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| 4 DEC 2008 at 9:26pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | I have watched parts of Grim Fandango and Dark Seed 2, mostly to get a feel for the stories and characters, sort of like a demo. I would like to play both games someday, so I didn't want to spoil things by watching too much.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 4 DEC 2008 at 9:37pm |
| Deleted User | Watched Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards. Very Very nostalgic.
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| 5 DEC 2008 at 6:37am |
| Deleted User | I've been wanting to watch one for Indigo Prophesy. But then I always think I should wait in case I get to actually restart and finish the game.
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| 5 DEC 2008 at 7:16am |
avatar_58Private Detective
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Joined: 27 MAY 2008
Status : Online | Nope. I watch them to get nostlagic feelings and whatnot but it usually ends up with my starting the game up myself. I'd rather play myself and take the time to examine everything. Watching a few videos of SQ4, for instance, got me wanting to play and use my 'tongue' on everything
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| 5 DEC 2008 at 8:17am |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
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Joined: 13 AUG 2006
Status : Online | Originally Posted By avatar_58 (5 DEC 2008 7:15am)
I watch them to get nostlagic feelings
I totally agree with you.
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 5 DEC 2008 at 8:32am |
AkrilSpace Cadet
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Joined: 31 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Nah. I've only looked at them if I need a reference for a particular game scene and don't feel like reloading a saved game to see that scene.
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| 5 DEC 2008 at 8:59am |
An_InklingSpace Cadet
Posts : 171
Joined: 20 JUN 2008
Status : Online | Haven't done. Not to say I won't. I do occasionally watch snippets to get a feel for a game before deciding to buy.
Who is this great burdensome slavering dog-thing that mediocres my every thought? ([i]Nick Cave - We Call Upon the Author[/i])
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| 5 DEC 2008 at 10:10am |
| Deleted User | Never heard of them!
Do they play through the whole game ? Surely not ?
Oh well, "Never too late to learn" --- but like many English sayings... the contra, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" ! :
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| 5 DEC 2008 at 12:15pm |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | Do they play through the whole game?
Indeed they do. Some people even comment on the game as they play it (this is usually called a "Let's Play".
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| 5 DEC 2008 at 3:31pm |
MissBSchattenjger
Posts : 2217
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Wow! I had no idea that such a wondrous thing existed! I've been on Youtube for about an hour watching and searching for more!
Thank you, Shany, for bringing this to my attention!
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 5 DEC 2008 at 11:48pm |
Steve VSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 265
Joined: 16 MAR 2008
Status : Online | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (5 DEC 2008 6:36am)
I've been wanting to watch one for Indigo Prophesy. But then I always think I should wait in case I get to actually restart and finish the game.
I played the first couple of hours of Indigo Prophecy, thought it was going to be brilliant and just out of interest watched the 3 different ending movies on You Tube, I then realised it wasn't worth playng through to reach any of them, I would have been so disappointed if I had...
Yes, I know this is like looking at the last page of a book just after you start reading it, but I thought it would be good to see what I was trying to avoid in the 'bad' endings :-/
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| 6 DEC 2008 at 1:41am |
| Deleted User | Please excuse my ignorance --- I'm an old fogey after all and not always with it ... especially as far as recent Net "applications".
I thought that You Tube dealt with relatively short snippets (I never access it myself, but often get emails with You Tube attachments).
But Quest Adventures usually take me 2, 3, or 4 dozen hours of concentrated playing.
Do you mean that you can "PLAY" a game for something like that number of hours on You Tube (Not that I can envisage much fun from that) !!!???
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| 6 DEC 2008 at 3:13am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | They're usually uploaded in segments, Len.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 6 DEC 2008 at 6:34am |
| Deleted User | If we're allowed to talk non-adventure here, I sometimes rather enjoy watching "boss-fights" out of RPG's
@SteveV
I played the first couple of hours of Indigo Prophecy, thought it was going to be brilliant and just out of interest watched the 3 different ending movies on You Tube, I then realised it wasn't worth playng through to reach any of them, I would have been so disappointed if I had...
Yes, I know this is like looking at the last page of a book just after you start reading it, but I thought it would be good to see what I was trying to avoid in the 'bad' endings
I'd also only played about halfway through when my female detective (irritating whimp that she was : ) decided to pack her bags and "go to daddy". So I never felt like battling through all the action sequences again, in case I got thrown out of the game again after all my efforts. Perhaps I'll just end up doing what you did, Steve.
In fact, I think I will.
LadyK, -you are so knowledgable and cool. :-* :-* Why can't more ladies of your generation be like you?
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| 6 DEC 2008 at 9:58am |
| Deleted User | Lady kestrel,
How the heck do they do it ? I'm only talking about Quest-Adventures !
Do the the people who "produce" these things visit all the many locations in the games, conduct all the dialogs, solve all the puzzles (so that the viewer can see how to solve them) --- etc. etc.?
Assuming that the answer to the above is +ve, what's the point of that? Who makes the segments and why?
I'm approaching my mid 80's... rather than watch that wouldn't I be better off becoming a couch potato and watch non interactive TV which whatever its content is directed and produced for people who want to sit & watch but not DO anything or activate their brains in any way?
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| 6 DEC 2008 at 4:26pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Hmm....I watched a speed run of Riven once. But that's about it. oesn't really appeal to me, I'm afraid, at least where adventure games are concerned. I could see watching one out of a sense of nostalgia for a classic game. Or perhaps if I were sick of a game and just wanted to see an ending, without any more time wasted, maybe. But that doesn't happen that often. I'd probably go to a walkthrough first.
Of more interest to me are the speed runs over at the Speed Demos Archive. Watching someone tear through an game, particularly an RPG, that took me countless hours to beat is incredible! (And a little depressing, maybe.)
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| 6 DEC 2008 at 8:44pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Joined: 15 SEP 2008
Location: SE, Stockholm
Status : Offline | LenG:
Some of them simply play trough the game in the fastest way possible, others take their time to explore the game & explain what they are doing (note tough that i have yet to watch trough an entire AG playtrough, I have only watched the first and sometimes second part, to get a feel for the game, so that i know if it's worth getting or not).
Speed runs on the other hand can be really entertaining to watch. It's always interesting to watch someone plow trough one of your childhood favorites.
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| 7 DEC 2008 at 8:30am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Andromus (6 DEC 2008 4:26pm)
Hmm....I watched a speed run of Riven once. But that's about it. Doesn't really appeal to me, I'm afraid, at least where adventure games are concerned. I could see watching one out of a sense of nostalgia for a classic game. Or perhaps if I were sick of a game and just wanted to see an ending, without any more time wasted, maybe. But that doesn't happen that often. I'd probably go to a walkthrough first.
Of more interest to me are the speed runs over at the Speed Demos Archive. Watching someone tear through an game, particularly an RPG, that took me countless hours to beat is incredible! (And a little depressing, maybe.)
I checked out the Speed Demos site Andromus, and tried to play some of the files in VLC but nothing happening.
How on earth does one play those Speed Demos Archive files? I was trying to do the fast (without the bunny mod) Halflife one run.
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| 7 DEC 2008 at 9:58am |
| Deleted User | I'd like to see one of those playthroughs for my general computer game 'literacy'
I'm ONLY interested in "pure" Quest-Adventures (i.e. with little or no 'action'and very little or no 'timed puzzles".
Would someone do me a favour and send me one link to a well known game please !
TIA --- Len.
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| 7 DEC 2008 at 12:30pm |
An_InklingSpace Cadet
Posts : 171
Joined: 20 JUN 2008
Status : Online | May contain more action and time-sensitivity than you were after, but here's a link to the first part of a "The Last Express" playthrough.
The Last Express part 1
Who is this great burdensome slavering dog-thing that mediocres my every thought? ([i]Nick Cave - We Call Upon the Author[/i])
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| 7 DEC 2008 at 2:04pm |
| Deleted User | [size=14]Many thanks indeed !
Was an excellemt & almost unique game --- played it many years ago.
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| 7 DEC 2008 at 5:46pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (7 DEC 2008 8:29am)
I checked out the Speed Demos site Andromus, and tried to play some of the files in VLC but nothing happening.
How on earth does one play those Speed Demos Archive files? I was trying to do the fast (without the bunny mod) Halflife one run.
That one ran fine for me using the MP4 version on the QuickTime player. Between that and Windows Media Player, I've been able to play any file on the site I tried out, so far.
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| 7 DEC 2008 at 7:34pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Andromus (7 DEC 2008 5:46pm)
Originally Posted By TheTraveler (7 DEC 2008 8:29am)
I checked out the Speed Demos site Andromus, and tried to play some of the files in VLC but nothing happening.
How on earth does one play those Speed Demos Archive files? I was trying to do the fast (without the bunny mod) Halflife one run.
That one ran fine for me using the MP4 version on the QuickTime player. Between that and Windows Media Player, I've been able to play any file on the site I tried out, so far.
Oh, ok, I'll try one of those then, - thanks Andromus. It's rather a pity for me, as I've come to hate Qtime. Oh well. I'll try Media Player first.
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