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Until Dawn |OT| I know what you'll play this summer
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properpropaganda
Member
Finished my first playthroughs, got my first deaths in chapter 9. 
was hoping to save everyone. First
How do you
And
death could've been avoidable.
was hoping to save everyone. First
ashley, then Josh, Mike and Sam.
How do you
save Josh in the mines or is it too late at that point?
And
Ashley's
let's go investigate the strange, spooky sound by ourselves.
Did the exact same thing.
It got me because the scene before it was Jessica waking up and starting to wander the mines. I remembered that the Wendigos could mimic humans from Flamethrower guy's journal, but I decided to call the game's bluff because I thought I could save Jess. It scared the shit out of me too.
properpropaganda
Member
Started playing this for the first time with the gf today. We'll probably get another session in in a couple days. Got to the
in... Chapter 3? I think? Whatever 8 hours remaining is.
Gotta say, this game exceeds expectations. I was worried it'd be schlock like Quantic Dreams' games but it's actually kind of amazing. I feel a real sense of control over the events. Even if it's an illusion, at least the illusion is actually there. The mechanics are pretty compelling.
I don't know if this question can be answered without spoilers but I'm curious about the stats/social links. Is the goal to raise the stats as high as possible (they all seem like good traits) as well as the S. Links or is it to remain "in character"? I've kind of beein min/maxing where if a character is, say, dishonest and brave to start with, i'll tank their honesty to 0 and raise their braveness more or less wherever possible.
ouija board
Gotta say, this game exceeds expectations. I was worried it'd be schlock like Quantic Dreams' games but it's actually kind of amazing. I feel a real sense of control over the events. Even if it's an illusion, at least the illusion is actually there. The mechanics are pretty compelling.
I don't know if this question can be answered without spoilers but I'm curious about the stats/social links. Is the goal to raise the stats as high as possible (they all seem like good traits) as well as the S. Links or is it to remain "in character"? I've kind of beein min/maxing where if a character is, say, dishonest and brave to start with, i'll tank their honesty to 0 and raise their braveness more or less wherever possible.
I don't think they really affect that much. I think it might affect little things, like how characters react to a character that's supposed to be brave always being cautious. Small dialogue. There is at least one major moment affected by character relationships.
Finaika
Member
I hate jump scares too, but at least you have a wife.
Buy a PS4 Camera while you're at it so we can see just how much you hate the jump scares! It will apparently automatically record you during these moments.
Yep, nice feature.
Hahaha really? I have a PS4 Camera that I've never used (got it with the console) so I may have to hook it up.
Manny Calavera
Member
Same for me actually and I completely agree, actually had to take some breaks couple of times and take off my headphones. That atmosphere and tension is something else. Can't wait to continue today from Chapter 5 and I don't think it's gonna get any easier from here on out.
eerik9000
Member
Good to see it's been a success reviews and reception wise, hoping the financial side will be equally good. Sony needs to sign Supermassive for a new project as soon as possible. Just imagine the improvements based on everything they've learned from making Until Dawn (they're a new studio, first big project), sans the development hell of moving from PS3/Move to PS4, more complex Butterfly Effect system, updated Horizon: Zero Dawn engine (UD uses Shadowfall engine), etc.
Manny Calavera
Member
Damn, sucks if I missed the DLC on my first playthrough. I'm now on chapter 5, but forgot to install it before. How long is the DLC approx?
Like 10 minutes? It's nothing important really.
Manny Calavera
Member
Okay thanks! Nothing too important then, just wanted to experience everything possible, but I'll play it on my second walkthrough then.
Kwansu Dudes
Member
Yay my first Platinum trophy.
Ill regret it in a few hours.
Ill regret it in a few hours.
Digital edition is automatically the extended edition on Danish PSN.
RepairmanJack
Member
Ended up finishing my first playthrough. I really liked the experience but not sure how I feel about the game overall. I thought the controls sucked, and the qte repitition was kind of annoying. "Oh, I'm climbing something again? Here comes another QTE." I was also kind of bummed about the story, it annoyed me that it was like they could never decide on a type of horror the game wanted to be. Slasher? Neh Ghost story, now Saw! How about Final Destination? It made some twists and other things kind of cheap because at any point everything could have just changed or been a lie.
Bleh. I liked the experience though, so I'm mostly just nitpicking.
The stuff with Josh really annoyed me. Everything you thought up to this point was all made up and it makes sense because he's the child of a movie director!
I ended up with Sam, Jess and Emily living oddly even though I hated Jess and Emily. I got to the last chapter or so with everyone alive but Chris and Matt, but then everyone started dying left and right because of failed QTE's basically(which also felt cheap), besides Matt who died in the explosion. I'm interested in playing it again, but see myself only playing it one more time.
So Amazon UK has sold out of this. Only third party merchants carrying it now. Glad I ordered this yesterday whilst they still had stock lol. Though for some reason even with Prime it's arriving tomorrow instead of today
I wonder if it's sold really well, or if Sony was just way too conservative with stock.
I wonder if it's sold really well, or if Sony was just way too conservative with stock.
RepairmanJack
Member
The one death I had that I was actually mad at was
with Matt. I was stupidly trying to take a drink when it went to a cutscene after walking through the deer and panicked when a prompt came up and stupidly started swinging the axe. If I was paying attention I would have never swung, why now start attacking the deer when they were letting me walk through perfectly fine just before? Trying to take a drink while playing was an absolute nightmare during this game.
Captain Smirk
Member
Just got my order from Amazon UK...I'm gonna wait till tonight when it's dark, get some beers in as well and try to kill everyone mwahahaha
Dusktildawn48
Member
but ashley is the best! i hate em more now.
It doesn't seem very important but personally the way it's pulled out of the game really bugged me and is super obvious.
Matt and Emily are just gone for a huuuuge chunk of the game while you go back and forth from Mike/Jess, Josh/Sam, Chris/Ashley and they just show up again later after the saw with no context of wtf they've been doing the whole time. It added character building and context that really feels missing.
I thought it was kind of redundant and awkwardly placed in the game.
We go from one couple trekking through the snow to another couple trekking through the snow. They all make a bunch of terrible sex jokes. The girl is a bit bitchy, the guy is horny. It feels like something you'd see in a deleted scenes section of a DVD because they realized the stories were too similar.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Already posted my spoiler opinion on the spoiler thread, just wanted to add a spoiler free one here.
Beat it with a friend yesterday on one setting and it was an amazing experience. If you are over the hedge just jump it and get it, its a great game.
Didnt like the order, or any of the david cage games. Thought TWD for telltale was lackluster when I discovered the trick that the choices didnt matter. Supermassive games did finally what had to be done with this type of cimenematic games.
The only thing I didnt like are the super fast and tiny quicktime events and shitty "dont move" segments, because they didnt work correctly. When death was done by player choice it had a much better feeling, even if your character died, more than becuase you failed a shitty qte.
Beat it with a friend yesterday on one setting and it was an amazing experience. If you are over the hedge just jump it and get it, its a great game.
Didnt like the order, or any of the david cage games. Thought TWD for telltale was lackluster when I discovered the trick that the choices didnt matter. Supermassive games did finally what had to be done with this type of cimenematic games.
The only thing I didnt like are the super fast and tiny quicktime events and shitty "dont move" segments, because they didnt work correctly. When death was done by player choice it had a much better feeling, even if your character died, more than becuase you failed a shitty qte.
Just tried to redeem my DLC on PSN and it seemed to go through okay, but didn't give me a download link. Nothing's showing in my download list and there are no additional items in the game menu, but in the library it dows say there's one add-on. Is this what's meant to happen?
Dedication Through Light
Member
I just dont like the shooting parts of the game, aiming feels so wonky.
Also some of the choices for what people pick are so unbalanced.
#TeamJosh
Also some of the choices for what people pick are so unbalanced.
#TeamJosh
I think the framerate is a touch sketchy on the aiming sections, that's what it felt like to me, I didn't mind in the rest of the game, but when you're panning the camera around quickly trying to aim without assist it's quite obvious.
I never knew they had the percentages on choices, that's awesome -- I'll have to turn it on for my second playthrough.
It took me a while to realize, but it's not just not moving the controller -- the little white outline around the DS4 light icon is your boundary, so you can aim it a little in the middle of the event, to keep it best centered, if you see it start to creep in one direction you can edge it back, it takes a lot of finesse to get down, but it's works marvelously.
Oh and what does "Motion Control" do to the controls if you're not using the Move or a PS camera -- is it just gyro for the right stick?
Oh! and one more question, are collectibles permanent -- if I select "new story" or the equivalent will it reset Totems and collectibles?
psychotron
Member
Had an odd moment last night. I was hit with a "Don't move" prompt, and it said I failed it, so I held even more still, and failed again. After 6 tries, I finally set the controller on a table and it passed after 2 attempts. Does that feature glitch out sometimes or something? I had no problem other times.
Manny Calavera
Member
My plan for the weekend, Until Dawn. Played till chapter 5 so far and can't wait to continue. Probably will play couple of chapters tonight and then wife plays the same. This game is as much fun to watch as to play yourself.
I feel like the best way to play this co-op is getting a group of friends together and each of you take control of a specific character. Bonus points if you rent a cabin in the woods.
Yeah, I can see that. Personally I think they're the 2 weakest characters so far(currently at chapter 8) but I still was offput on
them leaving the lodge to find their bags and never seeing them until after Chris/Ashely have that saw scene, they run out and just kinda run into them.
RepairmanJack
Member
Wait,
you didn't have a sequence with them going to the cart lift and ending up on the cliff where Hannah and Beth first fell?
Plague Doctor
Member
So my girlfriend is hooked to this game like it was a controlled substance now and we had an epic plot analysis after she beat it for the first time. She went right back to playing it to do the exact opposite choices to see how it all plays out.
"Yes....Yes... good.... get me those trophies I missed...."
"Yes....Yes... good.... get me those trophies I missed...."
I did but it was more recent. They basically vanish for a long time if you don't have the DLC
so you never have the scene of those two getting the bags. So when they leave the lodge early on, you don't see them again at all until the part you mention.
Liking it a lot so far! I think I'm nearing the end as I couldn't help but play a ton last night.
Are you enjoying it yourself? It's a nice way to take my mind off the MGSV wait...
RepairmanJack
Member
Ah, ok. Guess I was confused. Didn't feel terribly long for, but it's kind of a fog because I blew through it in two long settings.
Dr_LucienSanchez
Banned
Finished the game last night with a friend. Shamefully enough, we ended with only two survivors (
). All the deaths except for one happened when my friend was playing though, so I'm going to place the blame squarely on her.
But yeah, what a surprisingly great game. And that's coming from somebody who hates horror stuff.
Mike and Chris
But yeah, what a surprisingly great game. And that's coming from somebody who hates horror stuff.
Black Lawn
Banned
Ok just got to the
lodge with Chris and I'm searching for a can of spray I guess? I searched the entire house and ran into Sam again, but that was it. Did I miss the can somewhere?