Comments on: The Snowfield: A game of small mercies

By: Joshua Frazer

Joshua Frazer — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:02:00 +0000

In my experience people tend to act pretty rationally in emergencies. It’s not like the movies. In fact, it’s usually harder to get people scared; they don’t want to believe the seriousness of what’s happening.

By: retchdog

retchdog — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:52:00 +0000

i get your point, and if the game represented that reasonably, i’d feel differently. if life was on the line, i would talk to; grab; or otherwise coerce the shellshocked man, rather than walk around and fetch him whiskey as he was dying. there’s also the fact that you die from exposure, while your charges do not, which also ruins the immersion. i’ve felt much more psychological engagement in “normal” video games.

By: EvilSpirit

EvilSpirit — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:58:00 +0000

Right on. They should behave rationally, like people in the real world do in emergencies.

By: chupsahey

chupsahey — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:30:00 +0000

It’s getting so hard to tell art games apart from just shitty games.

By: testpattern

testpattern — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:27:00 +0000

I thought it was pretty good. Once you figure out the right combinations of objects, it’s all pretty easy. But it’s atmospheric and engrossing. Could do with different endings.

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:18:00 +0000

I anticipated this would be approximately 50x better.

(FF 10.0.2, Vista x86, no worries)

By: mat catastrophe

mat catastrophe — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:00:00 +0000

Came here to ask/complain about plugins – noticing I’m not missing anything.

By: koko szanel

koko szanel — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:57:00 +0000

just let them die in peace

By: retchdog

retchdog — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:10:00 +0000

you’re not missing much. it’s a good idea, but about as enjoyable as watching paint dry. also, if someone is wandering around in a lethal snowstorm 30′ from shelter but refuses to take cover until bribed with whiskey, there’s a case for letting them die… which they of course won’t for some reason, even though you will.

By: toyg

toyg — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:46:00 +0000

Plugin required (“Unity Web Player”) and not even working! Downloaded and installed multiple times, but the plugin is simply not recognized by any browser. Tried on Win7/x64 with IE9, FF10 and Chrome 17.

The idea for the game sounds good, but I’m not really that bothered to play it at this point.

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:29:00 +0000

Ugh! Plugin required…