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| 23 MAY 2008 at 1:24am |
pavel4444Space Cadet
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Status : Online | From the demo I played, I didn't think the game was realistic at all. The idea to control characters by indirect control was ass backwards painful and annoying, not innovative. Overall I thought this game was simply unplayable.
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| 23 MAY 2008 at 5:55am |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By nytimesguy (22 MAY 2008 11:10pm)
I was pretty shocked by the JA pan of The Experiment, so I wanted to offer a link to my own review at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/technology/personaltech/28games.html?scp=1&sq=%22the%20experiment%22&st=nyt
Ummm...
Was that supposed to be a favorable review?
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| 23 MAY 2008 at 5:46pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By nytimesguy (22 MAY 2008 11:10pm)
It's a flawed game, but it's also truly original.
How so? It's been done before in a game where you take a hands off approach and direct a character through various screens via security cameras and such.
To me this game is nothing more than an updated version of that concept with flashier graphics and from what I have been reading it's more frustrating than it is worth unfortunately. :-/
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| 23 MAY 2008 at 6:19pm |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Ivinia (23 MAY 2008 5:46pm)
It's been done before in a game where you take a hands off approach and direct a character through various screens via security cameras and such.
Could you provide a specific example?
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 23 MAY 2008 at 7:04pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Critical Path
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| 23 MAY 2008 at 8:47pm |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Ivinia (23 MAY 2008 7:03pm)
Critical Path
Something I've heard of?
Kidding. I'll read up on it.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 23 MAY 2008 at 8:59pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I was going to upload the trailer for it to YouTube, but can't seem to find the darned CD at the moment. [smiley=shrug.gif]
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| 24 MAY 2008 at 2:15am |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | I think someone may have beat you to it, Ivinia.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mdRVevAQa-A
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| 24 MAY 2008 at 4:45am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By pavel4444 (23 MAY 2008 1:23am)
[...]... was ass backwards painful and annoying...
Truly a splendidly original (to me at least) expression. I must remember it.
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| 24 MAY 2008 at 4:58am |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Jenny100 (24 MAY 2008 2:14am)
I think someone may have beat you to it, Ivinia.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mdRVevAQa-A
Woot! Thanks Jen! Saves me some work. I could have sworn I looked that up before but never found it. Obviously I missed something since it's been on You Tube for around 2 years... [smiley=whistle.gif]
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| 26 MAY 2008 at 3:59pm |
nytimesguyPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Well, at least compared with a review that gives it a "." It could have been a much better game than it is, but I still was riveted the whole time. I do have the bad habit of many critics of getting so caught up in analyzing a game I forget to say whether I enjoyed it.
I'm sticking with the game being original, even though there have been a couple of games that used a similar concept, because it's still way off the beaten path and creates its own approach to the concept. And considering how few adventure games even take a stop at originality, I think any game that tries should get some credit.
Originally Posted By Jenny100 (23 MAY 2008 5:55am)
Originally Posted By nytimesguy (22 MAY 2008 11:10pm)
I was pretty shocked by the JA pan of The Experiment, so I wanted to offer a link to my own review at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/technology/personaltech/28games.html?scp=1&sq=%22the%20experiment%22&st=nyt
Ummm...
Was that supposed to be a favorable review?
Charles - Game Theorist
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| 26 MAY 2008 at 5:32pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Originally Posted By Caroline (24 MAY 2008 4:45am)
Originally Posted By pavel4444 (23 MAY 2008 1:23am)
... was ass backwards painful and annoying...
Truly a splendidly original (to me at least) expression. I must remember it.
That phrase has since been altered to "back asswards" for comic effect.
Cheers, Terry
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| 27 MAY 2008 at 12:50am |
MikekellyPrivate Detective
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At least they did a review finally. The Experiment is not for everyone. I myself loved the game and enjoyed it. However, it is quite different and for some thats a plus - others a big minus.
I myself think the gamespot review was a good one.
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| 29 MAY 2008 at 4:33pm |
avatar_58Private Detective
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Status : Online | I'm torn on whether I want to try this game. I have a bunch of others to play first, but I was originally very interested in this one. However everyone seems to be saying the control style starts to get on your nerves rather than help the game. The demo would just be a bad example, as what you might enjoy at first might grate on your nerves a few hours in.
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| 31 MAY 2008 at 8:24pm |
MikekellyPrivate Detective
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Some reviewers really liked the game:
http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=920969
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| 1 JUN 2008 at 5:49am |
Randy-JAJourneyman
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As you've played the game - and I have also - and you think the Gamespot review is good, do you agree with Carlini's JA review that the Gamespot reviewer did not finish the game?
I've read the Gamespot review and it also seems to me that they did not play past the first level. Take note that most of their reviews will refer to weapons or incidents that occur late in a game. The Experiment review does not and in fact does not seem to take into account anything at all that happens past the first level.
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| 2 JUN 2008 at 5:44pm |
MikekellyPrivate Detective
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I honestly think the Gamespot reviewer finished the game and liked it. I loved the game and found it easy to play. However it is REALLY different from a typical adventure game like Culpia Innata.
I played the game on an old laptop too that is not exactly a powerhouse gaming machine.
Oh well, perhaps someone (like me) will write an additional JA review of the game.
To sum it up, I liked the fact that it was different, the story was quite good and the play had good variety to it.
The multiple cameras added to the game and I will play this game again.
"While The Experiment isn't the sort of adventure that everyone will be able to appreciate, its hands-off design gives it an understated, intellectual realism. If nothing else, it offers a great change of pace from more conventional adventure games."
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