I took a look at Kona [Steam, GOG] while it was still in development, but now Kona is out I attempted a full playthrough, but I found game-breaking bugs.
Note: Spoiler warning due to the bugs I found.
I really wanted to like Kona as the atmosphere it makes does seem quite impressive. Visually great looking with plenty of options to tweak to my liking and some fantastic voice-over. The narrator in particular fits in very well.
The problem is, I broke the game. You need to find bandages after a car crash and after searching for a while in a cabin found chains to put on the wheels. I saved the game and quit only to come back and find the car had moved to outside the hut I was in. The problem now is that the items I need are in the car, yet the game won't let me in so it's broken.
I thought it was a save issue, so I tested out all the other checkpoint saves the game had. All of them had the issue, one checkpoint save had the car facing a completely different way. So I was not able to actually progress any further due to this.
Other Issues
Like a lot of Unity games, it comes with some annoying issues. The first of which, the game repeatedly goes to my secondary monitor. It has a monitor picker, but it doesn't seem to even detect that I have more than one.
The resolution picker keeps going back to some small resolution, even after setting 1920x1080 correctly. So every time you want to change a setting, you have to click through to re-set your proper resolution.
It steals mouse focus if you alt+tab, so you need to bring up the Steam Overlay to release mouse control from the game.
The gamma seems a little off too, sometimes the game is just far too bright.
Once they manage to fix the issues, I will give it another look. Sad to say this has soured the experience for me and I'm not the only one it has happened to. There's a bug in their saving/loading code it seems. For now, I would steer clear until they find what's causing such a game-breaking bug. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Note: Spoiler warning due to the bugs I found.
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I really wanted to like Kona as the atmosphere it makes does seem quite impressive. Visually great looking with plenty of options to tweak to my liking and some fantastic voice-over. The narrator in particular fits in very well.
The problem is, I broke the game. You need to find bandages after a car crash and after searching for a while in a cabin found chains to put on the wheels. I saved the game and quit only to come back and find the car had moved to outside the hut I was in. The problem now is that the items I need are in the car, yet the game won't let me in so it's broken.
I thought it was a save issue, so I tested out all the other checkpoint saves the game had. All of them had the issue, one checkpoint save had the car facing a completely different way. So I was not able to actually progress any further due to this.
Other Issues
Like a lot of Unity games, it comes with some annoying issues. The first of which, the game repeatedly goes to my secondary monitor. It has a monitor picker, but it doesn't seem to even detect that I have more than one.
The resolution picker keeps going back to some small resolution, even after setting 1920x1080 correctly. So every time you want to change a setting, you have to click through to re-set your proper resolution.
It steals mouse focus if you alt+tab, so you need to bring up the Steam Overlay to release mouse control from the game.
The gamma seems a little off too, sometimes the game is just far too bright.
Once they manage to fix the issues, I will give it another look. Sad to say this has soured the experience for me and I'm not the only one it has happened to. There's a bug in their saving/loading code it seems. For now, I would steer clear until they find what's causing such a game-breaking bug. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I played ~3h in 2 sessions of roughly equal length. Not a single crash or glitch so far!
Really enjoy this game and looking forward to the weekend for more. =)
FYI: I played through SteamLink on the TV but streaming from my Ubuntu notebook. So all Linux.
Last edited by micha on 23 March 2017 at 2:01 pm UTC
Really enjoy this game and looking forward to the weekend for more. =)
FYI: I played through SteamLink on the TV but streaming from my Ubuntu notebook. So all Linux.
Last edited by micha on 23 March 2017 at 2:01 pm UTC
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i did not have this issue. but i didnt use saves i think.
this is another unity game done right in terms of performance.
this is another unity game done right in terms of performance.
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Joeyboots80 Mar 23, 2017
Quoting: ShmerlIs it similar to Firewatch?That's my question as well. Anyone who has played both titles? If so, then I may get this.
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it is much more than Firewatch, but at the same time you don't have dialog choices in KONA.
its a story-line you just follow through, but theres loot, simple crafting (combining items) and weapons in this game.
think of it like The Long Dark with storymode
its a story-line you just follow through, but theres loot, simple crafting (combining items) and weapons in this game.
think of it like The Long Dark with storymode
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Played it through in about 12 hours, trying to get all the achievements. Can't say I encountered any game-breaking bugs myself. Kona might not be everyone's cup of tea but I am personally looking forward to the next in the series.
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The developers are aware of the bug and will be looking to fix it, so then I might be able to put up some real thoughts on it...
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