This is one of the very few instances I’ve bothered buying the full game after a demo but I have absolutely no regrets, the writing in this is fantastic and I’ve replayed this thing so many times to get as many different endings as I can. Being a Sherlock Holmes fan I loved all the references, big and small (pulling yourself out of Callahan’s “orbit” haha brilliant). And I’ve always wanted a game where I could play as Watson
The ending where Finch kills you to protect both the city and your honour absolutely killed me. I liked(?) it so much I made a short comic of it, I can link it here if anyone cares to look (I’m new to this place though so not sure if that’s appropriate?). Also I figure the more of my Tumblr friends who know about this brilliant Sherlock Holmes thing the better.
I’m at 48/57 achievements so far, and I’m missing:
A Life for a Life
Blood Sacrifice
Callahan’s Mythmaker
Deception at the Temple
Lone Wolf
The Prime Minister’s Honour
Walked Away
And presumably two more hidden ones since those don’t make up the numbers.
Are we allowed to discuss achievements here? If so I wouldn’t mind swapping hints with people.
Anyway, thanks Heather for an awesome game, thoroughly enjoyed every part of it. Now I’m off to recommend this to every Holmes fan I know.
Enemy of the State: Face to face with a dangerous criminal, what will you do?
Fight Them Til We Can’t: Resist the Vlaski occupation of Mercia.
Love & War: Star-crossed lovers.
My Enemy’s Enemy: Danger makes strange bedfellows.
Recovery: It takes courage to turn aside from a disastrous path.
Return to Goráska: Danger calls you back to the warfront.
Steam & Sorcery: A light-eater threatens the East End.
The Greater Good: Sometimes one man must be sacrificed for the good of many.
I would assume to achieve the Callahans Mythmaker you would have to do the same thing as Taggarts Mythmaker and when he asks to help promote his own ends you do. So Callahan and Woodward would do the same.
I’m trying to figure out Lone Wolf & Tables Turned - what is the independent route? What is the right combination of things to get all the information?
Ok to achieve the Tables Turned achievement, I received it by succefully escaping your capture then knocking out your captor and get out of the warehouse with Finch. I also took the disguise of a soldier and stick with trying to fool them with that disguise.
A Life for a Life : Capture Finch as a part of the rebellion, but then help him escape and get caught helping him escape.
Blood Sacrifice : Romance Grace, and after you solve the cholera epidemic, try to heal her with your powers. You’ll need to make sure there’s a visitor in your house when you do it.
Callahan’s Mythmaker : As the other mythmakers, only join the rebellion this time. You probably have to suggest writing stories to him.
Deception at the Temple : You need to break with Taggart to make it look convincing that you want to join the Rising
Lone Wolf : Haven’t gotten this yet
The Prime Minister’s Honour : When following the Empire line, make sure that the Prime Minister is not ousted from office
Walked Away : Haven’t figured this one out yet
The two hidden ones could either by Finch-related (Rebellion line, Light Eater Line), related to ways of ending the rising, or joining a certain government agent’s secret army.
That plot twist emotionally killed me, I felt hopeless,depressed if you say at first but then it happened my god (if you already read it you know what I mean).
Who is the Author of this well made COG? and does she have other works?
Definitely one of my new favorite and possibly even the best this year.
Little harsh there. I didn’t want a happy ending as much as an extended one, and seeing the fall of the government from that, uh, particular perspective would have been interesting. Still, agreeing with the general sentiment here, this game was great fun! I’m wondering if we might see another one in the same setting?
My comment was meant as a joke. Sorry if it came across as nasty.
Anyway, no. The path where you become a Ripper locks you out of the final act.
Though I do wonder why the Healer’s bad ending is portrayed as a negative. After all, the PC can personally become an immortal lifesucker if that happens.
It’s all good! Poor reading comprehension on my part.
But yeah, deciding to essentially become a Vlask collaborator does seem like it was missing. Given the our character’s history, though, I can understand why.
I came here to ask for additional information from the people who are experiencing the saving problem, but it feels weird to just ask for data without acknowledging the wonderful things you’re all saying. So let me start with,
Thank you all so, so much. It took three years of intense frustration to make the thing, and they’re all retroactively worth it, reading your reactions.
1a) @dissembler: YES, I want to see the comic! I’m incredibly flattered. I don’t know about the etiquette of posting it here either, but maybe post a link? Also, in answer to your question, it’s "[spoiler] text here [/spoiler (with a close-bracket).
@murdoc, sorry for the lateness of the reply. You may have an unwinnable situation (sorry about that) but if you have Alexandra as an ally, your unwinnable situation isn’t only because of your stats. Here’s a hint: how well the government handles the Rising is heavily influenced by who the Prime Minister is. How well Mercia handles the Vlaski invasion is heavily influenced by how much coal it has at its disposal. If Callahan doesn’t succeed in weakening Mercia in those ways, and if Alexandra is your ally, it might not matter that you can’t bring down the Rising single-handed…)
First of all, I’m so sorry. Trying to track this down is proving difficult, since it’s intermittent (i.e. doesn’t happen consistently even to the people it happens to) and I haven’t been able to reproduce it yet.
Second of all, let me reiterate that there is a workaround. Close the game and reopen it, and the page should load correctly.
Third of all, what exact system are you running?
If you downloaded from Steam, what OS does your computer have? What version?
If you downloaded to Android, what Android device is it? What version of the Android OS?
If iTunes, are you running it off an iPhone or iPad, and what version?
Y’know, I’ve had the game sinse it released, but only just recently started getting into it, as I was playing through Diabolical first. I was also one of the people who was stuttered by the male-only character fit, from a tendency to play female characters a first play through on games. But after a restart, and setting the character to fit the game, I’ve found myself enjoying it immensely. Finch immediately reminded me of Sherlock Holmes, and I can play the pragmatic style of character I want- so far I’m at
67 athleticism
53 charisma
62 healing
78 marksmanship
50 medicine
57 perception
54 compassion (somehow)
44 conventional
29 stealthy (quick as a hare)
What I appreciate is that the writing bears a higher quality than general for CoG- though about on par with a good fantasy novel (I’m rather spoiled on good fiction). And I can appreciate the style of choice integration, because it gives you freedom for quality writing without much nitpick. Something my own story (and personal choice of the style I’m writing it) has slowing my progress down. Getting into the MC’s head feels about where it should, and I’m already anticipating a second playthrough even though I doubt I’m even a quarter of the way done with my first. Well, considering- I have not seen any option to save in the game. It’s the PC Steam version, there’s no save box, but it seems to just automatically save if I quit the game and come back to the same point.
I’d love to help in beta-testing whatever game you write next. Please keep me informed?
(if you already read it you know what I mean).
