Quoting: qptain NemoI'm a bit of a cynical ass, so your mileage may wary, of course, it clearly did for many other commenters here.

Not to mention the rest of the world. Seems like it's had enough interest to justify a film adaptation [External Link].

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Quoting: scainethere's not a huge amount of re-playability, so I'll leave it another few months, I think.

I think Firewatch's replayability depends heavily on what you do/don't enjoy about the game, and whether you're into exploration/existing in an environment. I've been able to sink 80 hours into the game so far (with about 20 or so focused on testing ahead of the game's release) and have written some in-depth guides about the books [External Link] and wildlife [External Link] that can be found in the game when you take the time to look.

Beyond that though, the flavour and tone of the story (the story itself being

Spoiler, click me

Henry and Delilah's relationship and Henry's attempt to escape responsibility/reality

rather than the background against which those play out, of course) can shift dramatically depending upon your actions. If you want a completely different take, try not talking to Delilah at all.

Quoting: ElectricPrismIs this that game everyone was super upset and mad at? If so is it fixed now?

There was an issue with the Linux build for the a few hours thanks to this Steam bug [External Link] after launch, but beyond that I don't know of anything significant that needed fixing in the game and don't recall anybody being mad (aside from people who didn't enjoy the story and/or weren't within the game's audience).

Quoting: DrMcCoyNot nothing. They build up atmosphere and suspense. A breather between more intense scenes. And even there, a glance between characters already told a lot.

Yeah, I was going to say that there's very little dead weight in Lynch's Dune. I saw it before I read the books and really enjoyed it. Even though it brings in some new stuff (like the weirding modules) which I generally don't appreciate, it doesn't feel like it disrupts or slows down the narrative the way that many other book adaptations suffer from (I'm looking at you, Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings).

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Quoting: SaladienI would suggest Mumble.

Mumble's definitely on the table :)

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Quoting: SaladienAre there plans to improve the sound quality?

Most of the problem areas seem to be caused by Google Hangouts' automatic volume adjustment. We've discussed possible alternative recording infrastructure, but I'm not certain where we stand at the moment with regards to that.

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Quoting: XelancerGreat cast guys!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Quoting: imdan12It's also better to make a video interview.

We've talked about this a few times in the past - I'm not certain whether it'll happen or not.

There are a bunch of really valid reasons to not pursue this for as frequent a show as this, with the biggest one being that there's a lot more overhead with regards to editing and producing video content than there is with audio content.

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Quoting: GuestI don't know that it was necessarily delayed.

How could it not be - wasn't originally the SteamOS version promised with the launch of the Steam controller? Then, wasn't it talk about a release around january this year, only to be postponed further?

I'm not sure if it was ever directly stated that it'd come out when Valve's controller arrived, only that anybody who pre-ordered the gamepad would get a copy of the game.

Sometimes ports just take a long time (just like any software development), and having the game be a moving target thanks to continued development for all platforms can slow things down in ways that aren't relevant to most post-release ports.

Sometimes you feel like you're close, and you think that maybe when you solve the current problem that you're on, the port will be done. You don't know what you haven't encountered yet though, and expectations around timeframes can change without there being an actual delay.

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Quoting: CheesenessWith regards to difficulty, if you die enough times at the same point in the game (might be 10 times? I can't recall), the game will allow you to switch to "soft mode".

Guess I'm doing okay then, think the most I've died in one section is 5 times, it was that damn conveyor belt.

I only saw it twice - once during the sequence before you get the buried hack and once when in the water avoiding a giant sawblade while taking out wall crawlers :D

Also, did you spot the Amiga "Guru Meditation" [External Link] reference?

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With regards to difficulty, if you die enough times at the same point in the game (might be 10 times? I can't recall), the game will allow you to switch to "soft mode".

I helped test Linux version of the game in the leadup to release, but didn't get to finish the full game until yesterday. The game is about twice as long as I was expecting based on the beta content (I think I'd pushed through the beta content in about 3 hours, and the full game took me 6 or so).

For anybody who is in love with the game, it's also this month's IndieBox [External Link] title. I'm not certain what is in the box this time around, but I suspect it's going to be the only opportunity to get a physical copy of this game.

RIVE is packed full of references to classic games (in particular people seem to be getting a big buzz out of the Tetris sequence that has a remix of the Tetris theme), but it has the charm and polish I've come to expect from Two Tribes and enough for it to feel like a solid game even without the homages.

At most, I have two small gripes with the game - one is that the protagonist's dialogue gets old fast on a second playthrough, and the other is that some of the time focused sequences like the rising lava or the descending spiked roof are tuned a little tighter than I'd have done (although they may be more approachable in "soft mode").

At any rate, it's a lovely game and a wonderful swan song from a long-time Linux friendly development studio.

Also, note the presence of Linux porter Edward Rudd in the credits and shoot a thank-you his way :)

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Like Flesk, I also helped beta test this game. I wasn't expecting it to captivate me the way it did, and was pleasantly surprised by its structure, pacing and thoughtful level design.

IMO, it does a lot with little.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: paasistiIs anyone else suffering from terrible load issues in multiplayer? More often than not, I spend the first half a minute of a match stuck in a freezed frame or some serious stuttering. This doesn't happen in Windows, so I doubt it's a network issue.

It either crashes or works flawlessly for me. At least I never have to wait long. :o)

So far (about 10 hours in?), the only crashes I have are caused by these foour maps, which according to the log seem to be missing some physics asset.

* Pillars (Rocket Labs)
* Cosmic (Rocket Labs)
* Underpass (Rocket Labs)
* Utopia Retro (Rocket Labs)

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