Comments on: The Experiment: Demo, Intrigue

By: Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:08:07 +0000

roar when will it be getting a UK release :(

By: Kast

Kast — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:47:23 +0000

Hey, is there a torrent of this demo anywhere?

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Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:12:16 +0000

[...] The Experiment Demo – Mad French adventure game [...]

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:09:15 +0000

There was an expansion pack to In Memoriam too.

By: Nuyan

Nuyan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:36:13 +0000

Why did you put this image there? I seriously saw that clock a week ago when I was in Prague! It must be the same thing.

By: Dinger

Dinger — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:18:49 +0000

Hey, the guy, the utilization of Babelfish for localisation, that made to ski.

A. The interface is a little inelegant. Managing windows is a pain.
B. The localisation is appalling. In a nutshell: I spent 15 minutes at one point looking for a password that Lea kept telling me was “in Dr. X’s Personal File”. So I went through his personal file area three times, and didn’t find the password. Then it dawns: she wants me to look in his fichier de personnel, aka his personnel file, indicated by the gallicism “collaborators”.

Still it looks like it could be fun. I wish she’d be more nervous and fidget around more when the player read through her personal files.

By: James T

James T — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:08:06 +0000

UN SYSTEME DE SURVEILLANCE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I liked this game better when it had a theme song.

…Wait, no I didn’t.

By: Dinger

Dinger — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:33:35 +0000

I have to say, that trailer is good-n-creepy: take the third-person perspective and make explicit the unease/voyeurism required. I may have to drop down to the local FNAC and see if they have it lying around. (if localisation sucks, get it in the intended language, I always say).

By: Kast

Kast — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:25:27 +0000

There was an In Memoriam 2!?! *Sobs for the loss of the game he never knew* I adored In Memoriam and I’m so glad that it is remembered. I got seriously freaked out by it at first – that weird knotted feeling brought on by the sensation someone is watching you. Worse, that two peoples lives depend on your actions. And then I mentally slapped myself and remembered that it was just a game. Right?

The Experiment looks awfully interesting but given the comments of poor localisation, I think I’ll leave it for a while. Something so dependant on atmosphere deserves coming to with it fresh and pure.

By: John Walker

John Walker — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:11:40 +0000

If it’s not working, try getting the one from the game’s official site, linked above. The original version of the demo (in a zip) was broken. The one on their site works fine.

By: CrashT

CrashT — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:54:28 +0000

Second time I downloaded the demo and once again it wouldn’t installed, crashed the moment I tried to run it. :(

By: Theory

Theory — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:48:36 +0000

I’m a feeling a bit dampened too. ;-)

Separating the player from the player character is something I’ve been looking into lately. This is certainly an interesting approach to solving the problem, but very limited in its application.