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The Stray debate

What the community thinks of Stray, ordered by reader support. Agreeing, translating and reporting a message need no account.

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  1. VinylMaster

    Compared to Uncharted 2, this trades spectacle for stillness, and honestly that's a trade I'll take most days of the week.

  2. NeonDragon

    I keep going back and forth on this one, honestly, because the atmosphere and the sound design are genuinely some of the best I've experienced in years, but then I remember how thin the actual challenge is and it kind of deflates the whole thing for me.

    CoopRider2008

    Le monde, justement, c'est TOUT ce qui compte ici, franchement je ne comprends pas cette réserve !

  3. juanita56

    It nails the mood completely, though the story wraps up faster than I wanted.

    CoopKnight4

    Funny how nobody mentions Portal's pacing when this comes up, both live or die on tone over length.

    Isabel_19

    The story wraps up fast because there wasn't much story to wrap up in the first place, right?

  4. Audrey_55

    I only played it in short bursts over a couple weeks, never marathon sessions, and it still stuck with me more than most longer games I've finished this year.

    LootRex2

    a mí me duró justo lo que necesitaba, ni más ni menos

  5. ElainaPilot

    Assassin's Creed II throws sidequests and cities at you for forty hours. This one hands you a smaller world and trusts you to enjoy it slowly, and somehow that works better for me.

  6. suzanne16

    It's short and the puzzles are simple, but wandering around as a cat in that city stuck with me longer than most longer games do.

    Gonzalez2008

    J'ai fait la même chose il y a un an et le souvenir qui reste surtout c'est la ville, pas vraiment les mécaniques de jeu.

    CritWolf12

    If the puzzles are basically absent, what exactly justifies ranking it above heavier adventure games?

    TurboSamurai2007

    Fair, though I'd say coasting is the point here, not a flaw like it would be elsewhere.

    GlitchSniper98

    Replying to CritWolf12

    Ma copine regardait sans jouer et pourtant elle réagissait à chaque miaulement, ça résume bien pourquoi ce jeu marche sans avoir besoin de puzzles compliqués.

  7. Rowena_2009

    It's a gorgeous walk in a nice world, ngl, but calling it a top tier adventure game feels like a stretch to me tbh.

    Donato_1990

    The atmosphere carries it, sure, but Portal's puzzle logic is on another LEVEL entirely, no contest there.

  8. Geraldine_2001

    People compare it to Portal a lot because of the atmosphere, but Portal actually challenges you constantly while this one lets you coast through most rooms.

    descamps_frederique

    Portal challenge constant, ce jeu qui laisse coasser, disons ça autrement : c'est reposant, pas creux, deux trucs différents.

  9. EmileWarden

    Beautiful sure, but the puzzle design is thin compared to what it's usually stacked against in these duels.

    Coop_Ferrer

    El diseño es delgado si lo comparas con Portal, totalmente de acuerdo, pero tampoco le hace falta ser un juego de rompecabezas para funcionar.

  10. lubowitz_brock

    Played it during a heat wave last summer with the AC barely working, and even then the game couldn't hold my attention past the first areas.

  11. gdicki

    Played it right after Portal 2, weird pairing I know, but the quiet parts hit differently...

    NeonRider

    Lo tranquilo no me lo discuto pero ya cansa un poco leer que cualquier silencio se compara con Portal, no todo lo pausado es profundo.

    QuestDragon93

    Quiet parts hit you, sure, but isn't that just because nothing else is asking much of you at that moment?

    FrameLegend2010

    A mí también me acompañó justo después de Portal 2, curioso lo bien que combinan.

    PixelDragon2

    I only put in maybe ten hours total across a few sittings, but even at that pace the quiet stretches never felt like padding to me, anyone else feel the same?

  12. QuestRex5

    Why does everyone rank this so high when the actual gameplay loop is basically walk, jump, occasional puzzle? Am I missing something?

    CritRunner70

    Falta algo, dice. Sí, le falta más juego y menos paseo, básicamente eso.

    Lynn_2005

    My daughter calls it the walk sim with the cat, and honestly that's not far off from why it keeps winning.

    RogueSniper

    Replying to Lynn_2005

    The walk sim label stings a bit, but honestly the puzzle content backs up that joke more than people want to admit.

  13. froyer

    Bref, je l'ai fini un dimanche pluvieux avec ma sœur qui regardait par-dessus mon épaule en me disant où aller, on n'a pas décroché du canapé de l'après-midi.

  14. GhostByte2

    J'ai fait quatre parties complètes et à chaque fois je ressors avec le même sentiment: c'est joli, c'est court, et une fois le twist des souvenirs digéré il ne reste plus grand chose à explorer, la rejouabilité est proche de zéro pour moi.

    IronWolf

    Quatre parties et rien de neuf, ça confirme surtout que Portal reste plus rejouable au final.

    Madyson_88

    Replying to IronWolf

    Fair point on the pacing gap, though Stray never tries to be Portal's kind of challenge in the first place.

  15. FrameKid

    lo jugué en dos tardes y ya, no hay mucho mas que rascar, el mundo es bonito pero la sensacion de vacio se nota rapido una vez pasa la novedad

    CoopRider

    Two afternoons matches my run too, but I'd take that over the forty hours Assassin's Creed II pads with filler.

    Kris94

    Two sittings versus Portal 2's puzzle chains says a lot about how thin the actual content is here.

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