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| Devilfish |
 Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:03 pm |
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Ever since I played The Path, I've been digging into the indie/arthouse game scene. I've been a gamer ever since gaming meant hauling ass to the right of the screen and punching dudes, but this is a completely new experience for me. And I've come across another game developer that deserves a lot of love: Ice-Pick Lodge. If you enjoyed Tale of Tales games, I highly recommend you take a look at their games. They have three to date.
Pathologic was their first and it set the bar very, very high. You play as one of three characters trapped in a little town in the steppe that is slowly succumbing to the effects of a deadly plague. This game is very, very strange. I've played it twice now and I still can't put it out of my head. Unfortunately something went horribly wrong in the translation from Russian to English, making everything the characters say an incomprehensible mess, but don't let that deter you. It actually adds to the strange, oppressive atmosphere of the game. You should play this.
The Void may be their masterpiece. I talk about it at length
here. You should also play this.
Cargo! is... um... Well, it certainly is different. There's... Well, there's naked dwarfs. You kick them in the rump for FUN. There's... Um... Well, the masks... Floating penguin ice fortress...
You should play this.
Give these people some love! Nobody is doing what they are doing, and that alone is worth the low, low price of these games. |
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| Michael |
| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:01 am |
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| Ice-Pick Lodge is certainly an interesting studio. I find their games a bit too difficult for my taste. And I don't know what to think of Cargo. But they definitely deserve more attention! |
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| Devilfish |
| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:52 am |
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The Void is insanely hard. I honestly don't know what to think about Pathologic in terms of difficulty. The only thing that makes that game hard for me so far is the atrocious translation. Half the time I don't know what I'm supposed to do, and being on a timer doesn't help. It really does add to the surreal atmosphere, but it makes it sort of hard to actually play.
I prefer their more moody games over Cargo!, but I can't say I'm not having a ton of fun with it. There's something immensely satisfying about kicking naked, sexless dwarfs in the rump. I really hope it gets them some mainstream attention, because they deserve it. But I do hope they go back to making games like The Void after this. |
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| BenDueste |
| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:54 am |
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Devilfish wrote: The Void is insanely hard. I honestly don't know what to think about Pathologic in terms of difficulty. The only thing that makes that game hard for me so far is the atrocious translation. Half the time I don't know what I'm supposed to do, and being on a timer doesn't help. It really does add to the surreal atmosphere, but it makes it sort of hard to actually play.
I prefer their more moody games over Cargo!, but I can't say I'm not having a ton of fun with it. There's something immensely satisfying about kicking naked, sexless dwarfs in the rump. I really hope it gets them some mainstream attention, because they deserve it. But I do hope they go back to making games like The Void after this. |
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| cyncyn |
| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:55 am |
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BenDueste wrote: Devilfish wrote: The Void is insanely hard. I honestly don't know what to think about Pathologic in terms of difficulty. The only thing that makes that game hard for me so far is the atrocious translation. Half the time I don't know what I'm supposed to do, and being on a timer doesn't help. It really does add to the surreal atmosphere, but it makes it sort of hard to actually play.
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I prefer their more moody games over Cargo!, but I can't say I'm not having a ton of fun with it. There's something immensely satisfying about kicking naked, sexless dwarfs in the rump. I really hope it gets them some mainstream attention, because they deserve it. But I do hope they go back to making games like The Void after this.
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| joerjoe |
| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:11 pm |
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Nice Studio. Its is interesting to read.
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