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| 22 NOV 2004 at 4:49am | |
AndromusGuild Master  Posts : 5536 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline | Well, I just wrapped up The Arrangement. Not a great game, but not terrible. There were a couple of really annoying points about it, though. But first, what I liked: The premise. A missing wife, a diabolical argreement, and a madman toying around with you and her. Good stuff, it kept me glued to the screen (at least for the first half) eager to find out what was going to happen next wondering how I was going to get out it. Fortey's voice actor, John Bell. He gave a deliciously evil sounding performance, just about perfect for the character. As a something of a connoisseur in the over the top evil laugh myself, I found myself practically taking notes from his performance -- well done. What I didn't like: I said I liked the premise and the first half of the game. Unfortunately, that was negated in the second half by some fairly tepid puzzling, and some unusually frustrating pixel hunting. I spent more time trying to find two or three obscure hot spots than I did working on the rest of the puzzles in the game, I think. That's just wrong. Another thing marring my enjoyment of the premise was the off putting ending. I won't spoil it here, but it just didn't work for me at all. OK, it sounds like I didn't like it, I suppose. Let's say I liked how the game started but not how it ended. And I must remember I'm talking about the work of a single person, not a development team. Keeping in mind Michael Clark's first game Harvest (which I preferred to this) and the promise The Arrangement started out with, I'm still very interested to see what he comes up with next.
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| 22 NOV 2004 at 9:25pm | |
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| 23 NOV 2004 at 1:41am | |
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| 23 NOV 2004 at 1:52am | |
IviniaGuild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Jenny100 (23 NOV 2004 1:41am) His answer to that may spoil a bit of the real ending! Personally, I was a bit neutral on the ending... I'm also the guy who buys B movie 10-packs at Best Buy for $5.99 because I love the cheesy plots in them.
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| 23 NOV 2004 at 2:26am | |
AndromusGuild MasterPosts : 5536 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Jenny100 (23 NOV 2004 1:41am) Highlight the box to read. Spoilers Follow:
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| 23 NOV 2004 at 3:04am | |
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| 23 NOV 2004 at 4:35am | |
IviniaGuild MasterPosts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline | Andromus - Excellent ideas. I have to agree that would have been more interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed the game and the ending never bothered me as much as it seemed to bother some others. I think your idea would have added a fun element.
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| 23 NOV 2004 at 7:06am | |
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| 23 NOV 2004 at 4:50pm | |
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| 23 NOV 2004 at 11:20pm | |
AndromusGuild MasterPosts : 5536 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline | Yup, what Billy said. Except the color code I used is DEE7EF.
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| 24 NOV 2004 at 5:58am | |
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| 24 NOV 2004 at 9:17am | |
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