Azrael Strife Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Hmm, I don't think so. Let me think:Subways - CHECK Spaceships - CHECK Mermaids - CHECK Wizards - CHECK Giants - CHECK Dragons - CHECK ...Hmm, no, only a giant I seem to remember. Then again, Crow is sort of a troll... Seriously though, if you never played an adventure game before, DO play The Longest Journey. It's dirt cheap by now, and quite fantastic. I'm a little skeptical to the new action elements of Dreamfall, but I'll keep an open mind...The Longest Journey is indeed fantastic, one of my favourite adventure games, hope Dreamfall is just as good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krabjuice Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Who remembers the old Indiana Jones adventure games? I'll go as far as to say they they were as good, if not better, then the a good part of the Monkey Island series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 I liked The Fate of Atlantis very, VERY much. Especially since it had at least 3 different story routes to play. I only finished one, though.Sam&Max is still my favorite adventure game, though. Gotta love that crazy duo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Yeah, Fate of Atlantis is fantastic! Games these days rarely manage to recreate the atmosphere of the oldschool adventure games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Oooh, Fate of Atlantis. I did all three paths, and there are even 3 endings. A bad ending, a good ending, and a better ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Didn't know that! Time to play it again soon I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 I think it's the part where you decide to go with Sophia or not. I didn't know about the "bad" ending. Hmm, somehow I just miss that point'n'click style. May look kind of outdated to some, but it has a lot of charm to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Speaking of old adventure games, if you haven't already downloaded ScummVM, do so now! You can also download Beneath a Steel Sky and Flight of the Amazon Queen for free to use with it. Lovely to play those two excellent old adventure games on Windows XP with no hassle (and several others if you own them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I think it's the part where you decide to go with Sophia or not. I didn't know about the "bad" ending. Hmm, somehow I just miss that point'n'click style. May look kind of outdated to some, but it has a lot of charm to me. That's the part where you decide on the two of the endings. The third ending doesn't present itself until the end. If you want, and it's okay with you guys, I can tell you all three endings. I still remember it, seeing as how I played it umptimillion times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 There's finally some information about the Limited Edition of Norwegian dev. house Funcom's "Dreamfall": Includes- a 92-page 'Art of Dreamfall' book- the full game- Dreamfall soundtrack by Magnet The English version of the limited edition will be exclusively available at the Funcom onlinestore. Have a look at the goodies, here. :: These things keep getting better and better! Too bad it's not available from elsewhere, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted April 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Dreamfall reviews up at GameRankings.com. Haven't read them in detail, but the idiotic action sequences seems to be one of the negatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Hey, they can't be as bad as those stupid action sequences in Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon. I'm definitely getting Dreamfall. It's been too long since I've had an adventure game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 "(...) the idiotic action sequences seems to be one of the negatives." And the stealth, and the control scheme, according to GameSpy... :: They do, however, slap "Outstanding" and Editor's Choice on the title's review as well!! p.s.: curiously their partners over at IGN were much less forgiving, though (7,4/10). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Hmm. Reading the GameSpot review, they liked the controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Nightshirt Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 I just played Grim Fandango again. Brilliant game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 I've played Hero's Quest 1,2&3, all but the last of the Space Quests etc.. Roger Wilco is still my idol. He is kind of a space voyager as well, although more of a... trashy one. I loved adventures when you still had to type commands. Believe it or not, those were the times when I RAPIDLY learned new English words. I'll bet anybody that such games actually made a lot of English speaking people literate. "Oh, so that's what OAK is spelled like..." From those games came today's RPG. Oblivion for example is A LOT like Hero's Quest. The difference being 1. person and 3D, naturally, but the most important thing is completely the same; if you wanted to climb that tree in HQ, you better know the CTRL+C & CTRL+V shortcuts. Otherwise you're going to be typing "climb tree" A LOT of times. And in Oblivion it's the same - you also learn by doing. So in my view RPG games are modern adventure games. I don't like all of them, but I've had my (LARGE) share of playing. Vitezsype 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted June 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Broken Sword 4 interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 I still have BS 1 & 2 on my old PC. Brilliant games. BS3 was a bit of a letdown for me, but it was a decent game. I hope this is an improvement, and I hope to God they stop trying to top the events of each preceding game. and pigeons driven by ultra-realistic AI Please let this be a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 I didn't know Simon the Sorcerer 4 was on it's way!!! I love the first two, and intend to play them again using scummVM (GOTTA LOVE IT!). I'm somewhat skeptical to Silver Style as a developer, but sure hope they pull it off well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 And Sam & Max are getting close to hitting the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Simon the Sorcerer? That was a very nice game, will keep an eye on this. Can't wait for Sam&Max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 The demo of Sam&Max Episode 1: Culture Shock can now be downloaded from www.telltalegames.com. I've had trouble downloading from there, so I went to another gaming site. It's very short, so I can't say anything conclusive, I mostly liked what I saw, meaning that the crazy style is still there, however there seems to be no item combining. Still, I don't consider it a big minus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Sam'n'Max isn't my kind of an adventure game. I always felt like too... sober for playing it. IMO it would be best after smoking something, kinda like "The big Lebowski" movie (phenomenal, BTW). Not trying to promote anything illegal, just saying that S'n'M is a bit too funky for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 More Longest Journey / Dreamfall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 I just picked up a couple of Lucas Art's Classic re-releases of Sam and Max Hit the Road, Grim Fandago and Full Throttle. Never played the first two, so this is a bit of a treat for me. Looks like they've added some funky voodoo executable to the sets to make them run as good as new on today's blazing fast monsters. I approve of this, as I remember smashing my head on my table trying to get Full Throttle to install on my XP machine. And the sound setup! Oh the horror! Now it just goes in the cd/dvd-rom and can be played right away. Whee! I'm crossing my fingers that they re-release Day of the Tentacle this way as well. I'm a little stumped by Sam and Max Hit the Road. Plenty of fun but I can't for the life of me figure what to do most of the time. Oh well, that's alway been a big part of the fun in these sort of games. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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