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Gome Home is coming to Wii U? What?
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Holy Order Sol
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yeah this isn't new, same shit happened with Brain Training etc
shadyspace
Banned
Your spoiler was what made me really end up loving it. I really enjoyed how it subverted its atmosphere.
Cool message about things not always being as bad as they seem at first blush.
Ipsoclipso
Member
I played the game and it was boring, 90's do nothing for me, I'm just glad I got it through humble bundle, and didn't pay 20$ for 1 and half hour of walking.
I didn't even remotely like Gone Home.
I'm not going to be up in arms about being available for other platforms. Hell, I'm not even bothered to comment on that. I didn't enjoy it, I moved on. Idiots like those that reply on Twitter like that annoy me enough to comment on them, however.
I'm not going to be up in arms about being available for other platforms. Hell, I'm not even bothered to comment on that. I didn't enjoy it, I moved on. Idiots like those that reply on Twitter like that annoy me enough to comment on them, however.
Dog Problems
Banned
One of my favorite games from 2013. Glad more people will get to play it.
lotsofotherstuff
Member
I absolutely love Gone Home. But probably not enough to pay for it again, unless they add stuff to this version. Which I don't think they will. Great that more people will be able to try it though.
nckillthegrimace
Member
It's such a clear divide that I hate it.
And why was half of the house locked? That doesn't make sense. Her parents wanted her to get a pizza, but the wing of the house containing the money and kitchen were completely locked down. Are they assholes? Or did they want their daughter to navigate through a series of secret passages containing their dark secrets before she could have some pizza?
ShockingAlberto
Member
I don't think the reason Gone Home is so vehemently disliked has anything to do with its genre and everything to do with its subject matter.
Other walk-and-talk games on Steam don't have a quarter of the hate and negative user reviews that Gone Home does. It has, for whatever reason, become an emblem for "SJW Gaming" and that drives a certain portion of cavemen absolutely crazy.
Other walk-and-talk games on Steam don't have a quarter of the hate and negative user reviews that Gone Home does. It has, for whatever reason, become an emblem for "SJW Gaming" and that drives a certain portion of cavemen absolutely crazy.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
I think that could be because Gone Home is cited by certain members of #Gamergate as the type of thing that is stopping REAL games.
I played it on Steam and enjoyed it, and I'll probably double dip.
fluffydelusions
Member
I enjoyed it ~shrugs
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
Jesus, those Twitter replies.
Burn it all down. Let's start over.
Burn it all down. Let's start over.
It has more to do with the exposure and praise it got from the press.
Dorks were aghast that a NON-GAME could get so much coverage and be so well-liked by critics. It must be a conspiracy!
a very specific type of gamer who couldn't stand people liking what they don't like? also it was a joke?
They have this paranoid fear that all the game studios are going to stop making the kind of games they like because of Gone Home.
Ehi, why did you insult cavemen like this? Not good, man. Not good.
For a game that has a vocal contingent of gamers who would swear to death that Gone Home's success is exclusively because of journalist nepotism and corruption, I'd say 80% of nearly 10,000 people who actually purchased and played the game saying that they'd recommend it to others is fairly significant. Especially considering that vocal contingent is working their asses off to flag every single negative review as "helpful" despite the overwhelming numbers against them.
At the very least, it says that Gone Home appealed to thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people who otherwise feel like they are under-served in getting something that spoke to them.
Like this:
Yeah, to some it's simply unbelievable that maybe, just maybe, it got a lot of exposure and press because it was good and served a particular audience that had been otherwise sorely lacking.
The entitlement of some gamers who feel like every game must appeal to them or otherwise shouldn't exist. It's really sad.
Leafhopper
Banned
I don't care for it but neat for people that want to play it on the WiiU*.
*Scatter your Nintendo related objects around your home for authenticity while playing.
*Scatter your Nintendo related objects around your home for authenticity while playing.
old manatee
Banned
I love visiting that freaking house. Every couple of weeks I fire it up and walk through it. I don't even pay attention to the story anymore, I just love that environment.
Ingueferroque
Banned
It's an amazing game. I loved it.
Try to keep it that way. You'll be much happier.
POWERSPHERE
Member
I don't know what Gone Home is but the nerds are outraged on that twitter screengrab
Lone_Prodigy
Member
"Gome Home" has a nice ring to it. Rhymes, too.
Huh? Steam is just a platform like the WiiU is. They don't have control over where games go.
Infernal Monkey
Member
You guys must be new to reactions for basically any indie game announcement from Nintendo or Sony's official Twitter accounts.
There ain't no party like a nerd rage party 'cause a nerd rage party don't stop.
notworksafe
Member
I don't get the "Gone Home isn't a game" thing. It's definitely a game, just a really boring one.
Because you don't stab people in the face.
To be fair, the other "walk-and-talk," games received less critical acclaim and acknowledgement than Gone Home for the most part. That being said I'm sure the subject matter is a huge part of it. The attitudes expressed towards the game on /v/ near release and some of the things said about its subject matter when it came out last year actually basically made me stop coming there entirely.
Riposte
Member
That's an excellent summary. There are already a bunch of boring games on the Wii U and every other platform, so nothing to get worked up about.
I would say it did the opposite of "fleshing out".
AcademicSaucer
Member
They are going for that The Letter money
MooseKnuckles
Banned
Plus it has the audacity to be a story about sexual identity. It's like a perfect storm of 'non-game' and 'indie SJW issues game,' which is very effective at getting morons riled up.
I might be able to shine a light on this, since I sided with the "not-game" camp for quite some time.
It does have something to do with the ambiguous ground of defining what a game IS; what makes it more than an interactive experience or a movie or a book or whatever other medium you(informal) could argue. I was part of the camp that classified a game as needing a failure state; something that would force you to 'lose' and have to go back and retry (of course that was already contradictory, seeing as how MySims is one of my favorite games, and that's pretty much Animal Crossing). Others would make an argument for (Gone Home) having no challenge, or being more story than gameplay, or another such excuse that could vindicate such a mindset.
I don't consider Gone Home a Not-Game anymore, but I do argue that it's too small and limited to have any sort of real value, especially at full price. you can get maybe 2-3 playthroughs out of it before you've found everything and effectively 'beaten' the game. That's not a bad thing, but it doesn't do enough for me to rationalize paying for it (full disclosure: I played it on a friend's computer, since I do not and have no ambition of getting a Steam Account.).
Just my two cents from a different perspective.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Gah, Nintendo has aligned themselves with the SJWs! Retreat to Breitbart!
Good for the dev, and I guess for anyone who wanted to play it on a console.
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