Yeah, that was the same one I was griping about.
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The Swapper |OT| that other new indie game jon blow loves
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Stallion Free
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Damn, I don't know if I could have pumped an hour into a single puzzle without wanting to give up. I feel fortunate with that puzzle that it clicked pretty quickly.
Maybe if it was exclusive to one console the thread would be larger.
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OT tag that will turn some people off who think Blow is pretentious.
I'm not sure if it helps or hurts the thread overall. I'm kind of indifferent towards Blow and Braid, but it was his name that made me notice the thread, which then convinced me to buy the game.
Completed it yesterday, a very beautiful, atmospheric game. This game has some of the nicest textures I've seen, everything looks tangible. One of the puzzles at the excavation asteroid baffled me for an hour, I've never felt so dumb. Then when it was solved the solution seemed so obvious and simple.
I'm gonna replay this on my TV & surround setup, and look for the hidden rooms this time. Too bad the game doesn't have controller support, hopefully Xpadder will do the trick.
This is actually a good point. The thread title/tag is weird and people might not click for that reason.
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I vote for |OT| Not your average Clonevania, but I'm biased
I don't have a problem with Blow at all, but I did have a sour taste in my mouth after reading it. I know there are plenty people who don't like Braid and enough people who would get turned off on the idea that "oh, an indie circle jerk, gross"
Strickland
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Not having controller support made me cancel my purchase.
Joe Molotov
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Haha, yeah. I think that one was the hardest for me.
Edit: Or this one.
Can someone please clue me in on how to solve this room? I run out of clones and can't figure out how to get rid of one. Any clues?
Those were the two that made my head hurt the most.
Finished the game in 5 hours, was made to think this game would be more like 10. Either way this game was fucking fantastic, really fucking fantastic. Worth every penny.
Only found 2 puzzles that really confounded me for extended periods of time. So many things done so well with this game, voice acting, atmosphere, aesthetic, puzzle design, story, what more could you want?
Only found 2 puzzles that really confounded me for extended periods of time. So many things done so well with this game, voice acting, atmosphere, aesthetic, puzzle design, story, what more could you want?
Anything beyond 124 orbs?
I was surprised too when I beat it in 4 hours after Patrick from Giant Bomb has said he was 5 hours in during the quicklook. Though I've seen plenty of people say 7+ hours as well. Regardless it was worth it, best puzzle game I've played since Antichamber.
Found myself yelling "Fuckin' A!!" a lot after finally solving most of the later puzzles
The_Darkest_Red
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Played about 2 hours of this last night, I'm absolutely loving it so far. The puzzles are just the right difficulty and I appreciate how some of them require some dexterity to get just right. The atmosphere and presentation in general is top notch, and they kind of give the game a Dead Space vibe to me (oddly enough).
I can't wait to see what else this one has in store for me. I'd be surprised if this game doesn't eventually end up on other platforms.
I can't wait to see what else this one has in store for me. I'd be surprised if this game doesn't eventually end up on other platforms.
Beautiful screenshots. God this game is stunning. I just want to reach out and brush my hand across some of the textures.
I added this to my wish list after watching about 2 minutes of the GB quick look.
Hello hello!
Having a technical issues I was hoping someone could help with.
The game boots just fine, the menu(s) looks fine, but whenever I go into the game everything is VERY VERY green... at first I thought it was supposed to be this way. But after about 10 seconds I realized something was seriously awry...
Anyone else had this issue?
Having a technical issues I was hoping someone could help with.
The game boots just fine, the menu(s) looks fine, but whenever I go into the game everything is VERY VERY green... at first I thought it was supposed to be this way. But after about 10 seconds I realized something was seriously awry...
Anyone else had this issue?
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I didn't have the issue, but try switching to windowed mode and potentially turning off depth of field or some of the other video settings to see if one of those is causing it.
Haven't got any problems as well. Maybe try to update your GPU drivers, this usually helps.
OK, yeah I'll probably take another look when I get back to my desktop tonite.
FYI I did a little Googling around and found I'm not the only one with this type of issue as you can see in this list:
http://crashwiki.com/fixes-for-swap...npinkblue-screen-controller-support-and-more/
Although I have no idea what this means:
FYI I did a little Googling around and found I'm not the only one with this type of issue as you can see in this list:
http://crashwiki.com/fixes-for-swap...npinkblue-screen-controller-support-and-more/
Although I have no idea what this means:
Any ideas? I'm on Windows XP.
I assume updating graphics drivers didn't help? Can you control it enough to change to windowed mode, or turn any effects like DOF off?
I wish I had more ideas. I'd be stuck googling if I were in your situation.
YianGaruga
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Hmm, I was wondering about how to select which display adapter to use for an .exe, and Google lead me to this solution for a different game:
You never get more abilities.
forgeforsaken
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No new skills. You can get rid of clones by either touching them with the one you are controlling or having them fall to their death. You will need to use both those things to solve several puzzles.
Yeah I realized I was just being stupid, solved the ones I had trouble with. Just solved the 4 switches one, that took a bit of maneuvering to be sure. I figured out what I had to do pretty quickly and getting there took about 10-15 minutes. How many orbs are there? Answer in spoilers please. I have
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By "know what to do" I mean
I realized I had to trap one clone with the orb, then stand on the four switches with my remaining 4 dudes. Trapping one clone took a few minutes. Then I had to figure out that I had to get one clone of each gravity orientation to stand right above/below each other on one switch, then clone them onto each other switch, then jump to kill one to be able to cover the last switch.
Ick, that was one of about five rooms that I ended up using a guide to solve. I thought the difficulty curve was pretty good through most of the game, but towards the end it ramped up like crazy, to the point where even watching the solutions on youtube was making my head hurt.
Wow, it looks great with the DOF switched off! Can't believe I never thought to try that, might have to jump back in and take a look.
That's not how I did it. You stand in the middle, on the right side of the gravity changing mechanism, create clone on the top left switch. Then flip upside down, do the same with bottom left switch, move to the left as far as you can. Create next one on the bottom right. Swap to the top left clone standing above him and jump to erase ceiling clone. What's left to do is to create top right one and fifth one next to the orb
Like I said 10-15 seconds.
ichtyander
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I've barely heard about this game and I completed it yesterday, also with
. But I think I missed visiting a couple of rooms.
An absolutely awesome game. The puzzles were extremely fun and sometimes very challenging yet simple. It's pretty much a perfect game, for what it is.
124 orbs
An absolutely awesome game. The puzzles were extremely fun and sometimes very challenging yet simple. It's pretty much a perfect game, for what it is.
HurricaneJesus
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so I started playing this, and had to stop after getting the swap ability. I stopped because this game is beautiful, but you can't slow down and walk. the game calls out to be explore slowly.
so I shoot off an email to the developer. I almost didn't, because years ago when I bought oblivion on 360, I wanted to be able to turn off the HUD, for better immersion, and emailed Bethesda, only to get no response. they then released 5 or more dlc and never included the option.
less than a day later, I get a response saying it is the best feature request they have received, and that it is already in the code, maybe just needing some tweaking. they went on to say that an "ultimate atmosphere update" just might be on the way.
holy shit. they actually read my email and responded, and are probably implementing it.
the game is on hold for me for now, but I am fucking excited for this if it does indeed come.
Indies > big guys
buy this fucking game.
so I shoot off an email to the developer. I almost didn't, because years ago when I bought oblivion on 360, I wanted to be able to turn off the HUD, for better immersion, and emailed Bethesda, only to get no response. they then released 5 or more dlc and never included the option.
less than a day later, I get a response saying it is the best feature request they have received, and that it is already in the code, maybe just needing some tweaking. they went on to say that an "ultimate atmosphere update" just might be on the way.
holy shit. they actually read my email and responded, and are probably implementing it.
the game is on hold for me for now, but I am fucking excited for this if it does indeed come.
Indies > big guys
buy this fucking game.
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Your mistake was thinking that a console release would ever get that kind of feature patched in. The PC version already had that feature with command lines and is always the platform you should buy a game on if you intend to remove a hud.
forgeforsaken
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Jex
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Yeah, that how I solved the 4 button room as well. It's a pretty clean solution.
I bought this while it was on sale a while back but only started playing it tonight - it's fucking awesome. Amazing art and audio (haunting in every way) and absurdly good puzzles. After an hour I had to force myself to stop.
The first time I created a clone in mid-air as a stepping stone to a far off platform without a thought, only to watch his space suited corpse crumple at the bottom of the shaft with a sickening thud, his/my busted suit hissing oxygen... good stuff.
As I said I'm an hour in, so until I learn otherwise I'm going to assume my character is Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier.
The first time I created a clone in mid-air as a stepping stone to a far off platform without a thought, only to watch his space suited corpse crumple at the bottom of the shaft with a sickening thud, his/my busted suit hissing oxygen... good stuff.
As I said I'm an hour in, so until I learn otherwise I'm going to assume my character is Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier.
I played this through to the end after purchasing it and was very impressed. The story was just as deep/interesting as some of its contemporaries and the puzzles were genuinely difficult. Now, I had read in some review that some of the puzzles required some razor sharp accuracy to pass and I was intrigued by this challenge at first but I found this simply wasn't the case. I saw where it might've applied but then I would re-think my approach and the solution would be fairly straightforward and easily repeatable.
The 4-switch puzzle everyone seems to loathe, for example:
What kind of sucked was at the end where
Also, those
The 4-switch puzzle everyone seems to loathe, for example:
This did take me a bit and all my attempted solutions involved "discarding" a character by crushing him with the first block. Something didn't seem right so I thought "I know all 4 have to be standing on a switch" and also noticed that the far switches didn't trigger either of the first 2 blocks, enabling me to use the first block and the wall underneath to get rid of a clone by simply having it walk all the way back to one on the switches. From there it was trivial and actually felt satisfying.
What kind of sucked was at the end where
you were given a choice to swap or stay but once you made your choice you couldn't go back.
messages from home which I feel I discovered by sheer luck.
Just managed to finish. Definitely a game to be digested slowly. I was dreading the four switches puzzle but it turned out fairly simple in the end. Like most of them, I suppose.
Feels good to not have to cheat on any puzzles.
Really good atmosphere and interesting puzzles. Not sure about the story, but it had its moments.
Play this game.
(Regarding the title, if this is the "other" game Jon Blow likes, what was the first? One of the other Indie Fund games?)
Feels good to not have to cheat on any puzzles.
Really good atmosphere and interesting puzzles. Not sure about the story, but it had its moments.
Play this game.
(Regarding the title, if this is the "other" game Jon Blow likes, what was the first? One of the other Indie Fund games?)