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Until Dawn |OT| I know what you'll play this summer

carlsojo

Member
Went to EB Games to pick up my preorder. All was fine except that the staff told me "Good thing you pre-ordered since we didn't get any copy otherwise."

Ha ha WTF Sony? How many copies did you allocate to each store? 0 to 5? And this is EB Games in city area.

Also do you guys self-insert your personality or let each character be their cliche selves?

I don't think they expected it to sell so well. I know my Gamestop sold out very quickly. Great news for Supermassive though that it's selling so well.

As for personality I don't really self-insert, but try to bring out their own natural personalities.
 

ShyMel

Member
Played about four hours of the game so far and I love it! It's exactly what I wanted. So far it seems in first playthrough of the game
around four people are dead.
It's really interesting comparing the previews to my game so far to see the differences. For example in preview videos
when Jess screamed about how she and Mike were going to have sex, she was in just her underwear.
In mine however,
she still screamed the same thing but had clothes on.
 
Just finished it. Had a blast. Only main issue I had were some noticeable framerate drops but nothing too annoying. Seems very replayable, though some scenes I can imagine being kinda boring to play through again.
Ending scene spoilers
I fucked up so hard at the end, I didn't realize having Sam run would blow up the whole fucking cabin. Ended up taking out Mike and Ashley by accident, super pissed.

Also, butterfly effect spoiler regarding Matt:
How do I get Matt to keep the flare gun and not shoot it? I gave it to him as Emily, but then he immediately shot it into the air without giving me a choice. That's the only character death where Im not sure how to fix.
 

jacobeid

Banned
I just finished up with the third chapter.

Wow, I'm really impressed with the game. I can agree with some posters that the backgrounds/camera angles definitely give the game a RE vibe.

Wish I could play more but I have to work tomorrow :(
 

alr1ght

bish gets all the credit :)
I really enjoyed this. If you like Heavy Rain and/or trashy 80s horror movies, try it out.

The camera angles just made me want a new Resident Evil.
 
It's time!

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Just finished it. Had a blast. Only main issue I had were some noticeable framerate drops but nothing too annoying. Seems very replayable, though some scenes I can imagine being kinda boring to play through again.
Ending scene spoilers
I fucked up so hard at the end, I didn't realize having Sam run would blow up the whole fucking cabin. Ended up taking out Mike and Ashley by accident, super pissed.

Also, butterfly effect spoiler regarding Matt:
How do I get Matt to keep the flare gun and not shoot it? I gave it to him as Emily, but then he immediately shot it into the air without giving me a choice. That's the only character death where Im not sure how to fix.

make sure he doesn't see Mike and Emily hugging I think effects that.

3 playthroughs?

requires multiple play throughs im assuming? or easy platinum

Two full, then jumped around alot.
 

Bowler

Member
Holy fuck holy fuck holy fuck holy fuck

after 30 power cycles, 6 hard resets, 2 data rebuilds, and 35 disc changes... the game finally took hold and started the download... I'm now ready for PANT SHITTING.

I've never been so happy for shitting pants ever. From one happy pant shitter to another... it's time to stock up on depends.
 

ANDS

Banned
make sure he doesn't see Mike and Emily hugging I think effects that.

Has to be more than that. I did the above and got the same result. My thinking:

He shoots the Flare Gun because he wants to alert someone, and doing so updates the On The Same Page butterfly affect, so I believe he has to disagree with Emily somehow in what they should be doing, e.g. alerting the authorities or staying put.

He was my one death on a perfect run.

Also I'm laughing at how many hidden trophies I have. Time to try again.
 
Has to be more than that. I did the above and got the same result. My thinking:

He shoots the Flare Gun because he wants to alert someone, and doing so updates the On The Same Page butterfly affect, so I believe he has to disagree with Emily somehow in what they should be doing, e.g. alerting the authorities or staying put.

He was my one death on a perfect run.

Also I'm laughing at how many hidden trophies I have. Time to try again.
What about:
since Matt shoots the flare since he wants to alert someone, can you radio first without getting the flare gun, then he won't think it's necessary to shoot the flare. Or does radio-ing for help automatically trigger the cutscene of the tower falling?
 

Loudninja

Member
Holy fuck holy fuck holy fuck holy fuck

after 30 power cycles, 6 hard resets, 2 data rebuilds, and 35 disc changes... the game finally took hold and started the download... I'm now ready for PANT SHITTING.

I've never been so happy for shitting pants ever. From one happy pant shitter to another... it's time to stock up on depends.
Nice man glad it work out for you. :)
 
So im confused
During the scene where you have to choose between Ashley and Josh dying. I tried to make Ashley die but it simply wont let me, is this supposed to happen?
 

realcZk

Member
So im confused
During the scene where you have to choose between Ashley and Josh dying. I tried to make Ashley die but it simply wont let me, is this supposed to happen?

The same thing happened to me. Not sure if it was the choices I made with Dr. Hill. I picked Ashley to die and it killed Josh. I wonder if I picked Josh if it'd have killed Ashley?
 

SRTtoZ

Member
God damn I want this but I just finished TW3 and am now working on Arkham Knight. Is it worth the full price and is there replayability?
 

Catdaddy

Member
Dis is gonna be fun. Played couple hours tonight, gonna take a half day vacation tomorrow so I try and get a playthrough. Having a blast so far, looking like a genre defining game.
 
Loving the game so far. Got to chapter 5, but sadly I just lost my first character. I had to
choose between Josh and Ashley and chose Ashley
. I can't figure out how to
save them both
. If anyone's done it I'd appreciate the tip for my next playthrough! :)

You can't
.

Played about four hours of the game so far and I love it! It's exactly what I wanted. So far it seems in first playthrough of the game
around four people are dead.
It's really interesting comparing the previews to my game so far to see the differences. For example in preview videos
when Jess screamed about how she and Mike were going to have sex, she was in just her underwear.
In mine however,
she still screamed the same thing but had clothes on.

If you want to know how to
get her to strip
, let me know lol.

Just finished it. Had a blast. Only main issue I had were some noticeable framerate drops but nothing too annoying. Seems very replayable, though some scenes I can imagine being kinda boring to play through again.
Ending scene spoilers
I fucked up so hard at the end, I didn't realize having Sam run would blow up the whole fucking cabin. Ended up taking out Mike and Ashley by accident, super pissed.

Also, butterfly effect spoiler regarding Matt:
How do I get Matt to keep the flare gun and not shoot it? I gave it to him as Emily, but then he immediately shot it into the air without giving me a choice. That's the only character death where Im not sure how to fix.

make sure he doesn't see Mike and Emily hugging I think effects that.

What about:
since Matt shoots the flare since he wants to alert someone, can you radio first without getting the flare gun, then he won't think it's necessary to shoot the flare. Or does radio-ing for help automatically trigger the cutscene of the tower falling?

Answer in spoilers:
First of all, that's crazy, because when I gave the gun to Matt I had a choice. But in order to have Matt survive, you just need to jump to safety (choose Jump twice) instead of trying to save Emily. Emily will always survive the collapse and can still make it out alive as long as she doesn't fail more than one QTE during the Wendigo chase scene later on.

The tower always falls once you radio, and you can't get the gun once the radio scene starts, but the gun is only needed to give you protection later on if you end up falling into the mine (as Matt, the gun is required to save him there) or as Emily (you can use the gun to ward off the Wendigo and not get bit, but you can still survive the chase without the gun).


So im confused
During the scene where you have to choose between Ashley and Josh dying. I tried to make Ashley die but it simply wont let me, is this supposed to happen?

The same thing happened to me. Not sure if it was the choices I made with Dr. Hill. I picked Ashley to die and it killed Josh. I wonder if I picked Josh if it'd have killed Ashley?

You can't change the outcome here. Josh always dies.

God damn I want this but I just finished TW3 and am now working on Arkham Knight. Is it worth the full price and is there replayability?

Absolutely yes to both questions.
 
Concerning Matt
on one of the loss totems, it looks like there is a death that has Matt getting his face smashed in. Anyone know how to trigger this?

Nevermind, just figured it out. Shit that death is brutal. Lol
 
Is there a way to exit the game? I quit using the close application option and then restarted. When aim try to resume I'm sitting at a "Recovering partially installed data" black screen"and it says it can take up to twenty minutes....wtf?
 

jacobeid

Banned
Do your choices with Dr. Hill at the beginning of each chapter affect the way that the game plays out? You can just spoiler tag yes or no :)
 
Concerning Matt
on one of the loss totems, it looks like there is a death that has Matt getting his face smashed in. Anyone know how to trigger this?

Nevermind, just figured it out. Shit that death is brutal. Lol

Please explain!

Is there a way to exit the game? I quit using the close application option and then restarted. When aim try to resume I'm sitting at a "Recovering partially installed data" black screen"and it says it can take up to twenty minutes....wtf?

Did it fully install or did you start playing as soon as it let you?
 
Do your choices with Dr. Hill at the beginning of each chapter affect the way that the game plays out? You can just spoiler tag yes or no :)

It affects what you see in the world, but not the storyline. For example, if you are scared of rats instead of cockroaches, then rats will come out of a dead body instead of cockroaches. Typing that sentence gave me the heebie-jeebies so please stop asking!
 

jacobeid

Banned
It affects what you see in the world, but not the storyline. For example, if you are scared of rats instead of cockroaches, then rats will come out of a dead body instead of cockroaches. Typing that sentence gave me the heebie-jeebies so please stop asking!

Whoa, that's pretty cool. I like this game.
 

mattiewheels

And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I feel like these guys should be giving pointers to Capcom on atmosphere for the RE2 remake. Hell, just let them do it.
 

Linconan

Member
Downloaded this morning, was going to fire it up but decided not too.
Why,
Because i noticed in the Option that you can turn the Playstation 4 camera on so it capture moments/reactions to scenes. heheh
So, i'm going to fire it up tonight, lights out, and my wife tied down next to me with her eyelids taped open, to watch and enjoy. mwhahahhaha

Then i can play it back to my hearts content.
...and probably watch me jump more so,lol, typical.
 

antitrop

Member
2 chapters down, done for the night and chomping at the bit for more. I love the analyst meta angle, really adds a cool layer to everything and I like the Alan Wake-style episodic presentation.

Game is missing the stoner character, though.
 

Leeness

Member
Love this game so far, in chapter 2.
The stupid cupboard baby wolverine got me lol, I screamed

Also lmao the premise is hilarious.

College aged teens in a remote cabin in the woods, which is on possible Indian land, near an abandoned asylum, and on the anniversary of their friends' disappearance, are going to "party like pornstars".

Also the axe is missing.
 

Stiler

Member
I pre ordered this expecting to play and my freaking ps4 controller wouldn't sync up with my ps4 for some reason, it plugs into my pc fine but just won't sync to my ps4.

Does someone know if you plug a ps4 controller into your pc does that "unsync/unpair" it to your ps4? I used to play my ps4 WHILE the controller was plugged into my usb hub (to keep it charged and not have it run out while playing), so just wondering.

Ended up ordering a new longer-cord and controller but have to wait until Thursday for them to get here.
 

kamineko

Does his best thinking in the flying car
I pre ordered this expecting to play and my freaking ps4 controller wouldn't sync up with my ps4 for some reason, it plugs into my pc fine but just won't sync to my ps4.

Does someone know if you plug a ps4 controller into your pc does that "unsync/unpair" it to your ps4? I used to play my ps4 WHILE the controller was plugged into my usb hub (to keep it charged and not have it run out while playing), so just wondering.

Ended up ordering a new longer-cord and controller but have to wait until Thursday for them to get here.

You can try resetting the controller (recessed button on the back)
 

Linconan

Member
I pre ordered this expecting to play and my freaking ps4 controller wouldn't sync up with my ps4 for some reason, it plugs into my pc fine but just won't sync to my ps4.
It knows, you're already dead...


But seriously,
i think just hook the charge cord up when turning it (ps4) on, and then disconnect the cord after turning it off again. Then turn it on with controller. That's how i sync mine when first got and new controllers.
 

Jobbs

Banned
I didn't like Mike at first, mainly because
of his mean prank at the start of the game
, but he grew on me over time. Now I feel a bit bad about
deliberately cockblocking him with Jessica.
 
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