SGRevan Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) Heyhey, I've recently bought this game, and I'm loving it so far due to the excellent voice-acting and the overal atmosphere. Though, after only playing a few chapters, I'm wondering (for those who finished it).. do decisions actually impact the story? Thanks~ Edited July 28, 2021 by SGRevan Accidental posting too soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opeth12 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 No unfortunately they don't seem to apart from minor changes in dialogue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGRevan Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 30/07/2021 at 7:39 PM, opeth12 said: No unfortunately they don't seem to apart from minor changes in dialogue. Ahh shame. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FocusDR Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Most the time I’ve made a choice and it’s just said one of the other choices. Pointless really. Glad I didn’t pay full price for this. Slow and slightly boring game in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Ha_Ha Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Does anything really matter in this life? I'd say yes, but maybe not relative to this game... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alos88 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 ^Beat me to it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBloodmoney Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) There's one decision that matters a great deal... ...whether to play Last Stop. (Spoiler - for the good ending, you should choose "No") Edited June 27, 2022 by DrBloodmoney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SicilianDragon92 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 This game is hilarious. Not good, please understand, not in any way good, but the last chapter made me laugh out loud at how moronically stupid it was. Whole thing goes eight ways bananas, I’m still giggling to myself about it now. Definitely finish it if you stopped midway through, it needs to be seen to be believed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesey46 Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 On 7/28/2021 at 0:19 PM, SGRevan said: excellent voice-acting Sorry, are we playing the same game? The voice acting is atrocious. I don't mean to be rude. I've only played the first chapter of each story but I'm not impressed so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBloodmoney Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, jonesey46 said: Sorry, are we playing the same game? The voice acting is atrocious. I don't mean to be rude. I've only played the first chapter of each story but I'm not impressed so far. The problem, I think, is that it's all over the place. There are some lines that are well delivered - even some whole performances that are pretty good - but they tend to be sandwiched between terrible ones, so any good performance gets lost and diluted... and the story really doesn't work tonally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesey46 Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Just now, DrBloodmoney said: The problem, I think, is that it's all over the place. There are some lines that are well delivered - even some whole performances that are pretty good - but they tend to be sandwiched between terrible ones, so any good performance gets lost and diluted... and the story really doesn't work tonally. Yeah I get that. Meena and Donna's first chapters weren't terrible but the voice acting of John and Jack in their first chapter was so wooden and lifeless. I've just been informed that this game was made by the people who made Virginia, which is a bit disappointing because I loved Virginia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBloodmoney Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, jonesey46 said: Yeah I get that. Meena and Donna's first chapters weren't terrible but the voice acting of John and Jack in their first chapter was so wooden and lifeless. I've just been informed that this game was made by the people who made Virginia, which is a bit disappointing because I loved Virginia. Me too - I like to think of Last Stop as the Southland Tales to Virginia's Donnie Darko... Edited August 12, 2022 by DrBloodmoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akrioz Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) 25 minutes ago, jonesey46 said: I've only played the first chapter of each story but I'm not impressed so far. Oh, you are in for a ride. I got my friend to join me half-way through(via share-screen) and we laughed our asses off at the direction this story took. Meena's story is the only one remotely interesting imo. But even that got thrown into the blender and went apeshit. Edited August 12, 2022 by Akrioz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffx37 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 This game has been entirely worth it just for how hard I laughed at the completely unexpected "Doesn't your willy get pinched?" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRodriguez87 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Finished it right now and Im in stitches to how weird it gets! So many dangling plot threads and unanswered question, and the answers you do get are so laughably underwhelming. Spoiler You spend literally 95% of the game in some sort of grounded reality, then leave to an alien world for one count 'em ONE action setpiece and then immediately go back! But I'm glad it did, 'cause now I can recommend it for the wildly absurd romp it becomes instead of the mediocre melodrama is tried to be beforehand. Well OK, John's story I genuinely liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud-arc Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I enjoyed the various storylines, but I was disappointed to learn that all of my choices were inconsequential, aside from the ones at the very end. I love these kinds of games though, so didn't mind playing through it twice just for fun. My favorite story was the Freaky Friday one with John and Jack (they could have made an entire game revolving around this plot). This game is very humorous, intentionally so, and I especially liked the chapter when they're going around trying to convince everyone of their situation, to no avail. I also really enjoyed the music throughout; the piano duet at the pub was particularly beautiful. There are plotholes galore, though. The traveler (Frank) says at the beginning that they're 20 minutes late, as if this has happened before. What did he mean and why did he take Samantha only? It's something that never gets expounded on. I always assumed the portals had more to do with time travel than intergalactic space travel, so it was unexpected that it turned into Star Wars/Guardians of the Galaxy at the end. Furthermore, who is The Stranger and why did he take Donna? Who is he trying to sell her to and for what purpose? Is he an intergalactic human trafficker? That entire plotline feels somewhat unfinished. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long-Ryde Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) On 1/18/2023 at 8:30 AM, bud-arc said: I enjoyed the various storylines, but I was disappointed to learn that all of my choices were inconsequential, aside from the ones at the very end. I love these kinds of games though, so didn't mind playing through it twice just for fun. My favorite story was the Freaky Friday one with John and Jack (they could have made an entire game revolving around this plot). This game is very humorous, intentionally so, and I especially liked the chapter when they're going around trying to convince everyone of their situation, to no avail. I also really enjoyed the music throughout; the piano duet at the pub was particularly beautiful. There are plotholes galore, though. The traveler (Frank) says at the beginning that they're 20 minutes late, as if this has happened before. What did he mean and why did he take Samantha only? It's something that never gets expounded on. I always assumed the portals had more to do with time travel than intergalactic space travel, so it was unexpected that it turned into Star Wars/Guardians of the Galaxy at the end. Furthermore, who is The Stranger and why did he take Donna? Who is he trying to sell her to and for what purpose? Is he an intergalactic human trafficker? That entire plotline feels somewhat unfinished. I hated picking something and subsequently hearing a mix of all the previously available choices. That made the game feel "lazy" and the choices meaningless. There were plenty of parts where you could have had a dynamic story arc, even if they became meaningless in the ending sequence. In terms of the plot, I agree it was overall bad and full of holes. Despite all of that, I really really enjoyed playing through this game a second time. I loved John & Jack's part, enjoyed Meena's mysterious and wild ride, and didn't care for Donna's story until my second playthrough: Spoiler Because I realized Donna doesn't ever chill with her family in the beginning, and then she either loses her family and friends forever, or gets them back and cherishes them for a price, having her re-evaluate her self/situation either way. Also, it's nice to see if you choose to switch back with J&J, John realizes he still has his spirit even though he's wheelchair bound, which he didn't have before, and Jack seems to hold them both close in the end. TL;DR -- It's not a good game, but I REALLY enjoyed the character arcs; the progression for each character played out really well and had me feeling for the characters, which I mark as a job well done by the devs, despite the technical flaws and story issues. Edited February 10, 2023 by Long-Ryde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
provoligia Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Choices don't matter. Every choice is being answered with the same respons basicly, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culturegeek Posted yesterday at 11:54 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:54 AM Decided to get this "free" via PS+ since the game is leaving next month. I'm halfway through, having finished every character's third chapter. While I'm enjoying the story, I'm a little surprised about the dialogue choices not mattering. Unlike Life is Strange where there was a different outcome based on what you chose, it doesn't matter here. I've even chosen dialogue options that the character doesn't even end up saying. There are some choices you need to make that might lead to a missable trophy but otherwise just press the same button every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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