I just started Ambers Blood, Which btw I won over at GB.

 I really enjoy the Carol Reed games.

Ooh, I knew I should wait for a hard copy of BOUT!  Walked past my gaming store today, and saw a copy, and grabbed it, and when I opened it at home I got so excited; - it comes in a lovely illustrated cover, and inside is an artbook and a map and poster, and even a soundtrack CD!

I've completed Darkness Within for a second time, but I didn't find many new hidden spots so it seems.

I played it again because i bought the second game recently and didn't seem to remember a thing of what happened it the first game 

The second seems to be even more fun than the first installment, real 3D environments are always a plus.

But i've got a feeling this one is much less 'scary'. 

Originally Posted By colpet (22 MAR 2012 2:16pm)

Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (21 MAR 2012 5:58pm)

My brain hurts!  I've been playing Rhem 4 for at least 10 hours and have 8 pages of notes and 4 pages of maps.  I've discovered all kinds of neat nooks and crannies with tons of clues and am just now starting to put some things together.  I've only had a few "ah-ha" moments but am hoping there will be more soon before I become a complete basket case.  This is definitely my favorite kind of game!

I played this last year and loved it. There are so many hidden spots to discover, I envy you playing it for the first time.

 

I bought the whole Rhem collection today, does that make you even more envious?  

The Rhem games have been on my to-play list for many years now and now i wish i had done this sooner.

I almost forgot to make dinner because I was so engrossed with this game.

Sheesh, that place is huuuge. 

I'm considering a replay of the first Rhem game.  It has been long enough since I played it that it will be new again to me.

I picked up Rhem 2 and 4 off eBay a couple of months ago. Can you play them out a sequence?.

Yes, you can play them out of order.  Each one explores a different area of Rhem.  You briefly "meet" some of the same characters in each story, but one game isn't dependent on understanding the previous one.  The 3rd game does have a special puzzle to solve which gives you a little preview of the 4th game, and the 4th has a small preview of the 5th as well.

Just finished up Return to Mysterious Island. Overall pretty good, but short. You're confined to a relatively small area, I would have liked to have been able to explore more of the island.

@ Lady K - thanks. I will proceed...

Playing The Next Big Thing , so far not that good but it's not horrible either.

I hope the pace picks up soon, because the characters and storyline ain't that interesting right now

I can't play anything besides point and click AG's right now, my right hand is completely bloated  because some idiot at the hospital didn't put the IV needle where it should've been... 

So any game that require combined mouse and keyboard input are currently not an option.  

I'm playing Rhem 2, circa 2 months. What a hard game!!! I'm cooking my brain in those inumerous puzzles. I didn't use walkthrough since today but confess; I only solved de GWALINWESSU puzzle due brute force. I tryied around 5,000 times the 4-combinition numbers to filnally figure out. I didn't found any clue in theh game to solve that puzzle.

Well...now I'm near de middle of this game...and I have to figure out thousands of enigmas that I have NO idea now to figure them out. This sequel is several times harder then Rhem 1. But i love it!

Just finished up Nibiru. I begin to wonder why I bother with any adventure game made over the last several years. Yet another quite mediocre inventory puzzler. Another lousy translation, with typo ridden subtitles, tepid voice acting,  utterly forgettable characters, and a main character with no personality, not even a stereotype. The way the story ended felt like they ran out of money half way through development and had to wrap things up. The parts I did like were the ones everyone seems to hate, the stand alone puzzles like the colored marble puzzle or the Mayan number puzzle. They weren't difficult, but at least provided some contrast to the rather bland inventory puzzles.

ohnoooo, the next big thing has a music puzzle. 

I already started to dislike the game because of it's silly puzzles, since i'm tone deaf this is definitely the end for me 

This together with sliders and mazes should be outlawed in AG's!!!!

Originally Posted By Andromus (14 APR 2012 3:12pm)

Yet another quite mediocre inventory puzzler.      

It didn't hold my attention enough to get far at all - but it sounds like you finished it at least. Like re-checking the gristle on our plate in the hope that we may have missed a real piece of meat. Alas...

I used my free game coupon from Jurassic Park for Law&Order: Legacies.

Unfortunately it turns out to be a bit of a dissappointment, although the storylines are quite good, the immersion is ruined by a very intrusive interface. Dialog boxes completely block the view and there're too many frequent hint pop-ups.

It's mostly dialoge driven, with very limited player input

This game should've gotten a decent PC version instead of being a mobile port.

Also there's no way to manually save the game, which is a real downer for a game with multiple endings 

Telltale's 'quality' is degrading rapidly

I've got a frustrating techical problem with Darkness Within 2 , I ran into a nasty game breaking bug that makes a puzzle impossible to complete. This should be fixed with their latest patch, alas the patch doesn't recognise my digital version i bought recently at GamersGate. 

Securom happens to be the culprit , this only affects the digital version because the boxed versions have no copy protection at all!! Another case where DRM ruins a gameplay experience and ofcourse the developers seem to have defunct so there's no way i can contact them for support. I'm trying to get it fixed through gamersgate and the publisher, but i fear the worst.

ARGH!

Originally Posted By tincup2 (15 APR 2012 10:27am)

Originally Posted By Andromus (14 APR 2012 3:12pm)

Yet another quite mediocre inventory puzzler.      

 

It didn't hold my attention enough to get far at all - but it sounds like you finished it at least. Like re-checking the gristle on our plate in the hope that we may have missed a real piece of meat. Alas...

 

You were wiser than me, I think. But I can't stand leaving a game unfinished, whether it's good, bad, or otherwise.

Originally Posted By markornikov (15 APR 2012 11:07am)

I used my free game coupon from Jurassic Park for Law&Order: Legacies.

Unfortunately it turns out to be a bit of a dissappointment, although the storylines are quite good, the immersion is ruined by a very intrusive interface. Dialog boxes completely block the view and there're too many frequent hint pop-ups.

It's mostly dialoge driven, with very limited player input

This game should've gotten a decent PC version instead of being a mobile port.

Also there's no way to manually save the game, which is a real downer for a game with multiple endings 

 

Telltale's 'quality' is degrading rapidly

It's unfortunate to hear this, but not a surprise. As far as I'm concerned, Telltale's quality has been plummeting since the very weak Back to the Future.

Trying to play Space Quest 1 (VGA remake), but that darn spider drone is just too fast. It is probably due to my dosbox settings, but any slower and the game suffers from severe sound stuttering. 

Just finished up Black Mirror 2 and immediately started Black Mirror 3. Maybe I'm jaded but BM2 did not hold the same "wonder" for me that BM1 did. Hoping BM3 gets the magic back.

I've just started playing Amber's Blood.  I 've played all of the previous Carol Reed games & just love the photography, the stories & how they are woven into a real place! 

Just finished up Botanicula. Short, but sweet. Somewhere between Samorost and Machinarium in difficulty and general design, I think. Quite charming, very funny. Fiddling around with incidental things to see what happens is as much fun as the main part of the game. Highly recommended.

Originally Posted By Val (21 APR 2012 11:28am)

Just finished up Black Mirror 2 and immediately started Black Mirror 3. Maybe I'm jaded but BM2 did not hold the same "wonder" for me that BM1 did. Hoping BM3 gets the magic back.

The third installment was better than the second - neither as good as the first though.

Originally Posted By Andromus (22 APR 2012 2:33pm)

Just finished up Botanicula. Short, but sweet. Somewhere between Samorost and Machinarium in difficulty and general design, I think. Quite charming, very funny. Fiddling around with incidental things to see what happens is as much fun as the main part of the game. Highly recommended.

I finished the game last night and feel the same way about it as you do, Andromus.  It gave me some real belly laughs, and I loved all the extra surprises.  I'm going to play it again soon just to see if I can get all the wild and wonderful critter cards.

Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (22 APR 2012 4:03pm)

Originally Posted By Andromus (22 APR 2012 2:33pm)

Just finished up Botanicula. Short, but sweet. Somewhere between Samorost and Machinarium in difficulty and general design, I think. Quite charming, very funny. Fiddling around with incidental things to see what happens is as much fun as the main part of the game. Highly recommended.

I finished the game last night and feel the same way about it as you do, Andromus.  It gave me some real belly laughs, and I loved all the extra surprises.  I'm going to play it again soon just to see if I can get all the wild and wonderful critter cards.

Yes, I'd like to complete my set of cards as well. I unlocked a couple of fun bonuses with what I had, I'm very curious about what the reward will be with a full set.

Playing NOIR: A Shadowy Thriller. On an original Windows 3.1 system and a 22" flat screen monitor.