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floatingleafOK, so I finally finished The Identity Code. I know I'm miles behind everyone else, but that has it's advantages as well - namely, any questions I could possibly have were already answered at The Goldberry.;) So it went pretty smoothly - that is, after I had almost given up at the beginning (twice, in fact) and only ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ancabell's enthusiastic pimping made me try again.;) And then of course I could only give it about 2-3 hours a day... so that's why it took me so long to finish. Not because I'm THAT slow, lol.
Anyway. Here's some of my comments and reflections - under the cut, just in case there's someone here who still hasn't played the game.
It was an amazing experience. One of a kind. The story itself, the beautiful artwork, the accompanying music, the clever and "tricksy" tasks - everything coming together to make a perfect whole. And the angst, the suspense, the feeling of impending doom... like in an ancient tragedy. There's nothing like a powerful piece of drama for me, and this was as good as it gets. I felt so shaken emotionally by the end of Level 3... and then it only got more intense. The Dom/Orli love scene had me in tears - even though I am a 100% Vigorli girl, and never thought I could actually enjoy reading about Dom in a sexual situation.;) (and yes, I already knew it was Dom, not Billy - I had suspected that pretty early on, not even sure how or why... just had a feeling, like I often do while watching movies etc.; and somehow in most cases that feeling's right) And the bad-guy!Viggo turning into a hero right before the end... oh so lovely.;))) (even if I wouldn't have minded him staying evil - he's so good at that, after all ;P) And Orlando totally broke my heart in every way, down to his endearingly bad spelling.;) Just... amazing. And the wicked cleverness of some of the puzzles, making out to be much more difficult than they really were... brilliant. Only after figuring them out you actually realize you could have skipped half of the lenghty instructions.;) (I'm still missing one line of the last poem, btw, but I remembered enough from my Latin classes to unscramble the password anyway) Still, it was a challenge. And I do feel proud of myself, since I only looked up The Goldberry 3 or 4 times, while seeing people have trouble with things that were pretty obvious to me. Yes, I sometimes get quite shameless in flaunting my mental abilities.:D That said, I will also admit that I almost gave up very early on, just because I was too lazy to do some googling. Well... I am weird like that. I am the type that gets discouraged easily - the more reason to be happy for actually making it anyway...
ancabell's enthusiastic pimping made me try again.;) And then of course I could only give it about 2-3 hours a day... so that's why it took me so long to finish. Not because I'm THAT slow, lol.Anyway. Here's some of my comments and reflections - under the cut, just in case there's someone here who still hasn't played the game.
It was an amazing experience. One of a kind. The story itself, the beautiful artwork, the accompanying music, the clever and "tricksy" tasks - everything coming together to make a perfect whole. And the angst, the suspense, the feeling of impending doom... like in an ancient tragedy. There's nothing like a powerful piece of drama for me, and this was as good as it gets. I felt so shaken emotionally by the end of Level 3... and then it only got more intense. The Dom/Orli love scene had me in tears - even though I am a 100% Vigorli girl, and never thought I could actually enjoy reading about Dom in a sexual situation.;) (and yes, I already knew it was Dom, not Billy - I had suspected that pretty early on, not even sure how or why... just had a feeling, like I often do while watching movies etc.; and somehow in most cases that feeling's right) And the bad-guy!Viggo turning into a hero right before the end... oh so lovely.;))) (even if I wouldn't have minded him staying evil - he's so good at that, after all ;P) And Orlando totally broke my heart in every way, down to his endearingly bad spelling.;) Just... amazing. And the wicked cleverness of some of the puzzles, making out to be much more difficult than they really were... brilliant. Only after figuring them out you actually realize you could have skipped half of the lenghty instructions.;) (I'm still missing one line of the last poem, btw, but I remembered enough from my Latin classes to unscramble the password anyway) Still, it was a challenge. And I do feel proud of myself, since I only looked up The Goldberry 3 or 4 times, while seeing people have trouble with things that were pretty obvious to me. Yes, I sometimes get quite shameless in flaunting my mental abilities.:D That said, I will also admit that I almost gave up very early on, just because I was too lazy to do some googling. Well... I am weird like that. I am the type that gets discouraged easily - the more reason to be happy for actually making it anyway...
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