Reminiscing of the days gaming under DOS, Win9x and long dead genres... - by EvaUnit02
demagogue on 26/6/2009 at 00:03
I just played that one recently too (The Last Express). Damn but if that isn't a hidden jewel of a game. It could have used a bit more interactivity, but the game design and story, the way all the bits and pieces were put together, were excellent.
The whole concept of a real-time adventure game was a real breakthrough idea that makes it stand apart as a special game. There's so much potential there, and yet TLE has been so under the radar that it doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
Enchantermon on 26/6/2009 at 04:27
Quote Posted by icemann
7th Guest
Oh man, that game frustrated me to no end. I'm going to give it another go when I have time, though. I just rescued it from my closet in my parent's house.
ZymeAddict on 26/6/2009 at 06:12
Quote Posted by Enchantermon
Speaking of The Incredible Machine, though, that's another one of the great games that I was fortunate enough to experience, though I was introduced to the series by The Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions, which had improved the controls and the interface (and possibly the physics) just enough so that the originals felt a little clunky. But they're still insanely fun and mind blowing.
Hells yeah! I played the shit out of that game back when I was younger. Never played the sequel though; I should probably check it out.
icemann on 26/6/2009 at 14:47
Quote Posted by Enchantermon
Oh man, that game frustrated me to no end. I'm going to give it another go when I have time, though. I just rescued it from my closet in my parent's house.
Whilst there is certainly a few puzzles in it that are very hard to do without a walkthrough (damn Bishop puzzle), the majority are do-able given enough effort. If all else fails you can bypass a puzzle by checking the hint book in the libray which will knock the puzzle off if you select it a few times.
Certainly a game worth your time.
Dresden on 26/6/2009 at 15:11
Speaking of 7th Guest type games, did anyone else think Myst sucked? The setting was bland, the puzzles were too complicated or obscure. I never could understand why it was so highly acclaimed.
gunsmoke on 26/6/2009 at 15:35
I couldn't get into Myst. I wanted to like Riven, but it was so damn hard.
RavynousHunter on 26/6/2009 at 20:15
Yeah, Myst was interesting for the first 15 minutes or so. Then the retardedly difficult puzzles and shit just killed it for me. I give it 3-and-a-half Meh's.
Sulphur on 26/6/2009 at 20:44
'retardedly difficult'?
