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| 6 JUL 2005 at 1:59pm |
KsandraSchattenjger
Posts : 2459
Joined: 2 APR 2003
Status : Online | 9. It would probably be a 10 if it weren't for the crappy control system.
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 2:03pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | I didn't have any problems with controls, so 10. The perfect adventure game
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 2:06pm |
| Deleted User | I originally hit 10, but the control system changed that to 9.
I hate keyboard controls, kept walking into walls.
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 2:53pm |
bdeckedSchattenjger
Posts : 1620
Joined: 14 OCT 2011
Status : Online | I gave it a 10... great visuals, great plot, excellent puzzles, great acting, fabulous imagination used in this game... and the controls didn't bother me, once I got started.) This is absolutely one of the best games ever made.
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 2:57pm |
| Deleted User | I gave it a 9 too. Very very good game. Long too. Top notch voiceacting. Not to be missed.
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 3:34pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Arguably LucasArts greatest adventure game, certainly its most original. Interesting story, great characters with one of the best sidekicks ever. Love the game enviroment with the fusion of art styles and a noirish setting to boot. Some of the best music I've ever heard in a game, I still listen to the soundtrack regularly.
And I didn't mind the controls, so definitely it gets a "10".
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 3:54pm |
nytimesguyPrivate Detective
Posts : 684
Joined: 14 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I give it an 8. Great story and dialogue, great graphics, good puzzles at first but they get increasingly difficult and unreasonable (the forth year is just absurd), terrible inventory system and I hated Glottis, who was incredibly annoying.
Charles - Game Theorist
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 4:28pm |
Mike_ASorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 292
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Best game ever. 10.
Or go fishing. [i]- MI2 [/i]&&Okay. [i]- Me[/i]
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 4:58pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | I never really got the enormous buzz around Grim Fandango. It has a great plot, funny characters and an original setting. But some puzzles seriously lack in later stages of the game and, yes...Glottis was sometimes annoying. Good to hear that I'm not the only one who thinks this guy is the funniest thing ever. :
Towards the end the puzzles feel more and more artificial.
No qualms about the control system. Maybe a bit about the inventory. It didn't have to be that way. Of course, it did. Direct control all the rage and so on.
Another 8 from me.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 5:06pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
Posts : 4876
Joined: 9 JUL 2003
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Perfect adventure = 10
I notice the chickens giving it low scores haven't posted
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 5:22pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | because i don't remember the game in detail, i know that it's between 7 and 9 for me... so i am giving an 8!
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 5:57pm |
AntoinettaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 89
Joined: 22 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I voted "Haven't Played" as I never got very far along in the game. But I did try it once, several years ago when I was over at a friend's place, and she had it running on her machine. This was my first experience with keyboard controlled character movement, which I soon found to be entirely counterintuitive and completely destructive to any chances if becoming immersed in the game world. In spite of spending more time watching the keyboard than the screen I was still having Manny blunder into walls, tables, etc. and the simple mechanics of moving him around were far more a challenge than what little of the game's content I managed to see. After about 45 minutes of total frustration, I gave up, realizing that there was no way that playing this game could be an enjoyable experience.
Antoinetta
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 6:30pm |
AvakaJourneyman
Posts : 1437
Joined: 17 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Gave it a 7.
How a game is played is VERY important to me. I truly HATED the controls on this game. I should have graded it a 3 or 4 just for that but otherwise the game was fun. I'm also not fond of ''people'' in my game either, especially cartoon ones, but I had to make an exception in this one.
Myst IV - Never finished it. Got frustrated with it.&&Myst V - Did not finish it either. Very disappointing.&&ATTWN - BORING!!! Never finished it. Kept falling asleep.&&Paradise - So far .... not so good&&Voyage - Not on my favorite list
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 7:17pm |
SarahJourneyman
Posts : 913
Joined: 13 JUL 2004
Status : Offline | Please don't hit me. I voted 6 because I got stuck due to a bug that I can't even fix without someone elses help.
I don't like the controls very much cause I'm so used to using the mouse.
As for the storyline, it was perfect. That probably would be a 10 but due to other problems I encountered, that's why the overall vote was a 6.
I loved how the voice actors/actresses sound so realistic which la creme de la creme. That game was so creative comparing to various games. Glottis was sure my favourite character and also the girl at the hotel which was behind the counter. I also liked Manny's scythe.
Still busy being a mom &&
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 7:52pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Well, I gave it the lowest rating. I tried to play it but gave up in frustration because of the controls. The story was interesting enough, but the movement and the awful inventory management put me off the game.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 8:38pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya (6 JUL 2005 5:22pm)
because i don't remember the game in detail, i know that it's between 7 and 9 for me... so i am giving an 8!
Excellent reasoning!
Let me get this straight...every game you don't remember wasn't good enough to be a 10 and not bad enough to be a 6 (because that's the lowest vote you'll ever give OR you wouldn't be caught playing something worse than 6), therefore you give it an 8...and you only give 7 and 9 if you remember the game and it wasn't quite a 6 and 8 - or 8 and 10, respectively - which means, in the average you equally distribute too low and too high votes for the "forgettable" games...
Either that or you just created that sentence a bit shaky. :
@colpet
Usually, a 1 is reserved for "utter crap in disgrace of everything in the universe". At least the graphics are directly decent enough to warrant a 2. :
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 8:40pm |
Pastor DisasterJourneyman
Posts : 1056
Joined: 14 DEC 2004
Status : Online | Hey now, rule #1 about the community rating posts: no commentary on the other reviews.
Dyslexics wonder why there isn't a word that means the same thing as "cinnamon."
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 9:21pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Lucien21 (6 JUL 2005 5:06pm)
I notice the chickens giving it low scores haven't posted
It's all the Myst fans
Oh no, I said the "M" word--now the thread will go on for 36 pages!
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 9:33pm |
mszvPrivate Detective
Posts : 751
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Well I love Myst and I also love Grim Fandango. So there - one can like both sorts of games!
For me, some games are so wonderful, they transcend any problems one might have with them (assuming you can play it, if you can't play it, that's a different story). For me, Grim Fandango is one of those games. I do think it's possibly the greatest adventure game of all time.
Regards, mszv
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 9:39pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Usually, a 1 is reserved for "utter crap in disgrace of everything in the universe". At least the graphics are directly decent enough to warrant a 2.
I'm sorry, but I wasn't enjoying it enough to even finish it. That has to warrant a '1' from me. However, I would never say that the game was 'utter crap' ([s]unlike some Myst haters that refer to Myst[/s]). GF obviously isn't crap; many people love this game. I just happen not to be one of them.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 10:06pm |
| Deleted User | Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful game. I've played it twice, and would give it a 10 if not for the control system. Manny kept walking into walls, or around in circles, or was sucked through doors when I just wanted him to run down the hallway. So, a 9 from me.
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 10:07pm |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | At the time I played this game I was really enjoying all my Sierra games and when I tried this game it was quite a let down and I had to fight every part of it to the point I didn't even know it had a story.
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| 7 JUL 2005 at 2:19am |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 6693
Joined: 16 OCT 2004
Location: US, Texas
Status : Offline | .
Fortunately, I had zero problems with the keyboard control scheme in Grim Fandango and never saw any bugs. So on the merit of being one of the most original, funniest, engaging and artfully clever AGs ever produced for the PC, I voted it a perfect 10 - which is very rare.
Cheers, Terry
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| 7 JUL 2005 at 5:42am |
| Deleted User | I gave it a 7 having not yet finished it. I gave up on it due to it's control system, but enjoyed what I saw and fully intending on trying it again.
I forget why I stopped playing a few months back, but if it was due to compatability, I just picked up Microsoft Virtual PC to help me play the older games.
Chris
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