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02 Nov 2011, 10:05 am

MoonMetropolis wrote:
In fact, it may very well be the first game with a disabled protagonist.


Unless you count Super Wheelchair Mario ;)

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02 Nov 2011, 11:43 pm

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I see no reason to further discuss that topic. And why exactly should a player feel more guilty sending an "autistic" child off to complete a dangerous task as apposed to a "normal" child

Oh, gee, I dunno - because she's disabled, perhaps? Like it or not, an autistic child would be much less able to take care themselves in a situation like that.


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04 Nov 2011, 9:05 pm

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The "silent protagonist" is a classic video game archetype; countless games have main characters that never utter a single word. It's doubtful that these characters were intended to be autistic, but many of them do indeed act like it. The creator of Pokemon had aspergers, so who knows?


Pokémon's creator never died in that tsunami... just so everyone knows. It was just a silly rumour. He's still very alive.

Sounds like a very interesting game - especially as I quite liked Flashback - but I unfortunately do not own a PS3 (or Xbox 360, for that matter), and won't buy one, either, as the Wii U is on the way. Does the PC version come without Steam and similar crap?



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04 Nov 2011, 10:48 pm

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Does the PC version come without Steam and similar crap?

We don't know yet, but it will most likely be download-only. So you'll probably need Steam, unfortunately.


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07 Nov 2011, 6:26 pm

I have one question and I do mean only one: will there be trains?



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09 Nov 2011, 2:05 am

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I have one question and I do mean only one: will there be trains?

I sure hope so. No autism-related game is complete without at least 5 trains.


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12 Nov 2011, 9:23 pm

MoonMetropolis wrote:
Beauty_pact wrote:
Does the PC version come without Steam and similar crap?

We don't know yet, but it will most likely be download-only. So you'll probably need Steam, unfortunately.

Why is that bad? I use Steam.



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12 Nov 2011, 9:26 pm

The game sounds quite interesting. I kind of have a bad feeling about some of the puzzles, if Amy is autistic. Probably will be standard survival horror puzzles, though. Amy will probably voice small subtle clues to you maybe even repetitively.



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16 Nov 2011, 8:07 am

Darialan wrote:
Amy will probably voice small subtle clues to you maybe even repetitively.


Sounds like 95% of games already :wink:


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