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Broken Age |OT| A Double Fine Adventure! [iPad/Ouya Act One out now]
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petethepanda
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I can't get over how great the music is. Of all the things that bring me back to adventure games of yore, the strongest might be the score.
Yea the soundtrack is top notch. It has that "movie magic" feel.
SomeOneInaHat
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Exactly!
The part where
Vella is riding the bird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vWluEIx7mkI#t=102
bigwinnerx
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Finished all of Act 1. What a great ending and some fun puzzles along the way. Good stuff.
Ok, I'm stuck. Vella 3rd area spoilers:
Edit: Nevermind. Found the item I needed.
I made the death ray, and got a bucket from the mayor but can't progress further. I also have a stool and I think I need to do something with the tree but I can't figure out what.
Edit: Nevermind. Found the item I needed.
Didn't see the axe.
I found the game to be "merely good" which is hard to talk to people about in an environment where almost everyone seems to be absolutely enamored with it. I did enjoy it a lot, but didn't find it to be especially exceptional... UNTIL THE ENDING.
DAT ENDING.
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DAT ENDING.
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EDIT: Solved as nature intended.
Dog Problems
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Well I finished it and really, really enjoyed. It took me around four hours to complete it and I only got stuck at one part (
) but found it easy, overall. The wait for the second act is going to be tough!
The peach. I couldn't figure out the riddle and then remembered that peach so I went back to look for it.
MegaKungFuRadio
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Three hours for me. I got stuck twice, but not because I couldn't figure out the puzzles, but because of finnicky stuff like not being close enough before trying the right solution, thus thinking I was missing something and running around forever before trying it again didn't check to see if dialogue options changed after something happened. I also accidentally overwrote my autosave by loading a manual save at 1h45m, but it only took me 13 minutes to finish the game from there knowing all the solutions and skipping all the sweet, sweet dialogue.
Imp the Dimp
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Okay guys, Double Fine delivered big time here. This game is absolutely sublime.
MegaKungFuRadio
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Made some quick dual monitor wallpapers for this because I noticed them on the documentary, but couldn't find them anywhere online.
Right-side Main said:
Left-side Main said:
JumpJeff84
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So good to hear people are liking this! I wasn't a backer, but can't wait to give it a shot
It works almost exactly like The Dig and, in terms of options, Grim Fandango.
That was one of the first things I did. Right-click to raise inventory, middle-click to skip dialogue.
Hopefully they'll patch in the option for click-to-select at some stage as an alternative to click-and-drag; that was really the only aspect of the interface that bothered me. That being said, the Verb Coin remains the best adventure game interface of all time, so I'd love to see that make a return if Double Fine get another shot after Broken Age.
Vert boil
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According to the update that was posted the day before the beta, there won't be a drm-free release until Act 2 is released.
http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/11644/
Daymn. Some small tooltips such as combining items would be helpful, but other than that. Absolutely sublime. However, I was hoping there would be more environments since the Art Jam in Episode 4 of the Documentary showed a TON of cool and interesting environments. Maybe for Act II?
Also, dat ending.
Also, dat ending.
Sothis Krieg
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Don't know if Double Fine talked about that but is the length of the first Act represent the half of the entire game or is it more like a prologue ?
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
It's half. Took me around five hours. Sounds like a classic LucasArts length. With the exception of Grim Fandango and CoMI.
Finished and loved it. What a delightfull adventure, can't wat for Act II!
Like many have said before, the puzzles weren't really difficult stumpers whom made you walk around for hours or made lots of people look at a guide. They where really well designed, fun and some did result in some "aha!" moments, though. I don't play Point & Click's for a challenge anyway. Don't get me wrong, I like challenging puzzles. Heck, i'm a Myst lover. But the universe, dialogue and characters are most important in this genre. And boy did they nail that. Schafer is a master in those things, but the overall quality still suprised me. So good.
I want to return to Broken Age's stunning looking universe as soon as possible.
Loving the soundtrack as well.
Finished and loved it. What a delightfull adventure, can't wat for Act II!
Like many have said before, the puzzles weren't really difficult stumpers whom made you walk around for hours or made lots of people look at a guide. They where really well designed, fun and some did result in some "aha!" moments, though. I don't play Point & Click's for a challenge anyway. Don't get me wrong, I like challenging puzzles. Heck, i'm a Myst lover. But the universe, dialogue and characters are most important in this genre. And boy did they nail that. Schafer is a master in those things, but the overall quality still suprised me. So good.
I want to return to Broken Age's stunning looking universe as soon as possible.
Loved Curtis and Lightbeard. 
Loving the soundtrack as well.
bigwinnerx
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Just refreshing my memory on the older game playtimes. Stats from howlongtobeat.com for a regular run
DOTT - 7h
Sam and Max - 5.5h
The Dig - 7h
Full Throttle - 5h
Grim Fandango - 12h
Monkey Island - average 7h
Loom - 3h
Fate of Atlantis - 8h
DOTT - 7h
Sam and Max - 5.5h
The Dig - 7h
Full Throttle - 5h
Grim Fandango - 12h
Monkey Island - average 7h
Loom - 3h
Fate of Atlantis - 8h
Full Throttle seems pretty generous. Think I beat it in 4. I remember being disappointed at the length. It was so good and it ended too soon.
I kind of figured this was the case. I was thinking about it the other day and I only remembered Grim being pretty long.
Okay, I think my game may have glitched or missed something.
SPOILERS:
Anyway, I've finished it now, just that is confusing me.
SPOILERS:
I woke up the Dead Eye God and assumed it was Shay, but later in the Maiden's Feast, Vella calls to him and calls him Alex. When did we learn this bit of information? I don't remember him telling me his name was Alex. It was especially weird because that's my name... I first thought they'd coded every backer's copy with their own name and Vella was calling to the player! That would have been a hell of a lot of voice work...
Anyway, I've finished it now, just that is confusing me.
Awesome! Could you make 1920x1200 versions of those?
Or am I missing some way to make windows 7 scale them correctly?
Just finished it with 3 hours and 45 minutes clocked.
Game has great humour and it's very charming but it feels kinda barebones from an adventure stand point. Like, there are not all that many hot spots to interact with and most puzzles are real easy (and I'm in no way some point and click adventure genious).
It's definitely worth the $15 I paid for it but I'm way more pumped for the second episode of Broken Sword 5 than this one's.
I did get a new avatar from the game, though.
Game has great humour and it's very charming but it feels kinda barebones from an adventure stand point. Like, there are not all that many hot spots to interact with and most puzzles are real easy (and I'm in no way some point and click adventure genious).
It's definitely worth the $15 I paid for it but I'm way more pumped for the second episode of Broken Sword 5 than this one's.
I did get a new avatar from the game, though.
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
The game did stutter a bit when walking, from time to time. Which can not be because of my hardware. Anyone else had the same thing?
Noticed it happening in a couple more 2D games, so it might be something on my end. Banner Saga has the same issue, for example.
Noticed it happening in a couple more 2D games, so it might be something on my end. Banner Saga has the same issue, for example.
Haunted
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Yeah, I actually didn't catch when he supposedly introduced himself, then she suddenly called him Alex. Not the only place in the game where a dialogue line shows knowledge the character couldn't have had at that point (presumably depending on your dialogue choices before).
smooth as silk for me.
Definitely stuttered a few minutes after loading my saves. Almost guaranteed it's not my hardware.
The game only stutters for me when I drag an item from the inventory out into the world.
I finished it at 4hrs and 36mins. It took a while because I'm not well verse in adventure game logic. The only other adventure games I have played were the Longest Journey series, which I needed a guide for, and The Walking Dead. I expected to get stuck more but I thought most of the puzzles were pretty straight forward. I only got stuck twice in Vella's part and Shay's was a breeze.
I'm so excited for Act 2. What an ending.
I'm so excited for Act 2. What an ending.
petethepanda
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I noticed this at a few points in the game too, kind of jarring. In some moments I could see why it happened (when put into a new situation I tend to interact with the overt focal point last and instead take in everything else first) but that name in particular really threw me for a loop.
Though it did assist in the game leading me away from the reveal that I had already been expecting for the majority of the game.
It's interesting that length/content is the biggest complaint, if you could call it a complaint even. I remember an episode of the documentary, probably the one where the game had to be cut in half, and Tim was agonizing about delivering a shorter game than he imagined in order to make budget, fully aware that player feedback would be that it's too short (happened with Full Throttle). Pretty good example of players asking "if only the developers did X" and now we have a window into the other side of the story - that they really wanted to and planned to, but compromises had to be made.
I agree with that Eurogamer review. Don't get me wrong, I like part 1 a lot - charming, beautiful, well-presented. Writing-wise, I like the way it's going and the concepts that are being developed. The story has a bit of a dark/subversive edge to it that I hoped for.
As a backer I am pleased - however, I've also gotten so much content from the documentary. The reason I didn't wait to play the full game was because the documentary will assume viewers have played part 1. Releasing only part of the game opens it up to be evaluated on the partial picture though, so here goes.
Part 1 is really easy. Having logical/natural puzzles is one thing, but it was rare that I even needed to think at all about what to do. You never have much in inventory. (Shay spoilers)
. It's just straightforward. It would make sense thematically for hand-holding to fade away in the second part, though.
The huge cursor and lack of click-to-select are weird and must be ipad related. I had three ctds while characters were walking around (one occurring just after getting the
on Shay's side.
The game side of it seems very casual. I hope difficulty and complexity increase in part 2. I will be interested to see reactions to the first half from players who pay $25 for this and aren't getting documentary content when it hits the store - seems kind of steep.
As a backer I am pleased - however, I've also gotten so much content from the documentary. The reason I didn't wait to play the full game was because the documentary will assume viewers have played part 1. Releasing only part of the game opens it up to be evaluated on the partial picture though, so here goes.
Part 1 is really easy. Having logical/natural puzzles is one thing, but it was rare that I even needed to think at all about what to do. You never have much in inventory. (Shay spoilers)
The yarn pal missions call attention to the triviality - ice cream avalanche isn't that much simpler than some of this stuff.
The huge cursor and lack of click-to-select are weird and must be ipad related. I had three ctds while characters were walking around (one occurring just after getting the
knife
The game side of it seems very casual. I hope difficulty and complexity increase in part 2. I will be interested to see reactions to the first half from players who pay $25 for this and aren't getting documentary content when it hits the store - seems kind of steep.
Double Fine rescinded that request.
There surely wouldn't be a cursor on an iPad though?
Oh I guess I didn't see that :|
Yeah I meant the click to select thing - I have no clue why the cursor's that big. . .
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