Full Throttle

[PaulSC]

eveyrone's gotta be hatin' on The Dig, haha. I personally think it's an amazing adventure, and still remains one of my top favorites.

Agreed! I played it again for the first time in years a few months back, and I think it's aged incredibly well. The music and artwork are still just wonderful, and it's great to see Lucasarts streching themselves in a different direction.

As for Full Throttle, yeah it's fantastic. But it *is* too short - just as it feels like it's settling into it's stride it finishes. Even though Schafer wasn't going to be involved I still would've loved to have seen that 'Payback' sequel (the one in the style of the original, not the more recent canned action game) that was intended to explore the game world a bit more.

[Kinoko]

Hooray, I thought the Dig was great ^_^ Had this really awesome "feel", both mysterious, scary and captivatingly beautiful all at once.

[m0ds]

Both games, FT and The Dig bring a perfect cinematic nature to point & click adventures, so I loved them both! Both games kept me totally immersed - which is something very few other adventure games have been able to do. But I confess. I needed a walkthrough to finish both But yeah, FT nor The Dig should be dissed

[Lucky]

Well well, didn't I start a conversation...

Reason I don't like The Dig is because it's storyline gets worse and worse after the good start. I also don't like the empty (albeit beautiful) world which makes you run around way too much. FT didn't have these problems, so I can forgive it's low points (shortness and easyness, i case someone's not listening).

[Super Neo]

... We're going a bit off topic now. This thread isn't called "Full Throttle v.s The Dig".

[DragonRose]

Super Neo: Gradually going off topic is the way of conversations.

And hello! Welcome to the board!

[Pumaman]

Full Throttle is, I think, the only lucasarts adventure game that I've actually played from start to finish.

The Dig might be a great game, but its name just brings back memories of dull archeological TV documentaries, and I can't summon the motivation to try it out.

[HillBilly]

Full Throttle is, I think, the only lucasarts adventure game that I've actually played from start to finish.

I... see.

More of a sierra guy? Or were AGS just a FPS engine that utterly failed?

[Pumaman]

AGS was originally designed as a word processor, but for some reason people wanted to use it to make games and it kind of got sidetracked in that direction.

[Czar]

AGS was originally designed as a word processor, but for some reason people wanted to use it to make games and it kind of got sidetracked in that direction.

Something like the majority of the threads in this forum. Must be in the genes. 

Anyway, i liked both FT 1 & 2, and when i played it, i was still not too old to not appreciate the game.
In Pumaman's case I think, it's the age thing. He started playing MI's and Sam'n'maxes too late so he wasn't with them till the end.

It all comes down back to this. The age we played those games, or better yet, the feeling we had.
The alpha state of mind. The more intensive feelings and the enchanced studying state.... Bla bla bla, there i go again.



C.

[Scummbuddy]

Anyway, i liked both FT 1 & 2, and when i played it, i was still not too old to not appreciate the game.

What's this Full Throttle 2 you played?

[jetxl]

(FT2?? What the...)

I felt that The Dig was too short (maybe because of the anti climatic ending).

I think I said this before, but Ben was getting soft. First he's riding over limo's, kicking in doors, smashing faces agaist the bar and doing wheelies. But at the end he doesn't even have the guts to steal a box of rabbits infront of an old seniel man.
Still, at the end of this game, everbody wants to buy a chopper.

[KrisMacDee]

Full Throttle 2 ?!

[Ishmael]

I've been stuck in The Dig in the round room for like a year :

Yeah, Full Throttle was too short, now that I come to actually think of it. Back then when I played it it didn't feel too short, but now I realise how quickly I shot through it...

[m0ds]

Cj, FYI, The Dig was originally going to be a film, and Spielberg played a role in the development of the game (somehow).. So that gives it a definite "cool" factor in my books.

[Super Neo]

Is there REALLY a Full Throttle 2? Where can I get it? :o

[Pumaman]

I'm surprised no-one has commented yet on czar's claim to have played Full Throttle 2.

[Privateer Puddin']

Super Neo: There were 2 cancelled sequels, see:

http://mixnmojo.com/php/site/gamedb.php?gameid=18
and
http://mixnmojo.com/php/site/gamedb.php?gameid=116

[Ishmael]

That latter one looks a bit... xbox... I'd still want to play it though, if it one day would have come to teh PC...

[Czar]

I'm surprised no-one has commented yet on czar's claim to have played Full Throttle 2.

Teh sekrits will die with me, in the shadows of the forums.

C.