| 16 MAR 2010 at 8:53pm |
MystiBobSpace Cadet
Posts : 172
Joined: 13 DEC 2008
Status : Offline | I've just started playing Art of Murder 2: Hunt for Puppeteer. Although I'd found the first AOM, rather... bland?, I was not put off enough not to try the second one. Maybe it's just that every once in a while, I like easy-ish games where I don't have to consult a walkthrough just to keep moving..
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| 16 MAR 2010 at 9:31pm |
| Deleted User | Hi there, Sheherazade, - I really like your name! Do you enjoy stories a lot?
Nice to see you on the forums - keep posting and let us know what you thought of Hunt for the Puppeteer!
Personally I enjoyed it more than the first one, but I found that many of the settings between the two games were rather too similar to my taste. I would have liked some new different settings and countries for the second one.
I have yet to play the third one, and not sure if I'm all that interested. I would like to try Scorpio Ritual and it's sequel, though.
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| 17 MAR 2010 at 5:26pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Masher (12 FEB 2010 6:21pm)
Originally Posted By TAS (6 FEB 2010 1:45am)
Actually, Masher, I think Lost Crown voice acting is passable for sure.
I agree Halcyon and I'm actually enjoying 'The Lost Crown' quite a bit. The atmosphere is really sucking me in. The gfx and sfx are superb. I'm only starting day two and from the user comments I've read, things should really start to take off. I'm really looking forward to playing some more tonight. Friday nights are usually my only gaming night. Happy Gaming.
I'm into the last day and still enjoying this game immensely. Only a few minor (and I mean minor) annoyances that have already been nitpicked to death. This is by far the best adventure game I've played in quite some time. Add to the latter that I have not needed to look at any hints/walkthrough or take notes. I've only been stuck briefly a couple times. I guess I'm just in tune with Mr. Boakes. Happy Gaming!
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| 18 MAR 2010 at 12:09pm |
AlienBZJourneyman
Posts : 877
Joined: 14 JAN 2008
Status : Offline | Am playing Teatro (episode 4) and started Cosmos Quest 1 last night on my netbook. Started Atlantis Lost Tales last week in VPC, then Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space in DOSbox (but didn't get very far) on my netbook.
Doin' Warp 9 to the Great Kingdom of Adventure Games of Outer Space
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| 18 MAR 2010 at 6:13pm |
CrisGerSchattenjger
Posts : 2538
Joined: 28 APR 2007
Location: US
Status : Offline | Amazing Worlds Month for me...
Anachronox ION Games Masterpiece
Official and Unofficial Patches 1.0, 1.2, 1.01, Builds 44-Build 46
http://www.filefront.com/15856631/Anachoronox-Patches-3.0.rar/
Anachronox Manual
http://www.filefront.com/15855801/Anachronox-Manual.rar/
Anachronox Manual
http://www.filefront.com/15830943/AnoxDemo.exe/
Omikiron: The Nomad Soul equally amazing
Omikiron Patches and Fixes
http://www.filefront.com/15841867/Omikiron-Fix-Kit.rar/
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines White Wolf and Ion Storm
Fixes
http://www.filefront.com/15120467/VtMB-Fixes.zip/
Community Patch Update 6.8
http://www.filefront.com/15568571/vtmbup68.exe/
Pirates of the Carribean: Sea Dogs 2 Bethesda
http://forum.piratesahoy.net//index.php?autocom=downloads&showcat=6
All four have to be patched to play fully and well on PC XP, but all WILL and are all wonderful and remarkable worlds. Anachronox and Omikiron were two amazing games made in the golden Age of PC pre Next Gen graphics super hyped games, and show the artistry and true Craft of their design and creation. Anachronox took three and a half years to make, and had a sequel planned that did not happen, there are now hopes with the development tools that have been released by Ion to work on such a sequel with some of the former staff and development team. For now, we CAN play it all the way thru now successfully with the full patch set of five patches.
I have created Patch kits for all of these games and will post the links shortly.
Pirates of the Carribean btw, was issued quickly and with no manual and quite a few bugs, which was unusual for Bethesda but what happened was that Disney bought the game and all the rights to the name for their movie series so things were hurried. Since then, a determined and dedicated community team has created a much upgraded and improved version of the game and the patches will be availble thru my archive as well.
Vamipre the Masquerade Bloodlines has also been much improved and completed by another very dedicated team of fans, and players, and now we are up to Community Patch 6.8 which restores a lot of lost content to the game and fixes a lot of bugs.
Some of these older games truly show what can be achieved in 3D world making and also in great game design and story spinning. The developers had to realy work and be creative to achieve effects and ambience and in all of these four great titles, they all succeeded greatly.
Admin
3D Worlds and Game Developers
Linkedin
http://3dworldandgamedevelopers.blogspot.com
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| 21 MAR 2010 at 12:55pm |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
Posts : 1093
Joined: 13 AUG 2006
Status : Online | Playing nothing. Waiting Gray Matter and Black Mirror 2.
@Traveller
A disinterested advice: Don't play Scorpio Ritual. It's the absolute nothing!
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 21 MAR 2010 at 1:23pm |
SharonBSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 310
Joined: 24 JUL 2007
Location: US, Delaware
Status : Offline | Just finished Casebook 0 - The Missing Urn. Currently playing Gabriel Knight 3 and Divine Divinity.
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| 21 MAR 2010 at 1:26pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By eragon (21 MAR 2010 12:54pm)
Playing nothing. Waiting Gray Matter and Black Mirror 2.
@Traveller
A disinterested advice: Don't play Scorpio Ritual. It's the absolute nothing!
Ok, but maybe I should try it's sequel at least. It got some good reviews from the other gamers here. Sadly my gaming time is very limited at present. Will catch up later in the year.
SharonB, did you enjoy Casebook? Would you class it as a proper AG? I like detective games, but haven't tried this series yet.
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| 21 MAR 2010 at 1:38pm |
SharonBSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 310
Joined: 24 JUL 2007
Location: US, Delaware
Status : Offline | Well Casebook 0 is really a demo for the series, so I can't answer yet for the rest of them. However, for this episode it felt more like a casual game. There is a lot of photo taking (very like looking for hidden objects) and then playing mini games such as taking swabs and analysing, taking finger prints and matching dna, etc. This particular game had a lot of hints in it to get you used to playing these games and how they operate.
I have a feeling Casebook 1 is going to be a lot more difficult and there will be more interviews and it will probably feel more adventure gamish.
But I will say I enjoyed Case 0 and appreciated the hints on how to play.
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| 21 MAR 2010 at 6:05pm |
JelenaPrivate Detective
Posts : 587
Joined: 30 SEP 2007
Status : Offline | I've just discovered that in Still Life 2 it's possible to get into a situation where the game is impossible to finish. Darn bug or whatever. [smiley=hair_pull.gif]
Apparently I have to re-play quite a bit in order to "proceed the correct way" in order to be able to Spoiler Alertkill the killer
Very, very annoying.
And it took me forever to realize it was impossible to go on and that I had to resort to a W/T to understand why.
Temporary guest in your life.
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| 21 MAR 2010 at 8:59pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4035
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | That's so frustrating, Jelena. I had read somewhere that a couple of paths you take will lead to "bad endings" and that there's a lot of replaying to get the satisfactory one. It's one thing to have choices near the end of the game that could affect the ending but quite another to have no recourse if you don't do something [ch8532] of the way through it.
I just finished Peter Hewitt's Magnetic Revisited, and it's a lovely puzzler. He has redesigned many of the puzzles and games, added new ones, and made it compatible for both Windows and Macs. The island photos are beautiful, and it was fun to discover the hidden locations of the puzzles.
I finally started the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island. Telltale put up the Mac version several weeks ago, but most people were getting crashes on startup. The fix is in now, and I was able to get into the game with no trouble after the second download. This is the first MI game I've played, and I'm having fun with it.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 21 MAR 2010 at 9:10pm |
JelenaPrivate Detective
Posts : 587
Joined: 30 SEP 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By LadyKestrel (21 MAR 2010 8:59pm)
That's so frustrating, Jelena. I had read somewhere that a couple of paths you take will lead to "bad endings" and that there's a lot of replaying to get the satisfactory one. It's one thing to have choices near the end of the game that could affect the ending but quite another to have no recourse if you don't do something [ch8532] of the way through it.
Frustrating indeed!
I replayed the entire section but still had a lot of trouble. Spoiler AlertI knew I had to scroll down the list on my phone in order to call the killer, but the darn 'scrolling thingy' wouldn't work. It was almost impossible to move it, but since I knew that was the way to do it from reading the w/t I kept trying and finally managed.
I do hope the rest of the game will keep me as happy as I was before the bug. All and all I enjoy it.
Temporary guest in your life.
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| 22 MAR 2010 at 10:17am |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
Posts : 1093
Joined: 13 AUG 2006
Status : Online | I really feel extremely lucky that I didn't encounter any bug playing SL2!
@Trav
Yes, the sequel to Scorpio Ritual, I've been told it's really nice. I'll try it asap.
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 25 MAR 2010 at 2:21pm |
PlushyIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 3
Joined: 29 JAN 2008
Status : Online | Barrow Hill
There was a sig here...&&It's gone now
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| 26 MAR 2010 at 7:52am |
GodfreyIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 36
Joined: 8 OCT 2009
Status : Online | I'm stuck early on in GK Sins of the Fathers and rather than use a hint just yet, I have put it aside for the moment and am playing Black Circle. Enjoying it so far! It's amazing how many different locations this Swedish city has, given that this is the sixth game there.
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| 26 MAR 2010 at 2:22pm |
MystiBobSpace Cadet
Posts : 172
Joined: 13 DEC 2008
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (16 MAR 2010 9:31pm)
Hi there, Sheherazade, - I really like your name! Do you enjoy stories a lot?
Nice to see you on the forums - keep posting and let us know what you thought of Hunt for the Puppeteer!
Personally I enjoyed it more than the first one, but I found that many of the settings between the two games were rather too similar to my taste. I would have liked some new different settings and countries for the second one.
I have yet to play the third one, and not sure if I'm all that interested. I would like to try Scorpio Ritual and it's sequel, though.
Yes, I love a wide variety of literature. Anyway, I'm relatively new to the adventure genre; I was introduced to it by a good old friend of mine who is also a member here, JKing. (I'm an old WOW addict) He got me interested in the Myst games, and then we played Syberia and Amerzone together, and now I'm trying out different types of games in the genre.
The latest thing JKing has convinced me to try, is Uru Online. It's nice to have someone around who broadens your horizons like that. [smiley=happy.gif]
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| 26 MAR 2010 at 2:34pm |
JKingSchattenjger
Posts : 2349
Joined: 4 MAY 2008
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Sheherazade (26 MAR 2010 2:22pm)
Anyway, I'm relatively new no the adventure genre; introduced to it by a good old friend of mine who is also a member here, JKing. (I'm an old WOW addict) He got me interested in the Myst games, and then we played Syberia and Amerzone together,and now I'm trying out different types of games in the genre.
An old friend? Is that all I am? [smiley=angel_smiley.gif] :-*
I'm glad to see you're posting now instead of just lurking, anyway. Seems I missed your earlier message, though; you should have told me you posted.
The latest thing JKing has convinced me to try, is Uru Online. It's nice to have someone around who broadens your horizons like that. [smiley=happy.gif]
Isn't it, though? This place is very good for that. 8-)
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 26 MAR 2010 at 2:53pm |
MystiBobSpace Cadet
Posts : 172
Joined: 13 DEC 2008
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By JKing (26 MAR 2010 2:34pm)
An old friend? Is that all I am? [smiley=angel_smiley.gif] :-*
I'm glad to see you're posting now instead of just lurking, anyway. Seems I missed your earlier message, though; you should have told me you posted.
Old?...- hmmm, I guess you're not that old really.. but you know how shy I am... :-* , which is why I lurked so long before getting my feet wet - I promise I'll try and be brave and post a bit more... :-[
I did look at the Uru threads, and I must admit it looks like fun to do it in a group, possibly even if you're a shy person? : I just tell myself if I could do WOW, I can do this too. The bit you got me started on seemed very interesting, so it will be nice when I catch up.
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| 26 MAR 2010 at 3:46pm |
JKingSchattenjger
Posts : 2349
Joined: 4 MAY 2008
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Sheherazade (26 MAR 2010 2:53pm)
Old?...- hmmm, I guess you're not that old really.. but you know how shy I am... :-* , which is why I lurked so long before getting my feet wet - I promise I'll try and be brave and post a bit more... :-[
Oh, you'd better! As I'm sure you can tell, it's pretty gentle here.
I did look at the Uru threads, and I must admit it looks like fun to do it in a group, possibly even if you're a shy person? : I just tell myself if I could do WOW, I can do this too. The bit you got me started on seemed very interesting, so it will be nice when I catch up.
Yeah, we'll have to get back into it soon!
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 26 MAR 2010 at 5:43pm |
| Deleted User | Ah, I'd suspected that Sheherazade might be your ladyfried you've been hiding for so long, JKing! Well good that you are posting, Sheherazade, and if you do catch up a bit more with Uru I'd be glad to join you guys sometimes if three won't be a crowd!
In any case, I suspect that JKing and the rest of the gang is ahead of me in any case, since I've been very busy and distracted lately, so you are welcome to play with me a bit sometimes as well, if you want. ( I like shy people, because even though I'm a chatterbox, I also sometimes feel a bit "out" in a crowd... )
In any case, my KI no. is.. er.. hmm, I'll have to look for it. Will post it sometime in the Uru thread.
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| 26 MAR 2010 at 6:06pm |
MystiBobSpace Cadet
Posts : 172
Joined: 13 DEC 2008
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (26 MAR 2010 5:42pm)
Well good that you are posting, Sheherazade, and if you do catch up a bit more with Uru I'd be glad to join you guys sometimes if three won't be a crowd!
Thank you Traveller. Of course you are welcome to play with us. JKing plays a lot with other people besides me, anyway, (often because I don't have the time), and you are a friend, after all!
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| 26 MAR 2010 at 6:16pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Welcome, Sheherazade! Nice to see you post.
I've pretty much finished the game part of Uru, but would be glad to help out if you need some hints or a nudge in the right direction.
My KI number is in my signature.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 26 MAR 2010 at 6:23pm |
MystiBobSpace Cadet
Posts : 172
Joined: 13 DEC 2008
Status : Offline | Thank you Colpet, I really appreciate it a lot. I've already heard quite a bit about you, so it would be nice to meet you sometime, even if it is in Uru!
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| 27 MAR 2010 at 2:28am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4035
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | I've been playing Tales of Monkey Island these past couple of days, and I'm having an absolute blast with them. I finished episode 2 earlier this evening and hope to play the 3rd one this weekend.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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