Blue Fire |OT| A Tiny Inferno

[Dancrane212]

 

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This looks very interesting and it's at a good price too, wonder what's the main content only length?

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No plans for 60fps mode on Switch as of yet, so I'm going to grab it this weekend!

 

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Gonna need some impressions of this, stat

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**TLDR**
It's okay so far. I'm a little over an hour in and it hasn't brought anything new to the table that any Zelda or Hollow Knight game has done better. Feels pretty chill to run around and whack stuff. There are far fewer enemies that I expected, and I don't really have a grasp on parrying yet. Or I do, and there's zero feedback when you pull it off.

**Souls comparisons**
Also, any comparisons to S*uls games is unfounded - the combat is not souls-like. It's fast, non-committal, and not very punishing (so far). And the "retrieve your souls after death" mechanic is lifted straight from Hollow Knight's shades mechanic, which itself was inspired by (but not lifted directly from) Dark Souls.

**Hollow Knight comparisons**
It's 3D Hollow Knight. Minus the metroidvania, plus Super Mario Sunshine levels off the main world.

The first 1.5 hours or so could be broken down as:

85% platforming
5% combat
10% exploration

At the beginning of the game I was running into a handful of locked doors with descriptions of where they lead, which I found interesting. Around the time I earned my shield, I also found an Old Key. I thought, "hey, maybe I can use it on one of the dozen or so locked doors I found! What a great way to give me options at the beginning of the game."

Unfortunately all but one of those doors were actually *blocked*, not locked - only one of them was actually unlockable with the key

 

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From the AMA:

We've got tons of ideas for patches/DLCs/more content for Blue Fire, and are really hoping we get the chance to work on that. But it really depends on how launch goes and what people ask of the game, so we'll see!

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I was going to wait for a sale, but with this in mind I'm going to buy it today to support them. They're a young team with a whole lot of energy + excitement around this team. I'm willing to take a gamble in hopes they become the next Team Cherry or Yacht Club, providing crazy value for a passionate fanbase.

 

[Phil32]

Made it past the first dungeon last night and, while I feel kinda bad asking for help because it's been fun going in blind, I'm over being lost. The next area I need to go to is

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the graveyard, I think. I found a locked door to there but I don't have a key. Assuming I just beat the first boss in the forest dungeon, how should I proceed?

Thanks! Enjoying the game so far.

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IIRC, you need to

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Use your abilities in the stone city area to reach the very top section where there are two horizontal gray beams you need to cross to reach a small alcove where a bar and barkeep is, who will give you a key and a side quest to do.

 

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New update:

 

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Physical release on June 25th:

 

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Xbox port releasing on July 9th:

 

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July 23rd release date announced for PlayStation:

 

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The developers confirmed free updates are incoming for Blue Fire:

Umbra? Von? A giant Void?! We're happy to share a small sneak peek of some of the content we've been creating and look forward to making a formal announcement soon... For now, we can confirm we're working on free content updates for the game!

We're also excited to share an art dump that we've put together showcasing some of our favorite characters, environments and art assets from Blue Fire. Since we're a small team, each member had to fulfill several roles during development and most art pieces were created with the collaboration of the entire art team!

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