https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/835960/view/3743111843420370724
Keep in mind that, because the demo is a tailored experience, progress from it will not carry over to the full game once it launches on November 2.
in case anyone was interested in that info
tuckerm@supermeter.social 1 year ago
Portal (1 and 2) and The Talos Principle are the only puzzle games I've played that not only had a story, but also managed to make the puzzle gameplay actually make sense within the story. Like, there is an in-universe explanation for why you are solving puzzles. I'm sure there are other games that do it, but those are the only ones I've played and they were fantastic. That's a hard thing to pull off -- how do you make a compelling narrative, complete with characters, around "moving some boxes?"
Looking forward to playing the sequel. Also, the original is $3 on Steam right now!
themusicman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Have you played The Witness? Not quite as story driven, but just as cohesive and my personal favourite of the 3 (by a small margin)
pixel_prophet@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Could not really understand the hype for it, having to do the same kind of line puzzle over and over just felt stale.
tuckerm@supermeter.social 1 year ago
I have not -- I'll add it to my list!
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 1 year ago
That observation actually made me go through my library looking for more examples and, yeah, it’s surprisingly few. There’s ‘The Entropy Centre’, which also falls into the “You’re a test subject” category. Other than that there’s the Zachtronics games, where the reason for puzzle-solving is because it’s your work.
raydenuni@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
In Zachtronics Infinifactory, the setting is that aliens have kidnapped you and force you to build things for them, in return for kibble and other things humans like, such as a little league third place trophy. Always enjoyed that.
Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Quantum Conundrum too ! it’s excellent, but a bit difficult. I never finished it 🤫
zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Did Antichamber have a story? I don’t remember if it did, only that I loved that game.
Ansis@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 year ago
Try QUBE too, it’s great.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hey, thanks for the tip! I totally just figured this to a couple of my friends.