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Cardboard Computer has finally decided that Act IV of the legendarily delayed Kentucky Route Zero is almost finished. Acts I through III and three side-games (scroll down; they're basically Acts 0, II.V and III.V) have previously been released. Also there were phones. The OP from the previous thread (possibly in archives): TychoCelchuuu posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCz9T5NgYJQ The only images released of Act IV (because SPOILURZ):  
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It's half-off right now for the Steam Fall Sale right now and I'd say its totally worth 12 bucks right now if you're willing to wait. The episodes have only gotten better and its personally one of my absolute favorite games.
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Nov 27, 2015 12:19
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Accordion Man posted:It's half-off right now for the Steam Fall Sale right now and I'd say its totally worth 12 bucks right now if you're willing to wait. The episodes have only gotten better and its personally one of my absolute favorite games. To set expectations: it's been a year and a half since episode 3 and counting, and the delays have gotten worse for each episode. We probably won't see episode 5 until mid-late 2017, so if you prefer to play episodic games at once, you may as well wait.
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Nov 27, 2015 16:49
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monster on a stick posted:To set expectations: it's been a year and a half since episode 3 and counting, and the delays have gotten worse for each episode. We probably won't see episode 5 until mid-late 2017, so if you prefer to play episodic games at once, you may as well wait. If there have been no toxxes about this game and its release dates (and whether it gets finished at all) I'm very disappointed you people. BiggerJ fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Nov 28, 2015 |
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Nov 28, 2015 02:43
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They've been releasing some more teaser images for act IV, including a cool webgl scene you can (kind of) interact with. http://kentuckyroutezero.com/phonebooth.wrongle
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Mar 13, 2016 06:33
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Mar 31, 2016 04:33
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They sent an update.quote:Progress! And wrongles. Act 3 was released on May 6, 2014; 740 days ago.
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May 16, 2016 03:40
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Im seriously marked out hard for this game. I dont care if I wait 5 years for the next game, I am the exact kind of dope that this game is for. right now im trying to figure out the best time to start a new playthrough to rev up my hype machine
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May 16, 2016 15:17
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A new clip from the act 4 soundtrack was posted to the Cardboard Computer Twitter feed today. This was included in the lyrics tag:quote:See that? Looks like a swirling mess of garbage, doesn't it? Well ... that's what it is. I don't know why trash seems to collect right there, of all the spots on the lake. It's always been that way. Everyone navigates around it, like it was an island or something. I think I see some desks and chairs, swirling around the edge there ... Yeah, those all-in-one desks, like they have in schools, if I remember right. It's been a few years since I saw the inside of one! Those must have washed down from somewhere. I've never known there to be a school on the lake ... Oh, there was "Gemini School of Beauty." It was run by sisters, Cassie and Paula, indistinguishable except for their hair. But I wouldn't think they'd have used desks like that. We used to stop there most every night to let someone off for a cheap haircut - student stylists, you know - they spared many a sailor the pain of a botched do-it-yourself do! But I guess they got in deep to the power company; those blow dryers and curling irons burn a lot of coal. It's a shame they had to close down. The haircuts are gone, but the hair keeps growing. Yeah, this cluttered place makes a decent local museum. It's as good a history as I could ever tell ...
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Jun 8, 2016 23:03
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this is a really cool game and I hope they're able to release the last episodes at some point
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Jun 8, 2016 23:17
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KR0 Development Team posted:We must have spent ten weeks trying to turn Act 4 into a VR-capable game and an additional three months trying to build a time machine--crystals, electromagnets, it even had a huge clock like you'd see in the movies--but it never seemed to work, (besides inching us ever-forward into the future). One of us kept bringing up that TV show, "LOST". I grew weary of the allegories, the unanswered questions.
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Jun 8, 2016 23:19
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Cardboard did a thing: http://www.milanogamefestival.com/collection/ quote:The Triennale Game Collection is a downloadable virtual exhibition of video games created for the XXI Triennale by some of the world’s most renowned independent game designers, showcasing these artists’ experimental approach to interactivity.  EDIT: also monster on a stick posted:To set expectations: it's been a year and a half since episode 3 and counting, and the delays have gotten worse for each episode. We probably won't see episode 5 until mid-late 2017, so if you prefer to play episodic games at once, you may as well wait. I may have been optimistic 
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Jun 18, 2016 03:44
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 Act 4 is out
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Jul 19, 2016 17:31
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It's real good. I also assume there's a lot of scenes you can miss because you either choose to stay on the boat or explore the Echo multiple times. Also poo poo's not looking very good for Conway. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Jul 19, 2016 |
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Jul 19, 2016 20:19
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monster on a stick posted:
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH I'm going to run home so fast my cheeks will billow out with wind.
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Jul 19, 2016 20:29
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Let's assume I'm on a device that's incapable of playing videos (and also using google for some reason?) and thus SA is my only window into the vast world of gaming. What's the gameplay like, and what's so cool about it?
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Jul 19, 2016 21:46
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Xander77 posted:Let's assume I'm on a device that's incapable of playing videos (and also using google for some reason?) and thus SA is my only window into the vast world of gaming. What's the gameplay like, and what's so cool about it?
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Jul 19, 2016 23:51
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Just finished it. Great writing as usual, loved all the little bits between stops on the Echo. Will definitely be going back through it later this week to see every option. Seeing Conway be taken away actually startled me with how quick the pan to the boat is even though I saw it coming. Poor guy Seeing End of Act IV just made me upset cus it'll probably be another year before I get to see the end of this.
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Jul 19, 2016 23:59
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Kentucky Route Zero is always weird for me because I both want to see everything I missed, and feel like I shouldn't at the same time. Don't know if all the stuff I obviously missed this time will change that, but I haven't replayed any earlier chapters yet, much as I love the game. Just feels like I should... live with my decisions, I guess.
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Jul 20, 2016 04:15
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Aw goddammit, I bought the game and played through the first three acts a couple weeks ago, and now act four's out, and now I'm in love and it's gonna be another year before it's finished. It's too late to leave you now.  Conway left Blue behind, this isn't how things should be. 
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Jul 20, 2016 04:36
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I'm gonna have to play this act twice, aren't I
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Jul 21, 2016 04:44
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abardam posted:I'm gonna have to play this act twice, aren't I Looks that way. I loving love this game. I don't want to play through Act IV again, though, because I like having made my desicion on character motivations, but I also know I missed a lot of scenes.
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Jul 21, 2016 15:10
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Looks that way. You can always use a new save slot!
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Jul 21, 2016 15:33
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is the game done now or is there another act coming that will arrive in approximately 50 years
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Jul 21, 2016 15:33
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Coolguye posted:is the game done now or is there another act coming that will arrive in approximately 50 years There were 5 planned acts, come back sometime before the heat death of the universe to see this game through.
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Jul 21, 2016 16:09
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choobs posted:You can always use a new save slot! Don't you have to replay the whole game? You can't copy over your save. Somehow in my game Conway joins the the Purple Clan from Indigo Prophesy, and that is how is story ends, is that always going to be the case?
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Yeah I love this game but there's no way I can keep track of a narrative like this over several years. I'm going to go through it when it's done.
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Jul 22, 2016 07:01
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Narrative is great but pales compared to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufAUonsYhVU
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double nine posted:Narrative is great but pales compared to this: That scene blew my mind when I played it.
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Jul 23, 2016 00:00
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I somehow missed/forgot about Junebug and Johnny's origins in Act III, so I was a little confused by the sounds they made while walking.
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double nine posted:Narrative is great but pales compared to this: Paracelsus posted:I somehow missed/forgot about Junebug and Johnny's origins in Act III, so I was a little confused by the sounds they made while walking. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Jul 23, 2016 |
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Jul 23, 2016 00:57
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Accordion Man posted:I mean if that's going to be the game's high point I would be fine with that, because its a fricking hell of a high point. Can someone explain why that scene is so good?
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monster on a stick posted:Can someone explain why that scene is so good?
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monster on a stick posted:Can someone explain why that scene is so good? A few reasons. I dunno if you ever played the interstitial episode "The Entertainment," but it built up Junebug's performance in the bar a lot - the characters spent so much time sitting around and talking about it that the first 9/10's of the game felt like Waiting for Godot. So when she finally does perform (and it's now in a bar where no one even knows who she is or cares what she does, which fits with KR0's generally resigned tone), we finally get to see what the big deal is, and it's this huge, dreamlike setpiece where the whole bar peels itself away and we actually get to choose the lyrics to her song and all of the choices mesh together in coherent ways. It's not something I ever saw in a point and click before and it left a huge impression. That scene and its song also has some pretty heavy thematic implications for the game as a whole - it's not just "here's a pretty thing, now let's go on to the next scene." Episode 3 is where KR0's larger themes really start pulling together, as all of the characters and Conway especially are mired in debt, disappointment, and missed chances. The beginning of the episode shows us that Conway is so fanatical about making this delivery because he let down the family that took his worthless, drunken hide in, and returned only to find two of those people dead and the survivor falling apart with grief and senility. He's making the antique company's last delivery because he wants to make up for his mistake and show his gratitude to the people he left behind. But like the song goes, it's too late, it's too late.
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Anyone else think the Hard Times Distillery IOU from Act III is gonna be important when Act V finally comes out? Also, I would put money on the song for Act V being "Will The Circle Be Unbroken". All the songs so far have had to do with either home or death, and that one has both. Also, the reason "It's Too Late To Love You" is so great is the reason this game is so great- you pick the dialogue/lines. Things basically stay the same, but it's like a video game Rorshach test. I know having an alcoholic dad changed how I played Conway in acts I-III, and then act IV was realistic but still made me feel like poo poo. I was going through a rough breakup when I played Act III, and it totally changed the lines I picked for the song. Ugly In The Morning fucked around with this message at 08:19 on Aug 4, 2016 |
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Aug 4, 2016 08:07
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They're releasing a Junebug album. I wish this thread was more active 
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Aug 26, 2016 00:21
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I'mma gonna buy it when its up.
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Aug 26, 2016 00:39
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I want more Bed quilt ramblers. But my understanding is they were a bit of a one off.
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I haven't played Act IV yet. If Junebug's performance is what held up Act III, does Act IV have any setpieces or other content that justify its even longer delay, or was it just because of How The Developers Is?
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BiggerJ posted:I haven't played Act IV yet. If Junebug's performance is what held up Act III, does Act IV have any setpieces or other content that justify its even longer delay, or was it just because of How The Developers Is?
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