Knock, Knock. Who’s There? The Linux GameCast Weekly crew motherfu*kers and we’re in an unusual cabin deep in the woods. No good will come of this.
About:
There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers. But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods.
Scale:
Game: Knock-knock (so doing this in eye-path and wussian accent)
Wazzat: “The Lodger is wandering the rooms, evading the unknown, counting minutes till morning. But it’s only in the night that he can solve the main puzzle and find the answers. What’s going on? Are the Guests real, or are they just figments of his insomniac imagination? “
Webzone: http://www.ice-pick.com/illusions4_eng.htm
Devel: Ice-pick Lodge (Moscow, Russia) \:D/
Engine: Unity
Price: $9.99
Makes with the working
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On both the calculator and my 8 year old desktop PC (NVidia 7600GS on #!)
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Shiny / Sounds
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Rubber FK mothering Johnny. Really, that audio gibberish cost you two chairs.
I really dig the animation style.
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Control
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Controls make with the working.
*Never tried it /w a gamepad
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FUN
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It’s a funky joint and calling it a game is a ………………..stretch
That said, I had an okay time and really enjoyed the twisted imagery.
Worth $10 wet stinky? If you like playing through twisted stories. yes. If not, wait for a sale.
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Its kind of boring.
Kept me going as long as I did because I was curious to see where it was going
If I want to expierence waking up in the middle of the night and hearing strange noises and being chased by monsters, I’d just take a nap
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This is not a game, this was a means of conveying a story.
Unfortunately, it didn’t exactly do it the right way either.
The game freezing, to give the crappy expository dialogue in gibberish, was a huge bump on the road to the all important immersion. It breaks the flow. Especially, when it happens right when the Haunters show up in pursuit of your character.
Whomever had that brilliant idea needs to be strapped to a chair and force-fed Final Fantasy X-2 through XIV, until he or she knows what immersion (or lack there of) does to a game.
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I spent most of the time I should have been playing this game, playing Bionic Dues instead.
