I don't, sorry. That's a Nintendo/Sega thing. I would think soon?
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The Cave |OT| Choose your own Adventurers
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I don't, sorry. That's a Nintendo/Sega thing. I would think soon?
Messofanego
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First thing to look at is running at a lower resolution and/or disabling some of the more expensive visual features like SSOA, DOF, high quality particles, and FXAA.
Are you playing the game from external storage by any chance? If so it's possible that the storage isn't fast enough to stream the game smoothly.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
The game started me out on native resolution but at 20hz and that was very laggy, switch to 60hz and you should be fine again.
It definitely is. I love how when I first started to play, in that "Pre-Cave" area, I lazily took a jump over the spikes after the first descent, and my character visibly slipped a bit off the edge, right over the spikes, and THEN jumped off thin air, to cross the pit.
This isn't a HORRIBLE thing in the end (it just makes the game lazy to play), as you can't really say Jumping / Climbing are stars of the show. So if one likes the adventure aspect of the game, the "meh" feel of playing it can be overcome.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I quite enjoyed the presentation and puzzles so far.
Much to my surprise, there is no such API. Tellingly, there's also no general way for the consumer to choose "launch this game in off screen mode" (afaik).
This support isn't technically hard, esp the graphics part. The audio requires compressing audio differently, which is easy, but would blow up the download size, whih is fine except it would make the demo download too big so it's not fine
There may very well be a way to workaround this issue or to further compress the demo, but both take time. Adding support in a patch is basically a question of priority and return. We only have so many engineers and tons of tech work to do on various games (announced and otherwise) so we have to allocate that time very carefully. We also have to look at how much benefit a given thing will have to our customers (and our business
vs its cost and chose things with the best bang for the buck. This dynamic is true for any game developer, but it's especially present at a multi-title but still indie studio like DF.Loc is subs only and we chose based on your system language settings.
MulderWasTaken
Member
I started with those three on my first game. I'm on the zoo section, and going over 3 hours of play. I don't know how can anyone can finish this in 3 hours without using a walktrough or with some other help. I was expecting it to be over by the zoo, but I still have some work to do.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Don't worry too much about it. You won't miss any jumps. They could have made jumping automatic for all purposes.
I know, but still, when you spend so much time running around you expect that action to feel pretty good.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
It's true, jumping feels terrible, but at least it works well enough that I don't have to jump over and over to reach the same platform or anything like that.
Much to my surprise, there is no such API. Tellingly, there's also no general way for the consumer to choose "launch this game in off screen mode" (afaik).
This support isn't technically hard, esp the graphics part. The audio requires compressing audio differently, which is easy, but would blow up the download size, whih is fine except it would make the demo download too big so it's not fine
Adding support in a patch is basically a question of priority and return. We only have so many engineers and tons of tech work to do on various games (announced and otherwise) so we have to allocate that time very carefully. We also have to look at how much benefit a given thing will have to our customers (and our business
Loc is subs only and we chose based on your system language settings.
Thanks Nathan for the sincere answer!
I work in software development (completely not gaming related) and i know what means to juggle several project at once.
If you guys want to share some more details about how the gamepad implementation works it would really be appreciated, i love reading about this kind of thing. (if you can of course, you are probably under some kind of no disclosure agreement)
Lostconfused
Member
Boooo the game doesn't react to you breaking the sequence of the puzzle, somewhat depressing.
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Skellig Gra
Member
Yeah this happened to me
when getting in to the dragon's cage I used the time traveler to warp through the door instead of getting the key, but it still said I forgot to lock the door on the way out
CecilRousso
Member
Played one hour so far, and it's a really enjoyable title.
I'm playing the PC version with a XBOX360 joypad, and I don't get the complaints about the control at all. Not even the slightest. It's no Mario game or Super Meat Boy in terms of control, but they haven't been an obstacle for me at all. Feels great.
It's nice to see that the different characters provide slight differences to the puzzles overall. O of course haven't even beaten it once yet, but I have found some puzzle solutions and shortcuts with character specific abilities.
Really like it so far, and it's great value for this price.
I'm playing the PC version with a XBOX360 joypad, and I don't get the complaints about the control at all. Not even the slightest. It's no Mario game or Super Meat Boy in terms of control, but they haven't been an obstacle for me at all. Feels great.
It's nice to see that the different characters provide slight differences to the puzzles overall. O of course haven't even beaten it once yet, but I have found some puzzle solutions and shortcuts with character specific abilities.
Really like it so far, and it's great value for this price.
The Horror the horror
Banned
How's the multiplayer?
DieNgamers
Member
Sweet game! It's kind of rough on the edges sometimes but that's ok, the art style and everything else is just sooo adorable! I'm playing with the monk, archaeologist and the twins. In the long run I prefer little gems like this to almost every blockbuster out there.
Incendiary
Banned
I beat it last night. It took me a little over 3 hours to finish the whole thing. For reference, I used the adventurer, the time traveler, and the monk. Maybe it's because I grew up on Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max: Hit the Road and the other LucasArts adventure games, but most of the puzzles seemed pretty straightforward to me. It was really fun, though. I mean, to me the time traveler's puzzle
The only time I really got stuck was early on, on the miner. This was really, really fun, though, and I've already started my second playthrough with the knight, hillbilly, and scientist.
I'd say most of the humor is hit or miss. I wasn't hilariously laughing at anything, but it got a few chuckles out of me. Definitely not as funny as previous Ron Gilbert games.
almost worked exactly like a mini Day of the Tentacle, which was awesome.
I'd say most of the humor is hit or miss. I wasn't hilariously laughing at anything, but it got a few chuckles out of me. Definitely not as funny as previous Ron Gilbert games.
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Deleted member 10571
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Finally bought it, via GMG on Steam. Joypad or Mouse?
malingenie
Member
Yea, I want to know this. Is this a GF friendly game?
FWIW, I think very much so. My wife and I have played it together and quite enjoyed it.
phantomspiker
Member
Definitely better with a controller IMO.
The humor is a little dark, but the game isn't really violent. It's also a fairly easy game to play.
I just beat it with the Hillbilly, the Twins and the Adventurer. Pretty fun game overall, but the jumping is a little finicky. However, it's only a minor annoyance because the platforming isn't too taxing.
With the way the characters DON'T follow you upon the main one moving (an option for this would be nice, but the "all catch up when you move to a new scene corridor" idea is a nice compromise), having a 2nd Player to help move characters along with you feels very nice.
It's doesn't overly objectify it's female cast, and their roles seem to feel just as significantly meaningful than the males, if not more so.
The co op features are probably the 2nd best element of the game, really...
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Deleted member 10571
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Alright, got through Adventurer and Twins so far, Time Traveller's up next. Love the game so far, after reading some of the comments before I really hope I didn't pick the best ones first
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Also I kinda can't really 'connect' with the characters and the story as I would for example in the Maniac Mansion series. I really hope Double Fine will do a 'real' old school story focused adventure game at one point. I have the feeling they would blow Telltale out of the water if they really go for it.
Anyhow, great game.
but I kinda fear I did
Also I kinda can't really 'connect' with the characters and the story as I would for example in the Maniac Mansion series. I really hope Double Fine will do a 'real' old school story focused adventure game at one point. I have the feeling they would blow Telltale out of the water if they really go for it.
Anyhow, great game.
Same here. The game tried to run at 1920x1080 at 23hz. 23.976 fps is a good frame rate for Blu-Ray movies but not for gaming. That should be fixed in a patch.
Beautiful looking game BTW. I've only played 45 minutes but I was impressed by the animation of the
fire spewing monster
I've played about a couple of hours of this so far, with the hillbilly, scientist, and adventurer in my team. The way you clear the carnival place reminded me of Silent Hill for some reason. I'm assuming each of the characters' story is a wee bit messed up in some way? Totally getting a Psychonauts vibe here when it comes to piecing bits of the story together.
Oh and did anybody figure out how to uncap the frame rate for the PC version yet? I really want to play it at 60fps
Oh and did anybody figure out how to uncap the frame rate for the PC version yet? I really want to play it at 60fps
The Cave is now first on eshop in recent bestsellers and 8th in the all bestsellers charts on european eshop, so I think is going nice on Wii U. Also the community in quite active in Miiverse.
It's fun to play co-op and it easier in moving the characters around. My girlfriend enjoys this as much as Trine 2. I hope we will have a nice flow of indie games in the eshop this year until the big guns come.
It's fun to play co-op and it easier in moving the characters around. My girlfriend enjoys this as much as Trine 2. I hope we will have a nice flow of indie games in the eshop this year until the big guns come.
Stallion Free
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I just wrapped up the Miner segment and I'm really not impressed with the puzzle structure or the way that the lack of inventory is used.
The art is gorgeous at least.
The art is gorgeous at least.
Super stuck trying to solve the Twins' basement puzzle.
Guess I'll follow Ron's advice and take a break.
Frankly I find the linear nature of a sidescroller combined with the lack of inventory system goes against the awesome Monkey Island 2 thing of finding all the puzzles and then jumping from one to the other as you got stuck.
Guess I'll follow Ron's advice and take a break.
Frankly I find the linear nature of a sidescroller combined with the lack of inventory system goes against the awesome Monkey Island 2 thing of finding all the puzzles and then jumping from one to the other as you got stuck.
I've only the first run with the Scientist left but my impression is that most puzzles require you to just bring a thing to a specific place, sometimes you may need to use a lever or two to reach said place, but the fact that the number of items at any point is very limited and they all are used to solve puzzles in that enclosed section of the cave makes the process of working out what you have to bring where very simple and it becomes just a matter of figuring out the fastest way to reach the places you have to reach. Furthermore, a lot of item-place to bring the item interactions are pretty evident so it is more of a fetch quest than a puzzle.
The only one where you have to think a bit less about what's already there and may want to imagine things on a different level could be the Time Traveller's one, but even then, they are all pretty easy solutions to reach.
From what I've heard, the Scientist is one of the easier ones. The Knight is also very easy from my experience.
The Twins and the Hillbilly were a lot more challenging.
Stallion Free
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The Twins was easy.
THANK YOU! This was already driving me crazy
finished my first playthrough (Twins, Knight, Time Traveler), awesome game. Got some minor complaints (controlling every character separately is often annoying and rather time-consuming, no online co-op and too many damn ladders) but otherwise a very enjoyable experience. I think my favorite part might honestly be the pictures you collect on the way, I love the all the little character stories
Maybe they were, but I still wouldn't call them challenging and I've never been particularly good with point and click adventures.
The game is still very charming however and my main complaint is about how stiff moving around the levels is, especially with ladders and ropes. Even with the ability to jump up and down ladders the whole process is so slow.
Instead of pushing the dragon's bowl towards the dragon, try pushing it away from him
Good luck!
Finished my first play-through after 4 hours, more or less.
Used The Time Traveler, The Twins and The Explorer, but only with The Time Traver, at the end, I noticed that
The game is fun, nice to look at and interesting, though it fell a bit shorter on what I was expecting out of Ron Gilbert. The atmosphere though is top notch and I love the voice over for The Cave.
I still maintain that going up ropes is too slow (here hitting A or B does nothing for me), while for ladders just when there is something between the forefront and the ladder, so hitting jump to drop down faster requires you to first descend some.
Used The Time Traveler, The Twins and The Explorer, but only with The Time Traver, at the end, I noticed that
you could give the item back.
I still maintain that going up ropes is too slow (here hitting A or B does nothing for me), while for ladders just when there is something between the forefront and the ladder, so hitting jump to drop down faster requires you to first descend some.
Stallion Free
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Dat Monkey Island 2 reference.
I'm honestly in the same boat. I love everything this guy does, but I am just not feeling this game. I thought having to switch between characters would have added great fun to the puzzle solving elements of the game but I am finding myself increasingly annoyed or simply bored. The characters, art, and voice acting are all phenomenal, but the gameplay is just not doing it for me.
I guess I was just looking for a more classic adventure game, ala Monkey Island...
Yep, it's terrible.
The reason why I hate going through the Mine section and the fact that the game makes you replay the shared sections over and over again doesn't help.
I don't know if I'll be able to stomach all the additional runs I'll have to do for the
redemptions
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I love how every character is their own particular brand of shithead. The twins' story was so funny.
And I like that Cliffy B was a playtester.
And I like that Cliffy B was a playtester.
Stallion Free
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Just wrapped it up. I think it was good, not great. I loved the art and I liked the idea behind the story, but I found the characters to be under-developed and the dialogue to be pretty lame overall.
Replaying it 2 and 1/3 times to see all the unique content is a bad idea. The no-deaths achievement is gonna be a bitch too, I suspect.
Replaying it 2 and 1/3 times to see all the unique content is a bad idea. The no-deaths achievement is gonna be a bitch too, I suspect.