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Casting of Frank Stone excitement
I hope we get more info on the game tomorrow. I’m so excited it almost feels to the level of a fever pitch!
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I’ve enjoyed Man of Medan and The Quarry so I’m looking forward to this.
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we should get some kind of information at least - that is confirmed.
Though the game is supposed to come out this year as well, right? So chances for some more info and maybe even a release date/window?
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What type of game is this even supposed to be?
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‚interaktive film‘ game like Until Dawn, The Quarry, Dark Pictures Anthology (these all from Supermassive Games themselves who also create Frank Stone) or Telltales The Walking Dead. Set in the DbD universe but not in the Entity’s Realm as far as we know.
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Hm... OK... Not really my type of game but fine I guess... Would however be a wasted opportunity to not eventually make the main character a playable one in dbd as well.
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Thanks for the explanation.
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Sitting in my manifestation circle that it's more like Until Dawn + House of Ashes and less like The Quarry + Man of Medan
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still haven’t gotten around to play any of these (and only watched Until Dawn and Quarry)
But yeah, Quarry had a promising beginning I think, interesting cast, the old lady with the tarot cards reminding of the therapist from Until Dawn while not feeling like a copy but then it was just… over? No climax, many characters were just there and nothing else.. it felt rushed. And thinking about the layoffs at Supermassive i don’t have the highest hopes for Frank
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Directive 8020 has been postponed for ages so hopefully they can deliver something with most of their manpower, becuase if they can make Until Dawn with a startup crew (which is easily their best game) then I can still have hope
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Glad it's not just me, I thought the same about The Quarry. Started off strong but struggled to hold my interest in the end. I kind of felt like they were trying to capture the same sort of Until Dawn vibe but it was overall a bit meh for me. I am hopeful for Frank Stone though.
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I’m actually replaying Man of Medan because I’m so excited! Lol
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I’d agree about the quarry it did peter out a lil. Was still enjoyable overall though.
Hoping Frank Stone can maintain a better narrative throughout.
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Man of Medan is pretty consistent throughout. Sticks to the robust 3 act system of story telling for the most part. I'd recommend it.
Problem with the Quarry (avoiding spoilers) is you have the build up which works, it's a lil romance novel dramatic at times but overall good. There is foreshadowing and bad decisions setting up the second act where it all goes to pieces and then…
We hit a road block, multiple chapters of flashback exposition telling us stuff we largely already know and the story, and gameplay, falls off a cliff.
This forces new character interactions trying to build rapport/animosity in the middle of what should be the 3rd act lead-in to the finale, but instead becomes the 4th act post flashback drag.
In the middle of building to the finale we have all this dialogue trying to further character development that's completely out of place and kills all tension. They really try to sell the risk and time limitation to build that tension, but it's all forgotten for scene after scene pausing to discuss unrelated character tropes that should have either been written into the first two acts or just dropped completely.
They could cut roughly a 3rd of playable chapters from The Quarry and still tell the exact same story with much tighter and more thrilling narrative.
These are narrative driven games, basically playable choose your own adventure novels. If you kill the narrative you kill the game. I still generally enjoyed it but The Quarry really shoots itself in the foot and I probably won't replay it.
I hope the Casting of Frank Stone doesn't repeat this kind of story mistake.
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