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| 21 MAR 2005 at 4:53am |
AvakaJourneyman
Posts : 1437
Joined: 17 SEP 2003
Status : Online | I'm playing Return to Mysterious Island. I've never played a game with so much inventory. I'm still having fun with it though, although one has to become a regular chemist LOL to be able to come up with some of the things needed.
So far I really want to be able to explore ALL of the island but I don't think one can, although you never know. I'm about to go into the moster infested underground water with my underwater suit (as soon as I figure out a few things, HaHaHa.
Myst IV - Never finished it. Got frustrated with it.&&Myst V - Did not finish it either. Very disappointing.&&ATTWN - BORING!!! Never finished it. Kept falling asleep.&&Paradise - So far .... not so good&&Voyage - Not on my favorite list
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 5:49am |
DonaJourneyman
Posts : 801
Joined: 19 MAR 2005
Status : Offline | Good luck with Return to Mysterious Island It's an amazing game, but it's way too short But it has a very high replay value, unlike the most p&c games =D It's fuuuuunnn!
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 6:38am |
kuddlesPrivate Detective
Posts : 702
Joined: 22 OCT 2004
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Donna (21 MAR 2005 5:49am)
Good luck with Return to Mysterious Island It's an amazing game, but it's way too short But it has a very high replay value, unlike the most p&c games =D It's fuuuuunnn!
Exactly what I was thinking. Take the ideas in that game, double the length, add a few extra endings, and get away from node-based and you have the future of adventure gaming right there.
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 8:43am |
Joe_MolotovSpace Cadet
Posts : 153
Joined: 4 OCT 2003
Status : Online | Just Started:
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father
About to Finish:
Resident Evil 4 (Awesome game. I'm at the final boss fight right now.)
Half Life 2 (One of the best single-player FPS experiences ever. A little short, but I could easily see myself replaying it.)
On Hold:
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (I'm close to the end, but the last few missions got so tedious, I just couldn't bring myself to finish it.)
On and Off:
WarioWare: Touched! (Adventure games are fun, but you have to have a little variety. This is twitch gaming at it's finest.)
World of Warcraft (I've got a Lv. 20 Troll Shaman.)
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 9:59am |
SadgitIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 5
Joined: 2 DEC 2004
Status : Online | Currently playing Broken Sword 1... well nearly finished it.. Been having to use the walkthru a few times as some of the "puzzles" are a bit daft..... but enjoying it all the same..
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 6:30pm |
| Deleted User | I just finished a quick scan of the previous postings. I find it interesting how many of you/us are playing older games. Does that mean that there is nothing new that is noteworthy or exciting? Or have you played it all?
I am waiting for a batch of upcoming games but nothing that has been released recently has sounded worth the effort or the expense. But to be fair, nothing game wise has turned me on recently.
It is also interesting how many of you are playing Zork Nemesis (wonderful game) for the first time. Do you remember why you didn't play it when it was new to the market? What has prompted you to play it now.
Harriet
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 8:23pm |
CrapstormJourneyman
Posts : 829
Joined: 18 FEB 2004
Status : Online | I wasn't even aware of Zork Nemesis when it came out. Back then, all of my videogame time was dedicated to either DOOM or Donkey Kong Country. Oh wait, I remember playing text adventures a lot back then too, which were all fan-made freeware by that point. I used to download them by the dozen from the Interactive Fiction newsgroup. Most of them sucked, though, but there were a few diamonds in the rough, like Curses.
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 8:41pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | The games I'm looking forward to haven't been released yet.
Still Life in a month or two and Nancy Drew #12 this summer.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 10:07pm |
WimliGuild Master
Posts : 3259
Joined: 14 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Harriet @ JA (20 MAR 2005 11:12pm)
wimli,
No, I am pretty sure that Road to India is a stand alone game. Jerusalem was part of a series but I can't remember the other titles. And it might have been part of only two instead of three. I might be wrong but I think that number three was cancelled.
You're right, Pompeii was the first one in the Timescape series apparently, not Road to India. Hm, maybe I should pick that one up then, I've seen a budget version of it recently, held off until now because of bad memories to Jerusalem. Have you played Road to India some more? Does it get any better?
I played Runaway. Cute game. Nice diversion. Attractive graphics. Crazy characters, especially the drag queens.
I've had it for a while now, never got round to playing it, don't really know why. Well, that's about to change soon.
I just finished a quick scan of the previous postings. I find it interesting how many of you/us are playing older games. oes that mean that there is nothing new that is noteworthy or exciting? Or have you played it all?
For me the reason is simple: my pc just can't run recent games. With so many good games still out there to play, and being a student not having the money to upgrade at the moment, I'm sticking with the older games right now.
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 11:05pm |
jamarchandSchattenjger
Posts : 1665
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Road To India is one of the worses adventures I ever played.
If you love adventures, get away this game. [smiley=yawn.gif]
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 11:25pm |
| Deleted User | Due to the flood of quality NEW adventures of reasonable length, I am currently playing the following games...
Anachhronox
Silent Hunter III
Brothers In Arms: Road to Hill 30
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| 21 MAR 2005 at 11:42pm |
jay_rossIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 25
Joined: 18 MAR 2005
Status : Online | RIGHT NOW I AM PLAYING JAMES BOND IN NITE FIRE
NANCY DREW
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 12:00am |
AvakaJourneyman
Posts : 1437
Joined: 17 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Harriet @ JA (21 MAR 2005 6:29pm)
I just finished a quick scan of the previous postings. I find it interesting how many of you/us are playing older games. oes that mean that there is nothing new that is noteworthy or exciting? Or have you played it all?
I am waiting for a batch of upcoming games but nothing that has been released recently has sounded worth the effort or the expense. But to be fair, nothing game wise has turned me on recently.
It is also interesting how many of you are playing Zork Nemesis (wonderful game) for the first time. o you remember why you didn't play it when it was new to the market? What has prompted you to play it now.
Harriet
Hi Harriet,
I'm always scanning to see what's coming up in news releases and to be honest I don't see too many things that appeal to me. No true AGs. The games as we knew them are morphing into something that I don't care for. Where are the likes of:
Zork (all of them)
Timelapse
Journeyman
Obsidian
Etc.....
I do keep replaying some older games for the lack of newer true AGs.
Myst IV - Never finished it. Got frustrated with it.&&Myst V - Did not finish it either. Very disappointing.&&ATTWN - BORING!!! Never finished it. Kept falling asleep.&&Paradise - So far .... not so good&&Voyage - Not on my favorite list
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 12:10am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5537
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Harriet @ JA (21 MAR 2005 6:29pm)
I just finished a quick scan of the previous postings. I find it interesting how many of you/us are playing older games. Does that mean that there is nothing new that is noteworthy or exciting? Or have you played it all?
I'll admit many of the newer releases haven't looked all that impressive to me. But the main reason is that I only have moderate adventure experience and still have quite a few classics to play. Three Tex Murphy games, two Discworld games....The Longest Journey....you get the picture. I mean, I've only played half the games on our forum top 50 list, so I have a bunch of oldies but goodies to go!
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 12:14am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Avaka (21 MAR 2005 11:59pm)
I do keep replaying some older games for the lack of newer true AGs.
I can't really get into the older games I've played before... Hence I play very few adventure games these days even though I yearn for some great NEW adventures... Its more a reto-gaming pursuit than anything else these days it seems.
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 4:18am |
AvakaJourneyman
Posts : 1437
Joined: 17 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Bazza_v2.5 (22 MAR 2005 12:13am)
I can't really get into the older games I've played before... Hence I play very few adventure games these days even though I yearn for some great NEW adventures... Its more a reto-gaming pursuit than anything else these days it seems.
I started playing older games when my husband picked up games that I have around the house that I'd already played. Then he started asking for help on some and I got sucked back into playing them, realizing how much fun they are... more fun then the newer games I've been playing. And they are still more interesting then most of the games that are selling now. Luckily we both like the same type of AG.
Myst IV - Never finished it. Got frustrated with it.&&Myst V - Did not finish it either. Very disappointing.&&ATTWN - BORING!!! Never finished it. Kept falling asleep.&&Paradise - So far .... not so good&&Voyage - Not on my favorite list
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 9:01am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | Harriet,
There have only been a handful of new Mac adventures in the past couple of years, and since I only started playing games late in 1999, I missed many of the earlier ones. I'm making up for it now with a little help from eBay and companies like Wyrmkeep who are redoing some of the oldies.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 2:00pm |
kuddlesPrivate Detective
Posts : 702
Joined: 22 OCT 2004
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Avaka (21 MAR 2005 11:59pm)
I do keep replaying some older games for the lack of newer true AGs.
Seeing as how I'm pretty behind on games, it also seems to be a safer bet to play a game that already has widespread acclaim and has stood the test of time, than it is to take a chance on a newer one.
[size=10][b]Games:[/b] Europa Universalis III&&[b]Music:[/b] [i]Awoo[/i] - Hidden Cameras&&[b]Series:[/b] Dexter (S1)&&[b]Movies:[/b] The Prestige (8/10) Little Miss Sunshine (5/10)&&[/size]
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 3:49pm |
TrunkyoIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 48
Joined: 13 JUL 2004
Status : Offline | Psst... read my signature below!
I'm almost finished A Quiet Weekend in Capri (still wandering around Villa Jovis) and am about to start up Gabriel Knight 1 and Conspiracies again...
The other game on hold is Seven Games of the Soul (a.k.a Faust) because, well... CD4 snapped in half accidentally! > Can anyone help? :'()
Right now I'm also in "Retro Replay" mode, when I dig out classics like Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Dark Seed and even old graphic adventures like Critical Mass which I play on my Apple II emulator!
My best pal (I finally got him hooked last year on AGs ) just bought Physicus and Chemicus for $1.99 CDN each from the bargain bin at his local video store and will give them to me once he's finished! I just wish he'd also hurry up and finish TLJ so I can play it again! I still miss April, sniff... :'(
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 4:48pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | I got a little nostalgic last night and started replaying King's Quest 6. This is only my second time playing through the Windows version and hearing all the voices and seeing the enhanced menu, inventory, and character portraits. Played the floppy version for years prior, though.)
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 5:13pm |
WimliGuild Master
Posts : 3259
Joined: 14 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By jamarchand (21 MAR 2005 11:05pm)
Road To India is one of the worses adventures I ever played.
If you love adventures, get away this game. [smiley=yawn.gif]
Ok, thanks for the warning! I'll leave Road to India on standing on the store shelves then.
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 6:40pm |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
Posts : 2391
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I've heard a lot of good things about this Moment Of Silence game. I might even post in the trade forum to see if I can get a copy.
Not really had a lot of time to play lately I'm afraid. Most of my time seems to go to animating and so on. I've been thinking about getting back into The Feeble Files when I've got some time.
[url=http://www.justadventure.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1136331866/0#0]GAMES FOR TRADE!![/url]
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 10:39pm |
| Deleted User | Wimli, Yes, I have played more of Road To India. Not great. Not bad. I would give it a low B, like a B-. Some of it is inane at best. I just had to have a conversation with a monkey to solve a puzzle. Yes, seriously. But thus far, it is entertaining. But not inspiring.
You should play Runaway. Also not a great game in my opinion but better than many. Light hearted.
I understand about money and the cost of games and computers. You are making a wise choice by sticking with some of the older and quality games. You have plenty of reviews to read on them to see if they fit your interests plus, they are cheaper as time passes.
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jamarchand, The reason I am sticking with Road To India is that it is an easy play so far. I don't want to invest a lot of time into it as there are some interesting games hitting the shelves soon.
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Bazza, my husband enjoyed Silent Hunter 1 very much. He was not over impressed with 2. What do you think of 3 as compared to the others? Or did you play either of them?
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Avaka and Andromus, I agree with you about the older games that you mention. I don't know if I am jaded or spoiled, but nothing has impressed me (much) in the past year. I wasn't even thrilled with Syberia 2, though I loved Syberia 1. Most of the releases have been run of the mill at best.
I am, however, interested in:
Still Life (unless it is too much like Post Mortem which I found sort of blah)
Loath Nolder (if they finish it)
Longest Journey 2
Martin Mystere
The Agatha Christie game - And Then There Were None
Nibiru (I hope that it is not too big into scfi and space ships)
Delaware St. John Midnight Manor
A Vampyre Story
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Lady Kestral, I am a PC person myself but I have always found it irritating and unfair that almost all of the games are for PC and not the MAC. MAC is sadly left out.
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Trunkyo, Seven Games of the Soul received terrific reviews. I think that almost everyone in the game playing world loved it - with the exception of me. I just couldn't get interested in it. Though I did enjoy the music.
I remember playing Dark Seed years ago. Very good game.
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Susan, I am embarrassed to admit that I have never played a KQ game. That is almost unAmerican. The fairy tale storyline never thrilled me. I am more fond of mysteries.
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Wolfboy, I have Feeble Files but have never played it. Actually, I have a number of games that I have never played. I managed to collect lots while I was writing the Schedule of New Releases. I need to get into my stack and see what I really have. uh...
Harriet
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| 22 MAR 2005 at 10:46pm |
Armand1880Sorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 223
Joined: 14 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Finishing up GK2 again, and I just started playing Larry 6.
Can't wait for Still Life...and money...
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