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A dreamy platformer with a world-shifting, identity-changing twist.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, a beautiful platformer that delivers a blast from the past while remaining modern, juicy, and delightfully fresh, is now available on GOG.com for only $13.49! That's 10% off the regular price until Tuesday, October 30.

They say that there's only one way to understand a teenage girl: you have to be one. In case of Giana this can prove to be even more difficult, as there's much more to her than meets the eye. But the same thing can be said about almost every single thing or being inhabiting the dream realm in which the girl is trapped. Have you ever been trapped inside a dream, wanting to wake up? A dream in which every time you thought you broke free you just fell deeper into the recurring delusion? That's what happened to our heroine. But luckily, her predicament allowed her to unleash an alternate, feisty persona and harness the ability to flip from nightmare to a dream and back, just like flipping a coin. That's more than a fair fighting chance against the twisted odds.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams takes all you love about classic platformers: jumping platforms, stomping on enemies' heads, solving simple puzzles, collecting shiny tokens, and searching for secrets--and puts it in a unique double-vision environment. While the blonde "cute" Giana travels through the dark land of nightmares, her redhead "punky" alter-ego blasts through a much lighter and cheerful dream realm. The player is given the ability to dynamically switch between the two worlds and characters at will, using both personas' unique skills and taking advantage of each world's slightly different layout. It's like playing two games at once (which in most cases doesn't make much sense apart from being a nice party trick; but here, it makes for a challenging and original gameplay).

Make yourself a nice pot of strong coffee, cause you're not getting any sleep tonight, while you run and jump through the fantastic realms of a teenage girl's fancy in Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, for only $13.49.
Woohoo! Really excited to play this.
YES!!!!!
Ah, it's like my own child! So glad I backed this, even though I will suck at it.

This is my first video game KS baby to be born;)
I am in love with the OST <3
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lowyhong: I am in love with the OST <3
Yup! I'm glad they decided to stick with the original Giana Sisters' composer. :-) Very C64 vibes :-D
Wait, what? I thought this wasn't supposed to come out until tomorrow. Hmmm.

Not that I'm complaining, but I still think someone may have jumped the gun a bit. *shrug*
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mistermumbles: Wait, what? I thought this wasn't supposed to come out until tomorrow. Hmmm. Not that I'm complaining, but I still think someone may have jumped the gun a bit. *shrug*
It's the 23rd already, my good man :)

(or at least it is here)
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mistermumbles: Wait, what? I thought this wasn't supposed to come out until tomorrow. Hmmm. Not that I'm complaining, but I still think someone may have jumped the gun a bit. *shrug*
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lowyhong: It's the 23rd already, my good man :) (or at least it is here)
Well, what's wrong with living in the past? =P

On a serious note though, I did expect it to pop up around the usual release time. This is still unusually early.
We shall still have the usual Tuesday release, shall we?
Looks like they aren't selling on the site directly, so I'll get it here.

I see the downvoting fanboys are out in full force on the reviews page by the way. Some people must lead such sad lives that they feel the need to downvote reviews that they simply don't agree with...

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Future isn't so bright

Oh what have they done? Gone is the charm and excitement of the C64 original and Nintendo basher,we now have a version that has HD and predictable console level design,XBOX and Playstation owners will just love this,the only thing this has going for it is the great soundtrack although not everyone will approve of it and i only approve because they are fellow C64 remixers like myself,rather disappointed !!!

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Post edited October 23, 2012 by jamyskis
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orcishgamer: Ah, it's like my own child! So glad I backed this, even though I will suck at it. This is my first video game KS baby to be born;)
I hope there are more on the way.... Maybe Wasteland 2 or Project Eternity.... Anyway those are mine and I would love to 2014 come sooner... Who needs 2013 anyway....
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jamyskis: Some people must lead such sad lives that they feel the need to downvote reviews that they simply don't agree with...
There are 2 reasons to downvote a review IMO: because one who's played the game doesn't agree with it, and because the review simply isn't helpful.

I downvoted the review because I played the game for a few hours and found that it didn't have "predictable console level design" (whatever that means), and I personally found the game charming and exciting, though admittedly I've never played the C64 version so I can't make that analysis on a comparative level.

I also downvoted the review because if I were a paying customer and viewed both the screenshots and trailer, I would find absolutely nothing helpful about why the game gets a rating of 40%, apart from the comment that the game has "predictable console level design".

So that's both counts.

Come on man, don't you think an implied statement like "Some people must lead such sad lives that they feel the need to downvote reviews that they simply don't agree with" is irony in itself?
Post edited October 23, 2012 by lowyhong
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Imago: We shall still have the usual Tuesday release, shall we?
Hotline Miami is also being released today.
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jamyskis: Looks like they aren't selling on the site directly, so I'll get it here. I see the downvoting fanboys are out in full force on the reviews page by the way. Some people must lead such sad lives that they feel the need to downvote reviews/posts that they simply don't agree with...
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