Point n Click Adventure GAF 2015 - Back with a vengeance
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Item_Screen
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Read Only Memories comes out tomorrow. It's a Snatcher-inspired graphic adventure. Gonna be $15 but there are still a few hours to preorder for $10.
http://midboss.com/rom/
http://midboss.com/rom/
Acquiescence
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Bought The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 in an Amazon lightning deal last night for £17. Never played the first game before, but I'm very partial to playing adventure games on console so I went for it. Got to ask though for anybody in the know, is there a particular reason why the PS4 version has scored so much worse than the PC and Xbone versions? I checked over on Metacritic and it's 61 for the former and 81 for the latter - quite the divide! Hopefully it's not a bad port. I don't see how it could differ than much in quality from the Xbone version.
Can't wait to see the reviews.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
Yeah I've been playing the demo and it's pretty snazzy. Pretty good humor, a nice detective "missing persons" story. Basically it's like Snatcher if that wasn't obvious, but a little lighter in tone.
I'll try picking it up over the weekend.
TripleSun
Member
Shardlight trailer is here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_ciFhL-KnQ
Also release date is Spring 2016
Also release date is Spring 2016
Terra_Ex
Member
Looking really good, will probably pick it up on release.
Just noticed Lost Horizon 2 on Steam, releasing October 1st.
Haven't even played the first one yet, despite owning it.
Has anyone here tried it yet?
I really liked what I played of the first one (bout 8 hours).
Going by the trailer the sequel looks kind of average of that was the best bits of the game they could cut from it.
Extra Sauce
Member
Beautiful artwork, intriguing world but I'm not convinced the script will deliver. The protagonist saying "there is a cure, I know it" and "a false hope, maybe" within the same breath seemed incongruous, for one. To be fair I've become cynical about the level of writing in modern adventure games. I will definitely give Shardlight a chance, if only because it reminds me of Primordia, which is probably my favorite point-and-click of the last few years.
There's a kickstarter for the second episode of The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle.
First episode was enjoyable and pretty funny.
First episode was enjoyable and pretty funny.
Pagusas
Elden Member
This game makes me sad, it has all the things I want but the choice of retro art just kills it
I get the inspiration, I get the reason, but I just cant play games like that any more, its ugly for the sake of being ugly.Blackwell Deception is out on iOS. $4.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blackwell-4-deception/id974092051?mt=8
Best Wadjet Eye series.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blackwell-4-deception/id974092051?mt=8
Best Wadjet Eye series.
pinkurocket
Member
A bunch of Telltale games are up on sale on Steam, a lot of them at 75% even!
I've only played the first season of their Walking Dead games, but I want to know what other series you would recommend? I love the classic Monkey Island and Sam & Max games so those look interesting, but I'm curious about Wolf Among Us.
Edit: oop I already decided to get Wolf Among Us
I've only played the first season of their Walking Dead games, but I want to know what other series you would recommend? I love the classic Monkey Island and Sam & Max games so those look interesting, but I'm curious about Wolf Among Us.
Edit: oop I already decided to get Wolf Among Us
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
Just finished Broken Age on my iPad. Any other awesome games for iPad?
Humble weekly bundle you can get all the Black Mirror games and Book of Unwritten Tales 2 for 10 dollars.
Motherfuckers. Unwritten Tales 2 barely ever went on sale and like amonth ago it dropped to 13$ at gmg so i finally got it thinking it was a good deal.
I swear im never buying non-bundled games again.
Motherfuckers. Unwritten Tales 2 barely ever went on sale and like amonth ago it dropped to 13$ at gmg so i finally got it thinking it was a good deal.
I swear im never buying non-bundled games again.
Tizoc
Member
What did you think of BA?
Every Wadjet Eye game is great on iPad.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
I loved it.
Dsyndrome
Member
Gameboomers continues to be my go-to place for progress when I'm hitting my head against a wall in PNC's. Playing Black Mirror and know that I need to wait for a package coming at 7:00PM, but no idea how to progress, and it helped wonderfully without a video.
Edit: AND of course I learn that right-clicking something gives a different action than double-clicking or left-clicking. Damnit.
Edit: AND of course I learn that right-clicking something gives a different action than double-clicking or left-clicking. Damnit.
an absolute must play
Are the Black Mirror games good though?
Tales from Monkey Island starts getting good from episode 3. First episode is fun but very low budget (you have the same big puzzle - a sort of a maze - repeated two or three times with only slight variations; non-story related NPCs have only two character models); the second episode is kind of boring from what I remember. But the fun starts with episode 3 and lasts till the very end.
TripleSun
Member
Very good. They left such a good impression on me I'm sad there won't be anymore.
Tizoc
Member
They look like horror games a bit to me though :X
CecilRousso
Member
Pretty spot on. Episode 3-5 of Tales of Monkey Island are really strong. Good games for a good price at that sale.
d1sCo_d3aTh
Neo Member
Great thread! So much awesomeness to look forward to.
Might want to take a look at this one on Kickstarter called Magic Lost.
http://kck.st/1FK1LJz
Seems to be a little under the radar right now, for whatever reason. But this is one I'm really hoping gets discovered and funded. You can tell these guys are fans of the genre and want to do something groundbreaking with it.
Might want to take a look at this one on Kickstarter called Magic Lost.
http://kck.st/1FK1LJz
Seems to be a little under the radar right now, for whatever reason. But this is one I'm really hoping gets discovered and funded. You can tell these guys are fans of the genre and want to do something groundbreaking with it.
SOME-MIST
Member
one of the best adventure games of all time - the last express!
petran79
Banned
The Knobbly Crook: Chapter I - The Horse You Sailed In On
http://store.steampowered.com/app/378300/?l=english
By Ethan Petty, former Bloodlust Software and currently Ubisoft developer.
This game is very funny. Episode 1 is free. Despite that it also has voice-overs, though in an incomprehensible language.
Regarding the art and humor, chances are you'll find it weird it if you werent there when Bloodlust Software were popular.
PnC interface is user friendly and responsive.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/378300/?l=english
By Ethan Petty, former Bloodlust Software and currently Ubisoft developer.
This game is very funny. Episode 1 is free. Despite that it also has voice-overs, though in an incomprehensible language.
Regarding the art and humor, chances are you'll find it weird it if you werent there when Bloodlust Software were popular.
PnC interface is user friendly and responsive.
pinkurocket
Member
Foehamner
Neo Member
Fran Bow was good but felt a little rushed towards the end in terms of the story kind of not making sense and some puzzles being a little less tight than earlier. Overall, no real complaints, a memorable game with neat visuals (if you can get through the gore-fest that is chapter 1).
Armikrog was the biggest disappointment I can remember having in quite a while. Looked pretty good but the puzzles were incredibly repetitive, sometimes obtuse, and occasionally buggy. I had also hoped for a soundtrack comparable to Neverhood but it wasn't there (with a couple exceptions). I finished the game in 3 hours and was simultaneously sad at it being too brief and happy I didn't have to struggle with it anymore.
Just did finished up Fran Bow on my channel and Armikrog is uploading now.
Armikrog was the biggest disappointment I can remember having in quite a while. Looked pretty good but the puzzles were incredibly repetitive, sometimes obtuse, and occasionally buggy. I had also hoped for a soundtrack comparable to Neverhood but it wasn't there (with a couple exceptions). I finished the game in 3 hours and was simultaneously sad at it being too brief and happy I didn't have to struggle with it anymore.
Just did finished up Fran Bow on my channel and Armikrog is uploading now.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
That's kinda what turned me off as well there... Otherwise i might have jumped on them but i am really not in the mood for horror themed games these days.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
how are people finding read only memories? thinking of picking it up just based on the nostalgic jp&c style, but there have been very few reviews and reception seems a bit mixed.
iv only played it for 1 hour so far, so i cant give an in-depth opinion, but i can say that it successfully delivers as a snatcher-esq retro console style game. Its got the atmosphere/tone/art direction, for sure.
Wow, nice topic! Just found out about it now.
Currently playing The Wolf Among Us (well, it was on sales, and I wanted to play that one for a long time). The story so far is very enjoyable, and I dig the unique setting. Just finished episode 2 (I was quite happy to be among the few players who
).
Possible spoilers for episode 3 and the rest of the game (hypothesis):
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Oh well, I guess I will have my answers very quickly.
I'm very interested in Life is Strange. I plan to buy it for Christmas, once every episode is out (and, well, I hope to buy it during sales too).
Currently playing The Wolf Among Us (well, it was on sales, and I wanted to play that one for a long time). The story so far is very enjoyable, and I dig the unique setting. Just finished episode 2 (I was quite happy to be among the few players who
didn't beat Beast to a pulp ~ not easy to not go overboard, especially since this can end up in a game-over; well, he opened the 207 door for me, thanks Beast!
Possible spoilers for episode 3 and the rest of the game (hypothesis):
I'm afraid for TJ, since I think I mentioned knowing that Dee (Dum?) was there right in front of him. And, well, those two brothers are no angels. My money on Bluebeard being their boss. Also, Crane having a fetish doesn't necessarily make him the killer (and who took these photos anyway, including the one of Crane with "Snow"? Photos which were very conveniently left at the scene of the crime? If that isn't a frame job, I don't know what this is)
Oh well, I guess I will have my answers very quickly.
I'm very interested in Life is Strange. I plan to buy it for Christmas, once every episode is out (and, well, I hope to buy it during sales too).
CecilRousso
Member
Just finished the first episode of Tales from the Borderlands. Pretty good, but I thought the choices presented were pretty weak. They seemed to divided between just "Why wouldn't I do that?" and "ok, what would happen if I tried that for the sake of it?".
And it wasn't really as funny as I expected it to be, considered what I've read at RPS and other sites about the humour.
And it wasn't really as funny as I expected it to be, considered what I've read at RPS and other sites about the humour.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Every time I see more of Thimbleweed I'm amazed by how it always seems exactly how I would want it to be. Like every decision they make, I'm nodding my head in agreement like a damn idiot
Can't wait for next July.
Can't wait for next July.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Heh, I got that e-mail and bought it, you also get a coupon for 75% off games published Nordic, used that for the first Book of Unwritten Tales and what I guess is the side story?
TripleSun
Member
I mean I don't know if I wanna label it horror as you may think it is. Yes it involved occult stuff and such but it isn't like horror in the aspect as some people may think. It's just a dark atmospheric game that follows a family with a curse. I don't like horror games either but Black Mirror is still one of my most favorite PnC series ever. At least watch some clips and stuff and see if it looks cool. I just wouldn't turn it down just because it is spooky/horror-ish.
Sorry maybe that didn't make sense but yeah it was very enjoyable and I always wanted to know what happened next. I didn't like 1 as much as 2 & 3 but all together they are memorable.
Tizoc
Member
Thanks, I got the codes from a recent bundle so I'll redeem them when I get home, hope I end up enjoying them
Winnie the Pimp
Member
Isn't 1 like really rough nowadays though? I looked at some screens and... kinda hard to stomach those low quality fmvs and somewhat lacking in game graphics (entirely judging from screens here i saw) for a game that has "mixed" reviews on Steam...I am not a graphics whore at all but i'd prefer it if it had timeless visuals like handdrawn/pixelart adventures of old. Is it like super short at least? Cos i really want to get around to 2 fast, that one does look a LOT more interesting in all aspects to me hmmm...
I'm really not a horror game fan but I'm loving it so far. Atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological mystery is my lame attempt to describe it (only two chapters in). The puzzles have been nice and logical too, not really been stuck except for a part where I had to visit a place and then go back a couple more times before I could progress. I'm desperate to get to the weekend so I can get back to playing it.
Tizoc
Member
Message Quest is releasing on Steam soon and it's available for $1 at least via this bundle
https://groupees.com/bagb32
You are likely to get a Steam key once the game gets released, provided by Groupees of course.
https://groupees.com/bagb32
You are likely to get a Steam key once the game gets released, provided by Groupees of course.