a secret-boss
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playing Book of Unwritten Tales on Surface Pro.
Plays well on a tablet only thing missing is the spacebar for hints
Plays well on a tablet only thing missing is the spacebar for hints
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Point n Click Adventure GAF 2013 The pixel hunt continues.
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Tizoc
Member
Anyone here played the Agon series?
The 4th game is on sale over at GMG:
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/om/en/pc/games/adventure/agon-the-lost-sword-of-toledo/
Where can one find the first 3 games?
edit: OK managed to find them at this website:
http://us-adventureshop.gamesplanet.com/
Anyone used this site before? I personally find some of the prices they're charging to be high than they should be >_>;
The 4th game is on sale over at GMG:
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/om/en/pc/games/adventure/agon-the-lost-sword-of-toledo/
Where can one find the first 3 games?
edit: OK managed to find them at this website:
http://us-adventureshop.gamesplanet.com/
Anyone used this site before? I personally find some of the prices they're charging to be high than they should be >_>;
Agon's an odd little beast, which might account for the awkwardness of finding the earlier titles. It was *intended* to be the first big episodic venture for adventure gaming, but it sort of fell apart after the third chapter only to be reimagined into standalone releases after that.
Zarf on Agon 1-3
Zarf on Agon 4
Edit: I notice his comments on 4 tie in quite nicely with my discussion over the weekend over in the Dreamfall thread on the perils of excessive dialogue in adventure games.
Zarf on Agon 1-3
Zarf on Agon 4
Edit: I notice his comments on 4 tie in quite nicely with my discussion over the weekend over in the Dreamfall thread on the perils of excessive dialogue in adventure games.
Jest Chillin
Member
Thanks again for the suggestions guys. Just finished Beneath A Steel Sky and it was good. Not sure which one I'll try next. Perhaps the Blackwell Bundle...
play the Blackwell games in order. they're awesome and not too long. i marathoned through them. so good.
1. Legacy
2. Unbound
3. Convergence
4. Deception
))Family Fry
Member
Gemini Rue testers required for iOS versions.
Unfortunate news:
Amanita (Machinarium), Daedalic (Deponia, The Whispered World, A New Beginning and Edna & Harvey: The Breakout) and Colibri (The Tiny Bang Story) have written an open letter denouncing that Lace Mamba (British publisher that released physical editions of the games) has not been paying royalties.
Amanita (Machinarium), Daedalic (Deponia, The Whispered World, A New Beginning and Edna & Harvey: The Breakout) and Colibri (The Tiny Bang Story) have written an open letter denouncing that Lace Mamba (British publisher that released physical editions of the games) has not been paying royalties.
Extra Sauce
Member
Telltale interview about their future projects.
Not a single mention of King's Quest... fuck my life.
Not a single mention of King's Quest... fuck my life.
Dog Problems
Banned
Probably for the best. I can't see how a King's Quest game by them could turn out good.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
The Journey Down Ch. 1 is on sale now (Steam)
Yay or Nay? I hate episodic content but this one looks decent...
Yay or Nay? I hate episodic content but this one looks decent...
NowCutThatOut
Member
Anyone else Kickstart Leisure Suit Larry and get the alpha build to try? Will be giving it a try over the weekend.
I think you can still legally download the non-HD version from Skygoblin's official site (http://www.skygoblin.com/overtheedge.zip) - if you like the style, get the real thing so the developers get a few bucks.
I think you can still legally download the non-HD version from Skygoblin's official site (http://www.skygoblin.com/overtheedge.zip) - if you like the style, get the real thing so the developers get a few bucks.
I liked it; you can try the non-HD free version on their website to get a feel for it.
Chapter 2 is taking forever, though. :|
Yay I think. I absolutely loved it. The world they create just in that first episode is pretty amazing.
I feel you on episodic stuff, though. It's been a while since I finished the first chapter and there's still no release date in sight for chapter 2. Sucks when when there's such a huge gap like that =[
That format problem side, what they have so far is pretty great I think.
i'm a big fan. really felt inspired by grim fandango.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
Welp, and since i never got to play that ( own the original disc version but it's such a pain to get it to run properly on modern systems) this might just be the closest thing to it nowadays! Is a continuation guaranteed or unclear still?
Guaranteed for sure, just taking a while.
They were recently working on finishing up stuff for chapter one (Steam release, iOS version, etc.) but they're working on getting chapter 2 out now that that's all done.
Tizoc
Member
Mata Hari, Alter Ego, Black Mirror 2 and 3 are available for purchase @$4:
http://store.indiegala.com/index.php/the-alter-ego-bundle.html
How's Black Mirror series? Are they horror genre?
http://store.indiegala.com/index.php/the-alter-ego-bundle.html
How's Black Mirror series? Are they horror genre?
Dog Problems
Banned
Yeah, I got mine about a week or so ago. Love the sticker they put on the box.
I've always wanted to play the Black Mirror games but the first one doesn't work on Windows 7/Vista, if I'm remembering right. And I don't want to play the other two without playing the first.
RelentlessRolento
Member
still waiting for primordia to hit a sale... really want to play it.
indigo-cyclops
Member
I've had no issues playing Black Mirror on w7.
And yes they're horror, and they're all pretty fantastic. The second and third are really pretty games, background artwork is fantastic. Highly recommended games.
Dog Problems
Banned
Did you have to do anything special to get it to run? Last time I searched I saw people talking about how it wouldn't work on 7.
Only played the first one, it's not scary or anything like that, but yeah it's classic horror, a lot of themes and scenery are very remeniscent of the Universal horror classics. Some puzzles are a bit obtuse though and the voice acting is atrocious. It has a clever although predictable twist. All in all it's a good adventure.
Green Yoshi
Member
The Rabbit's Apprentice by Daedalic looks quite promising:
http://www.gamersglobal.de/angetestet/the-rabbits-apprentice
http://www.gamersglobal.de/angetestet/the-rabbits-apprentice
i'm going through Grim Fandango right now and while there are quite a bit of bugs you need to deal with, it's totally worth the ride. best PnC i've played and i'm only 50% through.
indigo-cyclops
Member
So bad it's good voice acting. Such a damn good series. Highly recommended.
Also I didn't do anything special with my install to get it to run. I got a copy from Gamersgate and it was good to go.
faceless007
Member
I was able to play the first game up to a point on Win7 x64, but found that certain lines of dialogue were glitchy and crashed the game. Sometimes I could just skip them but then I reached an unskippable one and couldn't get any further. Googling revealed that the problem wasn't unique to me, but no solution.
Might have been something specific to the Gamersgate version. I was playing it for free through their VOID program so I wasn't that mad.
RicardoNeftali
Member
play the Blackwell games in order. they're awesome and not too long. i marathoned through them. so good.
1. Legacy
2. Unbound
3. Convergence
4. Deception
Just finished these! They are really good, sticks with you never was bored I'm a big fan of it's retro look too.
Anybody know how I can play Grim Fandango? It's been on my must play adventure game list for quite some time, any help on that front would be appreciated.
assuming you find a copy of the game, this will help you install and run it on a modern system: http://quickandeasysoftware.net/software/grim-fandango-setup
Dog Problems
Banned
http://residualvm.org/
That's the most reliable way. The link jon bones gave has never worked for me, and I last played Grim Fandango with an older version of Residual and experienced only a single crash. Since then, an improved version has been released.
i'm going to try this, my method is a pain in the ass with glitches.
Secret Fawful
Member
Game crashes whenever I reach Rubacava.
Jesus christ thats robbery. I have the Black Mirror double pack retail release and already have alter ego. Black Mirror games seem great. Ive only played a bit of 2 but they look beautiful and are said to be very long and atmospheric. And yeah you visit spooky locations and such.
I've tried this a few times over the last year and I keep running into an annoying audio pop at the start of dialogue lines. It's intermittent and it doesn't affect the same line each time it's heard but it's enough to keep me from playing it. Oh well.
malingenie
Member
Impressions?
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
Got in the mood for some point & clicking so I thought about replaying DoTT or CoMI, but after installing ScummVM on the laptop I realised there are some (well, more then some) unplayed games in my library.
So I started one of those; Beneath A Steel Sky.
Great Scott, this is great! I love Cyberpunk <3
So I started one of those; Beneath A Steel Sky.
Great Scott, this is great! I love Cyberpunk <3
indigo-cyclops
Member
Gamersgate.com has BM1. That's where I got my digital copy.
Tizoc
Member
Cool thanks!
Man Indiegala doesn't accept my card, tried both paypal and Google but neither went through =/
Tizoc
Member
Testament of Sherlock Holmes is $14 on Steam~
http://store.steampowered.com/app/205650/?snr=1_4_4__43
This is the cheapest its been so far, and is worth getting at that price IMO.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/205650/?snr=1_4_4__43
This is the cheapest its been so far, and is worth getting at that price IMO.
You... haven't played BASS?
:O
One of my top-3 adventure games ever. Maybe even my favorite one. Such a masterpiece.
I thought this might be a good place to ask. With Dreamfall Chapters I ended up putting off my replay of The Longest Journey, and Syberia 3 has some likelyhood as of late, so I was putting off replaying those too.
Are there any adventure games that closely resemble either of those, old or new? I'm still going through adventure games I've missed over the years. What really strikes me in those is the really atmospheric environments and detail in the 2D backgrounds.
Does anything fit that general description? Though I can't seem to get into Myst sort of games.
Unrelatedly, I was looking at a couple of FMV games to check out too, like Gabriel Knight: Beast Within and Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive, but have those aged well? Particularly I know GK:BW is a sequel, but I couldn't get into the first game, would it be necessary to play it? Should I try harder?
Are there any adventure games that closely resemble either of those, old or new? I'm still going through adventure games I've missed over the years. What really strikes me in those is the really atmospheric environments and detail in the 2D backgrounds.
Does anything fit that general description? Though I can't seem to get into Myst sort of games.
Unrelatedly, I was looking at a couple of FMV games to check out too, like Gabriel Knight: Beast Within and Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive, but have those aged well? Particularly I know GK:BW is a sequel, but I couldn't get into the first game, would it be necessary to play it? Should I try harder?
Dog Problems
Banned
I feel like Beast Within still holds up well but that's far from a unanimous opinion. Tim Curry played Gabriel great in the first game and I think Dean Erickson did a damn good job in the sequel. There is some corniness in the game but overall I think it's a fantastic sequel. Much better than the third game as well. As for the first game, I'd give it another chance but if you're really not feeling then just read up on what happened. I think the story is engaging, and despite its graphics, I can still get fully immersed into the world. I also love Leah Remini as Grace. She's just not the same in the other two games.
Sanitarium is 60% off on gog. Don't have it? Buy it! It's one of my favorites, a journey through a man's mind, a unique experience.
BM 2/3 are made by a different team, the guys behind MataHari and also Indy3/4...