| 15 JAN 2010 at 9:14pm |
hatshepsutIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 53
Joined: 10 JUL 2009
Location: US
Status : Offline | Lady Kestrel hope all goes well next week at your Dr's appointment.
Finished Dark Fall Lost Souls. Starting Blackstone Chronicles now. Looks like another good horror story.
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She Who Would Be King
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| 18 JAN 2010 at 2:24am |
MikekellyPrivate Detective
Posts : 612
Joined: 25 JUN 2004
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I just finished the "Tree of Life" and - I have to say, the one review of the game at 8.5 is spot on. The game is very, very good. The two timed puzzles are quite easy and so is the slider puzzle.
Much more challenging than the first one - with good characterization too. CI have improved a 100% with this game and it's good to see.
The graphics are amazing - pure eye candy too.
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| 18 JAN 2010 at 2:50am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Having recently finished Under A Killing Moon, I'm not quite sure what to make of it. It's horribly low-res, making searching for items especially painful. The control system is one of the worst I've used (though I did learn to at least tolerate it), and most of the acting is very, very bad, even for an FMV game, and that's saying something.
And yet I have to say I had fun playing it. The game, even with its various faults, had a certain charm. Tex Murphy, with his wry outlook on everything, makes for an appealing underdog hero even as he bumbles his way through the game.
So that's three Tex Murphy games down and two to go. I look forward to seeing how the last two games compare to this one.
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| 18 JAN 2010 at 6:07pm |
| Deleted User | Tecnically they improved from game to game. I suppose you have to take into consideration how long ago it was made
I think that Pandora Directive was the best of the whole lot and is one of my best-ever games
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| 19 JAN 2010 at 10:40pm |
JehaneSpace Cadet
Posts : 128
Joined: 15 MAY 2007
Status : Online | Coraline on Wii. Nice game, not too difficult except for those timed puzzles.
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| 20 JAN 2010 at 7:28pm |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
Posts : 1093
Joined: 13 AUG 2006
Status : Online | I just succeeded in entering the shimmering world playing 'Outcry' and I'm amazed by the odd surroundings and psychedelic world. I just can't figure out yet if what I see is due to Spoiler Alertthe potion I madeor if it's truly a Spoiler Alertdifferent world when I got out of the capsule.
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 20 JAN 2010 at 10:28pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Last night I finally managed to finish the endgame in Obsidian. amned impossible - I had to get my son's help. But I think I did it wrong because Ceres won.....
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| 20 JAN 2010 at 10:30pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (20 JAN 2010 10:27pm)
Last night I finally managed to finish the endgame in Obsidian. Damned impossible - I had to get my son's help. But I think I did it wrong because Ceres won.....
I had trouble with that one too.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 20 JAN 2010 at 10:41pm |
WimliGuild Master
Posts : 3259
Joined: 14 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | I have numerous games installed at the moment, and I'm switching between them all the time: Jack Keane, Schizm II, Runaway I, Perry Rhodan, Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Still Life 2, Sentinel and Secrets of Da Vinci. I really should just pick one and finish that first, otherwise this is going to be another one of those I-didn't-get-to-finish-a-single-game years.
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 8:41am |
MKBSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 241
Joined: 24 AUG 2006
Status : Offline | Recently finished Tree of Life, a good game that I really enjoyed.
Currently playing Dark Fall: Lost Souls. I liked The Lost Crown so I thought I'd give this a try. I don't know but I doubt I'll finish it. I just can't get into 1st person games (even though I didn't mind the short 1st person parts in TLC). I'll keep trying, maybe it'll grow on me :-/. But when the next 3rd person AG is released, Lost Souls will probably go on the shelf (with the other unfinished 1st person AGs I have) and gather dust.
I don't buy download-only games. Never have, never will........Mike
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 9:52am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Wimli (20 JAN 2010 10:40pm)
I have numerous games installed at the moment, and I'm switching between them all the time: Jack Keane, Schizm II, Runaway I, Perry Rhodan, Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Still Life 2, Sentinel and Secrets of Da Vinci. I really should just pick one and finish that first, otherwise this is going to be another one of those I-didn't-get-to-finish-a-single-game years.
I hear Darkness Within is good, I need to play it soon. Jack Keane, Runaway 1 and Perry Rhodan are worth playing too. Stay away from the borefest Still Life 2 (play SL1, if you haven't). But first, THE LOST CROWN! 8-)
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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| 21 JAN 2010 at 10:06am |
funkidivaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 13
Joined: 19 JUL 2009
Status : Online | I finished Dracula Origin before chrimbo which I enjoyed and had some interesting and varied puzzles in and I got Dark Fall 3 Lost Souls as a present which I have now started to play - spooky and creepy game indeed! Bit disturbing at times but fun/interesting at the same time.
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 11:14am |
markornikovJourneyman
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Posts : 1303
Joined: 28 OCT 2011
Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | I know what i will play this weekend: Uru: the complete chronicles
the latest release on GOG 8-)
for 9,99$ it's a steal
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/uru_complete_chronicles" target="_blank">
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/uru_complete_chronicles
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 12:04pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By markornikov (21 JAN 2010 11:14am)
I know what i will play this weekend: Uru: the complete chronicles
the latest release on GOG 8-)
for 9,99$ it's a steal
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/uru_complete_chronicles" target="_blank">
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/uru_complete_chronicles
Are you the guy that made the thrilled comment of Facebook?!
Speaking of GOG, I've been bitching about paying to dload since forever, but if somebody did it right it's GOG.
1. REASONABLE PRICES. Are you paying attention thieves at The Adventure Shop? Everything between $5.99-9.99, plus great deals every now and then. Ok, it's not new games, but there's a "considerable" difference between $5.99 and 50eur for a dload.... :
2. DRM-FREE/UNLIMITED INSTALLATIONS. Nuff said
3. UNLIMITED DLOADS. This isn't such a big deal, since you can always dload once and burn, but it shows respect for the customer.
All that for games that can only be found used (at exhuberant prices sometimes) or dloaded as abandonware or... erm... "near-abandonware". AND, the games come as single files, fully installables and XP/Vista/7 compatible (they don't say 7, but I presume)
Everyone should check them out 8-)
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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| 21 JAN 2010 at 12:16pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Aya_Brea (21 JAN 2010 9:52am)
Originally Posted By Wimli (20 JAN 2010 10:40pm)
I have numerous games installed at the moment, and I'm switching between them all the time: Jack Keane, Schizm II, Runaway I, Perry Rhodan, Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Still Life 2, Sentinel and Secrets of Da Vinci. I really should just pick one and finish that first, otherwise this is going to be another one of those I-didn't-get-to-finish-a-single-game years.
I hear Darkness Within is good, I need to play it soon. Jack Keane, Runaway 1 and Perry Rhodan are worth playing too. Stay away from the borefest Still Life 2 (play SL1, if you haven't). But first, THE LOST CROWN! 8-)
/me "accidentally" steps on Aya's little toe with a very high, sharp heel.
Oops! Sorry, Aya, was that your toe? Well...- sorry about that, but although SL2 might be buggy and have a crappy inventory system, it is not boring!
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 12:23pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Having not much time for adventures lately, I've been visiting BigFish
I played The Fall Trilogy 1. Separation which has 360 panning, and quite a few puzzles. I'll be looking forward to the second installment.
I'm currently playing Echoes of the Past Royal House of Stone, another IHOG in the tradition of Return to Ravenhurst. I'm about to play James Patterson's Womens Murder Club Twice in a Blue Moon (a $2.99 deal). I enjoyed the first one.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 12:24pm |
MaumPrivate Detective
Posts : 593
Joined: 2 JUN 2007
Location: UK
Status : Offline | I forgot I had Darkness Within. I've just finished TLC (see comments in other thread) and was about to start Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper.
I'm torn now.
Is Perry Rhodan really good? I started it a while back and got a bit bored with it. It seemed really slow.
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 12:29pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (21 JAN 2010 12:15pm)
/me "accidentally" steps on Aya's little toe with a very high, sharp heel.
Oops! Sorry, Aya, was that your toe? Well...- sorry about that, but although SL2 might be buggy and have a crappy inventory system, it is not boring!
I think I talked about SL2 somewhere else, but no matter! Ok, we established buggy (awfully buggy, with at least 2 dead-end bugs). The inventory system was atrocious, not just crappy. If you wanna do limited inventory, fine by me. But not by making me run around to find cupboards, like I couldn't just put the metal detector down on the floor. That ALONE made the game insanely boring and frustrating. Heroine? Probably one of the most over-the-top ones I've seen in a game. Wow, what an independent, tough gal she was... : Give me a break. There are ways to portray a heroine as independent and tough, but SL2 strayed far from them. Should I even mention the timed sequences all over the place? Or maybe the crappy metal detector puzzle that was only there to prolong the game? And usually bad games like that have gorgeous gfx to make up for it (see City Interactive). This one failed at that area as well.
(guess it's obvious I didn't like the game one bit... )
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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| 21 JAN 2010 at 12:31pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By maum (21 JAN 2010 12:24pm)
Is Perry Rhodan really good? I started it a while back and got a bit bored with it. It seemed really slow.
That was the way I felt with Rhodan in the beginning as well, but the game picked up in the process and was very enjoyable after all.
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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| 21 JAN 2010 at 12:50pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
Posts : 682
Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Im playing Runaway 3 as well as Chronicles of Mystery: Tree of Life.
I must say that although I have played little to nothing, the latter dissapointed me a lot. One of the things I liked most about the first Chronicles of Mystery was its settings, especially in Malta, which were beyond stunning. Yet in this game, it appears everything was rushed to a early release, as you can see the graphics are nowhere as good as the first one. Sophie appears to slide instead of walking in many scenes.
The voice-overs are not that good. In the first scene of the game Sophie talks to a man whose voice has probably to be one of the worse I have ever seen in a game (yes, even worse than in Secret Files).
As to the story, I dont know yet as Im still early on in the game. But im not expecting much. AOM and Chronicles of Mystery have never been known by its great and original story anyway...
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 12:59pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | I've been trying to play Riven - my brand new DVD version. But it keeps freezing up after five minutes. [smiley=hair_pull.gif]
I let it install Direct X v5. help...
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 1:03pm |
markornikovJourneyman
Posts : 1303
Joined: 28 OCT 2011
Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya_Brea (21 JAN 2010 12:04pm)
Are you the guy that made the thrilled comment of Facebook?!
eeek no, that certainly ain't me [smiley=grin.gif]
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 10:05pm |
Steve VeaseySpace Cadet
Posts : 115
Joined: 30 MAY 2009
Status : Online | Originally Posted By MKB (21 JAN 2010 8:40am)
Recently finished Tree of Life, a good game that I really enjoyed.
Currently playing Dark Fall: Lost Souls. I liked The Lost Crown so I thought I'd give this a try. I don't know but I doubt I'll finish it. I just can't get into 1st person games (even though I didn't mind the short 1st person parts in TLC). I'll keep trying, maybe it'll grow on me :-/. But when the next 3rd person AG is released, Lost Souls will probably go on the shelf (with the other unfinished 1st person AGs I have) and gather dust.
I'm not criticising here, just interested as to why you find Ist person perspective so different to 3rd person? To me, its all the same, what matters is the story and the gameplay and whether you point an on-screen character towards a location or just move a first person camera around doesn't make any difference...
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 10:36pm |
KoriSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 399
Joined: 27 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | Caroline
If you have not already done so, why not go to:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/riven_the_sequel_to_myst
Good Old Game and pay the $6.00 for a copy that works. I assume they have fixed any problems the downloaded copy may have. (I could be wrong.)
Kori
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