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Posted July 19, 2016
On the road again/ just can't wait to get on the road again.

<span class="bold">Kentucky Route Zero</span>, the alluring adventure in a magical realist Kentucky has become four Acts wide, and is available now for Windows, Mac, and Linux, DRM-free on GOG.com with a 50% discount.

While most of us may know of Kentucky as the Bluegrass State, there is a secret network of highways and byways, whose paths are known only to a select few. Kentucky Route Zero plays like a Ray Bradbury novel with its slightly off-kilter reality, working class mythos, and sweltering summer nights. Oh, and office bears.

Told in five acts, it's a point'n'click experience with a heavy focus on characterization, atmosphere, and storytelling, perfect for the discerning fan of the magical realism genre. After a long intermission, Act IV has been added to the Season Pass. The soundtrack will arrive in an update, a few weeks down the road.

So grab your ornery hound dog, warm up the truck, and get ready to take an even longer drive through <span class="bold">Kentucky Route Zero</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com.
The 50% discount will last until July 26, 2:59 PM UTC.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/i8v0OKyBbmI
Post edited July 19, 2016 by maladr0Id
Posted July 19, 2016
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GOG.com: The soundtrack will arrive in an update, a few weeks down the road.
Missed this bit. Quite nice of them.

Here's hoping they actually planned and plotted for the final episode when it comes, rather than pulling a Lost on us.
Posted July 19, 2016
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EckoShy: I already played the first chapter of this game back when it first came out, but I'm waiting on the whole thing to be finished before I play it again. Plan to start over and do the whole thing from the beginning, maybe record it on my youtube channel.
Ah, a player! Could you answer those questions, please?

Is it enjoyable playing an episodic game that hasn't been fully released, yet? Do the episodes have proper endings or do they seamlessly form a story that cannot really be cut? Also, what do you think is best: playing the episodes as they come out, meaning that there's a chance of not remembering something (though there could be flashbacks at the start of each episode to remedy that); or waiting until they're all complete and out to play them in succession?

For the last question, I suppose the answer depends on the format of the game (second question), and I think you hinted at the latter since you said you were waiting to do the whole thing from the beginning, but I still wanted to ask. ^_^
Posted July 19, 2016
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Tyrrhia: Is it enjoyable playing an episodic game that hasn't been fully released, yet? Do the episodes have proper endings or do they seamlessly form a story that cannot really be cut? Also, what do you think is best: playing the episodes as they come out, meaning that there's a chance of not remembering something (though there could be flashbacks at the start of each episode to remedy that); or waiting until they're all complete and out to play them in succession?

For the last question, I suppose the answer depends on the format of the game (second question), and I think you hinted at the latter since you said you were waiting to do the whole thing from the beginning, but I still wanted to ask. ^_^
It's like chapters on a novel. No cliffhangers, but not finished after every episode.

Every time a new episode arrives, I play the whole thing from the beginning again. With the intermissions in between.

Yay! I'm thrilled that in four or five years I'll finish playing it.

But I can wait.It deserves it.
Post edited July 19, 2016 by Micro-BIOS
Posted July 19, 2016
What the heck is the "Modern" sub-genre tag suppose to mean? :P https://www.gog.com/games?sort=bestselling&amp;search=Modern&amp;page=1
Posted July 19, 2016
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tfishell: What the heck is the "Modern" sub-genre tag suppose to mean? :P https://www.gog.com/games?sort=bestselling&amp;search=Modern&amp;page=1
That it's basically set in the modern or real world rather than a fantasy or sci-fi setting :)
Posted July 19, 2016
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Tyrrhia: Is it enjoyable playing an episodic game that hasn't been fully released, yet? Do the episodes have proper endings or do they seamlessly form a story that cannot really be cut? Also, what do you think is best: playing the episodes as they come out, meaning that there's a chance of not remembering something (though there could be flashbacks at the start of each episode to remedy that); or waiting until they're all complete and out to play them in succession?

For the last question, I suppose the answer depends on the format of the game (second question), and I think you hinted at the latter since you said you were waiting to do the whole thing from the beginning, but I still wanted to ask. ^_^
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Micro-BIOS: It's like chapters on a novel. No cliffhangers, but not finished after every episode.

Every time a new episode arrives, I play the whole thing from the beginning again. With the intermissions in between.
Thank you for the answers! It seems pretty interesting so I'll definitely keep it on my radar!
Posted July 19, 2016
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Finally! I was beginning to think it was another vapourware. Anyway, it's an enjoyable and delightfully surreal adventure game. The plot just keeps getting weirder with each new episode. But there are fantastic moments in the game.
Posted July 20, 2016
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Was about time. Looking forward to the soundtrack release. Then I'll forget about it until Act V is out.
Posted July 20, 2016
Waiting for the completed game. Is it suitable for someone over 75? No need to see single pixels? No need for fast twitch reflexes?
Posted July 20, 2016
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I have to admit that I did not believe in this any more. It is a freaking miracle. Now I have to think pretty hard to remember what the first episodes were all about.
Posted July 20, 2016
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yogsloth: When Act V comes along in three years, I'll be ready to play!
When Act V comes along in three years, I'll be ready to buy it!
Posted July 20, 2016
Great, now I can play the game finally in 2020.
Posted July 20, 2016
I'm excited for this!
Posted July 20, 2016
I really should get back into that: I barely touched the first act.
Posted July 20, 2016
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Themken: Waiting for the completed game. Is it suitable for someone over 75? No need to see single pixels? No need for fast twitch reflexes?
No need to pixel hunt whatsoever, no twitch reflexes required, just sit back, relax, grab your mouse and enjoy the story and the characters; it's basically an interactive narrative experience ("walking simulator", if you will) with minor -- *really* minor -- tasks and puzzles, like driving around following directions and unlocking pieces of story by talking to people.

If you remotely enjoy magic realism, give this game a try.
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