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| 27 MAY 2008 at 6:14am |
JelenaPrivate Detective
Posts : 587
Joined: 30 SEP 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By DangerousDave (27 MAY 2008 1:54am)
Seriously how the hell are u supposed to do some of these without looking at a walkthough. The puzzles are challenging and at times not all the clues are given. Spoiler AlertWhen opening the safe in Winslow's office you haven't received enough clues on how to operate the dial.Why don't you use the UHS hints to get you on track?
The game deserves to be played and enjoyed. It's truly a masterpiece imho!
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| 27 MAY 2008 at 6:30am |
Jenny100Guild Master
Posts : 3510
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By DangerousDave (27 MAY 2008 1:54am)
are there any other games with this movie type gameplay?
Ripper, which was also developed by Take Two.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ripper/screenshots
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| 27 MAY 2008 at 11:18am |
Mr Innocent.Journeyman
Posts : 1317
Joined: 15 JAN 2008
Location: GR
Status : Offline | The Tex Murphy adventures : Under a Killing Moon, The Pandora Directive (a true masterpiece), Overseer.
Phantasmagoria 1, Phantasmagoria 2.
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within.
The X-Files.
Zork Grand Inquisitor.
Byzantine: The Betrayal.
Temujin.
Dark Side of the Moon.
Urban Runner, a FMV adventure by Sierra that nobody seems to remember anymore.
Full Motion Video adventures were quite popular for a few years (1996 to 2000 i'd say), so I'm probably forgetting some and there must be a bunch I never heard of, but tracking down those and playing them should keep you busy for a while .
If you persist with Black Dahlia just because you want to know how it ends, you should definitely consider giving up, it has the most disappointing endings in any adventure, ever.
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| 27 MAY 2008 at 1:39pm |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | I can barely remember anything about this game - that's how memorable it was - but the one thing that IS fresh on my mind is just how damned difficult and unfair it was. It was by no means a fun experience. :-/
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| 27 MAY 2008 at 3:05pm |
JelenaPrivate Detective
Posts : 587
Joined: 30 SEP 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By nik2008ofs (27 MAY 2008 11:17am)
If you persist with Black Dahlia just because you want to know how it ends, you should definitely consider giving up, it has the most disappointing endings in any adventure, ever.
There were two endings depending on how you acted in the very end. Spoiler AlertNeither of them were what you call a Hollywood/Happy ever after-ending, but one of them were to prefer in front of the other. I wouldn't call it disappointing, rather quite a sad ending for sure, and a likely one. Who would believe such a story?
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| 27 MAY 2008 at 3:31pm |
Mr Innocent.Journeyman
Posts : 1317
Joined: 15 JAN 2008
Location: GR
Status : Offline | I know, and I was referring to the one that is supposedly "best". Call it what you will, I didn't lose my sleep for two months over the puzzles in this game just so that my character [spoiler midtext]would end up in jail. Ok, maybe the world was saved, but frankly, who cares? I play such games so I can reap vicarious glory through my character's success, not to save a bunch of ingrates.
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| 27 MAY 2008 at 4:59pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | I loved this game. I found it a good mix of puzzles and story, but then I really like these kinds of puzzles. The first time I played it, I found it difficult. The second time I had lots of puzzle experience, and only had trouble with 2 challenges (Dream doorway and paper invitation).
If you google for a WT, there is one that contains codes to bypass each puzzle if you want to see the ending.
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| 27 MAY 2008 at 9:34pm |
LagavulinPrivate Detective
Posts : 475
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online |
I LOVE this game.
Just like colpet mentioned; the first time I played it I almost scratched out my brain. So difficult, but when I replayed it a couple of years later(more used to adv puzzle solving) it still was difficult but not as mind breaking as the first time around.
If you ever get stuck use UHS hints!
Cheers and good luck!
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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| 28 MAY 2008 at 5:54pm |
DangerousDaveIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 54
Joined: 31 MAR 2008
Status : Online | What are the different endings? is there like a walkthrough of the actual story? I just cant be bothered, when u have to keep looking at a walkthrough for every single puzzle whats the point. Plus it keeps crashing anyway..
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| 29 MAY 2008 at 1:22am |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | I remember I enjoyed playing it a long time ago. I bought it along with Xfiles and I like it very much too. I will have to play them again sometime soon. I did use a walkthrough on it a few time as well. Do they run on XP without too many problems? I played them on 98.
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| 29 MAY 2008 at 5:40pm |
LagavulinPrivate Detective
Posts : 475
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | jalex Do they run on XP without too many problems? I played them on 98.
I did not have any problems running this game under Win XP, using the guidelines from Infernos web pages.
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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| 29 MAY 2008 at 6:39pm |
JelenaPrivate Detective
Posts : 587
Joined: 30 SEP 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By jalex (29 MAY 2008 1:22am)
Do they run on XP without too many problems? I played them on 98.
In order to get my copy of Black Dahlia to work properly on my XP I turned hyperthreading off. That made a huge difference.
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