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| 7 JUN 2011 at 8:52pm |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Wow, this is like the 5th Jonathan Boakes related thread! Not to mention three (3!) separate topics dedicated to The Lost Crown.
*SIGH*. If it weren't for so much disappointment lately (with recent purchases of mine, not generally with the genre), I would probably give one of his games a chance, despite the bad word I got about [s]TLS[/s]* TLC (The Lost Crown) and my indifference to horror games these days.
*Lol, was thinking of something else while I wrote this. You might be right about trying out the demos first, but there are two problems:
A. It's not always indicative, and it *has* happened before that I enjoyed a demo, which prompted me to buy the full game, which I did not like.
B. Say I download and play a demo. I play all the way to the end of it. Then I decide to buy the full game. I have to re-play the entire segment, again! This is particularly bad with long demos. Not to mention demos that take place somewhere in the middle of the game, which I really don't care for.
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| 7 JUN 2011 at 9:36pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
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Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Well, you should have played the demo before buying the game. I played The Lost Crown, and TLS... What is that? Dark fall 3? So, I should play Dark Fall one? Is it worth is?
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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| 7 JUN 2011 at 9:44pm |
DonaJourneyman
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Joined: 19 MAR 2005
Status : Offline | It's an old game, I doubt you can do much about it. Widescreen monitors were rare/didn't exist back then.
To be honest I didn't play DarkFall games yet and now I'm not sure if I'll be able to (I have a large monitor, too :/)
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| 7 JUN 2011 at 11:18pm |
walshSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 384
Joined: 15 DEC 2010
Status : Offline | What happens if you change your desktop resolution to the lowest possible? Even if it is 800x600 that will be a huge improvement.
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| 7 JUN 2011 at 11:31pm |
tincup2Journeyman
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Joined: 8 MAR 2011
Location: US, NYC
Status : Offline | yes, change your screen resolution to something closer to the orignal, say 1280 or 1024 to start with. On a big screen like yours older low res games often look better if you don't fill the whole screen since the pxels are too prominent.
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| 8 JUN 2011 at 5:30am |
MKBSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | I remember reading somewhere that they re-released DF:The Journal with updated graphics several years after the original release. I don't know if the demo you played reflects the new release or not but (if the game is of interest) you might want to check it out.
EDIT: This is where I saw it:
http://forums.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1980
I don't buy download-only games. Never have, never will........Mike
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| 8 JUN 2011 at 7:43am |
walshSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MKB (8 JUN 2011 5:30am)
I remember reading somewhere that they re-released DF:The Journal with updated graphics several years after the original release. I don't know if the demo you played reflects the new release or not but (if the game is of interest) you might want to check it out.
EDIT: This is where I saw it:
http://forums.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1980
I don't know if The Journal was remastered. The British Horror Pack seems to have the Lights Out remastered edition and the "Classic Edition" of The Journal.
http://www.iceberg-interactive.com/games-mainmenu-27/134-adventures-in-terror-british-horror-collection.html
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| 8 JUN 2011 at 12:14pm |
tincup2Journeyman
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Location: US, NYC
Status : Offline | I have the original and it's fine - just realize it's a 2000's indie game without the hollywood polish, which is a relief! Very nice game, most/many/the ones that count, AGer's will agree.
I don't recall having had to adjust the res and i play on a 24" WS. So besides adjusting screen res in windows Settings also check your monitor sizing options menu, perhaps it's not on default which would probably play it max'ed out to fit the screen.
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| 8 JUN 2011 at 2:53pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | My collector's edition copy ssemed fine as far as I could remember. Would have to check again.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 8 JUN 2011 at 3:12pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
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Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Actually, I can play it in full (fool?!) screen, if I force it so. But it will still run in 640 by something. It's not that old of a game, they could've made higher resolutions, at least 1024. Also, something might be wrong with the game. In the tunnel, where I start, there is no train. But, I watched the walkthrough, and there was an old train there.
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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| 10 JUN 2011 at 12:02am |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By dwwa (8 JUN 2011 3:12pm)
It's not that old of a game, they could've made higher resolutions, at least 1024.
Ummm... No. The game came out in 2002, and back then only the adventure games with largest budgets offered 1024x768 resolution. The chances of a one-man-show like Dark Fall offering any resolution higher than 640x480 were nil.
Also, something might be wrong with the game. In the tunnel, where I start, there is no train. But, I watched the walkthrough, and there was an old train there.
If you're talking about this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnoQLK6Q2I4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4YOUtm5KWc
I don't see a train except in the introductory video.
Maybe there's one in the dark, but I can't make it out.
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| 10 JUN 2011 at 12:11am |
tincup2Journeyman
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Location: US, NYC
Status : Offline | Persevere low res and all. The thing is you want the image size to be large enough, so just adjust your screen res to taste.
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| 10 JUN 2011 at 11:19am |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
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Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Yes, my game is exactly like that, and, no, I didn't mean the intro. There is a train in the tunnel, where you hear that boy's voice. I'll try and find that video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gh3FUk5RbE&feature=related
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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| 10 JUN 2011 at 7:29pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | You mean this?
[img]http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4157/picture2nw.png[/img]
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| 10 JUN 2011 at 10:02pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Uh-huh. What do you make of it?
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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| 11 JUN 2011 at 5:26pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | I don't know why it would be missing, unless the graphics are just too dark to see it on some monitors.
It's not a 3D game, so it wouldn't be due to anything like a disappearing characters problem.
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| 11 JUN 2011 at 8:49pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | The thing is, it appears on some walk through, and on some it does not. Also, the main menu is different. I don't know whether that my game is missing something, or did he edit that one.
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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| 12 JUN 2011 at 2:23am |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | There different editions of the game may be slightly different.
The first edition was self-published by Jonathan Boakes -- and came on CDR in a DVD case.
Then there was the version from Dreamcatcher in 2003.
Then there was the "Pins and Needles" limited edition from 2009, that included both "ark Fall: The Journal Classic" and "Lights Out: Director's Cut." A description included in the case said Dark Fall: Classic Edition has seen a few tweaks, to update the gameplay and add some extra ambiance to certain scenes. And then there are all the download versions.
So it's possible the main menu is different on some of them.
And maybe the screen with the train is not there in some versions.
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| 12 JUN 2011 at 11:56am |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Oh, I didn't know that. than it's alright. This is probably the updated version, so there's nothing wrong with mines. Thanks, mate.
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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