Be a judge in revolutionary France: https://store.steampowered.com/app/736850/We_The_Revolution/
Aka Cake and Guillotines
Quote from: steve58 on March 21, 2019, 04:01:34 PM
Aka Cake and Guillotines
;D
I'm intrigued by this. Love the art style. The inspiration from Papers, Please (terrific game) is pretty clear.
Ian, are you playing it? Any impressions, citoyen?
I'm interested. I'm curious how replayable it is though.
Quote from: sandman2575 on March 21, 2019, 06:56:18 PM
Ian, are you playing it? Any impressions, citoyen?
Merci, I've not pulled the trigger yet but I might.
I wonder if it can be modded? ;D
Interesting historical note: Apparently to encourage bakers to produce enough bread (which was a low profit item in pre-revolutionary France) they were compelled to provide a customer with more expensive cake, at the same price as bread, if they could not provide any bread. Hence Marie Antoinette when told there was no bread, and famously saying "let them eat cake" was merely pointing out the bakers obligation under the law to make good the shortage. Maybe she wasn't such a bad lass after all?
Quote from: Phantom on March 22, 2019, 02:12:56 PM
Interesting historical note: Apparently to encourage bakers to produce enough bread (which was a low profit item in pre-revolutionary France) they were compelled to provide a customer with more expensive cake, at the same price as bread, if they could not provide any bread. Hence Marie Antoinette when told there was no bread, and famously saying "let them eat cake" was merely pointing out the bakers obligation under the law to make good the shortage. Maybe she wasn't such a bad lass after all?
Hmmm, that sounds suspiciously like subversive, pro-Royalist talk....
Sir, you are hereby summonsed to appear before the tribunal of the Committee of Public Safety! :knuppel2:
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Was that a demned, dashing Pimpernel?!
Quote from: JasonPratt on March 22, 2019, 05:44:08 PM
Was that a demned, dashing Pimpernel?!
It's a French Revolutionary character from a classic wartime movie.
Here's another clue:
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Revolutionary tribunals could be very harsh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG3Hj6BsQkw
Quote from: Phantom on March 22, 2019, 02:12:56 PM
Interesting historical note: Apparently to encourage bakers to produce enough bread (which was a low profit item in pre-revolutionary France) they were compelled to provide a customer with more expensive cake, at the same price as bread, if they could not provide any bread. Hence Marie Antoinette when told there was no bread, and famously saying "let them eat cake" was merely pointing out the bakers obligation under the law to make good the shortage. Maybe she wasn't such a bad lass after all?
Brioche is not the same thing as cake.
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair'
While the premise seems excellent, and how very unique, I'm afraid among the mostly favorable reviews lie some negative ones that would be a deal breaker for me. It is said that the choices are not really choices because you get a view of the repercussions before making the decision. Others have stated that many of the branches go nowhere and there really isn't an investigative aspect at all. While seemingly an interesting subject, and a pleasant art style, I think the choices are even more lineal than Orwell, a game with an intriguing concept that unfortunately not only held your hand but, dragged you along.
As a note. While America won it's independence and gave it's citizens the power and unprecedented Freedom, France brought about a Reign of Terror. Makes me wonder how many today would welcome in the latter given the chance.
'That kid smirked. Off with his head.'
*smirks*
Quote from: Gusington on March 24, 2019, 12:40:03 PM
*smirks*
You seem like such a nice guy. We should have a beer or two before your trip to the gallows.
I'm looking for the finger slash across the throat emoji.
>:D
Quote from: Moreb on March 24, 2019, 10:04:55 AM
As a note. While America won it's independence and gave it's citizens the power and unprecedented Freedom, France brought about a Reign of Terror. Makes me wonder how many today would welcome in the latter given the chance.
The way you're writing it, it feels like France is still living under the Terror :o C:-)
Well, I am not sure if drawing this parallel here is completely relevant (I mean, between both revolutions). Besides the fact that Terror was just a relative short era (on its way to the non-less shocking episodes of the Empire and the Restauration as follow-ups to a supposedly landmark revolution, I concede ^^ ), we can't really compare both considering the great differences in terms of setting. The Terror was closely related to the overwhelming weight of being under siege (be it a reality and a political and popular fantasy combined), considering France was pretty much at war with every other nation on the continent at that time, and left without much hope other than the one it would create for itself (or by extension the one Buonaparte and others would eventually generate).
As a Frenchman myself, I bought this experimental UFO and I am looking forward this interesting foray in my historical and national conscience. The fact it is coming from outside my borders and certainly fills a big gap that nobody here in France ever thought or felt ready to tackle, makes it look only all the more intriguing indeed. :)
Quote from: The_Admiral on March 24, 2019, 09:21:41 PM
Quote from: Moreb on March 24, 2019, 10:04:55 AM
As a note. While America won it's independence and gave it's citizens the power and unprecedented Freedom, France brought about a Reign of Terror. Makes me wonder how many today would welcome in the latter given the chance.
The way you're writing it, it feels like France is still living under the Terror :o C:-)
Well, I am not sure if drawing this parallel here is completely relevant (I mean, between both revolutions). Besides the fact that Terror was just a relative short era (on its way to the non-less shocking episodes of the Empire and the Restauration as follow-ups to a supposedly landmark revolution, I concede ^^ ), we can't really compare both considering the great differences in terms of setting. The Terror was closely related to the overwhelming weight of being under siege (be it a reality and a political and popular fantasy combined), considering France was pretty much at war with every other nation on the continent at that time, and left without much hope other than the one it would create for itself (or by extension the one Buonaparte and others would eventually generate).
As a Frenchman myself, I bought this experimental UFO and I am looking forward this interesting foray in my historical and national conscience. The fact it is coming from outside my borders and certainly fills a big gap that nobody here in France ever thought or felt ready to tackle, makes it look only all the more intriguing indeed. :)
I was speaking of my fellow American Citizens today and the divide in our country currently. And my comment about unprecedented freedom was in relation to citizens. Clearly everyone in America was not afforded the same. The sins of our Fathers.
And what happens after a revolution intrigues me. Especially a G. Washington or Cincinnatus type story.