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I hate the timing on smoke rings when I can't see the meter. There's no reason why the game should hide the smoke ring meter.
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Hmm... after playing this and the first game twice each, I'd have to say I like Company of Myself more. The puzzles were more varied and the story deeper in this one, but blowing the smoke clouds/rings was just a huge pain in the ass on some levels. (Plus, the ending seems to contradict Company of Myself.)
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After knowing that I played both games, I couldn't help but play them again. Both of the games are very sad, but very good. Thank you for sharing both games with the pubic (I also loved the music in both games, moved me to tears :']).
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I think she smokes because she thinks that is a solution to a lot of her problems and as seen the first levels are solved by the fact that she is smoking. Even though it's not good for her she finds a reason to do it in her head as shown in the game. Quite brilliant actually
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@soandso2 (SPOILER ALERT FOR FIRST GAME)
At the end of A Company of Myself, there's a scene which explicitly says that Jack killed her. But it never goes into detail how, or even why. But I have to admit, blanks like these certainly make you really think about the story.
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So, there are three endings that I have seen in the comments of the two games. One, Jack murdered Katheryn. Two, Jack accidentally caused her death. Three, Jack lost her, yet she remains living. Has anyone thought that maybe, after they parted ways, Katheryn died from an acquired illness caused by her smoking? And Jack believes that he could have saved her, if they had not parted ways?
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Interesting game. I love how you did the storyline. I wish we could have kept the Smoke Ring Gauge, I had a little trouble without it, but that could have been me. And the right to left scrolling of the people speaking from the right was a little irritating, though I liked how the words came like they were speaking. Really though, I would click across the screen just to read the stories. I really liked how it was implied that smoking soothed Katherine's spirit, eliminating the lasers, and that the rain was sort of purifying in the same way. This one was really dark, and sad, and Jack really freaked me out in this one. A piece of art, sad art.
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Harmonixer - I haven't gotten to the ending yet, but this game is a prequel to "The Company of Myself", so if you play that, it might answer some of your questions. (Maybe.)
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Great story, and very well-written dialogue! I found it ended kind of suddenly though. Do you plan to reveal how Kathryn dies, or do you leave it up the player to fill in the blanks? My interpretation is that in the last level, she and Jack were high on something and she overdosed.
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Unwinnable. I'm looking at the swamp series in particular. All the rain would be fine, but the tube of death require timing that my system just can't put out with the rain.
Was forced to mute music, didn't help. A pity, as I wanted to know how it ended.
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My right hand is my agile hand... but I need to use the mouse with my right hand. Cannot... complete... level... ffffff.
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The levels on chapter five show resemblance to Jack's memories in The Company of Myself, but they're not exact, showing how Jack and Kathryn saw things slightly differently.
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You may notice that levels 35 and 36 in Chapter 5 in Fixation are laid out similarly to two levels in The Company of Myself if you paid close attention. That's how I knew the end was getting closer..
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There is a quiet yet resilient knowing in this game. You've got a feeling of what happens, and yet you don't want to know, even as you perform the happenings yourself. The story is absolutely real, the music realizes mood perfectly, and the characters become facets of your own mind. Brilliant game.
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Amazing game! I recommend it to everyone who loves puzzle,artistic & psychological games with a wonderful story line & characters. It's one of my favourite games. 5/5 from me.
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I just had a idea. You guys should make a sequal to both games that is from a 3rd party but is not within the mind. Show what actually happened in the real world. What peoples thoughts and actions within there head actually are to someone looking on in the tangible world that is not part of the subconscious. Just a thought. Like using Penelope as the character.
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Uh ? In The Company of Myself he is haunted by her death, and here he don't even remember her after they've taken different paths ?! I'm kind of lost, is she really dead in TCoM ? Or is he stuck in alternative reality from the very beginnig ? Somewhere where only lost ones can reach, but since she has recovered from her mental illness, she's dead for the Meadow ?