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| 2 AUG 2011 at 6:49pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Well, it's me and my questions about some kind of top Adventure Games in some sort of category... Nah, I'm not crazy or anything, I just do what the voices inside my head tell me. And they told me this. "Huwa possibbli li xi [ch295]add ikun mi[ch289]nun bi[ch380][ch380]ejjed biex jittradu[ch267]u testi minn Serb g[ch295]all-Malti li kopja lill-fora?" Anyway, since I had no idea what that meant, I decided to ask you about The Worst Adventure Games (Or Half Adventure Games) that you have ever tried, or heard of? It counts those such as very hard and frustratingly illogical, too easy that offer no challenge, buggy, boring, unfinished, bad, the worse of the worst, to put it simply. And, include even the ones labeled as "So bad that they're good", if such exist.
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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| 3 AUG 2011 at 8:19pm |
karlaAdministrator
Posts : 2591
Joined: 27 JUL 2003
Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Four immediately leap to mind:
Belief and Betrayal
Mysterious Journey 2
Sentinel
Still Life 2
I've never finished Belief and Betrayal, Mysterious Journey 2 or Sentinel. Intrigued by its level of dreadfulness (sort of like watching a slow-motion trainwreck), I did finish Still Life 2 -- but it was painful.
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| 3 AUG 2011 at 9:11pm |
FnordSchattenjger
Posts : 2751
Joined: 15 SEP 2008
Location: SE, Stockholm
Status : Offline | I don't know if I would claim that Mysterious Journey 2 is one of the worst AGs of all time, but it was not good either (I never got very far though). The first Mysterious Journey was really good (if a bit derivative) so why could they not stick to that design?
Secret of the lost Cavern was really bad, in my opinion. It had a few good ideas, and the stone age is a horribly under-used time period for games, but this one was not very fun.
Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh had such horrible sound that it was unplayable, and the puzzles (as far as I got) were also really bad. Never got far into it either.
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| 3 AUG 2011 at 11:09pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Well now..... Mysterious Journey 2 was also known as Schizm 2 - yes?
That's one of my favourite games and I've played it three times. Lovely game, relatively easy puzzles and nice graphics.
Unfortunately when I don't like a game/get hopelessly stuck and have no incentive to return, I stop playing. Then I find out everyone else loves them. So I can't create such a list with any credibility as the games I hated, such as Grim Fandango and The Longest Journey, languish unfinished in my cupboard. :-/
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| 4 AUG 2011 at 1:23am |
Tally HoSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 341
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | How 'bout "Adventure at the Château d'Or" now there's a dud.
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| 4 AUG 2011 at 2:21am |
walshSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 384
Joined: 15 DEC 2010
Status : Offline | I'd agree with Belief & Betrayal though I only played for about an hour.
Memento Mori - awful script, annoying characters, pointless story, terrible ending
A lot of older ones from the early 90s qualify, which usually had a lot of dead ends and mazes.
This might be considered blasphemy due to Telltale's shining reputation, but I really hated the new Back to the Future though I can't pinpoint why. Worst ever might be a bit of a stretch though.
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| 4 AUG 2011 at 3:11am |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (3 AUG 2011 11:09pm)
Well now..... Mysterious Journey 2 was also known as Schizm 2 - yes?
That's one of my favourite games and I've played it three times. Lovely game, relatively easy puzzles and nice graphics.
One of my favorites too. Not too hard and not too easy, and most solutions weren't located far from the clues.
Originally Posted By Tally_Ho (4 AUG 2011 1:23am)
How 'bout "Adventure at the Château d'Or" now there's a dud.
Yes that's one of the worst. Took less than two hours to complete -- less than most casual games. There was also a part of the game where you could see stained glass windows, but not many people found it because it wasn't mentioned in the manual or anywhere else. It was probably the best part of the game, and I completely missed it.
Another loser is The Scroll -- which had problems like hotspots being in the wrong places. And often you had to guess what part of a conversation you were clicking on, because if you clicked on the correct response, a different response would be chosen. Then you'd have to start the whole conversation over again.
Originally Posted By walsh (4 AUG 2011 2:20am)
Memento Mori - awful script, annoying characters, pointless story, terrible ending.
There was more than one ending. There were something like 5 or 6 endings. One of them wasn't terrible, but you're unlikely to get it on the first playthrough unless you "cheat" and use a walkthrough. This is one reason I don't like multiple endings.
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| 4 AUG 2011 at 9:21am |
markornikovJourneyman
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Posts : 1303
Joined: 28 OCT 2011
Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | All the early Lucas Arts games that use SCUMM as its scripting language, like Indiana Jones: the fate of atlantis, Sam & Max hit the road and The secret of monkey island.
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This sure is going to piss off some people on the forum
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| 4 AUG 2011 at 2:37pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Funny how someone's worst ends up being another one's favorite. But, a number of you seems to agree about this "Adventure at the Château d'Or.. I have to try 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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| 5 AUG 2011 at 5:29am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By dwwa (4 AUG 2011 2:37pm)
Funny how someone's worst ends up being another one's favorite. But, a number of you seems to agree about this "Adventure at the Château d'Or.. I have to try it.
Perverse child.... [smiley=shaking_head.gif]
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| 5 AUG 2011 at 5:15pm |
tincup2Journeyman
Posts : 822
Joined: 8 MAR 2011
Location: US, NYC
Status : Offline | For a game I actually completed Indigo Prphecy ranks high on my list of the low.
A few promising games with I started and abandoned becaused they particularly rubbed me the wrong way:
Sentinel
7 Games of the Soul [Faustus]
Of Light and Darkness
The Forgotten
Crystal Key 2
Mysterious Journey 2 [the 3D one]
Not saying they are the Worst by any stretch - I just went nowhere with them
There are a lot more in this category that I will probably give another shot at sometime. I miss gems from time to time, like Morpheus, since I make snap judgments easily lol..
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| 8 AUG 2011 at 10:04am |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By mgonneau (5 AUG 2011 5:15pm)
For a game I actually completed Indigo Prphecy ranks high on my list of the low.
A few promising games with I started and abandoned becaused they particularly rubbed me the wrong way:
Sentinel
7 Games of the Soul [Faustus]
Of Light and Darkness
The Forgotten
Crystal Key 2
Mysterious Journey 2 [the 3D one]
Not saying they are the Worst by any stretch - I just went nowhere with them
There are a lot more in this category that I will probably give another shot at sometime. I miss gems from time to time, like Morpheus, since I make snap judgments easily lol..
Indigo Prophecy? Is that Fahrenheit? I loved that game!
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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| 8 AUG 2011 at 5:46pm |
CrisGerSchattenjger
Posts : 2539
Joined: 28 APR 2007
Location: US
Status : Offline | Mysterious Journey 2 had some very hard puzzles..i stared at that damn shutttle hanger for months at one point.... and there was an equally evil maze under some upper level like a big parking garage in a valley... but some of it was lovely
Sentinel was beautiful but some of the puzzles were totally without logic and unsolveable without a walkthorugh and i dont know how they wrote it without help from the author... it had a sad ending..but some lovely areas...
my most hated is Keepsake, it promised a lot and was crap, pls excuse language. Neverwinter Nights 2 was unplayalble due to hoorrible camera controls.... Schism I was tough, i may try again someday......
Mememnto mori has some lovely areas and effects but i got bored and shelved it.
The ScummV engine games? what was wrong with them? they all work great now on the updated and perfectly operating ScummVM project, it is free and runs all of those games perfectly on XP..and also other games like Kyrandia, and Discworld....it is a joy and a pleasure... what didnt you like about them M? Just curious,.
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| 8 AUG 2011 at 5:57pm |
tincup2Journeyman
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Joined: 8 MAR 2011
Location: US, NYC
Status : Offline | @CoD Indigo Prophecy? Is that Fahrenheit? I loved that game!
Nothing wrong with it - slick, itchy clean and high rated game. It's just that it was my first "push your avatar through the script" game and I quickly learned that that form of gameplay is not my cup of tea.
Banging on bad games is easy - I was shooting for a good one that I didn't like...
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| 8 AUG 2011 at 8:26pm |
DonaJourneyman
Posts : 801
Joined: 19 MAR 2005
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By markornikov (4 AUG 2011 9:20am)
Sam & Max hit the road
Oh no you didn't >
The only game I really, really, really hated was Aura. It was plain bad.
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| 8 AUG 2011 at 10:28pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Donna (8 AUG 2011 8:25pm)
Originally Posted By markornikov (4 AUG 2011 9:20am)
Sam & Max hit the road
Oh no you didn't >
The only game I really, really, really hated was Aura. It was plain bad.
Oh, no you didn't! > No, I realize Aura isn't everyone's cup of tea. Abysmal characterization, writing, and story, but wonderful environments and some really good puzzles. At the time, it was the best Myst-like game to come along in some years in my opinion.
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| 9 AUG 2011 at 2:03am |
DonaJourneyman
Posts : 801
Joined: 19 MAR 2005
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Andromus (8 AUG 2011 10:28pm)
Myst-like game
That explains it all. :
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| 9 AUG 2011 at 7:37pm |
tincup2Journeyman
Posts : 822
Joined: 8 MAR 2011
Location: US, NYC
Status : Offline | LOL, as a Myst fanboy I think I'll dust off my copy of Aura and give it another shot. Really turned me off the first time though...
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| 10 AUG 2011 at 9:07pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By mgonneau (8 AUG 2011 5:57pm)
@CoD Indigo Prophecy? Is that Fahrenheit? I loved that game!
Nothing wrong with it - slick, itchy clean and high rated game. It's just that it was my first "push your avatar through the script" game and I quickly learned that that form of gameplay is not my cup of tea.
Banging on bad games is easy - I was shooting for a good one that I didn't like...
But that was my first adventure game, I can't really hate it, can I? I must love it, even if it is bad (I hope it isn't)....
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 AUG 2011 at 1:31am |
tincup2Journeyman
Posts : 822
Joined: 8 MAR 2011
Location: US, NYC
Status : Offline | @ CoD - well that's funny - no you can't/shouldn't hate it. I had a problem with it simply because of the type of game it was - an interactive movie - something i don't look for in an AG - so don't sweat it..
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| 12 AUG 2011 at 11:38pm |
TechnoSpikePrivate Detective
Posts : 581
Joined: 26 APR 2005
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Well, if it's bad games you are looking for, you can start by paying a visit to a specific page of JA: the Dungeon of Shame!
http://www.justadventure.com/Game_Reviews/Genre_Pages/Dungeon.shtm
I confess, "being late to the party", I was a little bit suprised that no one has yet to posted this link.
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