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Podcasts - The Cave - Audio Review

The Cave is a 2D puzzle action and adventure game where players will assemble a team of three unlikely adventures that must descend into the mysterious depths to explore locations and recieve that which they truly desire.

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24 Comments for 'The Cave' - Audio Review

April 23, 2013 at 2:14 AM, said ...

It sounds like its pulling quite literally from the Innermost Cave in the Hero's Journey. To the point that its groan worthy.
February 01, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Richard "Nerdish brute" Herrera said ...

GODDAMN SPOILERS. If I don't say anything one would think spoilers are ok to say -_-
February 01, 2013 at 7:28 AM, said ...

It should be noted that when your characters glitches into the ground or gets stuck somewhere you just kill yourself by pressing both trigger buttons. With that you don't have to restart.
February 01, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Michael Giustini said ...

The game looks fun, but it dosen't sound like you are getting a lot of bang for your buck.
January 31, 2013 at 11:19 PM, said ...

Excellent review. It has a lot of technical problems. I'm glad you guys brought that up. It's a fun game, but the bugs and glitches take away from the experience.
January 31, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Andrew Willson said ...

how about playing cave story?
January 31, 2013 at 7:40 PM, said ...

@Soggy Mogwai

It does, but it's only local. I think it's mostly worthless since there's no split screen so if one player gets too far away from the others they're just left out unless they take 'focus' back which can be jarring. I think that with some kind of split screen it could have been better. If you want to see how it works out, check out Part 2 of the Happy Hour, Jason and I try it out.
January 31, 2013 at 7:08 PM, said ...

It does have multiplayer by the way.
January 31, 2013 at 7:05 PM, said ...

I didn't see any technical problems on the PC version.
January 31, 2013 at 6:47 PM, said ...

Bought this game after your first playthrough and am really loving it.
January 31, 2013 at 6:08 PM, said ...

I loved this game - great look, great tone, great humor. I did experience a couple of glitches (on PS3), but when I was stuck on something, saving out and continuing the game fixed that. I anticipated the game getting repetitive and dull on subsequent playthroughs, so I ended up using two new characters with one old (and favorite) character to round out my teams on the second and third time through. The shared areas did become like a chore the last time through, I'll admit. Overall, I felt The Cave was a nice surprise and a welcome change of pace. Good stuff. :)
January 31, 2013 at 5:58 PM, said ...

I always feel so sorry for Nick. That dude takes so much shit haha, you have thicker skin than I would ever have dude. I would have gone homicidal dozens of times over.
January 31, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Ayzon said ...

So i don't think you guys mentioned one way or the other, but id there any kind of multiplayer? It sounds like a 2-3man co-op mode would help re-playability.
January 31, 2013 at 5:13 PM, said ...

@Davril Get out, PC elitist.
January 31, 2013 at 4:23 PM, said ...

I fucking love seeing loading bar reviews on the front page! I get so excited:D
January 31, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Greg Orsi said ...

I think Nick has outlasted his uselessness.
January 31, 2013 at 2:54 PM, said ...

LOL. It took me till 1:18 to figure out this wasn't a movie review.
January 31, 2013 at 12:14 PM, said ...

Time traveler had me stuck withthe double log puzzle and the Monks bs all the way through. Insta kill buttons are a must at times and repeated playthroughs do dull the luster of the game but I too feel that its adequate and needs more game done in the same likeness.
January 31, 2013 at 11:47 AM, said ...

I liked this game, and I didn't mind having to go in again with people because each character has two endings. That one leftover seventh character I gave two characters who I wanted to see their alternate endings. In total five playthroughs should cover everyone, but I get how that can be tedious.
January 31, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Amanda said ...

@Davril Chorster I played on the Wii U and had my characters get stuck...the insta-kill was the two triggers. It wasn't even a big issue for me. I'm not sure if Jeff and Jason had the suicide option on Xbox and PS3...I would assume they do though.
January 31, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Amanda said ...

Game of the Year >.>
January 31, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Davril Chorster said ...

@Jason Murphy, that was your XBOX because it's a 7 year old piece of technology. I played it on PC and nothing bad ever happened. Also, when one of your characters is physically stuck somewhere, on the PC you press 9 and it insta-kills that character and teleports him/her elsewhere.

Consoles suck.
January 31, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Davril Chorster said ...

The Cave wasn't difficult at all. There wasn't a single puzzle that stumped me. That being said, it's an excellent game, it made me think a lot, and I played with all seven characters.
January 31, 2013 at 10:22 AM, said ...

Love this game. Hell there hasn't been a single Double Fine game that I've played that I didn't love.

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