Audioworm

The Falador Massacre

Very much enjoyed Until Dawn. Played it almost completely blind, so was very impressed with what I got out of it.

My first question is about the game itself. The opening of Until Dawn tries very hard to empaphise how important your choices are, and the significance of the Butterfly Effect, but on repeat playthroughs it becomes a little obvious that a lot of the effects aren't very significant, and the game will always head down the same path no matter what actions you take. What lead to this constraint? Was it a technical issue, a practical one, or a desire to preserve a somewhat contained narrative no matter what?

Secondly, how does the Until Dawn narrative we got, compare to the original pitches. I read that the script was almost entirely rewritten at one point, but was it a completely different story originally?

Thirdly, [SPOILER] why do Mike and Sam freak out in the final chapter even if they only see a single body. It is a massive immersion breaker for me (and many people over at /r/UntilDawn).

Thanks for the game though, it was great overall.

I am 90% sure I gained weight during the summit. The cooks made us so much food, and so much of it was stodgy carbs that there is no way that I was burning it all off.

They say things like 'There's so many' and 'They're all dead' even though you can have only one person there, and that person is someone you don't know.

If you play on a killing playthrough they react at very specific moments to where the bodies are, but even if the bodies aren't there they will still react that way.

Another has a similar reaction using plurals over and over even if there is only one body.

I am not OP but I can answer the first question to an extent. In the UK you generally have to have a Masters to enter a PhD program. You can do this through the standard BSc for 3 years and then 2 years of Masters, and then 3 to 4 years of PhD. Most PhDs are funded for 3 years but usually take 3 years and a bit to finish. The other option is an integrated Masters which takes 4 years and skips the BSc just to give you an MPhys. If you have to get a college degree before hand that is going to add years to your timeline, but I am being streamlined toward a PhD (My specialisation is inter-galactic interactions, so a different field but same basic principle). Being British and young for my year I have the advantage of having a Masters at 21 and should be my PhD before I turn 25.

If the Undergraduate is similar internationally you get a broad range of skills and knowledge. You don't specialise here until your 4th year (with minor specialisations in 2nd and 3rd year) so you get an education in Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Physics, Special and General Relativity, Nuclear Physics, Solid State Physics, and then various extensions such as Cosmology and Gravitational Physics. When you push forward to the Masters you will narrow down to the relevant fields.