The Descendant (Telltale-like Adventure) [R]
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Bob Barnsen




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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Mar 2016 11:39    Post subject: The Descendant (Telltale-like Adventure) [R]

Release Date: 24 Mar, 2016
Genre: Point & Click Adventure
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/351940
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THE DESCENDANT is a five part episodic adventure game series where the end of the world is only the start.

After climate change wrecked the planet, a man-made extinction event wiped humankind off the face of the Earth. Only a few thousand ‘descendants of humanity’ were hand-picked to survive the apocalypse, cryogenically suspended in underground bunkers known as Arks.

Centuries passed. The world recovered from the nuclear holocaust, and all the Arks reopened, except one — Ark-01.

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Taking place across two timelines, in the past you'll play as Mia, a janitor tasked with keeping the precious descendants housed within Ark-01 alive while the facility continually fails around her, and in the present, you'll play as Donnie, one of the investigators trying to rescue any surviving descendants trapped within, all while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within the underground Ark complex.

Every action and choice you make directly impacts who lives and who dies, leaving the fate of Ark-01, and mankind itself, in your hands. Will you save mankind? Or doom us all?

Key features
- An episodic adventure spreading across multiple story-rich timelines
- Investigative gameplay, challenging puzzles, tense action sequences
- Meaningful and difficult choices with branching dialogue
- A tailored experience, full of tension and drama
- Every player choice can influence the future of mankind





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OrignalSpaceJockey




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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Mar 2016 11:49    Post subject:
Dat voice acting
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Neon
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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Mar 2016 12:13    Post subject:
Laughing Not only is the voice acting mediocre, the voices itself sound like they were recorded using a $2 microphone from Walmart.

Seems interesting otherwise. Very Happy
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Bob Barnsen




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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Mar 2016 12:20    Post subject:
I actually don't find the voice acting that bad. Sure, you can hear they are amateurs, but i also heard much worse acting. Very Happy


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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Mar 2016 13:12    Post subject:
A friend bought stocks in this game, told him it was a bad idea and it seems like it was, he's lost quite a bit of cash so far.

The thing is, its not from amateurs either (one of the main guys has worked for EA, Ubisoft, Warner Bros..) + it's not exacly indie money we are talking here. I think it looks like ass, especially if you compare to TellTale.
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Bob Barnsen




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Mar 2016 14:30    Post subject:
The_Descendant_Episode_One-FLT
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vurt




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Mar 2016 15:59    Post subject:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/351940/reviews/?browsefilter=toprated&snr=1_5_reviews_

"+ Cool artstyle. Super nice looking game.

The bad:

- The game is 60 minutes long for 3 dollars. Horrible gameplay/price ratio!

- The graphics is flickering (lagging). Looks like it is due to memory leakage. UNACCEPTABLE. I am usually not sensitive to minor lag, but my 2 000 $ computer was showing signs of graphics lags.

- The choices do not matter at all in this episode. Outcome will be the EXACT same, even inside of the episode. The only thing which will be slightly different is how the character replies to the exact sentence you chose.

- There are ~6 choices in this game (dialogue choices only, which does not change outcome at all), whereas Life is Strange had ~180 choices in the first episode. The choices are really boring as well.

- The game is REALLY slow paced. The 60 minutes of gameplay gets you NO WHERE.

- The "puzzles" in the game are a super poor version of Grim Fandango. I would recommend anyone interested in this game purchasing Grim Fandango instead, as it is more or less the same game in another universe, but with way more and better gameplay.

- No gamepad support.

This game was funded by investors, who purchased stocks in Gaming Corps. I was one of these investors. We did not get to see this game until two days ago. Upon playing the game, most investors were horrified and sold the shares, resulting in -30% stock value. However, a bunch of investors still want this game to sell; therefore, many positive reviews will be the result of biased reviewers. Moreover, critical reviews will most likely get downvoted."

Stock fell like a stone for this game, feel bad for my friend who invested a lot of money :/ Too bad he didnt take my advice.
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Bob Barnsen




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Mar 2016 16:01    Post subject:
IMO investing in gaming fonds is a bad idea in most cases anyways.

Regarding the review: Too bad this game turned out so bad. Sad
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LuckyStrike




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PostPosted: Fri, 25th Mar 2016 14:51    Post subject:
Bob Barnsen wrote:
IMO investing in gaming fonds is a bad idea in most cases anyways.

Regarding the review: Too bad this game turned out so bad. Sad


Yep. The art style and the story seemed quite promising.


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Meanwhile the people of that generation will call those guys relics, and not move with the times when everything is auto fucking.

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PostPosted: Sun, 27th Mar 2016 17:15    Post subject:
From Riddick to this Reaction


I lasted maybe 5 minutes. The voice acting is straight from hell. Shit-deleted. If more episodes are made and people somehow begin to like the game more than they do currently perhaps I will give it a second chance.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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Bob Barnsen




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PostPosted: Sun, 29th May 2016 00:55    Post subject:
The.Descendant.Episode.2-PLAZA
3360 MB
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jaapie18




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PostPosted: Sun, 29th May 2016 11:21    Post subject:
Bob Barnsen wrote:
The.Descendant.Episode.2-PLAZA
3360 MB


Does this include episode 1?
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Bob Barnsen




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PostPosted: Sun, 29th May 2016 12:21    Post subject:
Don't know, sorry.
They didn't write it in their nfo.

Episode 1 by FLT is 2200MB only. So this release here "should" include the first one.


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Reg67




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PostPosted: Sun, 29th May 2016 16:22    Post subject:
Don't all of these episodic games always contain the previous chapters? Anyway, looks worth a download.
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Bob Barnsen




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PostPosted: Fri, 21st Oct 2016 07:01    Post subject:
The.Descendant.Episode.4-PLAZA
5211 MB


Includes previous episodes too.
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Danyutz




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PostPosted: Fri, 21st Oct 2016 09:30    Post subject:
Good, nice updates.
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Bob Barnsen




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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Dec 2016 18:31    Post subject:
The.Descendant.Episode.5-PLAZA
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All previously released Episodes are included




Season complete.
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madness




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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Dec 2016 18:36    Post subject:
So, how is the game?
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Bob Barnsen




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PostPosted: Wed, 22nd Mar 2017 06:49    Post subject:
First episode currently free:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/351940/


I bet you can add the other episodes without problems from other sources to your legit version, like with the Telltale games.


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