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| 4 MAY 2009 at 11:07am |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Diamonds in the Rough, Immortals of Terra and Rhiannon recently arrived from the JA shop. I also have purchased Nancy Drew Castle Malloy download from Big Fish.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 11:52am |
TechnoSpikePrivate Detective
Posts : 581
Joined: 26 APR 2005
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Sherlock Holmes: the Awakened and Martin Mystère: Operation Dorian Gray, for me. Found them in a special promotion in a general electronic store and just had to buy them....
Why? Because I "Gotta catch'em all!!!"
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 3:53pm |
portiafimbriataIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 76
Joined: 12 FEB 2009
Status : Offline | "What I really want is to get a copy of Shadow of the Comet, but I can't find one for a reasonable price Sad And by reasonable I mean under $25, because I'm cheap like that."
To Arkadia: If you want Shadow of the Comet, you can download it for free here:
http://www.abandonia.com/en/downloadgame/237
Donations are optional. I know lots of people don't like direct game downloads, but I played this recently and it runs beautifully on DosBox and I think you could do worse than to get this long, terrifying, difficult and ultimately satisfying game for free. (I'm cheap too, I suppose
Cthulu loves me, this I know&&The Necronomicon tells me so
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 3:55pm |
JelenaPrivate Detective
Posts : 587
Joined: 30 SEP 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Shany (3 MAY 2009 10:53pm)
Perry Rhodan - I think I got it for the graphics. They look spectacular :. I hear I might not like the rest: slow, unknown backstory, obscure puzzles, etc. The graphics are indeed spectacular and the puzzles were mostly fair imo. I don't think you'll regret buying it Shany.
Temporary guest in your life.
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 6:18pm |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | The graphics are indeed spectacular and the puzzles were mostly fair imo. I don't think you'll regret buying it Shany.
Thanks, Jelena.
@loobiloo - I don't mind FMV. I'm worried about the comparison to Carol Reed. I find those games dull - people who are so bored that they solve murder mysteries for fun do not interest me much. The scenery in those game is lovely, though.
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 6:18pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By jelena (4 MAY 2009 3:55pm)
Originally Posted By Shany (3 MAY 2009 10:53pm)
Perry Rhodan - I think I got it for the graphics. They look spectacular :. I hear I might not like the rest: slow, unknown backstory, obscure puzzles, etc. The graphics are indeed spectacular and the puzzles were mostly fair imo. I don't think you'll regret buying it Shany.
I usually don't get 3rd person games, but I remember you saying you really enjoyed this game, and that swayed me. Don't worry. I won't hold you responsible if I don't like it .
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 6:45pm |
loobilooPrivate Detective
Posts : 598
Joined: 3 APR 2008
Location: UK
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Shany (4 MAY 2009 6:18pm)
@loobiloo - I don't mind FMV. I'm worried about the comparison to Carol Reed. I find those games dull - people who are so bored that they solve murder mysteries for fun do not interest me much. The scenery in those game is lovely, though.
The reason I compared the games was more to do with the sense of immersion in a real place - somewhere in Hungary, Sweden, Capri etc rather than the plot!
There is a difference from The Carol Reed Mysteries in that they are static photos (beautiful & well put together) & in Yoomerjuk's Ring it's entirely FMV. There is no murder in YR - it's a mystery that leads on to an 'informal' 'investigation'. I don't want to spoil the plot Shany, but it's not about solving a murder mystery - there's no murder! There is nothing gory - it's about an American born man trying to find ancestors of a man who mysteriously disappeared & wrote to his grandfather about what he was involved in. The man who wrote to him was a scientist and had been ridiculed about his theories on time travel...... It's an engaging game!
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 7:27pm |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | Sounds good, thanks!
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 8:53pm |
JJIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 21
Joined: 26 APR 2009
Status : Online | Just got Nibiru today. Seems like a very linear slow paced rip off of Broken Sword at the moment lol.
[url=www.twitter.com/mapocomountain]@MapocoMountain[/url]
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 9:04pm |
CulturaJourneyman
Posts : 1337
Joined: 1 SEP 2004
Location: NL, Amersfoort
Status : Offline | Just returned from NYC (to Europe) and took the opportunity to get some games at low cost (they are about 50 percent of the price over in the US).
Dead Reefs (terrible reviews, but I'm willing to try)
Martin Mystere Crime Stories (ditto)
Agatha Christie 3-pack (AttwN, Orient, Sun)
Dracula 3 (including Ressurection and Sanctuary for 15 US!)
(Murder in) The Abbey
Sinking IslandEverlight
Dream Chronicles
You see my problem here?
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 9:40pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Cultura (4 MAY 2009 9:04pm)
Just returned from NYC (to Europe) and took the opportunity to get some games at low cost (they are about 50 percent of the price over in the US).
Dead Reefs (terrible reviews, but I'm willing to try)
Martin Mystere Crime Stories (ditto)
Agatha Christie 3-pack (AttwN, Orient, Sun)
Dracula 3 (including Ressurection and Sanctuary for 15 US!)
(Murder in) The Abbey
Sinking IslandEverlight
Dream Chronicles
You see my problem here?
Um.. my heavens, Cultura, with the exception of Dream Chronicles, I have the exact same lot sitting on my shelf, waiting too! Let's play Dracula 3 (or maybe Sinking Island, since it's been making waves? ) next!
Oh, just remembered: I have Scorpio Ritual too, and I might have So Blonde arriving with my cousin, who might be bringing me a copy from a store near him in Cambridge, next week..."
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 10:25pm |
karlaAdministrator
Posts : 2592
Joined: 27 JUL 2003
Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | After not buying any new games for quite some time -- I'm just a poor but honest gamer -- I went for DF Pins and Needles. It was way too good a thing to pass up.
Then a couple of weeks ago, I found Culpa Innata on eBay for $5. Only one copy was available so I pounced on it.
CI had been on my mind ever since I first posted info about Culpa Innata 2. It not only looked quite interesting, Aya simply raved to me about it.
I'm playing it now and I absolutely love it. There's a lot to this game and I'm taking my time and soaking up as much of it as I can. It's one of the best AGs I've ever played. Phoenix rocks! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 10:56pm |
JJIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 21
Joined: 26 APR 2009
Status : Online | Originally Posted By karla (4 MAY 2009 10:24pm)
After not buying any new games for quite some time -- I'm just a poor but honest gamer -- I went for DF Pins and Needles. It was way too good a thing to pass up.
Then a couple of weeks ago, I found Culpa Innata on eBay for $5. Only one copy was available so I pounced on it.
CI had been on my mind ever since I first posted info about Culpa Innata 2. It not only looked quite interesting, Aya simply raved to me about it.
I'm playing it now and I absolutely love it. There's a lot to this game and I'm taking my time and soaking up as much of it as I can. It's one of the best AGs I've ever played. Phoenix rocks! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
I need to play this again. I got to day two and had no idea where to go or what to do next. I like the concept but the game is very clunky imo.
[url=www.twitter.com/mapocomountain]@MapocoMountain[/url]
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 11:06pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By karla (4 MAY 2009 10:24pm)
After not buying any new games for quite some time -- I'm just a poor but honest gamer [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
You should regularly trawl the net for bargains, Karla! Many online stores also have a "bargain bin" or a marked down section. Though you have to check reglarly, as those bargains tend to fly quite quickly. ...um wait - that's why I have so many games...
[smiley=shudder.gif]...beware of those $1 games tho - got to be something wrong if nobody wants to buy a game even when its only $1... :-X
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 11:15pm |
shadow9d9Sorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 295
Joined: 17 JUN 2006
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (4 MAY 2009 11:05pm)
Originally Posted By karla (4 MAY 2009 10:24pm)
After not buying any new games for quite some time -- I'm just a poor but honest gamer [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
You should regularly trawl the net for bargains, Karla! Many online stores also have a "bargain bin" or a marked down section. Though you have to check reglarly, as those bargains tend to fly quite quickly. ...um wait - that's why I have so many games...
[smiley=shudder.gif]...beware of those $1 games tho - got to be something wrong if nobody wants to buy a game even when its only $1... :-X
I bought Nikopol and Moment of Silence for $1 plus shipping in the last month on ebay...
Disclaimer:&&&&Please do not take my opinions personally. I have strong opinions that may differ harshly with other popular opinions. I also have a rather direct way of expressing them. Keep this in mind when reading and do not get upset!
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| 4 MAY 2009 at 11:24pm |
| Deleted User | I bought Nikopol and Moment of Silence for $1 plus shipping in the last month on ebay... Gee! good find!
Were they new, though?
I meant those "new" (unused) ones at regular stores, that after having been marked down to $1 many months before, still are lying there, untouched. I noticed, for instance, that American McGee's Bad Day LA seemed to be such a game. Now, I have nothing at all against the game - in fact, I was often tempted to buy it at that price. Yet, the fact that nobody else seemed to want it, just sort of put me off... :
EDIT: Oh, which was a very good thing, actually, because after I had read a few reviews, I realised that there is a reason for the laws of supply and demand to work the way they do. From what I had read on those reviews, the stores I saw the game at, must have a policy against marking games down to under a dollar, because that's where demand would have placed it - well under a dollar, in fact.
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| 5 MAY 2009 at 12:01am |
karlaAdministrator
Posts : 2592
Joined: 27 JUL 2003
Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Actually, I had a very brief moment of suspicion about CI being sold new for $5 -- I'm not too trusting these days and I figured there had to be a catch. But the seller's rating was 100% positive so I decided to go with it.
The game arrived quickly and in pristine condition as advertised. That, combined with the great quality of the game itself, makes it one of my best-ever purchases.
I just love it when something good happens.
EDIT: I forgot to mention one of the best things about CI: No DRM!!!! [smiley=clap.gif]
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| 5 MAY 2009 at 12:04am |
JKingSchattenjger
Posts : 2349
Joined: 4 MAY 2008
Location: 0
Status : Offline | [smiley=beer_buds.gif]
I hope you enjoy it immensely, Karla. I, of course, cannot wait for the sequel.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 5 MAY 2009 at 12:16am |
| Deleted User | I always wait for games to get marked down. There seems to be a crucial moment (which I sometimes misjudge either too soon or too late) when they get old enough to go on sale, and often get marked down twice, eventually. But,- if you wait too long for the second markdown (which might never come), with a good game, it can result in it disappearing off the shelves, or it attaining "collector item" status.
Anyway, good buy, Karla! I paid a good deal more for my copy, (having bough it quite long ago), but I hope we both get to enjoy the game a lot.
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| 5 MAY 2009 at 11:42am |
CulturaJourneyman
Posts : 1337
Joined: 1 SEP 2004
Location: NL, Amersfoort
Status : Offline | ok traveler, I just loaded D3 into the tray. Opening cinematics: nice!
Now wandering around town finding the inn.
(must admit I do not have a lot of time on my hands this week, am opening my second cafe in my hometown, still a lot of work to be done....)
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| 5 MAY 2009 at 12:55pm |
| Deleted User | Well I've just entered the Inn. I do have other games to finish as well, though. I wonder if we should do a playthrough thread- that will be fun and might motivate other people to join in the fun. In such threads where a few people are playing at the same time, one unfortunately has to be careful of giving away spoilers.
However, I've done them before, and it can actually be rather fun to see if the other guy knows what you are talking about, if you only give cryptic clues about your location in the game...
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| 5 MAY 2009 at 1:14pm |
ArkadiaPrivate Detective
Posts : 558
Joined: 1 JUN 2008
Status : Online | I absolutely loved Dracula 1 and 2, too bad I haven't picked up the third one or I'd give it a go with you guys.
Let me know how you like it, I haven't heard too many good things about the third installment so I've been avoiding it. I hope it's better than I've heard it is, I did so love the first two.
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| 5 MAY 2009 at 1:26pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Arkadia (5 MAY 2009 1:14pm)
I absolutely loved Dracula 1 and 2, too bad I haven't picked up the third one or I'd give it a go with you guys.
Let me know how you like it, I haven't heard too many good things about the third installment so I've been avoiding it. I hope it's better than I've heard it is, I did so love the first two.
Will do. Started a seperate thread for Drac 3 now, to keep us motivated. You might want to avoid it in case of spoilers, though.. :-/
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| 5 MAY 2009 at 1:34pm |
ArkadiaPrivate Detective
Posts : 558
Joined: 1 JUN 2008
Status : Online | I'm planning on avoiding the thread, however I do expect a full report on how enjoyable you found the game when you finish it 8-)
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