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| 4 OCT 2003 at 10:22am |
| Deleted User | Fair enough. Why should anyone want to flame you? You're totally entitled to your opinion.
Expect posts below this to go on about how much they enjoyed the cussing/gameplay/plot/script etc., like they can convert you or something. You've played it and obviously didn't like it.
But as I ask other to respect your opinion, respect that others don't agree too!
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 1:18pm |
| Deleted User | I completely agree with you Mark- the dialogue is too long and not really very good. However, for me that problem was counterbalanced by other things I liked about the game.
TLJ has many flaws, as does any game, and either you'll like it or you won't.
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 1:28pm |
judyannSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 319
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Mark, did you like Syberia? I thought the games were very similiar in some respects, but I loved TLJ and did not like Syberia at all. Just wondering if you saw the same similiarities, but had different reactions as well.
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 1:31pm |
| Deleted User | I didn't find cussing in the The Longest Journey very offensive, but had to smile at your definition of the game: "holiest-of-holy".
No shunning, flaming etc. intended.
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 2:39pm |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
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Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Well, I enjoyed the dialogue and didn't object to the language at all.
But why would anyone shun/flame/hate/label/barbeque you? Everyone has different tastes, after all. I mean, I hate the Leisure Suit Larry games, but nobody eats me alive for it. Opinions don't have to be agreed with, but there's no point in shunning people that don't share the same ones.
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 2:59pm |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Why would anyone flame you. You didn't like it. I liked the talking and had no problem with the swearing and you did have a problem.
You like what you like, simple as that.
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 3:51pm |
KsandraSchattenjger
Posts : 2459
Joined: 2 APR 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Mark (4 OCT 2003 9:50am)
...but I didn't like that holiest-of-holy deified game, The Longest Journey.
And here's two lame reasons why:
"Yack, yack, yackety yack!" "And furthermore: blah, blah, BLAH blah, blah!"
Detested the cussin', too. So there.
Normally I'm a nice, reasonably thoughtful person, but I am very weary of all the talk about how great TLJ is. I would rather play The Scroll or Silverload over again if I had my druthers.
Can I ask you why you made this post, Mark? Were you trying to stir up an argument? If so, you're going to be disappointed. No one is going to flame you for not liking TLJ, but you have to realise that a lot of people do like it and they have a perfect right to express their opinions. If you're tired of hearing people say how great it is, just don't read the threads about TLJ.
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 3:55pm |
gatorlawSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 377
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Well I don;t know being a troll might be cool.
Nope no flaming here. I liked the game quite a bit, but I have seen many well placed comments about the dialogue length, the cussing and such. I can fully understand how TLJ would not appeal to everyone.
Hope the next game you get onto your hard drive is more enjoyeable for you
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 6:25pm |
MarkGuild Master
Posts : 3803
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | Hey, you folks are being nice! I didn't quite expect this. :-[
I was in a fowl mood last night after picking up my van from getting repaired. The cost of repairs is going to put me in the poor house, under the front stoop. :'(
So please excuse my unmitigated, unprovoked and unsolicited attack on poor TLJ as my scapegoat. I guess reading so many (la-la) wonderful things about it irritated me, and I had one of those irrational moments.
JudyAnn: No, I haven't played Syberia yet. I need to update my graphics card by a few megabytes first (but my graphics card was well within the recommended specs for TLJ, which ran flawlessly).
I currently am playing Schizm, and liking it. I guess I'm just *not that fond* of character interaction in Adventure games, although I love the Gabriel Knights, Sanitarium, Lucas Arts games, Under a Killing Moon, Black Dahlia, etc. and many others heavy on character inaction, NPC or otherwise.
Seriously, thanks for all of your kind words. I was being an awful troll last night.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 6:42pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Mark (4 OCT 2003 6:25pm)
Hey, you folks are being nice! I didn't quite expect this. :-[
I was in a fowl mood last night after picking up my van from getting repaired. The cost of repairs is going to put me in the poor house, under the front stoop. :'(
So please excuse my unmitigated, unprovoked and unsolicited attack on poor TLJ as my scapegoat. I guess reading so many (la-la) wonderful things about it irritated me, and I had one of those irrational moments.
JudyAnn: No, I haven't played Syberia yet. I need to update my graphics card by a few megabytes first (but my graphics card was well within the recommended specs for TLJ, which ran flawlessly).
I currently am playing Schizm, and liking it. I guess I'm just *not that fond* of character interaction in Adventure games, although I love the Gabriel Knights, Sanitarium, Lucas Arts games, Under a Killing Moon, Black Dahlia, etc. and many others heavy on character inaction, NPC or otherwise.
Seriously, thanks for all of your kind words. I was being an awful troll last night.
Nah, you're not a troll. Real trolls never admit to being trolls. And they never apologize -- not that you did anything that required an apology. You'll find a complete range of opinions expressed on any adventure game around here, or just about anything else for that matter. :
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 6:56pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
Posts : 4941
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Mark (4 OCT 2003 6:25pm)
Hey, you folks are being nice! I didn't quite expect this. :-[
Okay, so you're a troll!
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 7:37pm |
KsandraSchattenjger
Posts : 2459
Joined: 2 APR 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Mark (4 OCT 2003 6:25pm)
Seriously, thanks for all of your kind words. I was being an awful troll last night.
Nah, everyone has a tendency to lash out when they're in a really bad mood.
I have to warn you that if you didn't like TLJ, it's quite probable that you won't like Syberia either. While it doesn't have as much dialogue and character interaction (or any swearing), it is quite a similar type of game. Still, you should give it a try when you get the chance.
I take it you like Myst-style games? As you see, people on this forum don't get riled that easily, but there's nothing like a Myst discussion to get some heated exchanges going...
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 9:10pm |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Nothing like something going wrong with a car to put anyone in a lousy mood. My first reaction is how much is this going to cost, how do I get work, how long to be fixed.
Besides, if your were a real troll, you would live under a bridge and then you wouldn't need a car. Hmmmmmmm, now there's thought
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 9:30pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Mark (4 OCT 2003 6:25pm)
...and I had one of those irrational moments. Courage to post again is a nice quality to have. (So glad I didn't mention the 'Bible Belt' theory that was running through my mind earlier.) :
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 9:34pm |
| Deleted User | Just to nip in and say "I was wrong!". Serves me right to think wrong of my fellow man. Er. And woman (sorry ladies).
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| 4 OCT 2003 at 10:55pm |
MissBSchattenjger
Posts : 2217
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Mark: you're in Georgia? USA? I'm in NC! We're practically neighbors! No way I could flame you, even though you don't like my 2nd favorite game!
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 6 OCT 2003 at 1:30am |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | Ok, so you didn't like it. You are right about all the dialogue that really didn't have much to do with what you needed to know to play the game. I am really not a fan of any fairytale type game but I kinda liked this one.
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| 6 OCT 2003 at 4:57am |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Agree with you about the dialogue Mark - just way too much, but easily got over by reading it and clicking through it quickly instead of listening to it all.
I don't know about not liking Syberia just because you didn't like TLJ. For one thing Syberia is a heck of a lot shorter and easier, the graphics are wonderful and I can't say I felt there was that much similarity between the two except for both having females as the main character. Oh, and there's no swearing in Syberia either - if that really bothers you.
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| 6 OCT 2003 at 7:23am |
scoutPrivate Detective
Posts : 736
Joined: 2 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By jalex (6 OCT 2003 1:29am)
Ok, so you didn't like it. You are right about all the dialogue that really didn't have much to do with what you needed to know to play the game. I am really not a fan of any fairytale type game but I kinda liked this one.
All that dialouge wasn't needed to play the game. It did make the characters much deeper than a lot of other games. That's what all that talking did for me. Maybe that is why the game kind of grows on people. It's so character-driven. But you can skip most of the talking and still play the game.
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| 7 OCT 2003 at 1:54am |
DavidGilbertIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 15
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I liked TLJ, although the talking DID get a bit much at times. I don't mind lots of dialog if it furthers the plot, but a huge chunk of the TLJ dialog was just filler. You could spend an hour listening to April's landlord tell her life story, but you never come in contact with her again for the rest of the game.
&&--Dave
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