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The Puzzle of a Lifetime

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Re: The Puzzle of a Lifetime

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I think this is just a game advertisment.

Maybe it's somewhat promotional, but there's a meaningful and interesting story here. What do you want? For-profit stuff can never show up on Hacker News?

He means that this seems like a submarine PR piece (http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html). Journalists on a deadline will frequently publish what a PR firm sends them, and it's worth being on the lookout for articles that probably started that way.

Re: The Puzzle of a Lifetime

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I played through this last night and it was interesting, surprising, weird, and very artistically and technically competent. I think it's the most interesting game I've seen this year, and I play a lot of games. The only thing that was slightly disappointing was that it's short, which I mitigated by playing it through twice.

The piece was too long. Could you please TLDR; where one can play this game?

Re: The Puzzle of a Lifetime

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe it's somewhat promotional, but there's a meaningful and interesting story here. What do you want? For-profit stuff can never show up on Hacker News?

Of course not. But it's extremely clear to me that the primary focus of the article is promoting the game, and the story is secondary. After having seen a lot of these articles, it becomes easier to distinguish the real story ones from the "ad" ones. And thats why they do it, its effective, so many people can't tell its a paid advert.

I sincerely doubt this is a marketing piece. If anyone's to blame here for that feeling that some may have, it's Kotaku. Jason was one of the most genuine and wonderful people I've met while working at the same co-working space. In fact, all of the people I met in my time at the Gamenest co-working space were quite memorable.

Re: The Puzzle of a Lifetime

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post #12
post #7

I played through this last night and it was interesting, surprising, weird, and very artistically and technically competent. I think it's the most interesting game I've seen this year, and I play a lot of games. The only thing that was slightly disappointing was that it's short, which I mitigated by playing it through twice.

The piece was too long. Could you please TLDR; where one can play this game?

Steam.

Re: The Puzzle of a Lifetime

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Marketing or not, I got the game and played in one sitting. Initially I did not realize how it was getting solved. Soon the creator’s puzzle techniques started becoming evident (repetitive) and then it was enjoyable. Became easier though.

Re: The Puzzle of a Lifetime

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Steam.

Also iOS and Nintendo Switch.

Thanks. Just played it... It does look artistic but there are too many missing playable elements. Things only interact in certain way and exploration involves only few free actions. I guess I'm too spoiled by games like Monument Valley to appreciate it.

Re: The Puzzle of a Lifetime

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post #7

I played through this last night and it was interesting, surprising, weird, and very artistically and technically competent. I think it's the most interesting game I've seen this year, and I play a lot of games. The only thing that was slightly disappointing was that it's short, which I mitigated by playing it through twice.

Have you played Edith Finch? I’d say that’s probably been my most interesting game this year, but I’m really keen to try this one.
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