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| 5 JAN 2003 at 2:50pm |
dimidimidimiSchattenjger
Posts : 1784
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I agree with you. It was a piece of crap. The graphics were nice but the gameplay and the story were awful. One of the worst adventures ever...
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| 5 JAN 2003 at 3:52pm |
friedmonkySpace Cadet
Posts : 178
Joined: 10 APR 2005
Status : Offline | I felt the exact same way about Tex Murphy Overseer. Read all the praise, heard all the wondrous things about it. Saw incredible looking graphics on the box. Installed it (pain in the ass), started it , and could not believe the absurd, horrible graphics! I have played many other games from that same time period and they looked much, much better than this. Maybe the story is good, idon't know as I immediately un-installed it.
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| 5 JAN 2003 at 4:18pm |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I never finished it. A friend had kept talking about it, so got it, checked the photos and what it said about the game, got it and played for a bit and stuck it in the gamel pile of those which I will play when stuck on a desert island with a bag of chips.
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| 5 JAN 2003 at 7:34pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By friedmonky (5 JAN 2003 3:52pm)
I felt the exact same way about Tex Murphy Overseer. Read all the praise, heard all the wondrous things about it. Saw incredible looking graphics on the box. Installed it (pain in the ass), started it , and could not believe the absurd, horrible graphics! I have played many other games from that same time period and they looked much, much better than this. Maybe the story is good, idon't know as I immediately un-installed it.
Here's a little background story about Overseer. It is a rather unusual game in that it is designed to showcase several (back then) new technologies, such as DVD and 3D acceleration.
Access received funding from Intel (significant amount I presume) and a strict deadline. Because of the deadline, Access decided (probably wisely) that they didn't have time to develop a new story. Instead, they took the plot of the first Tex Murphy game, Mean Streets and reused that with minor modifications. What I'm trying to say here is that the game is somewhat rushed. On the other hand Access had the funds to hire famous actors like Michael York.
I certainly didn't find Overseer to be bad looking. The FMV parts look very, very good in fact - and I seriously doubt there were other games with DVD quality video around at the time. Overseer is certainly not the best game in the Tex Murphy series, but I don't think it's a bad game.
Sorry for going OT
I forgot my sig.
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| 6 JAN 2003 at 11:47am |
jannar85Intergalactic Janitor
Posts : 80
Joined: 20 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Alright.... Does anyone want to trade/sell the game for a cheap price?
I want to get the chance to play it as well...
Judging by your comments, I still want to try it... Damn.
Regards,&&[i][b]Atle Ragnar Jarnæs Lerøy[/i] | [i]Game Developer[/i][/b]&&&&[url=http://rogerfoodbelly.blogspot.com/]Something is coming...[/url]
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| 6 JAN 2003 at 1:43pm |
| Deleted User | Ok, I'll buy them both and see if you all are right
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| 6 JAN 2003 at 6:05pm |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
Posts : 2099
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | It okay...the graphics nice, story okay...But the majority of the puzzles blew...especially how you can get trapped...that is the worst...And the baddest thing is that you don't even know you're trapped. That was the killer for the game...If they had no dead ends, I would've really loved the game...
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| 7 JAN 2003 at 8:16am |
jannar85Intergalactic Janitor
Posts : 80
Joined: 20 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Give me a notice if you guys want to trade/sell that game. I've always wanted to play it, and I give a sh*t if it's a bad game
Regards,&&[i][b]Atle Ragnar Jarnæs Lerøy[/i] | [i]Game Developer[/i][/b]&&&&[url=http://rogerfoodbelly.blogspot.com/]Something is coming...[/url]
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| 7 JAN 2003 at 7:01pm |
RpauPrivate Detective
Posts : 439
Joined: 15 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Oh, I would be glad to trade my Jack Orlando jewel version but I live in Argentina and it is a long trip!! :-[ But, don t care!! you are not losing a great game. I agree with most of the people of this thread. The game is quite below the average.
Anyone has known any other game where you collect such a huge amount of objects only to find that many of them are completely useless? >
“even the lover of the myth is in a sense a lover of wisdom, for the myth is composed of wonders”
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| 25 JAN 2003 at 2:34am |
CarlaJourneyman
Posts : 836
Joined: 12 JAN 2003
Status : Online | Did someone count all the objects you can collect in this game? And how many of them are actually usefull? >
I really, really, hated jack orlando...but not only because it's hugh and useless inventory, it's dead ends, the mediocre graphics, characters and story.....was i clear about how i feel about the game????
[b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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| 25 JAN 2003 at 4:21pm |
Mr_2_uIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I loved this game it had me in hysterics until I hit a dead end then I hated it and sold it.
Adventure games Forever
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| 25 JAN 2003 at 6:34pm |
KurtSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 204
Joined: 21 JAN 2003
Status : Online | It is definitely below average ...
A short story:
When my parents asked my brother what they could get me for my birthday (I think it was my 17th) my brother thought it would be a great idea to buy Jack Orlando : since he knew that I am a huge Adventure Game fan.
I do not know which game it was back then I REALLY would have liked to get,
but try to visualize the disappointment I felt when I finally unwrapped my present
I tried to play my depressive state down and tried my luck.
When the game finally did not run properly on my system in the bargain, I got a "little" hysterical >
I even got insulting towards my bro and accused him for such stupid things like
"buying the cheapest avaiable adventure game so that he could keep the rest of the money, my parents gave him for himself"
I feel extremely embarrased for myself when I reconsider how I did behave back then :-[
It is good to talk ...
What was I supposed to write about ?
Oh yeah ... right ... ähhhhhhh
Jack Orlando THE GAME
It is crap !
Catastrophic dialouge interface,
MUCH too many red herrings
Q:
Which main character who wants to be taken seriously, at least to some extent, would pick up "objects" like broken bottles & cigarette butts to carry them around for the rest of the game/chapter
A:
JACK ORLANDO
BTW I did not like (or care for) him
Pixel Hunting
Too many unpredicatable causes of deaths (+ imprisonments)
Stereotype story/characters
The last chapter was a travesty (even worse than the rest of the game) !
The ending "sequence" accomodated itself to the games quality :-/
The only acceptable thing about Jack Orlando is the music (Jazz) .
Was du nicht willst, daß man dir tut,&&das fueg auch keinem andren zu !&&&& o not do to others, what you do not want done to yourself !
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| 25 JAN 2003 at 11:40pm |
JPSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 217
Joined: 24 NOV 2002
Status : Online | I don't really want to be the one to say " serves you right" but.......
if i'm not mistaken isn't there a perfectly good review page on the Just Adventure site, and don't both reviews give Jack Orlando a C grade?
I must admit, that I have also seen the box and was mildly tempted but i checked out the reviews & boy am i glad i did!!
Bow down before the one you serve&&You're going to get what you deserve !
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 12:25pm |
KurtSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 204
Joined: 21 JAN 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By JP (25 JAN 2003 11:40pm)
I don't really want to be the one to say " serves you right" but.......
if i'm not mistaken isn't there a perfectly good review page on the Just Adventure site, and don't both reviews give Jack Orlando a C grade?
Ya talkin to me ?!?!
I am innocent !
Trust me, I HAD NO CHOICE !
Was du nicht willst, daß man dir tut,&&das fueg auch keinem andren zu !&&&& o not do to others, what you do not want done to yourself !
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 5:49pm |
psybafireSpace Cadet
Posts : 194
Joined: 18 OCT 2002
Status : Online | "and don't both reviews give Jack Orlando a C grade"
a totally underserved grade IMO. "C" IMO means "standard", or nothing new but satisfactory. this game gave me a bad BAD time and if that dude wants to swap it just PM me. but i kinda feel guilty about inflicting this game on a fellow advenuterer
[b]Its boring, there isn't any action at all. You walk around picking up things and using them with other items. You walk around and use the item on something. Walking around and talking to people is really lame, what about some shooting or something[/b]~[i]APuddleduck[/i]&&
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 9:02pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
Posts : 3510
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Mr_2_u (25 JAN 2003 4:21pm)
I loved this game it had me in hysterics until I hit a dead end then I hated it and sold it.
I liked it too. The graphics were some of the best I've seen in an animated game. And yeah it was funny too, especially if you've seen certain detective movies.
But then I played the DOS version that didn't have the notorious dead end that nearly everyone hit in the Windows remake.
When they remade the game for Windows, they got rid of the VESA problem that kept so many people from playing it. But then they also added extra scenes that had been omitted from the DOS version. Maybe it would have been better if they hadn't included the extra scenes, since they didn't do anything to prevent the dead end.
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