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Return of the Obra Dinn |OT| A Catalogue of Adventure & Tragedy, now on consoles
- Thread starter janusff
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Took me 6 hours to beat last year, your mileage will vary greatly but yeah sub 10 I should think.
Really enjoyed this game. It's a puzzle game but they're not typical video game puzzles - ie: rip hair off a cat and glue it to your face to try and gain entry into exclusive night club. A lot of it you can solve with logical deduction and having general knowledge of history and geography. For instance, I figured out the name of one guy because I recognized that his tattoos were of a certain country's origin. I recognized another set of sailors based on their clothes being specific to a country of the time period the game was set in. The lack of "video game logic" is actually quite refreshing and this game actually rewards you for having knowledge of world history, other languages and geography.
I was wrestling with getting it on Switch or PS4, landed on PS4 only to discover that it's €24 on EU PSN. So I will probably get it on Switch instead after reading up on the quality of the port. Got Outer Wilds instead on PS4 for now after checking if that price was appropriate. I don't trust Sony with some of their prices which might be mistakes or cash grabs.
One of my favorite games of the last decade. I may double dip on Switch just so I can show it off to guests.
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There's a price difference? Huh? Gotta be a mistake. Will report back the NA prices when they go live
If it's €20 on Switch, €20 on Xbox and €24 on PS4, who else is to blame? Plus, Sony EU has made pricing errors in the past on release dates, and I don't trust them to refund easily and transparently.
I suffered from one of those mistakes in the past and it took quite a bit of research to find out if I got a refund because there was zero communication.
On Switch there's a 'Visuals' option.
Sharp gives you a windowed view of the game but at 60fps
Smooth is a lower frame rate but full screen.
Sharp gives you a windowed view of the game but at 60fps
Smooth is a lower frame rate but full screen.
Took my partner and I 15 hours together and not including conversations we had with one another outside the game. We 100% completed it without referencing any outside material.
Very strongly considering double dipping even though there isnt much replay value, just because I love this game so much.
Sure, took me an entire day to finish it, probably around 13 to 15hs. I remember I went to bed because it was late and I had to work the day after, I couldn't stop thinking about those last unsolved cases and suddenly I got the right clue in my mind, got up and keep playing, took me 2hs to complete and then I slept 2hs before work lol, worth it.
from reddit
"Just started playing. Seemed very polished, solid framerate, but strangely enough it did give me a bit of a headache"
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It's up on NA PSN
price is $19.99
price is $19.99
AMAZING game. Loved every minute of it and I HIGHLY suggest to not use any guide for it. It makes the mystery that much more worthwhile. Hands down one of the best indie titles I've ever played.
Very much looking forward to this! I had planned on going with the Switch version but trophies on PS4 could be fun so I'm leaning that direction now. Hoping to start sometime this weekend after I finish up my current grounded run in TLoU.
Utterly incredible game that I can't recommend enough.
I originally beat it over a weekend because I couldn't put it down. Don't have an exact hour number but I spent a few hours on Saturday night really badly stuck on the last few people. So I went to bed, woke up, got in the shower and as I stood there I just put it all together. Ran out and finished the game as soon as I was done, lol.
I originally beat it over a weekend because I couldn't put it down. Don't have an exact hour number but I spent a few hours on Saturday night really badly stuck on the last few people. So I went to bed, woke up, got in the shower and as I stood there I just put it all together. Ran out and finished the game as soon as I was done, lol.
This was my game of the year on PC last year. I don't think it's something I would play a second time, but am interested in seeing how it looks on the Switch.
It starts out easy enough, but I recommend you prepare to take notes if you are going for 100% completion. I have several pages of notes and a big mind map from when I was trying to figure it all out in the end, and loved every minute of it.
Highly recommended, even at full price.
It starts out easy enough, but I recommend you prepare to take notes if you are going for 100% completion. I have several pages of notes and a big mind map from when I was trying to figure it all out in the end, and loved every minute of it.
Highly recommended, even at full price.
I, too, am jealous of those experiencing this for the first time, especially those going in completely blind.
I lay in bed thinking about it, cross referencing things in my head and seeing the scenes in my head because I spent so much staring at those scenes.
I think I like this... but I don't really get the puzzle solving 30 minutes in. I just zoom in on people and corpses and get teleported to different events and then follow some mist and discover a 'hidden' corpse and teleported to another one before I wrap my head around the previous one.
I see what it's going for and I have already deduced a few things but I can already see myself getting really confused.
I see what it's going for and I have already deduced a few things but I can already see myself getting really confused.
The puzzle solving is primarily about figuring out who is who from the various context clues in each memory.
Buy this game if you didn't have a gaming PC last year y'all! Its one of the most ingenious puzzle/mystery games ever created and I hope it gets more love on consoles.
Think of it like murder Sudoku: you can't fill in all the boxes yet, but once you get a view of the bigger picture and solve the simplest cases (which aren't necessarily the ones you see first), then you can start working on filling in the blanks through deduction, familiar faces and process of elimination.
Thanks you two. I'll keep at it I'm just surprised is all that it's structured like this.
man, this is the second time I'm going through Obra Dinn (this time on PS4) and it's still a lot of fun figuring things out
sure, I remember 15 people exactly, but part of the fun is when i get down to the nitty gritty getting those other roles solved that still feels so satisfying
it's weird that this is working good for a replay when The Witness didn't. I love The Witness, and probably still like it more that Obra Dinn, but because The Witness has hard-engraved it's rules into my head it's just not as fun to replay.
sure, I remember 15 people exactly, but part of the fun is when i get down to the nitty gritty getting those other roles solved that still feels so satisfying
it's weird that this is working good for a replay when The Witness didn't. I love The Witness, and probably still like it more that Obra Dinn, but because The Witness has hard-engraved it's rules into my head it's just not as fun to replay.
Oh no, I tried playing the demo on my MacBook and it made me feel sick. Usually happens to me with PC games where the FOV is wide, and is ok when they port it to consoles. But if its still like that in the Switch port I might have to skip it.
Sucks because most FPS games are fine for me. Just some random ones make me feel ill now. Like even though I played a ton of DOOM as a kid, watching a Giant Bomb stream of it recently, I got really hot and dizzy and felt like I was going to die after about an hour, I think this is the same thing.
It's first-person perspective but doesn't require much precision.
One thing you can do is check to see which memories a victim was present in prior to their death. Sometimes you can find a clue to their identity based on what they're doing or who they hang around with.
My main issue is that after the officers, stewards, formosans and women I really haven't found any clues about anyone else. I've sorta been trying to look for common uniforms or who is hanging out with whom but it's kinda tricky. I'm not really asking for any spoilers or anything but I can see this getting fairly frustrating.
If I leave the boat without finding everybody's fate does that end the game? Or does that open up the sealed chapter?