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Have any of you dorks played the Off rerelease? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Dort_Owl@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net
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Is it still good?

I have vague memories of the original. It was good for its time and pretty much inspired most of the best indie games we know and love.

As someone that hasn't played it since the fan translation like a billion years ago, I want to ask if anyone here has played the remaster, and if it still holds up?

Such a strange and interesting game, from what I remember. I hope time has treated it well.

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[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

No idea what this is and the generic name makes it hard to Google lol

[-] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

Now google "how long does it take to beat OFF?"

[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"OFF game" works well enough ime, as does "OFF Mortis Ghost," but you didn't have a way of knowing the dev beforehand

[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

Oh wow, didn't realize it was out already. I had been following it up until recently, and it looks like they made a bunch of revisions to make it a "better" game by modern standards, all of which are fine (the actual gameplay was often kind of monotonous in the original), but I find it dissappointing that they weren't able to get the original soundtrack back. There are some good tracks, but I share the bandwagon opinion that Toby Fox's song is really tacky. I'll get to playing it eventually, because I really want to see all the new bosses and tracks.

[-] DengistDonnieDarko@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm hearing that the original composer for the soundtrack didn't want to be a part of the rerelease, so they had to redo all of the music in the game. I never played the original so I have no reference for what that means.

[-] Zezzy@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The original music was from Alias Conrad Coldwood. Many songs contained samples of questionable copyright and he was afraid that Content ID systems would copyright strike people he'd already given permission to use the music in the past. Here's a screenshot of his email and the source of it (from reddit sorry).

The music was pretty good so it's a shame, but I'm sure Toby Fox did a good job replacing it. Pepper Steak was the most well-known and was the regular battle music. It's swing (electroswing?) and very memorable. Also I really like Fake Orchestra and Minuit a fond la caisse.

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[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Alias Conrad Coldwood was the original composer and he's a great experimental artist who made a pretty iconic soundtrack that was a big part of the game's identity. It's definitely one of my favorite game soundtracks, though I'm not sure if most people would think it's worth listening to on its own, since part of what makes it great is how it works with the writing to convey a distinct tone.

They brought in a bunch of other artists to do new music, and some of it is pretty good.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I beat off today.

[-] 9to5@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Hey im not a dork BibleThump Im gonna tell the mods you bullied me

[-] RBridger@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I played it over the weekend. In my opinion, the game definitely holds up, but the remaster is basically the same as the original. The biggest change is the addition of new secret bosses in the purified zones. If you want to play the game again, you can just replay the PC version and you won't miss much.

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