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Poll: How did you like the start of SOMA? (Until you arrive at Lambda)
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Very boring. A bad way to start the game.
0%
0 0%
Most of it was boring, but set the game up somewhat at least.
0.75%
1 0.75%
Mediocre to play, but did the job it was supposed to.
3.73%
5 3.73%
Good, but not best part of the game. Set the game up nicely.
36.57%
49 36.57%
Perfect start of the game. Loved it.
58.96%
79 58.96%
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Official Poll Regarding start of SOMA
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RE: Official Poll Regarding start of SOMA

Simon's apartment and the doctor's office came as a real surprise to me. It had me anxiously wonder how on earth a start like that could smoothly progress into the ominous underwater facilities you'd shown in the trailers. I guess the progress wasn't smooth in a literal sense, but story-wise it came to make a lot of sense later on and I really enjoyed that.

The bits prior to PATHOS-2 helped "humanise" the game a bit which took away some of the blunt horror of the predecessor, but in hindsight it's obvious that you've gone for a different approach with SOMA and that while it shares many things with Amnesia, it also differs a lot.

While overall I felt that many of the ideas you present during the later part of the game lacked time to properly sink in, the clues thrown back and forth during Upsilon did a good job for me in helping to form theories and speculation as to what had happened at the facility. I kind of think you introduced the bad guys a bit too early though. I feel that the best kind of horror is the one that has you on edge all the time without throwing anything concretely spooky at you. You did the haunting atmosphere really well and it could easily have held it's own for a while longer without losing it's potency.

Overall SOMA was a great experience for me and it definitely fulfilled my expectations as the latest title from the makers of Amnesia. Heja Frictional!
10-30-2015, 05:24 PM
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Official Poll Regarding start of SOMA - by Thomas - 10-30-2015, 02:02 PM
RE: Official Poll Regarding start of SOMA - by qecc - 10-30-2015, 05:24 PM



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