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zobraks - 17 December 2023 08:54 AM

*diligently taking notes*

Yeah, good for you. Would be even better if you actually played one.

@jsfx: Trance, Trauma has strong Rusty Lake vibes, but I don’t know if it’s available for your mac.

Which adventures are you looking forward to next year?

See the new thread I started at Gatekeeper’s suggestion.

I have many titles on my “Play it already, you idiot!” list.

206, to be precise.

OMG, it’s worse than I thought. You’re drowning! Here, let me help you. I’ll pick a game for you. Obra Dinn was one of your favorites, so you are going to play The Case of the Golden Idol. Yes, I realize you’re grateful but there’s no need to thank me. Have fun!

After playing Blade Runner for an hour I decided I was in the mood for something with a less esoteric interface, so I put it aside and moved on to Beautiful Desolation.
I got this for free from GOG and despite hearing good things about it, I am thus far very pleasantly surprised and impressed by the production values. The screenshots looked nice, but man, I wasn’t expecting graphics of this caliber, or full voice over, or an abundance of really well composed CGI cinematic cutscenes. The story takes no time to take flight in an epic direction. I am a fan of serious science fiction with a sense of humor, and Beautiful Desolation is exactly that. It reminds me a lot of Firefly (Joss Whedon tv series) and fans of that show will probably love this.

^Impression after 40 minutes of play time, so I reserve the right to change my mind later in the What Game Have You Just Finished thread.

Baron_Blubba - 19 December 2023 12:18 PM

^Impression after 40 minutes of play time, so I reserve the right to change my mind later in the What Game Have You Just Finished thread.

Yeah, you will change your mind, for even better

Or worse   The game is certainly very beautiful, but also very desolated, like huge chunks of gameplay were cut out from it before the release. What I like about Stasis 2 is that, despite being a more linear and claustrophobic experience, it doesn’t feel so empty, there’s always something to do and discover.

That is a common opinion, you love it or hate it; there are some long while(s) of linear explorations with no real use of the world that has opened up with many different areas and locations, yet you need to follow some certain sequence; like the time near end, where you need to find Lucy for the story to carry on, the game offers nothing else to interact with, which is somewhat disappointing as at that point almost the whole game’s world has opened up with 10s rooms…

The good side to this is upon replaying trying to figure out different endings, you know you don’t need to fiddle around with those many locations, only have to follow the game script like a movie.

jsfx - 25 December 2023 03:53 AM

@Karlok
Have you played The Past Within?

I wanted to at first, but I dreaded the necessary technical computer stuff. So I watched other people play it on twitch instead. Not the same thing at all, as I could see both sides. 

Looks like you’re currently playing all the Rusty Lake games. Please do post your opinion of Paradox, even if you don’t like the combination of movie and game as much as I did.

Sorry jsfx, but I am not going to play The Past Within with anyone, so please don’t feel offended. It has nothing to do with you and everything to do with me. I’m 75 and getting very slow. Although I still like playing adventures it now often takes me twice as long as a couple of years ago. I wouldn’t feel comfortable knowing I’m taxing your patience and neither would you. Also, the technical issues I already mentioned.

Rusty Lake’s discord is a good place to go to if you’re looking for someone to play the game with. Lots of friendly people there. Or maybe someone else here at AG is also interested in The Past Within.