infiniteloop
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plagiarize said:
me too :lol
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Doctor Who: The Adventure Games |OT| Ep1 - City of the Daleks
- Thread starter Mama Robotnik
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me too :lol
frankie_baby
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oooh downloading now
IP check. If you have a British IP, it redirects you to the download-page and just lets you download. So, basically, really easy.Sage00 said:
So far, enjoying the game. Looks pretty awful and not a big fan of stealth-stuff, but maybe it's just the fact that I'm playing a Doctor Who episode, and geeking out about that.
Buttonbasher
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I haven't started watching Season 5 yet. Would you suggest holding off on playing this until I do?Thomper said:
JonathanEx
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Whoever decided the game should include "fun facts" about the cab and the underground should be exterminated.
Android18a
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Damn freakin' laptop. I need a real PC.
Hot Coldman
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On an average Internet connection, it should take 10-20 minutes to download.
Well, mine's worse than it seems then, becuase this is gonna end up taking like 2 hours.
Well, mine's worse than it seems then, becuase this is gonna end up taking like 2 hours.
RPG_Fanatic
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I am reading the OP correctly, that the first episode is free?
Also, is the June 5th date for America?
Also, is the June 5th date for America?
JonathanEx
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America ain't getting it legally. Yet.RPG_Fanatic said:
All of them are free. For the UK.
Well, I'd say you should probably watch Series 5 first, or at least the first episode and the Dalek-episode (episode 3). If only because the Daleks in this game are the newly-reset-Daleks from episode 3, and you'd probably want a proper introduction to the Eleventh Doctor and his companion before playing it.Buttonbasher said:
plagiarize
Banned
mine downloaded in about five minutes.Green Scar said:
which is patently hilarious. but i can't play it for another five hours so you still get to play it first.
i haven't felt this included since they accidentally streamed 'Dalek' live on iplayer without any region checks that one time.
Buttonbasher
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Makes sense. I'll start tonight then.Thomper said:
Hot Coldman
Banned
plagiarize said:
Damn you Americans and your cutting edge broadband internet! *shakes fist towards the Atlantic*
Also lol at the 'Dalek' thing :lol
plagiarize
Banned
I'm British. Just living in the states currentlyGreen Scar said:
Dr Zhivago
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Android18a said:
My puny netbook passed the test, what the hell are you using?
Dr Zhivago
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JonathanEx said:
To educate and inform.
JonathanEx
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Basically stupid bullshit no-one cares about.Dr Zhivago said:
And although I'm going to be critical when I write up more points, it's good. But for Doctor Who, I expect better. I'm not that far in and it's already lazy. But one of the best free games I've played.
Tranced Shadow
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Boo, the OS X version isn't up!
(Do we have formal system requirements?)
(Do we have formal system requirements?)
Liquid Helium
Member
Just finished it. Was nice, not the best game I've ever played, but certainly not the worst. The music is fucking awesome as usual for doctor who.
My game choked up to about 0.5FPS when you first see those
though, and my PC can run crysis on high, so I dunno what went on there.
My game choked up to about 0.5FPS when you first see those
plant thingies
Oh there are worse ones later.JonathanEx said:
This game was built using british citizens money, forced out of their pockets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom
Liquid Helium
Member
Not really, you can just not buy a TV licence.dak1dsk1 said:
Finished it. That was decent. As a free game, though, much more than decent. The game doesn't look great, the controls are pretty bad, and there was a bit too much sneaking around for my tastes, but I still enjoyed playing it. Just hope the next episodes will have slightly more variety, and I don't mean inserting more of those annoying mini-games. I'd certainly love it if they continued to do this every year, though. They've got the engine now, and if that means they can put out 4 of these kinds of episodes a year with relatively little extra effort, that'd be awesome.
JonathanEx
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Turned it off in a huff when
because I'm sick of tedious stupid stealth repetition bullshit.
And don't get me started on the lack of 'logic' in this game.
It's everything that Valve wouldn't do in terms of logic.
It feels like a rushed product. If someone actually properly playtested it (seriously, aspect ratios of full screen image on a Laptop? The first thing it loads up? How do you miss that?) it could be redeemed.
And if the second game is more stealth bullshit of the same type then I'm out.
Amy has to find the Dalek parts
And don't get me started on the lack of 'logic' in this game.
Yes, you do something wrong in this part, and a Dalek comes through this door and kills you. Then, straight after the section, without being told you're expected to go through that door. I mean I did go through it, but I did expect to be killed straight away as at that stage, that was the logic of the game.
It feels like a rushed product. If someone actually properly playtested it (seriously, aspect ratios of full screen image on a Laptop? The first thing it loads up? How do you miss that?) it could be redeemed.
And if the second game is more stealth bullshit of the same type then I'm out.
I have 500GB free on one HDD alone and it said the same. Something tells me if you have too much HDD space it resets to 0 on the checker, or something.mclem said:
Still, downloaded and will test now, as long as the writing is of the usual high Doctor Who standards I will be happy.
Edit: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION: The thread tried to read from or write to a virtual address for which it does not have the appropriate access.
Well, that went well.
Mama Robotnik
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I've updated the OP with the new info and download links. Time to give it an install!
Not bad. Obviously for the younger 'uns with all the fact collectables on Nelson's Column ect. Got to the first save point, certainly not going to complain for a freebie - good stuff, but hardly a challenge. Said my PC processor wasn't good enough on the system check, but got it running full everything at highest res and it's as smooth as butter. 60fps all the way on an old Athlon X2 3200 & 9600 GT.
Subliminal
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Erm, its installing episode 2 data
APZonerunner
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Downloaded and just seen past the opening credits. Animation varies from great to crap, voice acting is good though. I think Matt Smith's model is pretty damn good. Karen's doesn't look enough like her, though.
Really not bad for free. One question, though - why the hell did they put in a really crappy looking real-time 3D version of the opening sequence rather than just use a video file of the one from the show? Very strange decision.
EDIT: Okay, in-game, the voice acting lacks a certain ambience. Sounds a little disconnected from the action. Also, this game has stealth! I am crouching and walking slowly to sneak past Daleks. :lol
The BBC are filling their public service remit with this by putting in educational facts. There's items you can investigate and it tells you some real world history and whatnot.
Really not bad for free. One question, though - why the hell did they put in a really crappy looking real-time 3D version of the opening sequence rather than just use a video file of the one from the show? Very strange decision.
EDIT: Okay, in-game, the voice acting lacks a certain ambience. Sounds a little disconnected from the action. Also, this game has stealth! I am crouching and walking slowly to sneak past Daleks. :lol
The BBC are filling their public service remit with this by putting in educational facts. There's items you can investigate and it tells you some real world history and whatnot.
JonathanEx
Member
Yeah. All the data for episode 1 is in a folder called episode 2. Fail.Subliminal said:
APZonerunner said:
Way back in the mists of time, Doctor Who was planned as an educational adventure show in the first place; hence the inclusion of full historicals. That's sort-of continued into the modern show; there's often at least *some* interesting bit of information somewhere in an episode (How many language lovers cheered when
The Master
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UQtLzWZ6D8
Part of it is that the show originated in a time where Reithian values - "To Educate, Inform and Entertain" - were at the forefront, of course
Subliminal
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was good. 6/10
Mama Robotnik
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Subliminal said:
First review that ends with an all-important number, will add into OP.
APZonerunner
Member
Enjoyed. Good for free. No "Next Time" trailer, though. Boo!
Cosmonaut X
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dak1dsk1 said:
Fuck - I always wondered where my change was going.
GillianSeed79
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Side rant:
I really need to switch to Direct TV. Comcast took BBC America out of my current cable package, though I can still get some on demand programming. Problem is they only have up to Episode 6 of the Moffat series and episode 7 should have been up Saturday. I fucking hate Comcast.
I really need to switch to Direct TV. Comcast took BBC America out of my current cable package, though I can still get some on demand programming. Problem is they only have up to Episode 6 of the Moffat series and episode 7 should have been up Saturday. I fucking hate Comcast.