The art and production in general are really good. I enjoy the writing too. But it seems a bit... short? I dunno how long Act 1 is supposed to be, but I played about 90 minutes of the boy's story, and after something happens, it changes over to the start of the girl's story automatically. Are we looking at a 3 hour chunk of the game here? Or is there more after I complete the girl's story? No story spoilers please.
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Broken Age |OT| A Double Fine Adventure! [iPad/Ouya Act One out now]
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dirtywhirlwind
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Really enjoying it so far. Haven't had no problems so far (well, a line might have been cut short, but not sure) Wasn't too hyped about the art direction but seeing it in motion and playing it now it looks absolutely stunning.
Only annoyed by not being able to skip dialogue line by line.
Only annoyed by not being able to skip dialogue line by line.
I thought it was fairly intuitive........it's kind of how a lot of these games work
I haven't played the game yet, but it'd be cool if they added this and bound it to period on the keyboard, just like SCUMM :3
I think the problem is that they're not scripted as actual lines, but rather as sequenced cutscenes. It might be a technical limitation based on how they produced the content.
CheesecakeRecipe
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Still no luck with my key on humble or via email, double fine doesn't seem to be too active on their forums or twitter so I guess i'm in for a long haul wait.
On the humble store did you expand out the "past purchases" little cross thing in your library? It wasn't immediately clear i had to do that.
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.'
Dude.....my spoon is talking to me, man.
No idea, but given Tim's comments in the documentary about how long he thinks the game should be, I'd be inclined to think part 1 is longer than 3 hours.
Fattony12000
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It's really nice.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
I claimed my code there over the weekend and up until I guess this morning I had "Broken Age $15 Tier" on my list of Widget purchases. Now, the link to activate the key doesn't work, the key does not show up in my "past purchases" drop down, the key reclaimer email sends me everything except Broken Age and if I revisit the key page itself in my browser's history it tells me it can't find the key.
I've really done everything I can, which is why I've been hoping for more official word besides "Wait for an email" that I have no idea if i'm going to see or not.
Haunted
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It's really nice.
You gonna get served.
They took away the embargo
"Per a tweet from Kotaku editor Stephen Totilo: “There is no longer a Broken Age review embargo, Double Fine now says. Go, reviewers, go!”
Earlier today, it was announced that the game’s first-act was set to arrive into the hands of Kickstarter backers today, bu backers with blogs or who are members of the press were unable to write about it until two weeks after launch. You read the original story below."
YianGaruga
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What does the letterbox mode in the options do and what should I set it to?
Both modes look wrong. It looks like horizontal makes the game fullscreen by cutting screenspace on the top and the bottom. Was the game designed for 4:3?
Both modes look wrong. It looks like horizontal makes the game fullscreen by cutting screenspace on the top and the bottom. Was the game designed for 4:3?
There are some minor visual issues, but otherwise it's solid. Some people have experienced crashes. It's only a few weeks from release, so it basically just needs some final polish passes, nothing seems seriously broken.
If it makes you feel any better, I can't even make an account over at HIB site because I don't ever get the verification e-mail. The key resender doesn't send any mail my way either (to just that address, messages to other of my e-mail addresses work just fine) and the key I got previously in preparation for this (which showed the Broken Age tier as well) now takes me to an error page which says the key doesn't exist.
I'm guessing they are just having problems with certain e-mail addresses. Yes, it's annoying. I hope they figure this stuff out soon. Good luck.
Fattony12000
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Screw that noise, me and Brad are tight. He got my back.
YOU AND ME BRAD OH BABY THIS IS IT STREETS 112 THIS IS THE RUN OH BABY
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Tim, if you're reading this I challenge thee to a Nidhogg throwdown til my key shows up.
MEET ME SOMEWHERE
MEET ME SOMEWHERE
How I can change game language? I don't have language tap in game steam options.
Ops, subtitle language in game menu
Dreams-Visions
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I knew you'd deliver, Double Fine. I just knew it. :3
graywolf323
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the soundtrack disappeared from my Steam account :-/
ashbash159
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Just finished Act 1.
Played through Shay to completion first, then all the way through Vella.
Only really got frustrated with the end of Vella's section. Mainly because I thought I had spoken to everyone as much as I could, when that wasn't actually the case.
Very much love the art style and soundtrack. The end twist is interesting. It ends at a good point, even if it is a cliffhanger.
Played through Shay to completion first, then all the way through Vella.
Only really got frustrated with the end of Vella's section. Mainly because I thought I had spoken to everyone as much as I could, when that wasn't actually the case.
Very much love the art style and soundtrack. The end twist is interesting. It ends at a good point, even if it is a cliffhanger.
FloweryMarston
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Can you tell me how much of playtime you got? i'm not a backer, but i will get the game when it releases to the general public.
Oh, and do you guys knows that part 1 ends exactly at the "half" of the game, or i shouldn't be thinking like that?
The game seems so lovely, and a true tribute to adventure games. can't wait to play it myself!
ashbash159
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3 - 4 hours, with what felt like an hour of me being really really stupid and not speaking to everyone as much as you could.
It ends quite nicely. It kind of feels like The Walking Dead feels, each episode makes sense on its own. Broken Age could be describe as 4 episodes, where two are released at a time.
To be honest this is only the third point and click adventure game I've ever played. I would love to play all the old Lucasarts adventure games, but they're not exactly easy to get a hold of.
TheHollowNight
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Installing noooowwwwwwww. Excited as hell.
There's a subforum in the backer only forums on their site.
grosvenor_92
Member
From the Steam page (lol):
After reading that I might actually try the game once I get through my current backlog
TheHollowNight
Member
Just looked at the credits, I guess I'm not in them because I was a slacker backer
But for people who are in the credits, you can scroll them up and down using the arrow keys, AND if you start typing your name it'll underline it in red.
HA. I see my name in there! Wooooo.
There's no controller support. In the DF forums yesterday some people were asking and it sounded like they'd probably look into controller support when they get around to the Ouya version.
You'll need to use something like xpadder to bind a stick to the cursor or use something like Synergy or Mouse Without Borders for mouse sharing from a laptop on the couch.
Bah. Too bad. I was hoping to play this on the big screen.
civilstrife
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Am I supposed to receive an email with my key? Got nothing.
FloweryMarston
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Thanks! oh 3 hours? great! the full game should probably be around 7 - 8 hours then. quite good for an adventure game.
Oh man, you should totally play the lucasarts adventure games, specially the tim schafer and ron gilbert ones. Grim fandango, full throttle, monkey island 1 & 2 and my favorite, day of the tentacle. all worthy your time!
LunaticHigh
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Game Informer Review: http://www.gameinformer.com/games/broken_age/b/pc/archive/2014/01/14/broken-age-act-i-review.aspx
8.5
Go here and enter your email you signed up with the kickstarter for.
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