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I don't mind it being finished in one sitting, but is there replay value? I was a skoooootch disappointed in the length of Journey (still liked it! But $15 was about $3 too high) so I'd like to see something new to bring me back to the game sooner rather than later.
Looks interesting, but I know this is the same studio that made Linger In Shadows. That game(?) was a perfect example of throwing together a bunch of random stylistic and barely interactive bullshit with no cohesion, and trying to pass it off as something deeper than it really was. It was pretty much the opposite of Journey, which was beautiful in it's minimalistic approach to achieve a singular, very clear goal.
Looks interesting, but I know this is the same studio that made Linger In Shadows. That game(?) was a perfect example of throwing together a bunch of random stylistic and barely interactive bullshit with no cohesion, and trying to pass it off as something deeper than it really was. It was pretty much the opposite of Journey, which was beautiful in it's minimalistic approach to achieve a singular, very clear goal.
I dunno what this is, but it looks fan-f*cking-tastic. I still long for the days of first-person adventure games. Will def be grabbing this, possibly with a single, disembodied hand.
@ MyCoolWhiteLies,
Linger in Shadows was/is not a game. It was a pseudo interactive demoscene project playing with the PS3 hardware, hence all the shoutouts to demoscene groups. Pretty much ALL demoscene projects are like that - totally abstract but interesting from a programming perspective.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene
Linger in Shadows was/is not a game. It was a pseudo interactive demoscene project playing with the PS3 hardware, hence all the shoutouts to demoscene groups. Pretty much ALL demoscene projects are like that - totally abstract but interesting from a programming perspective.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene
@ MyCoolWhiteLies,
Linger in Shadows was/is not a game. It was a pseudo interactive demoscene project playing with the PS3 hardware, hence all the shoutouts to demoscene groups. Pretty much ALL demoscene projects are like that - totally abstract but interesting from a programming perspective.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene
@ Datura,
I'm expecting something visually interesting but flawed in terms of interactivity. Either way I'm in, Plastic are/were a great demo group.
Linger in Shadows was/is not a game. It was a pseudo interactive demoscene project playing with the PS3 hardware, hence all the shoutouts to demoscene groups. Pretty much ALL demoscene projects are like that - totally abstract but interesting from a programming perspective.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene
@ Datura,
I'm expecting something visually interesting but flawed in terms of interactivity. Either way I'm in, Plastic are/were a great demo group.
Just so you know what this game is based on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura
http://taimapedia.org/index.php?title=Datura
I'm 95% convinced that it's a game where the protagonist has taken datura and is deliriously wandering about the woods. Especially because of the scene where you're in the back of the ambulance, the crazy shit all over the walls, and the random pig.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura
http://taimapedia.org/index.php?title=Datura
I'm 95% convinced that it's a game where the protagonist has taken datura and is deliriously wandering about the woods. Especially because of the scene where you're in the back of the ambulance, the crazy shit all over the walls, and the random pig.
Linger In Shadows is a disgrace to videogames, a disgrace to "art" and a disgrace to interactive entertainment.
The whole "It's not a videogame, it's interactive art" angle they tried to spin on the game was obnoxious. It was just a way to dodge criticism. It was a game, you had to do certain things to pass a level, and could fail, hence it's a game.
It was a game with zero artistic value, they just put a bunch of random crap together and tried to pass it off as deep. As someone who went to art school, things like this is insulting. Journey was a damn fine game, and I'm all for "interactive art."
But that "interactive art" was complete garbage. Things like that should be ridiculed. It irritates me that people were hesitant to pu negative criticism against the game for fear of being called "uncultured." Shit is shit, don't be afraid to call it out.
Not all "art" is created equal. To say so is insulting to good art, and gives bad art too much credit.
I can't comment on this game as I haven't played it, but if this game is anything like that diseased, diarrhea, horse vomit, rotting, disgrace that was Linger In Shadows then I want no part in it. I'm not one to get angry at a videogame, because that's just stupid, but Linger In Shadows is the epitome of everything that's wrong with "art games."
The whole "It's not a videogame, it's interactive art" angle they tried to spin on the game was obnoxious. It was just a way to dodge criticism. It was a game, you had to do certain things to pass a level, and could fail, hence it's a game.
It was a game with zero artistic value, they just put a bunch of random crap together and tried to pass it off as deep. As someone who went to art school, things like this is insulting. Journey was a damn fine game, and I'm all for "interactive art."
But that "interactive art" was complete garbage. Things like that should be ridiculed. It irritates me that people were hesitant to pu negative criticism against the game for fear of being called "uncultured." Shit is shit, don't be afraid to call it out.
Not all "art" is created equal. To say so is insulting to good art, and gives bad art too much credit.
I can't comment on this game as I haven't played it, but if this game is anything like that diseased, diarrhea, horse vomit, rotting, disgrace that was Linger In Shadows then I want no part in it. I'm not one to get angry at a videogame, because that's just stupid, but Linger In Shadows is the epitome of everything that's wrong with "art games."
i was kind of hoping it was something weird like LSD. this will still be interesting, no doubt. but then again, i like that artsy crap.
Came off super negative there. I got no qualms with anyone for being interested in the game, you can like what you like. It's also possible that this game may succeed in that way that Linger didn't. Good artist usually start off by making bad art. The early paintings I made are embarrassing terrible.
My main point is that people shouldn't be scared to criticize "art." If my teachers and classmates hadn't told me how bad my early stuff was I would have never pushed myself to make better art. Because of their criticism I learned to stop forcing fake meaning into my creations and to just let it bleed out of me organically.
Bad art is bad art.
My main point is that people shouldn't be scared to criticize "art." If my teachers and classmates hadn't told me how bad my early stuff was I would have never pushed myself to make better art. Because of their criticism I learned to stop forcing fake meaning into my creations and to just let it bleed out of me organically.
Bad art is bad art.
@Scissors
But isn't the whole point of art that it's subjective, i.e. no definitive 'good' or 'bad'?
But isn't the whole point of art that it's subjective, i.e. no definitive 'good' or 'bad'?
@Scissors: As another art school denizen and career artist, I just have to say that opinions of "good" and "bad" art really aren't that serious. What's considered "good" is almost always done by committee, thus the delusion of being a "better artist" after having been wrung dry and boxed in by peer critiques. When you're doing work for a client or audience, what you think is good or not simply doesn't matter anymore. You're just working to spec, much like a politician saying whatever makes their constituents happy.
TL;DR: Art school isn't about being good at art, it's about job training.
TL;DR: Art school isn't about being good at art, it's about job training.
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