but I don't think it's very similar in tone to the original game. I don't think the original was that funny, it was serious and fairly dark. I feel like the demo taps into the youtube style "BRITISH VOICE = FUNNY HAHAHAHAHHAAAAAA" a bit. I can understand people criticizing that. After playing the original my reaction was basically "...........  ". None of the endings were particularly 'funny' per se, and some were as black as the finest existentialist literature. Unless they turned the game into a terrible youtube meme vehicle, I guarantee it will be different from the demo.
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The end of the demo was more along the lines for what the tone of the game is probably going to be, especuially towards the endings. It gets a little bleaker and a little more WTF and then ends on a somewhat clever moment that makes a statement.
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Oct 14, 2013 04:10
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Yeah, I liked the demo, but the original was better than this. I hope they carry the tone from the original mod.
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Oct 14, 2013 04:24
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Well, the demo bounces back and forth between "funny jokes about videogames" and "wait what holy poo poo what just happened", but as it ends it circles then lands squarely on "existential frustration / despair". The original mod hit all three of those notes plenty, though maybe in different proportions. I don't know (or want to yet of course) what exactly the full game "remix" will be, but I think it's definitely safe to say that it'll appeal to anyone who's been enjoying Davey Wreden's writing style and ideas. That's really the selling point of any of these things, and the connecting thread. The counter to that, however, is that if you aren't enjoying any of the bonus marketing stuff (like the Helpful Developement Showcase or the youtube videos or this demo), then maybe your taste only narrowly matches up with the original, and even the slightest change of focus or scope will lose it for you. Ditocoaf fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Oct 14, 2013 |
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Oct 14, 2013 04:26
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If you think about why the demo was funny on a macro scale, it's actually a little depressing - just like the original mod was a send-up of choice and 'non-linearity' in games, this demo is a send-up of the idea of game demos in the first place. The bits of a game ripped out from the full thing and designed to sell you on the experience that most demos are, and the things they do to try to get you to buy the game, are the sorts of things that, on the broad meta-level, The Stanley Parable demo rips to loving shreds (this is super clear if you watch Adam Sessler play through it for instance). And when it does that, it's a little less "ha ha" funny and more "Jesus, this is really biting sarcasm that mostly shits all over games" funny. If that's even funny rather than almost a little sinister in the context of you, sitting at your computer, playing a game that's doing these things. But yeah, I also agree with Ditocoaf: if most of this stuff is leaving you flat, maybe the full game won't be quite what you want. Or maybe it will. We don't know!
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Oct 14, 2013 06:42
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ArfJason posted:Yeah, I liked the demo, but the original was better than this. I hope they carry the tone from the original mod. "Do you think that any of this will be in the main game? What would that even look like?"
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Oct 14, 2013 07:51
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I do hope at least some of the manner from the demo makes it into the game. I was hesitant about this chiefly because I expected it to be bleak existentialist material designed primarily to appeal to smug pseudo-intellectuals. An element of that is fine, but without the humor I would consider THAT to be tedious tryhard rubbish. If I am expected to take it very seriously, I'm not interested. The Raphael Trailer and then the Demonstration itself won me over. If everything in the game is strictly bleak I will feel rather cheated.
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Oct 14, 2013 12:46
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The gently caress are you talking about?
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Oct 14, 2013 12:56
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That see-sawingly hyperbolic blurb was an expression of potential future discontent with the final product should it be seen by myself as taking itself excessively seriously. Especially after the promotion and demonstration which employed humor in an excellent fashion has led me to believe it would not be so dramatically overwrought in that sense despite initial concerns to the contrary. That, perhaps, is the gently caress which I attempted to talk about. I apologize for my failure to elucidate my words smartingly gud.
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Oct 14, 2013 13:22
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OK, right, but... the gently caress are you talking about?
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Oct 14, 2013 13:46
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Leb posted:OK, right, but... the gently caress are you talking about? He is trying to say "if the finished product is not funny like the demo then I will not like it, and also this makes me better than you." But the message is getting muddled, because he's an idiot.
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Oct 14, 2013 13:52
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Is there another version of the version of the demo for this game that is..I don't know..fun? Interesting? Funny? Tells a story? I played a game going from room to to room where a well voiced narrator (who sounds like the narrator from Little Big Planet) took me through 20 or so rooms using a 10 year old engine and made one reference to Half Life 2 pick up that can. That was it. For a brief moment I thought we might be getting a reference to an SCP object, but that was only for a second. From this thread I get the impression there is a much better demo out there I didn't get to play, because that would be ironic, or something. Ha ha. Jokes on me? AWCY?
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Oct 14, 2013 13:54
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Of course he's well-dressed, dummy. He's the Emperor. You'd have to be a real dummy not to see that. Dummy.
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Oct 14, 2013 13:57
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Comstar posted:Is there another version of the version of the demo for this game that is..I don't know..fun? Interesting? Funny? Tells a story? I played a game going from room to to room where a well voiced narrator (who sounds like the narrator from Little Big Planet) took me through 20 or so rooms using a 10 year old engine and made one reference to Half Life 2 pick up that can. That was it. For a brief moment I thought we might be getting a reference to an SCP object, but that was only for a second. The Stanley Parable is a game about walking in a bunch of rooms to the narration of an increasingly frustrated narrator. There aren't any bigger or deeper secrets. If you didn't like the demo then The Stanley Parable will likely bore you to tears in much the same way. You should probably not buy it. I liked it but I'm kind of a bore who has questionable tastes in a lot of things. I'll probably buy it because I liked the demo and the videos that were put out by the developer.
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Oct 14, 2013 14:04
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Comstar posted:Ha ha. Jokes on me? Yes, actually. The Half-Life 2 reference in particular makes fun of people who expect simple rewarding gameplay and a goal ("You WON!"). It even gives you a mocking achievment for that. The Demo and probably the full Game make fun of the absurdity of it all (Games, Life, the illusion of choice). Many people will hate it and many more will like this. I love it.
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Cirrial posted:The Stanley Parable is a game about walking in a bunch of rooms to the narration of an increasingly frustrated narrator. There aren't any bigger or deeper secrets. If you didn't like the demo then The Stanley Parable will likely bore you to tears in much the same way. You should probably not buy it. Fair enough. From the thread comments I thought I had downloaded some other game or the demo was different for different people. Thank you.
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Oct 14, 2013 14:19
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Oxxidation posted:He is trying to say "if the finished product is not funny like the demo then I will not like it, and also this makes me better than you." But the message is getting muddled, because he's an idiot. I'll happily settle for you getting one point right. Thank you for making it clear enough for acceptance. Edit: On an unrelated note does anyone happen to know the anticipated price of The Stanley Parable? The Snark fucked around with this message at 14:32 on Oct 14, 2013 |
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Oct 14, 2013 14:21
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Comstar posted:Is there another version of the version of the demo for this game that is..I don't know..fun? Interesting? Funny? Tells a story? I played a game going from room to to room where a well voiced narrator (who sounds like the narrator from Little Big Planet) took me through 20 or so rooms using a 10 year old engine and made one reference to Half Life 2 pick up that can. That was it. For a brief moment I thought we might be getting a reference to an SCP object, but that was only for a second.
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Oct 14, 2013 15:23
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Comstar posted:Fair enough. From the thread comments I thought I had downloaded some other game or the demo was different for different people. Thank you. The game is different depending on if you actually follow the directions of the narrator or try to gently caress him over, by constantly not doing what he says. Try it. When he says "hurry, hurry", stand still.
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Oct 14, 2013 15:51
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I had a stupid grin on my face through the whole demo, definitely sold me on this.
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Oct 14, 2013 15:53
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I really enjoyed watching Adam Sessler's reactions to the Rev3 demo. It appears that a few of you may have been not paying attention when the Narrator explicitly stated that nothing in the demo was going to be in the main game. As soon as I heard that, I knew this was going to be the absolute best demo ever, and I was not disappointed. I got some serious Douglas Adams vibes off of the entire experience, and I think I need to go play the original mod again.
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Oct 14, 2013 16:03
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Mordaedil posted:The game is different depending on if you actually follow the directions of the narrator or try to gently caress him over, by constantly not doing what he says. Does he do anything if you actually do stand still for 20 minutes?
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Oct 14, 2013 16:06
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I bet he does but I'm not sure I have the patience to check.
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Oct 14, 2013 16:09
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If you stand still for a bit he eventually goes "Oh! I know!" and invites you on the backstage tour anyway. He might have narration for if you insist on standing still even after that, though.
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Oct 14, 2013 16:16
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He has unique dialog if you insist on waiting for your turn in the waiting room too. 
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Comstar posted:Is there another version of the version of the demo for this game that is..I don't know..fun? Interesting? Funny? Tells a story? I played a game going from room to to room where a well voiced narrator (who sounds like the narrator from Little Big Planet) took me through 20 or so rooms using a 10 year old engine and made one reference to Half Life 2 pick up that can. That was it. For a brief moment I thought we might be getting a reference to an SCP object, but that was only for a second. I had no idea the demo was unique gameplay so thanks for this topic. I can't wait for the game's actual release.
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Oct 14, 2013 16:35
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He gets frustrated and changes the game to 'don't put the cup in the bin' as well if you just dick around and don't do anything (I figured this out cause I accidentally caused the cup to go through the floor and was stuck for a bit).
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Oct 14, 2013 16:46
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We should point out to people who didn't play the original mod that it's not just the narrator's dialog that changes if you disobey; the game gets weird in a really cool way.
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Oct 14, 2013 17:18
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If you feel like you're caught in an "Emporor's Clothes" situation with this game, you're probably just looking for something different than what this game is trying for.
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Oct 14, 2013 17:46
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Ditocoaf posted:If you feel like you're caught in an "Emporor's Clothes" situation with this game, you're probably just looking for something different than what this game is trying for. I dunno, being presented with a room full of buttons that are stated outright to be a simulation of choice when each button has the same result is getting pretty emperor's clothes-ey.
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Oct 14, 2013 21:33
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Buried alive posted:I dunno, being presented with a room full of buttons that are stated outright to be a simulation of choice when each button has the same result is getting pretty emperor's clothes-ey. That's more like the emperor running around going "EVERYBODY LOOK AT HOW loving NAKED I AM RIGHT NOW". Obviously none of those buttons are a simulation of choice and the game is lying to you on purpose. That's literally what every game does. That's the whole point.
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Oct 14, 2013 21:36
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Buried alive posted:I dunno, being presented with a room full of buttons that are stated outright to be a simulation of choice when each button has the same result is getting pretty emperor's clothes-ey. Uh... that's the joke. It's a gag.
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Oct 14, 2013 21:52
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Buried alive posted:I dunno, being presented with a room full of buttons that are stated outright to be a simulation of choice when each button has the same result is getting pretty emperor's clothes-ey. You don't understand satire at all, do you?
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Oct 14, 2013 23:06
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Comstar posted:Is there another version of the version of the demo for this game that is..I don't know..fun? Interesting? Funny? Tells a story? I played a game going from room to to room where a well voiced narrator (who sounds like the narrator from Little Big Planet) took me through 20 or so rooms using a 10 year old engine and made one reference to Half Life 2 pick up that can. That was it. For a brief moment I thought we might be getting a reference to an SCP object, but that was only for a second. I'm very sorry that you don't get humor that isn't referential, goon with a MLP avatar.
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Oct 14, 2013 23:20
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Comstar posted:From this thread I get the impression there is a much better demo out there I didn't get to play, because that would be ironic, or something. Ha ha. Jokes on me? AWCY? You played a completely different demo than I did. I'm playing the "Preparing to launch The Stanley Parable Demo..." steam dialog box. It's going pretty good so far.
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Oct 15, 2013 00:35
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This seems like a cool game that I would enjoy, in spite of my apparently contradictory tastes in media
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Oct 15, 2013 00:41
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Comstar posted:Is there another version of the version of the demo for this game that is..I don't know..fun? Interesting? Funny? Tells a story? I played a game going from room to to room where a well voiced narrator (who sounds like the narrator from Little Big Planet) took me through 20 or so rooms using a 10 year old engine and made one reference to Half Life 2 pick up that can. That was it. For a brief moment I thought we might be getting a reference to an SCP object, but that was only for a second. AWCY? What is that short for? Jolo fucked around with this message at 00:49 on Oct 15, 2013 |
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Oct 15, 2013 00:43
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Utter poo poo.
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Oct 15, 2013 00:44
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Buried alive posted:I dunno, being presented with a room full of buttons that are stated outright to be a simulation of choice when each button has the same result is getting pretty emperor's clothes-ey. It's a metaphor for real life. Even though it seems like you have a choice when you press the "reply" button, you will still always get people making fun of your opinions.
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Yeah. The other guy who said the original got weird in cool ways was right. I know that the creator recommends against playing the original since this is a "remix" or what have you, but I guess that since those disappointed in the demo probably won't buy the full thing anyway, I urge them to at least give the old mod a try. Or maybe since they didn't like the demo they won't care at all, so carry on I guess.
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