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F.A.C.E.S. is not a game that will end up on any favourite casual game list of mine, there is simply not enough story elements in it for my taste, but I nevertheless enjoyed taking part in this CP.

Thanks for being our leader guardian angle this time Lady K.

You’re welcome, everyone!  I think this terrific group would have fun no matter what game we decided to play together.  I enjoy your company immensely.

TimovieMan - 11 August 2015 03:41 PM

Despite that it didn’t really tell us anything more about the story (just some more background), I think the CE adds a lot of good value. The CE chapter is pretty long (more or less a third of the full game), and that YouTube vid kinda showed it has a wide range of different puzzles, others than in the main game. It looked like a really good chapter to play, imo. And it had a great story angle with a lot of potential. It could have made a good full game when expanded, imo.

I think we agree for the most part. The bonus game looked very interesting. I think it would have been fun to play. I also think, as do others, including you, that this could have formed the basis for an entire game. And the puzzles were both good and different. If I were to wager, I would guess that the bonus game was designed after the basic game was completed. The graphics look crisper and cleaner.

But, was the extra hour of gameplay worth an additional $7.00? In this case, I don’t think so. But I could be wrong. There is a problem with the bonus game concept. If the CE material is required to bring the basic game to a satisfying conclusion, as is the case with Silver Screen, you have to ask why the material wasn’t included in the basic game. But if the bonus material is a game unto itself, and contributes nothing other than a small bit of background information, then why complain, (as I did in a prior post,) that the bonus material added nothing to the basic game?

Conundrum!

Of the CCPTs we’ve played so far, I think the best use of the CE/bonus material was in Angelica Weaver. The game reached a satisfactory conclusion, but left some unanswered questions. And while the ending of the bonus game was a bit unnerving, the unanswered questions were, for the most part, answered. (Granted the concept of ten generations of killers killing people from families with the same last name for over 300 years was preposterous. Chalk that up to poetic game license.)

I still didn’t watch the extra chapter

But anyway, thanks a lot to LadyKestrel for leading and everyone joining. The game had a nice and creepy atmosphere and was worth playing even though the gameplay itself wasn’t anything special.

Sequel would have been welcome.

I’m wondering if there is anyone out there who hasn’t completed the game. If there isn’t, maybe we should unpin the thread and consider whether we are ready for another CCPT.