Comments on: Anodyne http://19day.com/notjournal/?p=416 These are the days of my life Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 19day http://19day.com/notjournal/?p=416&cpage=1#comment-29333 19day Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:30:57 +0000 http://19day.com/notjournal/?p=416#comment-29333 Stereotype read genre. It just felt there should be more reward for going around hitting things with the broom. And yeah, I generally enjoy a story that has some sort of conclusion, even if it's a cliffhanger. I was expecting the objection that "I just don't get it", and perhaps I don't. The question is, is it a game, or an artistic-interactive-idea-conveyance-mechanism? I was definitely playing it in the mindset of the former, and that might have been a disservice to it. I compare it to something like Little Inferno, it had weird narrative, meta-gameplay-commentary, odd visual styles (especially the last act), but it felt somehow more cohesive. It doesn't help that I didn't realize that Anodyne was taking place in his own dreams. But I didn't like it? Last line says otherwise. Stereotype read genre. It just felt there should be more reward for going around hitting things with the broom. And yeah, I generally enjoy a story that has some sort of conclusion, even if it’s a cliffhanger. I was expecting the objection that “I just don’t get it”, and perhaps I don’t. The question is, is it a game, or an artistic-interactive-idea-conveyance-mechanism? I was definitely playing it in the mindset of the former, and that might have been a disservice to it.

I compare it to something like Little Inferno, it had weird narrative, meta-gameplay-commentary, odd visual styles (especially the last act), but it felt somehow more cohesive.

It doesn’t help that I didn’t realize that Anodyne was taking place in his own dreams. But I didn’t like it? Last line says otherwise.

]]> By: Charmin http://19day.com/notjournal/?p=416&cpage=1#comment-29291 Charmin Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:49:23 +0000 http://19day.com/notjournal/?p=416#comment-29291 That glitch-type screen you get into using that final upgrade is purposeful. In fact, you need to get in those glitchy areas to get to many of the secret post-game areas, as i've been finding out after finishing the game recently, too. it seems like you didn't like it because it wasn't "straightforward" enough and wasn't enough of a zelda clone (you complain about the lack of upgrades and the story not being traditional and linear). i sorta liked the game BECAUSE it didn't fall into that kind of mimicry and stereotype. forces you to think about the deeper themes of the game (or not, in your case). That glitch-type screen you get into using that final upgrade is purposeful. In fact, you need to get in those glitchy areas to get to many of the secret post-game areas, as i’ve been finding out after finishing the game recently, too.

it seems like you didn’t like it because it wasn’t “straightforward” enough and wasn’t enough of a zelda clone (you complain about the lack of upgrades and the story not being traditional and linear). i sorta liked the game BECAUSE it didn’t fall into that kind of mimicry and stereotype. forces you to think about the deeper themes of the game (or not, in your case).

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