Order of 5DaS series? Which order should the games be played in...
#2
Posted 26 January 2007 - 02:33 AM
#4
Posted 26 January 2007 - 04:41 PM
Trust Yahtzee, he knows why he released the games in the non-chronological order.
Quoting other forumers in your signature seems to be the latest craze around here...
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#5
Posted 26 January 2007 - 04:48 PM
But I think they shoud be played in the order of releasing too.
#6
Posted 31 January 2007 - 04:59 PM
I played them in that order. That's what happens when you look games up on Wikipedia, and use the chronological order posted there because you don't know any better.
I wish I hadn't. The hallucination in TN where you see the hangar and the coffin? Confused the hell out of me. I came up with an impromptu theory involving a hidden scientific research base inside the hotel, like Area 51 with welshmen (stranger than aliens). Then I went through the same door again, and found myself in a bar. I played 7DAS wondering when the tall man would appear. I only got the line in Notes about sending the idol somewhere safe when I saw the hat on the metal box.
The game were still creepy, and still brilliant, but playing them in the order of release made so much more sense.
And playing 6DAS as the third game wouldn't work. Despite leaving loose ends, 6DAS is definitely the last of a series. My brother, who I haven't managed to persuade to play the Days series yet, watched me play 6DAS, and didn't understand any of the plot. It's like trying to watch a movie with someone who has Alzheimer's- every 5 seconds you have to explain things.
#7
Posted 01 February 2007 - 01:34 AM
Yes, because he was making it up as he went along.
#8
Posted 01 February 2007 - 11:31 AM
You'll have more surprises and shocks and it just seems to fit that way.
If you play it chronologically, it takes a lot of tension out of it.
Admittedly, it also takes out the confusion, but I think the confusion is good.
Trying to figure everything out and getting your own perspective really feels good once you have everything sorted out and in itself, it is a part of playing the series.
#10
Posted 05 February 2007 - 12:33 PM
Less Is More v4
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#11
Posted 05 February 2007 - 03:16 PM
Well, I think playing TN before 7DAS even adds a bit to the mystery of TN, as you have no clue what the 7DAS illusion in TN actually means. But beside that there isn't any 7DAS stuff in TN anyway.
#12
Posted 05 February 2007 - 03:20 PM
There's a hallucination in Notes where you see the hangar of the Mestophiles, and a line at the end where Trilby's wondering where to put the idol so that it would be safe. Neither would make sense without playing 7DAS, but they're minor enough that you could play them chronologically (as I did) with only slight confusion.
#13
Posted 05 February 2007 - 11:25 PM
#14
Posted 15 May 2007 - 09:10 AM
if that makes any sense and if my head is screwed on straight, which it probably isn't!!