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| 11 JUL 2006 at 5:35am |
IviniaGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By shadow9d9 (11 JUL 2006 3:37am)
..when you try to add something else to the cup it removed the picture of the mushroom you previously place, making it look like it was a substitution! In fact, it was merely adding the next item to the cup.... That was an obnoxious trick... would it have been that hard to show all three intended items simultaneously in the cup!?!?
Otherwise, good first game... anyone else have problems where I did?
Yep, the ingredients in the cup thing here too. Same routine too, I didn't realize they were all adding up, I thought they were being replaced.
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| 11 JUL 2006 at 1:07pm |
jamarchandSchattenjger
Posts : 1665
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | WOW! 6 1/2 hours start-to-finnish..a real record.
 &&&&[move]Actually playing SHIVERS and Rhem 2[/move]&&
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| 11 JUL 2006 at 1:35pm |
shadow9d9Sorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 295
Joined: 17 JUN 2006
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By jamarchand (11 JUL 2006 1:07pm)
WOW! 6 1/2 hours start-to-finnish..a real record.
It is a pretty short game, trust me : )...
Disclaimer:&&&&Please do not take my opinions personally. I have strong opinions that may differ harshly with other popular opinions. I also have a rather direct way of expressing them. Keep this in mind when reading and do not get upset!
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| 11 JUL 2006 at 2:16pm |
jamarchandSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Shadow.....It's a big deception to me....indeed.
Seems adventure development are moving to easier and faster stories....gennerally speaking.
Burn 20, 30 bucks between the launch and dinner....isn't a good cost/benefit relation, IMO.
To much money for very few entertainment.
&&&&[move]Actually playing SHIVERS and Rhem 2[/move]&&
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| 11 JUL 2006 at 4:15pm |
shadow9d9Sorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 295
Joined: 17 JUN 2006
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By jamarchand (11 JUL 2006 2:15pm)
Shadow.....It's a big deception to me....indeed.
Seems adventure development are moving to easier and faster stories....gennerally speaking.
Burn 20, 30 bucks between the launch and dinner....isn't a good cost/benefit relation, IMO.
To much money for very few entertainment.
Well, look at it this way... I spend $20-25 for Barrow Hill, but I just bought Myst 4 on ebay for $10 including shipping and bought Myst 5 in CC 2 days ago for $16. I recently bought Dark fall 1 and 2 for around 12 bucks each, longest journey for 10, Still life for 15 on ebay, broken sword 1 and 2 dvd on ebay for 15, discworld noir for 20 on ebay, broken sword 3 for 13 at the adventure store, scratches for 20... Escape from monkey island was round 10 on ebay(though I severely dread the control scheme of grim fandango again).
Deals are to be had if you wait a bit after the games come out.. Plus, ebay is your friend...
As long as the game is fun, it's worth it to me... compared to paying 10 bucks for what is usually a crappy movie in the movie theaters.. and that's 10 bucks per person, which including the wife, is $20+gas/tax...
Some of the newer independent games like Dark Fall and Barrow Hill are short.. but their content is still a ton of fun(aside from a few quibbles I had with both)...
3rd person games tend to be longer(longest journey), and the first person ones are usually more intense and quicker... at least the newer budget ones... but they still have a place.
Disclaimer:&&&&Please do not take my opinions personally. I have strong opinions that may differ harshly with other popular opinions. I also have a rather direct way of expressing them. Keep this in mind when reading and do not get upset!
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| 11 JUL 2006 at 9:48pm |
hlalexSpace Cadet
Posts : 127
Joined: 19 JUL 2004
Status : Online | I look at it a different way. It cost us $40.00 to get it here.
Okay my husband played it and then I played it. So now the cost has dropped to $20.00 each. We own the game and play almost every game 3 or 4 times. So everytime you play the game and enjoy it just a little it knocks the price down even more. I figure the game well have paid for itself for the many times we play it. And even if you only play it one time and enjoyed the game it must have been worth it. We could have spent the money and walk away with a sick feeling and had nothing to say about it or to show you even enjoyed it a few mins...
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| 11 JUL 2006 at 9:51pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By jamarchand (11 JUL 2006 2:15pm)
Burn 20, 30 bucks between the launch and dinner....isn't a good cost/benefit relation, IMO.
To much money for very few entertainment.
[smiley=rofl.gif] Oh the irony....
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| 12 JUL 2006 at 11:11am |
VosjeIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 3
Joined: 9 SEP 2004
Status : Online | While we're on the subject of Barrow Hill.
Did anyone notice the face of a man in the church' ruins on the wall when you enter them and turn to the right? Was there a meaning behind that or was it just there to freak you out? (because it worked on me.)
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| 12 JUL 2006 at 12:59pm |
jamarchandSchattenjger
Posts : 1665
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By hlalex (11 JUL 2006 9:48pm)
I look at it a different way. It cost us $40.00 to get it here.
Okay my husband played it and then I played it. So now the cost has dropped to $20.00 each. We own the game and play almost every game 3 or 4 times. So everytime you play the game and enjoy it just a little it knocks the price down even more. I figure the game well have paid for itself for the many times we play it. And even if you only play it one time and enjoyed the game it must have been worth it. We could have spent the money and walk away with a sick feeling and had nothing to say about it or to show you even enjoyed it a few mins...
Adventure games are famous due their constitution - A story driven based game....with pre-determinated paths, single solutions and extremely few replaybility in comparison with racing, sports, shooting and fighting ones. By my side - I prefer harder and longer adventures/stories. More for my money....but I admit and respect those gamers who loves nanometrical adventures...I know that modern life is fast.....extremelly fast.
&&&&[move]Actually playing SHIVERS and Rhem 2[/move]&&
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| 12 JUL 2006 at 1:26pm |
shadow9d9Sorcerer Apprentice
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Joined: 17 JUN 2006
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Vosje (12 JUL 2006 11:11am)
While we're on the subject of Barrow Hill.
Did anyone notice the face of a man in the church' ruins on the wall when you enter them and turn to the right? Was there a meaning behind that or was it just there to freak you out? (because it worked on me.)
I think you were just supposed to be seeing your own reflection.
Disclaimer:&&&&Please do not take my opinions personally. I have strong opinions that may differ harshly with other popular opinions. I also have a rather direct way of expressing them. Keep this in mind when reading and do not get upset!
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| 12 JUL 2006 at 9:59pm |
Banjo CousinIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 12 JUL 2006
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Vosje (12 JUL 2006 11:11am)
Did anyone notice the face of a man in the church' ruins on the wall when you enter them and turn to the right? Was there a meaning behind that or was it just there to freak you out?
This is just the author saying BOO! at you.
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| 13 JUL 2006 at 3:08am |
shed22Space Cadet
Posts : 106
Joined: 18 SEP 2005
Status : Offline | I don't often really disagree with comments on this site, but Banjo Cousin isn't quite correct. I won't note the the spots for spoiler reasons, but there were two different times in this game where the author did such a good job of saying "Boo" to me that I jumped right out of my chair!
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| 13 JUL 2006 at 9:21am |
MysticFallsIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 30 MAY 2006
Status : Online | [size=14]I thoroughly enjoyed Barrow Hill and I don't usually enjoy 1st person games. I liked the story. I didn't find it all that creepy although I certainly wouldn't wander around in a place like that, all alone, in real life. I did jump a couple of times when Spoiler Alertthe bird flew out from behind a garbage bin ... twice. Well worth the 30 bucks or whatever it was. I never re-play games but I would recommend this one to anybody who hasn't played it.
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| 14 JUL 2006 at 9:20am |
Banjo CousinIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 6
Joined: 12 JUL 2006
Status : Online | Originally Posted By shed22 (13 JUL 2006 3:07am)
I don't often really disagree with comments on this site, but Banjo Cousin isn't quite correct. I won't note the the spots for spoiler reasons
My statement is still correct.
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| 15 JUL 2006 at 1:30am |
HelenGuild Master
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Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I really liked this game, finished it the other day, cant say how long it took because I can never just sit down and play when I want so an hour here and there. But Ive had it for a couple of weeks so it isnt to long of a game but one I thoroughly enjoyed.
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| 17 JUL 2006 at 4:59pm |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | This game didn't throw anything at you that would keep you racking your brain for hours or cause you to go look for a walkthrough and that was really good. Because of this some people are saying it was short but I don't like being stumped for hours or days at a time so I can't complain about the length.
I have talked to many good action gamers and being stumped and having no idea how to advance the story is the main reason they don't play many adventure games. Putting action in them is not what it takes to get the action gamers playing them.
I am an engineer and I do everything by putting all my clues together and geting them to all point in the same direction. If a game doesn't have enough clues to do that it makes it hard to solve the puzzles. This game had just the right amount for me.
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