Comments on: Judith Is A Game About Control http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SofS http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-174386 SofS Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:21:12 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-174386 *** Spoilers begin *** I laughed out loud at the bit where you're given the ability to choose and only one thing to select. I enjoyed this a fair bit. Specifically, I liked the reversal of expectation in the storylines. At first, the storyline in the past seems like the mystery to solve. By the time you get back to the present and open up the passage, though, you've already been really heavily clued in that the past is going to be based on the Bluebeard tale type. For me, this meant that the present was brought to the forefront as the real mystery; the past is over and done with, but who knows what's happened to Emily until she's found? Using tragedy as a way to add tension to a mystery is pretty cool in my books. I would like to know whether or not Emily's necklace is actually the same necklace as the one in the past, though. Also, are Judith's dreams commentary on her story alone or on both of them? I read the ending as being essentially a happy one, with Emily and Jeff rejecting the deceit that destroyed Judith, but I'm not sure how much I would bet on it (without hearing some odds). Formalism is fun. *** Spoilers end *** *** Spoilers begin ***

I laughed out loud at the bit where you’re given the ability to choose and only one thing to select.

I enjoyed this a fair bit. Specifically, I liked the reversal of expectation in the storylines. At first, the storyline in the past seems like the mystery to solve. By the time you get back to the present and open up the passage, though, you’ve already been really heavily clued in that the past is going to be based on the Bluebeard tale type. For me, this meant that the present was brought to the forefront as the real mystery; the past is over and done with, but who knows what’s happened to Emily until she’s found? Using tragedy as a way to add tension to a mystery is pretty cool in my books.

I would like to know whether or not Emily’s necklace is actually the same necklace as the one in the past, though. Also, are Judith’s dreams commentary on her story alone or on both of them? I read the ending as being essentially a happy one, with Emily and Jeff rejecting the deceit that destroyed Judith, but I’m not sure how much I would bet on it (without hearing some odds).

Formalism is fun.

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]]> By: Meib http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-174325 Meib Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:27:04 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-174325 @Moonracer: This game definitely did a better job at being dark and moody than The Path did. I was never scared while playing The Path event though it's supposed to be horror game, while I was sure afraid of going into all the rooms and finding out what was inside them while playing Judith. @Moonracer: This game definitely did a better job at being dark and moody than The Path did. I was never scared while playing The Path event though it’s supposed to be horror game, while I was sure afraid of going into all the rooms and finding out what was inside them while playing Judith.

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]]> By: Hajimete no Paso Kon http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-174253 Hajimete no Paso Kon Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:49:34 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-174253 Is there an alternative ending or something? Is there an alternative ending or something?

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]]> By: Moonracer http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-174014 Moonracer Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:47:18 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-174014 I nice experience. While playing it I couldn't help but feel that it did a better job of being dark and moody in some ways than The Path did (though I still like that experience too). I nice experience. While playing it I couldn’t help but feel that it did a better job of being dark and moody in some ways than The Path did (though I still like that experience too).

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]]> By: Chris http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-173758 Chris Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:21:51 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-173758 Wow... how does a game that is so low-res it can't POSSIBLY contain any scary pics stil manage to make me scared to turn the corner?? Wow… how does a game that is so low-res it can’t POSSIBLY contain any scary pics stil manage to make me scared to turn the corner??

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]]> By: Richard J http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-173735 Richard J Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:39:14 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-173735 Making my slightly cryptic reference slightly more explicit, the Judith section of the game's plot is based on Bartok's (amazing) opera, Duke Bluebeard's Castle. The rooms encountered pretty much play out in the same order as in the libretto. (There was an amazing concert performance at the Barbican earlier this year.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard%27s_Castle Making my slightly cryptic reference slightly more explicit, the Judith section of the game’s plot is based on Bartok’s (amazing) opera, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. The rooms encountered pretty much play out in the same order as in the libretto.

(There was an amazing concert performance at the Barbican earlier this year.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard%27s_Castle

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]]> By: Jetsetlemming http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-173731 Jetsetlemming Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:34:48 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-173731 How weird of an ending. I think I maybe know what was going on, but not really. Not really at all. Was there some hints as to why the husband was locking people in his dungeon, had a pile of bloody gold, had a blood soaked armor, had a hidden secret garden, had an underground forest of dead trees that has storms apparently, has an underground pool, and has an dark hidden room full of his past loves? It feels like there's another two minutes or so of Judith that is missing from the end, probably involving a jump scare of the guy main character seeing the husband, possibly in ghost-form. How weird of an ending. I think I maybe know what was going on, but not really. Not really at all. Was there some hints as to why the husband was locking people in his dungeon, had a pile of bloody gold, had a blood soaked armor, had a hidden secret garden, had an underground forest of dead trees that has storms apparently, has an underground pool, and has an dark hidden room full of his past loves? It feels like there’s another two minutes or so of Judith that is missing from the end, probably involving a jump scare of the guy main character seeing the husband, possibly in ghost-form.

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]]> By: noexes http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-173699 noexes Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:50:40 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-173699 <em>Whats with that opening comment? Did Smurfy get lost on the way to Youtube?</em> I think we are being trolled people :p Whats with that opening comment? Did Smurfy get lost on the way to Youtube?

I think we are being trolled people :p

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]]> By: Richard J http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-173612 Richard J Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:30:21 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-173612 Interesting, the first computer game I've ever seen to be fairly explicitly modelled (right down to the music) on a Bartok opera. Interesting, the first computer game I’ve ever seen to be fairly explicitly modelled (right down to the music) on a Bartok opera.

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]]> By: Dave Gates http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-173598 Dave Gates Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:16:15 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-173598 What an odd ending... interesting though. Look forward to more work from them. What an odd ending… interesting though. Look forward to more work from them.

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]]> By: l1ddl3monkey http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-173572 l1ddl3monkey Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:20:57 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-173572 Whats with that opening comment? Did Smurfy get lost on the way to Youtube? That was a weird and unnerving experience so consequently I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm off to shove some more bees down my trousers and then go for a walk in a pollen rich field. Whats with that opening comment? Did Smurfy get lost on the way to Youtube?

That was a weird and unnerving experience so consequently I enjoyed it quite a bit. I’m off to shove some more bees down my trousers and then go for a walk in a pollen rich field.

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]]> By: Gap Gen http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/15/judith-is-a-game-about-control/#comment-173554 Gap Gen Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:52:27 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=10234#comment-173554 Jazmeister: Yeah, but the pixels are about 5 feet wide. Jazmeister: Yeah, but the pixels are about 5 feet wide.

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