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hikikomori

hikikomori

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Just played the demo of Back to The Future and it was like a massive nostalgia-rush.

Anyone else miss the days when Lucas Arts, Sierra, and Revolution were banging out adventures every year? Despite playing all games, these are the ones I always return to.

Such a simple concept and yet when implemented in the right way, there's nothing like them. For me, it's the purest storytelling medium in games, and one where mechanics come second to atmosphere and story.

The Monkey Island Series, Beneath a Steel Sky, The Dig, Maniac Mansion, DAY OF THE TENTACLE, Sam and Max (the original), Broken Sword (1 + 2), Full Throttle, Leisure Suit Larry. Not forgetting GRIM FANDANGO (maybe the finest storyline of any game ever?).

Simple, intelligent, atmospheric gaming.

Did anyone play Heavy Rain? It was total **** but I think it showed there is still a place in gaming for this type of experience (well, all the bits they stole from Shenmue, anyway).

Look/Examine/Combine: bring 'em back!




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Theres a lot of adventures now, the last few years we have been better supplied than at any time since the era you mentioned with the Sam and Max's, the Monkey Island adventures and the updates to the originals and other great games like Strong Bad.
 
Indeed they are some great games and infinitely replayable (i.e. going back to at random future points). For one the graphics were of little matter, the art style itself mattered more. Some of my favourite games to play. Might have to start playing through the second series of Sam and Max that I bought last year but have yet to start.

Grim Fandango, the Discworld games, first 2 Simons, Monkey Island series and the original Sam and Max have some of my all time favourite gaming memories in them.

There is a sort of semi revival going on at the moment with indie devs and some remakes but they dont quite compare to the originals. Nothing beats the first time figuring out how to steal a fishmongers belt.
 
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The problem is that these great adventure games don't get the advertising like the big blockbusting FPS or mmorpg games.

Many new ones I've never heard of and I love the games.
 
hikikomori said:
Not forgetting GRIM FANDANGO (easily the finest storyline of any game ever).
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Fixed the mistake for you. ;)

Love adventure games, I find it a massive shame how badly they dropped off when FPS games started picking up.

Glad to see them really picking up pace again recently. :)

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Where can you get Grim Fandango these days? I remember playing the demo waaaay back but never got the full game. :(
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The large auction site possibly? Will set you back a bit unless you get lucky though. :( I'll be hanging on to my copy.

It's extremely worth getting hold of though. You'd think that a large games review website would have picked Half-Life 1 or maybe StarCraft as their game of the year back in 1998.

Oooohh no. ;) Nominees, Winner

Existing fans will probably enjoy this document. The original Puzzle document/script for the game. :)

http://www.orderoftheflame.co.uk/RandomImages/Grim-Fandango-Puzzle-Document.pdf

Edit: Had a look on the large auction website. There's some Buy it now copies for reasonable price. :)
 
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Just completed Beneath a Steel Sky, really enjoyed it. Decent story, interesting charachters, funny, and good dystopian atmosphere. Puzzles are fairly well thought out, most are not too frustrating and make sense. Although I did need to look up a guide a couple of times after spending ages wandering around aimlessly acheiving nothing. Most of the time I had missed an item that wasn't very clear against the background or missed a cupboard that needed to open.

Which brings me to the nagatives, pixel hunting. On oaccasion I found myself scanning the scene with the cursor trying to find something I missed. But that's a problem with most of the older point n clicks. Also, it's a fairly short game, not quite as short as Full Throttle but I think they could have fleshed out the story more.

8/10
 
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