| 14 JUL 2010 at 4:22pm |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I will add all these to my dont play list, i hate the dark side of game design, we have enough darkness in life but that is my own particular view i guess.... i appreciate the detail that is achieved but really , i dont see the fun in being scared....and having studied the terrible history of mental trouble treatment including mandatory shock therapy for many years even up until the 1970s, my skin crawls. We are finally more humane in our treatment of the troubled but still have a long way to go.
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| 14 JUL 2010 at 5:57pm |
Steve VeaseySpace Cadet
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Shany (12 JUL 2010 6:35pm)
No, I meant the asylum in Cuba (I think). Where you destroy that one patient's house of cards?
Doh, of course where the dancing nurse wants to become Mayor..You're right :-[
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| 14 JUL 2010 at 6:07pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (14 JUL 2010 2:40pm)
(PS. Next time, I want to betatest for you! )
I'll give you a holler if we need further help!
Provided you can pass the tests, of course
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| 14 JUL 2010 at 6:12pm |
Steve VeaseySpace Cadet
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Joined: 30 MAY 2009
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By CrisGer (14 JUL 2010 4:22pm)
I will add all these to my dont play list, i hate the dark side of game design, we have enough darkness in life but that is my own particular view i guess.... i appreciate the detail that is achieved but really , i dont see the fun in being scared....and having studied the terrible history of mental trouble treatment including mandatory shock therapy for many years even up until the 1970s, my skin crawls. We are finally more humane in our treatment of the troubled but still have a long way to go.
I appreciate your viewpoint but its very difficult to hold anyone's interest in a scenario where nothing untoward can happen. To a certain degree most AG's boil down to a classic Good v Evil battle, so in order to show why its worth bothering with your character's quest they need to be in a position of righting a wrong (catching a criminal) or preventing something wicked or evil from happening (conspiracty theories, supernatural events). Personally, I don't like to be frightened while playing a game either, but I will persevere in order to bring the story to a hopefully satisfying conclusion
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| 14 JUL 2010 at 6:49pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Joined: 3 JUL 2010
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Rael (14 JUL 2010 6:07pm)
Originally Posted By placeholder (14 JUL 2010 2:40pm)
(PS. Next time, I want to betatest for you! )
I'll give you a holler if we need further help!
Provided you can pass the tests, of course
Pass, the tests? :-X I think I'm afraid to.. er.. um.. [smiley=boggled.gif]
Originally Posted By Dr_Watson (14 JUL 2010 5:56pm)
Originally Posted By Shany (12 JUL 2010 6:35pm)
No, I meant the asylum in Cuba (I think). Where you destroy that one patient's house of cards?
Doh, of course where the dancing nurse wants to become Mayor..You're right :-[
In your defense, Steve, that scenario didn't really feel like a traditional asylum setting. In fact, it was quite offbeat and fun as far as asylums go, I found. [smiley=cheesy.gif]
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 14 JUL 2010 at 8:18pm |
pollodiabloSorcerer Apprentice
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Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (14 JUL 2010 6:49pm)
Originally Posted By Rael (14 JUL 2010 6:07pm)
Originally Posted By placeholder (14 JUL 2010 2:40pm)
(PS. Next time, I want to betatest for you! )
I'll give you a holler if we need further help!
Provided you can pass the tests, of course
Pass, the tests? :-X I think I'm afraid to.. er.. um..
You should be. I am still recovering from the tests we had to pass before we could even say we might consider thinking about volunteering to test Scratches.
Beta-tester of 'The Path', 'Rhiannon', 'Scratches', 'Hope Springs Eternal', 'Time Stand Still', 'Frasse and the Peas of Kejick', '1893: A World's Fair Mystery', 'Carte Blanche' and 'Oakhaven Plantation' a.o.&&
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| 14 JUL 2010 at 9:32pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | I saw the trailer for this on IGN's youtube and it actually got rather positive comments and ratings (I think many didnt' realize it's an adventure game and think it's like a silent hill type of thing).
Looking forward to the game, really like games like this (especially Sanitarium, one of my favorite adventures).
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| 14 JUL 2010 at 11:03pm |
ThaumaturgeJourneyman
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Joined: 11 MAY 2006
Status : Offline | This seems as though it could be interesting - hopefully we'll be given more information in the near future, with which to arrive at a firmer conclusion... *hint hint* ;P)
By the way, I tried the teaser, I believe; is it intended to be primarily atmospheric, with relevant symbols, words and images, or is there something more that I missed? Specifically:
Spoiler AlertI seem to recall that I moved all of the pieces of paper out of the way, revealing the symbol on the surface below. Nothing seemed to happen, however; did I miss something, perhaps?
I haven't yet watched the trailer linked-to on the site, as my browser doesn't seem to have the correct plugin.
(The website is perhaps a trifle slow to load on my connection, by the way; in fact, I think that on my first visit I turned away because of it.)
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*ahem*
Sorry.
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| 15 JUL 2010 at 1:57am |
ZanderatIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 40
Joined: 23 JUN 2010
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Rael (14 JUL 2010 12:04am)
Originally Posted By Dr_Watson (11 JUL 2010 6:31pm)
I wonder if Agustin knows that the village that the house in Scratches is set in has just been the scene of one of the biggest police manhunts ever in the UK? Rothbury has never seen such drama before..in real life
Yes, a good friend of mine (Robert Blake, you might know him) has told me about that. I really pity the Rothburians... when it's not ancient African curses, it's gunmen running wild :
I'm really glad you folks like Asylum so far! I'm positive the game won't disappoint... I can't wait to see you all wandering around the endless hallways of the Hanwell institute. It's SO darn creepy [smiley=shudder.gif]
Hey, I really like Scratches!....(never did get the alternate ending to trigger, oh well)
Asylum is looking good. Can't wait to be scared out of mind!
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| 15 JUL 2010 at 12:52pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Thaumaturge (14 JUL 2010 11:03pm)
I haven't yet watched the trailer linked-to on the site, as my browser doesn't seem to have the correct plugin.
(The website is perhaps a trifle slow to load on my connection, by the way; in fact, I think that on my first visit I turned away because of it.)
That's odd because (supposedly) only Flash is needed. Which one is the browser you're using?
As far as I can tell, the website is performing well enough. Even though it looks graphically intensive, it doesn't weigh that much, so maybe you had the misfortune to pay a visit while there was a peak of traffic.
Also -- there's nothing else to do in that teaser, but apparently it works fine because it got everybody wondering
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| 15 JUL 2010 at 12:59pm |
MaraPrivate Detective
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Joined: 6 JUL 2007
Status : Offline | Wow! Scary. I jumped at the end of the trailer. Really looking forward to this one.
Mara
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| 15 JUL 2010 at 8:35pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Rael (14 JUL 2010 6:07pm)
Originally Posted By placeholder (14 JUL 2010 2:40pm)
(PS. Next time, I want to betatest for you! )
I'll give you a holler if we need further help!
Provided you can pass the tests, of course
They weren't that bad. I got used to not wearing clothes for several weeks while the wounds healed.
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| 15 JUL 2010 at 9:16pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Ivinia (15 JUL 2010 8:34pm)
Originally Posted By Rael (14 JUL 2010 6:07pm)
Originally Posted By placeholder (14 JUL 2010 2:40pm)
(PS. Next time, I want to betatest for you! )
I'll give you a holler if we need further help!
Provided you can pass the tests, of course
They weren't that bad. I got used to not wearing clothes for several weeks while the wounds healed.
You weren't a woman.
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| 16 JUL 2010 at 9:57pm |
ThaumaturgeJourneyman
Posts : 999
Joined: 11 MAY 2006
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Rael (15 JUL 2010 12:52pm)
Originally Posted By Thaumaturge (14 JUL 2010 11:03pm)
I haven't yet watched the trailer linked-to on the site, as my browser doesn't seem to have the correct plugin.
(The website is perhaps a trifle slow to load on my connection, by the way; in fact, I think that on my first visit I turned away because of it.)
That's odd because (supposedly) only Flash is needed. Which one is the browser you're using?
As far as I can tell, the website is performing well enough. Even though it looks graphically intensive, it doesn't weigh that much, so maybe you had the misfortune to pay a visit while there was a peak of traffic.
Also -- there's nothing else to do in that teaser, but apparently it works fine because it got everybody wondering
I'm using Firefox; it's most likely, I think, that my Flash plugin is simply a little old (indeed, I think that Flash may be the plugin that Firefox has been urging me to update with each update of the browser itself ^^; ).
Hmm... I just noticed again the video on the front page; is that the same as linked-to by the "ownload The Trailer" button further into the site? If, so, that seems to load - I may watch it later. ^_^
As to the traffic, my connection, while an ADSL line, may very well not be as fast as I think are available more cheaply in some countries than in this. While I will admit that on the second occasion at the least the site may well have been slowed by other things loading on my side, and it seems plausible that the first instance was simply an issue of traffic. A quick visit during the writing of this post seemed to show the site loading more quickly, although at least some of that may be caching.
It does at least appear that you may be using a fair few largish images (or a number of smaller ones), however...
Thank you for the clarification on the teaser. ^_^
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*ahem*
Sorry.
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| 19 JUL 2010 at 5:40pm |
AkhillesPrivate Detective
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Joined: 21 JUL 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Screaming! Lots of screaming.... trails of blood up to solid walls...
Boo!
[smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif]
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
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