Few days ago the remaster of Fahrenheit popped up on Amazon with Aspyr logos and penguins. Well, it seems that Aspyr is indeed behind the remaster and the Tux was put on there for a purpose. Behold, the next Aspyr Linux port is here!
This one surely was a big surprise. I don't think anyone could have expected this game to come out on Linux before the Amazon incident. I haven't played the original but I've only really heard good things about the game and the messages we've received from fans of the game since we reported the game popping up on Amazon have been full of excitement.
About (from https://www.fahrenheit-game.com/)
Originally released in 2005, Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America) was a breakthrough in interactive narrative, teetering between the worlds of cinema and gaming while also embracing them, carving its own unique genre in the entertainment landscape. This newly remastered edition features updated graphics and full controller support for all platforms, and is based on the uncut and uncensored international version of the game.
With a rich multilayered narrative, innovative presentation, and a chilling musical score by famed Hollywood composer Angelo Badalementi, Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered serves as the definitive version of the supernatural murder mystery and (re)introduces the groundbreaking title to old and new fans alike.
How to get some free keys
Aspyr has once again generously given us some Steam keys to give out to you. And we have this tradition of making you do stuff to get those keys. Of course previously we've often asked for reasons why you love us and Aspyr but this time we'll be playing differently. Because we are dealing with a thriller game, I thought we could ask you a question that's related to the theme.
So, what is your favourite thriller story? It can be from a game, a movie or a book but we are excluding Fahrenheit from this one because it would be too easy an answer. Sorry, Fahrenheit fans! And if you are not a fan of thrillers, what has been the scariest moment in gaming for you? Bonus points for answering both! (Bonus points may or may not count towards your victory.) Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
This one surely was a big surprise. I don't think anyone could have expected this game to come out on Linux before the Amazon incident. I haven't played the original but I've only really heard good things about the game and the messages we've received from fans of the game since we reported the game popping up on Amazon have been full of excitement.
About (from https://www.fahrenheit-game.com/)
Originally released in 2005, Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America) was a breakthrough in interactive narrative, teetering between the worlds of cinema and gaming while also embracing them, carving its own unique genre in the entertainment landscape. This newly remastered edition features updated graphics and full controller support for all platforms, and is based on the uncut and uncensored international version of the game.
With a rich multilayered narrative, innovative presentation, and a chilling musical score by famed Hollywood composer Angelo Badalementi, Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered serves as the definitive version of the supernatural murder mystery and (re)introduces the groundbreaking title to old and new fans alike.
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How to get some free keys
Aspyr has once again generously given us some Steam keys to give out to you. And we have this tradition of making you do stuff to get those keys. Of course previously we've often asked for reasons why you love us and Aspyr but this time we'll be playing differently. Because we are dealing with a thriller game, I thought we could ask you a question that's related to the theme.
So, what is your favourite thriller story? It can be from a game, a movie or a book but we are excluding Fahrenheit from this one because it would be too easy an answer. Sorry, Fahrenheit fans! And if you are not a fan of thrillers, what has been the scariest moment in gaming for you? Bonus points for answering both! (Bonus points may or may not count towards your victory.) Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Thriller story (movie): The Shining
Scariest moments in a game: Penumbra and Amnesia, just about at any moment :-)
Scariest moments in a game: Penumbra and Amnesia, just about at any moment :-)
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I do not play much of this type of games, but "White Noise Online" made me a little nervous when I tested xDD
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Best Thriller Film - Psycho
I was a kid when I saw this so it will always stay forever in my mind ^_^
Best Moment.... well I wasn't expecting that! :O
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Best Thriller game - Laura Bow and The Dagger of Amon Ra
I died more than 9000 times!!!
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Best Moment
Me jumping like a headless chicken that finished the game FINALLY!!!
EXTREMELY happy that I have FINALLY finished the GAME --
WAS READY TO WATCH A BEAUTIFUL ENDING................ BUT THEN..................
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All the enthusiasm went downhill..... had to play it again several times from the last saved point.... :(
I was a kid when I saw this so it will always stay forever in my mind ^_^
Best Moment.... well I wasn't expecting that! :O
View video on youtube.com
Best Thriller game - Laura Bow and The Dagger of Amon Ra
I died more than 9000 times!!!
View video on youtube.com
Best Moment
Me jumping like a headless chicken that finished the game FINALLY!!!
EXTREMELY happy that I have FINALLY finished the GAME --
WAS READY TO WATCH A BEAUTIFUL ENDING................ BUT THEN..................
View video on youtube.com
All the enthusiasm went downhill..... had to play it again several times from the last saved point.... :(
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The movie I liked most was alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds (Die Vögel)" and my scariest computergame was DOOM when I was 8 years old ...
Thx Aspyre for the great work and thanks to gamingonlinux for all the fantastic information!
Thx Aspyre for the great work and thanks to gamingonlinux for all the fantastic information!
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tuxisagamer 29 Jan 2015
The music video for Michael Jackson's Thriller was the best Thriller.
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PublicNuisance 29 Jan 2015
My favorite thriller story was probably Condemned: Criminal Origins. Really did a good job and I wish the sequel had of made it to PC.
I would have to say the scariest moments in gaming for me would either be playing Doom or playing Jurassic Park when I was six. Both games just made me so tense. Doom because from room to room, you could hear the monsters that were up ahead and Jurassic Park because when you entered a building it went into first person view which made everything more scary when dinosaurs are hunting you.
Of more recent games I would say Outlast was quite scary but it also had no combat so that was a little more cheap about it.
I would have to say the scariest moments in gaming for me would either be playing Doom or playing Jurassic Park when I was six. Both games just made me so tense. Doom because from room to room, you could hear the monsters that were up ahead and Jurassic Park because when you entered a building it went into first person view which made everything more scary when dinosaurs are hunting you.
Of more recent games I would say Outlast was quite scary but it also had no combat so that was a little more cheap about it.
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Jacob's Ladder which heavily influenced Fahrenheit actually. The end of that movie left me in silence and I felt a true emptiness for hours. I felt hollow afterwards and the film really shook me up, I'll never forget the emotions that film was able to get out of me. The performances were second to none and you can clearly see why it inspired Silent Hill, Fahrenheit and tons of other entertainment.
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There are too many good thrillers for me to choose from, so I'll just pick some non-obvious choice at random. As a teen I was heavily into sci-fi novels, and one book that made a lasting impression in the late nineties was Peter F. Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction. I have no idea if I'd still find it as good and/or thrilling. Maybe it was just the sheer size of the epic: ~1000 pages and it seems it's just the first part of a trilogy. (Note to self: Read again at some point.) But yeah, it's a story, and quite thrilling iirc. I did read and like Crichton's Jurassic Park as well, so there's another. It's got several thrilling, if not very scary moments.
Now that I think about it, I very rarely read, watch or play anything labeled horror, and when I do, it's always for something besides the scary stuff. Must be something wrong with me I guess. Being frightened just doesn't... entertain me, and being entertained is obviously the reason one would consume any kind of entertainment.
Games and movies that rely on gore effects and/or jump scares seem especially "cheap" and unimaginative. Childish almost. But then again, I know and love several people who do enjoy them, which leads me to believe I'm just not the target audience. I do love me a nice parody of the splatter genre though. Hot Fuzz springs to mind as an example.
So, back to scary games. Haven't played anything horror themed lately, so let's go for the oldies again. Yahtzee's Chzo mythos, the pixely horror adventure game series was pretty good, I guess. Free and recently with Linux binaries thanks to Hamish.
Now that I think about it, I very rarely read, watch or play anything labeled horror, and when I do, it's always for something besides the scary stuff. Must be something wrong with me I guess. Being frightened just doesn't... entertain me, and being entertained is obviously the reason one would consume any kind of entertainment.
Games and movies that rely on gore effects and/or jump scares seem especially "cheap" and unimaginative. Childish almost. But then again, I know and love several people who do enjoy them, which leads me to believe I'm just not the target audience. I do love me a nice parody of the splatter genre though. Hot Fuzz springs to mind as an example.
So, back to scary games. Haven't played anything horror themed lately, so let's go for the oldies again. Yahtzee's Chzo mythos, the pixely horror adventure game series was pretty good, I guess. Free and recently with Linux binaries thanks to Hamish.
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Thriller: Probably Heavy Rain
Scariesto moments: A lot of years ago when I was a teenager playing Resident Evil 1 on Playstation
Scariesto moments: A lot of years ago when I was a teenager playing Resident Evil 1 on Playstation
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Scariest movie of all time: The Exorcist (the 1973 version) ..total mind bender...
Scariest game might just have to be amnesia, the dark descent.
Scariest game might just have to be amnesia, the dark descent.
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Best movie thriller, without a doubt goes to Memories of Murder, a South Korean detective film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353969/
The film was also both funny and terrifying, and the way it juggles these moments attests to its greatness.
Scariest moment in gaming - probably some scenes in Dead Space and F.E.A.R., until I got used to the concept of jump scares and it wore off.
Although, I would have loved to have played Deep Sea, it sounded pretty terrifying:
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/12/deep-sea-the-scariest-game-ever/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353969/
The film was also both funny and terrifying, and the way it juggles these moments attests to its greatness.
Scariest moment in gaming - probably some scenes in Dead Space and F.E.A.R., until I got used to the concept of jump scares and it wore off.
Although, I would have loved to have played Deep Sea, it sounded pretty terrifying:
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/12/deep-sea-the-scariest-game-ever/
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My Craziest moment was in Amnesia The Dark Decent
there i was, headset set to super loud, all the lights in room switched off...
slowly and carefully crawling around in the darkness of the game... suddenly after i dropped through a hatch into a water i heard noises and saw water splashes coming directly into my direction .. i literally fell off my chair and heart started to race like crazy ... that first atempt there i ofc died because i wasnt near the keyboard anymore ...
there i was, headset set to super loud, all the lights in room switched off...
slowly and carefully crawling around in the darkness of the game... suddenly after i dropped through a hatch into a water i heard noises and saw water splashes coming directly into my direction .. i literally fell off my chair and heart started to race like crazy ... that first atempt there i ofc died because i wasnt near the keyboard anymore ...
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I was quite young when I saw Alien for the first time. It freaked me out so much that I woke up that night screaming in my fathers arms. He was like "There is no way in hell you are watching the second one.", and I replied "Are you kidding? That was awesome!", and went back to sleep.
Since then it is kind of hard to scare me, but Amnesia succeeded. Although I found Penumbra games to be more captivating, or maybe thrilling is the word. :)
Since then it is kind of hard to scare me, but Amnesia succeeded. Although I found Penumbra games to be more captivating, or maybe thrilling is the word. :)
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I was quite young when I saw Alien for the first time. It freaked me out so much that I woke up that night screaming in my fathers arms. He was like "There is no way in hell you are watching the second one.", and I replied "Are you kidding? That was awesome!", and went back to sleep.
And have you been allowed to? :)
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My favorite horror-thriller is definitely the movie Event Horizon for several reasons. My not-yet girlfriend wanted to watch a scary movie with me way back then for obvious teenage reasons. It was the scariest movie I'd ever seen at the time, so I figured why not give her a thrill. We've been married for 10 years, and it took almost as long for her to even watch Jurassic Park again because of Event Horizon (Sam Neill). Interestingly, I found out just a few months ago that my dad won't even watch Event Horizon, because he can't sleep if he does.
Honestly, I have it on my shelf and love the story about the movie more then the movie itself. I've never watched my blu-ray of it, and I'm not sure I ever will.
Honestly, I have it on my shelf and love the story about the movie more then the movie itself. I've never watched my blu-ray of it, and I'm not sure I ever will.
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abelthorne 29 Jan 2015
That would be that Michael Jackson one: all those zombies dancing. Brrr... Yet, it's kinda nice that an undead person could have a great singer career after that.
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My favourite movie thrillers would be Out of Time (2003) and Palmetto (1998).
Scariest moments in gaming.... hmmmm, BSOD just before saving ;)
Scariest moments in gaming.... hmmmm, BSOD just before saving ;)
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Wow, great job Aspyr.
Well, my favorite thriller novel is Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem.
Well, my favorite thriller novel is Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem.
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I was quite young when I saw Alien for the first time. It freaked me out so much that I woke up that night screaming in my fathers arms. He was like "There is no way in hell you are watching the second one.", and I replied "Are you kidding? That was awesome!", and went back to sleep.
And have you been allowed to? :)
Of course! No way I was going to miss it. :P
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nameless980 29 Jan 2015
System Shock 2. without a doubt. everything from the build up (at least as far as i've played it, i've only got like 2 hours playtime clocked in) to the atmosphere to the enemies will just slowly eat at your nerves.
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