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RE: Should i buy now or wait? - Ghieri - 09-09-2012
I haven't played Penumbra all the way through yet, so there's something for me to do at least.
Also, BMT in 2 months. Won't even have time to THINK about Amnesia.
RE: Should i buy now or wait? - AbelAbel8100 - 09-18-2012
(09-07-2012, 09:41 AM)Nemet Robert Wrote: It is a great game indeed. If you immerse yourself, and even take your time, you will have loads of great times.I'm totally agree with you.You'r 100% good here that it is a great game indeed.If you involve yourself and even take your time and energy,you will have lots of excellent periods.
RE: Should i buy now or wait? - Robby - 09-18-2012
(09-18-2012, 06:17 PM)AbelAbel8100 Wrote:Immersion is the key.(09-07-2012, 09:41 AM)Nemet Robert Wrote: It is a great game indeed. If you immerse yourself, and even take your time, you will have loads of great times.I'm totally agree with you.You'r 100% good here that it is a great game indeed.If you involve yourself and even take your time and energy,you will have lots of excellent periods.
RE: Should i buy now or wait? - windbrand - 09-24-2012
You're asking the question on a forum where everyone here is a complete worshipper of frictional games, making your question kind of redundant.
Now since I'm not a worshipper of FG, I'll give you some completely unbiased opinions on the game:
Pros:
- Great atmosphere if you like games where everything is dark
- Great music/sound effects
- Great physics-based puzzles
- A couple of good jump scares, a few good situations that easily makes you panic but these are rare (chases)
- Not too many loading zones
- Good difficulty, though a bit on the easy side
- Free bonus level available as an add-on
- No guns - this is absolutely great, I am SO f*cking sick of those so-called "horror" games *cough*RE4/5/6*cough* that completely taint the horror genre by even associating themselves with it. It's hard for real horror games like Silent Hill or Penumbra/Amnesia to survive in a world where crap like CoD is what everyone talks about
Cons:
- Dark atmosphere alone is not enough to scare some people, like me
- Extremely convoluted and cliched story (guy wakes up without a memory, reads diary entries to get his memory back), you're pretty much not going to get wtf is happening unless you read every word of every diary entry, which gets boring, or read the wiki
- 99% of the game is just walking around, or in fancy talk "exploring". But since the game is almost completely linear there's not much "exploring" to do because the game forces you to only go one direction
- About zero replay value - second playthrough offers absolutely nothing different. Yes there are 3 endings, but if you want another ending just replay the last 1 minute of the game differently, because that's all the ending depends on
- Extremely short - roughly 5 hours if you run instead of walk, maybe 6-7 if you don't like running for some reason and lag behind in some puzzles
RE: Should i buy now or wait? - Yuhaney - 09-24-2012
(09-24-2012, 12:56 AM)windbrand Wrote: You're asking the question on a forum where everyone here is a complete worshipper of frictional games, making your question kind of redundant.
"Worship" is kinda strong word, don't you think?
RE: Should i buy now or wait? - Dutton - 09-24-2012
(09-24-2012, 09:27 AM)Scraper Wrote: "Worship" is kinda strong word, don't you think?Indeed it is...
RE: Should i buy now or wait? - Hunter of Shadows - 09-25-2012
Quote:You're asking the question on a forum where everyone here is a complete worshipper of frictional games, making your question kind of redundant.I tried really really hard not to laugh at the fact that you really believe these statements
Now since I'm not a worshipper of FG, I'll give you some completely unbiased opinions on the game:
I failed
Anyways, totally get the game, it's completely worth it