Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 7485, member: 122"It'll be interesting to see whether the DLC addresses any outstanding plot points from the game.

Definitely have to agree with that. ;)

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Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 7476, member: 122"Ah, but it's not about us, it's about John, who's depicted with a fairly level headed and slow-to-anger type persona - without that catalyst, his actions would have been out of character (at least, from my interpretation of him). I'll admit that it was unduly ignored throughout the rest of the game, and could have been used to bring a little more gravitas when the plot called for it.

Yes, the fact that the later half of the game did not live up fully to the expectations placed on it was my main concern with it. Keep in mind that John and Skyler were both depicted as being very caring individuals, so the fact that Zander's death is not really brought up again or mentioned upon meeting Maximillian (as far as I can recall) seems a bit odd to me.

Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 7476, member: 122"I also haven't played it with a review in mind though - I was too busy enjoying it on my first run through to cast a critical eye over it.

Yeah, you do sound a lot more critical when you actually have to write about something objectively. Just don't let me or anyone else ruin the fun for you. ;)

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Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 7473, member: 122"I'm not sure I agree with some of your story critique - the death towards the end of the first act of the game signals a shift in tone and stakes. It doesn't really seem out of place with the game's pacing, and serves to provide motivation for John's actions and attitudes throughout the rest of the game.

While I can see your point, I still do not agree mostly because it does not seem to add much to the game. His death seemed to contribute very little as we did not need anymore reason to dislike Maximillain, who had been screwing them out of their jobs by getting them to hunt for the asteroid and was now even threatening to fire them for it. Now granted, Zander did not really have any other purpose but to give a noble death, but with Maximilian screwing them and then sending the wild boys after them, his only purpose in life (and death) seemed to contribute virtually nothing of inherent value to the plot. It is not like it really builds up to anything later in the game, other then his vague musings about the connectedness of everything before he snuffed it, and if anything the game gets lighter as it goes along not darker, so to me it just makes things seem incongruous. It is like everyone simply forgot about it, except for when John needs to take Switchblade. It seemed to me to go like this: we kill off a potential main character, and then we spend the rest of the game making bambi jokes. :P

Still, it is not like I really minded the death, but to me it just added to the notion that the plot seemed a little haphazard. Still, thank you for arguing with me about it; I always wanted these things to engender some real discussions about the games. ;)

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Apparently shortly before I put out the review they announced that they are indeed planning to put out a DLC and that the Linux version is coming to Steam:
http://www.rochardthegame.com/en/2012/12/24/happy-holidays-from-the-rochard-team/ [External Link]

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It is better than being called ham-ish all the time in real life, trust me. ;)

I actually tend to find most games a bit long actually, as I find that most developers like to extend a game past it effectiveness due to the notion of gameplay hours equalling game worth. So that is probably the reason why I personally did not have a problem with the length of the game.

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Indeed, Liam Dane. :P

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Great, more Edumnd McMillan flash games...

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A question - why is it OS X is the only one with a standalone download on Desura?

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Hmm... I guess we all do love freebies.

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Seriously, with Helena always on sale and you now giving away free keys, how do you guys manage? It is nice though.

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