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| 28 MAR 2007 at 6:23pm |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | This is the same guy that reamed Barrow Hill. He also recently reamed The Sacred Rings. I honestly question whether he played The Sacred Rings beyond the first location. He basically talks mostly about the first location. Even the screenshots that he left comments on are only commented on for the first location. He went on to tear it apart for being too difficult, yet the puzzle he chose to spotlight with a pic and caption was pretty damned easy and straightforward. My guess is that he got frustrated with the early puzzles, then ran through a walkthrough through the rest of the game and never really played it.
In looking at the number of reviews he has done, I really don't think he plays them thoroughly enough and belts out a review after experiencing relatively little of the game. So yeah, the good grade for Sherlock is a real shocker.
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| 28 MAR 2007 at 10:34pm |
kuddlesPrivate Detective
Posts : 702
Joined: 22 OCT 2004
Status : Online | It's not that much of a shock. He also gave pretty positive reviews of Broken Sword 4, Nibiru and Ankh.
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| 29 MAR 2007 at 9:02am |
Igor ArtemovSpace Cadet
Posts : 185
Joined: 1 APR 2003
Status : Online | Looks like he never bothered to read Conan Doyle nor Lovecraft. And the game is sure much easier then Aura.. That's how we grade todays adventures, I guess.
Killing Time
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| 29 MAR 2007 at 11:32am |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By kuddles (28 MAR 2007 10:34pm)
It's not that much of a shock. He also gave pretty positive reviews of Broken Sword 4, Nibiru and Ankh.
He probably just has 1st person puzzler issues .
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| 29 MAR 2007 at 1:30pm |
slydosIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 39
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Mr. Todd says, that one of the locations is in Germany. Well, not in the version that I played!
It was Switzerland, by the way. :
Too bad that it was so wordy. Must have confused him.
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| 29 MAR 2007 at 1:47pm |
TechnoSpikePrivate Detective
Posts : 581
Joined: 26 APR 2005
Location: PT
Status : Offline | I haven't played the game yet, nor have I much knowledge of it...but this review really shows the reviewer problems....
"At one point, you McGyver together a blowgun out of a pipe and a hypodermic syringe,"...... imagine that.... what will game developers think of next ...thats something that you can hardly make in real life, right? It's not so natural as running around shooting stuff with rocket launchers....
"However, some of the cutscenes are rather wordy, and there isn't any way to skip them or even fast-forward through specific lines. In some ways, this actually adds to the gameplay because it forces you to concentrate on every word spoken, much like the obsessive Holmes would have--or not. Holmes is awfully talky and obnoxious a lot of the time, so there are moments when you long for the ability to just hit the escape button to shut him up."
I always thought that when you are playing an adventure game (heck, with any game that doesn't expect you to have a concentration focus of a golden fish) you expect to know whats going on...if you don't talk to characters, how will you know what's going on? And how does the ability to read and think on what a character is saying add to the gameplay? Wasn't that supposed to be part of the gameplay in the first place? :
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| 29 MAR 2007 at 1:54pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | regardless if gamespot gives a good or a bad review to an adventure game, it's always blatantly obvious they have no idea what they're talking about :
macgyver together the blowpipe? give him tlj and have him figure out how to fish the keys out of the train tracks! i bet he'll blow a fuse!
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 2 APR 2007 at 6:43am |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By colpet (29 MAR 2007 11:32am)
He probably just has 1st person puzzler issues .
I thought the same thing. It seems pretty likely doesn't it? [smiley=detective.gif]
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| 2 APR 2007 at 1:43pm |
TemporaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 96
Joined: 5 AUG 2005
Status : Online | Did he mention Germany at his review? :-?
o tempora! o mores!
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