5 Days a Stranger remade with the Source Engine

[OSK]

5 Days A Stranger (or 5Days3D) is a remake of the original 2D adventure game created by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw. Though this version will be longer and more detailed than the original, we highly recommend that you visit Fully Ramblomatic and try out Trilby’s first adventure.

http://www.fivedaysastranger.com/

 

[Jasede]

We? You're working on it, buddy? I loved these games, especially Trilby's Notes. However, I could never complete 5 Days due to a, I think, bug. Highly interested!

 

[OSK]

I should have put it in a quote. No, I just copy and pasted that description from their blog.

 

[mirrorshades]

Ok... now I have to go re-download the game and give it another go. I spent some time over last Christmas (i.e. 2006) playing it, but kind of forgot about it after the holidays. Liked it a lot, and have heard great things about the others in the series, too.

http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php? ... a+Stranger for the original. (Don't let "the underdogs" fool you... the author's page lists that as the first download location.)

 

[Section8]

I gave it a run a while back and found it pretty enjoyable. It's got just the right kind of wit for an adventure game. I quite liked the Art of Theft too as a little platform sneaker.

 

[Jasede]

Oh, mirror, do play the others. I played 7 days first; loved it; then I played 6 days which fans consider weaker, but I think it's great in a creepy way. There's some nice scenes. And some bad ones - your hero with a broken neck and who can barely walk does something weird with a woman he barely knows. Ugh.

Trilby's Notes, however, was my favourite. Maybe it's the archaic control scheme.

 

[slipgate_angel]

I'm supprised this topic is being well recived, after that review Yatzee did on the The witcher.

Anyways, I too have played 5 days a stranger, though I'm stuck at one part. Has anybody tried his Duke nukem mod?

 

[mirrorshades]

Oh, mirror, do play the others. I played 7 days first; loved it; then I played 6 days which fans consider weaker, but I think it's great in a creepy way. There's some nice scenes. And some bad ones - your hero with a broken neck and who can barely walk does something weird with a woman he barely knows. Ugh.

Trilby's Notes, however, was my favourite. Maybe it's the archaic control scheme.

Damn you, sir. Like I don't have enough to do already! Now I have to invent more excuses to neglect family, job, personal hygiene, etc etc. And now this. That's just great.



Started 5 days again last night... didn't take me long to get stuck in the same spot I did last time I played.

 

[Jasede]

What is it? Maybe it's that bug I encountered... I was doing exactly as a walkthrough said but couldn't progress.

Ah well, the other games are great. And I am happy to oblige.

 

[mirrorshades]

Well, I think it's more just that I'm at a point where I'm not quite sure what to do next. Seems as though I've exhausted all the rooms/items/people that I can find.

(Only about 15 minutes of gameplay into the game, though, so I'm sure I'm missing something fairly major.)

 

[Jasede]

Might be what happened to me... try consulting the walkthrough. It didn't help me, but it might help you. Tell me if you need a link. PC++.

 

[Top Hat]

I'm supprised this topic is being well recived, after that review Yatzee did on the The witcher.

That's retarded.

Why shouldn't it? It's a reasonably good adventure game with quite a good atmosphere. What does his first impressions of a game have to do with his authorship of another game, when they are in different genres, both in terms of gameplay (RPG vs adventure) and in terms of theme (fantasy vs horror)?

Should we go around disparaging things solely on the basis of what their creator's opinions are, rather than on the basis of their own merits? That's a basis of blind fanboyism, which is just retarded.

 

[Kingston]

The only reason for the remake is obviously Yahtzee's popular videos and these people hoping that they will get mentioned in one.

A big endeavour, if they have voice acting and everything, I do hope that it'll be done well.

 

[Top Hat]

The only reason for the remake is obviously Yahtzee's popular videos and these people hoping that they will get mentioned in one.

A big endeavour, if they have voice acting and everything, I do hope that it'll be done well.

I'm pretty sure the remake had started under construction before the videos.

 

[ghostdog]

What does "longer and more detailed" means? It's obvious Yahtzee has nothing to do with this remake so I assume they will add their own content. I don't know what " 3D" can add to 5days a stranger, which had nice 2d graphics and interface. If they have some good ideas they should try to make something of their own.

 

[OSK]

According to the FAQ, Yahtzee is involved:

Does Yahtzee know you're doing this?

Yes, Yahtzee has been involved with the project from the outset and has given lots of input into the additions and changes we're making to the original 5 Days story.

Wh... hang on... changes? Blasphemy!

Well, the change of presentation format from 2D point'n'click to 3D first-person necessarily mandates a few tweaks. Beyond that though, there's additional dialogue and extra scenes conceived by Yahtzee himself, there are some new and expanded puzzles and a few more things we're not going to reveal just yet. Rest assured, there are no motorcycle chase scenes or bloody shootouts!

http://www.fivedaysastranger.com/phpbb2 ... ic.php?t=2

 

[Sovy Kurosei]

Read this on their forums...

The reason many horror games are in a first-person perspective is that you can become more immersed into the character and the environment. You can interact with things from the character's perspective and experience only the things they do. I know I'm doing a buggeriffic job of explaining this but it's just more immersive in general. A third-person viewpoint, although opening up new graphical possibilities, is just an observer and not a character. Although there are other benefits to a first-person perspective as well, all in all it is more effective to be scared yourself than to watch somebody else be scared.

 

[Section8]

What? You're arguing that all games shouldn't be made in first person by default? I can't wait until they make Civilisation a first person shooter.

 

[Mayday]

Sovy: play Deadly shadows in FPP and then play it in TPP. The difference is colossal to me. (FPP=better).

 

[Section8]

Sovy: play Deadly shadows in FPP and then play it in TPP. The difference is colossal to me. (FPP=better).

That's an entirely different case though. The differnce in the case of Thief 3 is simple, you have identical gameplay, with or without your avatar getting in the way. The choice is simple.

The difference between a traditional point and click adventure game and a first person adventure game is rather more dramatic. I'm a fan of both. Penumbra and the small bit of Call of Cthulhu I could play without my video card fucking out were enjoyable. So was an entire back catalogue of Sierra and Lucasarts games. To say one is inherently better or more immersive than the other is... misguided.

Besides, I saw "5 Days" as a black comedy, not a horror.

 

[mirrorshades]

If first-person-perspective = immersion, then why aren't TV shows and movies all made from that perspective of the main character?

I've gotten just as immersed in a movie as I have in a good adventure game. "Immersed" not in the sense of, "I think I'm the main dude doing all the stuff"... but rather immersed as, "I'm entirely caught up in the story and have forgotten that I need to eat/sleep/pee/turn off the oven".

 

[Sovy Kurosei]

I've gotten just as immersed in a movie as I have in a good adventure game. "Immersed" not in the sense of, "I think I'm the main dude doing all the stuff"... but rather immersed as, "I'm entirely caught up in the story and have forgotten that I need to eat/sleep/pee/turn off the oven".

Spot on. Oblivion immersed me but never to the degree of some 4X games where I look over my shoulder at the clock and see that it is two-thirty... in the afternoon. Point of view just doesn't matter when it comes to immersing someone into a game as much as some developers like to think.

EDIT:

I can't wait until they make Civilisation a first person shooter.

Don't be silly, you are already playing Civilization in first person from the view of your immortal ruler who is flying overhead his great nation shouting out commands from high above to his loyal followers down below. :wink:

 

[Monolith]

"Drags point and click adventures into the 21st Century: Intuitive adventure game interface integrated with modern first person navigation"
21st century, huh? All I need to know.

 

[ghostdog]

This whole 1st person stuff is bullshit. 98% of games that claim to be "adventures" and have a 1st person view are myst-clone-puzzle game shit. And all this 1st person "immersion" talk is also pointless. What, playing Morrowind or Oblivion from the 3rd person view is less "immersing" ? give me a break !