[Quitch]

1213 is not a game to be enjoyed for the gameplay - it distinctly lacks this. The collision detection is awful, but so is trying to jump up to a ledge - there simply isn't enough feedback to figure out when you are close enough to jump and make it. The shooting seemed incredibly random - you hold down Tab for several seconds, and hope like hell that he dies before you.

Still, the mystery behind you and your existence is incredbly compelling, and the final ending is one gigantic mindfuck which makes you shed a tear for the sheer hopelessness of the situation - no thanks to you and your security guard/turret murdering spree.

I think this is pretty much spot on. Trying to guestimate where to grab a ledge... ouch. The gun combat was utterly one-sided, with you taking the odd random damage.

IMO, the first episode was the strongest, mainly due to the way stories of this kind work. They're always most interesting when you're being teased with information, the truth tends to be more mundane, and episode 2 was a little heavy-handed in its convenient exposition terminals. Thankfully episode 3 returned us to a more personal terminal.

However, the ending was absolutely superb. Didn't see it coming at all. Alternate was nice too, and it doesn't take too long to replay the level the second time.

Could have done without the boss fights though. Boss fights suck because most are simply a minute of spotting the pattern but then several minutes of waiting around for the specific weakness to expose itself. Your brain switches off and goes elsewhere for these segments. The last was the worst since the buttons necessary don't seem very obvious, they looked like arrows to me and I took them as hints of the existence of platforms in the rooms centre, which weren't obvious either.

Still, the gameplay made for a fun diversion, but it was really the story which drove it on. Strongest in part one due to discovery (and apart from Planescape Torment, I can't think of an amnesia game which got stronger as you find out more), with definitely the best atmosphere (if a little too much back and forth) but an ending which really gets you, and was superbly built-up... you think you've got it all, and then the game smacks you in the face.

Only story weakness I can think of is your identify reveal. Left me cold and I wondered why it was there.

[Dangar]

He got them from an incident wherein he beat an orderly to within an inch of his life on the way to the obstacle course. This is also the explanation for the bloodstains on his chest. The event made the station administrator further convinced of 1213's unsuitability for use in the field and bolstered Westbury's frustration at the station's bureaucracy. It's revealed at the start of Episode 3 when Westbury laments 1213's unpredictable nature constantly ruining his credibility.

Ah, thank you.

Here's some fan-art i did done, true MS paint style lol

This post has been edited by Dangar: 04 November 2007 - 05:09 AM

[Battlefrank]

...I AM NOT FUCKING SPENDING ANOTHER 5 HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT WHILE THE INCREDIBLE MONOTONY RAPES MY BRAIN INTO LIQUID SHIT...
i am stuck after getting the crane to work that brings you to the room that does NOTHING... i can't enter the room under the vent
I cant enter the gym
I cant find the code
i completely refuse to continue playing until i get help... or a walkthrough...

[cernex]

...I AM NOT FUCKING SPENDING ANOTHER 5 HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT WHILE THE INCREDIBLE MONOTONY RAPES MY BRAIN INTO LIQUID SHIT...
i am stuck after getting the crane to work that brings you to the room that does NOTHING... i can't enter the room under the vent
I cant enter the gym
I cant find the code
i completely refuse to continue playing until i get help... or a walkthrough...

Eh... press the button ONCE, then you will be able to enter the room under the vent

In short, that button opens the vent

Not that very hard to figure out, really, just have to remember to press it ONCE, and only once.

El Cernex

[Gobbler]

Also, friends don't let friends play drunk.

[Battlefrank]

well i beat it on both endings. and HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE WORST COLLISION DETECTION I HAVE EVER SEEN. USE A ENGINE MORE FITTED TO ACTION GAMES, NOT POINT AND CLICK ADVENTURE GAMES.

[bicilotti]

Why don't you go fuck youself?

You're irritating, dull and ugly.

[eflatmajor]

well i beat it on both endings. and HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE WORST COLLISION DETECTION I HAVE EVER SEEN. USE A ENGINE MORE FITTED TO ACTION GAMES, NOT POINT AND CLICK ADVENTURE GAMES.

That takes the fun out of it

[Battlefrank]

I already fuck myself twice a day, and i wish yahtzee would make the golden ticket thing like valve made the gnome achievement

[David-kyo]

Why don't you try harder, and more frequently.

[brataccas]

gonna test this...

nice to see this forum still alive after all this time

[Locke]

I am deeply ashamed to ask, but I need help.
I reconstructed the crane, hopped up to the top and pressed the button, now what?
I went back to that room with the air vent, but nothing happened.
Please help me.

[FFreak3]

Perhaps the air vent is open now and you can tap on the computer in there? Pick at a corpse? Something should be open and you should be able to do something. . .just look around.

[Locke]

Thank you for the help, I ended up figuring it out.
do have one more problem though...
In the third game, after you beat ti, you get a code, that appears to do nothing but give you an item "The Golden Ticket" what is it used for. Also what is the"Unopened letter" for?

[David-kyo]

It's for fishing out a security card from under one of the tables, although it's not necessary unless you have qualms against getting an unavoidable electric shock or two.

The golden ticket is for the alternative ending, so if you're after that, you might just want to hang on to it all the way through without picking up anything else. You can find it right from where you start after you enter the code.

This post has been edited by David-kyo: 26 April 2008 - 04:23 PM