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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture |OT| A Cosy Catastrophe

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Yurikerr

This post isn't by me, it's by a guy with the same username as me.
Venom Fox said:
If the reviewers scored it lower based on the lack of a sprint button, which we now know is in then I think it's fair to either up the score a point and/or re review the game.

I do agree on the Devs being a tad dumb and not notifying us and the reviewers about it lmao.
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I agree with your thinking but at the same time I think this is a complicated case.

Because even as the game had the sprint function all the time nobody had how to know. And reviewers work with what is presented at time of review.

I sincerely don't know if changing the score for this case shouldn't warrant a score change for games that are patched days after release and improve weaknesses.
 
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vladdamad

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Lightning Count said:
Damn you Chinese Room, did you have to pander to the fucking Americans by having an American main character.

Unbelievable.
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Actually in this case I don't think it's pandering at all, and her nationality is there in service to the plot and themes of the game. I have only played a little of the game, about 40 minutes in, but from what I can tell, the American woman is presented as
being an outsider, the village doesn't like her, she is seen as exotic due to the sexism of the people living there (they can't comprehend that a woman would be a scientist), etc. Her being American just further brings home that notion that these people don't want to accept her, as her nationality is seen as a foreign disruption to their day-to-day lives. I'm sure it's similar in the US where someone from the 'big city' arrives to a small town and are treated with a little derision.
 
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Hanmik

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https://twitter.com/ChineseRoom/status/631077001663807488
 
jmaine_ph

jmaine_ph

Member
I'm torn on them not letting you know about the sprint button. Does this game give you a controls tutorial or have a controls map in the settings? If not and they want you to figure it all out on your own then I'm fine.
 
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dark10x

Digital Foundry pixel pusher
Gen.Grievous said:
It's not locked and it hovers between 30-40 fps. They should patch in a 30 fps lock to solve the framerate issues.
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Are you serious? They left the frame-rate unlocked?!

Why are developers DOING this so often?! Stop! Lock it down if you can't hold 60.
 
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dark10x

Digital Foundry pixel pusher
Hanmik said:
I would really love to see you guys do an article about this game..
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Learning that it runs unlocked actually makes me want to do it in hopes of convincing the developer to lock it down. It succeeded with Ethan Carter (they added the feature).
 
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thenexus6

Member
I am liking it so far, when it started I instantly turned around and went off.

When the time lapse thing happens the shadows on the ground stutter a lot, but having no performance issues at all.

My PS4 is pretty loud though. Also I am playing with headphones on, for people without does the game use the speaker function at all?
 
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justgames7604

Member
a fantastic looking game. I've got it in my near future list. just got to play dragon age before i get it.

This game is just stunning, such a vivid beauty.
 
PapaEmeritus

PapaEmeritus

Member
Melchiah said:
I kinda hoped it would be done automatically. I dunno if I want to wait on the phone line just for 4€. Thanks for the heads up though.
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I'm not planning on playing this but I feel like it's gonna have a twist at the end.

Like
You are already dead and wandering through- Like Fifth Element Style
 
Emerson

Emerson

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I'm hesitant to buy this because I have not at all liked any of TCR's past work, but this does look better. I guess we'll see.
 
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vladdamad

Member
Emerson said:
I'm hesitant to buy this because I have not at all liked any of TCR's past work, but this does look better. I guess we'll see.
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From what I have played so far, if you do not like TCR and their work, you will definitely not like this. If, on the other hand, you are like me and love TCR, this is probably their best game so far.
 
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dan2026

Member
I have played about 3 hours of this and am sadly finding it really boring.
Love the setting but just walking round doing nothing literally feels pointless and tedious.
Especially with how slow you move. Great gods what were they thinking?

Even the mystery isnt really grabbing me.
 
Haunted

Haunted

Member
Dog Problems said:
It seems to be similar to Gone Home and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
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I think those are pretty different games, Ethan Carter being a first person adventure game with a focus on puzzles and solving problems.

While Gone Home was a fantastic first person exploration game without puzzles or obstacles to overcome.


So which is it? :D
 
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0racle

Member
I don't want to read any thing but have a question

Is it scary? Creepy?
Or is it a beautiful jaunt similar to mist but in 3d?
 
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vladdamad

Member
Haunted said:
I think those are pretty different games, Ethan Carter being a first person adventure game with a focus on puzzles and solving problems.

While Gone Home was a fantastic first person exploration game without puzzles or obstacles to overcome.


So which is it? :D
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Closer to Dear Esther, really, but out of those two it is more similar to Gone Home. Even less interactive than Gone Home I'd say, because GH had some very, very mild puzzle elements in place so that you couldn't sequence break the game.
 
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King_Moc

Banned
vladdamad said:
Actually in this case I don't think it's pandering at all, and her nationality is there in service to the plot and themes of the game. I have only played a little of the game, about 40 minutes in, but from what I can tell, the American woman is presented as
being an outsider, the village doesn't like her, she is seen as exotic due to the sexism of the people living there (they can't comprehend that a woman would be a scientist), etc. Her being American just further brings home that notion that these people don't want to accept her, as her nationality is seen as a foreign disruption to their day-to-day lives. I'm sure it's similar in the US where someone from the 'big city' arrives to a small town and are treated with a little derision.
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Yeah, it's definitely a thing. I read some cracking satire on this very phenomenon earlier: http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/polish-man-accused-of-deluging-village-2014102792122
 
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bestpersonevar

Member
really enjoying the game so far. liking it much better than Dear Esther.

can someone please explain to me how to get this trophy -

Discovered the power of interactivity by doing nothing at all
 
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Jarod McChicken

Member
I think I'm near the end but I'm stuck :(

I think I'm supposed to go to the
sixth tower
if anyone knows where that's supposed to be on the map.
 
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Tevren

Member
bestpersonevar said:
really enjoying the game so far. liking it much better than Dear Esther.

can someone please explain to me how to get this trophy -

Discovered the power of interactivity by doing nothing at all
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Just idle. Do nothing for around 5 minutes or so, and this should pop.
 
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Hanmik

Member
CitizenCope said:
Getting chills playing this game. Not P.T. type of chills.

Early on and confused why they are asking me to tilt my controller.
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you need to
"tune" into the light.. imagine a old Radio where you have to finetune it to get the perfect signal. Tilt the joypad untill you feel it rumble a bit, and then hold it there..
 
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Tunahead

Member
Triggerhappytel said:
I don't remember the bit in The Fifth Element when anyone was already dead...?!

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I think gameongreggy has completed his transformation into my grandma and is now basically just going "Yes dear, Fifth Element, with that fellow from Moonlighting, and that nice boy from Home Alone who sees ghosts. Now go and play your Nintendo Playstation."
 
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thenexus6

Member
Played about 3 hours, initially I tried doing a row of house at a time but theres just so much I just wandered off everywhere. I am currently in
a summer camp place just outside the main area
But I have no idea how far I am into the story in terms of percentage.

I assume I should be following
the big orbs of light around? They seem to leave orb people they take them away again after the dialogue is finished
 
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