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| 20 JAN 2010 at 8:02pm |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
Posts : 1093
Joined: 13 AUG 2006
Status : Online | Originally Posted By maum (20 JAN 2010 4:23pm)
I've just finished the game and am now feeling very.... lost.
You are not alone!
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 8:45am |
MaumPrivate Detective
Posts : 593
Joined: 2 JUN 2007
Location: UK
Status : Offline | I personally loved the ending. It was very left field and unexpected but I didn't mind at all!
Not sure what my theory about Saxton is- when Nigel returns the crown at the end and all the townspeople (dead and alive) are there as witnesses I really thought they were all ghosts and Nigel was going to wake up in a deserted B & B somewhere having imagined the whole thing.
Of course seeing Lucy at the end killed that theory but it's interesting that we don't see the town or anyone else aside from her.
I can't believe they were all real- there were too many references, particularly about Nanny Noah and Bob- comments about them having lived in Saxton forever, being old souls etc. It was all too weird.
Hadn't really thought about time warps (I guess I had ghosts in mind) but that would make a lot of sense, particularly as far as the Karswell are concerned. And what about the Northfield church priest? Isn't there an article in the paper that Nigel gets on 2 May about the priest having died 2 weeks before?
The biggest highlight was finding the paper in the museum toilet- and reading not only the article about the Karswell's death, but the fact that Hadden enterprises had installed the new interactive screens in the museum. That was THE sh************t! moment of the game for me.
2 non- Hadden related questions though- why were the Agers so reviled by the townspeople? If they were ultimately protecting the crown they should have had the town's blessing.
And my main concern- who took the pictures in the Nightmare Room? If Gruel was the catnapper and the one sending the anonymous letters to Nigel I assumed he was the stalker. But some of the photos on the board showed Nigel on the train- there is no way Gruel could have been the one taking those. Were they sent to him by Hadden? Or did Hadden actually set up the room?
Oh I just remembered something else. If Christina was poisoned by the cottage waters, how come Edward (who arrived to Saxton before her) wasn't affected?
So many questions.... I like it.
PS Nancy and Timmy made me cry.
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 21 JAN 2010 at 5:21pm |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
Posts : 1093
Joined: 13 AUG 2006
Status : Online | Originally Posted By maum (21 JAN 2010 8:44am)
So many questions....
So many unanswered questions....
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 24 JAN 2010 at 7:17pm |
Steve VeaseySpace Cadet
Posts : 115
Joined: 30 MAY 2009
Status : Online | Originally Posted By eragon (21 JAN 2010 5:21pm)
Originally Posted By maum (21 JAN 2010 8:44am)
So many questions....
So many unanswered questions....
If you look at the old threads you will see I was taken to task for complaining that the game was spoiled by the ending..
My view is that Mr Boakes simply didn't realise how many loose ends he had left, or thought about the type of questions that players would have when they finished the game. As far as he was/is concerned all of the mysteries are solved..Gruel is the catnapper, the spirits of the Agers are all defeated and all of the other trapped or wandering spirits are exorcised. Nigel is able to discover the crown, then return it to its rightful place as it was the 'proper' thing to do and Hadden offers he and Lucy jobs because they have completed the challenge he set them.
All of the 'missing' pieces of the story don't need to be wrapped up as far as JB is concerned because they had no influence on the actual gameplay, at least thats my impression..
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| 25 JAN 2010 at 3:11pm |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
Posts : 1093
Joined: 13 AUG 2006
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Dr_Watson (24 JAN 2010 7:17pm)
Originally Posted By eragon (21 JAN 2010 5:21pm)
Originally Posted By maum (21 JAN 2010 8:44am)
So many questions....
So many unanswered questions....
If you look at the old threads you will see I was taken to task for complaining that the game was spoiled by the ending..
My view is that Mr Boakes simply didn't realise how many loose ends he had left, or thought about the type of questions that players would have when they finished the game. As far as he was/is concerned all of the mysteries are solved..Gruel is the catnapper, the spirits of the Agers are all defeated and all of the other trapped or wandering spirits are exorcised. Nigel is able to discover the crown, then return it to its rightful place as it was the 'proper' thing to do and Hadden offers he and Lucy jobs because they have completed the challenge he set them.
All of the 'missing' pieces of the story don't need to be wrapped up as far as JB is concerned because they had no influence on the actual gameplay, at least thats my impression..
Well, I have to re-consider my questions.
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 13 FEB 2010 at 11:45pm |
chronotigger65Journeyman
Posts : 1143
Joined: 23 FEB 2005
Status : Offline | My only problems with the game is:
1. Some of the character animations aren't realilistic and seemed robot-like. Especially with the cat walking movement. It lacks the graceness of the feline animal.
2. Over use of repeating lines too many times
3. Lipsynching not with spoken dialogue.
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| 6 MAR 2010 at 7:49pm |
loobilooPrivate Detective
Posts : 598
Joined: 3 APR 2008
Location: UK
Status : Offline | I've read all of the replies to this thread with so much interest & meanwhile had a good think! My conclusion is that for me when I complete a full game I want a proper conclusion! I don't mind if that conclusion is a little ambiguous or thought provoking but in the case of the Lost Crown there is not enough to satisfy either criteria! I think it's potentially a great game let down by what I see as English pretentiousness [smiley=thumbsdown.gif] What that means is everyone assuming it's good because 'one's an artist' (if that makes sense! [smiley=laughing.gif])
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| 6 MAR 2010 at 8:20pm |
| Deleted User | Loobiloo! So nice to see you again!! 8-) I really hope you'll be visiting again more often. [smiley=smiley.gif]
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| 3 APR 2010 at 3:55am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By loobiloo (6 MAR 2010 7:49pm)
I've read all of the replies to this thread with so much interest & meanwhile had a good think! My conclusion is that for me when I complete a full game I want a proper conclusion! I don't mind if that conclusion is a little ambiguous or thought provoking but in the case of the Lost Crown there is not enough to satisfy either criteria! ......
Could not agree more loobiloo! This could have been an "A" game otherwise. Happy Gaming!
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| 26 MAY 2010 at 2:56am |
HalcyonSchattenjger
Posts : 1652
Joined: 17 NOV 2006
Status : Offline | All said, a "B" for me. A good concept awkwardly executed.
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| 12 MAR 2011 at 12:02pm |
semihSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 209
Joined: 25 OCT 2009
Status : Online | In this game there are unexplained questions and they are not solved in the game. The creator of the game simply says that" I will not answer all of your questions. If you really want to get the answer you must buy all of my games". That doesn't seem honest. You will buy "Last Crown" and new questions will arise and so on........
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| 13 JUN 2011 at 9:24pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | It's a very good game, a good adventure game, no doubt. But, nevertheless, it has it's flaws, and quite a few. Voice acting, graphic, the moon walking of characters... i think that this song will suit Nigel like no other: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMrSsq2IaJU If fact, they should use it as theme song for the game. To play it as the credits roll with Nigel dancing in the background.
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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