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Stanley Parable is a first person adventure game that the creator describes as "an exploration of choice, freedom, storytelling and reality, all examined through the lens of what it means to play a video game". The key word here is choice, but giving any examples would spoil the whole game.

As the creator says in the description, its best if you don't know anything going into Stanley Parable. Its a very unique experience and knowing anything about it will certainly spoil it. Its not a long game (You can complete all the endings in about half an hour) but its certainly worth playing.

Note that you need either Half Life 2 or the Source SDK Base 2007 to play it, as it uses the same assets.

The mod is available for download here:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-stanley-parable

Here is a trailer, which doesn't give a whole lot away:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIppRUoe70E

It’s brilliant. Exquisite, even. I can’t spoil it by talking about it, but there’s a trailer below, if you want to take a look. But you shouldn’t look. You should play it.

Give it a try, and make sure to mark all spoilers.

 

[StuBurns]

Will check it out thanks.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Played it all. And wow, that was awesome.

The

Spoiler

real ending

was beautiful.

 

[Oni Jazar]

Thanks I'll give it a shot!

 

[Stallion Free]

Definitely gonna check it out.

 

[StuBurns]

It was awesome.

I haven't done everything, apparently I've seen

Spoiler

five of the six endings

. But I loved it, and I might make a Source mod thread because now I really want to check out if there is more stuff of this quality out there.

 

[The M.O.B]

It was awesome.

I haven't done everything, apparently I've seen

Spoiler

five of the six endings

. But I loved it, and I might make a Source mod thread because now I really want to check out if there is more stuff of this quality out there.

We have one, here.

It has TONS of recommendations and links to the best mods, Botoft keeps it very updated.

 

[StuBurns]

We have one, here.

It has TONS of recommendations and links to the best mods, Botoft keeps it very updated.

Even better, thank you.

And I've did that last thing now. Very impressive piece of work, it must be pretty awesome to have made something like that. I hope the guy has been picked up where ever he had his eye on.

EDIT: That thread has two this guy specifically mentioned as inspirations for this mod, very cool.

 

[Riposte]

Cltr+F
Art

Okay, good so far.

 

[Why would you do that?]

Will this work if you only have the free Team Fortress 2? IIRC it should have Source 2007.

(I have the whole Orange Box, but I'm just curious.)

 

[The M.O.B]

Will this work if you only have the free Team Fortress 2? IIRC it should have Source 2007.

(I have the whole Orange Box, but I'm just curious.)

Go into your tool menu and if you have Source SDK Base 2007 installed then your good to go.

The SDK is free for everybody so just install it if you haven't already.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

Actually just got done with it. It was kinda interesting.
The ending I got was kind of offputting. It was interesting in that it happened and made me go "oh whoa, thats pretty neat" but then the narrator who I already wasn't really liking continued to drive home the conclusion I reached 10 seconds prior with a ridiculously awful monologue. I found myself thinking "yeah, it is pretty cool. but you just completely ruined any effect it had by pointing it out."



I only played it that once and don't really intend to go back and look for all the other endings. I don't really want to see the seams, or whatever. The path I chose was the path I chose. Is that the correct way to play this?

 

[Joe Molotov]

I got all the endings. It was kinda neat.

 

[StuBurns]

The endings play off each other. It's not like Heavy Rain where you are meant to just live with the path you picked.

 

[rollingstart]

It was awesome.

I haven't done everything, apparently I've seen

Spoiler

five of the six endings

. But I loved it, and I might make a Source mod thread because now I really want to check out if there is more stuff of this quality out there.

There is a Source mod thread, and I posted this in it a few days ago

yeah, Stanley Parable is great. I almost made a thread about it but I'm glad someone else did.

 

[rabhw]

This mod creeped me out more than it probably should have.

I think it was because the hallway textures reminded me of The Shining.

Got all of the endings, I only realized afterwards that you can quicksave. Would have saved me a lot of time, ah well

 

[ComputerMKII]

It sounds pretentious.

 

[Luigi87]

Okay, that was a really impressive piece.

I really don't know what to say that wouldn't be spoiling anything, but this is definitely something that should be experienced.

It sounds pretentious.

I can understand how it may come off as that (I myself was thinking the same thing), but it does make a good point for what it is saying.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

fwiw, I dialed my phone number into the wall panel and half expected my cellphone to ring.

 

[Labombadog]

Downloading now. HYPE +1.


Dont fail me GAF.

 

[Inkwell]

Good to see this (and the HL2 mod thread) get some more recognition.

Also, I hope the guy that did the narration gets some more work. I thought he did a fantastic job.

 

[EatChildren]

Simple yet very effective, and devoid of the usual art game wank in favour of poking fun and genuine humour. I've only got three endings so far, but I'll try and get them all. A great idea.

 

[Littlegator]

Just got all endings.

I thought it was ok. Didn't really raise any major philosophical questions, except the typical

Spoiler

"do we really have the ability to make choices?"

Still a nice, fun, humorous little adventure.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

This sounds interesting. I've never actually installed a mod that wasn't available on steam. Is it simple to do?

 

[ComputerMKII]

I got two endings. Is there anything in this game that hasn't already been said in Metal Gear Solid 2?

 

[Aesius]

A little underwhelmed by this. A neat concept though.

 

[Aon]

This sounds interesting. I've never actually installed a mod that wasn't available on steam. Is it simple to do?

Yeah, you just extract the folder to programfiles/steam/steamapps/sourcemods and then restart steam. The game appears in your library as if you'd just purchased the latest AAA gore fest!

A note to everyone playing, that Author's Commentary thing in the mod's .rar is also not pretentious! Mostly the dude talking about how the game was developed and stuff he noticed playtesting. Interesting as anything

 

[Labombadog]

Really enjoyed it. I can see this turned to an actual game. Felt more like a glimpse of an actual game. Got like 4-5 endings and they were all good.

Def worth a try since you can beat the game in about 1 to 2 minutes.

 

[totowhoa]

Note that you need either Half Life 2 or the Source SDK Base 2007 to play it, as it uses the same assets.

You do not need to own a copy of HL2 in order to play this on the PC. The creator edited the summary post on the site to clarify this: http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-stanley-parable

So, GAF, feel free to check this out even if you don't own HL2. You just need the Source SDK Base 2007

 

[speedpop]

I downloaded it a few days ago but never had the chance to start it up.

 

[HotHamWater]

Great mod, and that's a great trailer as well.

 

[bernardobri]

Can I play mods in OS X? (Having installed HL2, of course...)

 

[Sibylus]

Played it a few days ago, I quite enjoyed it (thoughts).

 

[Roofy]

haha I now understand why everyone on my steam friends list started playing this game I've never heard of. Installing now

 

[chixdiggit]

I really liked this. Love the voice of the main narrator.

 

[Salsa]

well, i had a rather weird experience with this game so far.

Spoiler

at first i did everything opposite to what the narrator told me, then i arrived at the first map of HL2 when you get off the train. After walking forward and through all the game's path, i came to this point where there was no way to continue. I noticed a small black chunk of "missing" map, so i crouched and went through there. The moment i fell the narration stopped, a weird screeching noise was heard and steam closed itself. The game menues became fucked as i could not save/load or even exit the game. I noticed a white light in front of me and started working towards it, once i did i was in the first section of the game again, but with no narration. After a while i started taking the other path until the game suddenly turned into a black screen with nothing going on.

uhhhhhh second playthrough here i come?

im liking it

 

[Exclamation-One]

Is it a philosophical question regarding who will actually install this Desura crap?

I, for one, shall not.

Edit: You don't need to install it. Just click on the 'downloads' section.

Edit 2: Is it truly an edit if no one was around to see it?

 

[vid]

I started to make this thread yesterday, but couldn't decide what I wanted to say. In the end, I guess I'll just say this:

While I enjoyed The Stanley Parable and had fun messing with the choices and getting the different endings (

Spoiler

first ending I got was the one where you get crushed to death

), I couldn't stop thinking about this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of_Qc3fv1fM#t=33s

Man, I love that movie.

 

[EatChildren]

well, i had a rather weird experience with this game so far.

Spoiler

at first i did everything opposite to what the narrator told me, then i arrived at the first map of HL2 when you get off the train. After walking forward and through all the game's path, i came to this point where there was no way to continue. I noticed a small black chunk of "missing" map, so i crouched and went through there. The moment i fell the narration stopped, a weird screeching noise was heard and steam closed itself. The game menues became fucked as i could not save/load or even exit the game. I noticed a white light in front of me and started working towards it, once i did i was in the first section of the game again, but with no narration. After a while i started taking the other path until the game suddenly turned into a black screen with nothing going on.

uhhhhhh second playthrough here i come?

im liking it

Sounds like the narration bugged out there, as you still should have heard some. Everything else was normal though.

That part seems buggy, as I had texture bugs.

 

[gdt]

Just got two endings, thought it was neat. I'll probably go back tomorrow and get more.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Got all the endings. So good!

 

[Salsa]

Sounds like the narration bugged out there, as you still should have heard some. Everything else was normal though.

That part seems buggy, as I had texture bugs.

yup, i got some texture bugs as well

the game also has terrible draw distance and LOD for some reason. Textures are shit when im 10 meters away from them, then i take one step and they appear fine, heh.

Then again, none of this affects the point of the game whatsoever.

 

[Daigoro]

Cltr+F
Art

Okay, good so far.

SIGH

 

[Max]

Because your avatar is Gunther i'll check it out

Never been into these artsy mods, like that one where you look at stars, terrible.

 

[fresquito]

Interesting experience (wouldn't call it a game). Too bad the most interesting ending is the first I went through!

 

[Sinatar]

That was pretty cool. Found 6 endings in all.

 

[AwesomeSauce]

Just played through 3 times and got 3 different endings.

Great stuff. Helped that I started the game knowing absolutely nothing about it other than just play it.

 

[Zomba13]

Ok. Am I doing this right?
Not to spoil anything but I closed the first door you get and it won't open (I didn't leave the room) then on a reload did what I was told and the door at the end of this room won't open.

 

[Sai-kun]

Definitely going to check this out in the morning

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Is the music licensed or is their some fair use law that let them use some of this stuff?