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Posted June 29, 2017
Contains dark fantasy overtones.

<span class="bold">Tender Loving Care</span>, a psychological thriller about the dramatic repercussions of a family tragedy, is now available DRM-free on GOG.com with a 75% launch discount.

Dealing with the death of a child is no easy matter. The Overtons turn to Dr. Turner (2-time Oscar nominee John Hurt) who suggests they hire a live-in nurse. Seduction, dangerous fantasies, and dark secrets will start tearing them apart and you, as a curious observer, will get to explore and evaluate the drama while watching it unfold in high-quality FMV. Just careful not to let it get to you...

The 75% discount will last until July 06, 1PM UTC.

Watch the trailer.
Post edited July 03, 2017 by maladr0Id
Posted June 29, 2017
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Gonchi: Nice, looking forward to Riana Rouge, Days of Oblivion, Blue Heat The Case of the Cover Girl Murders and Latex showing up soon.
Riana Rouge is terribly awesome... or awesomely terrible... Either way, it's probably one of the best worst FMV games out there. :) The lead actor (Gillian Bonner) was the game's art director and was heavily involved in the production side of things. That made the game easier for me to appreciate, as there can't be too many soft-core sci-fi/fantasy/horror FMV adventures created by women.
Posted June 29, 2017
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Lemon_Curry: Sadly, John Hurt's involvement provides no quality guarantee.
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fronzelneekburm: Bro, John Hurt's involvement IS the quality guarantee. Even if the game were a complete pile of shit - which it most certainly isn't, even though it may not be to everyone's taste and it offers precious little of actual gameplay value - it still has one of the greatest actors ever in it. I'm not being sarcastic or anything, I think this is well worth the onefiddy asking price just for the chance to see an accomplished actor in one of his lesser seen roles.
But you do know that John Hurt is not really a main character in this game?
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WildHobgoblin: The exploration parts are optional, it's basically a bunch of things you can look at/read (or not, if you'd rather skip it). Bear in mind, those are the only parts that you get to "do" stuff, though.
The only mandatory things are
a) the TATs (get shown pics, answer "sex!", move on)
b) a short evaluation at the beginning of each mini-chapter, stating what you think about the protags' actions in the footage shown right before
(there's no right or wrong in either of those)
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Siegor: Wait, does that mean what we do in the game doesn't alter the story in anyway?
No, that is not true but unfortunately the only way to alter the story are the psychological questions asked during the game. So you might not really know how your answer changed the story. In addition the main story will mostly always be the same (as it is with nearly all choice based I know of).
Post edited June 29, 2017 by MarkoH01
Posted June 29, 2017
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MarkoH01: But you do know that John Hurt is not really a main character in this game?
Sure I know. You think I'd write all that stuff without having played the game? I still have the DVD somewhere.

He's not the main character, but his character features prominently in the game and plays a vital part in it. It's not like they hired him to perform a 5 minute cameo just so they can slap his face on the cover
Posted June 29, 2017
From the video and screenshots, it looks like all you do is walk around, watch an occasional video and select an option on how you feel about things. Is there more to it than this?
Posted June 29, 2017
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lepke1979: From the video and screenshots, it looks like all you do is walk around, watch an occasional video and select an option on how you feel about things. Is there more to it than this?
That basically is it. This is more "video" than "interactive".
Posted June 29, 2017
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lepke1979: From the video and screenshots, it looks like all you do is walk around, watch an occasional video and select an option on how you feel about things. Is there more to it than this?
Nope. The story changes a bit, depending on your choices during the Q&A sessions, but that's about it.
Posted June 29, 2017
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MarkoH01: But you do know that John Hurt is not really a main character in this game?
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fronzelneekburm: Sure I know. You think I'd write all that stuff without having played the game? I still have the DVD somewhere.
Did not want to offend you here but it could also have been that you are just a big John Hurt fan and never experienced him in this game that's why I was asking.

But since you say you have the DVD. There actually was a German DVD of the game available?
Post edited June 29, 2017 by MarkoH01
Posted June 29, 2017
An FMV game I never heard of? With possible boobs? Deserves a wishlist from me, obviously.
Posted June 29, 2017
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MarkoH01: Did not want to offend you here
No offense taken. Thanks for the well-intentioned warning! ;)

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MarkoH01: But since you say you have the DVD. There actually was a German DVD of the game available?
According to this website, there was. But I can't confirm this myself, since I played the UK import.
Post edited June 29, 2017 by fronzelneekburm
Posted June 29, 2017
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MarkoH01: Did not want to offend you here
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fronzelneekburm: No offense taken. Thanks for the well-intentioned warning! ;)

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MarkoH01: But since you say you have the DVD. There actually was a German DVD of the game available?
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fronzelneekburm: According to this website, there was. But I can't confirm this myself, since I played the UK import.
The information seems to be correct. Adventurecorner.de is writing

"'Die Versuchung' kann entweder per Ebay, oder Amazon Marketplace erstanden werden. Mit ganz viel Glück bietet sich bei Ebay vielleicht sogar die Gelegenheit, die DVD Fassung zu ersteigern. Für diese wird man allerdings - aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach - relativ tief in die Tasche greifen müssen."

Damn ... I only can offer GOG the German CD version. Maybe they'll add it as a bonus.
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5.50 PLN spent and got Double Dragon as a gift...I'll call this a good deal...Thx
Posted June 29, 2017
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Fairfox: I kno naaazin' about this. Boughted it anyhoohar becaaause cheap? What a dimbo reason :/. Still! might be cheesy goodness. Altho is it porny? I don't want taht.
Less porny and more Cinemax.
Posted June 29, 2017
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fronzelneekburm: Sure I know. You think I'd write all that stuff without having played the game? I still have the DVD somewhere.
Sorry, fronzelneekburm. In an earlier post I misunderstood and assumed you weren't aware of the DVD version. Glad that you own the DVD!

I'm looking forward to installing the GOG version to see what it looks like. Honestly, just happy it showed up here. Always excited to see FMV offerings on GOG. :)
Posted June 29, 2017
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WildHobgoblin: The exploration parts are optional, it's basically a bunch of things you can look at/read (or not, if you'd rather skip it). Bear in mind, those are the only parts that you get to "do" stuff, though.
The only mandatory things are
a) the TATs (get shown pics, answer "sex!", move on)
b) a short evaluation at the beginning of each mini-chapter, stating what you think about the protags' actions in the footage shown right before
(there's no right or wrong in either of those)
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Siegor: Wait, does that mean what we do in the game doesn't alter the story in anyway?
There's been some guy digging through the source code (which, apparently, comes with the game or something?) trying to figure out the algorithm, and your answers to the TATs and the questions do alter the story, however, there is a random element as well, apparently it's stronger towards the end - at least that's what said guy claimed.
[Edit: There is some ancient interview with the devs that confirmed there's basically no exact way to manipulate the game, hence there can't be any proper "walkthroughs", more of a trial and error sort of thing...]

The "alters the story"-thing has a problem, though - yes, according to what you pick you will get a slightly different story, and there are seven (some say, eight) different endings as well, but you'll never know why you get this or that ending, this or that scene. Makes replaying a bit chore-y, to me at least. Also makes talking about the game a bit tricky, since person A might act crazy in one scene in your playthrough, but appear totally reasonable in mine.
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