Stuttering is not any worse than say fallout 4 or when halo auto saved back in the day. Unfortunate but it isn't a twitch shooter. I'm loving the story/banter so far.
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Anyone have any opinion on how well this runs on a Mac?
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 21:51 |
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MrBond posted:Anyone have any opinion on how well this runs on a Mac? I'm on Mac. The game won't start if I have an HDMI cable plugged in, and when it does start, I have to mouse half a page below the menu items to select any of them. I'm downloading it on my PC as we speak. Edit: runs better on my Windows machine already, but I'm going to try the Mac again later CaptainViolence fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Feb 9, 2016 |
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Already crying 10 minutes in, thanks a lot, assholes.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 22:36 |
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I think I missed a lot of side content since I was so into the story that I just kept going from one mission point to the next in a fairly linear fashion. It's really a fantastic game and I did really love the story but I do have to say that the ending left me feeling empty. Not in a bad way of course.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 22:42 |
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spaceships posted:ps4 stutter is most definitely a thing. How bad is it? I bought the game at work so I won't have a chance to play it for a few more hours.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 22:47 |
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MrBond posted:Anyone have any opinion on how well this runs on a Mac? Just played through this on a late 2015 imac, had to tune down a lot of the graphic options to mid/low to get the framerate to something acceptable but still not very smooth.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 22:48 |
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The REAL Goobusters posted:How bad is it? I bought the game at work so I won't have a chance to play it for a few more hours. it's not an issue; if (when) there are a few in a row, it's an issue. edit: edited for clarity
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 22:49 |
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Just got through Day 1. What a drat fine, lovely little game this is. I could listen to the dialogue while idly walking about for hours. I wonder if it's hoping too much that they'll do a spoilercast episode of Idle Thumbs for it? Or is that gauche as gently caress?
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 22:51 |
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On Linux, you'll need to docode:
Not much testing of the Linux build, apparently...
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 22:54 |
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Steve2911 posted:Just got through Day 1. What a drat fine, lovely little game this is. I could listen to the dialogue while idly walking about for hours. There are so few mentions of Firewatch on Idle Thumbs that I feel like that has to be a pretty big worry for them.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 22:55 |
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Finished it, playtime clocked at 4 hours on the minute. drat fine game, I could really feel my influence on the dialogue affecting Hank and Delilah's relationship. The story in general was very well-written as was, obviously, the dialogue itself. Beautiful graphics too. It's very hard to make "walking through the woods listening to a conversation" entertaining, and yet it never got old the entire time. Very, very good, definitely worth the money.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 23:01 |
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CJacobs posted:Finished it, playtime clocked at 4 hours on the minute. drat fine game, I could really feel my influence on the dialogue affecting Hank and Delilah's relationship. The story in general was very well-written as was, obviously, the dialogue itself. Beautiful graphics too. It's very hard to make "walking through the woods listening to a conversation" entertaining, and yet it never got old the entire time. Very, very good, definitely worth the money. Ending Spoilers for a very minor thing Did you look at the picture in Delilah's tower? I told her Henry wears a tux and had a thin mustache and scar so there he was in a tux with a thin mustache and scar. Turt Reynolds was there too. It's super adorable.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 23:12 |
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Just finished it. Steam says it took me 3 hours, but I felt like it was closer to 4. I took my time and examined everything I could possibly find. Beautiful game, lovely soundtrack, charming dialogue and a story that kept me playing through it all in one sitting to find out what was going on. I never got tired of exploring the wilderness, listening to the conversations between Henry and Delilah and checking out the scenery. While it is short, I would definitely say I enjoyed the experience for the money. Is it just me or does a certain item - the camera - serve no purpose whatsoever? I used it a few times, but I'm not sure what the point was.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 23:20 |
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Cowman posted:Ending Spoilers for a very minor thing Yes, it was great. Wreath of Barbs posted:Is it just me or does a certain item - the camera - serve no purpose whatsoever? I used it a few times, but I'm not sure what the point was. You have a new option on the main menu you should look at. edit: Something I am curious about, which people who acted this way might be able to answer (endgame spoilers): Do you actually have to tell Delilah about your wife at some point, or does the game never make you? I noticed that the game gave me lots of opportunities near the beginning and I decided to be upfront about it because honesty is a good policy and all- but I also noticed that they didn't ever force the conversation on me until after I was honest. If you don't tell her when she asks... for people who held out as long as possible, when does it come up? CJacobs fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Feb 9, 2016 |
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CJacobs posted:You have a new option on the main menu you should look at. Oh hey, yeah, I didn't notice that. The option itself doesn't seem to work correctly at the moment, at least not for me, but it'll be nifty when it does. CJacobs posted:edit: Something I am curious about, which people who acted this way might be able to answer (endgame spoilers): Do you actually have to tell Delilah about your wife at some point, or does the game never make you? I noticed that the game gave me lots of opportunities near the beginning and I decided to be upfront about it because honesty is a good policy and all- but I also noticed that they didn't ever force the conversation on me until after I was honest. If you don't tell her when she asks... for people who held out as long as possible, when does it come up? And on the same note: I wonder if anything at all changes if you remain completely professional with her in the dialogue or choose not to pack your wedding ring or the photo of Julia. Several Goblins fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Feb 9, 2016 |
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Wreath of Barbs posted:Oh hey, yeah, I didn't notice that. The option itself doesn't seem to work correctly at the moment, at least not for me, but it'll be nifty when it does. If you don't adopt that turtle then you're a monster Really this game has so many nice touches and small details. I want to do another runthrough sometime and see what all I missed since I didn't explore that much.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 23:31 |
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Cowman posted:If you don't adopt that turtle then you're a monster I don't care how it changes the game, Turt Reynolds is my truest friend.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 23:41 |
Just curious, am I missing Antialiasing options somewhere? Pretty sure this is relatively low AA:
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 23:41 |
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I didn't find the turtle I think that the PS4 and Steam cheevos are a bit different, but apparently Brandon Boyer only hit 1 of them on his playthrough on PS4 whereas I got all of them on Steam.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 23:41 |
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Jesus christ, after all that buildup the ending was a big wet fart. The dialogue and visuals were great but it sorta fell flat for me..
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 23:55 |
I missed the turtle but I did manage to rescue the raccoon trapped in the abandoned cabin stove. Cool game. Do you get anything for collecting all the books? There are a batch by the same author that are conspicuously numbered, but I ended up finishing while still missing number 6, assuming there are 9 total.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 23:58 |
Game hardlocked my PS4 while loading day 15. Not cool bro, not cool.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:00 |
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40-Degree Day posted:Jesus christ, after all that buildup the ending was a big wet fart. The dialogue and visuals were great but it sorta fell flat for me.. I'm going to agree only in the sense that I was hoping the skeleton would pop out and go "boo!" Unrelated, I didn't interrupt the conversation Delilah had with a third party, but I don't think I caught it being followed up on. What's up with that?
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:00 |
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According to Steam this took me 2 hours. I'm guessing it was closer to 3 than 2 though. It was a nice little interactive story, apparently the end is the same no matter what dialogue you choose, thought the wording is different depending on the way you communicated. It's an interesting element and that would make for a cool thing to do in a communication class, have everyone play the game over a weekend and then ask everyone how they feel about the relationship of the characters by the end.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:00 |
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I...liked it? I think? The dialouge and interactions were great, and definately the focus of the game, but the ending just kind of...dies. I feel like the writer wanted to focus on the characters with the plot being a background but it ties so much into it that the flaccid ending just really wrecks a lot of good will for me :/
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:10 |
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Wow. I really enjoyed the hell out of this game. Such a nice change of pace for once. I didn't think the ending was a wet fart or a let down at all, everything seemed to be tied up pretty nicely. Curious to know what people's complaints are about it? End credits were great too thanks to the music and the fact that you get a little slideshow of all the photos you took... and then the photos of the kid and his dad. That was really cool.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:13 |
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Anyone got the photo mode in the main menu to work? Only gives me an error message when entering my email. Ending talk It was kind of anticlimatic but at the same time it was a good ending. It kind of put you in the space of Henry's mind where you expect there to be some giant government conspiracy (On the first trip beyond the cave gate I could have sworn I saw something that looked like the wall of a giant underground building when looking down at the dropped shoe) but in the end, both you and Henry discover at the same time that it was all caused by a single deranged man. The only thing that wasn't properly explained was how you managed to find the backpack with the cave key - even the hermit's notes describe shock that you found that key.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:19 |
ymgve posted:Anyone got the photo mode in the main menu to work? Only gives me an error message when entering my email. If you played it in one sitting, there is a steam update that came out sometime during my game. Quitting out, letting the patch go, and loading it back up fixed it for me.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:32 |
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I have to agree that the ending felt weak to me. I don't know what I was expecting exactly - the game delivered on characterization and dialogue, but the ending really didn't do it for me at all. In particular, the motivations of the responsible party felt inexplicable even after the reveal, which was as a result entirely unsatisfying.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:42 |
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Daedalus1134 posted:If you played it in one sitting, there is a steam update that came out sometime during my game. Quitting out, letting the patch go, and loading it back up fixed it for me. No, I got that patch. Before the patch I couldn't even enter my email. Now I can enter an email address, but it errors out after 25% of the progress bar.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:46 |
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:I have to agree that the ending felt weak to me. I don't know what I was expecting exactly - the game delivered on characterization and dialogue, but the ending really didn't do it for me at all. In particular, the motivations of the responsible party felt inexplicable even after the reveal, which was as a result entirely unsatisfying. I think what bothered me is It has no thematic relevance to Henry's story. How a father who neglected safety concerns for his son and getting him killed ties into Henry's inability to deal with his wife doesn't really click with me. Edit: ymgve posted:No, I got that patch. Before the patch I couldn't even enter my email. Now I can enter an email address, but it errors out after 25% of the progress bar.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:46 |
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drat fine game.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 00:55 |
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Okay game.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 01:02 |
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Alrighty,didn't purchase the game thanks to ending chat. Got conned once already (*cough*Life is Strange*cough*). Shame,looked kinda fun.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 01:04 |
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RagnarokAngel posted:I think what bothered me is It has no thematic relevance to Henry's story. How a father who neglected safety concerns for his son and getting him killed ties into Henry's inability to deal with his wife doesn't really click with me. Henry didn't just poorly deal with his wife's illness, he says in the intro he felt that her forgetting him sometimes was related to how long he went between visits...then right after that he says he took the job in the middle of nowhere far from home. He's abandoning his wife because he can't handle watching her suffer. The dad neglected what's best for his son, he neglected what's best for his wife.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 01:06 |
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VolticSurge posted:Alrighty,didn't purchase the game thanks to ending chat. Got conned once already (*cough*Life is Strange*cough*). Shame,looked kinda fun. It's looking to be a very subjective thing. I enjoyed the ending a lot but I can see where people are coming from when they say it comes up a little short for the parking meter, so to speak. It is definitely not a reason to not buy the game.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 01:09 |
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Good turtle , good game.
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# ? Feb 10, 2016 01:11 |
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I might do another playthrough or two to see what can change, maybe spot some of the stuff I missed, I did get Turt Reynolds but didn't spot any of the other animals aside from birds and the scripted buck at the beginning. I also had a few dialogue options where I put the item away when I meant to radio D about it which kind of annoyed me. I'm also wondering about if you can not tell D about your wife or just leave it at "we broke up." I didn't expect her to guilt trip me a ton at the end, which definitely put me off the ending like some other people. I suspect that if you go down the right path you can get a better ending, but I'm not sure how to try it since we were really chummy by the time the first fire started (The Flapjack Fire) then most of the stuff after that seemed like I was trying to be on her side as much as possible, maybe I wasn't stoic and manly enough... That said, there were a few dialogue options that ended up being way off of what I thought they would be from the abbreviation, that probably hurt me a bit too. I definitely enjoyed the game, even if I didn't like the ending I got. Also, does the chain link fence and radio towers/tracking gear bother anyone else a ton? Ned really seemed to have a lot of resources at his disposal for somebody who hadn't been in civilization for 3~ years. Maybe I'm just thinking about it too much.
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I can't get back to an area I'm supposed to be in because it's literally disappeared. I fall through the world geometry indefinitely. Reloading doesn't change it. Where were the QA guys.
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