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So here´s what I think so far, No I will not Rate it YET, this comes after I played the Final Game (rating Demos is kind of pointless)
First Of, damn must be a really well optimised Game, I am on an I7 9700k, RTX 2060 (6 GB VRAM) and 16 GB DDR4 Ram.
So how does my RTX 2060 with only 6GB Vram stack up against Unreal Engine 5 which is notoriously hard to run especially on older Cards:
I could run this on 40 FPS on High to Medium Settings most of the Time, really damn Impressive for such old Hardware.
Yep had to cap the Framerate on NVIDEA Controllpanel and add VSync there as well because Ingame Vsync toggle didn´t work for me.
So It should run well for most People, don´t be afraid of using medium or even low Settings, Game still looks pretty good on there.
Very nice P.T. inspired Game just like the Hollow hills Apartment teaser before it.
Pretty good Texture work and nice Special effects.
The props also did get a really nice bump up from the old Unreal Engine 3 Version, I like it. Pretty solid Sound design as well.
I also hope you add more Puzzles for the final Game to shake Things up and give the Grudge Lady (yeah that´s what I call her) some Space to shine.
It has some minor Bugs like flickering Textures here and there but nothing serious (maybe because of low VRAM).
I only found one noteworthy Bug: A black Groundtexturebug in Player Character Reflection here a Screenshot of it: And yes this Black Texture follows the Player Character when moving.
Of course could be because of low VRAM as well.
I know this is an in Development Demo and is not representative of the Final Game, just wanted to mention that.
So that are my Thoughts on it now, Pretty nice I must say. I am looking forward to the Final Game.
So Cheers and have a nice one!!!
Oh my God... So that´s what happened to the good old Hollow Hills Department Teaser from 2016 which is still up on Indiedb by the Way if you are interested.
So you could say that one is a Prototype of this Game or am I wrong here???
Holy Moly... I just looked at this Game for 5 Seconds and immediately recognized the House Asset. But i was still like maybe a Coincidence nothing more...
Than after the first Loop I was MINDBLOWN: HELL YEAH Just like in the Hollow Hills Department Teaser Definitely not a Coincidence!!!
In any case have already wishlisted this Game on Steam, looks damn awesome. So I am really looking forward to this one.
Wish you all the best!!!
Yep, 1.3 and 1.4 are almost the same. The old Build is either 1.1 or 1.2, i have forgotten (that´s what happens when you repack old demos and forgot to proberly name them).
The Cutscene Map is still up on the original Itchio page https://arturlaczkowski.itch.io/silenthillsmap so No don´t need to reupload yet... But I have Copies just in case it get´s deleted in the Future.
Oh yeah. I remember this one as well.
Unfortunately there was never anything playable there (if my Memory still serves me right, the Page was only up for a few Weeks).
Only the Main page was there with no Downloads or anything. (yeah have misrememberd this one, MY BAD!!!)
Probably was cancelled alongside RE77.
Added Stuff: Wow I never knew it had a playable Build there as well. Damn!!! I am not a Fan of Demos you have to pay for but this might be worth tracking down.
So hi, here I am. So first: This Demo made a huge Improvement over the First Demo (Please do not delete the First Demo, jeah this is the Archiver in me speaking).
I actually think you can build upon this one, while the first Demo seemed more like a Proof of Concept.
So Graphics and Atmosphere wise, you are spot on. I am on a RTX 2060, I7 9700k, 16GB DDR4 Ram and have no Problems running this. There are slight Performance dips here and there but nothing serious to worry about.
Nice Texturework, nice props in the Environment (I don´t mind repeated Probs, I know Budget is a Thing). The Sound design is also pretty well done, the first Jumpscare got me pretty good.
Even the Voicacting by the Maincharacter and the Radio seems to be pretty solid.
Yes the Jumpscare is in my personal Opinion too loud, but who am I to judge.
Pacingwise It could be better, but I know most People already know that Backtracking and being lost is part of the Charme so this is just a minor complaint.
I also would put the Radiomessage for the Safecode on a loop until you solved the Puzzle as a Quality of Life Change. Or you add a Note feature for important Codes.
Than I encountered some Bugs: I am pretty sure you know them yourself. Like the Triggerbox for the Final Scene still visible. Or the First Furnitare you need to Interact with you can get stuck in it and even glitch out of bounds here:
Here some Screenshots of this:
I am now stuck here...
And here I somehow got glitched out of bounds while doing this.
Yeah I know This is just an Alpha Demo and not representative of the Final Game. I just wanted to mention this. I am pretty sure you are fixing this already for the next Update which makes me mention this here pointless.
But Still: I think this shows Promise and I hereby await the next Demo. Cheers and have a nice one!!!
I can´t thank you enough!!!. You don´t know what a pain in the ass it is to get these demos sometimes.
Off course I will now follow you and will check out your games.
So from the bottom of my heart: THANK YOU!!!
And you can if you want delete your Google Drive page and the Comment with the Link. I have already made Copies.
Hi. Just out of Curiosity: This Here is A Demo for the the Steam Game Stay Still, than on another Page there was once a demo called the horrors: Lost tape (by horrors studios), also a demo for stay still.
The latter was taken down. What was the deal with this???
No I am just geniunly curious, one demo still up, the other one taken down, the name change.
I know a lot can happen during development of a game it would be cool to know why you had to do it like this???
If you don´t feel like Answering, don´t sweat it. I am just a very curious dude.
You need to download both Files:
Episode 2 Files.7z.001 and Episode 2 Files.7z.002 (they are linked together) and unpack it with 7zip for example. It includes the episode 2 files of Windows, Linux and Mac combined.
Unpack 001, this will unpack 002 with it.
I had to split the File because of 1GB Limit.
Is also stated in the Description above, please take the time to read it first.
Very nice Collection indeed!!! As someone who has a Kink for this I applaud you. If you decide to upload said Game just add another Comment here this would suffice.
Oh and if you want you can delete this Comment with the Link, I know some People don´t want extra Attention, i have already copied the Link.
Hi.
The 0.8 and 0.10.1 Build of the Game are now on my page, I hope you don´t mind.
The 0..9 Build on my page is a newly repacked Version that is smaller in size but is still the same, I know normally I wouldn´t just upload the same thing someone else had, but this was more for completionist sake.
Even it is just a First Draft Demo, their is somthing really special seeing this thing than turn into the Final Game and than compare Prototype versions, Alpha and Beta Builds and the Full Release. Oh got a bit carried away here...
Wish you the best.
Cool and old Classic. And very commendable from you that you didn´t just scrapp everything from the Internet. I wish more Developers would do this.
You can learn a lot from Stuff like this, even it is a flawed first game or a kind of crappy unity Horror game. I don´t know always was a sucker for old Games or especially Games made with the good old FPS-Creator.
Than in theory all you need are the two Episode 2 files and the Episode 2 patch (very important without the patch the Game will not let you launch the dlc even with the Episode 2 files)
But I still have not tested if it works if you use the Version directly from Steam. If it doesn´t than download the one from here.
What can you do, But looking for this abondoned demos requires some Times just waiting, Some People have this on their harddrives for years and than one Day decide to upload them. I know this myself I had the RE77 0.10.1 Build for years on a differnt harddrive i didn´t even know i still had. So this might take a while or it can happen right now.