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The Unfinished Swan |OT| Paint your own Journey !
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Canis lupus
Member
I have no idea who he is.
If you see a review on metacritic for any good game that has absurdly low scores rest assured that it has been reviewed by Tom Chick
No need. Pretty easy to find with the appropriate toy. Let it be your first purchase so you can collect most of them in your first playthrough.
While I did finish it in a little under two hours, I got another 90mins out of balloon hunting.Looks great but... $15 for a 2 hour game... I'll wait for a real sale. sighI just can't support this kind of entertainment to dollar ratio in gaming
Looks great but... $15 for a 2 hour game... I'll wait for a real sale. sigh
If you're measuring your games as "entertainment to dollar ratio" you're doing it wrong.
boutrosinit
Street Fighter IV World Champion
When journalists use the phrase "tour de force" they have no fucking idea what they are talking about.
Also, is there a demo yet? The mixed reviews put me off.
Also, is there a demo yet? The mixed reviews put me off.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
I'm stuck at the
I feel dumb
beginning of the labyrinth. No clue what to do here. Only dead ends around the closed portal with the crown on top...
I feel dumb
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
In general I agree, but there are obviously limits to that philosophy. For example, a game would have to be better than any game I've ever played by a wide margin to be worth 60 dollars for 1 hour. No such game exists for me as far as I know. Because valuation is subjective, there are surely people for whom 2 hours of game cannot possibly be worth 15 dollars to them. Seems fair to me.
It's not closed...I'm stuck at thebeginning of the labyrinth. No clue what to do here. Only dead ends around the closed portal with the crown on top...
I feel dumb
I think the asking price is a bit much. The game is very short, even if you collect everything it is still quite short.
The gameplay however is original and interesting. Going though levels having to 'feel' your way through with paint is an interesting experience. I could see a similar game using echolocation represented by waves to get the same effect.
The third chapter is very clever, reminds me a lot of
. The game really makes you go 'Wow!'. The level design is clever and uses the mechanics well.
Reminds me a lot of Portal 2, lots of interesting gameplay mechanics that aren't elaborated on enough especially
. The game could of been so much longer and still interesting, but I appreciate this is from a small team.
Some of the balloons are deviously hidden, but as said earlier a toy helps a lot with them. I would also say that with a DS3 you can just tap any 2 of the shoulder buttons quickly (Like R1 + R2) and you will get rapid fire without having to buy the hose.
It is a nice arty game that you play for the experience, it is refreshing and original. I do think the asking price is too much but it is very well made. I look forward to whats next from Giant Sparrow.
The gameplay however is original and interesting. Going though levels having to 'feel' your way through with paint is an interesting experience. I could see a similar game using echolocation represented by waves to get the same effect.
The third chapter is very clever, reminds me a lot of
Q.U.B.E.
Reminds me a lot of Portal 2, lots of interesting gameplay mechanics that aren't elaborated on enough especially
when you add in things like the invisible steps at the end of the prototype level
Some of the balloons are deviously hidden, but as said earlier a toy helps a lot with them. I would also say that with a DS3 you can just tap any 2 of the shoulder buttons quickly (Like R1 + R2) and you will get rapid fire without having to buy the hose.
It is a nice arty game that you play for the experience, it is refreshing and original. I do think the asking price is too much but it is very well made. I look forward to whats next from Giant Sparrow.
Yeah that's a good way of putting it. I enjoyed the game; hell, i think i enjoyed it as much as Journey, if not more, on a pure gameplay scale. But the story was crap. Didn't really make any sense and had nowhere near the emotional connection as Journey. Not that it was supposed to, of course, but still.
And i loved the
Journey reference
Goldenroad
Member
I don't view Journey as having much of a story either. It was an emotional...journey, for sure, but I don't know if there was anything even resembling a plot or any kind of character development or so forth. Does this game actually have a story, or is it along the same lines?
The strangest thing about that was a few days ago, I went back and finished Datura, and at the end of that game
you see your PSN avatar in a mirror, and my PSN avatar is that same reincarnation mountain
I also didn't like the start of Act 3, but found the rest of it to be the best of the game.
Heart of Black
Member
Wow, bitching about 15 bucks for a 2 hour game? I must be an idiot for paying 14 to see a movie then...
So interested in this, will have to hold off just because well, I'm broke & I still haven't even started Tokyo Jungle.
So interested in this, will have to hold off just because well, I'm broke & I still haven't even started Tokyo Jungle.
Just played the first chapter. Feeling pretty underwhelmed. Let's see where this goes...
Edit: Wow. The second chapter is pretty excellent. Lots of cool Nintendo-esque whimsy going on. Also makes me wonder what would have happened if the Katamari guy had the chance to make his first-person game.
Edit: Wow. The second chapter is pretty excellent. Lots of cool Nintendo-esque whimsy going on. Also makes me wonder what would have happened if the Katamari guy had the chance to make his first-person game.
Heh that's pretty cool, i never actually finished Datura.
And yeah, the start of Chapter 3 seems very... i dunno. It changes the mechanics a bit too much for my liking. And it's weird to suddenly be very limited in where you can go
having to stay in the light and having to keep the sodding ball rolling in the right direction...and trying to keep up with it when it rolls off down a hill
OldJadedGamer
Banned
Demo? Btw, OT's reallly need to have it in the OP if there is a demo or not.
No. But the download is a trial and unlock so...
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
There's more than one.
It´s a really great game.. the first chapter did nothing for me.. it was more boring than fun. But from chapter 2 and untill the end I LOVED IT.. especially the last chapter was perfect for me.. such a nice way to end a game..
will make a review later today.. (for some strange reason we only got the review code a couple of days ago)..
will make a review later today.. (for some strange reason we only got the review code a couple of days ago)..
Raitosaito
Member
I'll believe it when I try it
Awesome. I just finished the first couple of levels and am not really hooked on it. I was worried this game might just not be for me but I'll definitely keep playing. :
You mean you feel motion sickness? Try with Move. Camera moves less and you can splat the environment more broadly without too much effort.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
CepPyBoy said:
You should stick with it/
I only found motion-sickness to be an issue on the first chapter, chapter 2 was fine.
Not played past that yet, but am really impressed so far, both in a gameplay/mood sense, and technically. Its really quite clever in an understated way, the paint splatter
and the growing vines
Looking forward to finishing it later.
I reached my threshold. Went so far that my stomach began churning and I felt really dizzy. Some of the effects also felt jarring, I was at the
. Good game Im sure but defiintely not one for me, glad I supported it though. I like Giant Sparrow and look forward to their next game, and it's not like I liked TGC first title either despite being quite interesting.
vine growing part where it just looked off, and I noticed slow downs and such
Really? I only saw one
the one on the moon
As i said earlier, it definitely does from a gameplay POV, for me anyway. Story-wise, no.
There's plenty of variety
OccamsBlender
Member
All over this like white on rice. Amazing visual style, innovative intriguing and fun-looking gameplay, someone at Sony had an eye for quality.
Don't worry about that. Games pulls something new out of the hat every 10 minutes or so. It's the opposite of repetitive.