Simon 2 is a great game.
The pacing of the beginning might annoy you but I think it pays off so please finish it. :x
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Point & Click Adventure Thread 2017 - Pixels Walk With Me
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Simon 2 is a great game.
The pacing of the beginning might annoy you but I think it pays off so please finish it. :x
Tizoc
Member
That is ok
Some of my fav games start slow :3
Tizoc
Member
Wow so the city is the first half of Simon 2?
I'm not enjoying the game very much I am sad to say. The humor is very centered on insults and making fun of stuff. I did find a few funny but otherwise it didn't click with me all too well.
Will see if I can finish it later today and move onto something else.
I'm not enjoying the game very much I am sad to say. The humor is very centered on insults and making fun of stuff. I did find a few funny but otherwise it didn't click with me all too well.
Will see if I can finish it later today and move onto something else.
It's a case of one reaps what they sow.
I think it pays off.
I didn't hate the first part though. So maybe you won't like the next part.
Let me say that there's no proper sequel to this. It's kind of a monkey 2 situation where other people handled it.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Don't think it was quite the same, Simon Woodroffe did write Simon the Sorceror 3D afaik. That was more a problem of publishers wanting 3D games and development hell I think.
Ah shame !
I liked Tales of monkey Island but it has a lot of flaws that prevent me from just replaying it... Maybe i should try again, it's been years.
Simon 3D is an abortion. I don't call that proper.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Yeah, writing's still by the original developer though.
Tizoc
Member
Halfway through Ep. 1 of Tales of MI and here are my observations
1- Telltale's engine was never consistent was it? Even on and old game like this the game will momentarily freeze (I say momentarily but the freezing could last up to 5 seconds) when you choose a dialog option.
2- Holy re-used models Monkeyman, The report and Van Winslow have the same model and body, only Winslow is darker skinned and has a cool beard.
3- The models overall have not aged well, compared to the stuff we see in Walking Dead S1 and onwards, the faces have some good design about them as bad
4- Mouse controls could be better; you have to put your mouse on Guybrush and hold left click to move him around. This gets a little awkward at first but over time you get used to it. Hold right button to make him run. Double clicking on stuff will have him run to items or people
5- Visit the doctor's house and click on his door after every event or character you meet in the game.
All in all though, still enjoying my time with it.
1- Telltale's engine was never consistent was it? Even on and old game like this the game will momentarily freeze (I say momentarily but the freezing could last up to 5 seconds) when you choose a dialog option.
2- Holy re-used models Monkeyman, The report and Van Winslow have the same model and body, only Winslow is darker skinned and has a cool beard.
3- The models overall have not aged well, compared to the stuff we see in Walking Dead S1 and onwards, the faces have some good design about them as bad
4- Mouse controls could be better; you have to put your mouse on Guybrush and hold left click to move him around. This gets a little awkward at first but over time you get used to it. Hold right button to make him run. Double clicking on stuff will have him run to items or people
5- Visit the doctor's house and click on his door after every event or character you meet in the game.
All in all though, still enjoying my time with it.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
bear through episode 2 when you get there, as it sucks. 3 is the best and 4 is very good. 5 is ok.
Tizoc
Member
I actually enjoyed all episodes on the whole :3
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Oh it's a replay - sorry, missed that!
TripleSun
Member
Nice snippet taken from the AdventureGamers' preview of The Wardrobe
"While not exactly an endangered species just yet, the traditional third-person, point-and-click adventure hasnt been as prominent in recent times, so The Wardrobe should be right up a lot of genre fans alleys. Between the high-quality presentation, substantial puzzles and rich player interaction, plus more comic pop culture references than you can shake a fibula at, there will be plenty to keep you occupied and entertained throughout."
Game looks really beautiful and I'm loving the setting already. Can't wait until it comes out later this month.
"While not exactly an endangered species just yet, the traditional third-person, point-and-click adventure hasnt been as prominent in recent times, so The Wardrobe should be right up a lot of genre fans alleys. Between the high-quality presentation, substantial puzzles and rich player interaction, plus more comic pop culture references than you can shake a fibula at, there will be plenty to keep you occupied and entertained throughout."
Game looks really beautiful and I'm loving the setting already. Can't wait until it comes out later this month.
Tizoc
Member
Freddy pharkas is now on gog
https://www.gog.com/game/freddy_pharkas_frontier_pharmacist
https://www.gog.com/game/freddy_pharkas_frontier_pharmacist
OneLessIcon
Member
That's awesome! I loved Freddy Pharkas when it originally released, I'll definitely pick it up for a replay.
about time
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I still have my prescription manual, too. Do GOG Sierra releases always have the cd voices when applicable?
DeviantBoi
Member
Still have the box with the non-functioning floppies.
Should probably copy the install to a memory stick and put it in the box.
Tizoc
Member
Welp only 1 episode left in Tales of Monkey Island.
Gotta say
EDIT: BTW could someone post about the differences in the OG Floppy Versions of Loom and its lter releases?
Gotta say
LeChuck being evil all along was cleverly done. I'm guessing that he would've still played along nicely enough until he had a chance to kill Guybrush whether he regained his voodoo powers or not
EDIT: BTW could someone post about the differences in the OG Floppy Versions of Loom and its lter releases?
Sir_Crocodile
Member
There are other versions with minor differences, but for the main three:
EGA IBM compatible floppy has closeups, obviously as the original it has the full dialogue, 16-colour EGA graphics. The only version Brian Moriarty worked on, so everything is as he intended.
FM-TOWNS version has a digital soundtrack, 256-colour VGA graphics (although it is a slightly different version then the PC-CD one), the closeups and all of the original dialogue. No voice acting. One slight bit of censored blood, 2 mins of music is missing at the beginning.
PC-CD version scrapped the character closeups because they couldn't lip sync to the added voice acting and scrapped loads of dialogue because they wouldn't have been able to fit the full Loom dialogue on the cd as it was stored as redbook audio. Has 256-colour VGA graphics. Couple of new bits. See more here: http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=802320
So basically you can make arguments over whether the floppy(the game as intended by the dev) or the FM TOWNS version(better graphics, sound, practically no lost content) is the best, but the PC-CD version is undoubtedly the worst. Sadly it's also the only one available to purchase digitally. :/
Dandy Lyin
Member
Finished the Little Acre. Took less than 2 hours, and was... alright. It's cute, and the animation is quite good.
Mr Underhill
Member
Hey guys, in case this wasn't posted yet: if you're a fan of adventure game art, here's one of the motherlodes. Beautiful, beautiful stuff.
Started the Blackwell series and finished the first game. It was okay, but story is kind of whatever and there's a couple of obtuse puzzles that I had to use a walkthrough. The good ending relies purely on luck, you have to stumble on it.
I enjoyed Shivah more. Hopefully the games get better.
I enjoyed Shivah more. Hopefully the games get better.
While I like the first game, they absolutely get better. Gotta remember that Legacy was Wadjet Eye's first commercial game. The first game is particularly interesting because its soundtrack is so different from the rest of the series.
(The Shiva was originally released before Legacy but I suspect you played the remake)
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
On the last chapter of Book of Unwritten Tales 2 right now. It's been fairly decent so far. I probably should have played the first one though so I knew a little more about the backstory between all he characters haha
TheMightyBroseph
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Just browsing through this is giving me the urge to go into an Adventure Game dive. Thanks!
HellBlazer
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Each game in the series gets better, keep going. I wasn't too impressed by Legacy either, but now I absolutely love the series.
I actually just played the Blackwell series last week myself, I don't remember anything particularly hard or unintuitive about the first game. I'm also not so convinced it gets better as the series goes on -- though it does get harder (which I enjoy). The gameplay and story doesn't change at all so if you don't like the first I can't see why you would like the later games
I enjoyed them all, but I kind of wish they did more with the story
I enjoyed them all, but I kind of wish they did more with the story
instead of the abrupt conclusion that dropped some of the threads
On another note, I also played through the broken sword iPad games (1, 2, 5) this week. Had a good time with 1 and 5. Thought 2 kind of sucked as it was nothing but inventory puzzles (find what item you have works in the present situation). 3 and 4 aren't on iOS but they look like awful early 3d games. Are they worth playing at all? I didn't feel I missed any references in 5. I'm a big fan of GK3 so I can tolerate a shitty 3D game if I really need to, but I'd just as soon pass if they're nothing special. I'm guessing there is good reason they didn't bother porting them
No. A few pages ago I posted some impressions of those two in this thread. They're both worse than they look. Every night, while I played them, I whispered a quiet wish to God that a lunatic would come and eat me
There is, in a way. Rogue Leaders: The Story of Lucasarts has a lot of art and info on all the games (the covers - there are 4 of them - are dreadful though. Why all that yellow? Why Monkey 4 Guybrush?):
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0811861848/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Edit: Just noticed the prices on Amazon. Jesus Christ! I didn't know this book was so rare. I should seriously consider selling it. It's not worth that amount of money though. Check out the Mixnmojo galleries and secret histories, probably the best collection of a lot of rare art and obscure information (more than is in that book): https://mixnmojo.com/media and https://mixnmojo.com/news/All-the-LucasArts-Secret-History-articles-back-online (that last one is a goldmine if you're into this kind of stuff).
It's a good book if you're interested in that era of gaming.
As for a specific Monkey Island book coming out now - it's a bit complicated. Disney owns Lucasfilm/Lucasarts now, but Lucasarts itself doesn't exist anymore. Disney doesn't have any real interest in doing anything with the old adventure games, but luckily thanks to Sony Double Fine is making the recent remakes.
It's extremely difficult to negotiate with Disney on these things. Double Fine couldn't have done it themselves, they really needed a giant like Sony doing the heavy lifting for them. Double Fine has stated that they actually wanted to do some merchandising (figurines, soundtrack LP's, etc) for their adventure game remakes, but that it's just very hard to get all of that worked out, and that all of that is really unlikely to happen in the near future.
Disney is very protective of their IP, and while a smaller company like Double Fine is obviously interested, they'd need a larger publishing company to get involved, and the market for these things just isn't very large all things considered. It's the kind of project that would attract a smaller, niche focused publisher, but those in turn aren't able to negotiate with Disney. And Disney obviously isn't going to do it themselves - they just bought Lucas for Star Wars (and Indiana Jones).
Edit: Also, not quite the same, but the physical release of Monkey 2 Special Edition had a ton of extra content on the disc. More video footage of Schafer, Gilbert & Grossman recording commentary (some of which didn't end up in the game), and especially a lot of art and storyboards for the cancelled Monkey Island movie (which would later morph into Pirates of the Caribbean).
lol I went back and read your impressions and yeah... I think I'll pass. Thanks for the heads up
Tizoc
Member
Thanka for the info gonna see if i can fine thenfirst 2 books somehowThere is, in a way. Rogue Leaders: The Story of Lucasarts has a lot of art and info on all the games (the covers - there are 4 of them - are dreadful though. Why all that yellow? Why Monkey 4 Guybrush?):
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0811861848/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Edit: Just noticed the prices on Amazon. Jesus Christ! I didn't know this book was so rare. I should seriously consider selling it. It's not worth that amount of money though. Check out the Mixnmojo galleries and secret histories, probably the best collection of a lot of rare art and obscure information (more than is in that book): https://mixnmojo.com/media and https://mixnmojo.com/news/All-the-LucasArts-Secret-History-articles-back-online (that last one is a goldmine if you're into this kind of stuff).
It's a good book if you're interested in that era of gaming.
As for a specific Monkey Island book coming out now - it's a bit complicated. Disney owns Lucasfilm/Lucasarts now, but Lucasarts itself doesn't exist anymore. Disney doesn't have any real interest in doing anything with the old adventure games, but luckily thanks to Sony Double Fine is making the recent remakes.
It's extremely difficult to negotiate with Disney on these things. Double Fine couldn't have done it themselves, they really needed a giant like Sony doing the heavy lifting for them. Double Fine has stated that they actually wanted to do some merchandising (figurines, soundtrack LP's, etc) for their adventure game remakes, but that it's just very hard to get all of that worked out, and that all of that is really unlikely to happen in the near future.
Disney is very protective of their IP, and while a smaller company like Double Fine is obviously interested, they'd need a larger publishing company to get involved, and the market for these things just isn't very large all things considered. It's the kind of project that would attract a smaller, niche focused publisher, but those in turn aren't able to negotiate with Disney. And Disney obviously isn't going to do it themselves - they just bought Lucas for Star Wars (and Indiana Jones).
Edit: Also, not quite the same, but the physical release of Monkey 2 Special Edition had a ton of extra content on the disc. More video footage of Schafer, Gilbert & Grossman recording commentary (some of which didn't end up in the game), and especially a lot of art and storyboards for the cancelled Monkey Island movie (which would later morph into Pirates of the Caribbean).
Sorry if I wasn't clear: it's 1 book, but you can get it in 4 different covers. I have the Purple Tentacle one. The contents for all 4 versions is the same.
alexanderftw
Banned
If you havent played The Night of the Rabbit or Deponia series, you should!
Been playing Day of the Tentacle Remastered, first time ever playing it but I have played the original Sam n Max and Full Throttle. Really loving the game, but damn some of those puzzles make you pull your hair out. I heard that the Monkey Island remaster has a hint system, does this game have that as well or am I out of luck. I don't want to spoil everything by using a guide.
HellBlazer
Member
It doesn't have a built-in hint system, but if you're really stuck, you can always use the Universal Hint System website, which offers hints (i.e. you pick a question and they give at first vague advice, then increasingly specific instructions if you so choose) for tons of adventure games.
Thanks, I'll check it out.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
It helps to remember you are basically playing a looney tunes cartoon, with about the same logic.