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| 2 JUL 2003 at 1:52am |
adventuredogGuild Master
Posts : 3255
Joined: 14 JAN 2003
Status : Offline | I loved GK2. Sorry when it was over.
Currently I am playing:
Discworld Noir *wonderful, don't want it to end
A Quiet Weekend in Capri *need a long stretch of time to get back to this one - hopefully soon!
The Longest Journey (2nd time)
(Just finished - The Omega Stone)
(CSI - somewhat boring)
Still adventuring after all these years!
Patiently awaiting The Last Crown: Haunting of Hallowed Isle, and Bracken Tor...
... and Asylum if it's not tooooo scary...
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 2:24am |
| Deleted User | Currently playing "Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers". The game is quite interesting and involving so far (funny and creepy sometimes) but the clock puzzle and some tedious pixel hunting at times has been a huge disappointment and distraction from enjoying the game.
On the clock puzzle *SPOILER*:
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I translated the poem, saw the connection between the snakes and the dragons, set the clock to 3:00 and dragon icon to 3:00 as well (since logically Three Dragons would be at 3, no?) -- nothing happened. Found out later that the dragon has to be set to 12??? Doesn't make sense at all. I realise that their idea of 3:00 is for dragon to be set to 12 but it is wrong, IMO, soooo wrong! It's three dragons and not twelve dragons after all... I assume they were trying to to say that it's 3 o'clock and not 3:15, so it has to point at 12. But it is still wrong, IMO, since it could've opened only at 3:00 and not, say, at 3:15 but with the dragon at number 3. Personally, if I made the puzzle, I'd open the clock with the dragon by the number 3 and not 12. Anyway, that was a huge disappointment.
*END of SPOILER*
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Oh, and pixel hunting at the crime scene is quite unforgivable too, considering how bad and pixelated the graphics are, even for its time... Still, the story pulls you in and is very involving, so I'm trying to forgive the game's shortcomings so far...
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 4:09am |
szcaxJourneyman
Posts : 935
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I'm playing Heroes of Might and Magic 3 right now...
My adventure gaming self is currently on hiatus... I just got to Slade's apartment in Tex Murphy: Overseer and frankly, I love the game but... it's a bit scary right now. Yeah. I'm a wimp. I know...
Black holes are where God divided by zero
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 5:00am |
CharadeeIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 28
Joined: 27 JUN 2003
Status : Online | I just finished The Crystal Key. (And I was not impressed > ) Next I'll be playing Road to India, and Dust: A Tale of the Wired West. If it works on any of my computers, that is.
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 12:51pm |
| Deleted User | Currently playing Post Mortem and Amerzone.
I agree with adventuredog about Discworld Noir. It is a fun game with a unusual plot twist in the middle, interesting and colorful graphics, very nice voice-overs and great storyline. Lewton (the private investigator and star) is an almost perfect character. I don't think that this game received nearly the recognition that it should have.
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 2:13pm |
| Deleted User | My 3 French games arrived and I installed Kama Sutra. Fortunately, my French is up to it. Isn't it interesting that many people are somewhat shocked when they find out I play adventure games (at YOUR age?!), but when a friend spotted the Kama Sutra box next to my computer he immediately wanted to know if he could borrow it...
I played for about an hour. So far it hasn't lived up to my expectations, I'm afraid. "Well, what did you expect, it's porn... " I can hear you cry. Yes, it's porn allright, but it's more like a comic book than a computer game. Mostly static pictures and silly doll-faced men and women. Oh well... I'll have no problem selling it.
Tomorrow I'm going to try Monet. Aaaahhh... finally!
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 5:49pm |
sparkySorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 270
Joined: 18 JUN 2003
Status : Online | i just finshed Post Mortem and wasn't all that impressed.
the plot was nice but it had no mystery, after the cut-scene in the alambic you immidiatly know who the killer is. and i hated the interface - i like to move freely. also the game was easy and it only took me a day and a half to finish it. and the voice acting is horrible( at least the english voice-over are). i can't understand how this game got good reviews.
but soon after many angry latters to the local game distributer i will , hopfuly soon, be getting TLJ, so i will finally get to see what all the fuss is about.
meantime i keep myself busy replaying Grim Fandango.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exisit.
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 5:57pm |
Bob_the_BuilderJourneyman
Posts : 956
Joined: 25 APR 2003
Status : Online | If you mean adventure games, Gabriel Knight 3 I guess. I just got it for 4$ which is a great deal.
Outside of adventure games, Doom 2. At another forum I go to, there's a group of people including me that just started playing Doom 2 online starting yesterday. My gaming is a little off though because I was just on vacation and all the games I was playing, I stopped playing and I'm trying to back into the groove of things.
NO SOUP FOR YOU!
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 6:21pm |
| Deleted User | I'm playing Atlantis: The Lost Tales at the moment. Not very impressed with it yet. It' one of these RSI-inducing Cryo games where your cursor doesn't move but your screen moves around the cursor, which means that for every movement you have to make this large sweeps with your mouse. Besides that, the character you play is rather annoying with his habit to almost close his eyes when he's finished talking. I think that without that habit he'd find other characters in the game much more helpful.
Mus
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 7:25pm |
| Deleted User | I was currently playing The Watchmaker and suddenly my hard disc got corrupted. Thank God for warranty.
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 7:43pm |
InieJourneyman
Posts : 856
Joined: 27 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Sarah (2 JUL 2003 7:25pm)
I was currently playing The Watchmaker Did you like it so far (I'm still not sure if I should buy it or not)?
Originally Posted By Sarah (2 JUL 2003 7:25pm)
suddenly my hard disc got corrupted. Thank God for warranty. Hope they fix it soon. It's awful when those things happen.
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 7:47pm |
jujigatameSchattenjger
Posts : 1976
Joined: 14 FEB 2003
Status : Online | Playing Civ 3. It's great, but the endgame takes a year just like it always has.
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 7:49pm |
jamarchandSchattenjger
Posts : 1665
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | This weekend I finnished to replay Phantasmagoria 1.
The last chapter was built in a wrong technical conception.
When the game memorize the preveiws steps, depending the number of the places or steps you go, at certain time, there are NO more RAM memory in your PC( obviously, all that FMV scenes take lots of RAM.
I face this problem in the final sequences....when the machine wouldn't be able to reload the saved game.....So the only soluction was veiw the preveiws chapters option in the menu interface to continue and finnish the game.....What a sacrifice!!!!!
 &&&&[move]Actually playing SHIVERS and Rhem 2[/move]&&
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 7:58pm |
jujigatameSchattenjger
Posts : 1976
Joined: 14 FEB 2003
Status : Online | When the game memorize the preveiws steps, depending the number of the places or steps you go, at certain time, there are NO more RAM memory in your PC( obviously, all that FMV scenes take lots of RAM.
I face this problem in the final sequences....when the machine wouldn't be able to reload the saved game
I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say here, but I'm pretty sure it's not how things work.
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 8:10pm |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Currently on Chapter 3 of Discworld 1 - haven't had much time lately to play it and keep loosing track of what I'm supposed to be doing, still it's a good game, but very hard - never used hints and walkthroughs this much ever I don't think.
Much as I'm enjoying it though I'd have to say I preferred Discworld Noir, maybe because I played it through without all the breaks I've had with this one and I didn't think it was anywhere near as hard either.
Discworld Noir has gone right to the top (almost) of favourite games along with GK2 & 3 and Tex Murphy.
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 9:15pm |
VorpaxSpace Cadet
Posts : 144
Joined: 21 FEB 2003
Status : Online | narji: I agree discworld noir was much better then the first, better then the second one also manly I think because of the story line wise not game play I enjoyed the first two but not as much.
Just started playing: Sam and max hit the road, was going to play day of the tentacle first but would of had to change a few things on the computer and I’m feeling lazy yeah… maybe later… once I finish my other games..
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 9:24pm |
| Deleted User | Working on the 7th Guest a bit at a time- I don't like it much so I only play it when I feel like soupcan puzzles and bad acting. I'll likely start something else very soon.
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| 2 JUL 2003 at 11:21pm |
lakerzPrivate Detective
Posts : 654
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I'm currently (trying) to play 9: The Last Resort. I was having fun up to the part where I entered the Tiki room. Then the game keeps crashing. Haven't had time to troubleshoot the problem much.
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas...
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| 3 JUL 2003 at 4:26pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | I played Space Quest 0 a few days ago. Got stuck because of a guess-the-verb action. Perhaps I will pick it up these days and try again.
I replayed Discworld two months ago, but stopped and never got around to continue. The time, you know, my worst enemy.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 3 JUL 2003 at 7:43pm |
copycatSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 293
Joined: 24 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Am playing at this time: Monkey Island 4, after having finished Monkey Island 1-3 (naturally, I like to play everything in order, otherwise I might miss certain links to previous instalments).
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| 3 JUL 2003 at 8:06pm |
MissBSchattenjger
Posts : 2217
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Mus (2 JUL 2003 6:20pm)
It' one of these RSI-inducing Cryo games where your cursor doesn't move but your screen moves around the cursor, which means that for every movement you have to make this large sweeps with your mouse
....and then I puke in the floor....that swinging camera movement makes me nauseated!!
I'm replaying TLJ while waiting for my copy of Fatman to arrive!
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 3 JUL 2003 at 8:50pm |
Mike_ASorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 292
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I'm finally getting close to the end of Tony Tough.
Just started Road to India.
Stuck part way through Syberia. I'm in the train station at Barockstadt (sp?) and the guy on the boat is about to throw a chain to me and it crashes. Everything was fine to this point. I only have an 8 MB video card so I'm betting it's related to that. If anyone has a saved game right after that point they could send me, I'd appreciate it.)
Sitting on the shelf waiting I have Traitor's Gate and Schizm. I usually don't have any games backed up waiting, so it's an odd experience for me.
Or go fishing. [i]- MI2 [/i]&&Okay. [i]- Me[/i]
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| 4 JUL 2003 at 12:56am |
jamarchandSchattenjger
Posts : 1665
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By jujigatame (2 JUL 2003 7:57pm)
I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say here, but I'm pretty sure it's not how things work.
At certain time in the final sequences, the game simply crashed.....freeze. Was impossible to load the saved game.
The PC need to storage unlimited FMV sequences, so, it's natural that the game would be freeze (insuficient RAM).
If you don't find the correct path to figure out Victoria Morsell persecution, if you try and try several...several times.....there are lots of RAM required to reload the preveiw saved game. Is the only explanation that I have in mind.
&&&&[move]Actually playing SHIVERS and Rhem 2[/move]&&
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| 4 JUL 2003 at 12:43pm |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3438
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Im playing Discworld Noir, ( and kind of stuck at the moment ) and just started Post mortem.
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