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| 15 FEB 2006 at 11:58pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | I liked Voyage even more than RTMI, but both games are an inventory-puzzle gamer's bliss and joy!
Jeb (the monkey) isn't just cute, he's a useful companion, too.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 16 FEB 2006 at 2:04am |
SteveSpace Cadet
Posts : 112
Joined: 3 DEC 2003
Status : Offline | Played it and loved it. Needed a walkthrough with the chemicals bit though!
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| 16 FEB 2006 at 3:03am |
CrapstormJourneyman
Posts : 829
Joined: 18 FEB 2004
Status : Online | Personally, I found the island a bit too mysterious.
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| 16 FEB 2006 at 6:03pm |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Crapstorm (16 FEB 2006 3:02am)
Personally, I found the island a bit too mysterious.
What do you mean? You had a hard time finding everything?
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| 16 FEB 2006 at 10:10pm |
Goddess of All Things MagicalSchattenjger
Posts : 1565
Joined: 27 MAY 2003
Status : Online | Hey Sandy! I saw your thread, decided to give this game another chance. I am not much of a fan of first person games, but I do love inventory based puzzle games.
Anyway, I started it up last night, and made it past my previous stuck point several months ago, and found I was having a good ole time, especially when I met up with Jeb.
I do wish they would have included cutscenes instead of the storybook drawings, because the intro was really nice.
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| 16 FEB 2006 at 10:22pm |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | I agree, I'm not crazy about the story book drawings either. Why did they do that? Is it because the game is older? First person games are not my first choice, but if they look interesting enough, I will give it a shot!
The chemicals were just trial and error. I love the island, wish i were there!!!
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 12:02am |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | I think the drawings are very nice, it doesn't always have to be cutscenes. And of course, it is easier depending on what engine they use, although not necessarily less work, probably.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 1:54am |
CrapstormJourneyman
Posts : 829
Joined: 18 FEB 2004
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Sandy_Sleuth (16 FEB 2006 6:03pm)
What do you mean? You had a hard time finding everything?
I was just joking, Sandy. Forgive my dry sense of humour.
As for the drawings, I loved them. I've had my fill of lifeless 3D androids from recent adventure games (*cough* Aura *cough*), and the artwork in RTMI was a much appreciated reprieve. I wish more games would employ the lost art of ... well, art.
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 4:40am |
| Deleted User | I loved it. The drawings are okay with me, and it can't be because the games old (2004)--it's just a stylistic choice, I reckon.
Speck
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 12:35pm |
CrapstormJourneyman
Posts : 829
Joined: 18 FEB 2004
Status : Online | It's possible that the line drawings were "concept art" for cutscenes that they didn't have time/resources to realize. A lot of developers release concept art during the early stages of game development to generate some excitement, but then you never see it again. I find that the concept art is often better looking than the 3D renderings. It's a matter of aethetic taste, I suppose, but I don't think the sharp, computer generated images are anywhere near as artful as the movements of a pen or paintbrush in a skilled hand.
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 4:43pm |
MarkGuild Master
Posts : 3803
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | Benoit Sokal's Amerzone featured some very nice conceptual art line drawings that were nicely integrated into the story and gave a "forward movement in time" feel to the game.
Aesthetically, I thought the sketches also worked quite well as an "underpinning" to the movement of the story.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 5:22pm |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | I guess I am spoiled!!! I loved the way pc games are more and more advanced. The sketches felt a bit more ancient than I like. As real as possible for me! Either way, this game is very enjoyable!!
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| 18 FEB 2006 at 10:28am |
nejchaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 59
Joined: 22 AUG 2004
Status : Online | I started playing it on 31st December and finished it a few days later (no need to mention there was no time to play on 1st). I liked it too but i've played better. In my opinion you had to do some things too many times...some things were repetative. Otherwise it was ok...
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| 18 FEB 2006 at 9:33pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
Posts : 3510
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | I liked the way you could combine several items in inventory and then go and take them apart and make new items that would solve different problems. I'd like to see more of that in games.
Using line drawings instead of cut scenes cut down on the size of the game (might have needed an additional CD otherwise to accomodate the space required by cut scenes) and no doubt reduced the cost of production considerably. Would you have wanted to pay $10 more for the same game with cut scenes instead of line drawings? I don't think it would have been worth it.
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| 19 FEB 2006 at 6:46am |
Goddess of All Things MagicalSchattenjger
Posts : 1565
Joined: 27 MAY 2003
Status : Online | I just finished playing Return to Mysterious Island tonite. Gosh, the credits with pics of Mina were so cool! Just imagine if there had been other characters in the game or cutscenes instead of sketches.
But some much of game was just gorgeous. The French really know how to make a game visually stunning.
&&&&Listening to XM Radio Starbucks Cafe Channel 45&&[IMG]http://img227.echo.cx/img227/8458/dancelikenooneiswatching6ld.png[/IMG]
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| 20 FEB 2006 at 8:32pm |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | I Just Finished Return To Mysterious Island a minute ago!!! I Absolutely LOVED IT!!!!!!
I Will certainly play this one again in the future!!! It wasn't so difficult that I had to peek at the walkthrough
every minute either!!!
I Loved watching the ending! I freaked when i saw that robot in the sub, I thought I was a dead women!!!
Oh, I accidently killed her a few times when i was shooting the cannon!! Very Fun! I enjoyed this game
ALLOT!!!
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| 20 FEB 2006 at 9:04pm |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Boy - all you guys are going to be in deep, deep, doggy-doo if I don't like this game after reading all your raves and seeing I've just won it on EBay simply because everyone here seems to love the thing so much! So watch out, if I hate the game I'm going to be coming after all of you with my little hatchet to chop off your heads!
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| 20 FEB 2006 at 9:28pm |
CrapstormJourneyman
Posts : 829
Joined: 18 FEB 2004
Status : Online | We didn't all fall hysterically in love with it, Jo. The bulk of the game is just searching for inventory items, mashing them together and seeing what happens. I gave it a 5/10.
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| 21 FEB 2006 at 12:50am |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Crapstorm (20 FEB 2006 9:27pm)
We didn't all fall hysterically in love with it, Jo. The bulk of the game is just searching for inventory items, mashing them together and seeing what happens. I gave it a 5/10.
You might not have, but some people did, so they'd better watch out...........Be afraid....be very afraid.... [smiley=scared.gif]
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| 21 FEB 2006 at 2:17pm |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | [img]http://bestsmileys.com/superhero/2.gif[/img] I fear not!!! LOL!!
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| 21 FEB 2006 at 6:50pm |
uranus1997Intergalactic Janitor
Posts : 6
Joined: 17 APR 2005
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Sandy_Sleuth (20 FEB 2006 8:32pm)
I Just Finished Return To Mysterious Island a minute ago!!! I Absolutely LOVED IT!!!!!!
I Will certainly play this one again in the future!!! It wasn't so difficult that I had to peek at the wlkthrough every minute either!!! ......
I also loved it so~~~~ much! I had replayed it many many times (how many? Too many to remember ) ......For the highest & lowest scores
I thought you maybe like the other game——VOYAGE, because it's similar to RtMI, and I loved it more then RtMI.
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| 23 FEB 2006 at 4:11am |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | If you like inventory based puzzles as much as I do you can't find a better game than this one anywhere.
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| 23 FEB 2006 at 4:11pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | @uranus
Nope, she doesn't. It's not her kind of theme. Too many weird space plants!
@jdpv48
But those robots are part of the story and they make sense in the context.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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