Weekly video game giveaway: Gone Home (on Steam)

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And wolverine wins:

There were 14 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

wolverine
ReticulatingSplines
Quimby
Left Hand of Dorkness
Arrogance Ex Machina is offline
MikeG
shijinn
F.Pu-du-he-pa-as
Hoopy Frood
Kamino Neko
Frosted Glass
smiling bandit
KidScruffy
hiebram

Timestamp: 2013-10-01 06:14:07 UTC

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I would like to thank everyone who made this possible. My dog Lucky, the 47 cookies I ate last night, and of course the $100 bribe for a $20 game.

Once I get and play the game, I’ll try to come back and leave a review.

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Thank you all for entering and congratulations to Wolverine! I’ll reach out to you with your code as soon as I can get my computer unpacked. (Steam doesn’t play well my cellphone.) Hopefully within the next 16 hours.

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Whee! Welcome to the winner’s circle, Wolverine.

Y’all are awesome for doing this.

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Congrats Wolverine! I look forward to reading that review.

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Too late for the drawing, but I think that one’s going in my library anyway.

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I just finished the game and I enjoyed the parts I could enjoy.

The cons:

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[li]Unfortunately, my laptop seemed to have technical difficulties with the game even though I met the requirements. After playing with the settings, I still felt like I was moving in molasses with major lag.[/li][li]The sound was often distorted which severely hampered my enjoyment since the story is told through audio journals. I was able to understand half of the journals, but missed the other half. (You can review the text later).[/li][li]If I was the protagonist, I would have called the cops after 10 min. and sat on the porch waiting. There’s no way I would have just calmly explored the house.[/ul][/li]
The pros:
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[li]Great atmosphere and ability to capture a typical '90s house (other than it’s a mansion).[/li][li]Great pacing. The story slowly unfolds, but it never comes to a crawl, never sidetracks (to me), never goes too long before another journal.[/li][li]Lots of hidden stuff. I still plan on going back to discover more about the family. I missed a bunch.[/li][/ul]

Even with those major drawbacks, I still came out with an overall positive experience. I don’t want to talk about the story with people that haven’t played it, but it was good.

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Thanks for the review. I’m planning on getting it. Not sure why I’m waiting for it to be on sale, it’s only $20. The way I look at it, playing it on a regular PC I’ll be able to avoid all the cons and be left with nothing but pros… :slight_smile: