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| 13 SEP 2008 at 1:05pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | I'll agree a French-Canadian accent is cute. Let's be frank, any French accent is irresistible. But you must have caught a bit more of the sun than you realised JKing - she's only about 10 years old there - well and truly a bit of jail bait.
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| 13 SEP 2008 at 1:31pm |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (13 SEP 2008 1:04pm)
But you must have caught a bit more of the sun than you realised JKing - she's only about 10 years old there - well and truly a bit of jail bait.
Caroline, I'm hurt. Is a toddler jailbait if we find them cute? Am I gay if I find Haakon Lie has a cute accent, too? Give me a little credit, please. >
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 13 SEP 2008 at 3:29pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Jeepers JKing, I was only teasing. I don't think you're anything other than a total gentleman. :-*
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| 13 SEP 2008 at 4:34pm |
PoyntenklikSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (13 SEP 2008 7:11am)
Oh, come on, Poyntenklik, the hint system is progressive, so peeping at the first hint is not going to do that much harm! I'm not a believer in just grabbing hints or walkthroughs, the moment you run into trouble, but I believe that when one really gets stuck for a long time, a tiny hint to help you along a bit, can immensely improve your overall immersion in the game, as being irrevocably stuck is not really conducive to one completing the game, is it now?
Actually, to be honest, I'd already looked at the first couple of hints and also in one or two other puzzles. I know what needs to be done in this particular puzzle, it's just a case of me being able to actually do it or get the hint system to complete it for me.
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| 13 SEP 2008 at 8:09pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (13 SEP 2008 4:08am)
I'm so glad you mentioned Timelapse. I wanted to but each time I bring it up SirDave laughs at me.
I wouldn't think of it.... [smiley=rofl.gif] [smiley=rofl.gif]
On the other hand, here I am wearing what may be the only Timelapse t-shirst left on the planet:
[img]http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff109/sirdaved/JA%20Uploads/Timelaps.jpg[/img]
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 14 SEP 2008 at 12:19am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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I'm really impressed - but not with the Timelapse design. Is there a picture on the back even? Of all the lovely screenshots to decide from they put only the name on the t-shirt?
Did you get the matching cap? I know how fond you are of caps.
And what an interesting shadow your profile makes on your shirt.
Helen's comments about Shivers sent me on a quest and I have now bought a copy of Shivers 1 & 2 from ebay. I'll just add them to the unplayed pile.
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| 14 SEP 2008 at 11:44am |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (13 SEP 2008 3:29pm)
Jeepers JKing, I was only teasing. I don't think you're anything other than a total gentleman. :-*
The joke is on you, then, Caroline. [smiley=laughing.gif]
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 14 SEP 2008 at 1:20pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Caroline, I'm hurt. [...] Give me a little credit, please. >
Meaning what? That you aren't a total gentleman and really do fancy 10 year old girls? Or that you weren't hurt at all and now think I am the fool for responding so promptly to alleviate any offence. :-?
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| 14 SEP 2008 at 1:31pm |
| Deleted User | Er..guys... the two of you are almost starting to sound like myself and nik2008ofs the other day in the RPG topic!
(I'm happy to say that I think nik and I have in the meantime made up our differences and are (I think/hope) the best of friends again.)
Oh, all the misunderstandings that the ambiguity of text can cause in the absence of body language! [smiley=shaking_head.gif]
EDIT: Maybe JKing means, that although he does not fancy 10-year old girls, he still is not a total gentleman? Or something. :-/
Maybe I should keep my nose out of this.
/me tiptoes out of the thread.
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| 14 SEP 2008 at 1:42pm |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (14 SEP 2008 1:31pm)
Maybe JKing means, that although he does not fancy 10-year old girls, he still is not a total gentleman? Or something.
You are of course correct, madam. My compliments for your carefully-considered wisdom. Apologies, Caroline; I suspect I'm just not a very decypherable counter-tease!
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 14 SEP 2008 at 9:36pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (13 SEP 2008 4:08am)
I sent Anne a copy of it you know but she hated it. As a die-hard addict of The Longest Journey I suppose it was asking a bit much for her to suddenly fallen in love with a solitary 1st person puzzle heavy game. As soon as she took its measure she abandoned playing it.
It's too bad she couldn't see the good in Timelapse. And if I recall, she sent you The Longest Journey in return, which you didn't enjoy either. It's rather intriguing, and nice at any rate that you were both able to find common interests in Syberia, then.
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| 14 SEP 2008 at 10:54pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | It was Daryl who sent me The Longest Conversation as he called it. I was reading some of his emails the other day from when he was recuperating between surgeries and he had played Dreamfall and then replayed TLJ and found it made more sense to him. Of course by then Anne was dead - she would have be thrilled to see him change his opinion about her favourite game. I do mean to get around to it one day - with a w/t.
I still miss them both and still keep in touch with a couple of others from that site.
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| 17 SEP 2008 at 2:04am |
KoriSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | I made a list of the games most of you suggested. I have played many adventure games but not any of the ones you called ‘enchanted.' (I may have missed one you suggested). (I did play Riven which I really enjoyed, as I do all Myst games. I also enjoyed The Longest Journey and Syberia I and II. All these games were 'enchanted' to me.)
I’m in the mood for a new game, so if these are the enchanted games, which are the most enchanted? If I were going to only buy two of them, (which I probably will) which two should I buy.
Enchanting AG games (Did I miss one on my list?)
Keepsake
Riven
Obsidian
Call of Chtulu
King's Quest 6
Riddle of the Sphinx
Ultima VII
Quest for Glory III
Black Dahlia
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| 17 SEP 2008 at 3:23am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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It's a personal thing as to which games enchant which people. If you liked Riven and the Myst series then may I suggest Obsidian but only if you like puzzles that challenge you.
And if you like your puzzles a little less cerebral then I insist you get a copy of Timelapse.
There, I've done my best.
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| 17 SEP 2008 at 6:27am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Kori (17 SEP 2008 2:04am)
I made a list of the games most of you suggested. I have played many adventure games but not any of the ones you called ‘enchanted.' (I may have missed one you suggested). (I did play Riven which I really enjoyed, as I do all Myst games. I also enjoyed The Longest Journey and Syberia I and II. All these games were 'enchanted' to me.)
I’m in the mood for a new game, so if these are the enchanted games, which are the most enchanted? If I were going to only buy two of them, (which I probably will) which two should I buy.
Enchanting AG games (Did I miss one on my list?)
Keepsake
Riven
Obsidian
Call of Chtulu
King's Quest 6
Riddle of the Sphinx
Ultima VII
Quest for Glory III
Black Dahlia
Kori - Call of Cthulu is survival horror based on the fiction of HP Lovecraft. Your very first scene in the game, is where you visit a building that had housed a strange sect, in which all of the inhabitants had committed suicide - you can inspect their dead bodies, and it gets worse from there. You get to go to an underground bunker, where you find the bodyparts and remains of people who had been tortured.
Next you get to visit a very creepy town with very creepy mutant people who ritually sacrifice people for fun, when theyr'e not busy simply chopping up people for fun. After a whole long bout of further extended horror, your protagonist eventually goes insane and is incarcerated in an asylum. He commits suicide in the end, by hanging himself from the rafters.
If that sounds "enchanting" to you, - go for it.
I would call this game a lot of things, but "encanting" would not be on my list.
EDIT: I know that I mentioned King's Quest 6, but it's a pretty old game, and I think the only way to run it on modern machines would be as part of the KQ compilation released a year or two back.
For something more modern, (in addition to games mentioned in your list) why don't you try Amerzone (old, but more modern than KQ), or the sequel to The longest Journey, being: "reamfall: the Longest Journey".
Simon the Sorecerer games are also rather cute, especially if you have an off-beat sense of humour.
I'm enjoying Simon The Sorecerer 4 quite a lot.
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| 17 SEP 2008 at 8:23am |
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Status : Offline | Many good games have already been mentioned, but Atlantis III hasn't come up. Not the best adventure game ever, but it did enchant me .
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| 17 SEP 2008 at 9:10am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By nik2008ofs (17 SEP 2008 8:23am)
Many good games have already been mentioned, but Atlantis III hasn't come up. Not the best adventure game ever, but it did enchant me .
I wonder if that would that be the same as Beyond Atlantis 2? (I have it under the latter name.)
I did also think of including it, as even though it is by far not the best or most enjoyable adventure I have played, it could very well be described as "enchanting".
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| 17 SEP 2008 at 10:35am |
Mr Innocent.Journeyman
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Status : Offline | I wonder if that would that be the same as Beyond Atlantis 2?
Yes it is.
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| 17 SEP 2008 at 11:59am |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (17 SEP 2008 6:26am)
I know that I mentioned King's Quest 6, but it's a pretty old game, and I think the only way to run it on modern machines would be as part of the KQ compilation released a year or two back.
Failing that, DOSBox runs the DOS version fine, and I managed to run the Windows version within Windows 3.1 in DOSBox without incident, excepting that it was too slow for my poor old machine.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 17 SEP 2008 at 3:47pm |
KoriSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I think I will go with Caroline’s suggestion and buy Obsidian and Timelapse.
I’ve noticed that many of you enjoy most adventure games, including the B grade AG. As for myself, I tend to only enjoy playing the best AG (A grade), which means I have to play them over and over again since there are not that many. The few AG that I’ve bought that were not ‘top of the line,’ I never finished. I don’t think I’m that picky, but I do lose interest in playing those B grade AG.
Puzzles are not enough for me. I have to have a good story to hold me, and I don’t care much for stories that are based on earth in the present time. I like fantasy and SciFi worlds, both in first person and third person.
I even like to play action adventure if there is not too much shooting, and I get to do a little exploring. I enjoyed the last Tomb Raider game. The graphics were wonderful and Lara is sexy. And I also enjoyed an older action adventure game called Alice.
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| 17 SEP 2008 at 3:50pm |
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Status : Online | You might not want to include Ultima VII unless you enjoy RPGs though. Quest for Glory is also part RPG. The thread didn't specify genre, just 'game'.
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| 17 SEP 2008 at 10:24pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Kori,
Your best bet for those games is ebay. I look forward to reading your comments about them.
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| 18 SEP 2008 at 12:27am |
KoriSorcerer Apprentice
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I just ordered both on Amazon, used. Payed $24 for Timelapse and $25 for Obsidian. Supposedly both have factory box, etc.
Sometimes Amazon lists games that the seller no longer has in stock. I guess I’ll find out when the seller contacts me. Thanks for the suggestions. I’m slow at playing games. I like to make them last for weeks, so I only play an hour late at night. I’ll make a post in a few months about my playing experience with both.
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| 18 SEP 2008 at 4:56am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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I too am slow at playing games. Timelapse was the very first adventure game I had ever played. I knew no one else with a pc and I didn't have the internet. It took me months.
When you get to the glass pyramid puzzle - let me know. I totally over-thought that one.
I'm just really pleased that someone is going to discover these two great games for the first time.... I wish it was me. As it is I've stuffed my pc and can't get either of them to play until I sort out my Quicktime issues.
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