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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 12:22:16 GMT
In fact the James you play as, is probably the only one who has made it to the "end" and confronted "Mary". All the others died beforehand. There's loads near where you fight Eddie and I wonder how many times that particular fight has taken place, with Eddie always winning until now. Is all this confirmed? I've only ever really got the main thing that happened, if you know what I mean |
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 12:28:07 GMT
Nah that one is just me running with it a bit.
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 12:29:35 GMT
What about the other 2 spoilers on tve previous page?
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 12:35:31 GMT
They’re not me. I read them. Makes sense. The only official thing I’ve posted is where I indicated it was verified.
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 13:19:09 GMT
Spooky
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 13:19:54 GMT
I also like how Bloober's love of The Shining snuck in a couple of times.
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 13:21:13 GMT
It also reminds me a little bit of Soma
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 13:28:31 GMT
Soma is just fucking brilliant though. I keep meaning to replay it. That ending still fucking haunts me (but I still wish they had done it the other way around).
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 13:54:38 GMT
I reckon it's about time I went through soma again as well.
It would have been good the other way round, but I still think there's more horror in the way round it does it
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Post by Aunty Treats on Oct 24, 2024 14:09:21 GMT
I can't remember which way around it is but I like the way they did it. The ending just makes me feel sad though
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 14:12:49 GMT
It ends with you having the point of view of not being copied if that makes sense.
I like it, because it's even more horrifying being 'left behind' so to speak
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 14:47:33 GMT
It's an ancient game but I'm spoilering it in case anyone who is ready this wants to play it and hasn't. To that person. Stop whatever you're fucking playing right now and go and play Soma. I was convinced it was the other way around? I felt it should have been left with you screaming into the dark, but I remember that bit first, and then it switched to your copy living happily ever after. |
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 14:49:48 GMT
Yeah see, from wiki:
"At the Phi site, Catherine copies their brain scans into the ARK at the last moment before it is launched into space, but Simon is confused as to why they are still outside the ARK despite their accomplishment. Catherine explains that it is their copies that are on the ARK; they argue about the nature of their mission until Catherine's cortex chip short-circuits from overexertion, effectively killing her. Simon is left helpless and alone in the darkness of the abyss.
In a post-credits scene, the copy of Simon stored on the ARK awakens and reunites with Catherine in an idyllic, simulated landscape. Meanwhile, the ARK drifts off into space and leaves the devastated Earth behind."
I think it should have been the Ark first. So you do the thing, then open your eyes on the Ark. Everything is awesome and then - BAM - it switches back to the other "you" who is left screaming alone in the dark.
It's only a minor quibble. Still fucking brilliant either way. |
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 14:54:15 GMT
Yeah I see qhat you mean. That would be more horrible.
But it's still pretty horrible the way round it does it I reckon, because first, you get the shock of what's happened, and then it shows you the other one during the end.
But then you can't help thinking, "yeah, but hang on, what about the one left behind" and you start ruminating forever in some kind of horrible way.
I remember me and you having a lengthy debate about this on the old forum
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 14:55:43 GMT
In fact, as far as I'm concerned, I've always been the one left behind and as the other one is during the credits, I don't really class that as the game proper, if you know what I mean. As far as I'm concerned, I'm left behind, stuck screaming in the dark.
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 14:56:14 GMT
I'm going to play it again.
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Post by Aunty Treats on Oct 24, 2024 14:59:40 GMT
Yeah, I think it works better the way it is, especially as it's in keeping with the game's themes of continuity. We see the one left behind, then the new one
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 15:09:09 GMT
Like I say. Purely a quibble and my own personal preference. God it’s good though.
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 15:09:38 GMT
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 15:09:43 GMT
It's an ingenious bit of gaming design, using the perspective of self as a horror twist.
I need to finish this and then start soma again.
Anyway, back to thrashing legs.
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 15:25:53 GMT
Yeah man. That's effective horror right there. What makes you you. Where does it start, where does it end. If you copied you, which one is more you than the other? It fucking freaks me out. It's like that film Moon.
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Post by zisssou on Oct 24, 2024 15:28:07 GMT
I think real horror is buying a game for £70 and it being shit.
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 15:33:11 GMT
What if the clone of you is the one that bought it.
Makes you think.
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 15:33:45 GMT
Yeah man. That's effective horror right there. What makes you you. Where does it start, where does it end. If you copied you, which one is more you than the other? It fucking freaks me out. It's like that film Moon. Don't start this again  |
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Post by wunty on Oct 24, 2024 15:34:19 GMT
Shit we’ve been here before.
See? Fucking time loops man.
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Post by Aunty Treats on Oct 24, 2024 15:36:04 GMT
The real horror is the remake you don't like, especially when you don't play it as what's more scary than the unknown. Now I'm too scared to play it
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Post by quadfather on Oct 24, 2024 15:46:15 GMT
Bamboozled!
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Post by dangerousdave on Oct 24, 2024 17:04:22 GMT
I tell you one thing. It’s no Luigi’s Mansion 3!
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Post by Dgzter on Oct 25, 2024 11:45:46 GMT
New patch out, apparently. I'm not at home to check, but seeing posts elsewhere saying that it has successfully resolved the game-breaking bug in the Labyrinth, etc. Fingers crossed!
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Oct 25, 2024 13:19:46 GMT
New patch out, apparently. I'm not at home to check, but seeing posts elsewhere saying that it has successfully resolved the game-breaking bug in the Labyrinth, etc. Fingers crossed! Hurrah - thanks for the heads up. Just checked it and I can now get into the desolate area part of the labyrinth. |
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