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| 29 SEP 2008 at 9:48am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Andromus (28 SEP 2008 11:51pm)
Agon: The Lost Sword of Toledo is my most recent adventure, and I did not have the best of starts. I had a long conversation with a character, then the game let me explore a room and I solved a minor puzzle. Not too bad, perhaps.
But then I had four or five long conversations in a row with different characters. I actually found myself starting to doze off toward the end, and had to replay the last conversation because I kept zoning out. Largest infodump I've seen in a long time, especially at the start of a game. Now that I seem to have gotten that out of the way, though, I hope the game actually lets me do something.
[smiley=rofl.gif] Sounds like the kind of game they would punish Caroline in hell with, Andromus! [smiley=rofl.gif] If you want to be really cruel, send her this game for her birthday..... [smiley=rofl.gif]
I started Daemonica a while ago, and wondered if I should not rather have purchased an e-book relating the story, there's so much reading to be done....
Sorry to hear that your'e not enjoying Keepsake as much as I did, Arkadia, I actually liked the story, and the ending too, as well as the gameworld and most of the puzzles. The logic of some of the puzzles seem to have been lost in translation, though.
Avatar, if you think Sanitarium starts off strange, wait until you get to the "Hive".... : :-X
I hope that when you finish this game, you will grace us with your thoughts about it?
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| 29 SEP 2008 at 12:45pm |
avatar_58Private Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (29 SEP 2008 9:48am)
Avatar, if you think Sanitarium starts off strange, wait until you get to the "Hive".... : :-X
I hope that when you finish this game, you will grace us with your thoughts about it?
Well so far I love every minute of it.
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| 9 OCT 2008 at 12:07pm |
Mr Innocent.Journeyman
Posts : 1317
Joined: 15 JAN 2008
Location: GR
Status : Offline | I've been a busy gamer these last couple of weeks . I played the first three Space Quests on the laptop, or to be more precise, I finished the first two but got stuck at an arcade mini game called Astro Chicken in the third, which some Internet browsing revealed to be among the most frustrating and hated mini games ever to appear on a monitor. I'm not certain I'll go back, and that says a lot coming from someone who is as obsessed with finishing games as I am.
I also finally finished Jack Orlando Director's Cut after having to admit defeat and consulting a walkthrough. Turns out that unlike most adventures where NPCs explicitly ask for what they want in return for what you want, in this game you must simply offer them everything in your inventory in the hopes they like something. Ok, so giving a cook a soup ladle may not be unreasonable, but how was I to know that offering a smoke to a hotel doorman will open up a new location, or giving a newspaper to the same hotel's concierge will make a new, completely unrelated but essential to game progress character appear? Without any hint that the concierge has any interest in anything resembling a newspaper?
The problem is made worse by the fact that this game has the most red herrings in an adventure, ever. I had forty six (46) items in my inventory just before the final scene, and less than fifteen are actually used during the game...
During the weekend, I played Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude from start to finish. It leaves a lot to be desired gameplay-wise, but let no man (or woman) say that I refused to participate in a virtual quest to get laid . One of the things I didn't like is how outlandish some of the things that go wrong once Larry manages to get a girl back to his dorm room are. I know it is supposed to be an over the top comedy about a born loser's unending quest for sex, but sometimes I wanted to scream at the monitor "Campus security, local bums and sentient arcade machines casually teleporting in the room at exactly the wrong moment? Give me a break and let the guy have sex for once, damn it!".
It also gave me quite a fright. Slight spoiler Spoiler AlertOne of the girls that Larry woos turns out to be possessed by a demon. I know that the joke is supposed to be that there is nothing that will stop Larry from trying to get in a girl's pants (and just in case you miss the joke, a loading screen explains it to you :) but a demonic voice suddenly and unexpectedly booming out of the speakers at 2 am is not funny at all. I felt as if the game designers were having fun at my expense at that moment, and I'm sure the look on my face would greatly amuse them >.
I started Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny a couple of days ago. Reviews were very lukewarm, but so far I quite like it. Nice graphics, and gripping atmosphere despite the improbably named protagonist (Thomas? Even though the name probably really existed during Cleopatra's reign, it still feels wrong in a game set in ancient Egypt). The puzzles' level of difficulty is also just right for me so far (I just helped that crazy crocodile guy prepare for his afterlife).
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| 9 OCT 2008 at 1:09pm |
avatar_58Private Detective
Posts : 403
Joined: 27 MAY 2008
Status : Online | Wait....Astro chicken? Surely you are kidding? It's easy - it's just a different version of lunar lander with a bouncy pad. You just have to hit up and down near the bottom until you land gracefully. As you pull up, press down and you'll land slowly.
I mean Space Quest 3 is my fav of the series. It's a shame if you miss out just because of that silly minigame.
I've been playing Quest for Glory V as a Paladin hybrid (magic/thief skills). I've played it before so this time I'm enjoying the combat more. Despite it's shortcomings it's really a good game. It's just more of an RPG than an adventure compared to the other offerings. The charm of the characters, the setting and the open ended feeling all exist.
I think QFGV's biggest downfall is coming after Shadows of Darkness, since that game was pure gold. It's a tough act to follow.
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| 10 OCT 2008 at 9:38am |
Mr Innocent.Journeyman
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Joined: 15 JAN 2008
Location: GR
Status : Offline | You mean, it's a different version of Lunar Lander with controls devised in the deepest bowels of hell to torment mortals.
And if I wanted to play Lunar Lander, I'd be playing the original, not some crappy reflex test in a game that wants to call itself an adventure...
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| 10 OCT 2008 at 7:56pm |
JelenaPrivate Detective
Posts : 587
Joined: 30 SEP 2007
Status : Offline | I'm slowly reaching the end of Obsidian.
Temporary guest in your life.
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| 11 OCT 2008 at 11:26pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1632
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Just started a replay of Zork Nemesis. I may as well be playing it for the first time as I'm already stuck.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 12 OCT 2008 at 5:32am |
ArkadiaPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By avatar_58 (9 OCT 2008 1:09pm)
It's just more of an RPG than an adventure compared to the other offerings. The charm of the characters, the setting and the open ended feeling all exist.
Don't say that! It's perhaps my favourite adventure game of all time...
I sense a self-awakening..
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| 12 OCT 2008 at 12:20pm |
| Deleted User | Nice way to boost that post count, Arcadia.. [smiley=laughing.gif]
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| 12 OCT 2008 at 12:21pm |
JKingSchattenjger
Posts : 2350
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Location: 0
Status : Offline | Yes, it's ingenius, really! I should try it sometime...
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 13 OCT 2008 at 2:41am |
PeterooIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 20
Joined: 12 DEC 2007
Status : Offline | I'm on roughly my 10th runthrough of Black Mirror (for a book-length walkthrough ).
Peter
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| 13 OCT 2008 at 3:01am |
avatar_58Private Detective
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Joined: 27 MAY 2008
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Arkadia (12 OCT 2008 5:31am)
Don't say that! It's perhaps my favourite adventure game of all time...
I sense a self-awakening..
Why, I don't mean it in a negative way. I just meant that the puzzles are toned way back and 95% of your goals are stat or combat based. The fact that they really gave each class their own goals and abilities really plays into that as well, as the older games only 'slightly' altered solutions.
It's biggest downfall is the story though, it doesn't pack the same punch as the original games. Especially not 3 or 4. The combat can also be cumbersome at first until you get the hang of it.
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| 14 OCT 2008 at 10:33am |
| Deleted User | I've finally returned to Dracula Resurrection since I stopped it last when some sinusitis made me feel dizzy while playing it.
This game has amazing atmosphere, and I find it very immersive. Even though the backgrounds are pre-rendered, it's still very well done, and in the outdoors scenes, you feel as if you really are there in a snowy moonlit landscape, with ungodly creatures lying waiting in the darkness.... [smiley=raise_eyebrow.gif]
So far the puzzles have been purely inventory based, mostly easy, interspersed with occasional difficult to find ones.
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| 14 OCT 2008 at 12:15pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Location: AU
Status : Offline | I re-installed Schizm 2 in an effort to entice my son to try some cerebral titilation. It left him cold but I fell in love with it all over again.... [sigh].... I really don't have time but I suppose I'll play it again for the 3rd time. Simply too much fun!
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| 14 OCT 2008 at 2:48pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
Posts : 1653
Joined: 17 NOV 2006
Status : Offline | I'm loading Discworld Noir after an unsuccessful attempt to bond with it about a year ago, following a prolonged state of procrastination. Problem is, I really dislike cartoony games, so this is a test of willpower and a statement about the void in my gaming life.
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| 14 OCT 2008 at 3:17pm |
MaumPrivate Detective
Posts : 595
Joined: 2 JUN 2007
Location: UK
Status : Offline | After a lull in playing I've started Fallout 2 again... Just to reming myself!
I was playing Next Life on my laptop- had a break from that as well, the whole scaffolding thing was getting on my nerves a bit- the movement is so slow it makes the whole sequence a huuuge drag.
The game itself is mildly entertaining so far- intriguing storyline, lots of kooky characters and mysteries... really not keen on the times sequences though.
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 16 OCT 2008 at 9:11am |
LagavulinPrivate Detective
Posts : 475
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I recently watched the end of The Lost Crown. An adventure that in a way was like a rollercoaster ride. Not in a real sense but it had as many great heights as it had deep lows.
[font=Comic Sans MS][size=12]Yesterday I started replaying Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy. Using dosbox and I'm REALLY having a great time.
Cheers
FOR THE MOMENT I AM PLAYING ON MY Win 7&&&&Recently Played&& ark Fall Lost Souls,Outcry,SH vs A Lupin,Tales of Monkey Island,Still Life 2,Sinking Island,Pandora Directive (RP),The Lost Crown
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| 16 OCT 2008 at 11:35am |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | Recently Finished: Broken Sword 2.5. It was nice, but the pacing was terrible. So much filler - what was the reason for going to England? And what was that creepy doctor all about? Some nonsensical puzzles - finding batteries in a fusebox for example.
It was never clear where I had to go next. Why must I walk somewhere completely random to find my next puzzle? The entire game was like this.
Spoiler AlertAlso, why the heck did they bring back Flap, Guido and Khan? The locations from the first game and the living characters were enough for me.
On the plus side the graphics were lovely, the translation was very good and the soundtrack was true to the original game.
I think they should've called it Broken Sword 1.5, as it has lots to do with the first game, but very little with the second one.
Currnetly playing: CSI: Hard Evidence. I'm liking it alot. It's very easy, but the formula of collecting and analyzing evidence and talking to suspects works for me. I wish more mystery games used this formula - why make your character solve sliders when he can try to match DNA samples?
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| 16 OCT 2008 at 11:41am |
Mr Innocent.Journeyman
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Location: GR
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Shany (16 OCT 2008 11:35am)
Currnetly playing: CSI: Hard Evidence. I'm liking it alot. It's very easy, but the formula of collecting and analyzing evidence and talking to suspects works for me. I wish more mystery games used this formula - why make your character solve sliders when he can try to match DNA samples?
QFT.
CSI New York is in the works, and should be ready for a Christmas release.
On topic, I finished Cleopatra and I'm thinking of starting HCA: The Ugly Prince Duckling. But most of my gaming time is taken up by Loki, as chronicled in the Other Games forum...
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| 16 OCT 2008 at 1:28pm |
| Deleted User | CSI New York is in the works, and should be ready for a Christmas release.
Heh, heh - I've already pre-ordered that one; ETA for 28 Nov. I know the CSI games are regarded as casual games by "real" Adventure gamers : :-/ ; but I love them and play each one non-stop in about 2 or 3 days.
Seeing as I am in Dracula's Castle at the moment 8-) (Drac resurrection), and I'm probably nearing the end of the game, I can't decide whether to play Amerzone or Culpa Innata next.
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| 16 OCT 2008 at 2:09pm |
MaumPrivate Detective
Posts : 595
Joined: 2 JUN 2007
Location: UK
Status : Offline | I tried Amerzone and found it very dull. It was 'Myst-like' and as I hate Myst I got bored pretty quickly.
Maybe the game picks up after a while, I don't know.
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 16 OCT 2008 at 10:14pm |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | Finished CSI. The last case had an aweful pixel hunt, but otherwise I enjoyed it alot. I will get the next one when I get the chance.
Are the older CSIs similar to this one?
@Maum - Amerzone's pace doesn't pick up, but the enviroments get a lot prettier and more immersive. I enjoyed the game once I got to the second area (the island), but I was using a walkthrough.
I'm not sure which game to play next. I really feel like playing an RPG, and I have 'A Bard's Tale' still unplayed - has anyone played it and can give an opinion? Is it hard?
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| 16 OCT 2008 at 10:35pm |
JKingSchattenjger
Posts : 2350
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Location: 0
Status : Offline | I just finished Monkey Island 2 (which I played with my brother) concurrently with playing Dracula: The resurrection. Both are quite good, though the former obviously has higher production quality.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 16 OCT 2008 at 11:20pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Shany (16 OCT 2008 10:14pm)
Finished CSI. The last case had an aweful pixel hunt, but otherwise I enjoyed it alot. I will get the next one when I get the chance.
Are the older CSIs similar to this one?
@Maum - Amerzone's pace doesn't pick up, but the enviroments get a lot prettier and more immersive. I enjoyed the game once I got to the second area (the island), but I was using a walkthrough.
I'm not sure which game to play next. I really feel like playing an RPG, and I have 'A Bard's Tale' still unplayed - has anyone played it and can give an opinion? Is it hard?
Shany, the first two CSI's (plus the Miami one) was 2D (or 2.5?), which actually IMO made the graphics look better. Of course gameplay was slightly different because of this, but not really so much that I'd say I prefer one or the other.
To me personally (just a personal opinion) the first 3 CSI's had better, more interesting, original and convoluted stories, that were also much better integrated as a whole.
If you enjoyed this one that you played, and would like to try another one, I'd most certainly recommend the Ubisoft "Exclusive" trilogy box set - it's great value for money, being three games for the price of one. (It contains the first CSI, CSI Dark motives, and CSI Miami - all of which I personally enjoyed greatly.)
I started the modern remake of "Bard's Tale" a while ago, and didn't play enough to tell you if it's really hard, (don't think so) but it does have a whacky sense of humour.
Anyway, -on topic- I finished Dracula Resurrection and have started with Culpa Innata.
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