As soon as this game came out about 2-3 weeks ago, I’ve been wanting to pick it up and try it.
It looked interesting. Looked like something I’d really enjoy. Maybe a good 15 minute time-waster/filler, I figured. So I bought it yesterday since it’s on sale.
Holy shit, it is INCREDIBLE. First of all, it is way better than I thought it was going to be, and I already thought it was going to be good. It’s not even fully what I expected it to be; it’s even more so. There are facets of the game that the trailer/screenshots don’t show that are vaguely enthralling.
Simply put, this game is brilliant. It’s all the right amounts of clever, witty, amusing, interesting, and fun in the best combination possible. This is a game that doesn’t insult your intelligence. It’s challenging without being overly so, fun without being silly or corny, and the storyline is superb (yes, there is one, and it’s amazing how the characters flesh out over the course of the thing). This game surprised me greatly.
Not to mention, it’s amazingly funny with very intelligent humor. I’m impressed with how clever the game is and becomes…as it goes on, it only becomes more so.
I’m not even fully done with it and I can already say it’s among the best games I’ve ever played.
So if you have Steam and 5 bucks to spare, I strongly suggest getting Thomas Was Alone and giving it a try for a good 15 minutes. I’m betting those 15 minutes will turn into half an hour, and then an hour, and then…who knows? Certainly did for me. I can’t put this game down.
ETA: Oh, the music kicks ass.
Never had heard of that so I Googled it and played it for about ten minutes. I wouldn’t say they’re alike much, no…
I couldn’t take much of Robot Wants Kitty, heh.
I’ve never used Steam. Am I going to be able to purchase it with my credit card without signing myself up for something invasive?
Would preteen aged kids like this game also? They love Minecraft.
If I download it down here on my parent’s computer (which I am using because my PC is down right now) would I also be able to install and play it on my own PC later? These computers are “networked” (They can share files.)
I know a lot about computers, but I’ve never used Steam.
Steam does require you to install an app, but it’s only the Steam app itself, in which you play games on and can communicate with other Steam friends on (of whom you can pick yourself or leave empty). It’s all Steam-based, though.
Your kids might not get all of the humor, but they’ll certainly find the game fun, I’m guessing. It’s not overly hard either.
Yep, as long as you have the Steam client downloaded on a computer, you can access and play your games on any PC.
Once I learned about Steam, I wondered how the hell I had missed it all of these years. I hardly ever buy actual console games anymore. : p
But, don’t you have to have Steam on the specific PC you want to play the games on? And you have to download the games to that PC, but you do not need to buy them again, as ownership is tied to the Steam account.
I’m kinda finding it a bit tedious. I wish it would get to more problem solving and less “press the arrow and spacebar keys at the right times to avoid falling all the way to the bottom and having to start again”.
I was just introduced to the 2nd character (Chris?) and I liked how you had to use the 2 characters together to complete the screen. However it immediately went to one where you have to carefully navigate a bridge of narrow blocks where if you fall you have to start over.
Re: Steam:
My sister got a Chromebook for Christmas. It apparently doesn’t have much of a hard drive (if any) or CD drives. Everything is via the internet. It’s basically a tablet with a keyboard. Pretty useful and quick for what it can do. Would Steam applications work on this?
I’m pretty sure Steam does work on tablets, yes. Not sure about playing the games on it (I think some you can), but I know the software definitely does, because I regularly chat and buy games using just my tablet sometimes. Never tried playing a game on it.
I don’t think this would work - Steam is really just a distribution method; It downloads and installs games for you, but you still need storage to install to, and I don’t think any sort of outside apps run on the Chrome OS. Not that I’ve done much research on the topic.
I bought the game on the recommendation of this thread.
I’ve found it to be entertaining and worth the $5 I’ve spent on it. But I have to say, the game isn’t really that hard. I’m blasting through the levels. There’s only one or two where I’ve scratched my head trying to figure it out and even that only took a minute or two to piece together. Just having more pieces on the same level doesn’t by itself make it harder, just a little more complicated.
I keep waiting for it to become more difficult but I’m on level 9 now (which might be the last section) and I don’t think it’s ever going to get there. One of the most basic things they could do is make the order you press the white buttons matter.
But despite all that the game itself is enjoyable and witty .
I agree with Enderw24 about the difficulty. I would love this game if it was at a Braid level challenge. Really liked the story and narration and the creator seems like a nice guy, I’m following him on Twitter.
Thanks for the recommendation for this. My kids watched me play a few levels over my shoulder earlier and asked if they could play too, and of course I told them they could. (It turns out, by the way, that you don’t need Steam; you can buy the game for Mac or PC directly from the developer’s website at www.thomaswasalone.com. It costs $9.99.)
My 8-year-old daughter told me that the puzzle parts were good, but “the best part is when the British guy talks and tells you all about the characters.” I would have to agree with her assessment.
Just finished this game on my PS3 this morning, after about 3 hours. My 7 yr old daughter is currently playing it through herself, although she’s struggling with some of the earlier jumps, she’s coping well enough.
It’s a really great game, I loved it. It wasn’t what I’d call difficult at all, but that’s actually kinda nice - you can just flow through the levels, and the ‘second stage’ provides a nice change of mechanics for the ending.