I made the 100% mark in the game, but all of that uber tricky Intensive Purposes stuff started to really irritate so I thought enough is enough and the game was uninstalled. I live out in the sticks so the next goat I see I might give a good hard kick up the arse, just to make me feel better. I may go back to the game as I did enjoy it, but I'll get EG2 before that. It sounds like a more balanced experience.

In almost the same boat there. At this point I remember frustration at post-main game levels more than I do any of the standard, balanced for fun/puzzle/platforming ones. Fairly sure that the developer had an intensely miserable day/week/month and decided to vent by torturing people who play the post-main game stuff.

Hi Saith,
Well... "fun" is not really the word. It's quite dark, but peacefull at the beginning. You don't have much choice in the interaction (basically, just a "look" icon, and when available, "speak" or "take").
If you like point & clicks with beautiful and quite uncommon design, mysterious but not too creepy atmosphere, and which are more focused on the storytelling than on really challenging puzzles... then go on ! :)

I also bought Escape Goat 2.. since you all speak about Escape Goat 1 for pages... did you try the 2nd opus ? is it good ? I've never played the first one... :)

I'm trying to keep a clear head about it, but there were times during the play-through that I started bleating and considered dabbling in goat-worship/satanism just to avoid getting slammed by another block or incinerated for the 10,000th time. Odd how I can still like the game after all of that, but that probably says more about my unstable mental state than anything else. Why do gamers sometimes like being punished..?
The game is fun but very challenging. A bit like playing tag with a real goat and getting kicked every ten seconds. (Sort of).

I can't wait to try this. Challenge accepted. B-|

Bumberluppins
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I was nervous about changing my name, but I really dig it so far. I feel like a new user and an old one at the same time.
It's like how people wish they could go back in time and redo high school, but do it with all the knowledge and experience they learned from the first time.

What a nice sentiment, +1. :-)

And you and Bumberluppins look good together!


How's everyone doing today? Have all our fellow US members survived all the eating and drinking? :-)

Love the bird AgentBirdnest! Glad to hear you enjoying life today!
If I could go back to high school with what I know now I'd flunk out, I'd spend all my time chasing girls! ;)
My Thanksgiving feast was Cheeseburgers and Fries, homemade, delicious and totally forbidden on my diet. A great day! My dog was in heaven too since I shared.

Going against the tradition, I see. ;-D
Important thing is that you and your family enjoyed it. :-)


If I may ask, why are burgers and fries forbidden?

Meh.. now I am hungry :D Good that you had a good day :-)

I sure didn't. I gave up. My desire to play 2 over road my desire to be a completionist. Luckily, my C.O.D doesn't include completionism. As long as I finish a game, then I can play the next one.

Very high fat and cholesterol, bad for my ornery heart.

My family is having thanksgiving dinner tonight. I guess it fits everyone's schedules better.
I am really lucky this year. It is at my sister's house, and I get to use agoraphobia and my irregular sleep schedule (3PM-midnight) as excuses not to go.
I don't have to deal with all the awkwardness and drama. Instead, I just get to go to bed, and wake up at midnight with leftovers (my favorite part) in the fridge. It's a double win for me.

(I can't stop compulsively editing this post... ugh)

-laughs- Add getting bisected by sawblades to the blocks and incineration, and that sums it up pretty well.
Also, the further on you go, the more and more the developer whips out a "SURPRISE! YOU'RE DEAD!" trap. There's a level I'm stuck on right now that pulls that move so hard and so fast, I've had to die probably a hundred times just to see the ultimate deathstroke half a dozen times and I'm still trying to work out how to get past it.
(That level sucks SO MUCH. Dear gods, I hate it.)
As for game player masochism? I think it's a combo of things that meld together - people want a decent challenge, a lot of people like seeing that they've completed everything the game has to throw at them.
And when that runs up against an Escape Goat scenario (that being one where I'm beginning to believe that the game designer(s) found their boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife/whoever in bed with half a dozen members of a professional sports team and rather than just shooting them all, they decided to take out their all-consuming rage on anyone who pays them money for their product), you get to a crossroads playing it - you either get so mad that you want to finish out of spite, or you say to hell with this madness-inducing nightmare, embrace the happiness of beating the primary game and go onto something else.

Certainly nothing wrong with that. Bottom line, you and Stilton are far wiser individuals than I. -laughs-