Can't be worse than fucking David Cage.

Didn't we already have one of these?

I see it's on 360 and the first episode is free. Might as well try it then.

And are we discussing plot points in here?  I know reg and I are pretty much in the same spot of ep3 so I don't want anything after that bleeding into my eyes just yet.

Ooh more games for me to buy

I'm half way through episode III. Have put it down for a while. Need a quiet moment to pick it back up.

I'm just waiting for episode five now. So far I've really enjoyed it, although some of the twists are very predictable. Conversely, some parts of the game are too mysterious.

Sitting listening to the ost in work. Feels, man.

Djornson wrote:

Why is it so important?

It's emotionally resonant in a way very few games are. It's the antithesis of the riotous dominance of ACTION games that completely control the market and it's a breath of fresh air. It's also got CHLOE.

The section at the beginning...

...that was the moment I knew I was going to get on with this game. The end of episode 1 too.

It's basically the fuck you to every other game coming out this year and I love it.

All of the above.

I'm in a weird place with games at the moment - i like the promise of what they might (or maybe should be) but the reality of my experience nearly always disappoints me.  There's too many reasons to list but one of the main ones is the general homogenisation of big releases, there's a lot to be proud about getting a 1000+ members of staff to buy into one ultimate vision but it doesn't half sap the personality and authorship from things.

This game though - and it is still very clearly gamey in a lot of rubbishy ways - has a thought and a passion behind it that hasn't been destroyed by 200 guys from marketing.  There's loads of rough edges that you could pick holes in but i forgive it all simply for the characters and world they've created.  It's a breath of fresh air rising above all the swords, open worlds, guns and of games only getting good after I've put 75 hours into it.

I don't think its important in any way though. I wish i could say it was and that it was perhaps a sign of further small scale and indie growth but that's finding its own way regardless of this title.  It has evoked a very similar response to season 1 of TWD with me and many others and the only longer term impact that had was to allow too much goodwill to Telltale to allow them to pump out the same templated shit on license after license.  

Its ace though and the soundtrack is indeed great.

What is this like to play on remote play?

I find the telltale episodic games to be a perfect fit for remote play, and this could be the next game to focus on playing through the vita.

Smashed the first 2 episodes today, so far so good.

hylian_elf wrote:

This as good as Walking Dead? I might do what I did with that and just play through all episodes during Xmas.

I think it is better than the Walking Dead, I also think, whilst it does not have the bling of Cages last 2 efforts visually(still a looker tho), it also shits on them from a great height.  So much more fleshed out & much more interaction.

The best in the class so far of this genre.  Really enjoying its tale & setting.

The time mechanic feels super integrated to a teenage theme game.

Imagine we weren't all flowery verbose like Dawson when we were kids...the ability to have time rewind and as much time to say that witty thing. Too good.