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Vegetable Party - 11 February 2022 02:03 PM

I think it just went up.

Very good review! I agree with the minus-points, although the game is 5 stars for me, because of the rest :-)

Interesting that we the readers were once again much more conservative in our choice for GOTY (Darkside Detective 2) than the staff (The Forgotten City). I guess that’s to be expected given the trend over the past few years. Although The Forgotten City seemed to be our second most popular choice, but for me watching the trailer it looks more like an action game than an adventure game so I’m still not that interested in it.

However, I added a bunch of games to my must-play list: Life is Strange: True Colors, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Milo and the Magpies, Encodya and Mutropolis. Looking forward to catching up on some of the games I missed.

TheLongestJourney - 19 February 2022 01:33 AM

but for me watching the trailer it looks more like an action game than an adventure game so I’m still not that interested in it.

It’s not, there’s a few instances that involve shooting a bow & arrow, 90% of which is isolated to one specific section that lasts ~ 30 min. The little action in the game is far from being part of the main gameplay.

Also, I’m glad it won the readers choice, but if you think Road 96 has a better soundtrack than Great Ace Attorney… Respectfully, you’re smoking crushed up light bulb filaments. You’re high on moon rocks or some futuristic drug that hasn’t hit the general populous yet.

I say that with all due respect.

PlanetX - 19 February 2022 08:41 PM

TheLongestJourney - 19 February 2022 01:33 AM

but for me watching the trailer it looks more like an action game than an adventure game so I’m still not that interested in it.

It’s not, there’s a few instances that involve shooting a bow & arrow, 90% of which is isolated to one specific section that lasts ~ 30 min. The little action in the game is far from being part of the main gameplay.

Is there death in it though? I have been weary of their inclusion of games that require more reflexes like when they gave Outer Wilds AOTY in 2019. I really disliked how death worked in that game.

TheLongestJourney - 20 February 2022 08:15 AM

PlanetX - 19 February 2022 08:41 PM

TheLongestJourney - 19 February 2022 01:33 AM

but for me watching the trailer it looks more like an action game than an adventure game so I’m still not that interested in it.

It’s not, there’s a few instances that involve shooting a bow & arrow, 90% of which is isolated to one specific section that lasts ~ 30 min. The little action in the game is far from being part of the main gameplay.

Is there death in it though? I have been weary of their inclusion of games that require more reflexes like when they gave Outer Wilds AOTY in 2019. I really disliked how death worked in that game.

You can die but the death itself is not a big factor. Without getting getting spoilery, there’s an aspect to the game where statues attack you if you break a certain agreement. When that happens you have to run back to a particular spot to restart the time loop. I think I might have died to them once, but IIRC the only penalty is quickly reloading a generous checkpoint.

So I’d say that death is present but even less of a factor than old Sierra games. It’s not punishing and the main challenge of the game is making clever use of the time loop to progress the narrative, not avoiding death.

PlanetX - 21 February 2022 07:10 AM

TheLongestJourney - 20 February 2022 08:15 AM

PlanetX - 19 February 2022 08:41 PM

TheLongestJourney - 19 February 2022 01:33 AM

but for me watching the trailer it looks more like an action game than an adventure game so I’m still not that interested in it.

It’s not, there’s a few instances that involve shooting a bow & arrow, 90% of which is isolated to one specific section that lasts ~ 30 min. The little action in the game is far from being part of the main gameplay.

Is there death in it though? I have been weary of their inclusion of games that require more reflexes like when they gave Outer Wilds AOTY in 2019. I really disliked how death worked in that game.

You can die but the death itself is not a big factor. Without getting getting spoilery, there’s an aspect to the game where statues attack you if you break a certain agreement. When that happens you have to run back to a particular spot to restart the time loop. I think I might have died to them once, but IIRC the only penalty is quickly reloading a generous checkpoint.

So I’d say that death is present but even less of a factor than old Sierra games. It’s not punishing and the main challenge of the game is making clever use of the time loop to progress the narrative, not avoiding death.

Okay, that doesn’t sound too bad. I might give it a shot someday, but still not high of a priority.

Adv_Lvr - 21 February 2022 03:00 PM

Yes, my must play list expanded greatly too because of the Aggie awards. I’ve got to give Darkside Detective 2 a try, it sounds like a great game.

Yes, Darkside Detective 2 is recommended if you’ve played the first one. I think between the Staff and Reader’s choice finalists they did get to a good list of titles to check out. I’m playing Chicory and Life is Strange True Colors now and both I would say are definitely worth playing, but so far aren’t making me regret my voting choices.

I have some updates to my previous posts now that I’ve completed a few more 2021 games.

B Tier: Life is Strange:True Colors and Milo and the Magpies

C Tier: Conspiracy!

Now Playing: Chicory: A Colorful Tale and Mutropolis (Only a few hours into each and they’re both feeling like they will end up in the C Tier for me)

Backlog: The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (I picked up the game in the latest sale, but I likely won’t get to it for awhile since I want to play through the original trilogy first.)

Changes from my previous votes:

Best Character: Alex Chen (Obviously she is great)
Best Acting (Voice or Live Action): Life is Strange: True Colors (Definitely the stand-out part of the game.)