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Gloomwood Demo and Trailer Released "Thief With Guns"
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been playing on blood moon and the crowmen in the sewers really stress me out lmao, especially once you get to the pump room.
"theres another one of those things, oh great theres two of them, oh fuck the WHOLE ROOM is teeming with them"
"theres another one of those things, oh great theres two of them, oh fuck the WHOLE ROOM is teeming with them"
I hope that actually worked out in Gloomwood's favour, because I can't remember the other retro-looking first person games from today's streams, only this one.
I'm excited to try the demo. I had already marked it down as cool during the stream during the brief moment they showed it before they skipped the full trailer. Hopefully plenty of people get the opportunity to see it.
Very strange that it uses a checkpoint save system. Thief is designed around save scumming, especially on the higher difficulties.
So now if I play anything but the easiest difficulty I need to use checkpoint saves? I don't see that working if this game is truly like Thief.
So now if I play anything but the easiest difficulty I need to use checkpoint saves? I don't see that working if this game is truly like Thief.
I think the dev has said it's half System Shock 2 (survival horror, guns) half Thief (atmosphere, stealth). Play with your mistakes.
Regardless there's already a way to get the quicksave item on other difficulties apparently, and it's likely there will be an option or cheat to do so in the final game.
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It doesn't sound like it's locked in stone that save anywhere will be tied to Easy Mode, just that it's current implementation.
The saving does give the demo a nice Resident Evil tension as you move further and further from the safe zones, especially as you get into the sewers.
Ok. Unfortunately that doesn't dismantle the rest of my post.
Resident Evil is also a big influence.
edit: Per David Szymanski in the discord:
"We've discussed having the "music box" option be a toggle rather than dependent on difficulty, with a warning that it's not the intended way to play"
Playing the demo, Thief vibes are ultra strong. Is this 1 great big world, or cut into levels? If this is 1 big world holy moly.
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Large connected districts, so it's one world but broken up into multiple pieces.
I am enjoying this game.
Also, the random rebind bug has been fixed.
A miserable pile of corpses said:
Also, the random rebind bug has been fixed.
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Really great demo - will definitely buy on release if the price is right.
The enemies die to easily on normal though, will try the harder setting later.
Save anywhere as an optional setting for all difficulty options would be ideal for me.
Really sad that PC gamer blew the trailer reveal yesterday, but hey - it's up to us now to spread the word.
Edit - Found this in the steam forums:
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"In the demo there is a difficulty that gives you a music box that allows you to save anywhere. In the final game we will likely make this an option for all difficulties should the player desire to use it, even if its not the intended way to play."
The enemies die to easily on normal though, will try the harder setting later.
Save anywhere as an optional setting for all difficulty options would be ideal for me.
Really sad that PC gamer blew the trailer reveal yesterday, but hey - it's up to us now to spread the word.
Edit - Found this in the steam forums:
500_pts [developer]
"In the demo there is a difficulty that gives you a music box that allows you to save anywhere. In the final game we will likely make this an option for all difficulties should the player desire to use it, even if its not the intended way to play."
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Yeah. You need to find the 15 coins that are scattered throughout the level. #15 had me stumped for a good hour or so... and then I realised it was one of the first coins I found but had forgotten to pick up again after reloading my save early into the level. :(
Edit: This guy took a bunch of screenshots showing the locations of most of them, if you need some help.
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Ah, I missed the one in the sewer water. I'll have to circle back and give it another go.
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It's not a timed demo like the ones given out in Steam events, so even if it's pulled down the road you should still have access to it on your PC.
Also, the demo is DRM-free, so if you want to be super-duper safe, you can download it and back up the installation folder.
Been excited about this for a while. Not even gonna play the demo because I want to savor it all at once.
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did a playthrough where i skipped flipping the gate switches and stacked crates/barrels to get into the docks and out of the jailhouse. i know theres a speedrun where the runner just stacked two barrels at the start, mantled up to the rooftops and waltzed to the ending in under a minute so what i did isnt that impressive in the grand scheme of things but it was still really fun
I hope they find another solution, like maybe limited saves per "map" or in between Phonographs or however the game is structured.
Experimentation is a big part of the fun of these kinds of games and this would totally disincentivize that.
You know what's awesome? They are introducing a CRIMSON HEAD mechanic into the game from Remake 1. If you kill too many people, a super strong enemy called a Corpse Duster will have a chance of spawning!
The green vision cones did remind me of Sir You Are Being Hunted. Haha amazing haven't tried flushing down enemies yet.
I had the same thought. My gut feeling says it'll happen eventually for a lot of low-fi indies.
It's just a demo, so hopefully they'll have more options when it's released.
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