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Agh, it's been 8 years since Dreamfall?? I mean I always knew it in the back of my head, but seeing it brought up as a concrete number... I played Dreamfall at launch, and I knew at the time there wasn't going to be a sequel any time soon, so I just put it out of my mind. The combat and stealth sections were definitely publisher forced, the situation they were in at the time called for multi-platform releases and a more traditional adventure game wasn't going to sell (according to publishers) especially at the time. Dreamfall: Chapters is the game they've always wanted to do, minor Unity game engine issues aside. Still, I loved Dreamfall much more than I'd thought I would, mostly because I went into it with everything from Longest Journey pretty fresh in my mind, and the characters were written well enough to show through. I don't know the Squall reference, but April does come across as a little one-note in Dreamfall, but that's because if you don't see her character arc in The Longest Journey, you're missing some important info, as was already covered in spoilers. RightClickSaveAs fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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Gaspy Conana posted:The Dropsy trailer is here, yay! Kert, the trailer dude, is a master at putting them together. Looking really good, I'm excited
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RHEM IV was greenlit on Steam. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/updates/472943524/1438242138 It's going to have some new areas and puzzles that weren't in the original release and Knut says the plan is to use this new release to help fund RHEM V. That'd be pretty cool. I still can't get over the fact that the greenlight trailer looks like it was whipped up in an hour, though. Come on, Runesoft.
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Foxtail is on Kickstarter. I remember seeing this before somewhere, it's pretty as a picture...   ...watch the pitch, the graphics are great and the mood they create is really something else, although there isn't any actual gameplay or info in it. 200 hundred locations. No, you read that right: TWO HUNDRED locations. I guess pixel art sure saves you a lot of location painting time...
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It looks pretty, I just wish their Kickstarter had more concrete information other than "You'll get invested in this world and these characters and the story. We're not going to detail what any of that is but I'm telling you! Get invested!"
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Mr Underhill posted:Foxtail is on Kickstarter. Anything involving anthropomorphic animals has a steep hill to climb before I'll trust it not to turn out super creepy. Like, I'm sure this will turn out fine, but there's this voice in the back of my head telling me it's going to go horribly, horribly wrong. The internet has poisoned that well for me.
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Skwirl posted:Anything involving anthropomorphic animals has a steep hill to climb before I'll trust it not to turn out super creepy. Like, I'm sure this will turn out fine, but there's this voice in the back of my head telling me it's going to go horribly, horribly wrong. The internet has poisoned that well for me. I think that hill is made steeper by "fox girl in hot pants."
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Dozeworthy posted:I think that hill is made steeper by "fox girl in hot pants." yep, lol if you seriously think about kickstarting this
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Skwirl posted:Anything involving anthropomorphic animals has a steep hill to climb before I'll trust it not to turn out super creepy. Like, I'm sure this will turn out fine, but there's this voice in the back of my head telling me it's going to go horribly, horribly wrong. The internet has poisoned that well for me. Dozeworthy posted:I think that hill is made steeper by "fox girl in hot pants." quote:As you embark on your adventure you will discover how Leah is a deep and interesting character. She is a struggling soul and is challenged by her tragic personal story, which is revealed as you play. You’ll become emotionally invested and Leah’s experiences will be yours. Bolding is not mine, and that should tell you everything you need to know about the game and its creator if the text itself doesn't.
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The game's author still strikes me as just a bit clueless, rather than a perv scammer, but perhaps I'm being naive.
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Could definitely need actual info about the game itself and ideally a demo, but regarding the fox in hotpants thing, at least apparently the creator is a lady so that should significantly decrease the creep factor odds.
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I'm pretty sure that if our love for hot-pantsed fox ladies can cross the boundaries of species, gender is not an issue.
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Mr Underhill posted:at least apparently the creator is a lady so that should significantly decrease the creep factor odds.
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Call me crazy but my perception is that girls/women tend to perv out a heck of a lot less than men in any given medium 
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Megazver posted:The game's author still strikes me as just a bit clueless, rather than a perv scammer, but perhaps I'm being naive. I think so too. The creators are German, there's probably some awkwardness in translation. And going by their Facebook/instagram they simply want to make a funny animal video game. The visuals don't bother me, it's more The Wind and the Willows than it is the creepy faux-anime "we just watched Disney's Robin Hood" visual style that drives furries crazy. Actually the game is more aesthetically reminiscent of Inherit the Earth which I'm floored they didn't name drop. There's got to be some deep-pocketed hardcore fans of that game hanging around. But hey, the biggest hurdle isn't the character design it's getting their name out there because 1% funding in 24 hours is bad.
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I posted about it in several places but everywhere the response is "yea, looks good, but where's the game, this is suspicious'. You don't really launch a game KS w/o a demo unless you're a proven/beloved dev.
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al-azad posted:I think so too. The creators are German, there's probably some awkwardness in translation. And going by their Facebook/instagram they simply want to make a funny animal video game. inherit the earth also had a failed kickstarter
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Hey Gaspy, Rock Paper Shotgun just announced your launch!
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Mr Underhill posted:I posted about it in several places but everywhere the response is "yea, looks good, but where's the game, this is suspicious'. You don't really launch a game KS w/o a demo unless you're a proven/beloved dev. Or you have an amazing pitch video like Jenny LeClue. 60 seconds of art that you showed in the description in gif form isn't a good pitch video.
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arcsig posted:RHEM IV was greenlit on Steam. hooray!
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GOG is doing a big sale on adventure games this weekend Highlights include Wadjet Eye and Daedalic games.
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macnbc posted:GOG is doing a big sale on adventure games this weekend Most of those are pretty good, save for A New Beginning and the Deponia games.
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Anyone played Submerged?
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So is the new King's Quest poo poo or not?
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Not poo poo. Haven't played it yet but I've heard and seen good things that basically amount to everything I want adventure games to become. Namely that it's seamlessly integrated with its narrative framing, there are a combination of traditional inventory based puzzles but also environmental puzzles that feel more game-y and interactive, and the world feels vibrantly alive. There are pacing issues that I feared when I first saw the game, the same as the later King's Quests where you do a lot of terribly slow backtracking without the ability to skip forward, but I can get over it. I'd still wait for a sale. $10 an episode is not a very good value to me even if it is relatively longer than other episodic games.
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the president is missing (1989)
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al-azad posted:Not poo poo. Haven't played it yet but I've heard and seen good things that basically amount to everything I want adventure games to become. Namely that it's seamlessly integrated with its narrative framing, there are a combination of traditional inventory based puzzles but also environmental puzzles that feel more game-y and interactive, and the world feels vibrantly alive. There are pacing issues that I feared when I first saw the game, the same as the later King's Quests where you do a lot of terribly slow backtracking without the ability to skip forward, but I can get over it. It's very much like a Telltale game, just with a bigger focus on puzzles than conversations. Not very advanced puzzles, mind you, but you do spend much more time wandering around doing things than watching cutscenes. Your choices are also less about the plot and more about how you solve the puzzles - there are multiple solutions to each major "quest" that correspond to a philosophy of heart, mind, or strength. Looking up what other people did there's actually quite a bit of variability and solutions I never even knew were possible, which is neat. It feels meaty and looks great. They did a really stellar job with the animation, and the voice acting is awesome. The writing is often corny as poo poo (as per the KQ tradition), but it's very charming and occasionally legit funny. It's like a PG Monty Python in a lot of ways, it's likely a fun game to play with your kids if you have any. Main flaws are as mentioned a lot of backtracking and a complete and total inability to skip ANYTHING, even dialogue/cutscenes you've seen before. Also I imagine some of the QTE/action stuff will rub people the wrong way but I thought it was fairly harmless and used sparingly. I definitely think it's worth $10. And keep in mind I loving hate King's Quest as a series.
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Thanks, I'll probably wait until after it all comes out but its on my radar.
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Mr Underhill posted:Call me crazy but my perception is that girls/women tend to perv out a heck of a lot less than men in any given medium Most fan fiction is written by women. al-azad posted:I think so too. The creators are German,
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corn in the bible posted:the president is missing (1989) "Saduj" (Judas in reverse)
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Breadallelogram posted:"Saduj" (Judas in reverse) (4991) sadujberyc
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Sci-Fi/horror adventure game Stasis, with its beautiful isometric graphics, is coming out this August 31st Here's the launch trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACFynCVApZ8 theblackw0lf fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Aug 7, 2015 |
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corn in the bible posted:the president is missing (1989) The President's watch may intimate that he's in the Continental United States. I never played it (and it can't be completed, you had to write in to find out if you had the correct solution or not), but it must be doing something right if I remember it from a page of hints I read as a tiny child
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Prenton posted:The President's watch may intimate that he's in the Continental United States. they did a followup, presumed guilty, which is pretty cool. i don't know if it can be completed either, though.
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theblackw0lf posted:Sci-Fi/horror adventure game Stasis, with its beautiful isometric graphics, is coming out this August 31st Really looking forward to this.
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arcsig posted:RHEM IV was greenlit on Steam. From what I can tell: the RHEM series is basically what people used to the the Myst series was like before it got pretensious in Uru and End of Ages. From what I've read, RHEM is insane. There are, for example, wires travelling between rooms, but to figure out what they connect, you have to draw a map because the two locations can't be travelled between directly. Is there any chance of the first three games appearing on Steam? BiggerJ fucked around with this message at 11:37 on Aug 8, 2015 |
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BiggerJ posted:From what I can tell: the RHEM series is basically what people used to the the Myst series was like before it got prtention is Uru and End of Ages. From what I've read, RHEM is insane. There are, for example, wires travelling between rooms, but to figure out what they connect, you have to draw a map because the two locations can't be travelled between directly. And yeah, it gets pretty insane, but all the puzzles are logical and fair. There's always some sort of hint at what you're supposed to do and where you're supposed to go, but sometimes you have to really pay attention to see it and understand it. arcsig fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Aug 8, 2015 |
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theblackw0lf posted:Sci-Fi/horror adventure game Stasis, with its beautiful isometric graphics, is coming out this August 31st This is reminding me of Sanitarium, which is good. I'm a giant baby when it comes to horror fps, I'm hoping I can handle an isometric horror game.
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theblackw0lf posted:Sci-Fi/horror adventure game Stasis, with its beautiful isometric graphics, is coming out this August 31st I am a little puzzled by the decision to show off a game whose main selling point is gorgeous topdown art with a trailer which is mostly an eye-level look at assets which are meant to be seen from a different perspective. Still looking forward to it, though.
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