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Until Dawn |OT| I know what you'll play this summer
- Thread starter Dinjooh
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I'd recommend off for the first playthrough. Turn it on for the second.
hemo memo
Gold Member
Thank you.
I'll mention a cheat to anyone who doesn't want to mess up the game due to their fucked up:
After each major situation where you successfully completed the game (you make the decision), quit and copy the save file elsewhere (cloud - turn off auto-update first OR USB - saver option). Then go back to the game. So if you fuck up, you can load the save file from the previous moment where you haven't fucked up.
But seriously, if this is your first go, just play it regardless of consequences. It's only later on when you try to mop up for trophies that you may want to use this cheat.
After each major situation where you successfully completed the game (you make the decision), quit and copy the save file elsewhere (cloud - turn off auto-update first OR USB - saver option). Then go back to the game. So if you fuck up, you can load the save file from the previous moment where you haven't fucked up.
But seriously, if this is your first go, just play it regardless of consequences. It's only later on when you try to mop up for trophies that you may want to use this cheat.
I found that if you just hold in the PS button and close application immediately upon a bad outcome you can reload before the bad thing
Garrett Hawke
Member
Yeah, as long as you're quick, you can manage it. Me and my friends did it once towards the end of the game because there was a shooting segment and I asked people what they wanted me to shoot at and in that time late game spoiler
Chris got beheaded 
Triggerhappytel
Member
Just started playing this tonight. A couple of chapters in and I'm liking it a lot so far. Amazing presentation, really solid dialogue and acting, excellent pacing and I really like the psychoanalysis stuff with Peter Stormare, even if his face is a little bit creepy.
Very impressed.
Very impressed.
Admiral Woofington
Member
There's little logic behind it
- If you give Matt the flare gun and he has high approval with Em, he shoots it automatically which is a no no.
- If you have low approval Matt keeps it, which he can later use if he tries to save Em twice but fails. He uses it to defend himself against the creature.
- If Em keeps it, either with low or high approval, she can use it to avoid getting bitten, which would avoid all of the awkwardness with the "does the bite make you turn" business.
- If you have low approval Matt keeps it, which he can later use if he tries to save Em twice but fails. He uses it to defend himself against the creature.
- If Em keeps it, either with low or high approval, she can use it to avoid getting bitten, which would avoid all of the awkwardness with the "does the bite make you turn" business.
Pilgrimzero
Member
If he doesn't use it right after getting it and you keep trying to save Emily instead of jumping clear, he will apparently use it to save himself. If you don't have he dies.
If you jump clear instead of trying to save Emily then it never gets used.
If you jump clear instead of trying to save Emily then it never gets used.
This is what I've heard.
Admiral Woofington
Member
which again it's silly logic
so high approval makes him shoot it automatically, but keeping in character high approval should make him try and save her twice and therefore keep the flare gun to survive. Which is silly
That's actually not how I took it. I
jumped to safety because I felt going any further on the platform would surely kill her. I thought there would be some twist after landing to save her.
I just never saw the
flare gun
Garrett Hawke
Member
Hmmm so having finished this this evening, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I definitely feel it's a "PlayStation classic" - the sort of game I'd want to keep around in boxed form to go back to later in the gen. That said, I do agree with some reviewers who said that the game kind of just fizzles out. I thought it was absolutely fantastic and tense, right up to Chapter
and then the story just kind of fizzles out, and ends pretty unsatisfyingly imo (I managed to save everyone first time through, too).
Also, fuck the
at the end. Ended up turning off vibration and just leaving my controller on the table, lol.
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Also, fuck the
don't move spam
Now you have my interest. I have no idea what you're talking about with Matt
actually sounds quite complex as Emily's
Is there a website with a summary of the key actions for each chapter without being spoilery? Looking for the chapter where
, and also the chapter that leads to
because he fell off a cliff due to crazy deer. I'm guessing he can get past that and go up to the fire tower with Emily? Also I know he can make it down the cliff alive because I saw it in the making of clips
solo escape was fairly straightforward
Is there a website with a summary of the key actions for each chapter without being spoilery? Looking for the chapter where
mike and Jessica go to the cabin because I want to try being less of a dick to her
Matt and Emily and the deer (I guess that would be them heading out to the cable car office)
Now you have my interest. I have no idea what you're talking about with Mattactually sounds quite complex as Emily'sbecause he fell off a cliff due to crazy deer. I'm guessing he can get past that and go up to the fire tower with Emily? Also I know he can make it down the cliff alive because I saw it in the making of clipssolo escape was fairly straightforward
Yep if you
didnt hit the bird in the beginning or attack the deer, you can walk pass them with no problem
Damn. I need to get out of the habit of reacting to every QTE. I did it for your first example (does that go horribly wrong otherwise?), but messed up with Matt.
some of the characters I don't really want to mess with too much -
jessica seems quite difficult to kill. I'm guessing she'll fall down the mine whatever happens, and getting out of the mine was fairly straightforward
I....did the same
and also feel Bad about it. But I was sure, I wouldn't made one more of those hold still events.
Also Four survivors. Great game, some length in the end but that is ok.
Jess can die at the beginning when you're chasing after her with Mike. If you're too slow getting there she dies.
Mad Season
Banned
That's the point of it. Irl you wouldn't get a warning. It's brilliant
Manny Calavera
Member
That's what I'm thinking. Those "don't move" sections were some of the most tense in the whole game and it's really great new game mechanic addition. Fits perfectly in the horror genre.
I beat the game yesterday and it's been a while since a finale or game's final act messed with my head this much, mainly because I had a very bad ending, and I had so many regrets afterwards. I want to beat this game again asap to get the best ending, because mine was a real downer. Time to break it down
I felt so bad when the credits rolled, but I loved it at the same time, because it's rare I think about a game this much after it's done. I remember every single mistake I made and characters that got the axe. To top it off
I was wondering if anyone had a similar crappy ending and felt bad because of it. If there ever was a game with replay value this is it. I need a better ending, need redemption hah.
One complaint though: just baffling there's no option to invert the y-axis to aim. Another game that lacks this, unbelievable. I'll probably switch to motion controls for aiming. I was too slow struggling with 'normal' aim
It looked good for a while, but in the end only Sam and Jessica survived. I was really bummed out. What happened to everyone:
- Matt was the first to go. Didn't give him the flare gun, tried to save Em twice, which led to too much lost time => dead. I didn't mind this one too much
- Emily died on the moving track. Instead of jumping I stayed on, then missed the button prompt. Emily puree. This one sucked because she was getting less annoying, slowly becoming a bit of a survivor.
- Chris: UGH. This one sucked so much. Way too slow to aim (was doing it with the left stick wtf) and the Wendigo got him.
- Ashley: another facepalm. "Oh, Jess is alive! That has to be her pounding on the plank". NOPE. At this point I'd seen 3 characters die in a span of minutes, it sucked
- Josh: I got every single twin clue, except the last one. And apparently that's the one you need to survive. He got his head smashed in. Everything went wrong in my run
- Mike: I hit every single Wendigo, never missed a prompt, got to the cabin... Then decided to let Sam play the hero so I could light the wendigos up. Didn't think Mike would end up in the blast as well.
- Matt was the first to go. Didn't give him the flare gun, tried to save Em twice, which led to too much lost time => dead. I didn't mind this one too much
- Emily died on the moving track. Instead of jumping I stayed on, then missed the button prompt. Emily puree. This one sucked because she was getting less annoying, slowly becoming a bit of a survivor.
- Chris: UGH. This one sucked so much. Way too slow to aim (was doing it with the left stick wtf) and the Wendigo got him.
- Ashley: another facepalm. "Oh, Jess is alive! That has to be her pounding on the plank". NOPE. At this point I'd seen 3 characters die in a span of minutes, it sucked
- Josh: I got every single twin clue, except the last one. And apparently that's the one you need to survive. He got his head smashed in. Everything went wrong in my run
- Mike: I hit every single Wendigo, never missed a prompt, got to the cabin... Then decided to let Sam play the hero so I could light the wendigos up. Didn't think Mike would end up in the blast as well.
I felt so bad when the credits rolled, but I loved it at the same time, because it's rare I think about a game this much after it's done. I remember every single mistake I made and characters that got the axe. To top it off
Jess survived, one of the few characters I really couldn't stand.
I was wondering if anyone had a similar crappy ending and felt bad because of it. If there ever was a game with replay value this is it. I need a better ending, need redemption hah.
One complaint though: just baffling there's no option to invert the y-axis to aim. Another game that lacks this, unbelievable. I'll probably switch to motion controls for aiming. I was too slow struggling with 'normal' aim
leading to character deaths
Triggerhappytel
Member
Just finished chapter 5 last night. Really impressed with this so far - it really sensibly takes a while with the set-up, and you know shit's going to hit the fan at some point, but you're just waiting for it to happen. The psychoanalysis stuff with Peter Stormare is really interesting, and I love its use of the DualShock 4 - for instance, having to stay completely still is such an incidental feature, but it makes so much sense in context and it's a really good use of the controller.
Story-wise, I thought it was going to be that
Anyway, I'm thoroughly engrossed by the premise and I think the story presentation is superb. I hope to finish it over the weekend (I assume there's
chapters?) and I've played about 4 hours so far.
Story-wise, I thought it was going to be that
Josh had called everyone back as a trap to kill them in revenge for the death of his sisters (maybe with the 'cooler' one of them having survived the fall and they were working together), but seeing as he was the first to die in my game that's obviously not the case. I also wondered whether the psychologist was the murderer, but now I'm beginning to think that maybe the patient in his office is the Psycho?
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Okay I just had Chris tell Ash...
Also is there sometimes multiple paths to take? I don't mean dialogue choices but actual multiple paths that change the story? Cause I see two paths but I have no idea which one leads to totems and the other which continues the story.
Cause I'm at the part where Chris...
Anyone able to tell me?
All of the information regarding what he has found after finding the threat letter to Hannah. Holy shit I didn't realize that since I found the phone message that he would mention it. I thought when they said that notes and such could help effect events I thought that just meant in the choices you make. This is amazing. What if I hadn't found that answering machine!?
Also is there sometimes multiple paths to take? I don't mean dialogue choices but actual multiple paths that change the story? Cause I see two paths but I have no idea which one leads to totems and the other which continues the story.
Cause I'm at the part where Chris...
Has to go find Ash. I have a fork in the road and I have no idea which one will continue the story.
Anyone able to tell me?
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Yep, they're great. It's so tense I even hold my breath.
RocketRacoon
Member
Just finished, only
died, not really sure how to avoid that either.
Ending was insanely tense, I had to literally set my controller on my footrest.
Josh
Ending was insanely tense, I had to literally set my controller on my footrest.
When you begin chapter 10 with Sam and Mike, explore the area around the lake before finding Josh. You will find a clue that is necessary to keep Josh alive
Extra Sauce
Member
This game is Jump Scare City.
Nah, they're completely in your control. Otherwise, keep playing.
But like...
I chased after Jessica succesfully as Mike, even used all possible short cuts and only missed one quick time event. Despite that she died regardless. So what was the point in failing or succeeding if she was just going to die?
What do you mean by she died? Is it:
A. Mike found her semi-conscious on the lift and then the lift fell down.
B. Mike was late and she fell down from the tower and her jaw is ripped open (the game shows you where you failed in flashback tinted color). Then the lift fell down.
B. Mike was late and she fell down from the tower and her jaw is ripped open (the game shows you where you failed in flashback tinted color). Then the lift fell down.
There's a big difference.
If it's A, keep playing.
She's still alive.
Okay, it was A.
I guess thus far the only one of my peeps who have died is...
Matt
Can you save him by...
Jumping instead of trying to grab Emily? But then does she die or does she still go through the cavern?
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
You can save them both if you jump to safety as Matt. The game gives you two chances to do it.
You can save him depending on a choice you made earlier in the game. But yea him jumping is the best option. But again, he can come out alive from both options. The one you chose just depended on a choice from earlier.
Finaika
Member
Just finished the game. 2 people died
Pretty devastated by both of their deaths.
Really great experience overall, I thought the story was pretty solid too for a horror movie/game. Definitely a contender for my GOTY
Jessica and Sam.
Pretty devastated by both of their deaths.
Was really happy to see Jessica was alive after all this while, but then she died just a few moments later when Matt found him. Sam died right at the end trying to save Mike, I didn't succeed on the final "don't move" phase
Really great experience overall, I thought the story was pretty solid too for a horror movie/game. Definitely a contender for my GOTY
And done
My survivors were,
Think I might have to do another playthrough, maybe just use a guide this time for maximum survivors and to find all the clues/totems
My survivors were,
Mike, Chris and Emily.
Matt got killed by having his face impaled on a hook. Honestly couldn't see any way out of that. The Butterfly effect thing said he didn't have a weapon, but he fired the flare gun without me even telling him to I think. Also confused as to why a Wendigo would kill him that way when in every other case they've gone for using their bare hands to remove/rip apart people's heads.
Jess got killed because she tried to run. Realised right away it was stupid rather than hiding.
Ashley got her head twisted off for investigating a noise she thought was Jessica. Nobody in the group seemed to notice her missing.
Sam was killed in a bullshit third in a row "Don't move" in the cabin at the end where even though I didn't move it decided to flag up and kill her anyway. Was I supposed to just go straight for the light switch?
Josh got dragged off by Hannah-Wendigo because they recognised each other. Saw him post-credits half turned into a Wendigo and eating a head.
Matt got killed by having his face impaled on a hook. Honestly couldn't see any way out of that. The Butterfly effect thing said he didn't have a weapon, but he fired the flare gun without me even telling him to I think. Also confused as to why a Wendigo would kill him that way when in every other case they've gone for using their bare hands to remove/rip apart people's heads.
Jess got killed because she tried to run. Realised right away it was stupid rather than hiding.
Ashley got her head twisted off for investigating a noise she thought was Jessica. Nobody in the group seemed to notice her missing.
Sam was killed in a bullshit third in a row "Don't move" in the cabin at the end where even though I didn't move it decided to flag up and kill her anyway. Was I supposed to just go straight for the light switch?
Josh got dragged off by Hannah-Wendigo because they recognised each other. Saw him post-credits half turned into a Wendigo and eating a head.
Think I might have to do another playthrough, maybe just use a guide this time for maximum survivors and to find all the clues/totems
HORRORSHØW
Member
is this game buggy for anyone else?
just started tonight, got to the snowball scene with mike and jess and the game hung trying to get to the next scene. stayed black for like 2 minutes. i tried to quit the application, but then my whole ps4 got black screened. manually turned off the ps4 and it's now recovering partially installed data. kind of scared to play this game for the wrong reasons.
just started tonight, got to the snowball scene with mike and jess and the game hung trying to get to the next scene. stayed black for like 2 minutes. i tried to quit the application, but then my whole ps4 got black screened. manually turned off the ps4 and it's now recovering partially installed data. kind of scared to play this game for the wrong reasons.
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
Grimløck;180143602 said:
It's been fine for me. Did you start the disc after using 'suspend/resume' for a while? It can sometimes make disc access screwy/non-existent since the latest update, and usually means a rebuild after a prolonged shutdown.
Sam death in the end is bugged, many here reported that she died even if they didnt move
Triggerhappytel
Member
Reached Chapter 7 last night. It's already throwing quite a few twists at me - I have no fucking idea how
so I don't know if I can trust even that.
My earlier theory was that
Anyway, I'll try to finish it tonight if I have time. Didn't play much over the weekend but I am finding the story thoroughly engrossing.
Josh did not die in the sawblade trap, and I was expecting Emily to have died when the radio tower fell into the mines, so was pretty surprised when she showed back up. So far the only character who has 'died' has been Jess, but I didn't personally see her die (she fell down the elevator shaft after being dragged out of the cabin window)
My earlier theory was that
Josh called everyone back to the cabin to murder them in revenge for his sisters dying, and I'm beginning to think that's right. Maybe Peter Stormare is his therapist? Or his father? EDIT - and I also think there must be multiple Psychos. From all of the ghost shit Ashley and Chris were seeing the basement I'm guessing one of the twins is still alive (Beth), unless the game really is going down a supernatural route as well as psycho-murderer. But there still must be multiple killers as Mike was following someone around the Sanatorium while shenanigans were happening back at the lodge.
Anyway, I'll try to finish it tonight if I have time. Didn't play much over the weekend but I am finding the story thoroughly engrossing.
demosthenes
Member
How long did it take you?
I've been thinking about getting this and inviting some friends over and playing it collectively with them near Halloween.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I'm not finished yet, but based on my time with the game I think it's going to be about 7-8 hours for a single playthrough (unless the final 3 chapters are much bigger). There are, I believe,
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