SmartWaffles
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Just refund it. It is not some mainstream big budget title that tries to please everyone.
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INSIDE |OT| Limbo's Big Brother is Watching You
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SmartWaffles
Member
double post.
jacksepticeye
Member
Finished it earlier in the week, by far my favourite game this year. The art style and sound design are almost faultless. The story is what you'd expect from these devs and I loved it.
I can see how it wouldn't be for everyone though
I can see how it wouldn't be for everyone though
OrbitalBeard
Member
It's unfortunate those suckers aren't just YouTube'ing it.
Pffft all those chumps who buy and play games when you can just youtube it.
Bits N Pieces
Member
Is this sarcasm or something else lol
DagnastyEp
Member
Time to join the spoiler thread now.
Peterthumpa
Member
What do you mean exactly? Jagged? Non spoilery example?
This is supposed to get 60 FPS or higher? Something's really wrong.
Fraps reports a steady 24 FPS on my 144hz monitor. Titan X.
edit: Got 60 FPS when I switched my monitor to 60hz. Not feeling too good about this one.
edit edit: Corrected itself when I relaunched the game. Whew.
Fraps reports a steady 24 FPS on my 144hz monitor. Titan X.
edit: Got 60 FPS when I switched my monitor to 60hz. Not feeling too good about this one.
edit edit: Corrected itself when I relaunched the game. Whew.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
144 can't be divided evenly by 60. However, 144/24 = 6, so that's probably what happens. The game doesn't try to switch the monitor refresh mode for you.
Probably like Limbo, it uses a rendering buffer of a certain size, and upscales from there. Some things were rendered in the set screen resolution, but some not. In Limbo, they did that to preserve the appearance of effects across all the different resolutions.
Defocused and soft:
Guaranteed upscaling happening here.
The only benefits of going above 1080p is that it makes smaller detail like chromatic aberration stand out a bit more. Haven't seen anyone mention that yet.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Hmm, that actually looks like a sharp image with a DOF applied onto it. If you take a 1080p screenshot of the game, I can show you what it will actually look like when upscaled to 4K.
That's a good idea but I'm just now remembering that I've seen this precise behavior before. 24 FPS @ 144hz on a newly installed game until I relaunch. It's a Unity thing that occasionally happens on my computer.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Is this game made in Unity? I'm wondering because I think they had a custom engine for Limbo.
Just started this up 30 minutes ago, and it has already played with a wide range of emotions. Everything from the cute chickens, to the hilarious use of them in the machine, to the creepiness of the kid mind controlling the other people, to the horrific events of some strangers shooting you as a minor. The artstyle is amazing, and so is the lighting, but the animations are the most impressive and really makes the boy come alive, almost as a Fumito Ueda-creation. Sound design is spot on, from the raindrops in the corn field to the wet metal you're walking. Sneaking seems interesting, and the intensity with the dog swimming for you or the horde running after you to the last moment. I feel like I am about to experience something very unique.
I assumed it was Unity since it was the same exact problem I've had before.
Just found this: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...laydead_Using_Unity_Engine_For_Next_Title.php
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
OK, so the game runs fine on my Macbook (with 650M, which is their minimum spec) with Bootcamp. The very beginning of the game runs at a solid 60FPS if I keep the resolution at 1440x900. Not bad tbh, the game has a certain look to it that it doesn't gain all that much with the resolution increase, so I'm happy. Not sure about the performance later on, but even step below this resolution (720p) looks OK to me on a 15" laptop screen.
What I find weird is that I didn't get any Denuvo prompts to copy the code to a website or anything like that.
What I find weird is that I didn't get any Denuvo prompts to copy the code to a website or anything like that.
Yeah, I read the same thing on Wikipedia just a moment ago.
ScottFarRoad
Neo Member
Yep, Brad of Giant Bomb has delivered this time with his endless hype. Makes a change for me.
I hated Limbo. Crappy insta-death platformer I thought.
But this game is more like the first act of Half Life 2 done side-on with an exquisite art style.
I think I'm 2/3rds of the way through the game, couldn't beat it in a night, though I wanted to. The puzzles are really easy, and yet hard enough that I'm like "I'm clever" and I hate puzzle games as a rule.
The checkpointing is very generous so when I die I'm exactly where I want to spawn and the solution is usually staring me in the face.
Yeah, every year has its indie game summer hit, (last year was the Beginner's Guide for me) and this is it this time around.
Can't wait to play it tomorrow and finish it. And as I state, this is coming from a Limbo hater.
I hated Limbo. Crappy insta-death platformer I thought.
But this game is more like the first act of Half Life 2 done side-on with an exquisite art style.
I think I'm 2/3rds of the way through the game, couldn't beat it in a night, though I wanted to. The puzzles are really easy, and yet hard enough that I'm like "I'm clever" and I hate puzzle games as a rule.
The checkpointing is very generous so when I die I'm exactly where I want to spawn and the solution is usually staring me in the face.
Yeah, every year has its indie game summer hit, (last year was the Beginner's Guide for me) and this is it this time around.
Can't wait to play it tomorrow and finish it. And as I state, this is coming from a Limbo hater.
Just got to the part where you
, and this game has been magnificent the whole way so far. Amazing flow, sublime effects, expressive animation, terrifying chases, and gruesome deaths. If this keeps up, it'll definitely be a GOTY contender. Getting it for $10 after that FO4 thing was a nice little bonus too. Thanks MS. 
meet that swimming figure
Make sure to hit the spoiler thread when you finish and let us know how you feel about the rest of the game!
WhateverItTakes
Banned
Goddamn this game was beautiful. Sure some of the (mechanics spoiler?)
segments dragged, but the game knew how to escalate.
Now, do I do a second playthrough with all that implies?
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Now, do I do a second playthrough with all that implies?
Does anyone know if you can use the LOAD on the menu as a quicker way to get to all the secret orbs?
Yes, regarding your spoiler.
SicSemperTyrannis
Member
You can. Beaten :'(
jacksepticeye
Member
End credits confirm it's Unity
joey_bone_bomb
Member
Just finished it.
That ending bit!
Speechless.
That ending bit!
Speechless.
Cuban Legend
Member
I found something that I assume will open if
. Should I carry on and finish the game
or backtrack
before I pass this point?
I collect all the missing collectibles before this point
without them my first run before I do a 100% run
and collect the remaining collectibles for a 100% run the first time
CitizenCope
Member
Yeah just collect later. There is a "chapter" select later that is very player friendly.
PREC0GNITIVE
Member
just installed on PC, crashes on start up anyone have any advice?
anyone have any advice?Zvonimir Boban
Banned
Just finished this, love the aesthetic, love the animation, love the atmosphere which is genuinely creepy in parts.
I appreciate that the puzzles don't require perfect timing and aren't cheap like limbo,they're simple enough that anyone can solve them but require just enough thought that you still feel clever when you solve them.
I played limbo for the first time a few days ago and I definitely enjoyed this game more.
I appreciate that the puzzles don't require perfect timing and aren't cheap like limbo,they're simple enough that anyone can solve them but require just enough thought that you still feel clever when you solve them.
I played limbo for the first time a few days ago and I definitely enjoyed this game more.
I was enjoying it too, until the
timed jump bit, onto the rising box. I'm jumping off of the one box, onto the rising box, and just can't get high enough!
Nevermind! Did it another way. I'm an idiot.
More_Badass
Member
When I figured out the solution for that, it was such an "oh, of course it was that simple" moment for me
Most of the solutions are like that. More clever than difficult.
When in doubt, change up your methods.
Appollowexx
Member
Got home from work a few hours ago and blasted through this... wow.
Inside felt like a natural evolution of the game design and art-style the team created with Limbo all those years ago. The simple two button gameplay was so refreshing and worked really well, the puzzles were complex at times yet always logical and fair, the way the story was explained through visual cues and set pieces was mesmerising. The framing of every single moment was incredible, as was the sound design. Most importantly Inside kept surprising me, in it's 4 hours I never felt like the game was repeating itself and it gave me the sense of being on a haunting journey through a strange and terrifying land.
Also - holy shit at that ending! Mind blown.
Go in blind people and enjoy one of the most original and well executed indie games in recent years. Big congratulations to Playdead, they just topped Limbo.
Inside felt like a natural evolution of the game design and art-style the team created with Limbo all those years ago. The simple two button gameplay was so refreshing and worked really well, the puzzles were complex at times yet always logical and fair, the way the story was explained through visual cues and set pieces was mesmerising. The framing of every single moment was incredible, as was the sound design. Most importantly Inside kept surprising me, in it's 4 hours I never felt like the game was repeating itself and it gave me the sense of being on a haunting journey through a strange and terrifying land.
Also - holy shit at that ending! Mind blown.
Go in blind people and enjoy one of the most original and well executed indie games in recent years. Big congratulations to Playdead, they just topped Limbo.
PREC0GNITIVE
Member
Super stoked to hear that, I love LIMBO I have the physical collectors edition and all. Too bad this wont run for me right now!
Appollowexx
Member
It ran at 60fps on my i7, 670, 16gb combo. There isn't much in the way of settings (resolution, brightness and full-screen or windowed). No AA options, detail options ect.
However I think this is because the games art style already looks jaggy free and the same for the details - very minimal like Limbo was. Would have been nice to turn off Chromatic Aberration as the IQ looks pretty soft but it suits the look they were going for to be fair.
Short answer: It looks nice and runs well. No extras.
More_Badass
Member
Finally started my second playthrough, now on PC. I love the start screen. It reminds me of Last of Us' in how minimal it is
jacksepticeye
Member
For an indie game it has some of the BEST audio I've heard in a while. Incredibly minimalistic at times with huge deep booms and tiny crinkling of chains at others. The whole
is an audiophile's wet dream
before during and after of the pulse wave section
BackFromThePast
Banned
Just started this this, im about 45 minutes in. so far so good.
Just wondering if it was worth 20$ lol.
Just wondering if it was worth 20$ lol.
More_Badass
Member
The music is good too. A tension-building heartbeat of a soundtrack
You know what I think is the most perfect sound in the entire game? Or close to it? It's pretty close to the beginning but I'll spoiler anyway:
The CHUNK-a-thunk-a-CHUNK-a-thunk-a-CHUNK-a-thunk-a... coming from that machine you crank which sucks up all the chicks and throws them at something to move it.
It's especially unsettling because you think those chicks are just going to get ground up into dust...because why wouldn't they be in this game??
It's especially unsettling because you think those chicks are just going to get ground up into dust...because why wouldn't they be in this game??