The Path 'Prologue' Demo Released

June 8, 2009 9:15 AM

Available now on FileShack is The Path - Prologue, a demo of sorts for Tale of Tales' marvelous PC fairytale adventure, released in March to polar reactions of love and hate.

While much of the narrative and interaction is removed in this trial, you can wander freely in the enchanting forest and pick flowers to your heart's content. Those who have already walked The Path might fancy a potter to see what's new in the prologue's forest.

Alice O'Connor

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arsonide

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June 8, 2009 9:17 AM

If I can't get raped it isn't worth the download.
- Frush81
  
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  June 8, 2009 10:11 AM
  
  what the hell ? seriously?
  - her0d
    
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    June 8, 2009 10:19 AM
    
    Seriously.
    
    I have to say that I found the Path to be quite enjoyable. Although i wouldn't really call it a game. I bought it. I think it's good to support experimental gaming.
    - holaareola
      
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      June 8, 2009 11:22 AM
      
      Yeah, I liked it quite a lot and some scenes stayed with me quite a while afterwards which is more than I can say for most games I play. The problem with it IMO is that the game aspects it does choose to carry are horrible ones.
      
      That's the quandary for experimental gaming though -- marrying up the mechanics to the concept in a way that coheres with while still keeping the interaction fun. Because without that, I don't think the mechanics can justify themselves.
      
      The obvious two developers of experimental games, Jason Rohrer and Rod Humble, do a much better job with the mechanics side of things. They encode concepts IN the mechanics in a much richer, tighter and yet more economical way than Tale of Tales.