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    Gone Home

    Game » consists of 11 releases. Released Aug 15, 2013

    Set in a large multi-story house during a 1995 thunderstorm, Gone Home is a first-person exploration game where a young woman finds out what happened to her family since she was away on a long overseas trip.

    Is Gone Home guilty of false advertising?

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    #1  Edited By Zornack

    I was optimistic about Gone Home. I didn't know much about the game when I booted it up but what I had seen looked promising. That being said, Gone Home fails to deliver on some key promises, and I believe the developers should be held accountable.

    For the record, here's what Fullbright has to say about their game

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    Color me surprised when I started the game and was greeted by this

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    And then there's this

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    And what am I supposed to believe this is, a painting?

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    Let's take another look at how Fullbright describes Gone Home

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    I can't open any of these doors. Not a single one. I'm sick and tired of game developers lying about their products and I'm not about to make an exception just because Fullbright is a small indie studio.

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    #2  Edited By MildMolasses

    This is a joke, right? Please let this be a joke

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    There is STILL no facepalm emote on this site.

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    #4  Edited By ripelivejam

    you have to prestige first

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    #5  Edited By EXTomar

    You just haven't found the garage door opener yet.

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    #6  Edited By The_Laughing_Man

    Did you try the Konami code?

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    #7  Edited By ModernAlkemie

    You should ask for your money back. That's what I did after I saw The NeverEnding Story.

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    And I just met my facepalm quota for the day. You do realize you're not meant to leave the house, right?

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    Their description seems pretty dead on.

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    #10  Edited By KillEm_Dafoe

    No, they aren't. You do, in fact, go home. And that's good enough for me.

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    No one has said it yet so. Lol

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    This is a great parody of the entitlement of gamers these days.

    Bravo.

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    This is great.

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    Brilliant satire, ace+/10

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    #15  Edited By AlexanderSheen

    I want to believe this guy is serious. That would be so much better.

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    #16  Edited By GERALTITUDE

    Community Spotlight this zombiepie, for sure.

    S class parodic criticism at its best.

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    #17  Edited By ShaggE

    Well played, sir.

    Can't wait for the first, serious, long rant about why you're wrong.

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    #18  Edited By RawknRo11a

    this thread made me smile. thanks

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    You should ask for your money back. That's what I did after I saw The NeverEnding Story.

    this is the correct answer

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    I want to believe this guy is serious. That would be so much better.

    He can't be...

    ...but you're right.

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    I think you have a good case. Start up a petition, you have my signature.

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    #22  Edited By toowalrus

    You have my sword.

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    #23  Edited By BaneFireLord

    I think he's got more of a case here than the guys who sent angry letters to the Better Business Bureau about ME3's ending, to be honest.

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    #24  Edited By audioBusting

    And this is why the word "any" is the most hated word in mathematics. (i.e. any is not equivalent to every or all.)

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    #25  Edited By psylah

    I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE GHOSTS IN THIS GAME

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    @psylah said:

    I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE GHOSTS IN THIS GAME

    This is what I thought the thread would be about

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    #27  Edited By Hailinel

    @psylah said:

    I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE GHOSTS IN THIS GAME

    How do you know there aren't?

    The game's executable is haunted.

    You have cursed yourself by running it.

    There is no escape.

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    #28  Edited By leebmx

    This thread is fantastic...the way that the internet makes it impossible to tell if someone is being sarcastic or not just makes it even funnier.

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    @leebmx said:

    This thread is fantastic...the way that the internet makes it impossible to tell if someone is being sarcastic or not just makes it even funnier.

    my thoughts as well.

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    I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE GHOSTS IN THIS GAME

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    #31  Edited By Dark

    I was led to believe this was a ghost game, then just as I felt ripped off I noticed something ... I grew as a person. I GREW AS A PERSON MAN!!!!

    /sarcasm

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    OP is either a motherfuckin genius or fool. Regardless, I got lots of joy from this thread. Bravo.

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    #33  Edited By zFUBARz

    @myketuna said:

    OP is either a motherfuckin genius or fool. Regardless, I got lots of joy from this thread. Bravo.

    So much this, Loved this topic!

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    Obviously you didn't look through the house very well. Did you even get to the survival horror segment in the woods outside?

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    Huh? You can go inside the house? I just walked outside at the start of the game, then I got chased by Slenderman and died ;__;

    So spooky :(

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    I don't know what's worse: the fact that people are lambasting the OP because he brought up what is actually a good point, or the fact that the OP took the time to realize this point.

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    Obviously you didn't look through the house very well. Did you even get to the survival horror segment in the woods outside?

    Is that before or after you find the machine gun in the basement?

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    #38  Edited By BeachThunder

    @landon said:

    @hunter5024 said:

    Obviously you didn't look through the house very well. Did you even get to the survival horror segment in the woods outside?

    Is that before or after you find the machine gun in the basement?

    It's actually right after the part where Cthulhu shows up.

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    @landon said:

    @hunter5024 said:

    Obviously you didn't look through the house very well. Did you even get to the survival horror segment in the woods outside?

    Is that before or after you find the machine gun in the basement?

    It's actually right after the part where Cthulhu shows up.

    But not before you meet Oscar and he gives you g-g-ghost powers.

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    @landon said:

    @hunter5024 said:

    Obviously you didn't look through the house very well. Did you even get to the survival horror segment in the woods outside?

    Is that before or after you find the machine gun in the basement?

    It's actually right after the part where Cthulhu shows up.

    Oh god, I remember that part. With the tentacles and everything. That was so disturbing.

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    #41  Edited By dawnclover
    @sterlingericsson said:

    @beachthunder said:

    @landon said:

    @hunter5024 said:

    Obviously you didn't look through the house very well. Did you even get to the survival horror segment in the woods outside?

    Is that before or after you find the machine gun in the basement?

    It's actually right after the part where Cthulhu shows up.

    Oh god, I remember that part. With the tentacles and everything. That was so disturbing.

    Damn. I missed this part. After getting the bazooka from the basement safe, I saw lights coming from the sky. After failing the attempt of bringing down the UFO with my bazooka I was kidnapped and probed. Did I get the bad ending? :(

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    #42  Edited By SterlingEricsson

    @sterlingericsson said:

    @beachthunder said:

    It's actually right after the part where Cthulhu shows up.

    Oh god, I remember that part. With the tentacles and everything. That was so disturbing.

    Damn. I missed this part. After getting the bazooka from the basement safe, I saw lights coming from the sky. After failing the attempt of bringing down the UFO with my bazooka I was kidnapped and probed. Did I get the bad ending? :(

    I suppose that depends on whether you think probing is a good or bad thing. :P

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    #43  Edited By jimmyfenix
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    I think we might have another "Thats million bucks"

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    #44  Edited By abendlaender
    @sterlingericsson said:

    @beachthunder said:

    @landon said:

    @hunter5024 said:

    Obviously you didn't look through the house very well. Did you even get to the survival horror segment in the woods outside?

    Is that before or after you find the machine gun in the basement?

    It's actually right after the part where Cthulhu shows up.

    Oh god, I remember that part. With the tentacles and everything. That was so disturbing.

    Damn. I missed this part. After getting the bazooka from the basement safe, I saw lights coming from the sky. After failing the attempt of bringing down the UFO with my bazooka I was kidnapped and probed. Did I get the bad ending? :(

    STOP SPOILING THE GAME YOU JERKS!

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    #45  Edited By davidwitten22

    This is perfection.

    @jakob187 said:

    I don't know what's worse: the fact that people are lambasting the OP because he brought up what is actually a good point, or the fact that the OP took the time to realize this point.

    The answer is actually option 3: Your post!

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    #47  Edited By cornbredx

    Opening those doors is DLC.

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    Oh come on, did you actually believe a game developer saying you could open all doors? Doors? Doors doesn't open in games. We all know this already.

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