Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

gizmo

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Agreed, but it is mystifying how a game with NO AI/NPCs or other CPU-bound tasks can't be made to run at a steady frame rate.

Not really. Folk often forget that there can be a high CPU cost involved when it comes to rendering complex and varied scenes.

heebusjeebus

Played through it again last night for the Completionist trophy.
Missed so much from the first run through. Great story and well put together.
The scenes between chapters are incredible and really emotional.

sweetie

Got this in the flash sale at the weekend. I loved Dear Ester, Gone Home and Stanley but not sure about this yet. From reading above it seems I have missed a few major things despite making it to the campsite. The score is indeed terrific and I'm sure a replay will reveal all.

da gamer

€12 on the psn Halloween sale. Worth it for 4 hours gameplay or is it likely to be a ps plus free game in the future?

sweetie

da gamer wrote:

€12 on the psn Halloween sale. Worth it for 4 hours gameplay or is it likely to be a ps plus free game in the future?

I paid about 5.50 from Canada flash sale last weekend. It was OK but lacked a but I thought. Some puzzles would have been good. I'd wait for psplus or cheaper price tbh.

da gamer

Got this as a Christmas present after and have to say it's the most beautiful game I've ever played. It's probably the best looking game ive ever played, along with the most beautiful, haunting music ever in a game. If I had one criticism it's that there should be a run/sprint button available as the walking can be very slow and tedious at times. Call it a walking simulator or whatever you want, but it's a game like none I've ever played before.

Retr0gamer

I probably found this the worst of the games from the Chinese Room. I liked it at the start but there's one big problem, it's too damn long. These games I feel work much better as shorter experiences such as gone home or dear Esther. As for the story it's initially interesting but by the end it had devolved into sci Fi nonsense and I couldn't connect with any of the characters. It's a shame because it could have been a lot better as a more focuses experience.

sweetie

Supposedly there is a sprint button

CiDeRmAn

I loved the game, I loved the plot and found the town and it's surroundings completely immersive.
The music is sublime and as you reach the end of each "chapter" it can be genuinely moving as well.
Also, as you explore off the beaten track, in houses and offices, community halls and caravans, you see details that reinforce the tragic nature of the event.
At times it felt more like a radio play, you really need your ears open in this one, and the quality of the voice acting makes even the likes of Uncharted seem like a 2 dimensional effort in comparison.
No puzzles, a vague run function and a lack of a "game" makes it poor to many but, instead, I say it's an experience, an experiment in story telling on consoles that we really haven't seen much of outside of the quieter moments of the likes of Half Life and it's sequels.

da gamer

sweetie wrote: »

Supposedly there is a sprint button

There is, but he sprints like a 90 year old woman with arthritis

brady12

It's brilliant .one my favourites of the year

CiDeRmAn

da gamer wrote: »

There is, but he sprints like a 90 year old woman with arthritis

Smells less of werthers and wee though

Links234

Interestingly, it looks like this might be coming to PC. Not the first Playstation exclusive to see a PC release, as Helldivers was recently ported.

Vojera

Links234 wrote: »

Interestingly, it looks like this might be coming to PC. Not the first Playstation exclusive to see a PC release, as Helldivers was recently ported.

I really really hope it does. I want to play this so much. I was considering borrowing a PS4 to get to play it.

Corholio

A wonderful game. It's amazing to play a game and see thing develop in it without you contributing anything to the progression but yet not taking away absolutely anything from the enjoyment. It's also got a great use of sound throughout, from the haunting flashback images to the simple clicks of the radio, it's just wonderful use of audio. One of my favourite game experiences from last year.

Am I playing it wrong or is the story told in a nonlinear fashion?

The walking speed is far too slow for the size of the area.

I'm bored of this game. One of the glowing ball things, which I've been following previously, got stuck behind a pole and there's no way for me to move it, so I tried wandering around, but kept getting lost and/or circling around without realizing. There's no clear path, it's basically a rather pretty walking simulator. Everything seems to be nonlinear, which makes it hard to get engaged in the storyline. Soundtrack is great and the bits of the story that I've grasped are good(ish), but I'm damn glad I didn't spend €20 on it. The €9 I did pay is a bit of a stretch, in fairness. If the soundtrack was included in the purchase, then that'd be great.

Will probably try finishing it off some other time.

jimbob_jones

Deleted User wrote: »

Am I playing it wrong or is the story told in a nonlinear fashion?

The walking speed is far too slow for the size of the area.

Will probably try finishing it off some other time.

From what I remember from my playthrough it is told in a nonlinear fashion but it can be quite easy to miss out certain sections of characters story. When I had finished it the first time I had missed two parts of the vicars story and two parts of the uncles story.

You can kind of sprint by holding R2, but it's more of a fast walk than a run.

As for the stuck glowing orb sometimes if you move on to the next section of story and back track it can become unstuck

Done that and it's still stuck. Did at least three circles around and it can't get out of the place it is in.

K.O.Kiki

Deleted User wrote: »

Am I playing it wrong or is the story told in a nonlinear fashion?

The walking speed is far too slow for the size of the area.

I'm bored of this game. One of the glowing ball things, which I've been following previously, got stuck behind a pole and there's no way for me to move it, so I tried wandering around, but kept getting lost and/or circling around without realizing. There's no clear path, it's basically a rather pretty walking simulator. Everything seems to be nonlinear, which makes it hard to get engaged in the storyline. Soundtrack is great and the bits of the story that I've grasped are good(ish), but I'm damn glad I didn't spend €20 on it. The €9 I did pay is a bit of a stretch, in fairness. If the soundtrack was included in the purchase, then that'd be great.

Will probably try finishing it off some other time.

No, I'm pretty sure you're "playing" it right :pac:

Player 2

Santa Clause was very good to me this year, and I unexpectedly got a PS4.
Aside from the bundled games, this was my first purchase / digital download. As someone noted above, I'd been looking forward to trying this on PC, so was lucky I could try it out sooner than an eventual PC release.

It took me two sittings to complete it, and that was a week ago, so, the initial "wow" factor has worn off slightly.

All-in-all, I'd have to rate it as something that's worth a purchase / play.
Perhaps I'm just a sucker for the "walking simulator" genre, but, it's not the new pinnacle of what can be done.

1. CryEngine / Art-Direction = brilliant.
2. Soundtrack = excellent.
3. Voice-acting = Overall very strong, with the occasional hammy turn.
4. Dialogue = Tied with the above, the script is delivered well, with some believable interactions between the characters.
5. Story = Hmmm, not so much...

In terms of the overarching plot I can't honestly say that it had a major impact on me; and, not only that,
it didn't feel like it was as creative as Gone Home or The Stanley Parable, for example.

I actually think it doesn't compare favourably to Dear Esther, their previous game, as it's not as bold a step in a new direction as that was at the time.

Again though, I do recommend a playthrough though if you're like me an interested in the variety of games with a different pace every now and again. (Or, the occasional "walking simulator"!)

tailgunner

I had similar feelings about it. It's a beautiful experience, but I don't think it's anywhere near as interesting as Dear Esther, Gone Home etc.

5uspect

I would agree, Dear Esther had a greater impact for me.

I didn't play Dear Esther, but I enjoyed Gone Home more, because it was more of a contained environment with a more linear path.

gizmo

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture confirmed for PC

While most of the former console exclusives this gen have come from the XBox One, it's nice to see one from my PS4 wishlist make it to the PC.

irishman86

So just finished this today and honestly havent a clue what its about :pac:

Is it God, Aliens

Doctor Nick

What does walking simulator mean? Is it just a game with zero gameplay? Similar to Heavy Rain or something along those lines?

johnny_ultimate

Basically games heavily based around walking around or exploring an environment. They're typically very heavily story-focused games, with little in the way of traditional mechanics (although some recent games, like Naughty Dog's, have embraced aspects of the formula). Mostly associated with games such as this, Gone Home, The Stanley Parable etc... Often used a sneering phrase, but handy enough (albeit reductive) phrase to describe an increasingly broad range of games with a broadly similar approach to storytelling.

Heavy Rain exists on its own plane: a plane of awfulness and unintentional belly laughs.

BelovedAunt

Finally started to play this after buying it in 2016. It's hard to describe how tedious I'm finding it. Beautiful world and music but god awful to play and the lack of a proper sprint button is maddening.

noodler

BelovedAunt wrote: »

Finally started to play this after buying it in 2016. It's hard to describe how tedious I'm finding it. Beautiful world and music but god awful to play and the lack of a proper sprint button is maddening.

It's not that long and ,although I felt the same at the time, in retrospect I'm glad as it made me really check things out.

It's worth it - an experience that stuck with me.

da gamer

BelovedAunt wrote: »

Finally started to play this after buying it in 2016. It's hard to describe how tedious I'm finding it. Beautiful world and music but god awful to play and the lack of a proper sprint button is maddening.

A beautiful game although I do agree that the lack of a sprint button is annoying.

jimbob_jones

I thought that they patched in a sprint button at least on PS4

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4s-everybodys-gone-to-the-rapture-has-a-hidden-s/1100-6429665/

noodler

jimbob_jones wrote: »

I thought that they patched in a sprint button at least on PS4

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4s-everybodys-gone-to-the-rapture-has-a-hidden-s/1100-6429665/

There was always a speed.up button but really mild increase. Dunno if that's changed.