SOMA: Preview discussion thread (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

[MrSteve]

Probably just a typo.

The Auth from David Munshi says 2015 v1

The tech used in Upsilon looked a little too recent to be tech from 90 years in the future.

Then again, I could be totally wrong, but I doubt we'll be using keyboards and monitors in their standard format by 2104 and for Frictional to ignore that would be a little odd. Again, total speculation. I know they used keyboards in Alien Isolation, but that was homage to the movies created in the late 70's/ early 80's

[Slanderous]

I've just noticed this:

Spoiler below!

The date states that the year is 2104.
We're playing in the year 2104 confirmed?

Maybe that's just system error?

[TiManGames]

I've just noticed this:

Spoiler below!

The date states that the year is 2104.
We're playing in the year 2104 confirmed?

Maybe that's just system error?

I don't think so, :3

[PathOS]

Did they ever actually give out an official Date of when the story takes place? Like was it 18 years in the future or something like that?

[TiManGames]

Did they ever actually give out an official Date of when the story takes place? Like was it 18 years in the future or something like that?

I think it was the plot for the movie. Or maybe they meant to the asteroid attack and the actual game is in the future. Oh well, maybe I'm wrong.

[TiManGames]

HardCoreGamer's Preview:

http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2015/08/20/...ma/163326/

[MrSteve]

Did they ever actually give out an official Date of when the story takes place? Like was it 18 years in the future or something like that?

I think it was the plot for the movie. Or maybe they meant to the asteroid attack and the actual game is in the future. Oh well, maybe I'm wrong.

Speaking of movie....that's gone kind of quiet?

I wonder if the movie will be given away with copies of the game, or as part of an order package?

[TiManGames]

Did they ever actually give out an official Date of when the story takes place? Like was it 18 years in the future or something like that?

I think it was the plot for the movie. Or maybe they meant to the asteroid attack and the actual game is in the future. Oh well, maybe I'm wrong.

Speaking of movie....that's gone kind of quiet?

I wonder if the movie will be given away with copies of the game, or as part of an order package?

I guess they'll upload it to youtube or something

[Rapture]

Probably just a typo.

The Auth from David Munshi says 2015 v1

The tech used in Upsilon looked a little too recent to be tech from 90 years in the future.

Then again, I could be totally wrong, but I doubt we'll be using keyboards and monitors in their standard format by 2104 and for Frictional to ignore that would be a little odd. Again, total speculation. I know they used keyboards in Alien Isolation, but that was homage to the movies created in the late 70's/ early 80's

People use keyboards and monitors because that is what the audience expects.

If you use something outlandish, then you lose believability in your story.

[MrSteve]

Hmm. I see your point.

Would you mind expanding on why you think the audience expects it? No stab here, I'm just generally curios.

I would like something more futuristic from tech 90 years in the the future, but that's my personal expectation. It doesn't have to be so fanciful to be beyond rational thinking, but something to reflect the times (so to speak). Do you mean they give these things to people, because that's what their brains are currently wired to expect? Would that not reflect a lack of confidence in the player to believe what they're being shown, as apposed to what they expect to believe?