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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 6.9 hrs on record
Posted: 16 Feb, 2018 @ 3:49am

Pinstripe is a short, but visually impressive platformer. It's story driven, but not really complex or thought provoking. The atmosphere is really nice though. The controls are ok, and platforming itself is simple but fun, especially with the artstyle being so pretty, that it enhances the experience.

Normally if you would like to 100% the game, you would need to play it twice, as there are some flavour choices that you make that slightly affect the ending. But I’ve actually ran through it it 5 times, cause achivs were bugged into oblivion. Each time I started the run I had to restart the game and verify file cache as a countermeasure (even though there were no errors). I read about this trick in discussions, but didn't go looking for advice until I've beaten the game for the first time and no achivements unlocked, not even the ending one. So I had to replay it. Then it turned out some achivs won’t pop while doing other achivs anyway, so I needed to repeat for those again and again. All in all, you can speed run it under an hour (there is even an achiv for that), so it wasn't that bad in the end. I got so good at it that my last run took only 30-ish mins XD

Overall I enjoyed it. I wouldn't keep playing so many times if I didn't. But I would appreciate it more if it worked properly. I don't know what state the game is right now, but if they sorted that issue out, then playing it would be really pleasant way to spend time. :)

Written after completing the game with 7 hours played total & 12 of 12 (100%) achievements earned.
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6 Comments
Narayan 6 Mar, 2018 @ 11:00pm 
Way to be judgemental about something that does not influence you. Or do you need to feel validated by how other people play their games otherwise you feel bad? Either way, it's sad.

I play for the experience too, that's why I like to do everything possible in a game to experience every aspect of it. In case of bugs, like here, sometimes OCD doesn't let me drop it, but as I wrote:

[quote author=Narayan]Overall I enjoyed it. I wouldn't keep playing so many times if I didn't.[/quote]

(which you also missed - seriously what's up with that? the text has like 3 paragraphs and you seem to have missed every sentence of it; I've decided I'm not gonna bother to read your replies as well, since you clearly don't return the favour, so it's just a waste of time for me to point out the same things over and over)
melonbeton 6 Mar, 2018 @ 1:07pm 
Aaaah...Western greed. I see. I play games for the experience and never feel that I have to achieve something - because in the end the experience is the achievement, not to get "100%". .
Narayan 6 Mar, 2018 @ 11:53am 
I wanted to 100% the game. It's right there at the beginning of the 2nd paragraph. If you didn't bother to read anything, why even comment?
melonbeton 6 Mar, 2018 @ 11:47am 
Ok. But what´s the goal in playing it over and over?
Narayan 5 Mar, 2018 @ 9:41pm 
Only first run takes that "long". If you visit locked rooms with loads of currency that transfers to next run (so you don't have to backtrack when buying the ticket to last area), and know what you're doing, then it's super short.

[quote author=Narayan]All in all, you can speed run it under an hour (there is even an achiv for that), so it wasn't that bad in the end. I got so good at it that my last run took only 30-ish mins XD [/quote]
melonbeton 5 Mar, 2018 @ 1:05pm 
Game takes about 3 hours. You have 6.9 hours on your clock. You claim you´ve played it 5 times.