issue222:jeux
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| issue222:jeux [2025/11/02 19:01] – créée d52fr | issue222:jeux [2025/11/04 20:18] (Version actuelle) – d52fr | ||
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| - | Website: http:// | + | **Website: http:// |
| Price: $5.99 GOG | Price: $5.99 GOG | ||
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| Amy Wellard, a young woman, reluctantly working for the government to qualify for the vaccine lottery, believes there’s a cure — and she’s going to find it. Even if it costs her her life.“ | Amy Wellard, a young woman, reluctantly working for the government to qualify for the vaccine lottery, believes there’s a cure — and she’s going to find it. Even if it costs her her life.“ | ||
| - | So, somehow I mixed up “Old Skies” and “Shardlight”, | + | So, somehow I mixed up “Old Skies” and “Shardlight”, |
| - | Installation | + | Site Web : http:// |
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| + | Prix : 5,99 $ sur GOG | ||
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| + | Résumé : « Le monde a basculé le jour où les bombes sont tombées. Depuis, c’est toujours la même chose : maladie, famine, mort. Les aristocrates au pouvoir – une oligarchie anonyme qui contrôle toutes les ressources – règnent en maîtres absolus. Il n’y a jamais assez de nourriture, d’eau ni de vaccins pour tout le monde. Les riches reçoivent des doses régulières de vaccins en échange de leur soutien inconditionnel au gouvernement. Les pauvres vivent dans la peur, la superstition et la misère jusqu’à leur mort. | ||
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| + | Amy Wellard, une jeune femme qui travaille à contrecœur pour le gouvernement afin de participer à la loterie des vaccins, croit qu’un remède existe – et elle est déterminée à le trouver. Quitte à y laisser sa vie.» | ||
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| + | Du coup, j’ai confondu « Old Skies » et « Shardlight », | ||
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| + | **Installation | ||
| Yep, you guessed it, GOG installer :) The game installed quickly and I could see that the audio was the largest part of the game. Though the game is older, it installed on Ubuntu Gnome 24.04. | Yep, you guessed it, GOG installer :) The game installed quickly and I could see that the audio was the largest part of the game. Though the game is older, it installed on Ubuntu Gnome 24.04. | ||
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| The first thing you notice is that there is no mouse acceleration. I headed into the options, but there are only options related to sound. | The first thing you notice is that there is no mouse acceleration. I headed into the options, but there are only options related to sound. | ||
| - | There is also a “commentary” check box that overlays four keys that you can use to hear commentary from different departments. | + | There is also a “commentary” check box that overlays four keys that you can use to hear commentary from different departments.** |
| - | I’m not going to lie, I have this on-and-off, love-hate relationship with Wadjeteye games. There are always Linux versions, so I cannot be too strict, but lacking mouse acceleration settings is a large oversight. Tap-drag, tap-drag, tap-drag on my touchpad to move 30% across the screen is not on. | + | Installation |
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| + | Eh oui, vous l'avez deviné, l' | ||
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| + | Jeu | ||
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| + | J'ai rencontré des difficultés au lancement du jeu : un message d' | ||
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| + | Première observation : | ||
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| + | On trouve également une case à cocher « Commentaire » qui permet d' | ||
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| + | **I’m not going to lie, I have this on-and-off, love-hate relationship with Wadjeteye games. There are always Linux versions, so I cannot be too strict, but lacking mouse acceleration settings is a large oversight. Tap-drag, tap-drag, tap-drag on my touchpad to move 30% across the screen is not on. | ||
| In this story, we have a post-apocalyptic ruined city with people getting something called the green lung. A nod to black lung, I think, which was Tuberculosis, | In this story, we have a post-apocalyptic ruined city with people getting something called the green lung. A nod to black lung, I think, which was Tuberculosis, | ||
| - | Trigger: People will ask you to kill them, in like the first few minutes of the game. So if you don’t like that sort of thing, stop reading now. | + | Trigger: People will ask you to kill them, in like the first few minutes of the game. So if you don’t like that sort of thing, stop reading now.** |
| + | Je ne vais pas vous mentir, j'ai une relation d' | ||
| - | There are no cute bunnies and happy endings here, be prepared for the worst. You (Amy) start off with the green lung disease. I’m not sure if the sluggish mouse is supposed to convey this? Also the so-called lottery, is for a temporary vaccine that cures your green lung, only for a while. You can get to enter said lottery, by doing jobs no-one else is willing to do. | + | Dans cette histoire, on découvre une ville post-apocalyptique en ruines où les habitants contractent une maladie appelée « poumon vert ». Un clin d'œil au « poumon noir », je crois, qui était la tuberculose, |
| - | The keepers of the vaccines are the not-very imaginatively named “Aristocrats”. You (Amy) are on a mission to repair a reactor (Think Star Trek, Mr Spock’s death) for these Aristocrats with “powdered face” masks that remind one of the Guy Fawkes masks you see in toy stores, but more “French”. The Aristos are the bad guys. The story is very straightforward once you complete the game. I can say I was expecting “Usual suspects”-twists, but there never were any. I won’t spoil the story for anyone who wants to get their $5 worth, but know there are other “factions” too. | + | Avertissement : |
| - | Graphics | ||
| - | When it comes to background painting in pixel art, Wadjeteye are masters at their craft. While this game is 10 years old (almost) - I am not sure when the Special Edition was released – it still holds up. You get that Kings Quest feel, but with better graphics and more colors. It’s not Old Skies, I’ll see if I can lay my hands on a copy in the next month or so, unless someone wants to make a donation, misc@fullcirclemagazine.org, | + | **There are no cute bunnies and happy endings here, be prepared for the worst. You (Amy) start off with the green lung disease. I’m not sure if the sluggish mouse is supposed |
| - | Music | + | The keepers of the vaccines are the not-very imaginatively named “Aristocrats”. You (Amy) are on a mission to repair a reactor (Think Star Trek, Mr Spock’s death) for these Aristocrats with “powdered face” masks that remind one of the Guy Fawkes masks you see in toy stores, but more “French”. The Aristos are the bad guys. The story is very straightforward once you complete the game. I can say I was expecting “Usual suspects”-twists, |
| - | While the music works in-game, enhancing the experience, the OST you receive in the special edition should never be on anyone’s playlist, ever!!! It cannot stand alone. (I’d rather add the Caves of Qud music to my playlist.) The music is tailored to certain scenes and somehow they fit in, but take it out of context and you end up with music that accompanies diarrhea. It is ambient sounds that somehow got labelled “music” and should not be in a soundtrack folder. To give you some idea, I haven’t frowned this much in a very long time, listening to game music. | + | Ici, pas de lapins mignons ni de fin heureuse, préparez-vous au pire. Vous (Amy) commencez avec la silicose. Je me demande si la souris apathique est censée l' |
| - | Sound | + | Les détenteurs des vaccins sont les « Aristocrates », un nom peu original. Vous (Amy) avez pour mission de réparer un réacteur (un peu comme dans Star Trek, lors de la mort de M. Spock) pour ces Aristocrates masqués, le visage poudré, rappelant les masques de Guy Fawkes qu'on trouve dans les magasins de jouets, mais en version plus « française ». Les Aristocrates sont les méchants. L' |
| - | Yes, I split off sound as I need to highlight the voice actors in this game. It is really well done and rounds off the already rounded characters. In fact, while your Special Edition package is about 1.4GB, the game shell script is only about 600MB and of that, about 70% is sound. This may be because of the commentary, which for me, was the only cool part of the “special edition”. | ||
| - | Thoughts | + | **Graphics |
| - | I always give Steam reviews a look to see what people complain about, you know, valid things or nonsense reasons, but this time I gave Metacritic | + | When it comes to background painting in pixel art, Wadjeteye are masters at their craft. While this game is 10 years old (almost) - I am not sure when the Special Edition was released – it still holds up. You get that Kings Quest feel, but with better graphics and more colors. It’s not Old Skies, I’ll see if I can lay my hands on a copy in the next month or so, unless someone wants to make a donation, misc@fullcirclemagazine.org, however, I feel that Old Skies may be in the same vein as this in the graphics department, as Wadjeteye is an Indie studio. As beautiful as the settings are, I feel that the characters could have gotten a bit more love, in some places. The lightning, on the other hand, was really nice for a pixel art game, helping with the immersion.** |
| - | Takeaway | + | Graphismes |
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| + | En matière de décors pixel art, Wadjeteye excelle. Bien que ce jeu ait presque dix ans (je ne sais pas exactement quand l' | ||
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| + | **Music | ||
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| + | While the music works in-game, enhancing the experience, the OST you receive in the special edition should never be on anyone’s playlist, ever!!! It cannot stand alone. (I’d rather add the Caves of Qud music to my playlist.) The music is tailored to certain scenes and somehow they fit in, but take it out of context and you end up with music that accompanies diarrhea. It is ambient sounds that somehow got labelled “music” and should not be in a soundtrack folder. To give you some idea, I haven’t frowned this much in a very long time, listening to game music. ** | ||
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| + | Bien que la musique fonctionne en jeu et contribue à l' | ||
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| + | **Sound | ||
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| + | Yes, I split off sound as I need to highlight the voice actors in this game. It is really well done and rounds off the already rounded characters. In fact, while your Special Edition package is about 1.4GB, the game shell script is only about 600MB and of that, about 70% is sound. This may be because of the commentary, which for me, was the only cool part of the “special edition”. ** | ||
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| + | Oui, j'ai choisi de séparer la section son car je tiens à souligner le talent des comédiens de doublage. Leur travail est vraiment excellent et complète à merveille des personnages déjà bien développés. En fait, bien que votre édition spéciale pèse environ 1,4 Go, le script du jeu ne fait qu' | ||
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| + | **Thoughts | ||
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| + | I always give Steam reviews a look to see what people complain about, you know, valid things or nonsense reasons, but this time I gave Metacritic the benefit of the doubt. “Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews 75.” I’m sorry, I don’t see that and I’ll tell you why: The story starts out great with tension and suspense, but loses it towards the end. The backdrops and world building and the storyline are just not in the same tier. A solid 60% sure, but 75%, not really. The puzzles were not difficult and everything felt like it was ambling along, there were no hooks or twists and turns. The trackpad control was terrible.** | ||
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| + | Je jette toujours un œil aux avis Steam pour voir ce qui dérange, vous savez, les points positifs ou négatifs, mais cette fois-ci, j'ai voulu faire confiance à Metacritic. « Généralement favorable, basé sur 26 avis critiques, 75 ». Franchement, | ||
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| + | **Takeaway | ||
| The special edition is not worth it. The OST is a cacophony of sound and the voice-over videos are mildly entertaining, | The special edition is not worth it. The OST is a cacophony of sound and the voice-over videos are mildly entertaining, | ||
| - | To answer @Bigfoot: - I have had to shift towards GOG for games as Steam blatantly said you do not own the games you paid for, so I cannot in good conscience spend any more money there. GOG gives me a shell file that I can keep and install on as many PCs as I want and it’s always want DRM free. | + | To answer @Bigfoot: - I have had to shift towards GOG for games as Steam blatantly said you do not own the games you paid for, so I cannot in good conscience spend any more money there. GOG gives me a shell file that I can keep and install on as many PCs as I want and it’s always want DRM free.** |
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| + | Pour répondre à @Bigfoot : – J'ai dû me tourner vers GOG pour mes jeux, car Steam affirme clairement qu'on ne possède pas les jeux qu'on a achetés. Je ne peux donc plus, en toute conscience, y dépenser mon argent. GOG me fournit un fichier d' | ||
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