Ugh. A lot of hoops to jump through to get that damn thing connected to steam. I got steam open, just give me the damn key already.
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Broken Age - Double Fine's Kickstarter Adventure Game
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Okay, first impressions, not story or gameplay related, but the fucking issues I encountered in the first 5 minutes. Can't disable V-Sync from the options, and the mouse is laggy as hell. You have to go to your GPU settings and disable v-sync from there. After that it's much better. Also, my mouse is super speedy while in-game (full screen), and there's no slider for that. The interface in general reeks of tablet design.
Well ok one gameplay issue, seems you cant skip individual lines that the characters speak, but you have to wait till they speak their lines to the end. You can only skip full "scenes" by pressing spacebar.
Well ok one gameplay issue, seems you cant skip individual lines that the characters speak, but you have to wait till they speak their lines to the end. You can only skip full "scenes" by pressing spacebar.
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No error message, just a straight crash back to steam when the character select should appear.
http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/11667/
Thread about your problem. Possibly related to steam overlay.
I hope I'm wrong, but I think I just beated the entire boy section... in 50 minutes. Can only play with the girl now.
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But they were the best 50 minutes of your life, right?
LoL...tablet game ftl....Curious how are the puzzles?
Umm, the boy section is Act 2, which comes later on. What you see in the game is just a sneak peak, basicly the tutorial.
Ok, fuck you. Then it is not a tutorial, call it whatever you want. It is just a segment of the game showing us the boy, showing us how the interface works and some scenes to establish the boy's boring life. Anybody who know knows anything about the game should know that the story's big part will be about the boy's going to adventures. That is just a sneak peak as I mentioned.
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PCG gave it 86 - http://www.pcgamer.com/review/broken-age-act-1-review/
Though they say it's no challenge, weird.
Though they say it's no challenge, weird.
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THIS IS HOW JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN GRADING GAMES FOR LIKE 10 YEARS WHY DO YOU FIND IT WEIRD?
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Nothing like going straight from ME3 to TESO to Broken Age to hear the same fucking actress again and again. Should've gotten someone cheaper who doesn't automatically make you think of a totally unrelated character.
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Bubbles
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They were right about the story, the darkness, the sex, and the maybe. Pretty accurate by games journo standards.
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Saw a post somehwere from someone who has completed act 1. Took him 3-4 hours.
Thats kind of dissapointing if true. Even though I expected about 8-10 hours for the full game, I was sort of hoping that after the split act 1 would be atleast 6-7 hours.
Thats kind of dissapointing if true. Even though I expected about 8-10 hours for the full game, I was sort of hoping that after the split act 1 would be atleast 6-7 hours.
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Need some help.
Fall down from the clouds above him
Totally worth the money, right?
It does.Totally worth the money, right?
Eh, I knew it was obvious. Thanks.
Just finished Act I. It's very short, and very easy as adventure games go. Took me 3:15 to finish while examining everything I could find, trying all the interactions I could find, and not skipping dialogue. Here's some general thoughts...
The Art
The art is... well, I got used to it. The background art is excellent imo, while the character art I'm not really a fan of. The animation's also gotten a lot better from what they showed in the documentaries. There's a few small visual/animation bugs remaining, but nothing major.
The Sound
Great soundtrack, and very good voice acting. No complaints there.
Gameplay/Puzzle Design
Here's where the problems lie. The game is easy. Like, really, really easy. I was never even remotely stumped, and there's really not a lot of puzzles in the game. The 'boy' section is basically a short introductory section followed by a single, very brief 'three trials' type puzzle setup. The 'girl' section is pretty similar, just with another sequence after the 'fetch three items' bit. I also kind of hate the one-button interface -- it forces a very annoying click-and-drag inventory interface, and limits the interactivity of the world (which I wish there was a lot more of). I actually wouldn't say that the puzzles in the game are badly designed as such, but they are too sparse, and too straightforward.
Story/Atmosphere
This was a bit of a mixed bag for me. The issue is (while trying to minimize spoilers) that this whole act is basically building up to a big reveal of sorts at the end, and that reveal is quite interesting and casts a lot of the things you've been doing in a new light, but then it's all over. A lot of people here have expressed concerns that the game would be childish, and I really don't think that is/will be the case, but I also really wish this had been released as a complete game. The story contained in this act seems less interesting than I think it will be as a whole.
The dialogue writing and world development I thought was a strong point, which is always a big plus for adventure games. It's not exactly what I would call funny, but I also don't get the sense that it's really trying to be very often. It seems like a slightly more serious game with a light-hearted tone, if that makes any sense at all.
Anyway, right now I would probably give it a 6/10 on an actual 1-10 scale, but I think it has a lot of potential to be great as a complete game, and I say that seriously. I can't really recommend buying the partial game though, unless you're willing to treat it as an early-access thing rather than as a complete game, because it's really not.
In summation:
could be a great final game story-wise, not a great game adventure-game wise due to the inherent limitations of its interface, and lack of challenging puzzles. I'd hold off until the full release in April if you're not a backer.
The Art
The art is... well, I got used to it. The background art is excellent imo, while the character art I'm not really a fan of. The animation's also gotten a lot better from what they showed in the documentaries. There's a few small visual/animation bugs remaining, but nothing major.
The Sound
Great soundtrack, and very good voice acting. No complaints there.
Gameplay/Puzzle Design
Here's where the problems lie. The game is easy. Like, really, really easy. I was never even remotely stumped, and there's really not a lot of puzzles in the game. The 'boy' section is basically a short introductory section followed by a single, very brief 'three trials' type puzzle setup. The 'girl' section is pretty similar, just with another sequence after the 'fetch three items' bit. I also kind of hate the one-button interface -- it forces a very annoying click-and-drag inventory interface, and limits the interactivity of the world (which I wish there was a lot more of). I actually wouldn't say that the puzzles in the game are badly designed as such, but they are too sparse, and too straightforward.
Story/Atmosphere
This was a bit of a mixed bag for me. The issue is (while trying to minimize spoilers) that this whole act is basically building up to a big reveal of sorts at the end, and that reveal is quite interesting and casts a lot of the things you've been doing in a new light, but then it's all over. A lot of people here have expressed concerns that the game would be childish, and I really don't think that is/will be the case, but I also really wish this had been released as a complete game. The story contained in this act seems less interesting than I think it will be as a whole.
The dialogue writing and world development I thought was a strong point, which is always a big plus for adventure games. It's not exactly what I would call funny, but I also don't get the sense that it's really trying to be very often. It seems like a slightly more serious game with a light-hearted tone, if that makes any sense at all.
Anyway, right now I would probably give it a 6/10 on an actual 1-10 scale, but I think it has a lot of potential to be great as a complete game, and I say that seriously. I can't really recommend buying the partial game though, unless you're willing to treat it as an early-access thing rather than as a complete game, because it's really not.
In summation:
could be a great final game story-wise, not a great game adventure-game wise due to the inherent limitations of its interface, and lack of challenging puzzles. I'd hold off until the full release in April if you're not a backer.
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