Fez said:Such a shame it didn't make a profit.
Thanks, but I know you can do that. But stealing that guy's briefcase, then leaving with it through the concert room, seems the dumbest course of action possible. I was wondering whether there is a more reasonable way to pass Vienna.Pussycat669 said:Two things you need to do. First you need to break into the black guy's train wagon and steal the briefcase during the concert (do you have the master key? You'll need it I believe). Then you must relocate the egg somewhere else than your own cabin or it will be stolen from you.
Is that enough for a hint or do you need more spoilers?
Because he was late to the train station before departure. He also asked Tyler to book a double compartment in his name only.Bringing back this ancient thread to express my complete bafflement. I've just tried to play this game for the first time and the beginning completely sucks.
This game is clearly all about characters and setting. Strange things are going on. Lots of mystery. The main character is not least of these mysteries: Why did he sneak on to the train while it was in motion?
Maybe. The newspaper clipping suggests that Cath is suspected of murdering a police officer.Is he a fugitive?
Robert and Tyler are old friends.What is his relationship to the man he's supposed to meet on the train? etc.
Now you have a new directive - find out what happened to Tyler and what he was doing on the train.However, as a player, I am given a single goal at the beginning (if I rummage around in my inventory to figure it out, or read the manual): I am supposed to meet a guy on this train. That is my directive.
Well, within 30 seconds I can find that guy. And he is dead. I now have no idea why I am on this train or what I am supposed to be doing here.
Yes.Do I need to avoid detection?
Authorities, train staff, etc.Who do I need to avoid detection by?
Because an American potentially wanted for murder sneaking onto a train to meet his friend who turned up dead might arouse a bit of suspicion.Why?
Same answer as above.Why can't I immediately leave the cabin where I find my friend dead and tell someone he's been murdered?
It's 1914 - if Tyler was meeting anyone on the train they most likely don't know what he looks like. Cath makes a calculated risk. If anybody finds the body or suspects Cath of murder he'd be done for.Why can I throw him out the fucking window and immediately impersonate him?
That's for you to find out!What the hell is going on?
Success - discover what happened to Tyler, don't get arrestedWithin 30 seconds of the beginning of this game I have no idea what success is, or what will lead to failure.
You have a Russian scroll and a large trunk with a missing object. That's a good starting point. Oh, also a train full of suspects some of whom you will meet shortly after finding Tyler's body.I have no reason to think of anything as significant or insignificant.
It's a game about exploring, being observant, and listening to conversations (those taking place in languages Cath speaks will translated into closed captions). Collecting items and solving puzzles certainly play a major role as well.As far as I can tell, my only way forward is to randomly collect information and click on things and see what happens.
I guess you could say that your post is... The First Express.I am kind of blown away by the fact that no one else has expressed this.
The game is great. You have to approach it sort of like a movie - Robert Cath isn't a stand-in for the player, as the protagonist is in most games. Cath, his backstory, his motivations and his goals are meant to be as much of a mystery to you as any other character on the train.
But yeah, your goal as the player, initially, is just to avoid getting arrested and successfully pass yourself off as Tyler Whitney. Everything else springs from that - Tyler was on the train for a reason, but you have no idea what that reason is, so you're going to have to impersonate him until you find out. In terms of "what the hell is going on", you know about as much as Cath does, which is virtually nothing beyond "my friend told me he had big news, told me to meet him on this train, and instead I found his mutilated corpse".
As Boleskine said, there are good reasons why Cath can't/won't alert the authorities, which you find out if you play a little further on. Same reason he couldn't buy a ticket, and instead had to get his friend with the motorbike to sneak him onto the train. This is the same reason Cath stays on the train - he's trapped, because there's no real way for him to get off at first without being identified.
Also, you're meant to have a "what the fuck" reaction to Cath emotionlessly dumping his friend's body out of the window. Several things Cath does during the game will surprise you, he's kind of shady.