The Drifter News

A few more quick fixes- mainly for rare soft-locks some people hit.

• Fix for soft-lock in Chapter 7 Roth being in his room when he shouldn't be
• Fix for walking through cemetery gate in chapter 4.
  
• Combine items button prompt no longer persists when it shouldn't.
  
• Text position fix when attacked at the newspaper office.
  

- Dave

It's been an awesome launch, thanks everyone for your support! I finally got some sleep and now I've fixed a few issues that some folks ran into-

• Fix for potential softlock where player could get stuck and couldn't move in Chapter 3 cemetery.
  
• Fix for potential softlock in Chapter 6, waiting for a timed event.
  
• Music/Sfx/Dialogue sliders now save/restore correctly.
  
• Fix for dialog option not working with Sarah in Chapter 4.
  
• Typo fix "bill" -> "Bill"
  

Thanks for those reporting bugs in the forums, and especially for going out of their way to help with sending save games for diagnosing the trickier ones.

- Dave

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[p]The Drifter is out! Check out the launch trailer below, but why bother, the game's out- go play it! :D[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]Thanks to everyone who waited a long time for this, believe me I've been waiting longer :D We're really proud of the result, can't wait to hear what you all think![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]The bangin' Original Soundtrack is also available, you can get an extra discount if you get it as a bundle. We put a bunch of work into making it an experience of its own to listen through- the game's brooding dark-synth soundtrack intercut with radio-play style interludes.[/p][p][/p][p]You can listen to the first track on the store page to get in the mood- [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]It's been a long journey getting here, but I'm so excited to finally have it in people's hands. Let us know what you think in reviews, and hope you have fun.[/p][p][/p][p]-Dave[/p]

The Drifter is sometimes quite silly in ways I don't think are intentional, and it managed to yank me right out of the experience more than once. You obviously have to be in a thing to get yanked out of it though, which is my way of saying that The Drifter is good, although I will be taking the piss out of it later. It's stylish, moody, and pulls off the point n' click adventure game two-for-one: characters worth caring about, and also characters worth irritating by fiddling with their stuff.

Mostly though, it's just got a great eye for an arresting scene or setpiece. Some of my favourite parts did end up being its more complex multi-scene puzzles, but mainly because these are used sparingly in a story with bloody-minded dedication to anxious forward momentum.

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