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this is joey davidson senior gaming editor at technobuffalo calm and I'm here with a look at Proteus get ready for it man so do you guys remember that one time when I was all like anti chamber is gonna be one of the strangest games we ever feature on we play it's unlike anything we've ever shown off in this series before we'll probably never used something like it again I lied terribly if antechamber was weird I don't even know where to start with Proteus Proteus is I don't know it's really weird so we're antechamber was a puzzle solving game Proteus is one of those things that kind of starts to skirt the line of being a game at all this is an exploration title just take it in for a second you saw how it starts that was the first time I fired this game up this is actually the first time I'm playing this game right here what you're seeing right now is the first time i'm playing Proteus I'm just meant to explore an island so just listen to the music and pay attention to the graphics it's going to be strange let me clarify that statement I made just a minute ago you know the one about Proteus skirting line of being a game Proteus according to its creators is a game according to my personal stance it can be interact with it has a sense of progression and it tells it a sort of story he's a mechanic's familiar to the wall of gaming so it's a game when I say story I don't necessarily mean like a stricken area it just kind of tells them I don't know the feeling of this island that you're on however Proteus has no clear and finite end goal aside of exploring there's no real sense of victory that comes from defeating like a boss or an enemy the only winning that can be achieved is satiating that sense of wanderlust there's no boss there's no direct conflict no strict line of puzzle no real sense of victory produce is about exploration it's like a for ray and sound music and visual stimulation it's weird it's pretty and it sounds really great and it's just this strange bizarre creation so this is an experience that will cost you ten dollars you can buy it from the developers site visit proteus com and they'll actually give you a mac and Windows version instantly that's drm free and they'll include the steam version so ten bucks and you can support the developers directly and buy in on this really bizarre experience it it's kind of an odd thing to put into words but going to the island on Proteus even virtually and for the brief time that I was there during this video recording this video i should say it's kind of brought about this really odd sense of childish wonder like you're experiencing these really strange noises and that this really strange environment complete with the weather and odd creatures great strange bizarre music and it just brings about this feeling of all don't really know what to make of it you don't know how to process it as you want to explore it and that's one thing that I have to say these to add key and David cantata kanaga i guess i'm reading that I'm sorry David if you ever watched this video I'm so sorry so edit ated just kind of really achieve this this world that had to be exporting commands exploration is something that you get in and go yes I want to walk over there and I want to walk over there and now there's some odd shapes in the background and I want to see those you'll see me kind of looking around here in circles as I'm in this odd cemetery style place and I'll notice some statues just off in the distance on the mountaintop and I go to them and there's no real reason other than they're clearly beckoning and something needs to be done about that so I go and that's what Proteus is it's just deciding to go and explore and then they reward you for it they reward you for walking out there with these really strange moments and odd effects and something special happens at the end of this video that I was not expecting at all I'm not going to give it away now it's five minutes away but i have to say kudos to these guys for creating an odd world without a real set of rules other than walk around and be rewarded for walking around I like that about this game and that's definitely what makes it worth ten bucks it's bizarre it's not for everyone and I'm not going to sit here and say that you're gonna love Proteus but if you're the type of person who enjoys these types of things who likes these unique experiences I recommend it it's weird but it's great it's really exploratory and that's what's awesome about it all right now that that moment with the strange statues atop the hill is over you're going to see me walk towards this kind of area of cascading stars but looked almost like a waterfall I was playing I just felt I needed to go over there truly is in line with what the games trying to achieve I mean there's so many moments like the one that you're seeing right now we're just the world instantly comes to life and pushes you further so like I said I really recommend Proteus to those of you who want to experience something different we'll be back with more normal games in the coming weeks we've already done Sly Cooper in between this and antechamber but if you guys like this type of thing let me know I'm more than happy to keep doing and I love playing these types of games and diving into the unexplored world of indie gaming and the strange and special stuff that they offer up for now I've been joey davidson check out the gaming stuff and all the stuff at TechnoBuffalo com thanks for watching you