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Q.U.B.E |OT| Now on PC/Steam with demo. AWESOME PUZZLER.
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LiquidMetal14
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RadeonPro for ATI or Inspector for nvidia.
mclaren777
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I played this game at PAX and interviewed the developers.
Let me see if I can find that clip...
Let me see if I can find that clip...
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No 1600p support.
Steam\steamapps\common\qube\UDKGame\Config\UDKEngine.ini
ctrl-f "ResX=", "ResY="
Replace numbers with any resolution.
LiquidMetal14
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Thanks for looking that up. I didn't get the Steam version so my folder strcuture isn't 1:1 to yours but still.
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Just ignore the "Steam\steamapps\common\" part then. All UDK games have the exact same remaining folder architecture.
Yeah, though to be honest I wouldn't recommend using it anyways. Later on (as in after like the tutorial) it becomes clear that the game benefits from having snappy precision so that you can implement your ideas faster.
Yeah I had a feeling that was the case - I'll switch over to mouse/kb.
L0st Id3ntity
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Thanks.
LiquidMetal14
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I'll leave the edit at that since I've been pimping the Steam release mainly. I'm sure anyone will be able to find it just by reading your post anyways, Steam or not.
I actually like pad with this game but agree that you do require more snappier movement. I'm as far as I am with pad though so I haven't felt quite limited yet.
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Just wrapped the game up, that ending music is top-notch. I hope they release some DLC as I'm still hungry for more. These new devs clearly have a lot of talent and I look forward to seeing how they grow design-wise in the future.
Jaded Alyx
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12 inches if you must know.
The demo was fun, liked the aesthetic and the music, but aside from the intro video - I didn't feel like there was anything really drawing me into the world, making me want to continue to solve puzzles.
Unless the demo is just too short to explore the story/world, I may wait for a sale.
Unless the demo is just too short to explore the story/world, I may wait for a sale.
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Roughly 4ish hours.
LiquidMetal14
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If you have decent HW, don't be afraid to add 4 or 8xSSAA.
Thanks. Think I'll wait for a sale then.
Sax Russel
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Just finished it, 3 hours played according to Steam. Well worth the $12.74! Definitely craving some more levels to play through.
SteveWinwood
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Never noticed this thread, or else I wouldn't have polluted the steam thread.
Anyway, apart from one issue I have, these puzzles have been really great. They really understand how to introduce new concepts to you and make sure you understand them before moving on to another part of a puzzle. Everything is designed superbly. I just need to beat it now.
Anyway, apart from one issue I have, these puzzles have been really great. They really understand how to introduce new concepts to you and make sure you understand them before moving on to another part of a puzzle. Everything is designed superbly. I just need to beat it now.
Unhandled Exception
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Holy shit this game is great. Bought it after seeing the art style and some of the basic concepts, couldn't be happier. Early GOTY candidate for me.
Since you've finished it, are there any story elements or explanation of what's happening? No need to go into details.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I've finished it too and no.
The last puzzle and ending are pretty interesting though. But everything is assumed and nothing is explicitly told to you.
I think I didn't like the hill-ball puzzles because I never really got how the rotational things controlled where the ball went until about 15 minutes of trial and error. And I felt the dark areas weren't that crash hot simply because of the hill-ball puzzles being way harder to do.
I think I solved a few of those ball puzzles using alternate solutions, too. Because half the time it felt like I was breaking the puzzle design by getting the ball to go in the hole.
And I'd wager that most people would see that thematically Qube is real similar to Portal 2. Like, you're right in that all of it is from environment stuff and rarely ever puzzles (although some of the bouncing puzzles seem to be lifted right out of the portal momentum tutorials), as well as
the ending was borderline identical
I did like that later on you got to really branch out and craft your own solutions for puzzles. Or, it made you feel like you were doing it by yourself. The little AI ball things were cool (although as a programmer / person what played the ice levels in the pokemans games, I felt I should have solved those a lot quicker), and I loved it when you could
choose which blocks to place in certain locations
I guess if I were to pick any one downside to this game - though keep in mind it's a very good little game - is that it's not quite as intuitive as a Valve puzzle game. Puzzle elements are introduced to you to solve before you've been able to see what they do. There's a real lazy example of them trying to do exactly that with the first green cube you find, where it's just a room with a single green cube that you can't move, with a reset button. You can't do anything to the cube, and the reset button just makes it disappear and reappear. To me that felt like they were actually trying to show me what this thing does before I use it, but their example wasn't good at all.
The same kind of thing happened with the blue ball things. They give you a room that is nothing but blue balls that freak out when you get near them. Like, was that supposed to be foreshadowing for a puzzle or something? Or was it story dressing?
But keep in mind I'm not saying anyone will be stuck because they can't work out a mechanic. And learning how things works usually takes less than 10 seconds of fiddling with it, and then you're off. But they do kind of give you new things to play with before you've really seen what they do, I guess.
And after thinking about it some, I wasn't super thrilled by the ending. Not because it wasn't an impressive thing, but because there was kind of nothing leading up to it. It just kinda happened. Maybe some people will like it that way, but I was super detached to any sense of victory from it because it's not like I was actually invested in anything happening. But it's a minor sticking point.
I recommend that people play this game, because it is a real good puzzler. And as I said, it does a good job of making you feel smart when you solve things, and I found I was never stuck for more than 10 minutes on any one area.
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QUBE devs are good people.
chixdiggit
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Looks great but I really need to concentrate on my backlog. I wont even try the demo as I'm sure I will like it and be even more attempted to buy it.
LiquidMetal14
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Yes they are. I hope this thread gets them a little more love. They deserve it. Map editor? YES PLEASE!
SteveWinwood
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Finished it last night. Great game. Really glad I picked it up, and totally worth it's price tag. I really liked the ending as well.
The puzzles are really really good. I did get stuck in a part that kept screwing me over with the physics (that outside of that one puzzle, worked literally perfectly, not one problem) but it seems thats a rare problem to have so I won't dock them for it. It technically came out in december right, so it can be put into the goty voting right?
The puzzles are really really good. I did get stuck in a part that kept screwing me over with the physics (that outside of that one puzzle, worked literally perfectly, not one problem) but it seems thats a rare problem to have so I won't dock them for it. It technically came out in december right, so it can be put into the goty voting right?
SteveWinwood
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Game just got updated on steam. They might have fixed the sector 3 achievement unlocking, because I'm pretty sure no one was getting that one.
LiquidMetal14
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LOL WRONG THREAD
d00d3n
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Impressions from the full game: nonexistent story (did not finish), simple and unremarkable puzzles, lingers too long on the same puzzle concepts despite the limited scope, interaction with puzzles is extremely static due to the gloves only having an effect on a limited number of designer placed blocks (similar to the gameplay in Portal 2, and as opposed to the organic puzzling in for example Portal and World of Goo), mostly poor graphics
The only aspect of the game that intrigued me was the graphics and the animation of the white blocks that form the walls around the player. Looked kind of cool for an indie game
The only aspect of the game that intrigued me was the graphics and the animation of the white blocks that form the walls around the player. Looked kind of cool for an indie game
LiquidMetal14
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I can't agree with anything you just said minus your short praise. It's all designed very well and again with the story. Go play an RPG if you want a story. It's your opinion though.
Cromulent_Word
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Stoked to see some people enjoying QUBE. I got to work with Toxic via Indie Fund and they're some wicked cool people. I am super proud of what they did, and think it definitely deserves at least a demo play 
d00d3n
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My criticism was maybe a bit harsh for what is after all an ambitious indie game, but I simply did not enjoy the game. It is not unreasonable to expect a story in a first person game with elements of sci-fi and a mysterious world.
Alexios
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It's not unreasonable to desire it, I do think it would be a better game if it had such, just like the Portal 1 & 2 are better games for having a given atmosphere and story that makes them more than puzzle games, but I'd say it's unreasonable to expect it when it's not really advertised. They were just selling you a puzzle game and didn't lie about what it includes. I mean, Puzzle Quest didn't make me expect every puzzle game after it to also have a story and be an RPG and all that and Portal didn't make me expect every puzzle game to be like it and have humour and a story either. Q.U.B.E is clever, fun and mostly visually pleasing but people should only get it if they can enjoy a first person puzzle game without cinematic fluff. It's not Portal and it doesn't have to be.
I kinda think that maybe they should have gone in a different direction narrative wise to what they did. Like, test subject trying to escape a facility with a prototype tool while the facility decays from sterile white areas to wires strung about unfinished / destroyed areas?
I'm more disappointed in the game having a narrative than I would have had it just been a raw puzzle game. I never felt like the narrative fit the style of game it was going for.
But it's not like anyone actually came to this game for its narrative, so it doesn't really matter.
I'm more disappointed in the game having a narrative than I would have had it just been a raw puzzle game. I never felt like the narrative fit the style of game it was going for.
But it's not like anyone actually came to this game for its narrative, so it doesn't really matter.
nincompoop
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Wow, finally got to try out the demo and it was awesome! This game could be the next Portal.
SteveWinwood
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I disagree. I think a lot of stuff can get a lot more interesting the less you know about it. Coincedently the movie Cube comes to mind (which the sequels totally ruined but whatever). I definitely think the ending, which you haven't seen as of your last post, is a lot of fun. Frankly, I think it's better than if they were to shoehorn a narrative in where it wasn't intended.
This is a real good article by the people that make good words together. Rock Paper Shotgun.
I suppose anyone on the fence for buying this game (when you really should just buy it, you know) should give it a read. I don't think it's very, um, convincing. But it is very accurate, and perceptive to the point where you might not really appreciate the criticisms until you've actually played the game.
General consensus is that it's a cool game and it's fun to play but also it isn't very challenging and is also a video game.
I suppose anyone on the fence for buying this game (when you really should just buy it, you know) should give it a read. I don't think it's very, um, convincing. But it is very accurate, and perceptive to the point where you might not really appreciate the criticisms until you've actually played the game.
General consensus is that it's a cool game and it's fun to play but also it isn't very challenging and is also a video game.
I do that, but on a weekly basis, but it never works. True story.
THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT
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Lol, I hit this bit and thought jesus RPS drops in standard every day. At least the guy is aware that the issue is his and not the games:
I'm sorry, but if the pleasure in finding the correct solution to a puzzle isn't enough for you, than you probably shouldn't play puzzle games or do puzzle-related activities in any capacity in real life either.
KodeAndGame
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This game looks like fun. I'll try the demo.