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7 August

RELEASE NOTES - ALL EPISODES

A new update to The Descendant across all 3 Episodes has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart the game. Here is a list of new features, fixes and known issues:

NEW FEATURES (all episodes if not specified):

Gaming Corps is now working with SIDE UK, Europe’s award-winning leader in providing casting services to the video games industry. As a result, all voice performances in The Descendant have been upgraded with top talents from the Entertainment Industry which is a major improvement to the story flow. We highly recommend you to replay Episode 1 and 2 before starting Episode 3 to enjoy the full experience.
Added video "NEXT TIME ON THE DESCENDANT" at the end of Episode 2

FIXES

Fixed an issue in Episodes menu preventing Episode 3 to start after having completed Episode 2
Fixed several sound glitches including sound level issues
Fixed and issue where some sounds would be missing
Achievement "20th Century box" now triggers at the correct time (Episode 3)
Fixed an issue that could make some interactions in the storage area inaccessible in non-standard resolutions (Episode 3)
Fixed some subtitle lines to match dialogues

KNOWN ISSUES

Changing the screen resolution twice in the same session will not register the second change. For the change to take effect you will need to restart the game
A confirmation message is missing when changing resolution settings
In some cases, character voices might be slightly out-of-sync during episodes 1 and 2
Save Slots functionality is a work in progress and will release soon, please don't mess with it yet!
Mute doesn't completely stop the sounds but instead plays at a very low volume
Music levels can be uneven from time to time
In rare cases the circuit board puzzle in the Air Filtration Tower might not complete. The temporary workaround is to remove all the pieces and assemble the puzzle again, in Episode 3
The Previously On The Descendant & Next Time On The Descendant videos have strong compression and low frame rate issues
In rare cases a crash could occur during the transition between the Air Filtration Tower Inside and Outside in Episode 2
In rare cases, the number of killed descendants at the end of Episode 3 would show the wrong number

If you encounter any issue not listed here please post in the SUPPORT Forum

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7 August

EPISODE 3: WHAT LIES BENEATH - AVAILABLE NOW!

In THE DESCENDANT - Episode 3: What Lies Beneath, Silas is forced to face the consequences of his actions, Randolph reveals his reasons for being in Ark-01, while Donnie ventures deeper into the Ark and makes a deadly discovery.

Who lives, who dies, and the fate of the new world rest solely in your hands. Will you save humanity or will you doom us all?

FIND OUT NOW!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/401640/

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“Although this first episode was short, it was enjoyable. The ending of the episode definitely teases at the continuing story, and I do hope I get the chance to play The Descendant further so I can find out what happens in the next episode.”
80 – Game Refraction

“The game’s first episode is filled with tense moments and player-driven narrative that includes the expected degree of direct impact on how the story plays out. Fantastic look and presentation. Interesting, if not entirely original, concept. Great sense of choice and consequence.”
80 – Twinfinite

“An excellent foundation that future episodes can build from, the premise should entice anyone who enjoys a post-apocalyptic, science fiction tale.”
75 – ZTGD

About This Game

THE DESCENDANT is a five part episodic adventure game series where the end of the world is only the start.

http://www.descendantgame.com/

After climate change wrecked the planet, a man-made extinction event wiped humankind off the face of the Earth. Only a few thousand ‘descendants of humanity’ were hand-picked to survive the apocalypse, cryogenically suspended in underground bunkers known as Arks.

Centuries passed. The world recovered from the nuclear holocaust, and all the Arks reopened, except one — Ark-01.

Taking place across two timelines, in the past you'll play as Mia, a janitor tasked with keeping the precious descendants housed within Ark-01 alive while the facility continually fails around her, and in the present, you'll play as Donnie, one of the investigators trying to rescue any surviving descendants trapped within, all while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within the underground Ark complex.

Every action and choice you make directly impacts who lives and who dies, leaving the fate of Ark-01, and mankind itself, in your hands. Will you save mankind? Or doom us all?

Key features

An episodic adventure spreading across multiple story-rich timelines
Investigative gameplay, challenging puzzles, tense action sequences
Meaningful and difficult choices with branching dialogue
A tailored experience, full of tension and drama
Every player choice can influence the future of mankind

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: Windows Vista+
Processor: Intel i3 2.0GHz or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD or nVidia card with 1GB RAM
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 4 GB available space

Recommended:

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel i5 2.5GHz or equivalent
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia 500 series or higher
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 4 GB available space

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Posted: 4 August

A great adventure game with a great story/narrative and great voice acting. Simplistic yet refined gameplay: your character won't pick up objects until you actually have a reason to, which I like.

I wholeheartedly recommend, hope we see episode 3 soon.

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Posted: 31 July

This isn't a game. It's a TV episode with infrequent, minor interaction by the player that has no important impact on anything that happens. The straight rip off of Telltale's "Randolph will remember that" for decisions that have no importance is an especially lame touch.

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Posted: 29 July

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Posted: 25 July

Not much of a "game" to play. If you liked DrwamFall: The Longest Journey, you'll like this.
I hated Dreamfall. There were no choices, nothing to figure out. Just click on the only things you can to progress.

I do love story based games, if there are still gameplay mechanics. If it is just clicking through a visual novel, I'm not that interested. With that said, I'm still interested in what the Decendants story turns out to be, and I'll play through all the chapters. But so far, the gameplay isn't engaging.

Pros: Good story and voice acting.

Cons:
Camera is garbage.

Convert the camera into an over the shoulder 3rd person view, and this will come off much better.

Add more in-game responses (by the characters) to the state of the Ark as it is found.

You have a giant facility that is in a state of disarry. You could have added a bunch of interesting things to do, and ways to get around. You focused only on the "Story" instead of on gameplay.

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Posted: 22 July

I want to like this game. I really do.

After finishing two episodes however, I'm starting to see a pattern. There isn't any real gameplay in this "game". I was expecting a point & click adventure, something like Walking dead or Beneath a steel sky. Something where one would collect items, and then combine them or use correct items at a certain spot.

There is no such gameplay in the Descendant. You walk around with one single item, then use it in the very next room. No logic thinking required; The puzzles are no harder than using a blue keycard in the blue card reader. To make it even easier, those objects are the only ones that are available. If you manage to open a door in Doom, you'll manage everything this game throws at you.

On the plus side, the voice acting is acceptable. The story is decent enough that I'm looking forward to the next episode (sort of). I just hope that the episode will be less boring that the previous ones. Because I want to like this game. I really do.

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Posted: 18 July

8.5/10 - If Tell Tale Was an Indie Point and Click You’d Have This!

When I started playing this game, I got excited pretty quick. As literally every review says this game is a sexy mashup of fallout, telltale and point and click elements. The graphics and atmosphere are just awesome and the price is right at $3/episode! Although it’s point and click you have to react quickly and make choices that will impact your story progression. (Telltale Shout out)

Sometime in the future the world went to ♥♥♥♥; unlivable for the human race. In a last ditch effort for survival, humanity sealed themselves in Arks… aka underground bunkers or Vaults. (Fallout Shout out.) As time passed Mother Nature began to rectify the damaged world and soon after the vaults opened up… all except Ark 01. Why didn’t this ark function like the rest?

Overall, I’m extremely excited for this game. It comes in 5 episodes which are supposed to all be released throughout 2016. I don’t think they will make this goal since the 2nd episode just recently came out… meaning 3 more episodes in just 5 months. Regardless; definitely worth the money!

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Posted: 12 July

point and click controls? seriously?
and the first time ive ever had to continuosly mash an activation button to keep a crank turning, then sequence stops, and starts 2 more times on a door YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH...

so yeah... lost everyone in the first go through due to laggy unresposive activation tiles, and laggy unresponcive controlls.. espiciialy when you get near the steam. got game over just trying to fix a water heater due to activation tiles either slow to come up, or not displaying at all.

so first impresion? not good.

barely have enough time to do the first obstical without all the time eaters..

aside from the crappy, buggy controll system, i would say the first 10 min of the game before i turned it off were kind of enjoyable... maby..
i like the puzzel aspect.. that and the almost fixed cameras kind of reminded me of old school resident evil..

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Posted: 8 July

So far so good... Episode 2 finishes and more comming on the way. Atmosphere is perfect, voicing and visuals are very good too. Moreover, the story is fantastic up to now. It keeps you trapped hungry to see what's up next. Perhaps the idea of being point and click and pointing and clicking to walk lowers its pace a lot. Anyway, very good game.

I'l give it 8.5/10

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Posted: 6 July

Avoid. Game is capped at 30 fps, with no way to raise it.

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Posted: 5 July

Nope

please buy "DOT AVI" dlc for complete review.

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Posted: 24 March

After the first episode I gotta say I am suprised with negative and positive thoughts in my head.

First of all..

The postitives

It is very smooth, the graphics look really good.
The storyline has been good so far, I expect more drama in the next ones.
Enviroment in the game looks really good. From the trailer to the next episode it looks to be more promising.

The negatives
Short pilot, you didn't really get to know the characters in the first episode all too well.
Mediocre voice acting
Camera angles that will make you mad if you missclick.

There is a tell tale feel for sure in this game, I just don't know if it lives up to the same hype. Personally I really enjoyed the first episode and I'm excited for the next one.

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Azralynn

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Posted: 24 March

The Descendant (Episode 1 & 2) is a casual, story rich, point and click adventure game that takes place on 2 different timelines.

Check out my Quick Review for Episode 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ZlLg6apuM

UPDATED after playing episode 2

In The Descendant, you play as two different characters, one from the past timeline, and one from the present. So far, the game is a user-friendly point and click adventure, where you can only interact with objects in the proper sequence. The objectives are fairly straightforward. You can inspect various objects, but you can’t pick up anything that isn’t your current objective. The game has a few puzzles, but so far, nothing too complex. In between the point and click gameplay, there are choices in dialog selection, and other things that require you to react.

The story starts after a near-human extinction event, with what’s left of humanity trying to wake the survivors and rebuild. You don’t really know what exactly happened, but the mystery very intriguing. When the episode ends, you probably won’t want to stop playing.

For the most part, your decisions in episode 1 seem to have the same or very similar outcome, but there was one set of actions that I did on my 3rd playthrough that resulted in a slightly different ending. It’s hard to say right now how much of an impact this will have on the later episodes, but for now, at least the game is showing potential that your decisions may have some weight to them. I still don't know why more save slots haven't been added though; I would like to play episode 2 again to try out different decisions, but I'm afraid it will make me start over.

Pros:

nice graphics style, that is very similar to many of Telltale's games
really good narrative, and the sound effects and voice acting were done well
playing in the past timeline as well as the present timeline is a great way to understand the backstory (it's a nice change from just finding objects or notes for information)
really intriguing story, that will leave you wanting more

Cons:

the controls cannot be changed and there is no controller support
a couple minor graphical issues: in some scenes the view seemed to jump/flicker to a different view, and there was also a door that after you blow it off the hinges, the door comes off as a different shape than where it came from
there was sometimes a delay after interacting with objects before you could click on the back button and start moving again UPDATED: Seems like this has been fixed.
characters sometimes walk in small circles when attempting to interact with some objects
game forces you to replay episode 1 before starting episode 2 (even though I already completed episode 1 three times)
STILL only 1 save slot, so it makes it a lot harder to replay to test out different choices

Both Episode 1 and Episode 2 each take 30-60 minutes to complete, depending on the player, and what decisions are made. You can replay the game to try making other decisions, but you can’t skip any of the cut scenes, so it is repetitive. Also, there was one part in episode 2 that I didn't agree with, and I would have liked to have had a choice to let me choose otherwise, but it doesn't change my review.

Conclusion:

I don’t know exactly how long the next three episodes will be, but if they last about the same as the first episode, I can see waiting for a slight sale even though it’s priced similarly to some other Telltale adventure games. I am looking forward to finding out what happened, I hope the following episodes don’t take too long to release. You might want to wait for all the episodes to release because you will most likely be left wanting more story immediately.

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Posted: 24 March

EPISODE 1 REVIEW
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I cannot express my love for this game enough

I love this game, it is amazing. Here's why:

I love Fallout and Telltale, and this game is basically a Telltale style Fallout game, and I love it.
Now, that is not the best comparison. But it is a decent one, that is somewhat accurate. The game has some similar aspects to Fallout and is a game almost exactly the same in style as Telltale, even down to the graphics style.

The story and the lore is amazing. My only problem with this game, and the only thing that broke my immersion was the voice acting. There were a few moments where voice acting broke my immersion, since it wasn't too great. But that is my only problem with this game.

Without giving spoilers, the story is amazing. I was hooked, and didn't want to turnthe game off (even though I had too, but I'm so excited to finish the story).

I only bought Episode 1 since I was a skeptic with this game, even though I was excited for it. But I know I'll definitly be buying the upgrade pack.

EDIT: Just saw that they put part of my review in the teaser trailer for Ep. 2. That's awesome, I love to see that some devs actually look at the reviews. So hyped for Episode 2, only 27 days to go!

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Posted: 24 March

[Copy of the game provided by the developer]
The Descendant is a Point and click adventure meets Telltale, you get your choices as in Telltale while still move around with mouse clicks, and solving puzzles.
Although first Episode is short, it shows great promise for the future story, its a title worth picking up if you are into a good adventure, point and click style game.
Graphics are good, voice acting is good and the story is interesting. Cant wait for more my self.
Check it out.
https://youtu.be/Oj4J81dR1bc

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Orion

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Posted: 9 June

The Descendant tries really hard. Somebody obviously put some thought into how the game would look, a style reminiscent of Telltale adventures. Decent taste in influences buoyed my hope... the vaults of Fallout decorated with the computers and cryogenic pods of the Alien franchise. Tragically, that kindred spirit wears thin within the first ten minutes. All components for a successful game are present, but they're sewn together with dental floss. The click-to-walk controls are endlessly frustrating; coupled with ♥♥♥♥-poor fixed camera angles, the clunky maneuvers make you wonder if your character has been skipping meds. Occasionally you'll get to button mash while cranking valves or opening doors or something equally boring. These trifles are trumped by poor dialogue, amateurish voice acting, and tediously linear gameplay. I'd like to believe the story of The Descendant is worth telling, but it certainly isn't worth playing.

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Posted: 24 March

So far I really enjoyed the 1st episode. It might have been a bit short but thrilling nonetheless. You're left quite puzzled as to what happened at Ark 01 and right now I can't wait to play the next episode to get some of my questions answered.
If you enjoyed the story driven telltale games then this one is worth picking up.

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