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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.
It certainly looks both beautiful and interesting, but from the trailer it looks rather awkward to control. Can anyone confirm whether it has proper mouse control, or is it restricted to using a gamepad, like the trailer shows? I'm just wondering, because if I was making a trailer, I'd definitely use mouselook for the recording, since it looks much better than the unnatural camera movements made by a gamepad. Hence, I'm worried that there isn't any mouse control.
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SimonG: Holy crap, this looks awesome.

Is it a GOG exclusive?
it is currently in Steam Greenlight, and a new wave will be announced in two days. It is one of the least kept secrets that this game is high on that list. Do not expect it to remain exclusive for long even though there is not other major DD retailers today.
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SimonG: Holy crap, this looks awesome.

Is it a GOG exclusive?
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amok: it is currently in Steam Greenlight, and a new wave will be announced in two days. It is one of the least kept secrets that this game is high on that list. Do not expect it to remain exclusive for long even though there is not other major DD retailers today.
What will be first, this game on Steam or in a Indie Bundle? :)
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Ubivis: What will be first, this game on Steam or in a Indie Bundle? :)
According to their greenlight page, it will be released today.
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Wishbone: [cut]Can anyone confirm whether it has proper mouse control, or is it restricted to using a gamepad, like the trailer shows?[cut]Hence, I'm worried that there isn't any mouse control.
It's controlled by the classic PC WSAD+mouse combo by default.
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G-Doc: It's controlled by the classic PC WSAD+mouse combo by default.
I assume you didn't make the video then, but the developer did? What a horrible decision to use a gamepad for the in-game footage, when it wasn't the only option. It looks awful :-/
I'm glad to see a new game dedicated to survivalism. It seems like not many games have tried this outside of a small few like Robinson's Requiem, though there are quite a lot of survival mods for other games out there. Miasmata looks great!
Well, it doesn't look un-interesting.
OK I'm freaked out, I have never ever seen Robinson's Requiem on GOG.com, and I have been on this site almost every day the last two and a halve years
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Edmund: OK I'm freaked out, I have never ever seen Robinson's Requiem on GOG.com, and I have been on this site almost every day the last two and a halve years
First step of survival in Robinson's Requiem: you have to find Robinson's Requiem ;-)
Wow this looks excellent! I don't think I have the hardware to play it though.
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Edmund: OK I'm freaked out, I have never ever seen Robinson's Requiem on GOG.com, and I have been on this site almost every day the last two and a halve years
You don't know the whole GOG catalogue by heart, do you?
This looks very interesting. I remember Robinson's Requiem though and its sequel!
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Wishbone: It looks awful :-/
Heh... you think, that looks awful? Look at the screenshots, don't they give an impression that they are taken in a Myst-style prerendered game on the mid 90's? Low resolution, simple 3D shapes, very monotone textures.
Interesting, a sort of... nature... survival... catalogization... science... game? Do we play as a young Charles Darwin?
The environmental graphics seem very nice, the character animations are a bit off. But as I always say, the gameplay is the important part, not the graphics (SYSTEM SHOCK 2, WHERE ARE YOU!?).
I think I'll wishlist this for now, but... it does look fascinating and very immersive.