THE PATH - Adventure or RPG ?
Trimble Bracegirdle
.""If you've tried out The Endless Forest or The Graveyard, you know
"Tale of Tales" crafts some peculiar product"...
"It's slow to unfold and simple to play, but you won't soon forget this
extraordinary work of interactive fiction....
More of an interactive story than a game. "
"The Path is a short horror game inspired by older versions of Little Red
Ridinghood, set in modern day. The Path offers an atmospheric experience of
exploration, discovery and introspection through a unique form of gameplay,
designed to immerse you deeply into its dark themes. Every interaction in
the game expresses an aspect of the narrative. The six protagonists each
have their own age and personality and allow the player to live through the
tale in different ways. Most of the story, however, relies on your active
imagination."
Large number of reviews here.
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/path?q=the%20path
Any Bunny played this ??
Simple introductory Demo & trailers here :
http://www.gamershell.com/pc/the_path/downloads.html
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Vincenzo Beretta
> http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/path?q=the%20path
> Any Bunny played this ??
I finished it and I loved it. It is more an interactive fable than a game.
You "choose" where to go and what to explore first in the endless forest,
but the contents are pretty much fixed, and the real puzzle is figuring out
what to do (i.e. if at the beginning you follow the on-screen instructions
nothing happens, so the first act by the player should be "transgression").
The fascinating part is that "The Path" is an symbolic voyage in the minds
of six very different female characters (plus a mystery one, unlocked when
you finish the game with all six). Each character is of a different age (9,
11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 years old - you can see the pattern here) and has her
own unique personality. My interpretation of their journey is "evolution":
each one of them "meets the wolf" in the forest - a traumatic event that, at
face value, can be intepreted as horrible and negative, but that, IMHO,
actually is the starting point for a "wiser and sadder" vision of life.
I really liked it, but, again, it is not really "a game" - more the
exploration of six minds via an interactive fable. But if you liked the
atmospheres of Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" (minus the graphic parts, of
course :^D) or, as it happened to me, you just read "The Interpretation of
Fairy Tales" and "The Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales" by Marie Louise von
Franz, it is an unmissable experience. And the price is really low.
JLC
I've had this game for awhile and at first I got into it and thought it
was a nice change of pace from anything I've ever played. But after
spending many hours wandering around the forest, having to move very
slowly (you can run but it's not what you're suppose to do so the camera
goes way high and you have no idea where you're going)
It's cheap so if you are looking for a game that really is not a game at
all, more like a wandering around the forest hoping to find stuff type
of thing, then try it. Get the demo, this will give you give you all
that the game has to offer as far as game play goes.
JLC
Andrew Rybenkov
> The Path is a short horror game
piece of crap, no game, no horror.
drug-inspired junk, shortly.
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Andrew Rybenkov
Vincenzo Beretta
"Andrew Rybenkov" <aryb...@gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:op.u2god9juowpbh0@mainpc...
I agree it is not "SAW XX - THE GAME"
Trimble Bracegirdle
into
any of them.
Andrew Plotkin
> MYST like perhaps ?? What happened to that series ?
Cyan released Riven in 1997. Then they started working on the idea of
a massively-multiplayer online Myst. Myst 3 (in 2001) was contracted
out to Presto Studios (who had created the "Journeyman Project"
series). Myst 4 was contracted out to Ubisoft, and came out in 2004.
At the same time, Cyan finally got a version of their online Myst game
ready to go, which was called "Uru" -- except their publisher (Ubisoft
again) pulled the plug at the last minute. Cyan reworked the story
ideas they had planned for Uru and made them into Myst 5. They then
ran out of money and shut down. Then they got some money and started
up again, working on Uru again, with a new publisher. That ran as an
MMO in 2007, and then the plug was pulled again.
No new Myst-related work has appeared (from Cyan) since. Although they
did an iPhone port of the original Myst which has been pretty
successful. Cyan is now a much smaller company, working on a licensed
project for somebody else.
That answer your question? :)
--Z
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Trimble Bracegirdle
Such quantity, quality & detail on such a subject !
Thanks.
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