Completed Let's play - Afterfall: InAnity

[CappenVarra]

HIGH SPEED DIRT

that he is, droogie

 

[dextermorgan]

Ok, this is starting to get interesting. Moar.

 

[Brother None]

I gotta say, this game has some good ideas, setting-wise. Problem is they didn't know where to stop, and keep throwing in random shit. The Bethesda school of design. Spectres? What the...?

 

[Darth Roxor]

I gotta say, this game has some good ideas, setting-wise. Problem is they didn't know where to stop, and keep throwing in random shit. The Bethesda school of design. Spectres? What the...?

Pretty much.

 

[dextermorgan]

I gotta say, this game has some good ideas, setting-wise. Problem is they didn't know where to stop, and keep throwing in random shit. The Bethesda school of design. Spectres? What the...?

Pretty much.

Plus the story is disjointed and some things are poorly/not explained at all, or just plain make no sense.

 

[Cassidy]

Why didn't they stick with the isometric turn-based CRPG original idea? They would have likely sold more and delivered something that could keep much of Codex busy for a while in the long wait for AoD release. And I'd probably buy it later if they had done a good one.

WHY?

 

[Brother None]

I think the idea was to produce a cheaper-to-make game that would provide the funding to the RPG. Either that or their ADD minds got distracted just as they did when drawing up setting design, and they kept hopping genres.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Yup, the idea was basically to make a slam dunk.

Also, on the account of spectres - it might be speculated that Albert is just getting batshit from radiation or sunlight, but...

... you ain't seen shit yet is all I can say

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

I WILL GIVE YOU BROFISTS FOR UPDATES

 

[Darth Roxor]

As Albert leaves the crashed plane, he gets struck by a brief flash of light which summons daemons from the warp

Also, a chimera breaks through a nearby wall. Derp.

Ashen corpses line the streets. Poor bastards.

Let us press on

Now what

A junk heap, how fascinating.

It starts twitching, what the hell

AND THEN THE JUNK STARTS SWIRLING IN THE AIR

More random junk is taken from the street and flies towards the centre of the anomaly

osnap

*dramatic construction*

What. The. Fuck.

A MACHINE DAEMON HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF THIS GARBAGE GOLEM

THIS REALLY IS 40K AFTER ALL

This ball also stirs

And it lands on the golem.

But it simply stands back up, welcoming its last part.

Well, gee, Albert, I dunno. NOW you are acting surprised?

Well, this is another bossfight.

This time there is no fuckhueg target painted on the enemy though, and just shooting it wherever does nothing.

It also uses potent telekinetic powers to throw various heavy things at Tokaj

Ah, stuff starts falling off from the golem when we shoot its right arm

Shoop shoop shoop

And soon, the whole arm is severed. Excellent work, dr Tokaj.

But the golem is still walking around the place

Fortunately, there are two ammo dispensers and a lot of spare packs with lead, in case you run berserk

The dreaded foe has took up another strategy. It now gets close to Albert and activates this floodlight. This is bad for a number of reasons.

First, it, obviously, damages Albert.

Second, it summons spectres.

Third, it summons more spectres, the longer you let it shine.

Thus, you have to be very fast to shoot the floodlight once it's activated, or you'll get overwhelmed by a fuckton of spectres. Sometimes, the golem is kind of clever enough to turn around and start flashing, to maximise the spectre spawning potential because you have to run around it to get a clear shot.

Once the floodlight is smashed, the golem employs another way of raping Albert, this time by stomping the ground and sending shockwaves of... stuff from beneath it at him.

Those shockwaves are actually pretty damn damaging, not to mention hard to dodge. And if you allow yourself to get overloaded with spectres...

It's pretty much mission failed. Albert has not lived long to see much of the surface

After a quick rewind, we get back to seeking out a new weak point of the abomination

QUICK! THE RETICLE TURNED RED! FOCUS ALL FIRE ON THE RED SPOT!

This time, the construct has two weak points that effectively keep it from attacking. One is a metal sheet, serving as sort of a knee, that throws the golem off balance

Second is a spot on its remaining arm.

GO DOWN ALREADY, YOU UGLY SON OF A BITCH

YES!

Looks like this construct

has been condemned

Yup, this sure does look like present-day Bytom. The chimneys are a dead give away

ENERGY LEGS

Some weird noises in this alley, but nothing out of the ordinary can be seen.

Heh 'Kuż' is not just a mistyped version of 'Kurz' (dust). It's also a palindrome of 'Żuk', a type of van manufactured in commiepotato times

An underground passage

With lurking chimeras

Sunlight again

Another street with ash-covered corpses

WHAT THE FUCK, THIS DEADER GOT UP

And it rises above ground after getting a full auto burst to the face

And it starts glowing and yelling in pain

Holy fucking shit

And another one...

Ok, at least this corpse is not rigged.

We gotta clear ourselves some way through the shadows

Which we begin by kicking these derelict supermarket baskets away

I always wanted to do that

A BLOOMING CHIMERA @_@

Now we can go through this bus chassis

I'm sure you could, Albert. Remember how it ended last time.

The bus stirs as Albert gets to the other end

and it slides down somewhere

An underground parking loft.

In a potato supermarket? Haha, not a chance

You gotta shoot those old, light-reflecting TVs to pass, unless you want massive spectres flying after you.

And we move into the market proper

RAWR!

Shooting this box opens the garage door to the right

Explobarrels! How I love you! \^_^/

The barrels eliminate the door blocking our way

'SOLVE THE MYSTARY!'

Finally, some cryptic writings

Chimeras on the horizon

Dammit, those fat fuckers pretty much took the last rounds from my assault rifle

Let's see what's over there

Something that can be used

And it opens some more massive doors.

What can lie beyond those doors? When will things start making sense? Why do men have nipples?

These, and all other questions, will be answered in the next few updates.

Also, we are getting very close to the ending now.

 

[dextermorgan]

That's all right. Not like your previous explanations made much sense anyway.

 

[Cassidy]

Looks like they didn't know whether they wanted a nuclear post-apocalyptic or a zombie apocalypse setting and mashed both together. [/captain obvious]

 

[lightbane]

A MACHINE DAEMON HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF THIS GARBAGE GOLEM

THIS REALLY IS 40K AFTER ALL

Told ya so I like how the monster uses the power of light against you. In fact, it reminds me of something else...

Probably a coincidence.

EXPLOSIVE ZOMBIES!!! Truly a next-gen adversary.

 

[Brother None]

I think the sun really got to our hero Albert. He was only in it for a few seconds but he's got some massive hallucinations caused by heatstroke.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

This really is a perfect game to LP. Readers get to skip all the boring and repetitive combat, and just get the hilariously random narrative. Plus, it actually does have some good points. The "night city", for one, looks very cool and atmospheric. Pity they chose to fill it with the most unoriginal post-apoc cannibals ever. Except that guy in a funky hat, he was cool.

 

[SerratedBiz]

Is it getting TOO inane, however? I just keep expecting him to wake up in a padded cell and find out he's the protagonist from Dark Corners of the Earth.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I think this loading screen was already posted, but whatev'

Soundtrack for today's episode, even though the game keeps playing the City of Light theme, which is really good, but I feel this is more appropriate.

The newly-opened section of the market leads into more shelves

Can't see shit, cap'n

O SHIT IT'S THE THRILLER VIDEO

Bang bang

Let us leave the detonation boulevard

'YOUR NAME IS MEANINGLESS'

More cryptic writings, yay

Let us move

More meatshields

Oh for God's sake, can't you see I'm running out of ammo here?

Keep on movin'

Ok, this is seriously not cool. I already wasted all assault rifle ammo, I'm running superlow on pistol rounds, and they keep throwing those fat fuckers at me

And of course, when I finally DO find some ammo, it's SHOTGUN SHELLS

Approaching another detonation boulevard...

yup

Shooting this box opens the door to the right

YES! AMMO!

And it seems we're out of the mall

Albert has to move fast between the containers to avoid the sun.

ENERGY LEGS

Another derelict bus that will serve us as shelter

Or not

SO SUDDENLY SUNLIGHT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU, EH ALBERT?

You are likely to be eaten by a Chryssalid

OSNAP

*glare*

I wonder if there's still fuel in the tanks... 'cause I'd really like to shoot it.

Sup. The only thing this scene lacks is the saboteur chewing on a carrot and saying 'what's up, doc?'

You have a serious attitude problem, you know that? Haven't you noticed already?

Oh, you are so blind

I've seen enough, you fucking murderer!

X-TREME

Farewell!

OSNAP

*glare*

*run*

BANG BANG

The blast knocks Tokaj off his feet

There is no way he could have survived that!

Ok, fuck you assault rifle, I've been getting nothing but shotgun shells for the longer while, so you're getting replaced.

Finally, some dark dungeons

Or maybe not

Opening sum gatey thing

Shooting more cannon fodder

Eat shit, fat guy

Dumdedum

MOAR!!!!!

MMMMMOOOOAAAAAAR!!!!!!

Is it?

Oh

Guess it helped them lots

Looks like the cathedral is our next objective. What can await us in this chapel of ghouls? Tune in later to find out. We're getting even closer to the end now.

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

Having church so close to proletariat-level housing is a crime against the potato-communist way of life!

 

[SerratedBiz]

On the cross: Misje is polish for mission, no? And the dates on it, do they have any significance?

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

Close enough SerratedBiz, "misje"->missions, plural. Can be used in military, humanitarian, or bring-christianity-to-savages-whether-they-like-it-or-not context.

Dates on the cross: 1961, 1972, 1978, 1986, 1995, 2003, 2006, 2011. As for their significance - ditto.

 

[Jaedar]

I sense a majestic plot twist incoming

 

[Darth Roxor]

I sense a majestic plot twist incoming

This is not a Bioware game, you consolefag

And the dates on it, do they have any significance?

I have no idea. P. sure they are just made up dates of Christian missions... wherever.

 

[Don Peste]

The silliest game I ever played. And why I played this instead of Dead Space?
Thanks for the walkthrough.

 

[dextermorgan]

The silliest game I ever played.

Try You Are Empty. Although, judging by this LP, that game has more internal consistency. Still, plenty silly.

 

[Don Peste]

I played it. And I liked it A lot!

There are some interesting games in the East. Still, plenty of weird.

Interview with one of the creators of You Are Empty: http://www.devisraad.com/YaE/
Nice blog about potatoes: http://wkduffy.wordpress.com/