I have never seen this played without it being a speedrun. Is it fun to play other ways (like stealth, etc.)?

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Time travel from one medieval looking realm to....another pretty much identical medieval looking realm!

It does look fun to play, but they really don't do much of a job communicating what role the time travel thing is supposed to play.

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The trailer makes it look like movement, even out of combat, is frustratingly slow. Hopefully that's not actually the case, but it's the impression I get.

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Sorry, I'm just giggling about the idea of Japanese developers preferring unpretentious games in a world where the Metal Gear Solid series exists. A lot of JRPGs have a taste for the melodramatic, honestly.

That aside, some of the visuals and the monsters in this look really sharp, and I definitely get that inspired-by-Earthbound vibe, the same way Undertale had it but going in a different direction. From what little we've got to go on from the trailer, it looks pretty fun for folks into that sort of style.

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I've played the first one, but I found I would always die, even when following a guide, shortly after destroying the first portal. Somehow I got the second one, probably in a bundle, but I haven't really sat down and tried it out much. Maybe I should.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEP

Quoting: pbI'm not so sure about adding the 3rd dimension. It didn't end well for Trine 3...

That is about as comparable as an elephant to a frying pan.

To make a truly special grilled cheese, you need an African forest elephant. Bush elephants will do the job, but do you want a good sandwich, or a great one?

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Quoting: Sil_el_mot

Quoting: kuhpunkt

Quoting: NezchanSo is this one actually designed with people who wear glasses in mind? As far as I can tell, every VR headset on the market so far treats that as an afterthought, which is weird given the sheer number of glasses-wearers, presumably even on the engineering teams.

From what I've heard the Vive always had enough room for glasses. I'm sure Valve will do the same with the Index.

I can confirm. My wife wears glasses, i head a vive running in my work for 2 months for testing, with a lot of ppl who wear glasses, there were no problems!

How is it on the ears? I, and a lot of other glasses wearers, have problems with headphones due to that.

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So is this one actually designed with people who wear glasses in mind? As far as I can tell, every VR headset on the market so far treats that as an afterthought, which is weird given the sheer number of glasses-wearers, presumably even on the engineering teams.

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More Diablo-esque games on Linux would be welcome, I think. I loved Torchlight II, and Viktor Vran was good except for not being able to make my own character (still need to go back and finish that). Another good entry to that, hopefully one without the controller weirdness I had on VV, would go down nice.

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Those are some mighty empty environments. Just big, boxy rooms with very little in them and a little bit of texturing, nothing to make them look "lived in" (or even "died in"). It's all very sterile, and the combat that takes place in them seems kind of awkward. That, and the extremely vague narration really doesn't make a world that draws me in and makes me want to explore it.

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