ratcliffja
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You should make a thread about it.
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Giant Bomb #19 | Patrick Wins 2-1
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RepairmanJack
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Holy shit, it looks like The Witness may actually come out this month after all. Looks like price is 39.99 and pre-orders on steam will be up today, but the site is getting slammed right now.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Aww it's that video game dork. Here I was thinking it's world famous former austrian soccer player Harald Cerny. Boo.
EdReedFan20
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Uhm. Yeah... about that. I sorta did. Didn't last, for obvious, obvious reasons. Had no idea it would spawn soooooooooooooo many threads.
Keyser Soze
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Catching up on Dan Souls
stump sock
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that thing looks kind of crazy. I'm curious now.
Thanks! I think this is the one.
I recalled this game sounding way cool in some weird way, but I'm not sure what stuck with me now that I watched that bit again.
Incandenza
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Those better be some damn good puzzles for $40. I'm gonna have to wait for that thing to come out and hear a definitive word about what it actually is before I give it a shot.
RepairmanJack
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Hasn't he said it was something like a 50 hour game? It seems like the simple line puzzles on a screen only last for a small while.
TheMrPliskin
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I'm looking forward to it and it's actually a little cheaper than I was expecting so that's nice.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
Wise advice whatever the price point!
ratcliffja
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Darn. I wanted yours to be thread #300.
That price is going to divide a lot of people. Some will argue it is worth $60 as much as any other game but some will declare any indie game above $20 a crime.
A week from today - all being well - The Witness, Darkest Dungeon and Prison Architect will all be out as "final" releases. We truly are in the end of days.
Edit: Someone just reminded me that Blow still plans an iOS version. I wonder if he will try and break the magical $10 mobile barrier or just take the moaning from people who paid $40.
I was looking at the steam page for this yesterday but couldn't quite grasp what it was, so thanks for the link. Such a strange interesting concept but it doesn't look too fun to play.
RepairmanJack
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Yeah it really does seem to really hinge on how the puzzles vary, it can definitely get tedious. I'm in for finding out though, been one of my most anticipated games for too long.
The gameplay could definitely use some work, the game is rough around the edges. I still like it though.
Twin Tails
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Excite for bombcast.
I'm really curious to see how it is received.
I will buy it eventually if only to appreciate all the work they put on the island.
If you can't preorder, you can't preload and have it ready to go Monday night. You have to wait until it's up on the site Tuesday afternoon.
Keyser Soze
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I shall never understand the need to preorder something digitally - it is even crazier if there is no option to preload it and people still preorder.
EdReedFan20
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Wait, is Paul going to be on it? That could be very entertaining.
Keyser Soze
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I am pretty sure The Witness will be one of those games with a twist or shift in tone that can be easily spoiled. It looks like the game is all about learning mechanics and then executing them. I feel like the dozens of hours worth of teaching are going to build to something worthwhile and unexpected that I would like to experience fresh. There is going to be a big "ah-ha" moment in there somewhere... I think.
you zoom out on the island and realize it's been shaped like a weiner this whole time
The player is the witness the whole time
god dammit spoil tag that shit.
stump sock
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ratcliffja
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Is that game about the Harrison Ford movie?
Gozer the Gozerian
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Those Chileans continue to be weird. In the best way.
backflip10019
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it's love, murph
You... sleep?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
And that love is a metaphor about ww2.
giant_frying_pan
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Have him answer all the t-mails.
yeah, shit sucks
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also how much of the witness is going to just feel like the talos principle?
Salty Catfish
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Yeah, this is kind of my main worry - I feel like after playing through the main game plus the DLC I'm kind of burnt out on semi-open world puzzlers. Talos Principle was great though.
stump sock
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hah, I've been wondering that ever since I played it. Talos was good and all but I'm not sure I need more of it. certainly not 60 hours or whatever of it.
TheMrPliskin
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Not a whole lot, seems like the similarities are that they're both puzzle games set on islands.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I just still have no idea how the puzzles in The Witness work. If all you do is draw lines on a tablet....I don't know. That doesn't sound that fun to me? Maybe it is?
God dammit I was about to make that joke.
Too much other content right now
God dammit I was about to make that joke.
Too much other content right now
PinkCrayon
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We can only hope.
They'll probably schedule it for right after the next demo derby.
isn't it going to be different kinds of puzzles scattered around the island? in my head i'm thinking myst but less obscure and story-focused but maybe this is an outdated expectation
either way, it will be vastly more interesting to me than talos principle just because of variety
ratcliffja
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They mentioned recording a new one the other day. Man I really need to finish that game already, but oh man my backlog...
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