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| 21 FEB 2003 at 12:07am |
CarlaJourneyman
Posts : 836
Joined: 12 JAN 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Rael (20 FEB 2003 11:42pm)
SirDave, my grading is exclusively difficulty. The Dark Eye (certainly a terrific piece of software) isn't difficult at all. Actually, you can just "click your way" through the story in this game because there aren't puzzles in the straight sense of the word.
Totally agree about the first part, it is a masterpiece, IMO... :
However, I experienced some difficulties when I played the game, eventhough I believe they were due to "technical problems" (you know Rael, troubles with a few hotspots, or handspot, or hothand ???)
In a couple of places, the hand cursor seemed to be on a hotspot, but no action was triggered (no action at all!)...This, of course, created some inconvenients with my gameplay . Hey, Rael, maybe you could find out the reason...So far, I couldn't. And that's why I gave it a 5.5...Besides this technical aspects (or at least, I think they were technical) wich increased -a lot!- game's difficulty, The Dark Eye wasn't difficult. But definitely, a wonderful game.
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| 21 FEB 2003 at 12:31am |
SirDaveGuild Master
Posts : 4940
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Keep it up everyone. We need as many different views as possible so that the final averages carry some weight.
There's still a number of games that still haven't been rated- Traitor's Gate, REAH, Liath, Secrets of the Luxor, Pilgrim, Gordak, Labryinth of Time, Ark of Time, etc.
Oh yeah, one I'm particularly wondering about is Riddle of the Sphinx. I have it started, but that's all. I've heard it's one of the hardest. Is it a 10?
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 21 FEB 2003 at 1:44am |
Adventure ZweiIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 21
Joined: 19 FEB 2003
Status : Online | It's a relative concept.
In my case(I'm Korean), Sometime language problme makes it more difficult.
1. Druuna - 10 (Evil Interface)
2. Schizm - 10 (I'm not so smart)
3. Riven - 9
4. Exile - 8
5. Post Mortem - 8
6. DOTT - 8
7. Atlantis 1&2 - 7
8. The 7th Guest - 7
9. Gabriel Knight I - 7
10. Diecide 3 - 7
11. Bioscopia -7 (It reminds me of my pool biology grade)
12. King's Quest VI - 7
13. Blade Runner - 6 (No Script! T.T)
14. The Curse of Monkey Island - 6
15. Grim Fandango: 6 (html Script)
16. Evidence - 6
17. TLJ - 6
18. Beneath A Steel Sky - 6
19. Broken Sword - 6
20. Beavis &Butthead o U - 5
21. Loom - 4
22. Amerzone - 4
23. Syberia - 3 (Easy Eglish, Easy Puzzle)
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| 21 FEB 2003 at 4:14am |
szcaxJourneyman
Posts : 935
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | So what is it about the "6" and "7" keys that make them so gosh darn fun to press?
Conversely, it seems like Jenny has a point - a lot of people here seem to have a fear of the number one or something. Same goes for the number 10.
Anyways, here goes nothing.
GK1: 8
GK2: 3
GK3: 6
KQ3: 9
KQ4: 7
KQ5: 3
KQ6: 4
KQ7: 2
Syberia: 1
TLJ: 3
Kyrandia: 5
Kyrandia2: 4
Shivers: 3
MI: 5
MI2: 7
MI3: 4
Full Throttle: 2
FoA: 3
Rama: 9
11th hour: 10 (those stupid riddles!)
7th guest: 8
Duckman: 1
Missing on Lost Island: 2
Phantasmagoria: 3
Sanitarium: 1
SQ5: 7
SQ3: 6
Zork GI: 5
Black holes are where God divided by zero
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| 21 FEB 2003 at 4:35am |
| Deleted User | Sanitarium 1 ?! with a walkthrough ?
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| 21 FEB 2003 at 4:57am |
StammerGuild Master
Posts : 3894
Joined: 5 JAN 2003
Status : Online | I CAN say only this....
Syberia 1
Gabriel knight 3 10 (as i have once said, because of the awful gameplay)
Resistance is not futile, we're gonna win this thing, humankind is too good, we're not a bunch of under-achievers! We're gonna stand up, and we're gonna be human beings. We're going to get fired up about the real things, the things that matter! Creativity, and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit.
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| 21 FEB 2003 at 10:22am |
| Deleted User | I didn't know that Schizm is that hard. I haven't tried it yet.
Eye of the Kraken-2
Syberia-3
TLJ-5
Faust-7
The Sacred Amulet-1
Law and Order-8( I dont know anything about being a lawyer)
Mystery of the Druids-6
MI1:6
MI2:7
MI4:7
Mystery of the Mummy-3
Post Mortem-4
Nancy Drew and the Scarlet Hand-7(Mayan puzzles)
The Final Cut-6
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| 21 FEB 2003 at 9:03pm |
Freddie_PharkasSpace Cadet
Posts : 114
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Status : Online | An unscientific list as they come to mind (several of which are based upon impressions I drew over 15 years ago when I played them):
Rama: 10
The Dig: 8
Traitor's Gate: 7
Space Quest 1: 6
GK1: 5
GK2: 7
GK3: 7
Mission Critical: 5
Schizm: 9
Syberia: 3
TLJ: 4
Cameron Files (Loch Ness): 2
Cameron Files (Pharoah): 4
Mystery of Nautlius: 3
Colonel's Bequest: 7
Dagger of Amon Ra: 6
Monkey Island: 5
Monkey 2: 7
Curse of Monkey Island: 6
Escape from Monkey Island: 6
Sanitarium: 3
Amerzone: 3
Full Throttle: 2
Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis: 7
Urban Runner: 2
Manhunter SanFran: 3
Loom: 2
Myst: 7 (SLIDERS--- ARGGG)
Riven: 9
Exile: 6
Lighthouse: 7
X-Files: 2
Phantasmagoria: 5
Phantasmagoria2: 4
Grim Fandango: 6
Post Mortem: 6
and last but not least:
Freddie Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist: 5 (but funny as heck!)
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| 21 FEB 2003 at 11:01pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5536
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By SirDave (21 FEB 2003 12:31am)
Oh yeah, one I'm particularly wondering about is Riddle of the Sphinx. I have it started, but that's all. I've heard it's one of the hardest. Is it a 10?
It's hard but it's mostly fair about it. The items and clues needed to solve a puzzle are largely self-explanatory -- once you have them. They can be hidden almost anywhere, and that's where much of the difficulty comes in. Aren't non-linear games great?
I'd give it a 7 or 8 in difficulty, but with all items and clues in inventory that goes down to 5 or 6.
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| 22 FEB 2003 at 12:00am |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | GK 6
GK2 8 (due to complicated interface puzzles)
GK3 7
MI 6
MI2 8
MI3 7 (easy mode 5-6)
MI4 7
Martian Memorandum 7
UAKM 7
Pandora Directive 8
KQ 7
KQ6 6
KQ7 7
DOTT 7
Sam & Max 7
Discworld 9
Discworld2 7
Indy3 7
Indy4-FoA 6
Broken Sword 7
Toonstruck 6
SQ6 6
Runaway 6
Zork Nemesis 8
Simon 7
Simon2 7
Blade Runner 4
Mystery of the Druids 7
Riddle of Master Lu 8
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 22 FEB 2003 at 1:17am |
szcaxJourneyman
Posts : 935
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Randdom (21 FEB 2003 4:35am)
Sanitarium 1 ?! with a walkthrough ?
Yes, a 1 and no, no walkthrough.
I remember whipping right through that game. The only time I got stuck was the time pebble pixel hunt on the second chapter.
Black holes are where God divided by zero
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