Hero Prinny
Member
id get it but i don't want game of thrones, just the borderlands one and I'm sure i can get that cheaper than 10.50 by the time it comes out
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STEAM | August 2015 - Three versions of Windows since the last Half-Life
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Yep! $10 for a full Borderlands game, no matter how recycled it feels, isn't bad at all.
Everyone excited for all these undercooked, shallow AAA games and I'm sitting here looking at some very compelling indies coming down the pike.
Gameplay always beats out marketing budget.
I agree with most of your examples but honestly you don't roleplay in most roleplaying games.
Nah they're both VNs. Stellaris is short for How Stella Got Her Ris Back.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Steam Support, Steam support never changes.
Got GoT + TftB + JP + Poker night 1&2 for 14. A damn fine price.
Game of thrones isnt worth downloading if you never watched more than the first season of the series, right?
Game of thrones isnt worth downloading if you never watched more than the first season of the series, right?
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Poker Night 2 --MB-FE06A460BDD6B28C- Taken by Zero-Crescent. 7 entrants total.
Poker Night at the Inventory --MB-209EDEF9E38929F1- Taken by PLASTICA-MAN. 1 entrants total.
Leafhopper
Banned
MOBA is nebulous though. Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, litterally means nothing and it really doesn't require what you listed. You are just conditioned for it to mean games like Dota or League. For peat sake you had Eurogamer call Splatoon a Moba, and at the time I laughed but, the term MOBA really can be a part of that. Heck Call of Duty and old Arena shooters are also Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas. I guess the more modern definition of it is the stuff you listed though. I still don't agree with the use of the word most of the time but, you are right. It does work for Gigantic. I just think it has a certain stigma attached to it so certain people that may like it might be driven away.
Okay fair point. I was mainly thinking about movement in those games. As you right click to move and you have to keep clicking to move usually. Not to mention the UI, that's more of the fact that Dota started off as an RTS game mod though. That said Gigantic is controlled using WASD, the camera is behind the character and you have to move and aim like a third person shooter. I just see them as 2 different things.
Oh no, it bombed. It bombed so horribly that if I was the dev i'd give it for free as well so those horrible numbers can be forgotten.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Did it at least do well on the WiiU?
Hm, I might have to check it out then!
Baron_Calamity
Member
I liked the first one way more but that was just the characters I like better. They are about the same quality as far as a poker game.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
There's a few improvements to the mechanics, but I feel like your level of enjoyment will depend greatly on which game has the personalities you prefer more. The biggest change between 1 and 2 is more dynamic interactions and environments. Characters are a bit more aware of each other, and sequences play out with much more dramatic flair. In Poker Night 1, conversations are a bit more subdued in the action on screen.
The playroom can also be changed completely in Poker Night 2, whereas in 1, the most customization you could do was change the card deck and play tables' themes.
We never need anything. But do you want it? And most importantly, will you play them?
NOPE. I hoard digital games in my cheeks like a chipmunk.
Can't we just agree that yes, the people who fix Bethesda's games ought to be compensated, but no, making paid mods means the Steam Workshop is going to be so bloated with shit that you'll think you were browsing a mobile app store?
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
The only Telltale game I'm missing on Steam is Game of Thrones and
I've never even seen a full episode of the show.
But Tales From the Borderlands is great and everyone should buy it, even if you don't like Borderlands games.
despite my Momoa man-crush
But Tales From the Borderlands is great and everyone should buy it, even if you don't like Borderlands games.
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Helldorado --MB-E81A8AC5099815BC- Taken by Mikaju. 10 entrants total.
Squarelands --MB-244DE51AA03CC000- Taken by Stumpokapow. 4 entrants total.
Dustoff Heli Rescue --MB-F73F381E1B152763- Taken by S1n1st3r. 5 entrants total.
A Story About My Uncle --MB-1180C0F8688D2405- Taken by fspm. 18 entrants total.
Not the Robots --MB-1064CBAC2DC193E7- Taken by Stronghammer22. 1 entrants total.
Immune --MB-FD54F3A71704D6C6- Taken by Sheik. 5 entrants total.
Bermuda --MB-0DBFBF40133B9D4B- Taken by Purkake4. 4 entrants total.
Shin Samurai Jazz --MB-CC7AA9A45011B258- Taken by Hektor. 1 entrants total.
Poker Night at the Inventory --MB-F3EFDDB0284781EF- Taken by Widdly Scuds. 4 entrants total.
Beatbuddy Tale of the Guardians --MB-D38441F8BEEB8C82- Taken by gaiadyne. 1 entrants total.
The UnderGarden --MB-C6F2C84766C2C255- Taken by Haunted. 2 entrants total.
Freedom Fall --MB-81EC6E92E151D8E3- Taken by gurm3n. 3 entrants total.
Greed Black Border --MB-9AEE8677121C122B- Taken by lindarasta. 1 entrants total.
Viktor --MB-5116867548B493FE- Taken by Vlad. 7 entrants total.
Bad Rats --
- Taken by JawmuncherMB-69AE892A5B575731- Taken by SalsaShark
Strata --MB-C7B128BFAFEEB747- Taken by anastef. 1 entrants total.
Dark Raid --MB-1B4B7A73E0366D43- Taken by Kifimbo. 2 entrants total.
Make it Indie --MB-E9B4461CFE6B94A5- Taken by Belgarion. 3 entrants total.
Abyss Raiders Uncharted --MB-13D1EE811C3C41DB- Taken by drakaenae. 2 entrants total.
8-Bit Adventures The Forgotten Journey --MB-6A5BCEEC87489E0F- Taken by LordCommanderNooooo. 2 entrants total.
Governor of Poker 2 Premium Edition --MB-F4D9CBDE85212A59- Taken by princegumby. 2 entrants total.
Stellar 2D --MB-BC88B0CEEAABF915- Taken by Baron_Calamity. 1 entrants total.
Incognito --MB-991A18350F6C27CF- Taken by fuzzy123. 3 entrants total.
Poker Night 2 --MB-0685DBB9BBDD088B- Taken by someguyinahat. 17 entrants total.
Amygdala --MB-E8E47BB911996065- Taken by nightstorm. 3 entrants total.
Dead Bits -- MB-36E9492D055405CB
Zafehouse Diaries --MB-3A0BB7691C6A460F- Taken by bkw. 4 entrants total.
Bad Rats #2 --MB-2472AC6070AD3D72- Taken by fertygo
Monster Loves You! --MB-6F60FDF45BBE166E- Taken by Kurt Russell. 6 entrants total.
Cold Contract --MB-2FD44503BC8CE7BD- Taken by Eila. 2 entrants total.
Strategic War in Europe --MB-1C9A3E48AF59D537- Taken by xGreg. 2 entrants total.
Crimsonland --MB-C698B38C44918490- Taken by iosefe. 6 entrants total.
Chernobyl Commando --MB-2437C6F306B88B5F- Taken by NingenJanai. 2 entrants total.
Power-Up --MB-2ED544FAF82AB9B1- Taken by Mixed2k. 1 entrants total.
Desert Thunder --MB-D6A64898D75604D9- Taken by jgalat. 2 entrants total.
Sentinel --MB-65F4182241C474C7- Taken by Vuze. 2 entrants total.
Boot Hill Heroes --MB-1576BDB6D0E770FD- Taken by darkchewie. 7 entrants total.
Fotonica --MB-B11E3F5C260D0DBF- Taken by XDDX. 8 entrants total.
Shiny the Firefly --MB-5F40BECEDCF53236- Taken by Blu(e). 1 entrants total.
Ravensword Shadowlands --MB-A59618E4C819982F- Taken by Tenrius
CT Special Forces Fire for Effect --MB-3B1402DEC2E749A8- Taken by Javier23. 2 entrants total.
Seep UNiverse --MB-A0272D82D2133F19- Taken by Saty. 3 entrants total.
Hyper Fighters --MB-9BC3A21B6D258A94- Taken by xGreg. 4 entrants total.
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West --MB-86FD2E9118AEDA36- Taken by SSPssp. 1 entrants total.
Namariel Legends Iron Lord Premium Edition --MB-34D03901AFEEC111- Taken by someguyinahat. 2 entrants total.
Poof --MB-6245AE45F7C8C485- Taken by Loptous. 1 entrants total.
Storm over the Pacific #2 --MB-F3F8C5581802DFAE- Taken by Belgarion
Crow --MB-4E2DAC6777BA51BF- Taken by rainking187. 2 entrants total.
An Imp? A Fiend! --MB-E82F9597F03BA255- Taken by Ozium. 2 entrants total.
Vanguard Princess --MB-0C144C1B8A22C2F2- Taken by fertygo. 1 entrants total.
Chicken Shoot Gold --MB-73262B4934C03AAF- Taken by anastef
One Day for Ched --MB-31567B7F9E0FF98D- Taken by drakaenae. 2 entrants total.
Sea Legends Phantasmal Light Collector's Edition --MB-CC8DA46C495782FE- Taken by drakaenae. 3 entrants total.
Unhack --MB-4796219C7ED229FF- Taken by dot. 2 entrants total.
samurai_jazz --MB-F4FDF2058322C105- Taken by trailmix16. 1 entrants total.
Damnation --MB-0661492CBFC581A2- Taken by Chreznor. 1 entrants total.
Godus --MB-D8F02FF6554F6924- Taken by Popstar. 5 entrants total.
Real Warfare 1242 --MB-6184C733EEDE87B6- Taken by Haunted. 1 entrants total.
Indie Assault --MB-F1A8452E33A5F676- Taken by Hektor. 1 entrants total.
Gun Monkeys -- MB-C77185B3CA869C7C
Undead Shadows --MB-98CC49B6B636AB84- Taken by nightstorm. 1 entrants total.
AIR GUARDIANS --MB-1B54D96A865BABEB- Taken by Hektor
nope , not this year at least
was the one piece price mistake a discount error or price error ?
Leafhopper
Banned
Part of the problem!
My PC is here ^-^. GTX 970, 8GB RAM, i5-4690k, all OverClocked , water cooling...
Did you need the watercooling? I mean unless you are on fire
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LurkerPrime
Member
The 970 will treat you well, BernardoOne.
Momoa's presence is the only thing that's kept me interested in GoT for all these years.
And, no, you guys, don't you dare. GoT's games aren't that bad all things considered.
Momoa's presence is the only thing that's kept me interested in GoT for all these years.
And, no, you guys, don't you dare. GoT's games aren't that bad all things considered.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Nice list of giveaways lego space man.
Anime ruins everything it touches.
Bunch of dicks! Urgh I guess it will be a better game for it *hmph*.
On paper the Nemisis system is brilliant but in practice it really falls quite flat. As we know the game itself is pathetically easy that mashing could be considered a strategy but the Nemisis system thrives on you beating defeated, it's how the Captains are meant to rank up. So if you want to make the game at least somewhat challenging you've got to look at the line up your offered and plan to get killed by a few of them so they can level up and get some of their weaknesses removed but even still then to really have the potential to play the board game you need all the ability unlocks which require a bit of progress in the game. But that requires killing a bunch of Captains and a Warchief so you've cleared a fifth of the board and probably without too much difficulty. So it's almost a couple of hours wasted going back and forth dying on purpose, completing the story missions, resting to get captains you've killed to respawn, making sure not to decap some others so you can alter their strengths and weaknesses etc just to create some sense of challenge. And then when you get on to the second map the whole thing resets. Also by this time you've got most of the moves and can pretty much take on a group of 30 at any one given time without bother that combat becomes a chore rather than enjoyable.
I'm sure a few tweaks under the hood to make things more difficult, both in damage output and received as well as more varied and opposing strengths and weaknesses for the Captains to mix things up could lift it up somewhat. Maybe have a system that learns from your playstyle. Nothing too complicated but keep track of what weapons and/or powers you use the most, what moves you like to use, powers you combine and spawn in captains that are strong against them so you have to change your strategy and not do the same thing over and over again (needs careful balance though but some fucker will complain regardless). But I guess that's for the sequel!
Bunch of dicks! Urgh I guess it will be a better game for it *hmph*.
On paper the Nemisis system is brilliant but in practice it really falls quite flat. As we know the game itself is pathetically easy that mashing could be considered a strategy but the Nemisis system thrives on you beating defeated, it's how the Captains are meant to rank up. So if you want to make the game at least somewhat challenging you've got to look at the line up your offered and plan to get killed by a few of them so they can level up and get some of their weaknesses removed but even still then to really have the potential to play the board game you need all the ability unlocks which require a bit of progress in the game. But that requires killing a bunch of Captains and a Warchief so you've cleared a fifth of the board and probably without too much difficulty. So it's almost a couple of hours wasted going back and forth dying on purpose, completing the story missions, resting to get captains you've killed to respawn, making sure not to decap some others so you can alter their strengths and weaknesses etc just to create some sense of challenge. And then when you get on to the second map the whole thing resets. Also by this time you've got most of the moves and can pretty much take on a group of 30 at any one given time without bother that combat becomes a chore rather than enjoyable.
I'm sure a few tweaks under the hood to make things more difficult, both in damage output and received as well as more varied and opposing strengths and weaknesses for the Captains to mix things up could lift it up somewhat. Maybe have a system that learns from your playstyle. Nothing too complicated but keep track of what weapons and/or powers you use the most, what moves you like to use, powers you combine and spawn in captains that are strong against them so you have to change your strategy and not do the same thing over and over again (needs careful balance though but some fucker will complain regardless). But I guess that's for the sequel!
The latter. The Steam AU price on the post-release sub for the standard edition was $0.69 instead of $69.99.
Mad Max pre-load should be up on Steam today
https://twitter.com/AvalancheSweden/status/637326798687047681
https://twitter.com/AvalancheSweden/status/637326798687047681
derExperte
Member
New Cuphead gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgkQKqp9pwE
Aka the PC that MGSV keys built.
Awesome, spares me having to decide sooner or later if I want to buy it cheap again despite 'owning' it already through PS+.
My PC is here ^-^. GTX 970, 8GB RAM, i5-4690k, all OverClocked , water cooling...
Aka the PC that MGSV keys built.
Awesome, spares me having to decide sooner or later if I want to buy it cheap again despite 'owning' it already through PS+.
Processor and GPU OverClocked, gotta play it safe! Really silent as well, which is a big plusDid you need the watercooling? I mean unless you are on fire
Nice.
My PC is here ^-^. GTX 970, 8GB RAM, i5-4690k, all OverClocked , water cooling...
Did you order a pre-built?
Did you need the watercooling? I mean unless you are on fire
GPU cooling is much more efficient under water, especially for SLI, on top of being significantly quieter.
someguyinahat
Member
Nice giveaway, Super Inframan...too bad we can't need roll and greed roll on those. "I really want these two awesome games...this lesser known game might be cool, but nobody else might enter for that one..."
Nyteshade517
Member
My PC is here ^-^. GTX 970, 8GB RAM, i5-4690k, all OverClocked , water cooling...
congrats...October will be 1 year for me having this PC and getting into PC gaming and I have to admit since then my console use has lessened considerably
Thats correct
Was my friend's computer, he had for like 4 months and barely played anything other than League of Legends. He's moving out later in the year to other country and so he sold me the computer at a nice discount
Leafhopper
Banned
Processor and GPU OverClocked, gotta play it safe! Really silent as well, which is a big plus
I didn't know it made things quieter as well. Never had water cooling. I just watch my temps hard and make sure its well ventilated. Then again I don't OC my CPU so that might be why.
Fixed the clean Win 10 install!
- physically took out the other hard drives
- unplugged from ethernet / took out wifi antenna (no internet okay?)
- format and partition C drive via a live linux distro (hiren cd)
- before installing loading the AMD AHCP driver (general) from USB key
- once finally got to the desktop (again), installed chipset AND usb drivers, checking drivers for every item in the device manager
- once a bit of testing (no more BSOD), installed nvidia driver and put back the others hdds
- reboot again, then back to internet for updates
Only downside, sice I had to take a few shots to understand what was killing each installation, that probably put my product key on hold; contacted microsoft and very kindly they asked me to wait at least 2/3 days (I suppose work days, so I won't hassle them on Monday wondering why it's still not activated).
Yay! Now back to the reinstalling game!
Maybe I'm late, but there's Stasis on Nuuvem! If you're into point & click adventures with superb atmosphere, you should at least check it out
- physically took out the other hard drives
- unplugged from ethernet / took out wifi antenna (no internet okay?)
- format and partition C drive via a live linux distro (hiren cd)
- before installing loading the AMD AHCP driver (general) from USB key
- once finally got to the desktop (again), installed chipset AND usb drivers, checking drivers for every item in the device manager
- once a bit of testing (no more BSOD), installed nvidia driver and put back the others hdds
- reboot again, then back to internet for updates
Only downside, sice I had to take a few shots to understand what was killing each installation, that probably put my product key on hold; contacted microsoft and very kindly they asked me to wait at least 2/3 days (I suppose work days, so I won't hassle them on Monday wondering why it's still not activated).
Yay! Now back to the reinstalling game!
Maybe I'm late, but there's Stasis on Nuuvem! If you're into point & click adventures with superb atmosphere, you should at least check it out
Played us like a fiddle.Aka the PC that MGSV keys built.
The Dear Leader
Banned
When GOTY comes around let's all remember how Konami made us wait until launch to download our games.
MGSV IS DOOMED I SAY
Fuck. With all the graphical enhancements of recent years, your tessellations and chromatic abortions and whatnot, its fucking Cuphead of all things that has really blown me away with how good it looks.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/bundle/telltalegames/
Game of Thrones & Tales from Borderlands come out to pretty cheap if you bundle Poker Night/400 Days with them.
Holy shit. BOMBA!
These 5 Telltale games were all in my wish list.
Haven't bought a game since end of 2014. Let's let the discipline slide for one second!
My PC is here ^-^. GTX 970, 8GB RAM, i5-4690k, all OverClocked , water cooling...
Congratulations!!!! ^___^
Now the hard task to choose a few games for testing purpose
Wok
Member
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/bundle/telltalegames/
Game of Thrones & Tales from Borderlands come out to pretty cheap if you bundle Poker Night/400 Days with them.
Holly Molly
derExperte
Member
It doesn't necessarily since the pump makes noise and the heat has to go somewhere. Air cooling has become extremely efficient so water cooling isn't very useful in most scenarios.
Well Cuphead has CA in spades.
you could like turn it around then. do you roleplay in every rpg? like mmorpgs? do you really roleplay in skyrim? or final fantasy? or whatever
if u sit and think none of the genres are like perfect fits, but that doesn't mean there isn't a use for them
if i'm talking to my friend and i want to explain a game to her i'm like, "well, it's a rpg, i dunno if you played old squaresoft ps1 games but it's sort of like that. yeah with turn based combat. yeah like ff7 and xenogears and stuff". that's how a conversation usually goes, and starting from genre is useful for me and when someone showed me awesomenauts and was like well it's like a sidescrolly shooter moba and i booted it up and saw there were turrets and minions and champions i was like, sure i get what this is
so yeah, don't assign too much value to them, but they're useful
like review scores
i mean, it's a word, words change with time and they might not make all that much sense anymore but it's not really a big deal to be annoyed about. yeah, the term's stupid, but who cares
the stigma thing is also an interesting thing to discuss cos like for understandable reasons ppl are turned off mobas (huge barrier of entry, shitty communities, insane time sinks), but u know, at the same time the genre (or at least league) is insanely popular so obviously there's something to it that shouldn't be so easily dismissed
i think the stigma is more up to moba makers to be more inviting and fix up their shitty tutorials (actually doto's reborn tutorial was pretty decent, at worst a bit too slow for me, at least coming from league) and clean up their communities
but the word is useful, u say moba and u mean the things i listed above and that gives you a rough idea of what you're getting into, even if the word is dumb
i mean, diablo works like that and u wouldn't call diablo an rts would u :>
also i think smite is also controlled with wasd keys, as is awesomenauts
in any case, they're more like action rpgs with strategy elements, something like that. mobas take elements from a billion genres which is part of what makes them so cool
BoosterDuck
Banned
Justin Bieber is back along with Big Boss
Half-Life 3 imminent?
Half-Life 3 imminent?
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
My full review of Fran Bow.
Fran Bow Steam Store Page
Fran Bow is the story of the game's titular little girl who, at the start of the game, experiences the death of her parents and is stuffed away into a mental institution. Fran is determined to get out of the loony bin and meet up with her cat, Mr. Midnight, who she is convinced will help guide her and form a new life with her beloved Aunt Grace. However, some form of shadowy demon warns her to stay in the mad house, for if she leaves he will hunt her down, and do worse things than she could ever imagine. The game's got clever writing, interesting characters (with Fran Bow's childish yet twisted thought-process and approach to things stealing the show), mixed with interesting imagery, thoughtful but not entirely too difficult puzzles, a gripping story with themes of psychological horror, satanism, and cult behaviors, the twistedness of children, and real horror ranging from pedophilia to the history of mental care.
Fairly early in the game you get a jar of pills, which lets you switch at anytime between the 'real' world, and a twisted gorey world full of shadow monsters. Sometimes switching between these worlds provides interesting symbolism and visual imagery, but at other moments it can be crucial to progress. As the game goes on, it becomes questionable if this other world is truly just a hallucination, as things done in one world seem to effect the other.
Depending on how much you take to exploring and getting through puzzles, I'd estimate the game at around 7-12 hours long. They switch up locales and some gameplay stuff enough to keep things interesting, between the 5 chapters you visit 7 different 'main' locales, and four of those locations have two different versions of the location to travel between (and the fifth one has four different versions of itself). In-between main locations, there are often some optional mini-games, which you can skip if you wish but I found most to be a joy. Minor spoiler, but my personal favorite of the mini-games being a nicely timed Frogger reference,
Music is worth mentioning, it is very stylistic with some tracks sticking out, with some melodic tones and synth sounds mixed in. There's no voice acting, but the ambiance sounds are good and captivating. Presentation also gets high marks for some nice animation, visual flair, detail, and some stylization in certain scenes (like the storybook maze scene).
High recommendation if you want a twisted point'n'click. The game isn't scare-your-pants-off terrifying, but there were a few scenes that made me jump, a few kind of chilling and disturbing moments, a sort of grotesque fairy tale feel that resonates most of the game. While I think reflecting I might like the first half of the game a bit more than the second half, it's a fairly paced title worth playing through to the end, and can be an absolutely engrossing experience. Lead by interesting characters is a bit less interesting but still engaging story, excellent writing, great presentation style and audio, and capturing the perfect tone of a twisted little girl's mind in a just as, if not more, twisted horrific world. Fran Bow will most certainly become one of the greats in horror point'n'clicks, it's not perfect and without saying too much, while not an abrupt ending it kind of feels like a sequel hook, but it is entirely worth playing and is a macabre little girl's journey that's twist, turns, and cross-world traveling is more than worth experiencing.
Steam Review Link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/AestheticGamer/recommended/362680/
Fran Bow Steam Store Page
Fran Bow is the story of the game's titular little girl who, at the start of the game, experiences the death of her parents and is stuffed away into a mental institution. Fran is determined to get out of the loony bin and meet up with her cat, Mr. Midnight, who she is convinced will help guide her and form a new life with her beloved Aunt Grace. However, some form of shadowy demon warns her to stay in the mad house, for if she leaves he will hunt her down, and do worse things than she could ever imagine. The game's got clever writing, interesting characters (with Fran Bow's childish yet twisted thought-process and approach to things stealing the show), mixed with interesting imagery, thoughtful but not entirely too difficult puzzles, a gripping story with themes of psychological horror, satanism, and cult behaviors, the twistedness of children, and real horror ranging from pedophilia to the history of mental care.
Fairly early in the game you get a jar of pills, which lets you switch at anytime between the 'real' world, and a twisted gorey world full of shadow monsters. Sometimes switching between these worlds provides interesting symbolism and visual imagery, but at other moments it can be crucial to progress. As the game goes on, it becomes questionable if this other world is truly just a hallucination, as things done in one world seem to effect the other.
Depending on how much you take to exploring and getting through puzzles, I'd estimate the game at around 7-12 hours long. They switch up locales and some gameplay stuff enough to keep things interesting, between the 5 chapters you visit 7 different 'main' locales, and four of those locations have two different versions of the location to travel between (and the fifth one has four different versions of itself). In-between main locations, there are often some optional mini-games, which you can skip if you wish but I found most to be a joy. Minor spoiler, but my personal favorite of the mini-games being a nicely timed Frogger reference,
Music is worth mentioning, it is very stylistic with some tracks sticking out, with some melodic tones and synth sounds mixed in. There's no voice acting, but the ambiance sounds are good and captivating. Presentation also gets high marks for some nice animation, visual flair, detail, and some stylization in certain scenes (like the storybook maze scene).
High recommendation if you want a twisted point'n'click. The game isn't scare-your-pants-off terrifying, but there were a few scenes that made me jump, a few kind of chilling and disturbing moments, a sort of grotesque fairy tale feel that resonates most of the game. While I think reflecting I might like the first half of the game a bit more than the second half, it's a fairly paced title worth playing through to the end, and can be an absolutely engrossing experience. Lead by interesting characters is a bit less interesting but still engaging story, excellent writing, great presentation style and audio, and capturing the perfect tone of a twisted little girl's mind in a just as, if not more, twisted horrific world. Fran Bow will most certainly become one of the greats in horror point'n'clicks, it's not perfect and without saying too much, while not an abrupt ending it kind of feels like a sequel hook, but it is entirely worth playing and is a macabre little girl's journey that's twist, turns, and cross-world traveling is more than worth experiencing.
Steam Review Link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/AestheticGamer/recommended/362680/
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