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| 8 OCT 2003 at 7:29pm |
dimidimidimiSchattenjger
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Status : Online | In a few words...yes, that's definitely a game for you. You can also read a review-tribute of the game and an interview with the artist designer behind it, Bill Tiller, in The Inventory 4.
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| 8 OCT 2003 at 7:30pm |
TeoSpace Cadet
Posts : 185
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I really like The Dig. It`s 3rd person and you can`t die.
the story is good and the voice acting is great.
The puzzles are not that hard though. The game is pretty short.
I would buy it
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| 8 OCT 2003 at 7:34pm |
copycatSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 293
Joined: 24 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Teo (8 OCT 2003 7:30pm)
I really like The Dig. It`s 3rd person and you can`t die.
You can't, but.... :-[
Great game, don't let this chance go by. YES, by all means go out and buy it, you won't be disappointed.
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| 8 OCT 2003 at 7:55pm |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | Thanks for the advice, I'll go buy it (I hope they'll still have some copies left...).
I'll update with my opinion on the game then, and tell you if I like it.
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| 8 OCT 2003 at 10:07pm |
RecklessJourneyman
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Status : Online | A really good adventure from what I remembered of it! 25$ sounds like a rip off tho... have you searched around the web (eBay and the like)?
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| 8 OCT 2003 at 10:56pm |
doernpferdeIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 8 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Wasn't even Steven Spielberg somehow involved, as a producer or supervising ... guy (whatever that's called) or something...
The game is really great, just like an interactive movie!!!
doern
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| 8 OCT 2003 at 11:43pm |
Bonnylad22Space Cadet
Posts : 141
Joined: 19 SEP 2003
Status : Online | I've had problems getting the sound to work on mine but I was told you can get a lil program to run it off. It's a cool game though and I've been playing it without any sound it's that good.
Sarah is a numpty ^_^
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| 9 OCT 2003 at 1:38am |
Herman ToothrotSpace Cadet
Posts : 199
Joined: 22 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By doernpferde (8 OCT 2003 10:56pm)
Wasn't even Steven Spielberg somehow involved, as a producer or supervising ...
Spielberg originally wrote The Dig as a feature film. After that fell through, years later he turned it over to Lucas because he expressed interest in making a game out of it.
The funny thing is, years after that, the story did make it to the big screen in a roundabout way. The movie "eep Impact" is Spielberg's second draft of the story that used to be The Dig. He took out all the alien stuff and just kept the asteroid stuff, mostly for budget reasons.
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| 9 OCT 2003 at 4:18am |
DudemakoIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | $25 seems a little expensive for just "The Dig". If you can still find it, look for Lucasarts Archive Vol. III. It has the Dig, Dark Forces, Full Throttle, Monkey Island 1 and 2, and Afterlife. I bought mine a few years ago for around $15.
Hey, free dirt!
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| 9 OCT 2003 at 7:58am |
| Deleted User | try e-bay. 25 bucks definitively is too much for such an old game.
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| 9 OCT 2003 at 11:44am |
Erwin_BrPrivate Detective
Posts : 455
Joined: 7 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Dudemako (9 OCT 2003 4:17am)
$25 seems a little expensive for just "The Dig". If you can still find it, look for Lucasarts Archive Vol. III. It has the Dig, Dark Forces, Full Throttle, Monkey Island 1 and 2, and Afterlife. I bought mine a few years ago for around $15.
Ebay is great, but not is you live in say, the Netherlands. $15 is how much shipping alone would cost me, if I want it boxed and from the US. Fact is that most games are being sold from the US and UK. The Dutch Ebay has a VERY small amount of games for sale.
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| 9 OCT 2003 at 12:50pm |
MozzaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 57
Joined: 12 JUN 2003
Status : Online | I'm glad this game came up as it's reminded me that it is as yet unplayed although I bought it 2 yrs ago off ebay. I also had a problem with the sound i.e. none at all. Where can i find this little program to help?
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| 9 OCT 2003 at 7:42pm |
copycatSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 293
Joined: 24 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Mozza (9 OCT 2003 12:50pm)
Where can i find this little program to help?
Could it be this one?: http://www.thedierks.com/allowe/download/audblast.drv
Or this one?: http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/%7Evromas/vdmsound/
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| 9 OCT 2003 at 10:42pm |
SunspiralSpace Cadet
Posts : 122
Joined: 9 NOV 2002
Status : Online | The Dig is like 20 yrs old.
Alot of love on this board for really old games...
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| 9 OCT 2003 at 11:01pm |
EnyGmaTiKIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 26
Joined: 10 JUL 2003
Status : Online | Actually The Dig is from 1996... so 7 years old, not that old.
Dude why don't you buy the Entertainment Pack that LucasArts released a time ago?
It features Full Throttle - Sam 'n Max - The Dig and Grim Fandango all in revised versions to work on XP.
btw the price tag for this pack is 50€.
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| 10 OCT 2003 at 5:52pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | I always thought that "The Dig" was one of the more underrated games that Lucas Arts ever created.
It never quite reached the heights of Sam and Max or Grim Fandango.
Probably because it was a serious story and not a comedy like the rest.
Personally I loved it
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| 10 OCT 2003 at 9:48pm |
copycatSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 293
Joined: 24 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By EnyGmaTiK (9 OCT 2003 11:01pm)
Actually The Dig is from 1996... so 7 years old, not that old.
Strange, my copy says (c)1995 LucasArts Entertainment Company (and so on).
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| 11 OCT 2003 at 6:41pm |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | Well the store DOES have the lucas arts entertainment pack... for about 70$ . But I own Grim Fandango, played Sam and Max and didn't like it and don't really want to pay so much for Full Throttle. Basically 'The Dig' was the only one there that seemed worth buying.
The accurate price in dollars is 22.5$ as I am not paying in dollars. So indeed if I wanted it from ebay I'll have to pay for shipping which will make it more expensive.
I'll think about it, I always buy things without looking at the price a secod time.
I'll have to go to the store and check the prices...they might be a little different (or I might be saved all the trouble if they're out of copies )
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