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Article #697095Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN NOVEMBER 2016?
From: Spalls Hurgenson
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:47
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:47
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On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 13:29:33 -0800 (PST), Metal Guru <themet...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 7:39:41 PM UTC-5, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > >> The best of the bunch, I think, is "The Stanley Parable", because it >> narrowly straddles the line between "narrative game" and "real game". >> More than just leading you through a badly-paced story, it actually >> involves the player in the plot; your actions affect the course of the >> story. It is also pretty well written (and even better voice-acted), >> and is genuinely funny. >> >> I also had another similar game in mind when I wrote my 35mm review, >> but for the life of me I can't remember what it is at the moment. ;-) >> But 'Parable' is probably the best of the bunch - and even then, I'd >> not call it flawless, with one of its biggest problems being that it >> has no real replayability, which extremely limits its value. > >Those kind of games are not exactly my cuppa tea either but I've quite enjoyed Dear Esther, > Oxenfree and Firewatch - only about an hour into the latter but it looks promising. Didn't > like the teen angst angle of Life is Strange (I have a 19yo son and that's more drama than I > can handle, thank you very much) nor the time rewinding gimmick so I never managed to > finish it. Working on Firewatch; it's another example of how the genre can get it right (but you'll have to wait until the end of the month for a fuller review but its pretty damn positive ;-). I had the same reaction to Life is Strange; for all that it has an interesting story, the teenage interactions did not resonate with me at all. Partly, I think, because my age has given me enough of a vantage point to see how ridiculous all that angst is but mostly because I didn't experience that sort of turmoil myself when I was growing up ;-)
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