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| 27 JUL 2009 at 8:43pm |
hatshepsutIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 53
Joined: 10 JUL 2009
Location: US
Status : Offline | Just finished Rent a Hero a few days ago. Wonderful little game. I'm going to start playing Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir tonight when all is quiet and dark.
She Who Would Be King
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| 27 JUL 2009 at 9:14pm |
| Deleted User | I'm checking out some rather strange visuals in The Shimmering World of Outcry. After reading all the replies in the first vs third thread I must say I really have a lot more appreciation of this total sense of feeling immersed in a first person game.
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| 30 JUL 2009 at 1:42am |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Im trying to finish up Rhiannon, dont play a whole lot in the summer months, to much yard work and stuff like that.
Gaming season is just around the corner for me.
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| 30 JUL 2009 at 11:15am |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Camaroboy1968 (27 JUL 2009 9:14pm)
I'm checking out some rather strange visuals in The Shimmering World of Outcry. After reading all the replies in the first vs third thread I must say I really have a lot more appreciation of this total sense of feeling immersed in a first person game.
I thought Outcry was an exceptional game. I hope you like it.
It was the only newish game to make it to my GB top 20 list.
In alphabetical order
Black Dahlia
Dark Fall 1
Gabriel Knight Beast Within
Gabriel Knight Blood of the Sacred Blood of the Dammed
Myst Exile
Neverhood
Obsidian
Outcry
RealMyst
Rhem
Rhem 2
Riddle of the Sphinx
Riven
Schizm (Mysterious Journey)
Shivers
Shivers 2
Tex Murphy Pandora Directive
Timelapse
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Zork Nemesis
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| 30 JUL 2009 at 9:15pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By colpet (30 JUL 2009 11:15am)
Originally Posted By Camaroboy1968 (27 JUL 2009 9:14pm)
I'm checking out some rather strange visuals in The Shimmering World of Outcry. After reading all the replies in the first vs third thread I must say I really have a lot more appreciation of this total sense of feeling immersed in a first person game.
I thought Outcry was an exceptional game. I hope you like it.
It was the only newish game to make it to my GB top 20 list.
Wow. Quite an experience compared with games I've recently played. I did like it though, very much. Very intriguing and highly questionable/debatable storyline. Although I just finished the game and re-played the intro, I'm sure I'll be thinking about this one for a while. Question: does it give meaning to new horizons for human perception? Well, it certainly raises the question. Well worth the visit over to GB to read the theories posted in the Outcry-Ending spoilers thread. Definitely deserves a replay since it’s not a particularly long game once you know what to do.
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| 31 JUL 2009 at 12:42pm |
portiafimbriataIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 76
Joined: 12 FEB 2009
Status : Offline | Right now I'm playing Grim Fandango, Exile, and Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper. I am also going to start Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers this weekend.
Cthulu loves me, this I know&&The Necronomicon tells me so
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| 1 AUG 2009 at 1:23am |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Finished Destination Treasure Island and Yoomurjak's Ring within the last week.
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| 1 AUG 2009 at 3:10am |
| Deleted User | It's time for a little adventuring, after just finishing Bioshock, so will start 'Secrets of the Ark'.
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| 1 AUG 2009 at 12:21pm |
JelenaPrivate Detective
Posts : 587
Joined: 30 SEP 2007
Status : Offline | Next up will be one of following:
NiBuRu, Secret Files Tunguska or Dead Reefs.
I'm leaning towards SFT, but I haven't decided yet.
Thoughts anyone?
Temporary guest in your life.
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| 1 AUG 2009 at 12:53pm |
| Deleted User | If I were you, I'd play SFT, Jelena, since the 2nd one is out already, and there has been quite a lot of discussion about them.
I too, still have to play Nibiru and Dead Reefs. Perhaps we could do a community playthrough for those.
Ah, nice to see you have time for some gaming again, Masher.
As for myself, since I managed to get Black Dahlia going with the kind help of Greyfuss and SuperEdy, I think I'll finally give it a try.
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| 1 AUG 2009 at 2:16pm |
JelenaPrivate Detective
Posts : 587
Joined: 30 SEP 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (1 AUG 2009 12:53pm)
As for myself, since I managed to get Black Dahlia going with the kind help of Greyfuss and SuperEdy, I think I'll finally give it a try.
Get ready for a great game! The story is amazing imho and the puzzles are good with the exception of some ridiculously difficult ones.
Temporary guest in your life.
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| 1 AUG 2009 at 2:37pm |
GreyFussPrivate Detective
Posts : 767
Joined: 4 DEC 2006
Status : Offline | In preparation for the soon to be released, Darkfall 3: Lost Souls, I have been replaying Darkfall: The Journal & Darkfall: Lights Out only this time I am playing the re-released Pins and Needles Directors Cut versions. Finished DF 1 and I am in the middle of Lights Out. So much I just didn't get about the stories the first time I played them that I am picking up now. Looking forward to finishing the series up with Lost Souls come Halloween.
"Don't Hate Me Because I Am Beautiful...There Are Many Other Reasons"
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| 1 AUG 2009 at 8:45pm |
pollodiabloSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 295
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Rhem 3, but I'm not enjoying it very much. There's too many things that have several uses depending on how many times you press a button or in what position a lever is. I'm running around in circles and can't find my way back to that one puzzle I think I now have the solution to and when I do reach it, it's still not correct. I guess I'll install and play the Art of Murder games next, they are supposedly much easier. >
Beta-tester of 'The Path', 'Rhiannon', 'Scratches', 'Hope Springs Eternal', 'Time Stand Still', 'Frasse and the Peas of Kejick', '1893: A World's Fair Mystery', 'Carte Blanche' and 'Oakhaven Plantation' a.o.&&
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| 2 AUG 2009 at 2:02pm |
ArkadiaPrivate Detective
Posts : 558
Joined: 1 JUN 2008
Status : Online | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (1 AUG 2009 12:53pm)
I too, still have to play Nibiru and Dead Reefs. Perhaps we could do a community playthrough for those.
I wouldn't recommend a community playthrough of Dead Reefs, as most participators will (I can almost guarantee) have no more hair left to pull after about half an hour or so and will give up on the game.
Not that it is a terribly bad game - the premise is interesting - but the controls are utterly horrid. The worst I have ever come across, by far. I am so surprised this game was given the go-ahead to be released with the movement as buggy as it was. It really is almost unplayable, although I managed to utterly force myself into finishing the game by a strength of will I didn't know I had (I'd recently promised myself to actually FINISH every single game I start).
The game probably took me about 4 hours longer than it should have due to the character walking somewhere I didn't intend (about 10 times in a row each time). That's one way of adding length to a game :
I'm replaying Discworld II, it's not quite as good as I remember it being but still enjoyable and better than most of the newer games I've played :-X
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| 4 AUG 2009 at 11:08am |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Thanks to a mention on this forum, I'm playing In Cubation - an excellent puzzle adventure, very similar to Rhem. I spent most of yesterday on this free game and still am not finished. There were some really neat puzzles that I've not come across before.
It's interesting that the some most fun I've had with Adventures this past year have been with the freebies - Fool's Errand, Escape from the Room and now In Cubation.
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| 4 AUG 2009 at 4:04pm |
SuperEdyPrivate Detective
Posts : 772
Joined: 30 MAR 2007
Status : Online | Originally Posted By colpet (4 AUG 2009 11:08am)
It's interesting that the some most fun I've had with Adventures this past year have been with the freebies - Fool's Errand, Escape from the Room and now In Cubation.
Well, The Fool's Errand was originally a commercial game. Have you tried The Key? I read it has some fiendishly difficult puzzles [smiley=slurp.gif]
[b]Currently Playing[/b]: None of your business
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| 4 AUG 2009 at 4:42pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (1 AUG 2009 12:53pm)
If I were you, I'd play SFT, Jelena, since the 2nd one is out already, and there has been quite a lot of discussion about them.
I too, still have to play Nibiru and Dead Reefs. Perhaps we could do a community playthrough for those.
Ah, nice to see you have time for some gaming again, Masher.
As for myself, since I managed to get Black Dahlia going with the kind help of Greyfuss and SuperEdy, I think I'll finally give it a try.
Wish I had more time but I'll take whatever I can get. I only loaded up 'Secrets of the Ark' late Friday night and gave a little test run so can't really say if I'll like it. I'm looking forward to an adventure so hope this fills the need. I did like the third installment so that's a start. Happy gaming.
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| 7 AUG 2009 at 5:45pm |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
Posts : 1093
Joined: 13 AUG 2006
Status : Online | Today, after a vacation on a greek island I installed everlight. It seems quite promising. I admit though: This world of elves and magic are really my type!
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 7 AUG 2009 at 5:57pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By eragon (7 AUG 2009 5:44pm)
Today, after a vacation on a greek island I installed everlight. It seems quite promising. I admit though: This world of elves and magic are really my type!
Sounds nice, Taurnil. I also got Everlight a while ago, and it's been on my "to play " list for a while now, so please let us know how you find it. I hope you have returned from your vacation nice and refreshed, ready for a new round of gaming!
Anyway, I am finally busy playing Black Dahliah. It tended to crash a lot on me at first, which did dishearten me; but luckily it seems to crash less now. The story is getting rather interesting now.
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| 7 AUG 2009 at 6:29pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
Posts : 3510
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By colpet (4 AUG 2009 11:08am)
Thanks to a mention on this forum, I'm playing In Cubation - an excellent puzzle adventure, very similar to Rhem. I spent most of yesterday on this free game and still am not finished. There were some really neat puzzles that I've not come across before.
It's interesting that the some most fun I've had with Adventures this past year have been with the freebies - Fool's Errand, Escape from the Room and now In Cubation.
Thanks for the recommendation.
I didn't realize JA+ had a review for it.
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| 7 AUG 2009 at 6:42pm |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
Posts : 1093
Joined: 13 AUG 2006
Status : Online | @TheTraveller
Black Dahlia! Gosh, that's a really difficult game I assure you! Be patient!
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 7 AUG 2009 at 7:32pm |
| Deleted User | Currently I'm playing Memento Mori. Not too bad so far but it's a pain finding it necessary to save quite often since there are many instances where you have to make a choice regarding your attitude in the responses and you definitely want to see the immediate effect of each one in the game. I'm not really sure what to play next, but perhaps this would be a good time to try Black Dahlia since it's become a game of interest. I'm not sure what the best installment procedure is though. There's one on Inferno's page using a patch (Black Dahlia V.1.10 Update and possibly a slowdown program) but that may not be the most up to date. We'll see. :-/
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| 7 AUG 2009 at 7:41pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Camaroboy1968 (7 AUG 2009 7:32pm)
I'm not really sure what to play next, but perhaps this would be a good time to try Black Dahlia since it's become a game of interest. I'm not sure what the best installment procedure is though. There's one on Inferno's page using a patch (Black Dahlia V.1.10 Update and possibly a slowdown program) but that may not be the most up to date. We'll see. :-/
I still struggled to get the game to play with only Inferno's patches. (I alwyas go to Inferno's list first)
There's a fanmade patch that let's you put all the discs onto your hard drive. It worked for me after using that patch.
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| 7 AUG 2009 at 8:24pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Jenny100 (7 AUG 2009 6:29pm)
Originally Posted By colpet (4 AUG 2009 11:08am)
Thanks to a mention on this forum, I'm playing In Cubation - an excellent puzzle adventure, very similar to Rhem. I spent most of yesterday on this free game and still am not finished. There were some really neat puzzles that I've not come across before.
It's interesting that the some most fun I've had with Adventures this past year have been with the freebies - Fool's Errand, Escape from the Room and now In Cubation.
Thanks for the recommendation.
I didn't realize JA+ had a review for it.
I think you'll like this one; there were a few innovative puzzles and plenty familiar ones. A good game for the grey cells. Let me know what you think.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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