remastered version for free if they have it on GOG and Steam. No need
Owners of the original "Fahrenheit" (a.k.a. "Indigo Prophecy") get the remastered version for free if they have it on GOG and Steam. No need
to do anything; it will just appear in your library.
On 9/25/2023 12:01 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Owners of the original "Fahrenheit" (a.k.a. "Indigo Prophecy") get the
remastered version for free if they have it on GOG and Steam. No need
to do anything; it will just appear in your library.
I remember playing the original demo that had that initial scene in the >bathroom of a diner and thinking how thrilling it was, only to find out
later that the rest of the game was pretty meh and played nothing like
that, in typical David Cage style :(
I still think Omikron the Nomad
Soul is one of his 'best' efforts, it was truly revolutionary (for the
time) despite its many glaring faults.
Here's another one for The Number Game that is not quite worthy of its
own thread:
https://freebies.indiegala.com/eron
(that trailer vaguely reminds me of Lode Runner but this one is a pass
for me)
if you've never seen it, watch "Omikron's" intro here: >https://youtu.be/XCSaUbEW-jg?t=525
(I've bookmarked right before you enter the city proper to maximize
effect)
I remember playing the original demo that had that initial scene in the >bathroom of a diner and thinking how thrilling it was,
Well, this is a nice surprise.
Owners of the original "Fahrenheit" (a.k.a. "Indigo Prophecy") get the >remastered version for free if they have it on GOG and Steam. No need
to do anything; it will just appear in your library.
I mean, sure, I wish it was for a better game - David Cave has
cinematic talents, but is a shit-poor writer and has awful ideas as to
what makes appealing game-play - but I'm not turning my nose up at
free stuff. I LIKE free stuff.
Of course, GOG being GOG, they couldn't do something like this without >screwing it up, so most people - myself included - learned about this
free offer thanks to an email receipt that implied we'd PAID for the
upgrade. In fact, they had just used the wrong email template and no
money was charged. But that's GOG for you; their communication
department sucks.
But one question remains: do these free remasters count as a new game? >Specifically, do they make The Number go up?
Well, this is a nice surprise.
Owners of the original "Fahrenheit" (a.k.a. "Indigo Prophecy") get the >remastered version for free if they have it on GOG and Steam. No need
to do anything; it will just appear in your library.
I mean, sure, I wish it was for a better game - David Cave has
cinematic talents, but is a shit-poor writer and has awful ideas as to
what makes appealing game-play - but I'm not turning my nose up at
free stuff. I LIKE free stuff.
Of course, GOG being GOG, they couldn't do something like this without >screwing it up, so most people - myself included - learned about this
free offer thanks to an email receipt that implied we'd PAID for the
upgrade. In fact, they had just used the wrong email template and no
money was charged. But that's GOG for you; their communication
department sucks.
But one question remains: do these free remasters count as a new game? >Specifically, do they make The Number go up?
I downloaded th eHeavy Rain demo from Steam. Looks interesting, a
detective game.
But the controls are the weirdest I have ever seen and lasted about a
minute.
From what I read in some reviews of Fahrenheit, they are just as
diffucult to use.
"Heavy Rain" actually has a more streamlined and toned-down version of
the mechanic. So if that game's controls annoyed you, you'll dislike "Fahrenheit's" controls even more.
On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:12:49 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
I downloaded th eHeavy Rain demo from Steam. Looks interesting, a >>detective game.
But the controls are the weirdest I have ever seen and lasted about a >>minute.
From what I read in some reviews of Fahrenheit, they are just as
diffucult to use.
In terms of control, "Heavy Rain" pretty much uses the same control
scheme as "Fahrenheit", albeit with a bit more polish. Both games are >designed to be used with a gamepad though. While technically you CAN
play the game with mouse-keyboard, it isn't a good experience at all.
Even with a gamepad, I don't find the controls much fun, though.
Movement is okay, but actions all require quick-time events. They
movements you make with the gamepad joysticks are intended to emulate
the movements your character makes on-screen, except it's rarely an
intuitive match, so you're constantly staring at the screen waiting
for the appropriate button-prompt.
"Heavy Rain" actually has a more streamlined and toned-down version of
the mechanic. So if that game's controls annoyed you, you'll dislike >"Fahrenheit's" controls even more.
The scary thing is, both games have far, FAR better control than
"Omikron: Nomad Soul". That game was an absolute mess when it came to
its controls.
On 9/26/23 09:50, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
"Heavy Rain" actually has a more streamlined and toned-down version of
the mechanic. So if that game's controls annoyed you, you'll dislike
"Fahrenheit's" controls even more.
Well, was Heavy Rain released after?
I remember playing the original demo that had that initial scene
in the bathroom of a diner and thinking how thrilling it was,
I got to just this point, but the control/choice scheme confused the
heck out of me, and I gave up :( Wonder if the remaster addresses
that?
(no comment on "Under the Waves"; I hadn't even known of this game's existence until writing this response ;-)
Despite this, I agree that "Omikron" is one of his better works...David Cage loves QTE... you wont get any game from him as designer
although I think that "Detroit: Become Human" might be slightly
better. "Detroit" is incredibly anvilicious (and is still too heavily dependent on quick-time gameplay), but it largely sticks to one
concept rather than trying to cram every idea Cage ever had into a
single story.
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