South Of Midnight Game Length & Xbox Tech Specs Revealed

Probably don’t want to confirm the date since they’re looking into launching it on PS5 aren’t they?

Being able to turn off the animation should appeal to those who was saying it was making them sick.

@themightyant yeah 12 hours is "just right".

Looking forward to playing this!

Nice that the developers are providing the option to remove the stop-motion during gameplay for those who are bothered by it. I will be keeping it on.

I’m sure Michael Scott has a witty rejoinder at the ready for this, but if it’s good I don’t really care how long it is.

Very excited for this one!

Can’t wait for this one

Very hyped for this game. It looks very cool and has the perfect game lenght for a fine Gamepass release. Stop motion cut scenes doesnt bother me at all but the option to turn it off during gameplay is a big positive!

@abe_hikura I've seen the documentary three times now and realized that the issue with the stop motion style is that it looks to be a hard cap on the framerate. I think if they kept the characters and environment at the lower frame rate, but made the camera a buttery smooth 60fps it would sell the style a lot better and there would be a lot less people complaining about it.

But yeah, I'm glad to hear it's 12 hours. If it focuses on story and character 12 is enough to tell a very polished and effective story. Xbox needs more 1st person narrative driven games.

Can't wait to try this on my series x day one ,gamepass! But if I'll buy it depends on how good it is

@SaintRasmus You mean like smash hits Flintlock and Unknown 9?

I need to see what the game looks like without the stop motion, everything I've seen looks indistinguishable from any other game at 10fps. Fromsoft should have just said Blighttown was stop motion and no one would have given Dark Souls a hard time.

@Jenkinss Haha, I've actually played Unknown 9. So much potential but so many issues (story, voice acting, graphics, glitches etc). It's actually a good game for 20 dollars though.

Thank the gods it’s a 60fps game. That is a relief to hear.

@IOI nah, more of a artyish niche game likely releasing a year after like hi-fi rush

Another instant dead on arrival flop game from Xbox Studios!

Game looks interesting as a whole. But this stop motion animation... If you can turn it off it means developers know that their "feature" is highly controversial. But then again you can't turn it off in cutscenes, which probably means turning it off was a last minute call after that gameplay demo on Xbox conference - they just didn't have time and resources to remake all the cutscenes.
So working on this "feature" doesn't seem like a time well spent. And there was no one who could tell them that's a bad idea?

@dreadful reading most of your previous comments it's clear that you never have anything positive or constructive to say. Have you ever considered replacing your XBOX for something you like? Or you could play "the silent game" for a change

The stop motion gives me some "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" vibes. It might be a risky creative decision for a game but let's see how it the gameplay feels like, and having the option to turn it off is a nice option.

I love games that respect our time so 12hrs is more than fine

@Misternobody Oh, he’s far from alone. Personally I rather enjoy playing games on my Xbox, which is why I post on here, but for some people it appears to be a completely miserable chore (and boy, will they tell us about it)!

@Misternobody When Xbox gives me something to be positive about them I will be. Until then I'll keep waiting for something good. But I wont hold my breath.

You're really going to sit here and pretend like Xbox Studios are putting out must have games? Come on bro.

I can see this getting 7/10, a little palate cleaner on Gamepass between bigger/better games.

@dreadful I never said that. I like that fact that they are taking some risks (Deathloop, Hellblade 2, As Dusk Falls, Pentiment) and there's an audience for these games that I might not be part of.

Honest question: what games (or type of) do you play on Xbox or somewhere else that you would like to see more frequently?