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[kcwong]

Little Inferno, a game by the same guys who made World of Goo (plus Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure).

http://store.steampowered.com/app/221260/

I have to say... it is weird. The art and music is good like World of Goo, but... the gameplay is really strange!

Even with the Steam -10% discount ending in less than 4 minutes from now, I'm not sure if I should buy it.

It seems like it is a game where you burn stuff while waiting for mail to reveal more parts of the story... kind of a visual novel with physics and pretty fire effects.

Anyone already own the game? Is my above description right? It seems the price tag is a wee bit too high for a novel.

[Chattox]

It looks pretty cool, I might pick it up depending on what the gameplay is like.

[Cthulhu]

I guess it depends on the gameplay for me too.  The trailer almost made me want to try it, the dark turn it takes near the end (Not where the kids are screaming, but where the narrator is talking about the world outside) was a little compelling.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

If you're really worried about getting burned (punny) you can always wait a few months. PC games often drop price extremely quickly, even more so the indie titles. There's also the possibility it will wind up in one of the dozens of Indie Bundles that have cropped up. 

I loved World of Goo and this looks pretty good as well. Loving the artstyle and over all theme. I'll probably pick it up in the future mandatory Steam sale when I'm not as broke. I do hope the gameplay elevates a little more than "cow-clicker", hard to tell from the trailer.

[Chattox]

getting burned

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Honestly I think I'll get this, the storyline looks really cool (I'm a sucker for the kind of apocalypse denial stuff (if that makes sense. I know what I'm trying to say )), and the 10% sale makes it all the sweeter.

Hoo-ray for small amounts of disposable income!

[Dutchling]

I'd buy this if I had money.
That's true for a lot of things though :P.

[guale]

I'm buying this right now. Simply being from the same guys as World of Goo is an instant purchase for me. I won't be able to play it until after work though.

[Chattox]

Playing it now. The physics are amazing. The style and storyline are brilliantly surreal. Also! You can connect to Facebook and BURN YOUR FRIENDS. (Seriously, it's cool.)

EDIT: Ugh, it makes me feel motion sick after a while, the whole screen kinda lurches around all the time. Uncool.

[kcwong]

Playing it now. The physics are amazing. The style and storyline are brilliantly surreal. Also! You can connect to Facebook and BURN YOUR FRIENDS. (Seriously, it's cool.)

EDIT: Ugh, it makes me feel motion sick after a while, the whole screen kinda lurches around all the time. Uncool.

Is my description in the first post, "a game where you burn stuff while waiting for mail to reveal more parts of the story... kind of a visual novel with physics and pretty fire effects. " accurate?

Edit:
http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2012/11/little-inferno-review/

Looks like I'm right... it's not worth the price tag.

[lordcooper]

How long does the game last for?  I'm considering obtaining a 'demo', but that would be silly if I might end up finishing it before I've made up my mind.

[Shadowgandor]

It's...not really a game. If you love watching fire, then this game is recommendable. I've finished the first catalogue and am now starting my second catalogue. Not sure how long this is going to remain interesting but ah well.

[kcwong]

How long does the game last for?  I'm considering obtaining a 'demo', but that would be silly if I might end up finishing it before I've made up my mind.

4 hours or so, from the review I've read. The reviewer thinks there may be multiple endings, but you'll need to burn stuff for another 4 hours to get to see them.

[Chattox]

So I just finished it a couple hours ago. I have to say, the fire physics are second to none. Seriously, it's amazing. But then, what with it being a game solely about burning things, one would expect as such.

The storyline is very good most of the time, even tugging on my heart strings a little bit at one or two points. The ending (that I got, and it does seem like there are multiple endings) didn't make a whole lot of sense, however. Regardless, it still felt satisfying.

Also, mucking about with burning stuff and the different effects objects have is awesome fun. I'm a huge fan of physics sandboxes like this so I'm right at home. I also really like how you can burn pictures from you and your friends' Facebook albums.

All in all the storyline took me around 5-6 hours, interspersed with short periods of mucking about. I'll definitely be dipping back into it to get all the combos and just continue burning stuff for fun, but unless there are updates it's not something I see myself still playing come January.

For the price I'd say it's really good, especially since you get the same length of storyline in this hat you do in some AAA games that sell for triple the price, if not more.

In closing, I recommend this game to everyone who likes burning things, physics sandboxes and combinations thereof.

[LASD]

I bought this because I didn't believe there wasn't anything else going on but burning things. Well, I was mostly wrong. I'm a bit surprised after all this time this is what 2D Boy got together, I did expect a lot more.

The fire physics are goddamn amazing, but what really irks me the most is the really weird delays on receiving items and the stamp system to get them earlier. It feels so much like some iPhone game bullshit, which you can buy yourself through. But there isn't even an iPhone version of this so what gives? Why are there so many limitations for me to pile  on a gigantic amount of stuff and set it all on fire? Isn't that precisely what the point of the game is? Especially as it is still possible, it just takes around a minute longer than it should.

My recommendation is to buy this for 5€, when it is possible or for 1€ on your touch device when this inevitably gets there. That seems about right.

[Cthulhu]

So, this game's obviously trying real hard at some kind of deeper meaning.  Anybody want to consider what it might be?

Spoiler: Some thoughts (click to show/hide)

Possibly a message about video games?  Or just generally wasting your life on trivial things?  Some of the stuff Sugar Plumps says could easily translate over if you replace "fire" with "screen."  And it can't last forever.  That's kind of a melancholy thought, I'm not going to be young forever, and there'll be a day one day when I don't play video games anymore, I don't have time.

You can't sit in front of that fireplace/TV/computer forever.  One day things are gonna be different and there won't be any going back.

I kind of agree with that one review.  It's not indie gaming at its worst (I can think of some other indie games that are far more self-indulgent and awful) but it's definitely not indie gaming at its best.