Is there a particular moment you're referring to? There are a handful of times, from what I can remember, that Asterion muses he's turning to stone, but it's always as a metaphor for his apprehension, not a literal transformation :)
Remember that one of the great things about this VN is the poetic language. Most of the time, to my knowledge Asterion wishes to turn to stone or become stone. Usually in response to additional trauma or emotional turmoil . To me, the weathering of that sculpture in the front is a metaphor for how our dear friend has been treated, abandoned, abused and neglected.
They are the only 3 achievements that I have not yet obtained, How do you get this? I don't know where to take storm.
First dead than taking those achievements, I understand the fantastic writing and that we will discover more about asterion and many secrets but I am one of those who feels bad for accidentally attacking a skyrim villager and they will imagine how it would be to damage asterion
I've seen that some speak other languages in the thread, isn't it against the rules or something? I hate google translator because it changes a lot of what I want to say
To get that first achievement, you have to do at least seven of the following things throughout the Hinterlands Ch 3:
As for the other two, it all really depends on how important completionism is to you :)
I'm definitely not going to be getting those.
The tapir god is genuinely my favourite character to voice. There's such a worn, manic insanity to him that really feels complete and realized... whereas Nini is just distressing and monstrous.
for the rutheless route you have to keep sending asterion to the valley, once there all 4 endings can be obtained within the choices on the route.
as for speaking other languages, there is no such rules that i've ever heard of. some might just prefer to speak in the native languages of the developers, which isn't english.
It's actually the opposite. For now we're doing some work on the staff's stories. We have a good production-based reason for it, it's because when we have more hangout scenes in the game it'll change the typical in-game day's pacing and we'd rather have that now so we can hit the right proportion between side content and Asterion's story.
There's also another reason, and it's simply that doing work on the side stories is very liberating creatively. It's giving us some fresh eyes that'll help when we tackle the next main story chapters.
I'm really interested in seeing what direction you'll go with if you develop a Wolf route. How would one even progress a story with a nonhuman mind? Maybe something more about the Labyrinth and its environment through the sharper senses of a natural predator? Or maybe something about taming the Valley?
... It'd be interesting if the Hotel started being a refuge for endangered species would it not? Then it'd be an unusual explanation/and hopeful for sightings of all those species that are thought to be extinct.
Ha, you've really set the mind aflame with a great story like this. Keep up the good work.
Yeah, when we upload the next update (0.5.2) we'll make that clearer.
You know it sure is funny that it ends so well that people don't get the memo. I feel kind of proud of that, in a roundabout way.
I am really happy someone brought it up because argos is so inelegant and knew from the start that you mc loved asterian. Yes, Astrian had every right to be upset from how he was treated in the past, but when Argos just pours everything and sorta made him fully see how much the mc done for the bull. Going so far to be angry that despite to love and praise you give Asterian. He stayed overly humble, like Argos angrly telling him to love yourself because there are people who generally love him fully.
Pretty sure the game does not conclusively explain what it is yet. The most we have at this time is theories on the birthmark. All pretty much agree on its great significance though.
Just a heads up: thanks to the forum setup we have right here, it's easy to look up topics on like this. There's a search function in itch.io that can pull up mentions of a term and such. Give it a whirl!
doing achievements and my MC called "Hinterlands ant hills" speed run stopped at this exact line during the skips, I feel attacked
I viewed the situation as something liberating. The song is sad, but very empowering, from he moment asterion rising up and challenging the master to a wrestle. The collar part confused me a lot, and the only idea that comes to mind is asterion himself finally believing he is free. How calm he felt after the ordeal and tired. I feel like we might get more info later on, but for one of my favorite scenes, I am glad to see others really feel the raw energy the whole thing played out
I have a theory on the scar around his neck.. I mean, he died of BEHEADING and the achievement we get is the story with Theseus who did it. So I'm guessing that what we did kind of was a parallel for his "fight" with Theseus, only, he broke the recursion spiral by fighting back and so the scar that exemplifies his passive "cowardice" in allowing the beheading vanished. (And maybe paved the way to annulling some contractual stuff later.. )
Or it has something to do with the other story, where he "cuts the thread" for that immortal guy whose name I can't remember.. Tithonus? and apparently takes on his shackles instead. Maybe those shackles are the "band" on his throat like a collar. It's a bit weird that Asterion himself seems very unconcerned with what happened and it really feels like a biased narrative viewpoint again.
Thanks! Most of it is because I got stupidly lucky with the hints and tiles I pillaged in the valley, but yeah, I do tend to remember all kinds of usually inane details in games and books and it actually really helps in this game. Finally my talent is relevant! xDD
Edit: Though, it could still be wrong and most of it is conjecture, though not without context clues.
The basic gist is that you have a limited amount of time to explore the Hinterlands. Ideally you should approach it as a detective story — follow your intuition, look for clues, piece them together, pick your priorities, etc. There are some "quests" you can accomplish in the Hinterlands, but at least your first playthrough should be as unspoiled as possible. I think that's what most players would find the most enjoyable overall.
That said, I know this format can be very anxiety-inducing for some. Other just might not like the Hinterlands too much, or not mesh with its style. Because of this nanoff wrote a very brief walkthrough. Feel free to use it if you want to. Likewise, feel free to ask more specific questions here, as I'm sure there'll be others very willing to discuss things with you.
However, even with the walkthrough you'll still have to pick what you want to focus on, what you think is most important. There isn't enough time in-game to do everything.
Have fun!
