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The Beginner's Guide

by Everything Unlimited Ltd.

Released Oct 1, 2015
$9.99
1 h to beat
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)

88%positive reviews

20,904 positive2,762 negative

What players say

Pros

Thought-provoking, emotional experience
Clever twists and atmosphere

Cons

Little real gameplay
Feels more like a developer's exercise

Mixed

Some call it monumental, others call it not recommended for the average player

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10

Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher - *NOT* an Intel Express graphics card).

Storage: 4 GB available space

Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible

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A metafictional account of Davey Wreden, creator of the Stanley Parable (2013), who takes the player through the games of his old friend, Coda, while giving his commentary and interpretations of them, in order to understand why he makes the bizarre, often melancholic games that he makes, and…

Ratings

80IGDB players259 ratings
75Critics6 reviews
77Overall265 scores

Time to beat

1.2 hStory onlyto the credits
1.7 hStory and extraswith side content
1.3 hCompletionist100%

Languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English
French
German
Russian
Spanish (Spain)

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