MurrayL

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[–] MurrayL 5 points 5 months ago

Those Old Scientists

[–] MurrayL 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Presumably because, by making the Spotify experience feel worse, it increases the chance that people will switch to Apple Music instead

[–] MurrayL 6 points 5 months ago

Love TheC64 from the same company, so this will be a day one purchase for me

[–] MurrayL 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Such a shame NOLF is so deeply mired in rights disputes that we’ll probably never even get a digital rerelease, let alone a sequel.

[–] MurrayL 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It’s called a branching narrative. Most common related Steam tag for finding similar games would probably be ‘choices matter’.

[–] MurrayL 5 points 5 months ago

Yes, but they were already on Steam - this release is new

[–] MurrayL 60 points 5 months ago (3 children)

TLDR: the ‘novel technique’ is PWAs

[–] MurrayL 2 points 5 months ago

You can manually restart in OW - it’s an ability you can learn from one of the characters you meet.

[–] MurrayL 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

In my experience, if people are going to bounce off the game it’ll come down to one (or more) of three reasons:

  • They hate the flight controls
  • They hate the feeling of being on a constant timer
  • They hate the lack of explicit direction in what to do next

It’s one of my favourite games of all time, and it has good reasons for all of the above, but it’s definitely not for everyone!

And for anyone wondering, my counterpoints to the above would be:

  • Learn to use the autopilot but don’t trust it; learning to manoeuvre precisely will come over time
  • Don’t overthink the timer element; pick just one thing to investigate and focus on that, anything else is a bonus
  • Use the ship’s computer and follow the unknowns; avoid walkthroughs unless you’re absolutely 100% stumped on what to do next
[–] MurrayL 1 points 6 months ago

Business cards are still very much used in Japan, which I’m assuming is the exact target market here.

[–] MurrayL 1 points 6 months ago

The DC had upscaled art so the old game looked good enough on 1080p screens, plus a few new bits like character portraits.

This is a complete repainting & reanimating of the assets to 4K quality. Very different! Just compare screenshots and you’ll see.

[–] MurrayL 4 points 6 months ago

Not to mention native console ports with crossplay multiplayer

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