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napoleonherselfMecha bought Shadow of Destiny used for ten bucks a couple days ago. It came with the cover of the manual. Not the manual itself, just the front cover. Kind of creepy.
Here is what I think of it so far (I am up to chapter 8; I do not know how many chapters there are), pasted from SocialMUX:
Jenny says, "Ugh. This is certainly one of the more frustrating games I've ever played."
Jenny says, "Each chapter has something like half an hour just of cutscenes, in between the running around achieving goals that cannot be done in any abbreviated or out-of-order manner, and you can't save in the middle of a chapter."
Jenny says, "So just now it started doing the "you are about to die unless you do something, usually use an item that prevents your death" countdown, for no discernable reason, and I didn't have anything new to use to save myself. But usually it does the countdown twice... once, and the guy giving you time-travel powers scolds you and sends you back to get what you need, and then you go back and are able to defend yourself against countdown death."
Jenny says, "This time I got countdown, and then game over."
Jenny says, "So when I feel like it tomorrow I'm going to have to redo 45 minutes of running back and forth between time periods, interspersed with unskippable cutscenes."
Jenny says, "I already had to redo 3/4 of a chapter once today, because the time machine decided it was going to scramble my atoms, and gave off a slightly different-looking countdown that didn't actually have numbers so I had no idea how long I had left, let alone what I was supposed to be doing to stop the atomscrambling."
Jenny says, "Don't really have the energy for that again."
Jenny says, "Aside from the "hey let's put in hours of unskippable cutscenes that you have to rewatch every time you redo a chapter" factor, this is actually a fun game."
Jenny says, "I have to use time travel craftiness to prevent my own death! Leaving town is apparently too much work."
Also: Four Panels has updated again, and after almost making it through the winter unscathed, I have finally succumbed to the plague. Plague symptoms include occasional sneezing, awful headaches and even worse sore throats.
Here is what I think of it so far (I am up to chapter 8; I do not know how many chapters there are), pasted from SocialMUX:
Jenny says, "Ugh. This is certainly one of the more frustrating games I've ever played."
Jenny says, "Each chapter has something like half an hour just of cutscenes, in between the running around achieving goals that cannot be done in any abbreviated or out-of-order manner, and you can't save in the middle of a chapter."
Jenny says, "So just now it started doing the "you are about to die unless you do something, usually use an item that prevents your death" countdown, for no discernable reason, and I didn't have anything new to use to save myself. But usually it does the countdown twice... once, and the guy giving you time-travel powers scolds you and sends you back to get what you need, and then you go back and are able to defend yourself against countdown death."
Jenny says, "This time I got countdown, and then game over."
Jenny says, "So when I feel like it tomorrow I'm going to have to redo 45 minutes of running back and forth between time periods, interspersed with unskippable cutscenes."
Jenny says, "I already had to redo 3/4 of a chapter once today, because the time machine decided it was going to scramble my atoms, and gave off a slightly different-looking countdown that didn't actually have numbers so I had no idea how long I had left, let alone what I was supposed to be doing to stop the atomscrambling."
Jenny says, "Don't really have the energy for that again."
Jenny says, "Aside from the "hey let's put in hours of unskippable cutscenes that you have to rewatch every time you redo a chapter" factor, this is actually a fun game."
Jenny says, "I have to use time travel craftiness to prevent my own death! Leaving town is apparently too much work."
Also: Four Panels has updated again, and after almost making it through the winter unscathed, I have finally succumbed to the plague. Plague symptoms include occasional sneezing, awful headaches and even worse sore throats.
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Date: 2006-02-23 03:38 pm (UTC)Re: Qin! Qin! Qin! Qin!
Date: 2006-02-26 08:42 am (UTC)Don't think I'm not on to you.
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Date: 2006-02-23 08:38 pm (UTC)Also, a homunculus is supposed to be small. The character Homunculus is over six feet tall, right? It makes no sense.
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Date: 2006-02-26 08:41 am (UTC)You have no idea how terrifying it is to read that.
Also, yeah, he's basically person-sized, except he's kind of spindly. And he has a tail. If he were small, though, I'd start getting Nethack flashbacks and expecting him to bite me.
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Date: 2006-02-26 05:54 pm (UTC)However, apparently watching all five endings (plus I suppose the two EX endings, which can only be unlocked after viewing the first five) does really help to explain some of the more ambiguous plot points. However, decisions made back in Chapter 4 can affect which ending you get, so it sounds like you'd have to start over in order to get everything.
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Date: 2006-02-27 10:02 am (UTC)If I ever do decide to do that, though, I can always make myself some tea or something while waiting for the cutscenes. Tea makes everything better.