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Return of the Obra Dinn releases on October 18th for Switch, PS4, and XB1
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Good time slot for it. I was hoping it would land right there so I could slip it between Ori and Luigi's Mansion. Now to wait for the launch price.
There is only one type of puzzle in the entire game.
The game works by viewing "snapshots" of moments in time where someone dies (sometimes multiple people in a single scene). You need to identify who the victim is and what killed them. The game will confirm correct guesses in sets of three.
The cause of death is often obvious (but not always). To figure out the identity you need to piece together clues both from within the scene where the person dies, and also from other details. These other details usually revolve around finding the same person in another scene (the game gives you tools to track every scene a character appears in) and checking out where on the ship they work, where they sleep, who they tend to follow around, lines of dialogue, and so on. Other details like clothing and ethnicity can also be used to infer someone's identity.
It works really well. There are only a few identities in the game that I felt were particularly obtuse, and this was mostly from having to go back and forth between a certain scene several times to identify every person in it when the walk speed is so slow (every scene has a part of the ship that you need to travel to in order to enter).
If all else fails, there's no penalty for guessing and checking either. For example, if you're sure about two identities and three fates, you can just work your way down the ship's manifest until that third person lands you a "hit". I recommend not doing this unless you're stuck though. The game will assign a difficulty rating to each crew member (by face, not by name), and will also indicate if you don't have enough evidence yet to identify a person without guessing.
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Wow, that was a quick turnaround. I had held off playing it for like a year cause I was hoping for a switch port but ended up grabbing it just a couple months ago and I think I'm glad I played it on pc rather than with a controller tbh.... Still a very easy recommendation for anyone who hasn't played it, such a great puzzle game.
Yay! I am so happy for Lucas and the success of this project, I can't wait to play it once again on Switch.
This game is very overrated. In fact it's a very boring game that goes at a plodding pace and just isn't very interesting or compelling. i gave up on chapter 3 I think. I just got soooooo tired of the backtracking. Because this is Backtracking: The Game. None of it is particularly interesting And the gameplay mechanics become old fast.
the idea sounds nice in theory but it's just very boring generally. I fell asleep playing it on a Sunday afternoon.
the idea sounds nice in theory but it's just very boring generally. I fell asleep playing it on a Sunday afternoon.
The incredible word of mouth this game has received peaked my interest. Definitely picking it up, most likely for Switch.
I never heard of this before the Nintendo Direct, so I'm very interested in checking this out on release.
You will know by the end what a "lascar house" is and how a bosun's uniform looks.
This is a terrible opinion.
The game is phenomenal and will be the best game anyone plays this year. Highly recommended.
3 things I always say about this game:
Too sort.
I wish I could forget everything about it and play it again.
I want more games like this.
Too sort.
I wish I could forget everything about it and play it again.
I want more games like this.
Been interested in this game ever since I heard Kirk and Jason rave about it several times last year on Splitscreen.
Performance should be fine. I imagine the challenge in the port was largely interface wise.
I can see maybe it actually being kinda annoying on a small screen too, though that might be offset if it has touch controls.
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