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| 21 DEC 2006 at 10:59am |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Depends on how you look at it. To me it's the equivalent of a Country Awards show picking the best Hip Hop album...it doesn't count for much.
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| 21 DEC 2006 at 11:15am |
BunnyFuFuSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Ivinia (21 DEC 2006 10:59am)
Depends on how you look at it. To me it's the equivalent of a Country Awards show picking the best Hip Hop album...it doesn't count for much.
Yep, this was about the reaction I was counting on [smiley=beer.gif]
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| 21 DEC 2006 at 11:53am |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Good point Mark...Mark? :-?
Where did it go this time?
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| 21 DEC 2006 at 12:40pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Uh, I'm sorry. I deleted.
And I'll tell you why.
I criticized Bunny because Dreamfall was listed as Best Action/Adventure game in the Polls, but it has now changed since they have reported the winners to Best Adventure game.
When I voted, the category distinctly said, Action/Adventure.
Now it says just Adventure.
I was under the impression that Gamespot had gotten rid of their Best Adventure game category altogether. At least they did during the polling for the "Best of" awards of 2006.
I wish they would make up their minds because apparently they have now put back in the "Adventure" category, rather than mashing Action and Adventure games together for these awards.
In the category of Action/Adventure, the only game you could remotely call an Adventure game in the list to pick from was Dreamfall.
That would make Dreamfall kind of a shoo-in for "Best Adventure Game of 2006", wouldn't it?
That's if there aren't any other Adventure (i.e., "non-Action" games besides Dreamfall in the running for "Best Action/Adventure Game of 2006"? And because all the other games in the "Action/Adventure" category were pretty much straight-up "Action" games?
Gamespot changed their tune. They polled the games under one category (the combined "Action/Adventure" moniker), and listed them as winners in another ("Adventure".
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 21 DEC 2006 at 6:50pm |
BazzaLBPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Mark (21 DEC 2006 12:40pm)
I wish they would make up their minds ...
Oh, the irony
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| 21 DEC 2006 at 6:59pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | CMA....lmao! Exactly! reamfall had a ton of good about it, not the least of which was avatar navigation. All and in all, it was a let-down after TLJ and the waiting and hype. But now, looking back, I wish that I was looking forward to another game like that.
Target has both Syberia games bundled for $10. I'm ready to play them again. Merry Christmas to me!
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 12:05am |
GhostSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By BunnyFuFu (21 DEC 2006 10:44am)
Entirely justified imo, looking back Dreamfall was by far the best adventure game of 2006!
I didn't think Dreamfall was all that great - it was okay...nothing special. [smiley=yawn.gif] But then again, I don't put a lot of stock into Gamespot - especially when they keep changing their website around - I can't even display the dang page properly on my PC!!!
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 12:29am |
MikekellyPrivate Detective
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First of all, this is Gamespy - NOT Gamespot.
[Best story, best adventure game and number 8 on the list of best pc games of 2006:
http://goty.gamespy.com/2006/pc/index24.html
Entirely justified imo, looking back Dreamfall was by far the best adventure game of 2006!
Dreamfall had the highest reviews of any Adventure game released this year and will win many more awards in addition to this one.
The fact that it won three awards - including best adventure game on the Xbox says alot!
Dreamfall was also my fav PC adventure game also!
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 3:15am |
GhostSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Mikekelly (22 DEC 2006 12:29am)
First of all, this is Gamespy - NOT Gamespot.
Oops! Sorry, my bad...someone mentioned Gamespot above and I went ballistic.... [smiley=embarassed.gif]
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 5:49am |
MikekellyPrivate Detective
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"Best story, best adventure game and number 8 of the best pc games of 2006:"
http://goty.gamespy.com/2006/pc/index24.html
Entirely justified - looking back Dreamfall was by far the best adventure game of 2006!
Adventure Game of the Year - PC
Adventure Game of the Year - Xbox
Best Story
Best Music
And lastly number 8 of the top ten PC games for 2006.
----- Please note that GAMESPY handed out the awards !!!!!!!!!!! --------------
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 11:38am |
BunnyFuFuSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By wren99 (22 DEC 2006 12:05am)
I didn't think Dreamfall was all that great - it was okay...nothing special. [smiley=yawn.gif] But then again, I don't put a lot of stock into Gamespot - especially when they keep changing their website around - I can't even display the dang page properly on my PC!!!
Comparing it to games like BS4, Murder on the Orient Express, Paradise and Tunguska, it is vastly superior. Most adventure games this year had great graphics, often nice sounds, but were seriously lacking in story, good puzzles and gameplay.
True, Dreamfall was relatively simple puzzlewise, but the story is the best and the most original I have come across this year. That is most important for me in an adventure game.
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| 24 DEC 2006 at 7:11pm |
nytimesguyPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By BunnyFuFu (22 DEC 2006 11:38am)
Originally Posted By wren99 (22 DEC 2006 12:05am)
I didn't think Dreamfall was all that great - it was okay...nothing special. [smiley=yawn.gif] But then again, I don't put a lot of stock into Gamespot - especially when they keep changing their website around - I can't even display the dang page properly on my PC!!!
Comparing it to games like BS4, Murder on the Orient Express, Paradise and Tunguska, it is vastly superior. Most adventure games this year had great graphics, often nice sounds, but were seriously lacking in story, good puzzles and gameplay.
True, Dreamfall was relatively simple puzzlewise, but the story is the best and the most original I have come across this year. That is most important for me in an adventure game.
The problem, IMHO, is that you can make an argument that Dreamfall was the best adventure game of the year (as long as you discount Sam & Max because it was just one episode in what will be a full game eventually), but it really wasn't all that good; it's just everything else was worse. For me, Dreamfall winning best adventure is just a sign of what a poor year for adventure games this was.
Charles - Game Theorist
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| 24 DEC 2006 at 7:36pm |
KsandraSchattenjger
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Status : Online | My own picks:
Most Overrated: Dreamfall
Biggest Disappointment: Broken Sword 4
Least Gameplay in Something That Purports To Be A 'Game': Dreamfall
Least Convincing Love Story: Ankh
Most Exasperating Bug: Ankh, for the end-game sequence
Most Completely Pointless Character in Any Adventure Game, Ever: Dreamfall, for Kian
Best of a Bad Lot: Tunguska
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| 26 DEC 2006 at 3:27pm |
MikekellyPrivate Detective
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Comparing it to games like Murder on the Orient Express, Paradise and Tunguska, it is vastly superior. Most adventure games this year had great graphics, often nice sounds, but were seriously lacking in story, good puzzles and gameplay.
True, Dreamfall was relatively simple puzzlewise, but the story is the best and the most original I have come across this year. That is most important for me in an adventure game.
I suspect that 2007 will be more of the same - my bet is on Runaway 2 being next year's best adventure game.
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| 28 DEC 2006 at 7:47am |
jalexSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Dreamfall was one game I didn't buy but from the reviews I would say it was far from the best or even average.
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| 28 DEC 2006 at 10:19pm |
JoGuild Master
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Status : Offline | All I can say is that I absolutely loved Dreamfall, more so than TLJ, certainly the puzzles weren't hard but now and then I find it nice to just get totally absorbed in the story and Dreamfall certainly did that (for me anyway).
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| 29 DEC 2006 at 6:10pm |
MikekellyPrivate Detective
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All I can say is that I absolutely loved Dreamfall, more so than TLJ, certainly the puzzles weren't hard but now and then I find it nice to just get totally absorbed in the story and Dreamfall certainly did that (for me anyway).
I feel the same way. The year's truely big production adventure game. Looked lush and played very well. I was impressed with it's virtual world and story.
This review says it all:
http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Dreamfall/Dreamfall.shtm
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| 1 JAN 2007 at 7:53pm |
PattyIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Bitterly disappointed by Dreamfall. Don't think I've been this disappointed by a game since Mask of Eternity. Absolutely hated the interface and "action" elements. Although Dreamfall's story hooked me enough to finish the game, I don't think it amounted to anything interesting in the end. It might be the best adventure game of 2006, but that just confirms that adventure games are really quite poor these days.
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| 2 JAN 2007 at 5:20am |
| Deleted User | Patty, while I wasn't as totally disappointed in Dreamfall as you were, I share your peeves with the game. Let's hope that with the next installment, they return to the first games experience.
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| 2 JAN 2007 at 7:06am |
MikekellyPrivate Detective
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As fabulous as Dreamfall was, they DO need to wrap up quite a few things with the next game.
I've got that "Empire Strikes Back" feeling big time!
I'll replay the second before I play the third that's for sure!
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