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Jay Rust posted:Looks like there are still 1,740 other games in the bundle... RNG it?? I like those odds
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I am playing this game!  Very relatable, tbh. 4 dungeons down. The gameplay seems pretty straightforward so far, so what's pushing me forward is wondering how metafictional the story is going to get. I did notice the scythe in the first room which seems very Chekhovian...! As mentioned by others, I am not sure what the procedural generation is doing for a game like this, because as of now it doesn't seem like something I'd be replaying once I finish it... The puns and music are good
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Well this 8th dungeon and environs are... somewhat tough on the eyes. I understand why the epilepsy warning at the beginning was more strongly worded than usual, lol
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I beat Lenna's Inception! And by that I mean I got the ultra-bad ending where I didn't blow on the cartridge and died instantly, lol. I went and watched the other endings afterward Generally I enjoyed my time with it, though it kinda overstayed its welcome -- maybe it was also knowing that the next game was on the docket, but with the 8th dungeon, I basically understood its gimmick, got 90% of the way, then after an hour felt frustrated enough when I wasn't making progress that I looked up how to clear it. It was cool to use the glasses to wrap around, but it felt kind of finicky in a bad way that it seemed to also require exploiting the one-tile drag scrolling, which seemed just a bit too much for me.... As I mentioned previously, the glitchy aesthetic of the last part of the game was a bit of a headache so that was also pretty much a driver to just push through. I also have to nitpick the clunkiness in selecting and using items in a Zelda-like game where you might want to try a variety of tools but have to keep going to the menu... For the story and end so I definitely called the Undertale-like narrative going on. To me, the disparate parts - morality/pacifism, metafiction with game data, etc., didn't necessarily hang together in the most cohesive ways, and it felt like a contrivance that it basically requires a second playthrough for the good ending. Even though I had issues with the macro-level stuff, I think there's enough on the micro level to appreciate -- the character work with Lenna and Paige particularly was quite fun and if you enjoy puns, this'll deliver. I enjoyed the experience overall though and I hope more people do this game club!
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Jul 8, 2020 08:13
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One thing I do want to reiterate is how much of a bop the whole soundtrack is, and having both 8-bit and 32-bit versions of the entire thing is just a cool deal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbkrhkBJ9dQ
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Anything to know about Pikuniku before going in? Edit: ok got it. Also I immediately respect a game that features DS4 prompts on the PC 
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Jul 10, 2020 06:06
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I am all for this and I think I am going to play some Wadjet Eye games, maybe starting with The Shivah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EN6eVFspKw
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Nov 25, 2020 19:07
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Gonna take advantage of the intersection of this and the Steam Sale (Hades is not an adventure game btw)
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Nov 25, 2020 20:26
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I thought it might be of interest to other people, so I checked what is available on PC Gamepass that might fit here. There are probably some edge cases I've excluded but these seem to be relevant ones: Machinarium Grim Fandango Remastered Day of the Tentacle Remastered Full Throttle Remastered Kathy Rain Oxenfree Night in the Woods
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Nov 26, 2020 04:56
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Because of the sale I'm going back and finally cleaning up all my unredeemed Humble keys. I have found at least one point and click adventure game so I have to make a note of it here lol (from June 2018 if that is helpful to people) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CewTYloQSt0 Edit: oh man another one (from the January 2019 bundle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_hcj9CC0is I could also play Chapter Three of The Journey Down but not the previous ones? (May 2019 bundle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NCv7eqOc8c Oh wow these are popular games in these bundles, how did I miss all of these State of Mind (September 2019 bundle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD4xH_606vg 11-11 Memories Retold (November 2019 Bundle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szaxxU6j3D8 Whispers of a Machine (January 2020 bundle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D4ZMe6AtQk Truberbrook (April 2020 bundle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV0_ZN6HNzQ CharlieFoxtrot fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Nov 26, 2020 |
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Nov 26, 2020 08:03
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If you are a current Humble Choice subscriber, you have access to these adventure games: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Deponia Chaos on Deponia Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars: Director's Cut Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror: Remastered Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon Broken Sword 4: The Angel of Death Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse The Whispered World Special Edition Tiny Echo Anna's Quest
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Dec 4, 2020 02:34
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I also played the first season on Gametap. I vaguely remember going to the White House, I'm sure the trenchant political humor holds up all these years later
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Relax Or DIE posted:I don't know why I always forget how good Loom is. Like, I know it's good, but playing it always reminds me just how god drat good it is. Legitimate all time classic. Almost every screen is a delight, packed with fairy tale-esque fantasy imagery and over its hour-and-change playtime it's better a better realized fantasy setting than most other games can do with dozens. While not a comedy game ala Monkey Island it's still got some great lines in it, too. It was one of the first video games I ever played and revisiting reminds me of just how much it's influenced my taste in everything since. It's just so loving good and it's a shame that nothing else was really made with it. Loom was definitely one of my formative gaming experiences growing up. I remember having this LucasArts collection:  I played through Monkey Island, Last Crusade, and Loom. I never got around to the two older games, maybe the EGA graphics were already too dated for me lol
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Dec 20, 2020 03:30
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Oh holy crap there's an FM Towns version of Zac McCracken... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSG7nUTD5eY&t=39s
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late entry for the point-and-click month, but I did manage to play another one while wrapping up 2020...  When the Past was Around is a short game (one evening) about Eda, a young woman who's grieving the loss of her partner (who is visualized as an anthropomorphic bird...) and you progress through the chapters by unlocking doors with simple point-and-click puzzle logic. Mostly straightforward on that front, though it was funny in a later chapter where they just throw in all the old favorites: sliding tiles, pegboard pieces, and rotating disks. The gameplay never feels too much like filler and they actually have a good payoff with how they use the point-and-click tendency to poke around everywhere that matches up with what the story is doing. Might be a bit maudlin, even cliche, to dwell on this kind of story in indie games, but it still mostly worked for me; it's a mostly wordless story told through art and music, and those things are quite good here!
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