Gambit on 29/4/2008 at 18:48
It seems that British television is having some interest on medieval and victorian gritty crimes.
First it´s the BBC´s "Heist" series that we saw in an earlier thread.
Now it´s Channel 4´s BOW STREET RUNNERS.
It´s an online game, but don´t be fooled, it´s very VERY high quality. With real life actors and very detailed scenery.
The story takes place in London 1750. Just like our favorite "City" this place is filled with crime and corruption. In fact there´s so much of it that a man decides to put guards on the street to fight the thieves. Thus is born the Bow Street Runners. (They look like a mix of the Baron´s Citywatch with the Hammerite´s zeal for cleaning the sin out of the streets).
It´s a very well done adventure game, and requires a bit of thinking.
For all thievish lovers out there.
(
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/C/city-of-vice/game/bow-street-runner/game.html)
Holy Thief on 29/4/2008 at 20:18
The Bow Street Runners or Red Breasts as they were often referred to because of the colour of their waist coats were often as bad as the criminals using severe violence to apprehend suspects, some innocent, most were corrupted themselves not what I would call 'cleaning the sin out of the streets'. They went round in gangs and not always in London either. The Blind Beak may have been a fair magistrate but there was little justice between the capture and the dock. They were quite brutal to first time offenders ended up beaten badly before they were sentenced and hung. :tsktsk:
Whiskey in the jar.
jtr7 on 1/5/2008 at 22:37
I'll have to take your word for it, peeps. Can't see any of the clips from any of the links. I'll have to check YouTube and Veoh, etc.
The Magpie on 2/5/2008 at 01:35
I'm on the last episode right now. I had trouble re-opening the game in Firefox, but it works well in IE6 with Flash 9.
EDIT: Failing that, there's a demo movie right (
http://www.littleloud.com/work/bsr/) here from the devs.
The acting isn't all that, with a couple of notable exceptions. But it's a free game, so it's per definition acceptable. Plus I can't recall having seen actors in an online game before, period.
And you've got to love all the little notes and papers lying around. The variety of minigames work pretty well, too, and there's a real sense of urgency late in the first episode.
You know, I don't think I've played such a gritty game since TDP. It becomes more and more disturbing, too. And I'm pretty sure that certain scenes in the game
will be upsetting some people. I know it got a reaction out of me. :wot: And I thought that turned out to be a good thing.
Once I thought I'd reached an unwinnable gamestate, then I discovered that there were hints & spoilers to be found in the help section. Very thoughtful.
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L.
Gambit on 2/5/2008 at 11:50
Yup,
I liked the way they went with this game.
They could have done a politically correct story but so far they weren´t afraid to show how cruel life was at that time.
I also thought it would be very easy, just a case of clicking everything to win the game but sometimes you have to be careful... my esteem lowered on the first scenario because I was surprised by the killing of the victim´s son
Peanuckle on 2/5/2008 at 19:44
I always miss the esteem when the son dies on the first level because I can never find the sweet spot in time.
I can never get the esteem at the docks because I always get shot at least once.
