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Being called an idiot several times in the first few minutes of a game is really offputting. And the writing overall is really shitty and dumb. Played one match and won a "sudden death". Uninstalled it after about 20 minutes, nothing about it is appealing to me.

@dave_tacitus: Ok, gonna have to watch that before playing it next time then.

@dave_tacitus:
Yeah Brendon Chungs games are a bit hit and miss, that's why I have been hesitant to pick up Quadrilateral Cowboy.
Yup, that part was really really good.

@sloppydetective:
It's not necessary, but you will get a little bit more out of it. It's not full of references but there are a few to both Twin Peaks and X-Files that I picked up on. I hope to find more on my second playthrough.

@dave_tacitus:

Those are all very valid points. The lack of dialogue felt super off-putting at first but around halfway through it ramps up so much that I stopped noticing. I found the score to be fantastic and it mostly works with the feel of the game.

I changed the FPS to 60 and it ran better, felt super slow at just 30 which was suggested for some reason. Still the camera feels kinda bad and might play better with a controller.

The jump cuts are taken straight out of Thirty Flights of Loving, which was a game I really liked and the game is dedicated to Brendon Chung, but it does mess up the pacing sometimes. When the game decides to fade to the next scene I thought several times that it had locked up.

It is just under two hours long and completely linear, so it's probably best played in one sitting. It is incredibly Twin Peaksy and it has a scene inspired by it that I absolutely loved. The narrative on the other hand is as non-linear as it gets and takes some insane turns.
I also went into it without knowing anything about it aside from it's inspirations and it's not at all what I expected. I will replay it in a couple of days and see if I can get anything more out of the story.

Haha, actually this game made me really want to rewatch Twin Peaks again.

So I just finished this game mere minutes ago and I am sort of blown away by it. I'm not sure where to start, but I know I'm going to need to reflect on it for a bit. So let's get a discussion going. What did you think about it?

I'm doing the same thing, but I am only watching the mythology episodes. Some episodes are obviously better than others but I think it still really holds up and it remains one of my favorite shows of all time.

Modern Warfare 2 at somewhere around 150 hours, followed by Skyrim at about 97 hours, I think.

I hope they don't make another Bioshock game. I want the next spiritual successor. So that it's System Shock, Bioshock and now their next thing.

I'm getting sick of pretty much all of their videos :( Which actually bums me out.