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[Fallout-NL]

Well, I did my part, just bought it. Wonder if I'll have the balls to actually play through it.

 

[wormstrangler]

Went back and finished the demo. Really glad I did. Goddamn that water beast! :lol

I'll probably buy it.

Edit: Bought from their site, after reading that they almost cancelled the game due to lack of money.

- http://beefjack.com/news/amnesia-the-dark-descent-was-almost-canned/

 

[Zeliard]

Skipped the demo on purpose to play it fresh. A game hasn't freaked me out or even had me on edge in a very long time, and I'm going to give this one every opportunity to.

 

[lilltias]

Skipped the demo on purpose to play it fresh. A game hasn't freaked me out or even had me on edge in a very long time, and I'm going to give this one every opportunity to.

same. reading and watching as little as possible about this one. unspoiled to the soiled :lol

 

[Fallout-NL]

Just finished the demo, the ending was pretty damn tense.

 

[Tim-E]

Yeah I skipped the demo, too. That teaser video on the Steam store page was enough to sell me. :lol

 

[Fallout-NL]

A small tip (it wasn't immediately obvious to me): holding down shift will actually allow you to move at a faster pace,

Spoiler

which is helpful in that last section.

 

[BobsRevenge]

Well, the download is up on their website.

Unfortunately I'm at work. Hopefully steam has it up by the time I get home. I'm sure they will.

 

[Flib]

Was a big Penumbra fan and didn't realize this was coming so soon. Played through the demo last night, instant-buy. I hope these guys keep pumping out this type of game forever.

I hate monsters closets and the like, this is horror done right.

 

[TouchMyBox]

It's up on steam now, I just finished decrypting my game cache.

(probably not up for steam purchases yet, but if you bought it on the website, you're good to go!)

 

[owlbeak]

I hate Steam sometimes. If a game releases on the 8th, release the damn game at 12:01am, not noon or whatever arbitrary Valve time they decide on.

 

[wolfmat]

I hate Steam sometimes. If a game releases on the 8th, release the damn game at 12:01am, not noon or whatever arbitrary Valve time they decide on.

I'm furious over here. What is going on? Game, now!

 

[Tim-E]

I hate Steam sometimes. If a game releases on the 8th, release the damn game at 12:01am, not noon or whatever arbitrary Valve time they decide on.

They just release games/update the store during the day likely because that's when Valve employees are at work. They don't need to make their employees stay late to release every single game at midnight. It's a 12ish hour wait, who really cares?

 

[owlbeak]

They just release games/update the store during the day likely because that's when Valve employees are at work. They don't need to make their employees stay late to release every single game at midnight. It's a 12ish hour wait, who really cares?

Uh, it should be automated. Does someone really need to be there to press the "unlock" button?? Puh-lease. It's just silly. Especially because they're on Pacific time so everyone has to wait as long as possible haha.

 

[Maxrunner]

Went back and finished the demo. Really glad I did. Goddamn that water beast! :lol

I'll probably buy it.

Edit: Bought from their site, after reading that they almost cancelled the game due to lack of money.

- http://beefjack.com/news/amnesia-the-dark-descent-was-almost-canned/

You never see it. only the splashes, but that's what's so freaking weird about it lol

 

[Tim-E]

Uh, it should be automated. Does someone really need to be there to press the "unlock" button?? Puh-lease. It's just silly. Especially because they're on Pacific time so everyone has to wait as long as possible haha.

I just don't see what the big deal is about waiting a few hours. I love my video games, but there's no reason to act as if I'm entitled to them at a certain time.

 

[deadnoob]

I wish it would release on Steam already, although I'll probably end up waiting until it gets dark out and everyone in my house goes to sleep anyways.

 

[clip]

Wow, I hope the game does well so that Frictional can stay in business!

 

[Tim-E]

Wow, I hope the game does well so that Frictional can stay in business!

Bug all of your friends about it until they buy it!

 

[owlbeak]

I just don't see what the big deal is about waiting a few hours. I love my video games, but there's no reason to act as if I'm entitled to them at a certain time.

I'm just saying it's annoying. I'm not furious, it's just inconvenient that you have to wait for Steam to release it even though it's out on Frictional's website. Maybe I wanted to wake up and play before I go to work. It's just a pain how Steam does releases sometimes.

 

[wolfmat]

I'm not really furious, obviously.

 

[BobsRevenge]

Uh, it should be automated. Does someone really need to be there to press the "unlock" button?? Puh-lease. It's just silly. Especially because they're on Pacific time so everyone has to wait as long as possible haha.

Nah, if something went wrong no one would be there to fix it. You definitely should have someone overseeing it.

 

[Varna]

I'm just saying it's annoying. I'm not furious, it's just inconvenient that you have to wait for Steam to release it even though it's out on Frictional's website. Maybe I wanted to wake up and play before I go to work. It's just a pain how Steam does releases sometimes.

There have been games were it was faster just to go out and buy a physical copy. I think that's pretty damn sad. Not to mention Steam is hardly punctual with these release times.

Anyhow, this game is bought. Always glad to support these guys.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

I just don't see what the big deal is about waiting a few hours. I love my video games, but there's no reason to act as if I'm entitled to them at a certain time.

hehe. how about being 12 hours behind every other place you can get the game

 

[wolfmat]

Steam game store page thing sez:

Available: 8 September 2010

This game will unlock in approximately 2 hours


So I guess it's 18:00 - 19:00 GMT or whatever?

 

[clip]

Stop complaining about the unlock time guys, it will be out very soon, this is a joyous occasion!

 

[owlbeak]

I'm ready to poop my pants. The demo was terrifying.

Spoiler

That god damn water monster...I was freaking out

 

[faceless007]

Interview with Frictional programmer Thomas Grip

 

[Maxrunner]

I'm ready to poop my pants. The demo was terrifying.

Spoiler

That god damn water monster...I was freaking out

Was it really a monster? i only saw splashes lol

 

[Zenith]

I just don't see what the big deal is about waiting a few hours. I love my video games, but there's no reason to act as if I'm entitled to them at a certain time.

When you pay money for it you are.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

Skipped the demo on purpose to play it fresh. A game hasn't freaked me out or even had me on edge in a very long time, and I'm going to give this one every opportunity to.

btw playing the demo actually works a bit in its own way, there are differences

 

[Eaten By A Grue]

I'm ready to poop my pants. The demo was terrifying.

Spoiler

That god damn water monster...I was freaking out

Thread title needs to be changed to "Amnesia: The Dark Descent to Pooping Your Pants"

 

[cbox]

I haven't paid attention, but any luck for those with X series ati cards? I'm SOL with playing this game, and preordered months ago ;_;

 

[wolfmat]

Gentlemen, start your engines.

Edit: Nevermind, I suck. The game's marked as available in the shop, but not downloadable yet. Tears flowing.

 

[Jenga]

Steam isn't letting me DL yet

 

[Druz]

Gentlemen, start your engines.

Edit: Nevermind, I suck. The game's marked as available in the shop, but not downloadable yet. Tears flowing.

I felt it was unfair that you were somehow downloading. Aha! Fuck YaaaooOo!

 

[Varna]

Not to mention Steam is hardly punctual with these release times.

I can't think of a single game that was released on time.

 

[Druz]

It's up

 

[wolfmat]

Downloading.

It's #1 on "Top Sellers" in Germany, btw. Good!

 

[TheFightingFish]

Thread title needs to be changed to "Amnesia: The Dark Descent to Pooping Your Pants"

Actually "The Dark Descent" already sounds like a pretty good euphemism for soiling yourself.

I can't touch this game with a 40-foot pole as I'm a tremendous sissy. But the thing that really impresses me is how they did all this with their own engine. That is just an insane amount of work for a five man team, they must have been putting some crazy hours in on this.

 

[SovanJedi]

Woohoo! Downloading now! Can't waitttttt.

 

[eXistor]

Downloading.

It's #1 on "Top Sellers" in Germany, btw. Good!

Germany always knows what's up.

 

[Max]

Finally downloading

 

[Joseph Merrick]

I can't touch this game with a 40-foot pole as I'm a tremendous sissy. But the thing that really impresses me is how they did all this with their own engine. That is just an insane amount of work for a five man team, they must have been putting some crazy hours in on this.

three years heh

 

[wolfmat]

Haha this game is pretty crazy. In the good sense.

 

[DerrickH]

Here's a podcast interview with Frictional Games ( http://bit.ly/bLrxl4 ).
Thomas Grip talked on Dead Pixel Live about stuff like which platform runs Amnesia the fastest(Linux), Are they gonna license the engine(unlikely), and what's one of the most disturbing movies he's seen(Hard Candy). The interview starts 30 minutes into the show and lasts almost a full hour.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

hehe, nice work derrick

Haha this game is pretty crazy. In the good sense.

yeah.. really crazy. bu bu. I'm taking a lot of breaks with sam & max

 

[Yasae]

I haven't paid attention, but any luck for those with X series ati cards? I'm SOL with playing this game, and preordered months ago ;_;

One of the developers is going to test an X-series.

Unfortunately I am not able to look into this until next week, as I need to buy a card to test it.

I will do my very best to have a fix done soon!

The problems are major in effect, but the crashes happen on very simple tasks like opening inventory. This along with the image trails post-processing are basically the only two things which keep the game from running on X-series cards. It's a very short list, not a bug hunt.

 

[Ceebs]

I am forcing myself to wait until it's dark to play. If I am going to soil my pants, I may as well do it right.

 

[loganclaws]

What a masterpiece. Everyone should buy this game.