Sounds delightful Cris.  I love Mozart's music but my French is quite rusty now.

I'm currently playing Syberia again.  I love the art work but I'm astonished at how much time is wasted walking back and forth, back and forth.  Thank goodness I know how to find what I need.

My game play has ground to a halt. After 18 years of game playing there is nothing I haven't played or tried to play that I was interested in. 413 of them. I am totally tired of replaying games and now I look forward more to new releases.

So developers if you have any compassion please....please start releasing some games...namely

Rhem 5

Bracken Tor

Prominence

Last Crown

Phobos 1953

J.U.L.I.A.

Relics 2

Asylum

Memento Mori 2

Testament of Sherlock Holmes

Ambers Blood

wow GreyFuss that is a lot of games...

have you tried some of the olde classics just for fun? the Kyrandia games are lovely esp the voiced versions.  I did enjoy Memento Mori and would love to see a sequel to that one too. What is the Phobos game? i remember several very good levels for Doom named Phobos but i am sure it is something else.

Hi CrisGer

Believe me that I have researched, researched and researched again every adventure game ever made and there is nothing left that I have any interest in trying. The Kyranda games aren't even counted in my list as I did try one and know they aren't for me as none of the cartoony games are.

For you information Memento Mori 2 is already in the development stage  http://www.mementomori2-game.de/

And take a look at Phobos 1953 here http://www.phobos.su/en/ I believe an English version is in the works now.

You didn't list Coven, Greyfuss. That's one I'm interested in.

Originally Posted By Jenny100

You didn't list Coven, Greyfuss. That's one I'm interested in.

Hi Jenny100

Yes I am certainly interested in Coven and also...

Decay

Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting

Wychwood Hollow

Dark Secrets

Aura III Catharsis

The Witness

Amarhys

Mile of Cry

Until I'm Gone

Black Sails

Deep Sleep

Nonamestar

But I tried to keep the list to the games that actually have a chance of being released in 2012

Just finished Drawn 3. What to say? It's a Drawn game. Charming art, dead easy puzzles. I didn't time it but it felt like the shortest Drawn game by quite a bit, with a rather abrupt ending.

I've just started the first "Drawn". Nice art work, but puzzles thus far have been about just finding the right object. 

*edit* Done. Short and very easy. It looked nice, but I don't think I'll run out and buy the sequel. 

I'm currently partway through an interesting Interactive Fiction piece called The Dreamhold; thus far I'm rather enjoying it. ^_^

Advantageously, it apparently includes a tutorial for those who are not familiar with Interactive Fiction (which can be disabled), and at least two difficulty modes.

Originally Posted By Andromus (26 NOV 2011 8:08pm)

Originally Posted By walsh

I've never understood the praise for Secret Files. Some people seem to put it on the same level as Broken Sword, which I find very odd given the quality of the writing.

 

Those people are...badly mistaken, lets say. Broken Sword 1 has some of the best writing of the genre, while the writing of Secret Files ranges from mostly poor to occasionally mediocre. Perhaps they make the comparision because Secret Files attempts a balance between comedy and drama something along the lines of Broken Sword. I say "attempts" because Secret Files has failed badly so far in that area, while Broken Sword pulled it off quite well.

Me, at least, I like SF better than the Broken Sword series b/c the BS games have puzzles requiring quick reflexes, while the SF games (so far, I only played SF 1, but I have SF 2, which I've yet to install/play on my computer). Also, I like the SF series b/c personally, I think they have something to do with alien spaceships or aliens from outer space although these aren't seen during gameplay.

Blackwell Legacy will be my next game. I do wonder why some developers are so afraid of numbers. None of the blackwell games are numbered, so I had to use an external source in order to find out where to start. 

*edit* Done. Now I'm considering either Sanitarium, Scratches or the next Blackwell game...

*edit2* Blackwell Unbound finished. The first Blackwell game was really good, but this one was even better. Still too short though. 

Scratches, and I'm really enjoying it. It has this cozy "curl up under a blanket with a cup of tea" style of horror, at least thus far (I'm not past the first day yet, though it is starting to get late)

Originally Posted By Fnord (20 JAN 2012 11:33am)

Scratches, and I'm really enjoying it. It has this cozy "curl up under a blanket with a cup of tea" style of horror, at least thus far (I'm not past the first day yet, though it is starting to get late)

Cozy, eh? We'll see if you still feel that way after...well, we'll see.

I've already finished the game, and I stand by my statement that it was a cozy game

Spoiler AlertThe thing down the cellar did not scare me

Originally Posted By Fnord (28 JAN 2012 3:52am)

I've already finished the game, and I stand by my statement that it was a cozy game

Spoiler AlertThe thing down the cellar did not scare me

Really? Shoot, I was looking forward to hearing about how you hit the ceiling there, Spoiler Alertor at the part where the mask appears right behind you.  Those sections  really got me, but then again admittedly I'm something of a wimp when it comes to horror, and what makes me jump often doesn't faze the average person.

Originally Posted By Fnord (28 JAN 2012 3:52am)

I've already finished the game, and I stand by my statement that it was a cozy game

Spoiler AlertThe thing down the cellar did not scare me

To me the game isn't about indivual scares Spoiler Alert(though the mask in the room did give me a fright) , but it's more of a horrible atmosphere starting to pervade the game more and more as time goes on.

I avoid horror games and movies..life is scary enough

I recently finished up Jurassic Park. I can't say it was disappointing as it was just about what I was expecting after the mess that was Back to the Future. The adventure sections are rudimentary, and the quick time events are badly programmed. The story was interesting enough, but once again Telltale has created more of an interactive movie and less of a game.

Originally Posted By Andromus (28 JAN 2012 10:30am)

Originally Posted By Fnord (28 JAN 2012 3:52am)

I've already finished the game, and I stand by my statement that it was a cozy game

Spoiler AlertThe thing down the cellar did not scare me

 

 

Really? Shoot, I was looking forward to hearing about how you hit the ceiling there, Spoiler Alertor at the part where the mask appears right behind you.  Those sections  really got me, but then again admittedly I'm something of a wimp when it comes to horror, and what makes me jump often doesn't faze the average person.

 

 

 

Spoiler AlertWhen the mask was not there, I expected it to show up when I turned around, which ruined the surprise factor. And I've been watching horror movies since I was 9, so I've become immune to most of the common horror tricks. Scratches was a very good game though, and the horror atmosphere was far better than average.

Now I'm going to play Broken Sword 2. First thing I noticed during the install process was that the licence agreement box said "Insert licence agreement here" (So whoever made the compilation disc that I got it on was a bit sloppy). Once the install process was done I got to pick between "Alternative 1", "Alternative 2", and "Alternative 3", so I have no idea if I just managed to ruin my install by picking the wrong alternative. 

I finished Book of Unwritten Tales recently, not a bad sort of game if you like cartoony games, I enjoyed it anyway.

Now back to trying to finish Gray Matter which I'd started months and months ago, got thoroughly bored and just left it. However, as it's taking up HDD space I thought I may as well finish it, so now in the middle of Ch. 8.  No doubt will finish it over this weekend.

Have to say that as a fervent GK fan, Gray Matter just doesn't cut it for me, don't feel at all connected with the characters - and I really dislike all those magic tricks, seem to be far too many of them. Well at least the speech is nice and clear and the graphics excellent, so maybe I shouldn't complain too much. 

I'm also waiting for Face Noir.  Mostly for Sherlock/Testament. Or, any TLJ/Dreamfall game that might suprirse us (doubt it).  Or, the rebirth of URU online (in any of its various incarnations). 

Skyrim Creation Kit comes out Tuesday.....many mods and new life coming up!  Can't wait.

I've finally completed the wispered world, the ending came as a complete surprise, but i loved it.

My biggest annoyance with this game remains the awful voice acting of the main character though

Not a world shattering game but well above the average dealt out to us these days.  The voice acting was MUCH better than average with the main two being brilliant. I thought that the ending , although unexpected, was over spectacular. My only real complaint - I had quite a few technical quirks which I forgive due to the unhappy history of the development !

The overall game will remain (happily) in my memory whereas so many others just fade into amorphous obscurity.

 I haven't had too much timeee to play many adventures over the past few months due to being occupied with other Quest-Adventure matters. However, of those I have managed to play I think that the most enjoyable was "Lost Horizon' Not maybe a fabulous game but an extremely enjoyable one.

Originally Posted By Len Green (5 FEB 2012 10:13am)

Not a world shattering game but well above the average dealt out to us these days.  The voice acting was MUCH better than average with the main two being brilliant. I thought that the ending , although unexpected, was over spectacular. My only real complaint - I had quite a few technical quirks which I forgive due to the unhappy history of the development !

The overall game will remain (happily) in my memory whereas so many others just fade into amorphous obscurity.

Which game are you referring to there, Len?

Hm, I played quite a bit of Lost Horizon, and its quite fun.  I should make a note to finish it.