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Point & Click Adventure Thread 2017 - Pixels Walk With Me
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yeah, I don't mind the Rusty Hotel games. they're a bit simple for my taste, but they're decent comfort food.
edit: that sounds elitist -- what I mean is that the series kind of starts like a slightly higher budget of those dime a dozen escape room games on iOS, and that's coloured my opinion of the whole series, but actually the most recent games have been really impressive. it's been cool watching the team progress.
edit: that sounds elitist -- what I mean is that the series kind of starts like a slightly higher budget of those dime a dozen escape room games on iOS, and that's coloured my opinion of the whole series, but actually the most recent games have been really impressive. it's been cool watching the team progress.
This looks cool and is agame I've never heard of before so that is neat.
Oof, I think the adventuregamers review score is a little harsh, but yeah I also hope the next LiS will get back on track.
So I'm trying to get through some of my backlog games and it is tough going. I played a bit of Rakuen and I'm about halfway through, but the fetch quest puzzles are really annoying. The story isn't bad, it's just feels really slow.
Then I tried to play King's Quest VII, which is the last classic King's Quest game I had planned on playing, before playing the new one. The start just seems so confusing though. Getting placed in a big desert with no landmarks to tell where to go and then I looked at some of the walkthrough and it just looks so tedious. I don't even know if I want to complete it even by following with the walkthrough. I have Freddy Pharkus and the Space Quest games also in my backlog, but the painful slog of the King's Quest games is making me not want to play anymore classic Sierra games. I think I spoiled myself when I was younger since the only Sierra games I was playing back then were Gabriel Knight and Leisure Suit Larry and they weren't too difficult.
Has anyone played The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker or Night in the Woods? I see that they are releasing for the Switch soon and I am looking for more games to play on it.
Also, it seems like there are no definite release dates for many upcoming adventure games and this year it seems like there isn't much scheduled for the first quarter. I got bummed when I saw that Whispers of a Machine got pushed to 2019. Now for 2018, I just have Unavowed and Lamplight CIty which I am confident will be released this year. I'm also looking forward to The Poisoned Pawn, Gibbous, Guard Duty and Trüberbrook, but since they are mostly kickstarters I won't be surprised if only one of them is released this year. On the bright side, there always seems to be some kind of adventure game that releases out of nowhere and turns out to be really good, so I'm hoping something will show up soon.
Night in the Woods is excellent - one of my favourite games of last year - but it's more story-heavy, puzzle-light.
Some of the best writing in years, though.
Night in the Woods can feel rather slow but I really liked it. I really connected with the main character and her condition.
Rakuen was great, while yeah it did have some fetch questy stuff, it's a very light game during the last half of the game and the ending had me in tears ToT
Rakuen was great, while yeah it did have some fetch questy stuff, it's a very light game during the last half of the game and the ending had me in tears ToT
ECHO!
Currently playing through Sam and Max Season 1 and it's still a solid game IMO; simple and the puzzles aren't all that difficult. For the most part it helps to explore all areas to get an idea of what you can interact with.
The humor is quite good too, although...why is Bosco grey/ashen? I finished ep. 2 so far and each ep. is like 2-3 hours long which is good IMO. Season 1 is 6 episodes which is prob. the LONGEST a Telltale game's ever been.
I played Season 3 on PS3 and jeebus was the performance arse on there. I find it astounding that the older build of the Telltale Tool was designed so it could run on Intel HD graphics cards but runs so arse on at least the PS3.
Currently playing through Sam and Max Season 1 and it's still a solid game IMO; simple and the puzzles aren't all that difficult. For the most part it helps to explore all areas to get an idea of what you can interact with.
The humor is quite good too, although...why is Bosco grey/ashen? I finished ep. 2 so far and each ep. is like 2-3 hours long which is good IMO. Season 1 is 6 episodes which is prob. the LONGEST a Telltale game's ever been.
I played Season 3 on PS3 and jeebus was the performance arse on there. I find it astounding that the older build of the Telltale Tool was designed so it could run on Intel HD graphics cards but runs so arse on at least the PS3.
The CELL architecture and split memory of the PS3 is really weird, as far as system architecture is concerned. They probably didn't do a good job in adapting to that. Another reason why you want to outsource low-level engine development: most devs just don't have (or frankly need) that kind of know-how.
Found my Strongbad installers form that one Indiestar whatever itwascalled bundle I bought years ago. Funnily enough I remember THIS ONE running fine on the PS3. I might give it a play again soon. EDIT: NVM I've been refering to the series incorrectly all this time: It's Strong Bad not Strongbad :V
For any that have it on GOG, what's the name of the folder on there for you?
For any that have it on GOG, what's the name of the folder on there for you?
Hmm yeah I think outsourcing could really help small devs.
Finally flippin finished Thimbleweed Park. That game is way too long for it's own good. I started and restarted it 3 times, gave up, came back, and finally decided to chip away at it.
Much like The Cave, I still don't think having a bajillion characters cycle items is fun at all. Give everyone a shared inventory, or segregate them like DotT.
Writing was good, got a few laughs out of me, but kinda dragged during the middle, and more importantly:
The ending though, was so good. though I'm a sucker for
Much like The Cave, I still don't think having a bajillion characters cycle items is fun at all. Give everyone a shared inventory, or segregate them like DotT.
Writing was good, got a few laughs out of me, but kinda dragged during the middle, and more importantly:
We never really figured out who killed the person in the beginning. Kinda reminds me that Twin Peaks was never supposed to have the killer revealed.
The ending though, was so good. though I'm a sucker for
games that reference the fact that they are games. Earthbound made me fall in love with it (and put me on the path of making games), and Undertale, Pony Island, Frog Fractions, etc pushed the envelope. Thimbleweed Park is a new high bar to beat. Making you go ALL the way back to the Kickstarter page to see that older rough graphics style, see what you're supposed to do, then PLAY that older graphics style.
I love everythng about them apart from the puzzles. A lot of them are in the use the sausage as a table leg and glue the cat hair to the comb to use as a fake moustache level of randomness.
I can recommend them. They have a superb artistic design, a cohesive universe between the different entries in the series, and very clever puzzles. But they rely a lot on logical puzzles altering mechanisms. Some of these puzzles feel very close to some of the logical puzzles found in the 'Professor Layton' series. To obtain some objects for the puzzles, sure, there is some randomness. But this randomness fits very well with the surrealistic tone of the games, so it's very appreciated.
Just finished it yesterday, I thought the relationships were done well and it definitely picked up in the second half of the game.Not my favorite game of last year, but I'm glad I played it. I picked up Night in the Woods and I think that it is going to be a relaxing time.
I'm looking forward to replaying Seasons 1 and 2 someday. It's been long enough now that I've forgotten everything. I remember when they came out. I didn't like that games were going all digital at the time so I always made sure to get the DVD at the end of the season for the price of shipping. Telltale was selling the DVD of the animated series as well as the Surfin' the Highway comic, which I made sure to order all of them. I remember being so hopeful that Telltale was going to be the new LucasArts. For the most part the Sam and Max games maintained the same level of great humor. It was kind of annoying having the same locations in every episode, but the humor makes up for it. I'm really glad that the Sam and Max games came out before the kickstarter craze because now it seems like if we wanted new entries that would be the only way we would get them.
I never even knew this was happening
Gonna aim to play their pncs soon and see if id like them
I played the first and thought it was okay. Accidentally playing through the 3rd game before I figured out I was missing something and went back to play second one. Never finished it. I might just watch a LP. Not a fan of the puzzles.
One of my fav. parts of the TT Sam and Max games. Now that I think about it, I really like some of Sam's swears, wish they're collected on a site, etc. somewhere :X
EDIT: Oooooh
Are there any good Let's Plays of Syberia? Tried to play the first game buuuut it felt too slow for me :V
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Play it with Cheat Engine and set the game to 2 or 3 times the speed. That should make it feel like a modern game.
I'm only mostly kidding
I've been thinking back about the original Resident Evil from 22 years ago - true it had action elements but it really felt like an adventure game many ways with direct control, especially with all the documents to read, puzzles to solve and places to explore. Anyone old enough to have enjoyed the original from way back? Back then I was only 12 years old, I loved how much of an "adventure" it felt like. I did play my first horror adventure game a few years before that - Alone in the Dark - which looked unbelievably good for a game from back in 1992.
Oh man, you're getting me all nostalgic about Sam and Max Tizoc :'( I need a new entry already.
Oh man, you're getting me all nostalgic about Sam and Max Tizoc :'( I need a new entry already.
The thing about the early RE games, at least the ones after RE1, is that they gave you MORE ammo and stuff if you looked around well enough.
Furthermore, you could actually run alongside the zombies to avoid them so you didn't need to waste bullets etc. on them.
I think the same applies to Silent Hill? Like you didn't need to waste your ammo on a lot of the monsters and just positioned yourself in a way that lets you run aside them, and used your ammo against bosses.
Now granted this may need some further practice to get it right, but that's part of the reason why I find the 'Survival' aspect odd for me and it comes off more as a marketing thing than anything.
Fady The RE series are available on Steam, and you could play Resident Evil 1 and Zero at least which have a non Tank control option scheme. Furthermore I think AT LEAST Resident Evil Revelations is closer to the original games? I hadn't gotten around to playing it yet though :X
Gonna start Gobliiiins 2 soon and MAYBE 3, I've read 3 has bugs sadly, so I'ma save every 10 minute or so :V
The Sam and Max series by Telltale (each ep. is 2-3 hours long and are quite easy to play)
Dropsy
Blackwell series
Off the top of my head ATM :X
Furthermore, you could actually run alongside the zombies to avoid them so you didn't need to waste bullets etc. on them.
I think the same applies to Silent Hill? Like you didn't need to waste your ammo on a lot of the monsters and just positioned yourself in a way that lets you run aside them, and used your ammo against bosses.
Now granted this may need some further practice to get it right, but that's part of the reason why I find the 'Survival' aspect odd for me and it comes off more as a marketing thing than anything.
Fady The RE series are available on Steam, and you could play Resident Evil 1 and Zero at least which have a non Tank control option scheme. Furthermore I think AT LEAST Resident Evil Revelations is closer to the original games? I hadn't gotten around to playing it yet though :X
Gonna start Gobliiiins 2 soon and MAYBE 3, I've read 3 has bugs sadly, so I'ma save every 10 minute or so :V
Thimbleweed Park
The Sam and Max series by Telltale (each ep. is 2-3 hours long and are quite easy to play)
Dropsy
Blackwell series
Off the top of my head ATM :X
OP
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Best thing to come out of the telltale sam & max games was COPS
Define new - Last few months? Last few years....?
Define new - Last few months? Last few years....?
Finished The Walking Dead S3 last night.
Best season yet. I get why S1 had all the attention at the time, but the series has only got better. S1 is the weakest of the three.
Best season yet. I get why S1 had all the attention at the time, but the series has only got better. S1 is the weakest of the three.
Just learned about Guard Duty
http://www.sickchicken.com/games
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=51383.msg636580208#msg636580208
Looks pretty interesting.
http://www.sickchicken.com/games
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=51383.msg636580208#msg636580208
Looks pretty interesting.
Thats normal. Game is half of what it was supposed to be and it will only get worse.
Really? I might drop it, then. I wanted to give it a chance, but I'm really not feeling it.
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The OP is too big with so many titles and images that I just wait things out for them to release and then hype about it in here :V
Did you notice how in the cyberpunk city, theres interactable doors and she says something like maybe later or something like that.. I dont remember been a year or two since I played but it acts as if you'll explore every important looking building in there. Well you wont. The more you progress the less you'll be able to explore that city. As for the other city, it felt lackluster and my god does the ending suck. Anyway its up to you in the end. There are some redeemable qualities and if you're a fan of the lore and previous games it should be finished. Its not as bad as people say Syberia 3 is.
Yeah, seriously screw the swapping of items between characters. Was a chore in this game for sure. I really enjoyed it, one of my favorites of the year and thought the ending was a really nice payoff.
I'm gutted that both Dreamfall and Syberia have shit final chapters.
I'd rather they just weren't made.
Makes me worry for Shenmue 3.
I'd rather they just weren't made.
Makes me worry for Shenmue 3.
I feel that Dreamfall Chapter at least functions as an ending to the story that Dreamfall began. Syberia 3 is just utterly pointless. The ending of Syberia 2 works much better as a final curtain call to the story of Kate Walker.
Thinking about the adventure elements in Resident Evil again, this time about the sequel. Whereas Resident Evil 2 was an excellent sequel (that looked mindbogglingly good) it did feel like less of an adventure title. Any of you excited to play the remake of that when it comes out eventually :D?
That's right bro - exploration rewards you with more and more ammo and even top class weapons if you search well enough. I found it difficult to dodge zombies in many RE games due to the tight areas, only when exploring large areas (which were rare) was it easy to dodge the enemies. It was easier to dodge enemies in Silent Hill due to the good amount of time spent in the outdoor area of the town. A recent horror adventure which REALLY made you count your bullets and had more of a survival feel was the Evil Within (even on Normal difficulty!).
I actually play most of my games on consoles, but I keep an eye out for PC exclusive adventure games - Cat Lady and Blade Runner are two examples that come to mind, really want to play those.
You're right Tizoc - Revelations - and the sequel - are closer to the original RE games than 4/5/6 are. I have yet to play VII but it is apparently a return to form to the original horror adventure elements of the original, albeit from a first person view.
That's right bro - exploration rewards you with more and more ammo and even top class weapons if you search well enough. I found it difficult to dodge zombies in many RE games due to the tight areas, only when exploring large areas (which were rare) was it easy to dodge the enemies. It was easier to dodge enemies in Silent Hill due to the good amount of time spent in the outdoor area of the town. A recent horror adventure which REALLY made you count your bullets and had more of a survival feel was the Evil Within (even on Normal difficulty!).
I actually play most of my games on consoles, but I keep an eye out for PC exclusive adventure games - Cat Lady and Blade Runner are two examples that come to mind, really want to play those.
You're right Tizoc - Revelations - and the sequel - are closer to the original RE games than 4/5/6 are. I have yet to play VII but it is apparently a return to form to the original horror adventure elements of the original, albeit from a first person view.
Just finished Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
What a lovely game. I would recommend anyone who wants to play it the first game: Nely Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!. It's free on the devs homepage, and this is pretty much a direct sequel to it, so it will help you to know who the important characters are. And it takes like 2 hours to beat.
Fowl Fleet is a really easy, and short game, took me 6 hours, but it leaves a much bigger impression than some adventures twice its length. For one thing, it's such a nice game. A lot of puns and references and jokes, but it's also really good hearted and kind. I also love the voice acting of Nelly. It's a British accent, but of the kind you don't really get to hear much, not RP, or Cockney, Scottish, Irish but rather a Northern English one. Then there is of course the actual star who almost steals the show: Tom Baker. Yep, they got Doctor Who for this, as your trusy bird sidekick.
Anyone who loves adventures games should give this (and the prequel) a go.
What a lovely game. I would recommend anyone who wants to play it the first game: Nely Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!. It's free on the devs homepage, and this is pretty much a direct sequel to it, so it will help you to know who the important characters are. And it takes like 2 hours to beat.
Fowl Fleet is a really easy, and short game, took me 6 hours, but it leaves a much bigger impression than some adventures twice its length. For one thing, it's such a nice game. A lot of puns and references and jokes, but it's also really good hearted and kind. I also love the voice acting of Nelly. It's a British accent, but of the kind you don't really get to hear much, not RP, or Cockney, Scottish, Irish but rather a Northern English one. Then there is of course the actual star who almost steals the show: Tom Baker. Yep, they got Doctor Who for this, as your trusy bird sidekick.
Anyone who loves adventures games should give this (and the prequel) a go.
Can someone help me find this game I played as a kid? I remember very little about it. It was potentially sponsored by Mentos? (maybe a free game that came with something), I vaguely recall that the physical disc had an image of the earth on it, and in-game you traveled around the world. I think you had to help a guy in alaska not get killed by a bear, there was this jewellery seller who said "One for the price of Two"... I don't remember much else. I've tried searching but had no luck. Any ideas?
Other than the original Maniac Mansion, can anyone think of another adventure with as many possible solutions/endings/etc.?
I was under the impression that Zak McKracken was more linear and had fewer paths, and I can't really think of any other game with as many possible pathways/characters/etc.
I was rather annoyed by the much more linear nature of its spiritual descendant, Thimbleweed Park.
I was under the impression that Zak McKracken was more linear and had fewer paths, and I can't really think of any other game with as many possible pathways/characters/etc.
I was rather annoyed by the much more linear nature of its spiritual descendant, Thimbleweed Park.
So the AdventureGamers "Aggies" nominations list was released this week. I like that they are being more strict about allowing narrative games that are light on puzzles on the list. So What Remains of Edith Finch didn't get any nominations, which is fine because it got enough praise on other sites that it is nice that other games get their time to shine.
Here's the list of adventure games up for awards. Some of the games are nominated for multiple categories, you can check it out to see which categories.
AER: Memories of Old
Bear With Me
Blackwood Crossing
The Darkside Detective
Detention
The Dream Machine: Chapter 6
Four Last Things
Gorogoa
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
The Journey Down: Chapter Three
Last Day of June
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Lone Echo
>observer_
Paradigm
Rakuen
RiME
Stories Untold
The Sexy Brutale
The St. Christopher's School Lockdown
Thaumistry: In Charm's Way
Thimbleweed Park
The Wardrobe
XING: The Land Beyond
I usually try to play most of the ones nominated for best story or best writing. This year I managed to complete Four Last Things, Gorogoa, The Journey Down, Life is Strange, Paradigm, Rakuen and Thimbleweed Park. I have Stories Untold in my GOG account, but I only played the demo so far. Of the remaining games on the list, what does everyone recommend? I was thinking about picking up The Darkside Detective or Detention since they are (or will be) available on Switch. Also, I was contemplating supporting their Patreon, which is something I've never done before. I like the forums here more, but I find their reviews to be really high quality and I want to see them continue their thorough coverage of our favorite genre.
Here's the list of adventure games up for awards. Some of the games are nominated for multiple categories, you can check it out to see which categories.
AER: Memories of Old
Bear With Me
Blackwood Crossing
The Darkside Detective
Detention
The Dream Machine: Chapter 6
Four Last Things
Gorogoa
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
The Journey Down: Chapter Three
Last Day of June
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Lone Echo
>observer_
Paradigm
Rakuen
RiME
Stories Untold
The Sexy Brutale
The St. Christopher's School Lockdown
Thaumistry: In Charm's Way
Thimbleweed Park
The Wardrobe
XING: The Land Beyond
I usually try to play most of the ones nominated for best story or best writing. This year I managed to complete Four Last Things, Gorogoa, The Journey Down, Life is Strange, Paradigm, Rakuen and Thimbleweed Park. I have Stories Untold in my GOG account, but I only played the demo so far. Of the remaining games on the list, what does everyone recommend? I was thinking about picking up The Darkside Detective or Detention since they are (or will be) available on Switch. Also, I was contemplating supporting their Patreon, which is something I've never done before. I like the forums here more, but I find their reviews to be really high quality and I want to see them continue their thorough coverage of our favorite genre.
How was Season 3 story/writing-wise?
I've not got around to playing it yet due to excessive backlog
I'll let you know once I replay it by next week XP
lOOKING at a few footage online I am surprised at something: They added Shadows.
Almost done with Season 2 of Sam and Max and yeah I enjoyed it. Oddly enough, I am noticing the freezes one would normally see in Telltale's recent titles. Though I think this is caused by each episode having more data/being larger than in the first game.
The Telltale engine didn't have real-time shadows or normal maps until they were added for Wallace & Gromit, which came out between seasons two and three.