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Post by derboo on Mar 10, 2015 14:59:48 GMT -5
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Mar 11, 2015 15:30:04 GMT -5
Wanted to like this game more if it wasn't for those nasty bugs (don't exit while in the Limbo, you could find yourself with no smartphone anymore) and the bad design of some sections (like the fight with the Scissor Man; had no problems with the part where Linda is without any camera), but considering its origins it's still an admirable project. IMO while due to the low budget the PS2-level aesthetics work in its favor, at times it feels like it's a lost game from that generation. There is also not much hand-holding while at the same time giving enough concessions, like the colored halos when ghosts or objects are nearby. Exploring the town at night in Act 1 - but also during the day, it's simpler to find some objects that way - before entering the school, is completely optional and I appreciated it for this reason.
Among the occasional wackiness, there's the motorcycle ghost in Act 1, a shack full of, let's say familiar items at the beginning of Act 2 (hard to miss, there's also one of the trinkets inside), and a skeleton waving at an old camera, apparently a morbid reference to an Indonesian reality show of the early 2000s where participants spent some hours at night, followed by infrared cameras, in places said to be haunted, and could renounce by waving - it was canceled after one participant died.
Mention could have been gone to the fact that the original demo/tutorial/prologue has been later integrated in the game proper as Act 0.
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Post by derboo on Mar 12, 2015 2:52:31 GMT -5
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Jun 17, 2015 12:09:59 GMT -5
It's among today's daily deals on Steam, so it gets an even bigger discount - can be bought for less than $4/€4 for the next 48 hours.
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Post by qishmish on Oct 13, 2015 9:38:13 GMT -5
About interview... I hoped you would ask were there any games developed in Indonesia in 90s or early 2000s
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Post by Catalyst on Oct 16, 2015 6:45:05 GMT -5
Among the occasional wackiness, there's the motorcycle ghost in Act 1, a shack full of, let's say familiar items at the beginning of Act 2 (hard to miss, there's also one of the trinkets inside), and a skeleton waving at an old camera, apparently a morbid reference to an Indonesian reality show of the early 2000s where participants spent some hours at night, followed by infrared cameras, in places said to be haunted, and could renounce by waving - it was canceled after one participant died. I'd like to read more on this? Do you have a link with some info?
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Oct 16, 2015 8:00:34 GMT -5
The show is called Dunia Lain (something like "Another World") - I use the present because, as I found out more recently, it has been relaunched. Also to be more precise compared to what I wrote originally, that participant in 2004 supposedly died a few days after the show was recorded and not during it, and it was just a rumor that was later proven false. I haven't got precise sources (the place where I first learned of the show is a guide of the game on its Steam Community pages, where the author explained it) but by searching the title you should find something, including a few trailers and old and new episodes on YT and Dailymotion.
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Post by Catalyst on Oct 18, 2015 16:07:34 GMT -5
Cool thanx.
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Post by dskzero on Oct 18, 2015 19:33:48 GMT -5
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Mar 24, 2016 14:44:10 GMT -5
DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark is out. It's not a sequel but a spin-off episode, apparently dealing with a Mirror World where Linda was transported sometime during the original adventure. It's also an homage to fans since many of the ghosts confronted here are, as one of the blurbs reports, conceived by backers - which unfortunately may lead to the game losing part of the Indonesian charm. On the other hand, it says it also expands on the original story... we'll see. One thing for certain, it's very cheap (6.99).
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Post by Catalyst on Mar 24, 2016 21:29:08 GMT -5
Awesome, hadn't heard about this. Can't wait to read the write up.
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Dec 27, 2016 16:30:37 GMT -5
So, I took the chance of the Christmas Steam sales to get Keepers of the Dark. The locations are mostly recycled from the main game but since it takes place in a "mirror world" and just before the end (when Linda wakes up in front of the school and can make the choice that determines the two original endings), it is justified. From a hub hall, Linda can enter 8 "rooms" that lead to the aforementioned familiar locations, albeit with new enemies that must be exorcised, on top of finding objects that may be useful in other "rooms", so that some must be visited more than once; sometimes specific objects are needed to battle a ghost, or to just make it appear. There is nothing left to do in a "room" when its door is not lit anymore. The ghosts are a definite mixed bag, and intentionally so since they are designed by backers; Digital Happiness decided to keep them out of the original game and use them here, and they range from "credible" to ludicrous - A nine-tailed fox? Indonesian rock band Koil if they were dead and resurrected in a dark ritual by a nerd??? - amping up the pulpy factor. Same delightful PS2-level visuals, some nice setpieces and good atmosphere, especially in the school location with two ghosts based on women obsessed by their own beauty. Seems less buggy but still rough around the edges; beside a few bad clipping moments too much, the weakest point is still boss battle design, with few exceptions the fights are simplistic and annoying; ironically, the final boss is one of the easiest. Like the original, this game is some "I really wanted to love this" affair, on top of feeling quite disjointed for the previously explained reasons. Yet all the potential is evident, as is the love of the devs - in fact, KOTD is a love letter to the people that helped the game exist; in the end, despite moments of annoyance I never felt like dropping it. So I found it a good appetizer while hoping that DH will treasure all the experience for the proper sequel. By the way, at the end of the credits, thanks also go to websites that featured DreadOut, and HG101 is among them of course.
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Aug 22, 2017 13:10:11 GMT -5
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