• tuckerm
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    369 months ago

    Portal (1 and 2) and The Talos Principle are the only puzzle games I’ve played that not only had a story, but also managed to make the puzzle gameplay actually make sense within the story. Like, there is an in-universe explanation for why you are solving puzzles. I’m sure there are other games that do it, but those are the only ones I’ve played and they were fantastic. That’s a hard thing to pull off – how do you make a compelling narrative, complete with characters, around “moving some boxes?”

    Looking forward to playing the sequel. Also, the original is $3 on Steam right now!

    • @[email protected]
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      79 months ago

      Have you played The Witness? Not quite as story driven, but just as cohesive and my personal favourite of the 3 (by a small margin)

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        79 months ago

        Could not really understand the hype for it, having to do the same kind of line puzzle over and over just felt stale.

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          39 months ago

          If that were the full extent of the game, I’d probably agree. I can’t say much more without spoiling it

        • @[email protected]
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          19 months ago

          I don’t see how anyone can consider the sound puzzles in the jungle, the Tetris piece puzzles in the swamp and the color theory puzzles in the greenhouse the same kind of puzzle and be arguing in good faith.

        • @[email protected]
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          19 months ago

          The game has multiple “endings”. My only advice: Don’t start a second playthrough or browse any online communities until you’ve reached the credit scroll. I wish someone had told me that before I started…

    • zeekaran
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      39 months ago

      Did Antichamber have a story? I don’t remember if it did, only that I loved that game.

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      9 months ago

      Looking forward to playing the sequel. Also, the original is $3 on Steam right now!

      Hey, thanks for the tip! I totally just gifted this to a couple of my friends.

      • CommunityLinkFixerBotB
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        79 months ago

        Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

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        9 months ago

        Steam complains that the platform is unsupported. So maybe a dumb question, but how do you get the demo?

        edit: found it. Steam>Settings>Compatibility>“Enable Steam Play for all other titles”. My bad, I only just decided to make the jump to linux gaming about two weeks ago so this is all new to me.

  • SuzyQ
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    59 months ago

    Thanks for sharing! Downloading the demo now thanks to your post. Been so excited since I saw the announcement months ago. :):):)

  • @[email protected]
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    -79 months ago

    These assholes have been promising us a crate stacking game since '97.

    I’m starting to get the feeling that they aren’t going to deliver on that promise.