3/25/2023 0 Comments One dog story coverOne Dog Story doesn’t feature a map, and there is no way to tell which doors will push you into one of the impassable points, making it very difficult to thoroughly investigate each area unless you know exactly what you’re doing. Speaking of no return points, there are many of them. Oddly enough, it seems that some weapons are missable depending on current progress, as I once had a rocket launcher in tow, died, couldn’t remember where it was found, proceeded to reach a point of no return, and was unable to venture back to find it! Perhaps the rocket launcher is an exception and was only meant as a temporary weapon, but if not, this is concerning. E0-43 will start off with a mere baseball bat but will eventually carry more impressive arms, such as a rocket launcher and a sawblade thrower (my favorite). The weapon system is one of the strongest features of One Dog Story due to most of them having a meaningful, long-term purpose throughout the adventure. E0-43 will be exploring each of the many zones, piecing together breadcrumbs of what has happened, making impactful decisions concerning various NPCs and events, and slowly building up a rather impressive arsenal of firearms. Save terminals are strewn about each area, which will revive you with little penalty save for some time. Death is inevitable, but fortunately not the end of the world, either. Gameplay-wise, One Dog Story is quite similar to the action platformers of yore, utilizing one-shot mechanics that were once the calling card from a bygone era. Although the gameplay will prove a strong point for the game, that alone will likely not be enough for you to want to play it multiple times over. With limited saving and rare opportunities for backtracking, it is very easy to lock yourself out of “endings” without resorting to playing through all over again. E0-43 will have to make choices along the way that will shape the ultimate outcome of his tale, but none of them (at least the handful I’ve experienced) have really matched up to the strong momentum established prior to the conclusion. The tension is further amplified by the aforementioned, occasional flashbacks that E0-43 will experience, leading ever-closer to that fateful event that remains fuzzy for him to this day.įor these reasons, it is unfortunate to report that the actual endings aren’t really satisfying. Something has definitely gone wrong here, and there’s a sense of unease that remains constant while you slowly tread deeper into the facility. One Dog Story does a great job of setting up an interesting premise, stringing along the player via occasional story bits through various NPCs, as well as from notes on computers spread throughout the complex. Waking up alone, face down in the liquid he was once suspended in, E0-43 sets off to discover what has happened, find his owner, and perhaps uncover why he was experimented upon in the first place. While it isn’t exactly clear how or why E0-43 is now a gun-toting, upright canine, occasional flashbacks prior to the opening bunker incident – separate from the surface catastrophe – suggests that he was, in fact, free of genetic mutations at some point, and that his now missing master was once invested in his life. Among those underground were many scientists, one of which brought their furry companion along for the journey. Years ago, there was an accident on the surface, leading civilization to hunker down in underground bunkers.
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