Pressure to find everything

[jboord44]

I really do love games like this, but for some reason this game gives me a feeling of missing a ton of stuff at all times. I will play a section, and then go back and watch a guide on how to 100% that section, and normally missing a couple things won't bother me so much in a game but in this game it feels like I"m missing major story elements if I don't use a guide or something.

What is the penalty for missing photos, or missing documents? How is all of this quantified in the end?

[Yawnsalot]

Well, the only thing dependant on your photo score in both damage and corruption categories separately, is the ending you get.

There are 3 endings, 1 bad ending, and 1 secret ending. 3 main endings have % conditions for triggering. Worst one is less than 50% of photos in all 3 acts, Normal one is at least 50% of photos in at least one of the acts, Best one is only when you get over 90% of photos in all 3 acts.

Other than that, uncovering everything is just for your personal understanding of the story and satisfaction of finding every dangerous disrepair in the city.

Guides should be your last resort for unlocking harder achievements or finding last missing pieces of the damage or story. I used them on my second playthrough and I regret that a little, If I were to discover Infra again, I would try beating Infra at least 2 without any help.

[oku]

If you love games like this then stop trying to 100% each section. Play, enjoy, and when you finish, go right back in and discover more. The next play through start to look at the achievements and try and figure out what they mean. I put a lot of time in this game and it was all well spent. There is no penalty for not doing everything in one go. There are several different endings and you'll want to see them all.

[Pesky]

As others have said, you are not expected to 100% this game. In fact you're not even expected to 90% it. Apart from parts of the game designed to give you alternative routes to your destination, there are tons little in-jokes you won't find unless you open every door and every drawer. It would probably take three months for anyone sane to do a 100% playthrough. And even then you could only get one of the three (four, no wait, five) endings.

Also, parts of the game work out differently depending on what you did earlier in the game. You can't see everything that might be mentioned in the newscast in one playthrough, because some parts replace other parts. If you return the duck, only an idiot would feel the need to break the bank on the machine. Etc. etc..

As oku says above, relax, play the game, and enjoy it.

[jboord44]

Originally posted by oku:

If you love games like this then stop trying to 100% each section. Play, enjoy, and when you finish, go right back in and discover more. The next play through start to look at the achievements and try and figure out what they mean. I put a lot of time in this game and it was all well spent. There is no penalty for not doing everything in one go. There are several different endings and you'll want to see them all.

Yeah it's just a mental trap man. I can't put my finger on why this game gives me that feeling but some others don't. I'm trying to overcome it; helpful responses given here

[Pesky]

If you really feel the need to understand everything in the game, I have two resources for you, but I advise you to play the game through at least twice before you use either one. The first is the Stalburg Wiki:

https://stalburg.net/INFRA

which has details on much of the mythos of the game, the cyphers, the paths and areas you may never find, etc.. The second is that there's a public Discord server (just search for 'infra' in the Discord search area) where every little detail of the game, including elements we don't understand yet, is endlessly rehashed and rediscussed, with very little progress. Everything that is figured out there ends up in the Wiki anyway.

These both contain huge spoilers for the game.