Agiel Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 This game has had a depressing dearth of progress updates from the developer, but this latest trailer has re-ignited my interest into a bonfire. Really astounding animation work, and that would be praise I would give even if this was from a AAA studio, which says something about these developers. For those of you who don't remember, this is made by a Ukrainian company called "Flying Cafe for Semi-Animals," composed of some ex-STALKER developers, and the attention to atmosphere shows, even if it isn't necessarily as melancholy. That and the vibes of Ice-Pick Lodge I get from this game makes me a true believer. 2 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
Tale Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 It looks absolutely wonderful. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Keyrock Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 I don't understand most of what's happening, but I like what I see. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Rostere Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 Interesting indeed! "Well, overkill is my middle name. And my last name. And all of my other names as well!"
Orogun01 Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 That was beautiful. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Guest Slinky Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 You guys like it just because that android chick has nipples.
Keyrock Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) Well, metal nipples ARE pretty doggone cool. Also, I looks like it's not a murder simulator, which is a definite plus. Edited July 18, 2013 by Keyrock RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Gorgon Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 Pretty cool. We'll see how it ends up. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Malcador Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 Worth following, I didn't really dig Myst myself. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Morgoth Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 I, for one, welcome our fembot overlords. No, this is actually something I'd buy in a heart beat despite not being the biggest fan of hipster artsy fartsy indie games. Rain makes everything better.
anubite Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) It's definitely got the hipster artsy vibe working for and against it, but I was greatly intrigued by the android. I'd assume she's the major puzzle the game has to offer - getting her up and running. I'm a little disappointed that you might not be able to get her up and moving about, but, if there are ways to interact with her as you get her working again, I could see this as a decent puzzle/exploration game. It's an odd thing for ex-Stalker devs to be making, but I think I'll take it. Edited July 18, 2013 by anubite I made a 2 hour rant video about dragon age 2. It's not the greatest... but if you want to watch it, here ya go:
Keyrock Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 If they make a sequel it will be far more action oriented and called Cradle 2: The Grave. /hides RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Meshugger Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 I don't understand most of what's happening, but I like what I see. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Agiel Posted July 18, 2013 Author Posted July 18, 2013 Worth following, I didn't really dig Myst myself. I didn't much care for Myst either, or for point and click adventure games with moon-logic puzzles, which hopefully this game doesn't have, for that matter (the nightmarish experience in which my little brother had to read the GameFAQ on his computer opposite of mine to walk me through the Longest Journey, which I received as a birthday present, forever put me off from the genre). The main attraction for me is that it's a quirky Eastern European thing, of which many scratch a lot of itches I have and despite their shall we say wildly variable states of stability and general playability, playing them give you the sense the developers made it out of the love of making games, or plain making something creative at all. In addition to the usual suspects of STALKER, Metro, and the Witcher series, I highly recommend games like Cryostasis and the Ice Pick Lodge catalogue (The Void, Pathologic, Cargo). Also, titanium nipples, natch. Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
anubite Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 Oh yeah, the Stalker devs made The Void and Pathologic, right? If I recall correctly. If so, then I can really get behind this game. Those games were brilliant. I made a 2 hour rant video about dragon age 2. It's not the greatest... but if you want to watch it, here ya go:
Humanoid Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 Myst is just too cold, but the latter-day Zork games showed me that the format can still inject a bit more fun into the sub-genre, despite my heavy preference against first-person adventure. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
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