PC only for now for the final release, PS4 and Xbox One versions some time this year (presumably later in the year).
However, I think there may be an early unfinished version for the Xbox One, not sure though.
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Ghost of a Tale |OT| Tilo & Itch
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PC only for now for the final release, PS4 and Xbox One versions some time this year (presumably later in the year).
However, I think there may be an early unfinished version for the Xbox One, not sure though.
I tried the Trial on the XBox,you can only play one hour but I am stuck at the drawbridge...either I am blind or is that all for the trial...? I go down a ladder but there is nothing there...?,pretty cool little game.
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I progressed a lot today.
I hope the game sells well so we can have sequels/spin-offs (controlling other animals like ferrets or badgers). The lore/world of the game is awesome. Seriously, i'm gonna be upset if everything just ends here with this game.
I hope the game sells well so we can have sequels/spin-offs (controlling other animals like ferrets or badgers). The lore/world of the game is awesome. Seriously, i'm gonna be upset if everything just ends here with this game.
Throw a stick at the lever that lowers the drawbridge. There's a note that says that it is very sensitive. Climbing down the ladder will reward you with some florins.
Yeah, you can buy the game on XB1 for $20 as a "Game Preview" with the a disclaimer in the description that says: "This game is a work in progress. It may or may not change over time or release as a final product. Purchase only if you are comfortable with the current state of the unfinished game."
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New patch available: 6.34. This guy is really working hard. Loving the quickly support so far:
http://store.steampowered.com/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/2982945658354456140
http://store.steampowered.com/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/2982945658354456140
I was feeling pretty annoyed at the game earlyish with how many guards are around in such small quarters but as I've scrambled about for some gear that worry has been alleviated somewhat. Get your stealth stats up and exploring a lot more fun when they aren't constantly seeing and hearing you from far away.
Couple Thief pieces I just stumbled upon making it much easier to bear.
Couple Thief pieces I just stumbled upon making it much easier to bear.
This guy is excellent. There are some who will of course say that the game shouldn't have been released with bugs, yet EVERY game has a number of bugs (some more, some less). This developer also produced most of Ghost of a Tale on his own and is working extremely hard to fix the bugs. This reminds me of Stardew Valley and its sole developer - he worked extremely hard to fix many of the bugs that cropped up during the initial PC release in early 2016, he even repaired people's corrupted save game files where necessary. Such attention to customer satisfaction should be applauded.
It's important to stress that the developer here is a former Dreamworks animator who's just attempting game development for the first time.
The mere fact he actually managed to complete and release his project on an incredibly tight budget is an achievement in its own. The game looking stunning on top of that is added bonus.
I'm honestly a bit bummed about the overabundance of comments of people "on the fence", taking a "wait and see" stance all over the internet.
Can hardly imagine an indie dev more deserving of some support on mere good will, even if admittedly the game is not flawless.
The mere fact he actually managed to complete and release his project on an incredibly tight budget is an achievement in its own. The game looking stunning on top of that is added bonus.
I'm honestly a bit bummed about the overabundance of comments of people "on the fence", taking a "wait and see" stance all over the internet.
Can hardly imagine an indie dev more deserving of some support on mere good will, even if admittedly the game is not flawless.
Very well said. You make some excellent points.
Review from RockPaperShotgun:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/15/ghost-of-a-tale-is-a-stealthy-rpg-with-bright-whiskers/
The dev (Seith) even has a few posts in the comments section where he politely responds to some points.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/15/ghost-of-a-tale-is-a-stealthy-rpg-with-bright-whiskers/
The dev (Seith) even has a few posts in the comments section where he politely responds to some points.
This looks amazing, and it's so much cheaper than I expected at $20 something. Tip: the Humble Bundle version provides both a Steam key and DRM free version.
It feels like I backed this forever ago! The developer has been so good with keeping backers updated and it's been cool to follow the progress over the years. I'm really glad that it's out and I'll hopefully get around to it in a few weeks. Noticed plenty of patches downloading since release so hopefully most of the kinks will be ironed out by then.
I have no issue supporting the game but I do have a tendency to move on if I dont like it because of the bugs. For example Seven THe Days Long Gone, I played it at launch for 8ish hours or so and I might've even finished it if it wasnt for the bugs so I waited quite a lot and after most of my complaints were fixed, I just couldnt get into it anymore and I dont want Ghost of a Tale to suffer the same fate. From what I read on the forums theres still quite a lot of bugs and the sound design/mixing and soundtracks are an issue atm so until all these get fixed, I'd rather wait a month more rather than play it now, possibly get annoyed, and never touch it again, bcuz I'm fucking weird and by the looks of it the guy who "reviewed" it on RPS felt the same thing about it.
Oh ok thanks...carried a sick a few times and did not really see how to throw it...gues it will pop up when I aim(look) at the bridge...
Nope, you need to equip the stick with the directional pad... like all other consumable items (bottles, sticky jars, candles and lanterns).
To lift your spirits up a little, I bought it the very day it was made available on Xbox Game Preview. I already spent a few wonderful hours with it, and now I'm patiently waiting for the full game to release. The game has a 4.3/5 score on Xbox even in its unfinished state, which is good to see.
This game has been on my radar for years. I can't believe how beautiful it turned out. I can't wait to have some time to play through it!
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Review from Meristation (spanish). They gave it a 7. IMO it deserves minimum an 8.
Ghost of a Tale is a wonderful, original and full of details fable. However, It's the first project from a novice developer. The game has bugs and some design failures that stains the experience.
http://meristation.as.com/pc/ghost-of-a-tale/analisis-juego/2265915
Ghost of a Tale is a wonderful, original and full of details fable. However, It's the first project from a novice developer. The game has bugs and some design failures that stains the experience.
http://meristation.as.com/pc/ghost-of-a-tale/analisis-juego/2265915
Oh it's an easy eight, even with the bugs (which are quickly being squashed by the developer). I think I'd give it a nine in fact.
did you get out of the jail? the courtyard opens up a lot, esp when you get to the top of the watchtower and talk to the dude there. but yeah guards, there the bad guys I guess. AI is so-so, so it's not a fulllll on stealth game which I'm glad
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New review from 3DJuegos (again, in spanish): 8.5
https://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/analisis/20133/0/ghost-of-a-tale/
Also, new patch released, 6.35: http://steamcommunity.com/games/417290/announcements/detail/3507615017010643513
https://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/analisis/20133/0/ghost-of-a-tale/
Also, new patch released, 6.35: http://steamcommunity.com/games/417290/announcements/detail/3507615017010643513
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I did. Even got into the forest area and got completely lost and overwhelmed.
It's a good game, one I'll definitely return to one day but I guess I wasn't in the mood for its brand of stealth gameplay right now.
Shucks. Def feel like the game oozes some basic high level production values so you want a 8 but some of the repetition cuts it down a tad
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I'm going to finish the game very soon, I have to find the chest on the Coast.
Man... THAT conversation with Silas...
FUCK ME. This game, this motherfucking game... I'm gonna be real mad if it doesn't perform well enough for a sequel/spin-off in the game universe.
Man... THAT conversation with Silas...
FUCK ME. This game, this motherfucking game... I'm gonna be real mad if it doesn't perform well enough for a sequel/spin-off in the game universe.
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New patch available, 6.36: http://steamcommunity.com/games/417290/announcements/detail/3507615017014578079
By the way, I finished the game. It's awesome, one of my favourites this year!
(Stats are a bit bugged but I have it all completed. Time is correct AFAIK).
By the way, I finished the game. It's awesome, one of my favourites this year!
(Stats are a bit bugged but I have it all completed. Time is correct AFAIK).
I hope there is a sequel. I need it after that ending.
The plot twists are brilliant: Silas, Rolo...
Kudos to Jerome Jacinto, I loved its art in Armello and Tooth and Tail, I love it in this game
This one hurts T__T
The plot twists are brilliant: Silas, Rolo...
Kudos to Jerome Jacinto, I loved its art in Armello and Tooth and Tail, I love it in this game
This one hurts T__T
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There are a couple of missable secondary quests: Fatale's ones because are only available during night. Apart from that.... you can do almost every single quest without missing it.
The only Point of no Return that the game has is at the very ending part of the game. In fact, it warns you with a message that you won't be able to come back once you go in.
PC Performance Analysis for the game:
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/ghost-of-a-tale-pc-performance-analysis/
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/ghost-of-a-tale-pc-performance-analysis/
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The game works really well, but in my rig (R5 1600 OC 3.8 Ghz, 16 GB DDR4 3000 Mhz, GTX 1070) I had some small drops in some points of the game, nothing really annoying.
At 4K I have to play it at 30 FPS since 60 FPS is impossible (obviously).
While I really enjoy most of the game, the constant running around to do errands and find different things for different people in areas you've already been to dozens of times is starting to wear on me.
How far in am I when
Curious how much more there is cause it feels like the game is going to end every moment now.
How far in am I when
I just gave the second (or third) silver ring to Silas and he told me he knows where Merra is?
It believe it's more acceptable if you think of Ghost of a tale as an adventure/point-n-click game...
I'm six hours in and I still get lost in both courtyards. I didn't expect to say that one day but I wish the mapping tool, the menus or the quest log were a little more "modern".
Still a lovely game, of course.
I wouldn't mind that much if it weren't for the stealth aspect which just clashes with that design choice. It's obviously not hard to outrun to guards and there are costumes to help but it just doesn't really make a lot of fun to constantly either run past the same guards over and over again or take the slow guard costume (even after the upgrades). Especially cause...well, those guards don't really add anything to the game. It's not tense cause you can basically out-walk them, saving is possible anywhere, there is no penalty for dying etc.
I wish the game would have maybe come up with some different ideas.
Quick and dirty solution: You are a prisoner but prisoners are allowed to walk around certain areas of the prison (like the courtyard). So you could still have the costumes and some stealth sections but it would also allow the player to explore a bit more freely with less annoyances. And you wouldn't have to change anything else about the game.
It's still a really good game though.
The game world is compact; successfully partitionning it into coherent subsets according to properties like allowed/not allowed would probably be a challenge, I think ? I don't really mind mind ignoring stealth after a time and just dashing after guards when I want to go quickly to a destination. It's frustrating to have certain pieces of clothes and not be able to use the power of the whole set till you have located all the pieces, but give me enough hiding places and shortcuts and I don't mind.
I'm close to finish this and I have to say that while in some areas the game is clearly rough (and not just for "bugs"), it's leaving me wanting to see more about this setting.
I sincerely hope it will manage to be financially successful enough to guarantee a "bigger and better" sequel; too bad that looking at numbers I'm afraid SeithCG will retire from software development and go back to animation, instead.
At least I hope the guy isn't losing money on it.
Short wishlist for an ideal sequel:
- bigger without going for "massive open world". Something like a small town and the surrounding area/isle would be perfect. Let's say like Risen 1.
- some combat, maybe playing as a young rat the next time.
- the "minstrel mechanic" was interesting but extremely underused. I'd like to see more of that.
- I wish it could afford good voice acting. While the writing is absolutely excellent at times, just having to read doesn't allow these characters to fully come to life.
More in general, I felt like the game was at its best when it moved away from strict stealth (which, as a fan of the genre, I didn't fee like it was THAT well implemented) except for its occasional excessive focus on collect-a-thon.
I sincerely hope it will manage to be financially successful enough to guarantee a "bigger and better" sequel; too bad that looking at numbers I'm afraid SeithCG will retire from software development and go back to animation, instead.
At least I hope the guy isn't losing money on it.
Short wishlist for an ideal sequel:
- bigger without going for "massive open world". Something like a small town and the surrounding area/isle would be perfect. Let's say like Risen 1.
- some combat, maybe playing as a young rat the next time.
- the "minstrel mechanic" was interesting but extremely underused. I'd like to see more of that.
- I wish it could afford good voice acting. While the writing is absolutely excellent at times, just having to read doesn't allow these characters to fully come to life.
More in general, I felt like the game was at its best when it moved away from strict stealth (which, as a fan of the genre, I didn't fee like it was THAT well implemented) except for its occasional excessive focus on collect-a-thon.
It could have helped if at least the specialized gaming press could be bothered reviewing it, but even that was too much to ask, apparently.
They surely don't have money to spare in any proper marketing.
I agree on both points. I'm pretty disgusted with a lot of the gaming press to be honest; along trots (or scampers!) a really nice game that has had a lot of heart and soul put into it and what do they do? They ignore it.
2 observations after a couple hours of gameplay:
1: This is a Soulsbourne, but with stealth instead of combat. I don't know WHY it works, but it just *works*.
2: OH MY GOSH THERE'S SUBSURFACE SCATTERING ON THE MOUSE EARS AND PAWS AND IT"S SO FREAKIN ADORABLE LOOKING I COULD DIE
1: This is a Soulsbourne, but with stealth instead of combat. I don't know WHY it works, but it just *works*.
2: OH MY GOSH THERE'S SUBSURFACE SCATTERING ON THE MOUSE EARS AND PAWS AND IT"S SO FREAKIN ADORABLE LOOKING I COULD DIE