Neuromancer
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Did anyone else only play without the map marker showing you exactly where you are? That's the way I played through the whole game and I think it added a lot to the experience having to navigate using a compass and landmarks.
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Ravensmash
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Darryl M R
Member
Any chance there will be DLC or future games like this? Or are indie games normally a "one and done" type thing?
shinobi602
Member
Went to bed last night before posting but I have to say, that was one of the best intros I've experienced in a game. Felt so genuine, real, disheartening...
Does this game run like absolute dogshit for anyone else? I got in on minimum setting and it's still really hitchy on my laptop. Jumping from like 15 to 30 to 20 FPS just based on where I'm looking. I can't get through the first conversation with Delilah without the game freezing and crashing. I don't exactly have a high end machine, but I put well over 200 hours in Witcher 3 and 60 or so in MGSV with smooth performance. I should be able to play a damn walking simulator.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
Yeah, I'd be surprised if they did any type of DLC. I felt like there was
plenty of closure at the end, regardless of how it made you feel. It was made clear that both D and Henry have bigger issues in life than what the two of them went through that one summer.
zer0blivion
Member
I tried doing that, but I'm absolutely horrible with directions. I'll probably do that on a second playthrough now that I know my way around a little better. I also missed a few things the first time around and forgot about the camera. I think I only took about 10 photos.
Keep potential spoilers to the spoiler thread.
Also, this keeps happening at random camera angles.
That looks like a dying graphics card.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
Also, this keeps happening at random camera angles.
I must have been lucky, playing on PC, the game ran flawlessly for me, except when I tried to downsample. The game is just screaming to be ran at a super high resolution, hopefully it can get fixed
Nope, not having problems with any other games. This is running like shit, freezing every 10 minutes to where I need to restart the game, and then this graphical nonsense keeps happening. I can't be the only one dealing with this. It's not like I'm trying to run it on a toaster.
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Seriously, what the fuck is this? I'm not sure what's more off-putting: the inconsistent framerate, having to alt+f4 to restart the game every 10 minutes, or these glitches. Can't even get a good feel for the game at this rate.
sabertoothzombie
Member
The Steam controller for me keeps cutting out, and when I try to switch over to mouse and keyboard, my guy just keeps spinning in place.
Really want to complete this on PC too...
Really want to complete this on PC too...
level1
Member
That might be so, but the root of the problem sure as hell doesn't lie in someone making use of a feature, regardless of whether they've tiptoed around rules of basic decency in doing so.
MarineMountie
Member
Just wanted to add that i too believe dmented is a bitch. Carry on.
Nope, not having problems with any other games. This is running like shit, freezing every 10 minutes to where I need to restart the game, and then this graphical nonsense keeps happening. I can't be the only one dealing with this. It's not like I'm trying to run it on a toaster.
Edit:
Seriously, what the fuck is this? I'm not sure what's more off-putting: the inconsistent framerate, having to alt+f4 to restart the game every 10 minutes, or these glitches. Can't even get a good feel for the game at this rate.
What card is it? I've seen this happen before, and it doesn't happen consistently in every game. It depends on how the game stresses the GPU.
But those vertices are not normal. Try other Unity games if you have them. Update your drivers, reinstall them if you have to. You will be the only one dealing with it if it is a hardware issue.
Wok
Member
I am not saying Dmented won't be able to use the refund system again. It is just that he is in the grey zone for Valve: he could be one of the people who confuse refunds and demos. The boundaries are unclear, and I believe Valve does not want to state them clearly.
Basically, if a game is not satisfactory, you can ask for a refund. If several refunds are issued, it could be that the user is not reading reviews prior to the purchases, and that he ends up using the refund system to demo games, which constitutes an abuse.
The game may be using your integrated graphics card if you're on a laptop. Try adding a profile for firewatch.exe in your gpu control panel and make sure it is set to use the dedicated gpu.
The game IS awesome at building paranoia levels.
holygeesus
Banned
It is and I'm not defending him in any way. My point was more that Valve should enforce their policies more stringently, as losing a $20 sale might not mean much to EA/Ubi but a small indie developer, being hit financially by this lapse in their refund system, shouldn't be taken lightly. As I said, Campo Santo are well within their rights to demand to know why Valve have allowed the guy to play for so long and get his money back. It's them being hit by this.
I'm on a Geforce 840M. 8GB Ram. i5 processor. Just got this laptop like 8 months ago, and it runs most games pretty well. Never encountered something that was straight up unplayable.
I'll have to see if that's the case, it hasn't happened with anything else.
Elitist1945
Member
So I haven't started the game yet - should I just return it? lol
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Quite possible that the card went to shit just recently. Try something demanding now to compare.
I've had this nonsense happening myself a couple of times over the years. It was a dying card in every case.
If this is related to a hardware failure, you can most likely attribute it to the card.
holygeesus
Banned
No. It's ace.
I really love the characters and setting so far but hearing that the ending sucks plus the annoying bugs and crashes is a bit worrisome.
I've had one crash on PS4 so far during a loading screen and many frame rate drops, which thankfully don't take me out of the game since I don't typically don't care about that kind of stuff, though I just want a good experience. I just might have to go and try out Unravel afterwards if I'm truly unfulfilled with this game.
I've had one crash on PS4 so far during a loading screen and many frame rate drops, which thankfully don't take me out of the game since I don't typically don't care about that kind of stuff, though I just want a good experience. I just might have to go and try out Unravel afterwards if I'm truly unfulfilled with this game.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
Absolutely not
The Jackdog
Member
really depends on what youre looking to get from the game.
personally i wish i could return it.
For those from Brazil who want to buy for PS4, there are some bad news.
Source: http://blog.br.playstation.com/2016/02/09/atualizacao-da-playstation-store-210/#comment-51878
Don't know how much of this is true, anyone can write anything, but, I'm sending them an email asking about it.
PlayStation Blog said:
Source: http://blog.br.playstation.com/2016/02/09/atualizacao-da-playstation-store-210/#comment-51878
Don't know how much of this is true, anyone can write anything, but, I'm sending them an email asking about it.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
I gotta ask, not having received a Campo Santo response on Twitter.
The answer timer is too fast for me. Do you guys know of a way to chill it? Like, double the time would be okay.
I really dislike these answer timers in general, but it's not the end of the world. I just want it to be manageable.
It's not just me, my girlfriend also can't keep up. When the lady on the walkie asks something, the timer often has run out when we've just had time to parse the answers, but we're playing this together and it's kind of infuriating that there's no time left for any sort of debate.
Edit: I'm on PC and I'm OK with overly complicated procedures to get this working.
The answer timer is too fast for me. Do you guys know of a way to chill it? Like, double the time would be okay.
I really dislike these answer timers in general, but it's not the end of the world. I just want it to be manageable.
It's not just me, my girlfriend also can't keep up. When the lady on the walkie asks something, the timer often has run out when we've just had time to parse the answers, but we're playing this together and it's kind of infuriating that there's no time left for any sort of debate.
Edit: I'm on PC and I'm OK with overly complicated procedures to get this working.
Nope, not having problems with any other games. This is running like shit, freezing every 10 minutes to where I need to restart the game, and then this graphical nonsense keeps happening. I can't be the only one dealing with this. It's not like I'm trying to run it on a toaster.
Edit:
Seriously, what the fuck is this? I'm not sure what's more off-putting: the inconsistent framerate, having to alt+f4 to restart the game every 10 minutes, or these glitches. Can't even get a good feel for the game at this rate.
I played for three hours last night and only ran into one issue. I was reading a note and when I closed it, the text overlayed over the entire game. I was able to use my mouse to save and then reload which fixed it.
Yeah, it was pretty amazing.
The Jackdog
Member
happened to me MULTIPLE times. i fixed it by opening another note, and closing it. fixed.
MegaSackman
Member
Seriously, the intro is amazing.
Edit: I know that's is common in games but I loved that they kept referring to Henry as "You".
Elitist1945
Member
I have no doubts I'll like it, I'm just worried with all these problems people are having.
The Jackdog
Member
i ran it on a 770 on everything high but one slider and besides a bug with the notes that was easy to fix and the occasional (really bad) framerate dip, its perfectly fine
FWIW, I've played 2 hours and have had zero issues. I'm on a brand new machine doe.
zer0blivion
Member
I had zero issues playing on an i7-920 (from 2008) with a GTX-970. I played with everything cranked up, no v-sync and my framerate never dropped below 60.
Ooccoo
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GalacticMouse
Member
The intro is incredible. I played about an hour before my wife came home with our dog and that hour was probably the most engrossed in a game I've been since The Last of Us' intro sequence.
After I settled back in to keep playing, a little bit of that magic was lost. I wish I could've played it all in one sitting...should've waited for the weekend.
More_Badass
Member
Yup, disabled the option right away
A post that was unnecessary, added nothing to the conversation at hand, and a personal attack on top of it all. From a junior no less. Awesome.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Yeah, no surprises there.
Fancy Clown
Member
Ended up buying it despite some negative impressions and PS4 tech issues. I'm just too curious about it and the art looks so good.
JRW
Member
I watched a 1 hour impression video on YouTube and the user said it supported 21:9 (he's using an LG 34UM67 monitor).