Interviews

JA – When not working on your own games, what games do you enjoy?

Steve Ince – I enjoy a wide variety of games, from casual puzzle games to the likes of Half-Life 2.  In adventures I prefer third person games with plenty of characters, excellent writing, humour and logical gameplay.

Jonathan
Boakes –
I’ve played a few games (300+ at the last count), from 1980 to
the present. It’s possible to see genres come and go, and ‘eras’ even
more so. A favorite time would have to be 1995 to 2000, but it’s
not all Doom and gloom for today’s
new gamers. Morrowind has been an ongoing
love affair, which never ceases to surprise and entertain me. More
recently I finished Kheop‘s Echo,
which was beautifully rendered, and the puzzles were pleasantly surreal.
I’m looking forward to getting stuck into Splinter
Cell: Chaos Theory, over the Christmas Holiday, as I
do love Sam Fisher’s stealthy rubber antics. It’s a festive
thing.

Britney Brimhall – Scategories, Mine Sweeper, Mancala, Street Fighter II, Capcom Classics, Zelda, Mario, Mario Kart, Quest for Glory, etc.  Most of my time is dedicated to making games though. 

Tamás
Marosi Z. (Pierrot) – I
myself really only enjoy adventure games. True, sometimes I am
tempted by a beautiful city building strategy-game, but since
I haven’t enough time, I have not fallen in true love
with these. With adventures, sometimes it’s the sight,
like in the case of Myst IV, or I find
the story to be strong (see: the Syberia games),
and more than once it is the riddles, the web of combinations
that I like, that is why Riven has
been a favourite of mine to this day. But Rhem is
excellent, too, or Return to the Mysterious Island.
However, a game can be very strong in its character, in its mood,
so I really like Grim Fandango, the Tex
Murphy games and Last Express.
Of course, the list is not complete…

Mikael & Eleen Nyqvist – Mainly adventure games, but also games from most other genres.
 
 

Matt
Clark – Quake 4 was a blast.
Literally. There were some nice/horrible scenes of graphic body
horror, combined with action on an epic scale. But. It’s
not all shooting and mass murder at Shadow Tor,
as I found myself glued to Myst V (but
the Bahro promoted some murderous thoughts!). As the ‘end
of an age’ it was suitably complex. Many of the landscapes
were reminiscent of my fan favorite, Riven. 

Cos Russo – Recently I have played and enjoyed Myst IV Revelation, Syberia 1 & 2, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
 

Agustin
Cordes & Alejandro Graziani – Any
kind of games. I haven’t been playing that much lately
though. Last time I played anything would be Doom
3 and I really enjoyed the thing. I can go from
a mindless shooter to a cerebral game in no time. I know that
Alejandro enjoyed GTA: Vice City a
lot (me too, especially the 80’s music!) and several recent adventures.
I’m planning to get back on playing adventures as soon as we’re
done with Scratches. Just like when
reading books, I don’t want to play adventures if under pressure
or too much work. I like very, very much getting hold of old
and unpopular games. Chances are I will enjoy much more pixelated
looks instead of in-your-face powerful engines. And the more
obscure the game is, the more I treasure it. It’s the same when
I find out about a rare horror movie that few have ever heard
of and it turns out being really good (ie: take note, The
Sender) – I get all fuzzy and warm in the
inside, just like when someone buys me candy.

Anyway, my Top 5 non-adventure would be Wasteland, Fallout, System Shock, Planescape: Torment and Another World. Adventures are much more difficult to choose from… Space Quest series, Monkey Island 2, Sanitarium, Maupiti Island, Dark Seed… way too many!

Chris
Brendel – The
first games I ever played were Sierra‘s
adventure titles, so my first love has always been adventures.  Since
then, however, I have become a fairly well-rounded gamer, having
expanded my interest to include first-person shooters (as long
as the story is worthwhile) and role-playing games.  I even
enjoy some simulations, on occasion. 

Bryan
Wiegele – I’m
a long time fan of games of all genres and platforms. I own a
PC and every game console available. I’m currently playing Resident
Evil 4 on Gamecube, City of Heroes/Villains on
PC, and Kameo for Xbox 360.

Gey & Silvio Savarese – Nowadays neither of us is spending too much time in playing other adventure games. This is a shame. But developing our own game is very demanding and we have really little time left… so… 

Michael
Clark – I
love first person, slide-show games.  Unfortunately, most
first person games these days are using the panning, fixed-point
cursor.  I don’t care for that very much.  It
tends to give me a headache.

Knut Mueller – I’ve played (for pleasure and learning):
– the Myst-games including Myst 5 and the URUs
– adventure-games incl. Alida, DarkFall, Obsidian…
– edutainment-adventure-games like Physicus, Mathica…
– TombRaider (also custom levels)
– I like also the humor (for learning English) of the “old” games Simon the
Sorcerer 1 and 2 and Baphomet 1 and 2

Keith Nemitz – Right now, I’m getting my butt kicked in Civ IV, but I’m going back for more! I need to kick the tires again for Rollout from Supremacy Games. Others: San Juan, Ticket to
Ride, Fallout 2, St. Petersburg, Nuclear War/Escalation, Cartegena, Munchkin, D&D…