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Crispy™ Drifter [pulp adventure thriller]
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WallaceChambers
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Played the demo and it was some good ass hard boiled Australian shit. Protag is a good mix of cynical and compassionate, finding out his backstory was interesting and there seems to be a cool larger mystery afoot. I liked the interface a lot too. It does the Unavowed mouse-over hotspot descriptions thing but still lets you observe stuff for in depth descriptions.
I'll definitely gonna pick this up when it comes out.
I'll definitely gonna pick this up when it comes out.
Yeah, I only played past where you get off the train and then the next screen over and had to leave.. uninstalled it right away because it seems like something I will probably pick up on day one depending on the price.
lightbane
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There's an entire walkthrough of the demo here, for those curious:
It seems fine, although I don't like the lack of animations. I know the engine is ancient and decrepit, but was it really so hard to animate the protagonist doing certain things rather than narrating them doing so? The hideous, over-pixelated style doesn't help. Still, the narration sounds cool.
It reminds me of 3 short, free adventure games that had similar issues (lack of animations). I don't recall their names, but one was about a young reporter coming into Insmmouth and having to flee before he was gangraped by the Deep Ones, another one was based on a Lovecraft tale about a bunch of thieves trying to rob a necromancer, and the last one, which reminded me of the Drifter the most, was one inspired by The Thing, with a protagonist locked in a room and harrassed by infected colleagues trying to get in. It featured an "intense" narrative voice too, as well as two endings (suicide or give your infected kid a quick death).
It seems fine, although I don't like the lack of animations. I know the engine is ancient and decrepit, but was it really so hard to animate the protagonist doing certain things rather than narrating them doing so? The hideous, over-pixelated style doesn't help. Still, the narration sounds cool.
It reminds me of 3 short, free adventure games that had similar issues (lack of animations). I don't recall their names, but one was about a young reporter coming into Insmmouth and having to flee before he was gangraped by the Deep Ones, another one was based on a Lovecraft tale about a bunch of thieves trying to rob a necromancer, and the last one, which reminded me of the Drifter the most, was one inspired by The Thing, with a protagonist locked in a room and harrassed by infected colleagues trying to get in. It featured an "intense" narrative voice too, as well as two endings (suicide or give your infected kid a quick death).
vortex
Fabulous Optimist
MRY
Wormwood Studios
This looks really good. Thanks for the heads up!
Modron
Arcane
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Could have sworn I watched that trailer before and brofisted the poster, yep turns out I did:
Still suppose having its own thread lends to better visibility.
Still suppose having its own thread lends to better visibility.
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