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Lurking in the forest, coming to get you.

Miasmata, a one-of-the-kind survival horror game that strands you on a mysterious island with a ferocious feline beast, is now available on GOG.com for only $13.49! That's 10% off, this week only!

Cats. You can't trust them. Even a cat person knows that they're always hiding something. It's not only that they will act offended if you find them peacefully sitting in the middle of a ruin that used to be your apartment and you blame them for this apparent natural disaster. This is nothing. At nights, when you're asleep the cat will sit at the footboard of your bed, staring at you, eyes glowing in the dark. Plotting. Screening the many scenarios of your death in his fuzzy feline head. If you happen to wake up at this moment, you will feel more than a little bit uneasy. All that can happen in the cozy safety of your own apartment. Now imagine a little change of setting--you're not at home, you're stranded on a mysterious island. Also, the cat isn't your average felis domesticus. It's still a cat, but it's the size of a pickup-truck. And it's got horns. And it's not even trying to hide the fact, that it wants you dead. Getting the chills now, are you? Well--welcome to Miasmata.

In Miasmata, an encounter with the giant cat-like monster is a probable cause of death for your character, but by no means the most common one. The game is very unforgiving when it comes to wilderness survival. Just like in the cult hard-core classic, [url=http://www.gog.com/gamecard/robinsons_requiem_collection]Robinson's Requiem[/url], you'll have to pay close attention to your nutrition, hydration, wounds, and potential illnesses, in order to just stay alive. As if this wasn't tough enough, another important task for you to complete on the island is to research its unique plants and fungi in order to synthesize a cure for the plague. Yes, didn't I mention you're suffering from a plague? Well, you do. By the end of the day you might just feel thankful, when the cat-creature creeps up to you in the darkness and puts you out of your misery. If you're a quitter, that is. Otherwise--prepare for a masterfully created survival horror challenge!

Do you think you know a thing or two about wilderness survival, self-medication, chemistry, and cats? Miasmata will prove you wrong, for only $13.49. You can grab it 10% off until Wednesday, December 5, at 14:59 GMT.
i3, 6GB RAM, HD3000 GPU.

It's the GPU that does it. It runs some things I wouldn't expect it to flawlessly (Fallout:NV, Mafia 2 and Far Cry 2, for example, run on max detail at a solid framerate), some things are perfectly playable at medium (Skyrim runs surprisingly well) and other things turn into a total slideshow (Black Ops).

It's probably unlikely it'll run well, to be honest, but it'd be nice to at least know for sure rather than assuming it won't.
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Gremmi: i3, 6GB RAM, HD3000 GPU.
I have a GeForce 9300M in my laptop, which is soundly beaten by a HD3000. I agree that I wouldn't expect it to work well, but I'll let you know later.
Thanks! :)
Very unique game, reminds me Robinson's Requiem. The game mechanics looks very cool and realistic. Thumbs up to devs! And thanks gog team for adding it to your fat catalog!
This could be the game I'm looking for. I really should build a new computer.
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jpolastre: And this nicely complements the newspost's part of telling how dangerous the plain domestic cat can be.
Great, absolutely great! I have two cats and I think I'm going to imprison them somewhere this afternoon... just to be on the safe side ;-)
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G-Doc: I thought this was somwhat relevant:

<span class="bold">The Cat With Hands</span>, a short film by Robert Morgan.
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jpolastre: And this nicely complements the newspost's part of telling how dangerous the plain domestic cat can be.
Yes!!! This Oatmill strip was exactly what I was thinking about, while writing the newspost :-D Thank you, Sir!
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ne_zavarj: It was also released on Steam .

http://store.steampowered.com/app/223510

It's cheaper on GOG .
15 Dollars on GOG

15 Euro on Steam

It's obvious which one you will pick if you are in Europe
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Roman5: 15 Dollars on GOG

15 Euro on Steam
$10 on Russian Steam. $9 with the current discount.
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Gremmi: Oh my, this looks like my ideal game, but lack of a tech demo (considering it's a proprietary engine I can't guesstimate performance based on other titles) means I've literally no idea if it'll be playable on my laptop. I don't want to have to download a pirate copy to test it, but I don't think I have much of a choice if I don't want to risk wasting $14. :(
Try http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri
Out of nowhere, a full-blown survival-exploration game!

I've never heard of it while it was on Kickstarter, not advertising is nice but I'm sure they would have met their goal if it was covered for example by RPS.
Have any real players played it yet as opposed to the two 5* wanker reviews that havent even completed it?
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F1ach: Have any real players played it yet as opposed to the two 5* wanker reviews that havent even completed it?
I don't see how anyone could, when it was only released yesterday.

What makes me roll my eyes is that 44 out of 49 GOG users apparently found the first "I've only played it a few hours, and have nothing to say about it except that it runs smoothly and I like the map system, but five stars!" review helpful,
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BadDecissions: What makes me roll my eyes is that 44 out of 49 GOG users apparently found the first "I've only played it a few hours, and have nothing to say about it except that it runs smoothly and I like the map system, but five stars!" review helpful,
Performance and map systems are important. A review can't spoil everything, huh? :p
I have one question: Is there any way to turn the Monster off? I like the game. It makes a lot of fun to explore the Island, and collect Herbs, but i hate to get ripped into peaces of this Thing, just because i was climbing on Mountains for Map-Research-Reasons, and did not give any attention to the steps out of the Forest.

It would make a lot more Fun, if i don´t need to fear a reload, just because this stupid little cat dont want me to cartograph the Island.