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| 9 OCT 2011 at 7:48pm |
markornikovJourneyman
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Posts : 1302
Joined: 28 OCT 2011
Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | I think i'm done with the stanley parable.
Everyone should try this one, it's free but it's truly unique
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| 9 OCT 2011 at 8:22pm |
FnordSchattenjger
Posts : 2751
Joined: 15 SEP 2008
Location: SE, Stockholm
Status : Offline | As art Trauma is relatively cheap, but as a game it is rather expensive for what you get. I guess it, in the end, comes down to what you are looking for in your artsy games.
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| 11 OCT 2011 at 8:50am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By CrisGer (9 OCT 2011 5:27pm)
Death Gate is a wonderful classic adventure game, esp the talkie version which makes a huge difference. Great story and fun game play...and the graphics are in the classic adventure game mode.
I suppose one has to play it in DOSbox?
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 19 OCT 2011 at 8:33pm |
| Deleted User | I finished the Blackwell Deception demo and I am continuing to wonder whether or not these newer episodes are still classified as adventure games or rather just follow the script, if you know what I mean. (OK perhaps Joey's blowing ability is clever, but the temptation to over exploit it doesn't add much :) I wasn't terribly excited about the previous game aside that I thought it shorter than expected but I just thought I should mention it here and check out a few other sites before deciding when or if to get the full game. :-/
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 9:35am |
MaumPrivate Detective
Posts : 593
Joined: 2 JUN 2007
Location: UK
Status : Offline | I gave up on BM3 after finding Darren still as annoying and the storyline too dull to compensate for such an awful character.
I am waiting to receive the Book of Unwritten Tales which is finally available from Amazon UK and looks amazing. Has anyone played it yet? I don't know if there's been a thread about it I have been off forum for weeks now.
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 9:48am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Joined: 3 JUL 2010
Location: US
Status : Offline | Nice to see you again, Maum. I'd like to play Unwritten Tales as soon as I can get my hands on it and time to play...
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 1:32pm |
MaumPrivate Detective
Posts : 593
Joined: 2 JUN 2007
Location: UK
Status : Offline | Thanks!
I've been busy with pesky RL distractions... Haven't played anything at all for weeks (although catching up on a bit of Dragon Age at the moment).
I'm just looking forward to a nice fun escapist adventure game. I've got Last Half of Darkness- Tomb of Zojir waiting to play as well- any good people?
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 3:59pm |
| Deleted User | KING Art Games...released a playable demo of The Book of Unwritten Tales, giving you the chance to try out this classic point-and-click adventure set to be launched on October 28th, 2011. In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact. Whoever calls this artifact his own, will determine the fate of the world. While the Army of the Shadows sends out its best and most devious agents to discover the secret, the Alliance's four heroes find themselves involuntarily drawn into the crisis.
The demo is 1.44GB in size.
Unfortunately it does not start with the beginning of the game. Oh well.
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 8:46pm |
markornikovJourneyman
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Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Camaroboy1968 (20 OCT 2011 3:59pm)
The demo is 1.44GB in size.
Unfortunately it does not start with the beginning of the game. Oh well.
CB ex member what happened :-?
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| 21 OCT 2011 at 1:21am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | I hope it's just a mistake!
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 21 OCT 2011 at 8:18am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Joined: 3 JUL 2010
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By markornikov (20 OCT 2011 8:45pm)
Originally Posted By Camaroboy1968 (20 OCT 2011 3:59pm)
The demo is 1.44GB in size.
Unfortunately it does not start with the beginning of the game. Oh well.
CB ex member what happened :-?
I sincerely hope that if it IS a mistake, that it can be rectified... :'( [smiley=cry.gif] I've also been getting weird goings-on with some of my posts disappearing. :-?
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 3 NOV 2011 at 5:37am |
markornikovJourneyman
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Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | Since JA+ vanished i had a lot of free time to spent playing Adventure Games.
Kaptain Brawe: an average point and clicker, nothing memorable. It mixes Monkey Island with Space Quest, but the humor is much less funny
Nance Drew (Curse of Blackmoor Manor): Loads of fun, until i got to two of those chore-like puzzles that seem to ruin every Nancy Drew at some point 
When will the developers learn that going back and forth 5 times and doing the same actions over and over again is NOT fun.
Also i hate the typing challenge where you have to type the same lettres that are appearing on the screen, since i'm not using a QWERTY keyboard this is much harder than it should be 
ps: i can't find the 'what are you playing' thread in 'other games', has it been deleted??
Last edited by markornikov : 3 NOV 2011 5:39am
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| 3 NOV 2011 at 10:36am |
MaumPrivate Detective
Posts : 593
Joined: 2 JUN 2007
Location: UK
Status : Offline | OK I have just started the Book of Unwritten Tales and it was so worth the wait.
So far it's very easy but I am loving the artwork and the world. The music is immersive and the characters are endearing.
It's shaping up to be a terrific game- just what I've been waiting for months!
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 4 NOV 2011 at 11:58am |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Still playing Dreamfall but i had to take a trip to CALI, and just got back last week and am still in transtion mode... i hope to start some more adventure games and i still have to finish the very end of both Omikiron and Anachornox, both have boss battles that are very hard. But i want to see the endings
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| 4 NOV 2011 at 2:40pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
Posts : 682
Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | just a quick question: has the new sherlock holmes been released already?
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 4 NOV 2011 at 5:34pm |
markornikovJourneyman
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Joined: 28 OCT 2011
Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By markornikov
Since JA+ vanished i had a lot of free time to spent playing Adventure Games.
Kaptain Brawe: an average point and clicker, nothing memorable. It mixes Monkey Island with Space Quest, but the humor is much less funny
etc etc
 question to everyone: my post quoted above, is shown as the 'latest post' in this thread although several others have replied to it afterwards. (Maum, Inesrocks and ChrisGer)
Or is it only on my pc that there's something wrong with this thread?
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| 5 NOV 2011 at 3:14am |
walshSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 384
Joined: 15 DEC 2010
Status : Offline | Well I'm almost through Book of Unwritten Tales and, well... i'm slightly disappointed. Aside from the graphics and animations which are both stunning, it feels more like a fan-made game. It started off well and I don't mind the plot, as much as it borrows its universe completely and shamelessly from Tolkien and Star Wars. But the puzzles are basically non-existent and it seems they are put there to stretch out a rather thin thread of a plot. All the classic quests are there - "Find the 3 items for x", "complete the 3 trials", and they are all too easy. If you walk around clicking randomly on stuff you will make eventually progress. I don't know, maybe it's just because I enjoyed playing as the gnome but really dislike Nate and don't think much of the elf either.
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| 5 NOV 2011 at 5:41am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Joined: 3 JUL 2010
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Inesrocks
just a quick question: has the new sherlock holmes been released already?
Ines, as far as I know, New adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Testament of Sherlock should have been released by now, but i guess it still hasn't been... :/ I'm keeping my eye on it though, and I'm hoping they're just ironing out a few last-minutes glitches before releasing.
@ markonikov: M, the posts definitel;y seeem out of order. The post you mention appears at the bottom for me too.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 5 NOV 2011 at 2:59pm |
markornikovJourneyman
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Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | ok thanks, so there's definitely something wrong with that post, there isn't a edit button so i can't even delete it.
i'll notify the mods
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| 5 NOV 2011 at 10:33pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5537
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Well, I'm back into adventure gaming after something of a hiatus, starting with Secret Files: Tunguska. Not an auspicious start, I'm afraid. There's the all too typical awkward English translation, which sounds particularly odd considering the main character is apparently a Russian living in Germany, but speaks with an extremely irritating West Coast accent. And the puzzles have been uneven, at least in the early going, and rather goofy for a game set in the real world. (No spoiler tags yet? Well, I'll be vague.) A solution for recording a certain phone conversation is one of the more novel ones I've come across, but completely ridiculous. And a key at the bottom of a fish tank can't be retrieved by simply lifting the lid and reaching in. Though I'm not that far along yet, plenty of time for things to improve, hopefully.
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| 6 NOV 2011 at 8:55am |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Traveller
Ines, as far as I know, New adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Testament of Sherlock should have been released by now, but i guess it still hasn't been... :/
Last I heard, it was scheduled to be released early next year.
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| 7 NOV 2011 at 4:25am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Joined: 3 JUL 2010
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Andromus
, plenty of time for things to improve, hopefully.
Hmm, I won't say anything specific; a few more socially unsettling puzzles that you do as Nina will hit you, but I actually enjoyed the setting just before you hit the very end of the game.
Perhaps it might not be too much of a spoiler if i mention that you get to play as Max too, and there's a rather fun scenario that you do as him towards the end.
Then the weirdness sets in again at the very end, but weird is not always bad, right? Except when it is cliche'd and a bit..... let me say no more...
I really didn't like Nina in the first game, but I found her such a pain in the second game that I abandoned it half way through. I'm not sorry i finished the first game though, silly puzzles and all.
@ Jenny: Oh no, I was hoping for earlier than that...
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
Last edited by Traveller : 7 NOV 2011 4:26am
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| 7 NOV 2011 at 6:29am |
FnordSchattenjger
Posts : 2751
Joined: 15 SEP 2008
Location: SE, Stockholm
Status : Offline | Gemini Rue is up next. I really like the artistic style, let's see if the game itself is as good.
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| 7 NOV 2011 at 6:34am |
markornikovJourneyman
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Status : Offline | there's something wrong with this thread, now that my post has been deleted, travellers post seems to be stuck at the bottom 
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