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IGN First- 13 minutes of Everybody's gone to Rapture
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Nice.
Probably one of my most anticipated games this year. I'm loving the sense of isolation in the deserted streets. I'm really looking forward to solving the mystery of what happened in the build up to The Rapture. I'm just praying this doesn't turn into a sort of interactive cut-scene but instead gives you the freedom to explore as much as you want.
Probably one of my most anticipated games this year. I'm loving the sense of isolation in the deserted streets. I'm really looking forward to solving the mystery of what happened in the build up to The Rapture. I'm just praying this doesn't turn into a sort of interactive cut-scene but instead gives you the freedom to explore as much as you want.
nope
I really like what they're going for. The team sounds like they have a strong vision and a lot of it resonates pretty strongly with me. That being said, what was on display was just really boring. The slow, methodical movement of the camera, the world that just seems static. I got the same feeling i get when i'm in a small antiqueties shop with my backpack on; I'm allowed to look, but every motion i make might potentially muck the place up.
Icyflamez96
Member
Everyone's played Bioshock
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Not going to watch, but this is one of my most anticipated games.
Jimmyfenix
Member
oh man ign video bugging out here i need yt link!!
eXistor
Member
I hope this is the game where their previous experience comes together as a solid whole. Dear Esther was interesting from a story-perspective, but very limited otherwise. Machine For Pigs was imo a complete failure. This looks very interesting, so I'll definitely keep an eye on it, but if this one sucks that's it for me and the Chinese Room. I felt robbed with Machine for Pigs, so I might just wait for sales on this one.
shinobi602
Member
Very interested in this, the footage looks wonderful, but after watching the video I still feel like I don't have a good grasp on what exactly you do in this world. I know you explore what happened with everyone 'going to the rapture', but, moment to moment, do you just follow that gold orb around everywhere?
Always-honest
Banned
Hmn, i dunno..
TheKastorian
Member
I kinda don't want to know how the game plays so I'm fully surprised when I actually play it.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Wanted to watch it, but the talking turned me off.
Monty Mole
Member
Looks Unity-based given the pop-in - is this the case? 3D Unity stuff always seems somewhat unoptimised on PS4.
Shame if so because there's beautiful art and world here, I hope being Unity doesn't let it down.
EDIT: CryEngine3 it seems, hope they sort out the pop-in still. Although it's still early.
Shame if so because there's beautiful art and world here, I hope being Unity doesn't let it down.
EDIT: CryEngine3 it seems, hope they sort out the pop-in still. Although it's still early.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Extinction level event and you try figure out what happened. My rough interpretation of it.
Yeah, it's a little confusing. From my understanding
1) You listen to radio signals
2) The orb is like an echo of a person
3) They want you to explore the area
4) YOU use your own imagination of the characters you meet along the way by their voices and the orb like thing?
I think they want it to represent like the time when people listened to the radio to hear about the story and IMAGINE it, in their own mind how they characters look, and interact based on the story and sound you hear from the radio.
They want that concept in a Post -Apocalyptic, after rapture style in an English town setting as you freely roam (open world?) and understand what happened via story through the radio/sound.. (use your imagination!) OR ..
I am just clueless LOL
EDIT: i guess... it kind of make sense that they are using the radio style since there are no people but the writers still want you to interact with the world.
I knew this was coming as soon as I started the video. Saying that I did notice the lack of AF myself. Still early days though so hopefully it'll be sorted before launch.
Vincent4756
Member
I think people need to expect this to be another Dear Ester, that way you keep gameplay expectations low. It looks very much like a walk and listen type game like Dear.
I really looking forward to it and hope it gets a official release date soon.
I really looking forward to it and hope it gets a official release date soon.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
It's an exclusive so I would hope optimization won't be an issue.
This video gives away basically nothing besides the game's premise and setting.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Do they explain much about the gameplay or is this more like Gone Home or Dear Esther?
It looks like Dear Esther with audiologs and very impressionistic cutscenes where people are just represented by blurs of light.
MegaSackman
Member
This could be great!
As everyone, I still need to understand how it works.
As everyone, I still need to understand how it works.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Darnit. Doesn't sound like it's for me, then.
GarciaHotspur
Member
Not really. They talk a lot about space, dreaming, imagination and letting the world breathe. They also say they respect the player enough to play at their own pace and appreciate an open world.
It's just seems to be a bunch of buzz words without actually saying much of anything TBH. IGN has given them the whole week so I'm guessing they'll not want to blow it all on day one.
Gone Home definitively answers almost every element of its story.
I suspect this will be a lot more like Dear Esther, where there is not clear answer or explanation and many competing theories about the events that transpired and their interpretation.
stuminus3
Member
Now I'm picturing the PS4's AF problems being the result of some fellow who looks like the Hamburglar.
I have it pegged as being similar to Gone Home but on a much larger scale. Could be so far off the mark its not even funny but we shall have to see.
Gone Home made the mistake of teasing itself a little bit too much to be a suspense/horror/mystery game and ended up disappointing a fair number of people who showed up wanting a horror/mystery game.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is going to have the same problem, where a lot of people are expecting an epic post-apocalyptic metaphysical mystery and these people will get annoyed when the game ends up being something much more quiet and contemplative.
This game is not going to be Lost or Jericho or Left Behind or whatever.
The Artisan
Member
was this supposed to release this year?
Magic Mushroom
Member
Really like the look of it. Looks like an interesting environment to explore.
theshape31
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Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Thanks for the link!
Handy Fake
Member
It's weird seeing something so typically British in a game, I love it.
You've got red on you.
You've got red on you.
