Viewfinder - this looks like an interesting game

[Colif]

Though you may only play through it once, unless there are secrets that require multiple playthroughs to complete.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

This looks very clever. Cant watch more than a few secs of the video, dont want to spoil it, thanks for posting it and wishlisted.

 

[Slasken]

This one looks really interesting

 

[Brian Boru]

Crazy…

 

[Zloth]

Love the bit at 3:30 where the player is clearly encouraged to go toward the light, but the player turns around to check what's the other way first. That's a GAMER playing for sure.

Honestly, it looked pretty dull at first - until the player got a camera. Now I can see the puzzle possibilities!

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Love the bit at 3:30 where the player is clearly encouraged to go toward the light, but the player turns around to check what's the other way first. That's a GAMER playing for sure.

Honestly, it looked pretty dull at first - until the player got a camera. Now I can see the puzzle possibilities!

Life hack: If you want to get a good idea of what gameplay is like without spoilers, click straight on the middle of the video and keep the sound off!

 

[Colif]

its possible its just a demo of the game. I see way more showing on their steampage

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I don't believe anything shown is enough to help solve problems in game.

 

[Colif]

it is just a demo

 

[Colif]

Its out

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Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

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[Frag Maniac]

Though you may only play through it once, unless there are secrets that require multiple playthroughs to complete.

Looks like Portal, except by placing pictures instead of shooting holes on surfaces.

Pictal

 

[Zloth]

I looked at the reviews and the game appears to be VERY short. Maybe 10 hours. I'll wait for a deep discount before I buy.

 

[Brian Boru]

I looked at the reviews and the game appears to be VERY short. Maybe 10 hours

I saw some say 5-6 hours. which agrees with:

I also saw people complaining they tried to shoehorn a story into it, which ruined the gameplay flow for some—did they think they were making a RPG?

Great mechanic, but that seems to be all the worthwhile there is.

 

[Colif]

i think the "story" just adds some personality into the game. It doesn't have quests as such, just the occasional extra puzzle.

Journey is only 90 minutes long, length of the game doesn't mean a lot really.

Its likely you can only do so much with the idea.

I haven't bought it, I just noticed it was released and remembered this thread.

 

[Konquerah]

I caught a few videos of this being played by content creators, it seemed like an interesting idea and a slightly different take to a modern-day Portal game. I don't think you'd want it to be much longer than it is, due to probably being fatigued by doing the same thing over & over again.

 

[Zimbaly]

Gonna pick this game up at some point. I'm hoping it itches that weird just have a neat journey experience I've missed since playing A Story About My Uncle.

 

[Frag Maniac]

I saw some say 5-6 hours. which agrees with:

I also saw people complaining they tried to shoehorn a story into it, which ruined the gameplay flow for some—did they think they were making a RPG?

Great mechanic, but that seems to be all the worthwhile there is.

Yeah 10 hrs is not really considered short anymore, unless it's a type game that usually runs well over that, like an RPG with a deep story. I also agree with Konquerah, that you probably wouldn't want a simple game like this with lots of repetition to be any longer than that.

 

[Zloth]

Yeah, the idea is very cool. But, if it's the only idea, and there's not much else there, a few hours are all you're going to be able to do without getting repetitive. Portal 2 could be longer than Portal 1 because they added more story and more tools to solve puzzles with.