VlaudTheImpaler
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Just so you know that it's not normal, I have none of these issues and I also use an external.
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Ori and the Blind Forest |OT| A Soft Heart for the Hard Core
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Just so you know that it's not normal, I have none of these issues and I also use an external.
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Was only able to play for 45 minutes, but I'm loving the game so far. Really just hitting on all cylinders for me. Visuals, music, controls, game design, atmosphere... all just great.
The game has an option for a borderless fullscreen size window, right?
Game seems to be doing well so far after only a couple of hours.
Looking at some other digital only games that were never free based on my friends list.
Keep in mind this only tracks up to 100 people, and is based on my friends list of 600 people.
Geo Wars 3-100
Minecraft-100
Trials- 100
Child of Light- 90
Sixty Second Shooter- 88
Game of Thrones- 84
Tales From The Borderlands- 73
Valiant Hearts- 69
Ori- 69
Lococycle- 68
The Jackbox Party Pack- 66
Monopoly Plus- 57
The Walking Dead Complete Season 1- 51
Outlast- 48
Threes- 48
Another World-44
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris-44
Nutjitsu-43
Life is Strange- 41
Fibbage- 40
Costume Quest 2- 36
The Wolf Among Us- 35
Zombie Driver- 34
The Walking Dead Season 2- 33
Riptide 2- 32
The Golf Club-31
Tetris Ultimate- 31
Pure Pool- 30
Monopoly Deal- 29
RE Revelations 2- 29 (New Release)
Contrast- 29
Never Alone- 29
The Escapists- 28 (New Release)
RBI Baseball- 26
Defense Grid 2- 26
Kalimba- 26
Stick it to the Man-25
The Legend of Korra- 24
Terraria- 24
How to Survive- 23
Divekick- 21
Trivial Pursuit- 20
Risk-20
Thomas Was Alone- 19
1000 Spikes- 18
Blue Estate- 17 (New Release)
Styx-16
Hand of Fate- 16 (New Release)
Unmechanical- 15
Roundabout-14 (New Release)
Pneuma-14 (New Release)
Zombie Army Trilogy- 14 (New Release)
Shadow Warrior-13
OlliOlli- 12 (New Release)
Castlestorm-11
Funk of Titans- 11
Flockers- 10
Kickbeat- 10
Boom Ball for Kinect- 10
Rabbids Invasion-7
White Night-6 (New Release)
Pier Solar- 6
Shiftlings-4 (New release)
Still working on making it look nice.
Looking at some other digital only games that were never free based on my friends list.
Keep in mind this only tracks up to 100 people, and is based on my friends list of 600 people.
Geo Wars 3-100
Minecraft-100
Trials- 100
Child of Light- 90
Sixty Second Shooter- 88
Game of Thrones- 84
Tales From The Borderlands- 73
Valiant Hearts- 69
Ori- 69
Lococycle- 68
The Jackbox Party Pack- 66
Monopoly Plus- 57
The Walking Dead Complete Season 1- 51
Outlast- 48
Threes- 48
Another World-44
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris-44
Nutjitsu-43
Life is Strange- 41
Fibbage- 40
Costume Quest 2- 36
The Wolf Among Us- 35
Zombie Driver- 34
The Walking Dead Season 2- 33
Riptide 2- 32
The Golf Club-31
Tetris Ultimate- 31
Pure Pool- 30
Monopoly Deal- 29
RE Revelations 2- 29 (New Release)
Contrast- 29
Never Alone- 29
The Escapists- 28 (New Release)
RBI Baseball- 26
Defense Grid 2- 26
Kalimba- 26
Stick it to the Man-25
The Legend of Korra- 24
Terraria- 24
How to Survive- 23
Divekick- 21
Trivial Pursuit- 20
Risk-20
Thomas Was Alone- 19
1000 Spikes- 18
Blue Estate- 17 (New Release)
Styx-16
Hand of Fate- 16 (New Release)
Unmechanical- 15
Roundabout-14 (New Release)
Pneuma-14 (New Release)
Zombie Army Trilogy- 14 (New Release)
Shadow Warrior-13
OlliOlli- 12 (New Release)
Castlestorm-11
Funk of Titans- 11
Flockers- 10
Kickbeat- 10
Boom Ball for Kinect- 10
Rabbids Invasion-7
White Night-6 (New Release)
Pier Solar- 6
Shiftlings-4 (New release)
Still working on making it look nice.
Same here, no issues, but I've only played about 3 hours.
Edited my post. I'm running it on the internal HDD. The noise is definitely there though but only when playing Ori.
It didn't chart on the Steam top 100 active games so far: http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
Cities Skylines (5) and Hotline 2 (14) both came out today as well and charted fairly high. I feel like there was zero marketing or hype for this game, had no idea what it was or that it was coming out today.
Thanks!
Can't wait to play this once I get home.
A later ability is tougher to use with the analog stick (for me at least). There's no winning!
Partway through Forlorn Ruins now and my heart wasn't ready for
Gumo discovering the rest of his race dead. ;_; I was prepared for the intro, but not this!
1080p60
Frame rate isn't solid though, some minor dips here and there but nothing major.
lifeexpectancy
Member
Taking away the map??
Um, dude, hit the windows button or whatever it's called on your controller (if you're on PC I've no idea what button it is). It has a totally metroidvania map. I don't think that's a spoiler...
I'm at work. Boo. I got 2hrs45 mins in and finished the first 2 of the six main 'world events' so I figure I'm about a 3rd through the game. But as the game becomes harder I'm sure it'll take me longer to get through the other 2/3. Then there's speed runs. No death runs. No upgrade runs..... yeah, this game is the business.
I'm going to say this every time I post. Moon Studios you've outdone yourselves. This game deserves more marketing, more hype, and would well be worth a higher price tag than $20. It's a steal and a dream.
Steverulez
Member
Ori was at both Microsofts E3 and Gamescom conferences with on-stage demos, there have been multiple trailers for the game since then, two preview events (US and UK based) with previews coming out
No marketing/hype... or just not looking for it? Seems to be plenty from where I am sitting.
ProvenDeadly
Member
I think in terms of big trailers or marketing. But indie games usually don't get that anyways.
Sounds like you just beat the Ginso Tree. You'll see what I mean when you get a bit further
Further now, without spoiling this game's story is god damn brutal.
Armitage Shanks
Member
Played a bit over lunch.
This game is drop-dead gorgeous.
Also, I now just want to spend the rest of the day playing it...
This game is drop-dead gorgeous.
Also, I now just want to spend the rest of the day playing it...
You couldn't pre-order the game for whatever reason while those other games had the option for some time.
Twin Tails
Member
WordsintheWater
Member
Well what can I really say that hasn't been said, the game is absolutely gorgeous, it plays great, and the music is ridiculously good. I know they aren't similar games at all, but this game gives me the same vibes Journey gave me when I went through that, I hope this feeling stays with me throughout because Journey is one of my favorites.
Apoleptica
Banned
I recorded a video of the weird noise ori causes my xbox to produce, it's very subtle so you probably need headphones to notice. In fact you might even think this noise sounds normal but honestly my xbox is pretty much silent with every other game so even though this noise is quite subtle it still bothers me. In the video I basically pause and unpause the game while trying to record my xbox noise. The noise is heard at 0:16 then at 0.20, then at 0.25 and at 0.34, then again at 0.42, at 0.56. Basically anytime it gets quieter is me unpausing the game and when you hear the noise the game is paused.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pCG6e0tlyU
I apologize for how crappy the video and sound quality is, I recorded this with a potato.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pCG6e0tlyU
I apologize for how crappy the video and sound quality is, I recorded this with a potato.
Nyteshade517
Member
Teared up during the prologue
Game & the soundtrack are really great
Game & the soundtrack are really great
statham
Member
did you ever get a Microsoft Dev kit?
lifeexpectancy
Member
Sounds like you just beat the Ginso Tree. You'll see what I mean when you get a bit further
Further now, without spoiling this game's story is god damn brutal.
Ahh so the game actually takes away your map at some point as part of the story? Ok then. I played the first 90 minutes without even thinking to use my map. The environments always seemed to direct me where I needed to go. I don't think it will be too bad, but we'll see.
As has been said it isn't really an indie game since MS bought it 1 year into its development, although it started as one. You'd think since MS owns the IP they would've made a bigger marketing push. I guess it's the chicken and the egg. They don't want to spend a lot marketing an unproven franchise in case it doesn't sell, but if it doesn't sell who's to say that wasn't do to a lack of marketing?
There was some, yeah. But IMHO there wasn't enough. There should've been multiple TV spots for this game the way the big dudebro shooters always do, to get it out into the public awareness. Think of how many parents might've bought this game based solely on the fact that it's kid-friendly. Adult gamers will hear about it through word of mouth (I hope), but those that aren't on message boards may not even know it exists.
I'm going to say this every time I post. Moon Studios you've outdone yourselves. This game deserves more marketing, more hype, and would well be worth a higher price tag than $20. It's a steal and a dream.
rokkerkory
Member
This gameeeee! Goty!!
statham
Member
I'm trying to wait until after I beat all the RE2:RE, but its getting hard to do, I already learned a moment in prologue
Huh, I saw E3 but don't recall it at the conference. I just must have forgotten it I guess.
Those aren't sales though, those are active players, so preorders wouldn't have affected that. I could be wrong.
Oh yeah, quite a ways back! I'm all set up for consoles now. Woo!
lifeexpectancy
Member
Feels a bit like a cross between Rayman, Sonic, and Super Metroid. Mmmmm yes please? More of this!
Coming early 2018 - Ori and the Forbidden Caves. You heard it here first.
Steverulez
Member
If you look at the time on the listing:
Steam & Game Stats Updated: 10 March, 2015 @ 11:10pm
Do we know what timezone that is? Wasn't launched until 12.01am GMT on the 11th, and even if it is US (ET?) it would only have been out for 3 hours~, with no pre-orders which might have affected it as people might not have known it was out earlier in the US, it might not even have been released when that chart went up or at least, seems a bit early to write it off.
Someone else pointed out it was the 2nd highest on top sellers for steam earlier too
You have got to be kidding me, MS. Ori is nowhere to be found on any of the XB1's main storefront pages. The only way I could spot it is by searching for it. The first time I tried searching, I typed 'Ori' and it autofilled the rest of the name and then proceeded to tell me it couldn't be found.
Microsoft has been pushing the game as an X1 title, understandably, so I'm not surprised. I had to tell a couple of people bemoaning the fact it's an MS game that it's also on the PC.
lifeexpectancy
Member
It's a damn shame. Get rid of the fucking sports title ad tiles and replace them all with Ori. The folks that buy the annual re-hashes of the sports franchises will do so regardless.
statham
Member
all games usually goes up the day before around 8pmETA, you won't see anything until tomorrow. It happens with all their games, GWG, SALES, New games, ect. if nothing tomorrow evening, then complain.
edit: they put up the game before advertisement; this has been going on for awhile.
To be fair: I think there is kind of a glitch at the moment.
I bought the game via smartglass and pinned it on my xbox.
Then I turned it on and when I clicked on my pin it told me it couldn´t find the game.
I waited 2-3 hours and tried it again, then unpinning the game, searching didn´t find anything.
But then it appeared in the New section of the store and I could download my purchase.
that will be fixed tomorrow because technically that's when the game is suppose to come out. It's just weird thing that MS does and the game comes out the night before.
No preordering option did not help as well.
statham
Member
Nice. Any ETA on your xbox one game?
Chobel
Member
PDT (GMT -7:00).
Spinning Plates
Member
I'm stuck at the Ginso
Tree. I've just got by the portals and can't get up any further so am i supposed to make my way back down now?
lifeexpectancy
Member
Nope. You need to get to the top of the tree. There's a door that requires four of those stone tablets or whatever they are to open it.... just in case you haven't done that. When you reach the top of the tree you have to 'cleanse' the heart. Go left and clear that section to reach the left-side thing you need to shoot to cleanse it. Then go right and clear that side (which requires some tricky redirecting of a cannon shot through 4 or 5 of those redirecting things) to reach the thing you shoot to cleanse that. Once you cleanse the tree get ready for a crazy awesome escape sequence. Use your 'bash' ability (Y button on xbox) to redirect the shots by bashing the opposite direction you want them to go. To bash using an enemy or projectile you need to be close to it in mid air.
DATABASE DATABASE
Member
I'm loving the game so far. The gameplay is good, and the difficulty is just right.
This achievement art makes for a good background.
Just gotta pretend that Ori is sleeping
liliththepale
Banned
Watched for about an hour on YouTube when I just had to stop. This game is too good to not play myself! Getting it on Steam! ♥
lifeexpectancy
Member
Exporting my first 2 hrs 45 minutes to youtube in case anyone wants to watch it there. http://www.youtube.com/user/korbekgaming Easier to stream youtube to phones than twitch IMHO. They'll be live once youtube finishes processing them.
It's just raw footage with the occassional commentary or me talking to viewers. The scripted and edited videos will be made over the coming weeks, including longplays pf nodeath/speedrun/noupgrades runs.
I'm going to say this every time I post. Moon Studios you've outdone yourselves. This game deserves more marketing, more hype, and would well be worth a higher price tag than $20. It's a steal and a dream.
The bad reviews are just letting their genre preferences influence their thinking. Just kidding... in all seriousness reviews are very much an opinion, not objective really, so there's always going to be a few that buck the trend whether it's positive or negative. The game is stellar.
It's just raw footage with the occassional commentary or me talking to viewers. The scripted and edited videos will be made over the coming weeks, including longplays pf nodeath/speedrun/noupgrades runs.
I'm going to say this every time I post. Moon Studios you've outdone yourselves. This game deserves more marketing, more hype, and would well be worth a higher price tag than $20. It's a steal and a dream.
The bad reviews are just letting their genre preferences influence their thinking. Just kidding... in all seriousness reviews are very much an opinion, not objective really, so there's always going to be a few that buck the trend whether it's positive or negative. The game is stellar.