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RE: Among the Sleep - plutomaniac - 05-30-2014 Interesting. So how short would you say it is? Paddy what did you think? RE: Among the Sleep - eliasfrost - 05-31-2014 I saw a let's play of it by Jim Sterling, he beat it in 1,5 hours. One thing I noticed with the game was that it seemed excessively segmented and almost arcady in the way they sequenced the levels, would you agree with that Flawless? RE: Among the Sleep - plutomaniac - 05-31-2014 20$ for 1.5 hour? Mmm... RE: Among the Sleep - FlawlessHappiness - 05-31-2014 (05-31-2014, 07:27 PM)plutomaniac Wrote: 20$ for 1.5 hour? Mmm... Can't say I didn't enjoy it! I really liked the story. If it's too much for you then buy it when it's cheaper RE: Among the Sleep - Potato - 05-31-2014 I'd buy it since it looks interesting and is relatively short, but $20? Eh, I'll wait. RE: Among the Sleep - plutomaniac - 05-31-2014 (05-31-2014, 08:03 PM)FlawlessHappiness Wrote: Can't say I didn't enjoy it! I really liked the story. Don't get me wrong, I'm all in for a good story. But 1.5 hour seems way too short. Even Dear Esther was longer (I think it took me 1.5-2 hours). For example the Pigs (again, story focused) at the same price takes something like 4 hours. Anyway, I guess the steam summer sale might make it look a better deal to me. RE: Among the Sleep - Paddy™ - 06-01-2014 (05-30-2014, 02:42 PM)plutomaniac Wrote: Interesting. So how short would you say it is? Sorry for the late reply man! I finished the game in 1.7 hours, according to Steam. It's probably not worth the full price, not so much because of the game's length, but because of the plethora of game-breaking bugs and physics issues it currently has. If those get fixed (and I believe a patch is coming) it might be acceptable to pay full price if you have the money to spend, but if you're weighing your options and can only afford one game for the next few weeks, I'd wait for a sale. There's a free DLC coming eventually, so the game's length might even out a little. It's a good game, I enjoyed it a lot, but I was left feeling a little disappointed when I finished it, mitigated only slightly by its strong and satisfying ending. I think the current MetaCritic scores are about right (they're hovering between 65 and 70). My review (there are no spoilers, I just put it in spoiler tags to make the post smaller!) Spoiler below!
Verdict: 114 out of 163.6 RE: Among the Sleep - plutomaniac - 06-01-2014 That was a great review but I really have to ask: (06-01-2014, 02:48 AM)Paddy Wrote: Verdict: 114 out of 163.6 Are you sure it's not 163.4? Ha-ha, how do you score it? Oh and yes, I'll definitely wait for some time before getting it. RE: Among the Sleep - Robby - 06-02-2014 The ending is quite the plot-twist. To be honest, even I didn't expect it to turn out the way it did. Not spoiling anything lolz. RE: Among the Sleep - Paddy™ - 06-03-2014 The developer of Neverending Nightmares talks about Among the Sleep (no spoilers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22cqFjqxWHY (06-01-2014, 04:34 PM)plutomaniac Wrote: Are you sure it's not 163.4? Ha-ha, how do you score it? Ahhh, it's my secret uncrackable review scoring system! Nah, I'd give it about 70/100 (06-02-2014, 08:18 AM)Robby Wrote: The ending is quite the plot-twist. To be honest, even I didn't expect it to turn out the way it did. Not spoiling anything lolz. Same here, the ending was really strong. Did you do what I did, and... (huge spoiler!) Spoiler below!
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