"Full Pipe" on Steam

Ariel Type · 12-20-2006, 07:54 AM

"Full Pipe", one of the most original russian games, has just appeared on Steam: http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?...me&AppId=4600&
It is a puzzle/adventure game that resembles "Goblins" series, but has a different feeling to it. A surrealistic underground world with strange characters and strange logic combines humor and philosophy.
The game might not be clear to everyone (it actually has some USSR undertone), but it is very atmospheric and entertaining.
It was directed, drawn and animated with a help of famous russian animator of 90th Ivan Maximov, based on his previous works.

insane_cobra · 12-21-2006, 05:33 AM

Looks very interesting. Do you know if there's a retail English language version as well? I ordered Pathologic just yesterday and this seems like a perfect companion piece.

Ariel Type · 12-21-2006, 06:42 AM

Judging from the trailer, russian speech remained in this version. But, from the other side, there is very little speech and no written text in the game, and most of the words are just some mumbling. This is the specific of Maximov's cartoons - to present creatures using animation, not dialogs.

insane_cobra · 12-21-2006, 08:18 AM

But is there a boxed edition of the game or is digital distribution the only way to get it? Because I don't have a credit card.

Ariel Type · 12-21-2006, 01:14 PM

It was originally published as a boxed version (in Russia), but as far as I understand, there is no international shipment..

insane_cobra · 12-21-2006, 03:55 PM

Eh... Thanks for your help anyway.

Thello · 12-21-2006, 10:40 PM

This looked just absolutely bizarre, so I purchased it. I'm not even sure how to describe this. Do you remember those flash-based adventure games that took place on a planet? Everything had a kind of weird, otherworldly logic to it and the puzzles were a bit obtuse, but intriguing?

I can't remember what that was called, but that's what this is like. Right from the start when your character is awoken by a giant hand undearneath his bed, this is definitely different. Thanks for the link.

Anybody else purchase it?

Edit:
Sort of like this, but with a more adventure-gamey inventory. http://www.questfortherest.com/

insane_cobra · 12-22-2006, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thello

Do you remember those flash-based adventure games that took place on a planet? Everything had a kind of weird, otherworldly logic to it and the puzzles were a bit obtuse, but intriguing?

I can't remember what that was called, but that's what this is like.

It's a good thing you can't.

We don't mention that word around here, except in special circumstances.

AFGNCAAP · 12-22-2006, 01:31 AM

(Samorost

)

Good call. I think one Polish site named it a cross between S******t and Neverhood.

Erwin_Br · 12-22-2006, 05:05 PM

S-what?

--Erwin

12-20-2006, 07:54 AM	#1
Ariel Type LA-S-LE Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Snow Country Posts: 547	"Full Pipe" on Steam "Full Pipe", one of the most original russian games, has just appeared on Steam: http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?...me&AppId=4600& It is a puzzle/adventure game that resembles "Goblins" series, but has a different feeling to it. A surrealistic underground world with strange characters and strange logic combines humor and philosophy. The game might not be clear to everyone (it actually has some USSR undertone), but it is very atmospheric and entertaining. It was directed, drawn and animated with a help of famous russian animator of 90th Ivan Maximov, based on his previous works.

12-21-2006, 05:33 AM	#2
insane_cobra gin soaked boy Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virovitica, Croatia Posts: 3,255	Looks very interesting. Do you know if there's a retail English language version as well? I ordered Pathologic just yesterday and this seems like a perfect companion piece. __________________ What you piss in is yours for life.

12-21-2006, 08:18 AM	#4
insane_cobra gin soaked boy Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virovitica, Croatia Posts: 3,255	But is there a boxed edition of the game or is digital distribution the only way to get it? Because I don't have a credit card. __________________ What you piss in is yours for life.

12-21-2006, 03:55 PM	#6
insane_cobra gin soaked boy Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virovitica, Croatia Posts: 3,255	Eh... Thanks for your help anyway. __________________ What you piss in is yours for life.

12-21-2006, 10:40 PM	#7
Thello Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 170	This looked just absolutely bizarre, so I purchased it. I'm not even sure how to describe this. Do you remember those flash-based adventure games that took place on a planet? Everything had a kind of weird, otherworldly logic to it and the puzzles were a bit obtuse, but intriguing? I can't remember what that was called, but that's what this is like. Right from the start when your character is awoken by a giant hand undearneath his bed, this is definitely different. Thanks for the link. Anybody else purchase it? Edit: Sort of like this, but with a more adventure-gamey inventory. http://www.questfortherest.com/ Last edited by Thello; 12-21-2006 at 11:05 PM.

12-21-2006, 06:42 AM	#3
Ariel Type LA-S-LE Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Snow Country Posts: 547	Judging from the trailer, russian speech remained in this version. But, from the other side, there is very little speech and no written text in the game, and most of the words are just some mumbling. This is the specific of Maximov's cartoons - to present creatures using animation, not dialogs.

12-21-2006, 01:14 PM	#5
Ariel Type LA-S-LE Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Snow Country Posts: 547	It was originally published as a boxed version (in Russia), but as far as I understand, there is no international shipment..

12-22-2006, 01:31 AM	#9
AFGNCAAP Dungeon Master Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Poland Posts: 2,727	(Samorost ) Good call. I think one Polish site named it a cross between S****t and Neverhood. __________________ What's happening? Wh... Where am I?

12-22-2006, 05:05 PM	#10
Erwin_Br Under pressure. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Posts: 2,223	S-what? --Erwin __________________ > Learn more about my forthcoming point & click adventure: Bad Timing! > Or... Visit Adventure Developers: Everything about developing adventure games.

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