This game looks fantastic, also I'm digging the longer episode.
Now, because I cannot help myself: the observatory is called VALIS, which is a nod towards Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel from 1981 (also there's "Dickhead" written on the bus station, which of course might be a coinsidence, but is as well a nickname of the fans of this particular author).
In the novel, VALIS (which means Vast Active Living Intelligence System, note that the game follows the capitalisation) is some kind of alien space probe orbiting Earth that holds an illusion of current reality, as the real time stopped in Ancient Rome. The novel is quite a ride, as everything that Dick wrote ("Blade Runner", "Total Recall", "Minority Report", "A Scanner Darkly" and "Next" are all movie adaptations of his work), so unfortunately I wouldn't recomend it to someone not used to PKD's style.
On the question of languages, for Kim or anybody else that has an interest in learning, if you haven't already heard of it, there is a useful (and free!) website/app called Duolingo which has a growing range of languages available. No Indian languages yet, but they have Swedish and Dutch, and Norwegian should be coming soon.
Nice to see Sunless Sea getting some love.
If you like this game Kim, can I suggest taking a look at Darkest Dungeon. It's a neat little gothic horror/ Lovecraftian indie game that got successfully Kickstarted and recently went into early access.
Flippin' heck, /u/nanosounds - I'll trade you your jumper weather for my heatwave any day! Though I shouldn't complain, I guess autumn's coming in like a week and a bit, and it'll be too cold soon enough.
Your bit about the caged lions made me think of this, which was part of my childhood growing up in Canada. Also this, but we don't talk about the Star Wars prequels.
That said though, I don't know if Blomkamp's going to focus too much on the action. What made Aliens good in my opinion was the fact that it was commentary on the Vietnam War. Blomkamp's sociopolitical commentary has been hit-and-miss for me - I thought District 9 did it really well, but I also thought Elysium's themes on poverty and power fell horribly flat.
Overall, it could turn out to be good. I'll decide if it's worth hyping once I see Chappie and make an opinion on that.
We need a name for this. Life is Strange Syndrome? ALL OF THE DIALOGS!
I like how Chloe starts calling you out on it. Especially when she begs you not to rewind the kiss X-)
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Agreed, but to repeat what I said on the Top 5 thread: Please for your own sake use a controller. Trying to dodge bullets in 2D with only 8 directions of movement is a recipe for frustration. I personally use DS4Windows to get a Dualshock 4 working with my PC but anything with a working analog stick will do.
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A serious piece of advice if you do have the time to try Undertale Kim: you will HATE the keyboard controls. I strongly recommend using DS4Windows to emulate your keyboard inputs with a Dualshock 4 controller, because having analog movement makes A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE when in combat regardless of your tactical approach.
Also caveat emptor: the game is locked to 30 FPS and the animation speed is tied to the framerate. If you're not a snob like me who needs 60+ on everything that isn't as slow as Minecraft then you won't even care, but I had to stop after beating the demo 'cause I just could not handle a bullet-hell combat system at that framerate.
If you are interested in quirky puzzle based games, I think you might like "This Way Up". It's got a cute art style with an out of the box(heh) thinking. You can get it on the pc or on android.
(I watched it get made for the final year project at university and it's great to see it being released by one of the graduates. So totally not biased at all ;D.)