I'll have to give it another try. Last version I tried was 17 or 18, and they seem to be up to 23 now so I expect there's some big changes.

Does it still only have two difficulty levels: loads of monsters or none at all?

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For those who don't know, and the article doesn't mention it, both games were by the dev who went on to make Salt & Sanctuary.

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Quoting: PlintslchoSilence looks gorgeous though and I will keep an eye on it. I really hope that the characters in Silence are nothing like Sadwick in The Whispered World.

I agree on that point. I found The Whispered World spent all its time desperately trying to be a comedy, which undercut the story itself quite badly. If they leave that behind and relegate humour to more situational elements, I'd welcome it.

As to the trailer, the voice acting seems really stiff. The little girl voice isn't too bad, but the rest are awkward as hell. The main character also looks way older than his voice suggests, which is a bit odd.

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Quoting: AnxiousInfusionJust be aware that with this title, you are not playing to think and solve problems. You are a passive observer taking a not-so-guided tour. Not a good or bad thing, just a different flavor of game. Kind of an ideological museum walk through.

There is a bit of thinking involved though, to work out the timeline of events. There are interesting implications to how everything plays out beyond just the main storyline delivered through the dialogue. It's worth digging into the little nooks and crannies to find scraps of the other characters' stories.

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Won't be able to make the stream this week, too much work to do. Have fun with your Rocket Legs!

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Tempted to pick up Aquaria, it's really cheap and I've heard good things. But I dunno if an action game is my speed right now.

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I'd love to play it, but I probably won't. Something about the Half-Life games, as much as I love them, gives me really bad simulation sickness, even when I expand the Field of View. I have no idea why, most other games I'm fine with on 90, but the entire Half-Life series leaves me queasy for hours.

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The concept appears to be similar to what the devs of the poor, doomed, Wander were trying to do. Non-language interactions in an exploration based environment without combat. Unfortunately while their hearts were in the right place the whole thing just fell apart upon release, which was a shame.

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Good news, but I'm gonna keep playing and enjoying Minetest. I do agree though, this is one less barrier to someone switching from Windows to Linux, they can keep playing the thing they like.

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I'll probably be finishing up Oxenfree, which does have an appropriate supernatural theme to it. That's about as horror as I like to get these days.

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