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Its funny how I completely forgot that there was a shrink in this game... who happened to be the same shrink that helped Kathryn.
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Truly chilling. The ironically pleasant scenery and upbeat yet empty music provide a lovely and complex undertone allowing the story to really shine. The Level where Kathrine dies really got to me especially when they refered to it later in the final report. A well done and thought provoking game. 5/5
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I hate how the vague two comments about Fixation have gotten top comments in here, but a couple deep insightful posts connecting the two games have been missed out because of everyone who sees "OMG FIXATION BROUGHT ME HERE" automatically gives it a thumbs up and makes it's rating unbeatable because people would rather click + on a so-so comment, then actually read into the comments and rate them on content and thought the author put into the comment.
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Whoa just Whoa....That is quite the ending. Man...It's so sad. but a great story. More games like this would be awesome.
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The level where you pull the lever and she's gone reminds me of the level in Fixation where Jack pulls the lever and you two go your separate ways...
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When did they add the Illusions of Grandeur badge? Currently 202,233 people have that badge for completing level 5 while 230,854 (28,621 more) people have the Solitary Refinement badge for beating the game.
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Absolutely amazing game! You think its just a fun game and then as you read the messages as you play and the end bit you realise that it is a saddening game yet it is nothing shy of beautiful as bladebane said. Absolutely awesome game!
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I'm a bit confused as to how this fits in with Fixation. So Kathryn dies after he opens up the gate to let her go home, then because of his medication, he forgets that it ever happened. Plus he went home. So maybe Kathryn called paramedics to take care of his when she got home before she dies? I don't know.
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I had no memory of what Company of Myself was while playing Fixation. Now I remember it's that fantastic game with the sad story. Both are excellent and challenging
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I sure hope eat911 is right, because after playing fixation and coming back to beat this once again, that comment shocked me very badly, I almost cried. What I do find weird is the ending of fixation, its as if the overdose stuck for as long as the game lasted... Or maybe he "kill" her and he got this mental illness which made him forget? I don't know, its confusing, and its what makes it a great story, actually hard to make into something real, but I'm sure the autor will be good enough to come up with something, if he makes an explanation...
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Looking bag at CoM, I just realized the subtle touch of the help section in the upper right being phrased like a small yet constant plea.
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I find it very unlikely that Jack killed Kathryn. Jack believed that he was responsible for Kathryn's death but he did not think that he killed here. It is likely that he overdosed on his 'medication' and ended up disappearing from Kathryn's life for a while. This is supported by the fact that he says "I did not realize... how much she needed me." Because we know that Kathryn had a smoking problem that was directly related to her emotional state, it is likely that Jack's disappearance would have worsened her smoking problem, possibly being the cause of her death. It is likely that her being dead when Jack returned as the reason for his guilt. The flowers that he planted next to her grave in the backyard were probably because he remembered her saying that she wanted to make the backyard nicer
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you can see the comparison between this and Fiation - in this game Jack was able to make copies of himself (by pressing spacebar), and in Fixation he called it a magic trick and many copies were on the same level.
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Hmm... That's REALLY weird. I just started playing this game. Never played it before in my life. And haven't even actually started up the game. I already have the first badge and seems as though I had passed through 19 levels.
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after I read that he killed Kathryn, my initial reaction was: how or why would you kill something perfect. Gotta live the good life, or die trying.
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I'm Spanish and it's difficult to understand everything quickly, but i'm striving for understand the two stories, i'm really impressed by these incredibles games. I completed it 3 times each one and i understand that Jack didn't kill Kathryn, only left her behind and his "meds" turn him in schizophrenic and he thinks he killed the only thing that made him feel in "the meadow" without cheat by reach the green box, and he blames himself for choose the drugs instead of her... Repeat! I'm Spanish and is possible that i didn't understand everything very well... But definetively these game have marked me a before and after in how see these things! BRAVO!
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I don't think Jack killed her deliberately at all. I think he took too many of his "meds" which is what lead him to forgetting he had even done anything that day. The guilt and suffering this game shows him going through really makes it seem like because of his drugs, he did something he normally wouldn't and forgot. Then later, once he realized, he tried to do what he could to keep Kathryn in his life, completely falling in on himself. Then again, it could just be I refuse to accept Jack as a full villain and therefore I insist on rationalizing his actions so they're not completely sinister.