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As Dusk Falls |OT| A Tale of Two Families
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Are you supposed to start a new story or use explore story option, when replaying the game? I was thinking the latter, but then it says "re-using a profile from an earlier playthrough may cause chapter badge(s) scrores to be overwritten. Do you wish to continue?".
I'm assuming I should say yes to get more of the story tree in the same playthrough?
I'm assuming I should say yes to get more of the story tree in the same playthrough?
Explore story i believe will let you jump to the time of the timeline to explore options rather than have some continuous plot via a save file. But i havent exactly tried it yet. Cant you Make a new profile and go from there?
Finished this today
Really enjoyed it.
Felt very satisfied by the endings the various characters achieved. I hope going back to unlock other paths is easy.
End of game spoiler question: is there a way to figure out what the grandpa is up to?
Easy reccomend to anyone who likes narrative choice games, its a David Cage game without the David cage baggage no
I agree that the art style grew on me. It's basically an fmv game without the pitfalls of fmv. The "art" is detailed and allows the characters to express emotions very well/clearly
I'd also recommend controller people to just use the dpad and not the analog sticks to avoid some of the sluggish cursor stuff. Theres also a mobile app but didn't try that
Really enjoyed it.
Felt very satisfied by the endings the various characters achieved. I hope going back to unlock other paths is easy.
End of game spoiler question: is there a way to figure out what the grandpa is up to?
Easy reccomend to anyone who likes narrative choice games, its a David Cage game without the David cage baggage no
I agree that the art style grew on me. It's basically an fmv game without the pitfalls of fmv. The "art" is detailed and allows the characters to express emotions very well/clearly
I'd also recommend controller people to just use the dpad and not the analog sticks to avoid some of the sluggish cursor stuff. Theres also a mobile app but didn't try that
Hmm, I could, but I kinda wanna keep the same profile. I'll do some "story exploration" and see what happens. The badges probably aren't that important :)
Good game, the final chapter felt kinda rushed and disjointed to me though
the grandpa just getting ganked at the end wtf
Finished Chapter 4 and still really digging this. I'm definitely going to play it again and try some other choices too. I've failed a few QuickTime events so hopefully I can be successful next time, especially if one's that I failed affected the story in any way.
You can guarantee any time I take a bite of food, a sip of drink, or glance down at my phone there will be a fucking QTE lmao.
The pace of this game is really good, super engaging. The way the camera moves around adds a real kinetic energy to it all.
liking it, as well. &, speaking of cage
isn't bear played by the same actor that played scott shelby in heavy rain?
Just finished chapter 1, and I have to say, I'm hooked. I was initially turned off by the animation (or lack thereof), but I'm used to it now. I imagine the aesthetic choice allows for more scenes, which means more branching paths. Cool game so far.
Yeah kinda. I downloaded the game bc cloud felt laggy but it was like that the whole time đŸ¥²
You get used to it. I turned off having to search around to find options bc i figured it would be annoying + im playing with friends so i wanted it to be simple.
You would think they would have nailed the cursor seeing as thats like 99% of the input
Just use the Dpad. It auto jumps to the next option. Much better.
How family appropriate or inappropriate is this? If it were a movie, what rating would it likely have? Curious if it's something I could play with my kid(s) aged 9 and 11 (both have watched some previewed R content)
R rated because of the profanity. Outside of that its mainly pg 13, but there is a (skippable) scene about suicide they warn you at the start of chapter 3. I've only played three chapters though. Reviews said it's not suitable for kids.
Definitely wouldn't suggest it for them. Maybe the 11 year old but not the 9.
I'm halfway through and the game is genuinely fantastic. Kudos to the developer, and I hope they got paid well by MS for the Game Pass deal.
Ok, finished the first chapter. It's interesting but my god how did they fuck up the input lag, seems like the most important part to consider as you'll be using the cursor and other inputs for different stuff. Missed one QTE and it definitely felt like it was the input lag that fucked me over.
Yeah the input lag is atrocious on Xbox Series X.
Despite that, I'm enjoying it. But the input lag on main menu makes a terrible first impression. Yikes.
Despite that, I'm enjoying it. But the input lag on main menu makes a terrible first impression. Yikes.
Played through once via cloud and
I'm not sure I'll play through again but I may.
The input scheme on a controller is kind of dumb. Moving a cursor half the screen to choose from two options seems dumb when it could be accomplished via different button choices or just hitting up/down, etc...
died in the hotel lobby standoff.
The input scheme on a controller is kind of dumb. Moving a cursor half the screen to choose from two options seems dumb when it could be accomplished via different button choices or just hitting up/down, etc...
Yeah, if selecting options were snappier and felt smooth it wouldn't even be on my mind, but it feels so clunky that, even though I'm enjoying the game, I dread controlling it and the terrible feel of selecting things is always there in my mind, which drags the experience down a bit and that sucks because there's a good game here and I hate that the lack of smooth controls is not letting me focus 100% on the game and its interesting story and choices. Hopefully they'll look into that in a future patch.
Really liked what I played yesterday. I'm not usually tye type to finish these types of adventure games, but this one had me quite gripped.
I actually bounced off after the first act since I was affected by my potentially very poor final choice. Will hop back into chapter 2 when I can stomach my decision, haha.
I actually bounced off after the first act since I was affected by my potentially very poor final choice. Will hop back into chapter 2 when I can stomach my decision, haha.
What's really annoying is that it has touch controls but when I tried to play via my tablet it wouldn't launch unless I connected a controller. It's like the designers couldn't figure out how it should be controlled and found a solution that is borderline broken for all.
Definitely!
I don't usually gravitate towards these types of games but I played the first chapter and really liking it.
Only thing that is putting me off are the animations. I don't hate them but they can be a little distracting.
One chapter to go.
Boy do they drop the ball hard in Book 2. Book 1 is one cohesive story with urgency and drama. Book 2 is just kind of sputtering nothing.
Boy do they drop the ball hard in Book 2. Book 1 is one cohesive story with urgency and drama. Book 2 is just kind of sputtering nothing.
Art style took a few minutes to get used to but isn't nearly as awful as I found it to be in trailers. Honestly kind of dig it
Cursor not updating at your display refresh rate is a really bad decision tho. Using my phone as a controller and super sluggish
Cursor not updating at your display refresh rate is a really bad decision tho. Using my phone as a controller and super sluggish
Use the D-pad and it is accomplished like that (well, left/right in many cases).
Played a bit more and finished chapter 1. I can already feel myself getting used to the animation style, so I don't think it's going to be an issue, but the input lag really is frustrating.
I stopped using the cursor altogether (seriously why would you even have that as an option for a console game where you have to make quick decisions!?) but even using the d-pad it feels really sluggish and slow making selections. I don't think it's bad enough to cause me to run out of time making a choice, but it just doesn't feel good to use. Really strange decision for this sort of game - assuming it's a design decision and not a technical issue.
Other than that, I'm really intrigued so far. It's surprising how quickly you fall into that "this character would do this, he wouldn't choose that" mindset with these sorts of games.
I stopped using the cursor altogether (seriously why would you even have that as an option for a console game where you have to make quick decisions!?) but even using the d-pad it feels really sluggish and slow making selections. I don't think it's bad enough to cause me to run out of time making a choice, but it just doesn't feel good to use. Really strange decision for this sort of game - assuming it's a design decision and not a technical issue.
Other than that, I'm really intrigued so far. It's surprising how quickly you fall into that "this character would do this, he wouldn't choose that" mindset with these sorts of games.
Indeed, very very intense. Unfortunatelly, on Steam it was a flop. What a bad news
Imho, you did well with Dale. I know that he is a stupid boy but man, ppl should think about consequences more carefully. I won't spoil anything but I saw what happen if you choose otherwise. It was obvious but still..
I love the art style. Each scene looks like an awesome painting. Must have taken a lot of work to do I'd imagine, though I wouldn't be surprised if the art gods working on it where able to quickly paint the scenes.
But yeah I just wanted to say it looks cool.
But yeah I just wanted to say it looks cool.