Remember heavy rain?

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Prurient Squid: Tiddy cat Buddha improving your day.

It was this video game from years ago and it was like a film but with lots of dumb fake options.

The part that sticks in my head is the fbi guy (it was the fbi thread that made me think of this btw) that kept getting bullied by the local cops and he tries to solve the crime using cyberglasses. I remember there being a lot of shitposts and stuff around this game and I'm starting to get nostalgic.

# ? Jan 20, 2023 15:16

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# ? May 6, 2024 10:34

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JASON

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# ? Jan 20, 2023 16:06

Dumb Sex-Parrot

huh, I thought it was a movie starring gordon freeman

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# ? Jan 20, 2023 16:22

Areola Grande: it's a free country u pervs

Simsmagic posted:

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# ? Jan 20, 2023 17:41

Shifty Nipples

thought this was gonna be about precipitation

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# ? Jan 20, 2023 17:44

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I remember the very necessary segment that was a dream sequence in which the not-superfluous character runs around in skimpy underwear.

And the criminal mastermind who talks and acts completely normal the whole game until the very end when they start talking in their insane-voice for some reason.

# ? Jan 20, 2023 18:00

barnold: what do u do when yuo're born to play fps? guess there's nothing left to do but play fps. boom headshot

I downloaded the demo when it first was available and was like "gently caress yes. yessssss"

then I bought the game and I was like what the gently caress is all of this poo poo

# ? Jan 20, 2023 18:22

The Hello Machine: I'm not a real machine, but I am a real Hello-sayer.

He cut off his fingers or something

# ? Jan 20, 2023 18:43

Buttchocks: No, I like my hat, thanks.

Electrical substations don't work that way!

# ? Jan 20, 2023 20:00

Prurient Squid: Tiddy cat Buddha improving your day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmUz6zLYLIs

# ? Jan 20, 2023 21:01

Twenty Four

Shifty Nipples posted:

thought this was gonna be about precipitation

I miss the byob perpetual rain thread but where I live I rarely have anything to contribute other then "hey that's a nice rain gif someone posted there!"

# ? Jan 21, 2023 00:16

Shifty Nipples

it's hard to hold a candle in the cold november rain

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 00:17

Finger Prince

Prurient Squid posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmUz6zLYLIs

# ? Jan 21, 2023 00:24

watho: The real world will, again tomorrow, function and run without me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJWIZ_S8UQ

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 10:39

Prurient Squid: Tiddy cat Buddha improving your day.

# ? Jan 21, 2023 12:21

Dick Bastardly: Muttley is SKYNET!!!

I really wanted to get a PS3 just to play Heavy Rain but I never ended up getting a PS3 or play it

I did get and play Indigo Prophesy for PS2 however and that was interesting imo

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 12:47

watho: The real world will, again tomorrow, function and run without me.

heavy rain is notable because it has the absolute worst twist in the history of storytelling

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 13:02

Prurient Squid: Tiddy cat Buddha improving your day.

I think I saw it as a let's play first of all and the guy who went through started posting on screen text from a book on how to write a mystery story to show how Heavy Rain basically broke every rule.

Also, the entire middle of the game is filler. All progress occurs at the beggining and the end, and it really feels like it too.

# ? Jan 21, 2023 13:15

Dick Bastardly: Muttley is SKYNET!!!

There's another game that has similar "choice tree" vibes called "12 minutes" that I enjoyed quite a bit. I'd like to use this thread as an opportunity to query the 'yob about other titles with this style/mechanic that i may have never heard of. What other good games are there that have player choice driven narratives (not Mass Effect, I've tried and failed to get into it)

I recently came across a YouTube video highlighting a game called "Planescape: Torment" which the reviewer called it "the most philosophical game ever made to date" and am quite curious about it.

yobbers please recommend me games that'll tickle that part of my psyche plese and thnak you

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 13:16

watho: The real world will, again tomorrow, function and run without me.

do you specifically want games that are predominantly an interactive story or just any old game where your choices matter?

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 13:17

Dick Bastardly: Muttley is SKYNET!!!

watho posted:

do you specifically want games that are predominantly an interactive story or just any old game where your choices matter?

I'm leaning more the former vice the latter but am open to any and all suggestions

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 13:21

Prurient Squid: Tiddy cat Buddha improving your day.

What a coincidence Dick Bastardly. That video about Planescape Torment came up for me too.

# ? Jan 21, 2023 14:28

Dick Bastardly: Muttley is SKYNET!!!

Prurient Squid posted:

What a coincidence Dick Bastardly. That video about Planescape Torment came up for me too.

algorithmic tomfoolery is afoot

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 14:31

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 16:13

biosterous

i haven't played but from the vids i've watched my fav part is when the cop is doing a footchase through a grocery store and if you gently caress up the inputs he keeps tripping over boxes and slipping on ice cubes and running into people

poetry in motion, but for failure

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 16:13

Finger Prince

Dick Bastardly posted:

There's another game that has similar "choice tree" vibes called "12 minutes" that I enjoyed quite a bit. I'd like to use this thread as an opportunity to query the 'yob about other titles with this style/mechanic that i may have never heard of. What other good games are there that have player choice driven narratives (not Mass Effect, I've tried and failed to get into it)

I recently came across a YouTube video highlighting a game called "Planescape: Torment" which the reviewer called it "the most philosophical game ever made to date" and am quite curious about it.

yobbers please recommend me games that'll tickle that part of my psyche plese and thnak you

Dragon Age: Inquisition fits the brief I think. At least you feel like the choices you make have a tangible edged on the story.

# ? Jan 21, 2023 17:06