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Posted February 11, 2014
The route less travelled.

Kentucky Route Zero - Season Pass, giving you access to all 5 acts of the sensational adventure title that takes very original approach to gameplay and design, is now available 50% off for Windows and Mac OS X on GOG.com. That's only $12.49 for the first 48 hours!

[url=http://www.gog.com/game/kentucky_route_zero_season_pass]Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Developed by Cardboard Computer (Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy), the game features an original score by Ben Babbitt, along with a suite of old hymns and bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers. The game is split into five acts. Act I and II are available now. The remaining three acts will be released over 2014. Taken as a whole, Kentucky Route Zero is roughly the length of a summer night. If you enjoy original adventure games and good music, you just can't say no to this one. MP3 Soundtracks included for both acts!

Get Kentucky Route Zero on GOG.com for only $12.49 today, and immerse yourself in the first two acts of this amazing tale right away! The 50% off special release discount offer lasts only until Wednesday, February 12, at 10:59AM GMT.
Posted February 11, 2014
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BreOl72: I am no friend of these episodic game releases.
I think, I'll wait 'til all five episodes are done.

Then we can talk again.
Me too, especially now that I'm a bit disappointment with the delay of the second episode of Broken Sword.
Posted February 11, 2014
Looks awesome, but like some others, I think I'll wait so I won't have to wait between playing each episode.
Posted February 11, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Also, for those audiophiles in the crowd, we are waiting on the FLAC versions of both soundtracks so expect to see those soon :)
YAY! That´s the way I like it! :)
Posted February 11, 2014
...and sold.
Posted February 11, 2014
I already played the first two episodes and while they were short, they were also fascinating. The atmosphere was fantastic and it had a lot of good, fresh ideas in its narrative. So if you like those things in your point & clicks, go for it. With me, it just clicked.

I got it from the Humble Store, but now I'm thinking about contacting the devs and asking them whether I can get a GOG key or not. They seem like the guys who would do such a thing.

@a blue: wouldn't it be possible to include the interludes (Limits & Demonstrations and the new one) as extra's?
Posted February 11, 2014
instabuy!

it feels nice to reduce my Steam wishlist with GOG's help )
Posted February 11, 2014
Wow. Nice deal!!!. Drm free and all :)

Yeah i know, some will like it, others will wait til all 5 episodes are out. Still pretty good deal :).

Anyone know the time frames for 3,4,5 to come out?

" That's only $12.49 for the first 48 hours!"

"Get Kentucky Route Zero on GOG.com for only $12.49 today, and immerse yourself in the first two acts of this amazing tale right away! The 50% off special release discount offer lasts only until Wednesday, February 12, at 10:59AM GMT."

THat doesnt sound quite right...... 48 hours from Tuesday afternoon (there) to Wed morning is around 24 hours....?
Post edited February 11, 2014 by Niggles
Posted February 11, 2014
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htown1980: Hmmm... Mac version. Drm free. Not yet fully released so I don't have to add to my backlog yet. Not too long. I think I will buy.
If you're interested, you can check out my review of it here, at Inside Mac Games. I'm generally one to shy away from episodic games, but I really think that Kentucky Route Zero is worth a look, if you give it a chance. It's one of the most unique "games" I've played in a long time.

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Trilarion: Might be interesting. Adventures with emphasis on storytelling is always a good thing. So I wait until the five episodes are out and then base my decision on reviews of all these episodes.
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golea: This is not the kind of adventure with puzzles to solve. It's more of a mystical, lynch-esque, unhasty story thing where you want to stop all the time to let the atmosphere sink in.
Exactly, and that's what people need to understand going in. In fact, it can barely be considered a "game" at all. There are barely even any puzzles to solve. It's very much a slow-burning visual novel-style experience where you have to take time to stop and take in the atmosphere that's presented. And it's presented in a very visually distinctive way. It's better thought of as an interactive movie or interactive novel than a "real game".
Post edited February 11, 2014 by rampancy
Posted February 11, 2014
Hadn't heard about it but looks interesting. I like the art style and the premise sounds interesting.
Posted February 11, 2014
GOG has been releasing some very interesting new titles in the past weeks! Octodad, Blackguards, The Banner Saga, Jazzpunk and now this one. People who complain about GOG getting more recent games will keep complaining, I guess, but for those of us who not only "don't mind" but actually welcome GOG adding good new games to their catalog, this year started out amazingly well, in that department. I would go as far as to say the newer titles have been getting me more interested and hyped than most of the old ones that have been released alongside them.

So, thank you, GOG, for all your hard work and community love.

Once again, this game has been around for more than a year, but I'm just finding about it now, and I must say I'm sold on the concept alone, as I'm a huge fan of magic realism literature (I love my Borges and my Márquez, but I particularly enjoy the seminal magic realism works by Juan Rulfo) and I'm really intrigued to see how well they crafted a video game around that sub-genre. I'm guessing it relies a lot on storytelling, which is more than fine by me, but, then again, with the little I know about the game, I can already see the close-minded "hardcore" purists arguing this is "not even a game". I'm also a big fan of the art direction, from what I can see, and I think it's absolutely perfect to convey a magic realist world.

I'm not a huge fan of season passes and episodic content -- I pre-ordered the Broken Sword 5 season pass here on GOG because I loved the first two games, they're definitely part of point-and-click adventure games' history, and I wanted to support Revolution in their return to form, but that's the only game in episodic content release I've ever purchased --, but I would be more than willing to buy this one, if only for the two acts already available. Unfortunately, I'm between jobs, unemployed, with no source of income, right now, and I'll have to pass, for the time being.

But, hey!, thanks to GOG for piquing my interest two weeks in a row! I'm really sad and frustrated I couldn't buy Jazzpunk, last week, and, now, Kentucky Route Zero, but I definitely wishlisted them both. Let's just wait for better days to come, soon, so I can enjoy these games! :)
Posted February 11, 2014
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groze: GOG has been releasing some very interesting new titles in the past weeks! Octodad, Blackguards, The Banner Saga, Jazzpunk and now this one. People who complain about GOG getting more recent games will keep complaining, I guess, but for those of us who not only "don't mind" but actually welcome GOG adding good new games to their catalog, this year started out amazingly well, in that department. I would go as far as to say the newer titles have been getting me more interested and hyped than most of the old ones that have been released alongside them.

So, thank you, GOG, for all your hard work and community love.

Once again, this game has been around for more than a year, but I'm just finding about it now, and I must say I'm sold on the concept alone, as I'm a huge fan of magic realism literature (I love my Borges and my Márquez, but I particularly enjoy the seminal magic realism works by Juan Rulfo) and I'm really intrigued to see how well they crafted a video game around that sub-genre. I'm guessing it relies a lot on storytelling, which is more than fine by me, but, then again, with the little I know about the game, I can already see the close-minded "hardcore" purists arguing this is "not even a game". I'm also a big fan of the art direction, from what I can see, and I think it's absolutely perfect to convey a magic realist world.

I'm not a huge fan of season passes and episodic content -- I pre-ordered the Broken Sword 5 season pass here on GOG because I loved the first two games, they're definitely part of point-and-click adventure games' history, and I wanted to support Revolution in their return to form, but that's the only game in episodic content release I've ever purchased --, but I would be more than willing to buy this one, if only for the two acts already available. Unfortunately, I'm between jobs, unemployed, with no source of income, right now, and I'll have to pass, for the time being.

But, hey!, thanks to GOG for piquing my interest two weeks in a row! I'm really sad and frustrated I couldn't buy Jazzpunk, last week, and, now, Kentucky Route Zero, but I definitely wishlisted them both. Let's just wait for better days to come, soon, so I can enjoy these games! :)
If you like magic realism, then perhaps you already know of Ray Bradbury and his work? :)
Posted February 11, 2014
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JudasIscariot: If you like magic realism, then perhaps you already know of Ray Bradbury and his work? :)
If you count Ray Bradbury into magic realism, I guess Vonnegut counts too ;)
Posted February 11, 2014
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JudasIscariot: If you like magic realism, then perhaps you already know of Ray Bradbury and his work? :)
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Novotnus: If you count Ray Bradbury into magic realism, I guess Vonnegut counts too ;)
Well, I would consider "Dandelion Wine" to be somewhat close to magic realism, no?
Posted February 11, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Well, I would consider "Dandelion Wine" to be somewhat close to magic realism, no?
Martian Chronicles too, kind of :)
Or maybe 'magic s-f' :)
Post edited February 11, 2014 by Novotnus
Posted February 11, 2014
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groze: snip for my usual WALLSOFTEXT :P
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JudasIscariot: If you like magic realism, then perhaps you already know of Ray Bradbury and his work? :)
We actually study some of Bradbury's work in my University and it definitely has magic realism elements. He was more of a science fiction, dystopian author, but magic realism is absolutely not incompatible with that genre.
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