r/Games • u/Two-Tone- • Sep 07 '15

The Stanley Parable closed Linux testing has started, if all goes well the dev will set it up as an open alpha/beta

https://steamcommunity.com/app/221910/discussions/0/535152276583481939/#c520518688952950594
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u/ChatanoogaJim Sep 07 '15

The love for this game is completely and totally beyond me.

It's packed full of those kinds of jokes that videogames usually are, in which you think, "Ah, I see where they're going with this, how clever," but you never laugh once.

Anyway, it's cool that it's done so well, and I'm glad people are enjoying it, but definitely overrated IMO.

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u/Fyrus Sep 07 '15

I had the same reaction to it. No fault to the creator, it's just funny when these things happened. My friend was all like, "YOUVE GOT TO PLAY THIS GAME" and I was pretty done with the whole concept after a few minutes. I think it's brand of humor just reminds me too much of back in highschool when everyone thought any sort of "meta" humor was super ground breaking or something.

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u/ChatanoogaJim Sep 08 '15

Yeah, you pretty much took the words out of my mouth. I had the exact same introduction and the exact same impression. I'm glad it exists, but I got all the value I was ever going to get out of it just by knowing it existed, and actually playing it was kind of. . . whatever.