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Quantum Conundrum: Dimension-shifting Puzzle goodness.
Sterica
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So there's this lady that works on a video game. You might remember it, as it is called
Oh, not ringing any bells? Well, this lady got hired by a company because the game was just so interesting. That company?
They had her work on a new game using choice bits of the old one. Gee, what did they call it? I forget...
Oh that's right! Portal! Boy, it sure was fun, wasn't it? Well, get this: she actually left Valve. Yeah, she totally just up and left Valve to make her own games. Rumor has it that she walked away in slow motion while explosions went off behind her. Sunglasses may or may not have been used.
She now works for Airtight Games, known for the Dark Void games. Her new game idea?
You play as a boy looking for his uncle. He's an inventor, and you'll use his dimension-shifting device to navigate the game. Object too heavy? Try the light fluffy dimension. Things going too fast? Chill in the slow dimension. Juggle dimensions and wrack your brain through a variety of puzzles.
DLC is already on the way, and the game looks pretty awesome. The base game is $14.99 on Steam, or 19.99 for the Season Pass which gets you all future DLC alongside the soundtrack.
Gameplay Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-jdm-Tl1JgE3 Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg97ZEkqhzEHey, Giant Bomb did a Quick Look!
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Me too. Any solid release info outside of "soon" yet?
Oh wait... I was already in the video options to change me res before. Lets see here... Resolution... Brightness... Subtitles... THAT'S IT. THOSE ARE THE VIDEO OPTIONS.
I shut the game off, went right to Steams support page and submitted a ticket for a refund. I doubt I will get it, but after using Steam since the beta, this is the first game I have ever done that with.
I was totally excited for this game and pre-ordered it for myself and gifted it to my wife's account as well. I do not want to support such a lazy, insulting port, though. And I am pretty disappointed that I saw no mention of this in any of the reviews I read. You would at least expect more resolution options. Kind of a standard thing.
I'm sure the game is fun. The only way I will know is if they deny my refund (I will drop the res down to where it runs acceptably and play through it so I didn't waste my money). After 10 years of using Steam, it took this game to make me start thinking twice about pre-ordering. I normally do my research, but coming from Kim Swift, I guess I assumed the game would have freaking video options and be made for PC, and not a turd of a console port.
And I have nothing against consoles. I love my consoles. But when I buy a PC game, I want it built for my PC... otherwise I'd just buy it on my consoles.
Based on ZERO play time, I have to say stay away from the PC version if you're the kind of PC player who liked PC games and abhors bad console ports. At least I was able to rebind keys, I'll give it that, I guess.
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The motion blur is awfully strong, too. I like it that way, but considering how strong it is it's kind of crazy that there's no option to turn it off.
Interested to hear other people's thoughts on whether it's actually fun in practice.
It's excellent. It's not a low-rent version of Portal, it's a game in the same genre designed by the same person.
As a game though I really like it so far. The puzzles are definitely more intricate than Portal and feel very different. The art style reminds me more of the 'Alice' games than anything, lots of odd perspective and colour schemes. I'll stick a proper review up once I'm finished but it's a solid game, and as many reviews/previews have said, it's just nice to have something different. I've got a LOT of FPS, RTS, Turn based Strategy (TBS?), driving games, RPGs etc; it's nice to play a well-made and thoughtful puzzle game with a story.
I didn't notice this either, do the books change too?
Carmack is a programmer, not a designer. This one feels very Swiftian. It feels similar to Portal and that is a good thing. If they can make a few more games in this style, it will put the studio on the map. Dark Void was really a loose Crimson Skies sequel and was actually not that shitty. It just was not popular. I blame Capcom's poor advertising. I remember seeing a lone kiosk with it at PAX and being baffled as to why no one was caring.
i got to try the 360 version when i was at pax east, i like the mechanics a lot and i'm pumped to get my hands on it. from the sound of it i might be better off waiting for the console version? i don't mind waiting if that one will run smoother
Man, UV... sometimes I just... I dunno
I wonder about you. Like, are you even human?
Edit: An now I realize that you haven't actually stated that you didn't like GlaDOS or Portal. I'm still wary though!
His unbreakable vow is to never answer that question in a manner that lets you know for sure.
I'm just messing though. He has different opinions, personalities can be different, people can be set up different ways, etc etc. I can see a world view where you don't like GlaDOS.
I don't share that world view, but that's a different and frankly irrelevant matter.
I was just kiddin' as well. :P
Anyhoo, this is going to be an XBLA title, yes? Seems like it should've been a SoA title. Unless its going to release on XBLA before the SoA promotion begins? Yes?
Someone say yes.
::edit:: Mentioning Kim Swift would have to be John Carmack to turn things around made me giggle, didn't RAGE lack video options except for resolution?
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Oculus Rift: Sir_Grinch
Not from what I can see. I've only gotten the second dimension thus far, so I may be wrong.
"You can be yodeling bear without spending a dime if you get lucky." -> reVerse
"In the grim darkness of the future, we will all be nurses catering to the whims of terrible old people." -> Hacksaw
"In fact, our whole society will be oriented around caring for one very decrepit, very old man on total life support." -> SKFM
I mean, the first time I met a non-white person was when this Vietnamese kid tried to break my legs but that was entirely fair because he was a centreback, not because he was a subhuman beast in some zoo ->yotes
The week before Summer of Arcade
Goddammit MS I am already flat fucking broke
BTW, in regards to this comic:
Which puzzle is "that" puzzle? I've done everything, with the possible expection of
Yes. I think they are just trying to encapsulate the feeling you get from these kinds of games.
Which also means MLP Discord.
The game is ok, I'm enjoying it. But not sure if I'm enjoying it enough to finish it.
You pick up objects with different weights. Each Area you are given access to up to 4 gravity manipulations abilities. Depending on the puzzle you are limited.
Effects are:
Light. Everything can be carried and everything is destroyed by lasers. Effected by wind. You throw stuff then quickly switch to other modes to gain the desired effect.
Heavy. Cardboard boxes can activate switches. Boxes cannot be destroyed by red lazes. Break glass. Cannot pick anything up.
Slow Motion. Throw objects thought the air, move to another location to time something that needs to be done before the object reaches its destination.
And I think there is another Anti gravity one which I'm not up to.
There are a few other quirks. But I really feel this game was aimed towards a much younger audience with some of the dialogue that is in this game.
There also seems to be a really limited art set. I get the feeling you have seen 95% of all props within the first 30 mins of play. Kind of gives it a quirky feel. I liked it. But I feel the game is going to be quickly forgotten.
I think I actually like the puzzling action in QC over Portal.
Heresy, I know, but some of this stuff can actually be tricky. Especially once you get into the Red Wing.
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