higix: It sounds interesting, but 5 hours of gameplay is pretty short for the price. I just paid under $20 for What Remains of Edith Finch + Donut County, which were on sale. And even that feels a bit steep, given that these games are something like 3 hours each. It was my first foray into these sorts of games (looking for different sorts of games to try), and I probably won't be buying more unless the prices feel like a good value.
And I'm not saying that I want games that are artificially filled with pointless time killers. But there is a time of playthrough value that I expect. For example, most action-rpg's are something like 30-60 hours of playthrough time, which comes out to $1-2 per hour of playthrough at release time for a $60 game. And most action-rpg's do have good replayability. But for these new fangled sorts of games, we are looking at something like $6-7 per hour of playthrough at release. $20 / 3 hours = $6.7 per hour of playthrough. $30 / 5 hours = $6 per hour of playthrough.
I suppose that someone crunched the numbers and came up with these prices per expected sales, but I think the prices are likely keeping many people from trying them. So maybe it's a wash or worse.
I'm adding it to my list in case the price reaches an acceptable value.
Edit Finch feels definitely overhyped to me, add to that that with a non qwerty keyboard you re forced to use a gamepad... meh...
And also, the debate of how much bang for your buck in videogames? Besides the point, there's no debate for me.
Want the best bang for your buck? Go fetch a jokari, costs nothing and you can replay it ad nauseam.
I'm willing to pay for mleaningful experiences... and 80+h grindfests don't qualify... my best experiences with videogames are on the shortest end lengthwise.
Carradice: The description of the game brings to mind
The Last Express. Albeit in a more open playground.
Good if they follow the path of the jewel that TLE is (with graphics and appeal pretty much atemporal).
I should get back to this one, bought it on sale and never played more than 30 seconds of it. XP