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Community => Adventure Related Talk & Chat => Topic started by: Mercutick on Sat 10/05/2008 11:28:50

Title: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: Mercutick on Sat 10/05/2008 11:28:50
So far i have played only the Chzo Mythos series by Yahtzee and i'm looking for something like that, but it can't have a large memory space as my comuter runs slowly. Also i only want downloadable games that are free, i know i sound like a scrooge but i'm really not looking to splash out on any right now.

Oh, and i'll playtest any games that are in development that fit into those categories^ too, if you want.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: Rui 'Trovatore' Pires on Sat 10/05/2008 11:35:13
Actually, despite a couple of issues that are being fixed even as we speak, the newest AGS game "Infection" might fit your bill. :) Though I'd reccommend waiting a couple of days for v1.1.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: GarageGothic on Sat 10/05/2008 12:06:58
Despite not being an AGS game, I think 'Enclosure' would be right up your alley.
It can be downloaded from here (http://home.deds.nl/~femo/) (look under "Projects"). And here's a review (http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,495).

Edit: You may also like 'Prodigal' (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=644), though a few of the cutscenes are quite graphically intensive and could be too much for your computer.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: on Sat 10/05/2008 13:24:49
Short and way more fantasy than the Chzo things, but still dark and charming, Hallway of Adventures (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=729), by Mordalles.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: Mercutick on Sat 10/05/2008 18:48:02
Thanks guys, you're all so helpful! The problem is these ALL sound cool, but most of them wont run for some reason or another, one of them is too big and another one has graphics that my graphics cant handle, which really drives me up the wall. Cant wait to get a new computer. I'll look into "Infection" when the bugs get sorted though, and i hope it works. Thanks again for the effort guys, much appreciated.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: jetxl on Sat 10/05/2008 19:41:39
Pleurghburg (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=35)!!!11!
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: Radiant on Sat 10/05/2008 23:33:53
Quote from: Mercutick on Sat 10/05/2008 11:28:50
Also i only want downloadable games that are free, i know i sound like a scrooge but i'm really not looking to splash out on any right now.

Shameless plug time, check my webpage (http://crystalshard.net).

Other than that, grab anything at random from the games database. Nearly all of those are free.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: Rui 'Trovatore' Pires on Sat 10/05/2008 23:35:21
Mind's Eye might also be worth a try.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: Mercutick on Sun 11/05/2008 10:30:22
I actually like the sound of ALL of them, totally honestly, but for the majority when i download them it's fine, but when i try and open them i get a message displayed saying "Windows cannot find the program to open this file, then offers me the chance to choose one from a list or go online to get windows to search for the program" etc. Does anyone know where i'm going wrong? Do i need a special program to play them?
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: ThreeOhFour on Sun 11/05/2008 11:11:34
You should not require a program to play them. Double click/single click the .exe file and the program should run itself.

Assuming you are running a Windows operating system, that is.

EDIT: Erg, just noticed you mentioned Windows in your last post. Silly me :P
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens on Sun 11/05/2008 17:37:11
If you get Enclosure from here you shouldn't have any trouble running it:
http://home.deds.nl/~femo/download.html#enclosure

I can run it on XP without a problem just by running the executable, though by default the font does not display properly.  I think you can fix it just by choosing win98 compatibility, though.


As for other games not working, most are just ags executables and should not give you a message like that, or they use self-extracting installers which also should not give you an error.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: skuttleman on Sun 11/05/2008 17:55:20
Quote from: Mercutick on Sun 11/05/2008 10:30:22
when i try and open them i get a message displayed saying "Windows cannot find the program to open this file"

This might be a silly question, but do you have something that can open zip files? What version of Windows are you using, because I think pre-XP Windows didn't have that built-in.
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: jetxl on Sun 11/05/2008 22:45:04
Yes, many games are compressed with rar or lz7. You can use winrar (http://www.win-rar.com/).
Title: Re: Can anyone recommend me a game?
Post by: Emerald on Tue 13/05/2008 17:38:22
Reactor 09 (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=819) is good. Short, but good. The characters are well-done and convincing. Mind's Eye is good, too, if not a little cliched (it's about an amnesiac locked in a corrupt insane asylum...)