Hello, dear forum users.
I have tried to search through pages and pages in order to find something like a compiled list of AGS (commercial or non-commercial) games which feature a complete voice-over.
If such a list does not yet exist, i would like to receive suggestions from users here,
in an attempt to create it.
To clarify the reasons behind making such a list
(i would like to make this a spoiler, but can't find the code):
- the database does not have a filter to search for that criterion
(even if it had, there seem to be ~50 titles not included there)
- using the forum search options does not return good results
- my eyes start to bleed from pixelated fonts
- i personally don't find text-only adventure games appealing
(the characters lack identity,
a loop of the same background music (if there is any) over and over makes me crazy,
the dialogues feel flat and uninspired,
no immersion, no depth,
bad voice-acting is still better than nothing)
thanks a lot!
On my List so far:
A Second Face - The Eye of Geltz is watching Us (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
A very special dog (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Agitprop: The Game (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine (http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2735/buttondemo.png) (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3083/buttoncommercial.png)
Alba the Explorer: Princess Marian part V (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Alien Rape Escape (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Apprentice 1 Deluxe (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator - Case 1 Deluxe (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator - Case 2 Deluxe (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Bestowers of Eternity - part one (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Blackwell Legacy (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3083/buttoncommercial.png)
Blackwell Unbound (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3083/buttoncommercial.png)
Blades of Passion: An Oceanspirit Dennis Adventure (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Bob escapes (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
By the Numbers (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Calsoon 2 (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Cougar's Quest for Freedom (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Coyote Episode I: The Mexican (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Da New Guys (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png) (http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/3593/buttonspeechpack.png) (http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4665/buttonbrokenurl.png)
Damsel (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Danny Dread is On Call (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Diamonds in the Rough (http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2735/buttondemo.png) (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3083/buttoncommercial.png)
Duzz Quest: An Egotistic Adventure (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Earl Bobby is looking for his Balls (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Earl Bobby is looking for his Shoes (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Erk: Aventures in Stone Age Real Estate (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Eternally Us (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Frantic Franko (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Granny Zombiekiller in Mittens Murder Mystery (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png) (http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/3593/buttonspeechpack.png) (http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4665/buttonbrokenurl.png)
Halloween Horror (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Hero of Infamous Kingdoms (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
IWWHIIWWHITOMIROTPG: The Game! (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Infection - Episode 1 - The Ship (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Jacob: VA's Cut (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Jessica Plunkenstein and the Düsseldorf Conspiracy (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Just Another Point n Click Adventure (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
King's Quest I (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png) (http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7316/buttondbmissing.png) Available here! (http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/kq1/)
King's Quest II (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png) (http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7316/buttondbmissing.png) Available here! (http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/kq2/)
King's Quest III (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
La Croix Pan (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Larrywilco: Paradise Lost (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Legends Of Mardaram (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Limey Lizard: Waste Wizard! (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Little Dreamer (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Little Girl in Underland (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Little Willy's darts game (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Lone Case 3: Showdown (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Maniac Mansion Deluxe (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Masters of Sound (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
NecroQuest 1. Deluxe (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Night of the Hermit (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png) (http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/3593/buttonspeechpack.png)
Operation Save Blue Cup (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Osher Bli Gvulot - Boundless Osher (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Pixel Hunt (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png) (http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/3593/buttonspeechpack.png)
Princess Marian XI: Light re-leaf (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Quest For Yrolg (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Rock, Rock, Rock (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
SAW Deluxe (Remake) (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Sammy's Quest (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Simon the Sorcerer 3 (http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2735/buttondemo.png)
Soviet Unterzögersdorf //malformated title in database (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf Sector II (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Space Quest IV.5 - Roger Wilco And The Voyage Home V3.00 (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Space Quest XII (demo.rus) (http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2735/buttondemo.png)
Stediddy in IP1; Employment (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png) (http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4665/buttonbrokenurl.png)
Tales of Chickerny //misspelled title in the database (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
The Crackwell Legacy (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
The Face of Corruption Chapter One (http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3251/buttonunderproduction.png)
The Haunted House (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
The Marionette (future version) (http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3251/buttonunderproduction.png)
The McCarthy Chronicles: Episode 1 (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
The Mysteries of Stiego Moors (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
The Quest To Zooloo - Full Talkie (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
The Shivah (http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2735/buttondemo.png) (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3083/buttoncommercial.png)
The experiment - Part 1: The laboratory (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Two of a Kind (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Warthogs (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png)
Vector Vendetta (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/883/buttonfree.png) (http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7316/buttondbmissing.png) Available here! (http://crystalshard.net/index.php?p=6)
add these things to the list later:
A very special dog: broken link
Obviously McCarthy and Eternally Us. By The Numbers comes to mind. There's tons more.
Thanks!
Yes, to figure out what exactly "tons more" means would be the cause.
Since i noticed that certain users seem to download and test AGS games on a regular basis,
i thought i might be quicker compiling a list with the helps of these individuals rather than downloading and testing all the games on the database and in the forum myself.
:D
Damsel (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=1083) is one of the ones I remember that isn't on this list. Pretty good voice acting too (from what I remember anyway)!
Warthogs and Quest For Yrolg both have voice acting:
(http://crystalshard.net/test/warthogs.png) (http://crystalshard.net/index.php?g=11) (http://crystalshard.net/test/yrolg.png) (http://crystalshard.net/index.php?g=8)
Apprentice 1 Deluxe & Apprentice 2, All the King Quest remakes, NecroQuest Deluxe, Ben Jordan 1 Deluxe & Ben Jordan 2 Deluxe & I think Ben Jordan 5&6&7 as well, The Shivah.
The Blackwell games (commercial), A Second Face, Limey Lizard, that communist Alice in Wonderland game that Ivy made, Crackwell Legacy I think...
Games having speech.vox:
36.King's Quest I VGA v4.1 Enhanced Edition
52.Granny Zombiekiller in Mittens Murder Mystery [Speech Pack Add-On]
89.Little Willy's darts game
92.Calsoon 2
123.Larrywilco Paradise Lost [Included Music Pack][2006 xp compatible version]
144.King's Quest II+ VGA v3.1 Enhanced Edition
169.Just Another Point n Click Adventure
203.The Haunted House
238.Alien Rape Escape v1.2
304.Bestowers of Eternity - part one
313.Sammy's Quest
354.Duzz Quest - An Egotistic Adventure
393.Masters of Sound (not the MAGS version)
401.Maniac Mansion Deluxe v1.4
419.Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator Case 2 - The Lost Galleon of the Salton Sea
427.A Very Special Dog [MAGS]
462.Two of a Kind
478.Alba the Explorer - Princess Marian part V
492.Earl Bobby is looking for his Shoes
506.Pixel Hunt [Including Speech][MAGS]
545.Hero of Infamous Kingdoms
563.The Quest To Zooloo - Full Talkie
570.Apprentice 1 Deluxe [ENG-FR-GER]
581.Da New Guys [including speech pack]
584.Jessica Plunkenstein and the Dusseldorf Conspiracy v1.4
616.Soviet Unterzoegersdorf v1.2
652.Legends Of Mardaram
716.Operation Save Blue Cup [MAGS]
734.King's Quest III v3.20
739.The Shivah - Original version [MAGS]
739.The Shivah - Deluxe Version [Commercial Demo] / [Full Commercial version]
744.Cougars Quest for Freedom [MAGS]
760.Ben Jordan - Paranormal Investigator - Case 1 Deluxe
761.Simon the Sorcerer 3 [Demo2 ENG/GER]
786.Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine [Commercial Demo]
805.Tales of Chickenry
807.Halloween Horror [MAGS]
817.Warthogs v1.2 [Including Voicepack]
831.Blackwell Legacy, The [Commercial Demo] / [Full Commercial version]
846.Earl Bobby is looking for his Balls
892.La Croix Pan v1.1
900.The Crackwell Legacy
939.Osher Bli Gvulot - Boundless Osher
948.Blackwell Unbound [Demo] / [Full Commercial version]
970.Princess Marian XI - Light re-leaf
973.Jacob - VA's Cut
995.Bob escapes
1004.Lone Case 3 - Showdown
1006.Diamonds in the Rough [Commercial Demo]
1019.Infection - Episode 1 - The Ship v1.1
1029.Space Quest IV.5 - Roger Wilco And The Voyage Home V3.00
1065.Ben Jordan - Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins
1069.Rock, Rock, Rock [MAGS]
1077.Little Girl in Underland
1083.Damsel
1093.Erk - Aventures in Stone Age Real Estate [MAGS]
1097.Limey Lizard Waste Wizard! [MAGS]
1115.A Second Face - The Eye of Geltz is watching Us
1119.Quest For Yrolg [Included voicepack]
1139.Coyote Episode I - The Mexican
1141.Soviet Unterzoegersdorf Sector II v1.2
1142.The experiment - Part 1 - The laboratory
1173.Frantic Franko [DEMO]
1199.Agitprop - The Game
1215.SAW Deluxe (Remake) v1.30
1218.Space Quest XII - Vohaul's Revenge II (Russian Demo]
1220.The Mysteries of Stiego Moors [Full]
1241.Little Dreamer
1242.IWWHIIWWHITOMIROTPG - The Game!
1243.The McCarthy Chronicles Episode 1 v1.1
1245.Danny Dread is On Call
1295.Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator - Case 2 Deluxe
1303.Eternally Us
1335.By the Numbers
1347.Blades of Passion: An Oceanspirit Dennis Adventure
____.The Face of Corruption Chapter One (game is still in production)
P.s.: this list is not complete...
Mentioned in this thread before but NOT with speech:
Apprentice 2
ben jordan 2 t/m 6
A Second Face
Heartland Deluxe
Regards,
Arj0n
Who could forget Stediddy in IP1; Employment (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=1091)? The only AGS game so far to feature me as an Australian owl.
Quote from: Arj0n on Tue 14/09/2010 16:15:48
Mentioned in this thread before but NOT with speech:
Apprentice 2
ben jordan 2 t/m 6
A Second Face
Heartland Deluxe
Ben Jordan 2 Deluxe and A Second Face definitely have speech. And if I remember Heartland Deluxe correctly, don't you find some audio tapes that you play, and which are voiced (even though the rest of the game isn't)?
Quote from: Snarky on Tue 14/09/2010 16:47:50
Quote from: Arj0n on Tue 14/09/2010 16:15:48
Mentioned in this thread before but NOT with speech:
Apprentice 2
ben jordan 2 t/m 6
A Second Face
Heartland Deluxe
Ben Jordan 2 Deluxe and A Second Face definitely have speech. And if I remember Heartland Deluxe correctly, don't you find some audio tapes that you play, and which are voiced (even though the rest of the game isn't)?
* BJ2 deluxe is listed, I meant BJ2 the original version having no speech.
* 'A second face' has speech? I tried that one a few minutes and that part didn't had speech... well, that must be my mistake I guess...
* As therantingrob said in the 1st post, he was looking for games with a complete voice-over. That's why I excluded Heartland Deluxe from my list ;)
Quote from: Arj0n on Tue 14/09/2010 16:15:48
Games having speech.vox:
36.King's Quest I VGA v4.1 Enhanced Edition
.
.
.
1347.Blades of Passion: An Oceanspirit Dennis Adventure
The Face of Corruption Chapter One (game is still in production)
P.s.: this list is not complete...
Mentioned in this thread before but NOT with speech:
Apprentice 2
ben jordan 2 t/m 6
A Second Face
Heartland Deluxe
Regards,
Arj0n
Wow, that's quite a large list.
How did you aquire it?
Is there a possibility that some developers may have included their
"voice" data in a file other than speech.vox?
I will add these titles immediately.
(I don't quite understand what you are saying with "Ben Jordan 2 t/m 6" though.
Do you mean 2 to 6?)
Thanks!
Quote from: Snarky on Tue 14/09/2010 11:55:26
The Blackwell games (commercial), A Second Face, Limey Lizard, that communist Alice in Wonderland game that Ivy made, Crackwell Legacy I think...
It was called Alice In Underland, I played it a few days ago, it was stupid, but fun none the less. :P
37. NOTH (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=37) has voice too. It may not be considered completely (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourMileageMayVary) fully voiced though as there were only a few lines that were missing the recording.
Quote from: therantingrob on Wed 15/09/2010 02:52:52
(I don't quite understand what you are saying with "Ben Jordan 2 t/m 6" though.
Do you mean 2 to 6?)
Thanks!
Sorry, 2 to 6 indeed.
Quote from: therantingrob on Wed 15/09/2010 02:52:52
Is there a possibility that some developers may have included their
"voice" data in a file other than speech.vox?
Yes, it seems the voice can be in one of the "X MB-sized splitted resource files chunks" I guess...
I don't think Just Another Point 'n Click Adventure had full speech....
A Second Face has some voiceacting, but it is not fully voiced. There is voice in some important dialogs.
Quote from: therantingrob on Wed 15/09/2010 02:52:52
Wow, that's quite a large list.
How did you aquire it?
About my big list:
There are games listed in that might not have full speech/voice acting through the whole game.
That's why for example A Second Face did not made my list: not enough voice acting.
So there might be some games in my list that do not match your criteria.
One of the ways to get this list is a search for speech.vox, skipping the really small ones though.
So depending how serious your search is, you might have to check them again by yourself.... ;)
Quote from: Armageddon on Wed 15/09/2010 03:05:16
It was called Alice In Underland, I played it a few days ago, it was stupid, but fun none the less. :P
Little Girl in Underland. Since it's a demake, it's probably funnier if you've played the original. Blub.
Since we're making long lists here, Vector Vendetta (http://crystalshard.net/index.php?g=14) is also voiced, although there is not a whole lot of text in the game.
Quote from: Arj0n on Wed 15/09/2010 04:31:40
Quote from: therantingrob on Wed 15/09/2010 02:52:52
Is there a possibility that some developers may have included their
"voice" data in a file other than speech.vox?
Yes, it seems the voice can be in one of the "X MB-sized splitted resource files chunks" I guess...
Sorry, i have not yet looked into development,
so, if my question was non-sensical from a developer standpoint then... ... ...
Nevermind ;D
Quote from: Arj0n
There are games listed in that might not have full speech/voice acting through the whole game.
That's why for example A Second Face did not made my list: not enough voice acting.
So there might be some games in my list that do not match your criteria.
One of the ways to get this list is a search for speech.vox, skipping the really small ones though.
My criteria are mainly: being able to avoid as much pixelated text as possible and to focus on the visuals/puzzles/story/characters/voices/ambient.
How exactly do you do that search?
(For speech.vox for instance)
Do you do it on your local computer or the database?
Yes, Heartland is not fully voiced, my memory tricked me there.
But Heartland and the Marionette were quite enjoyable.
That would be another list.
BTW my Marionette installation says something like "text-only version" in the "about" section of the game.
Does anyone know if voice-over-implementation is planned for this title?
Quote from: therantingrob on Thu 16/09/2010 22:01:37
BTW my Marionette installation says something like "text-only version" in the "about" section of the game.
Does anyone know if voice-over-implementation is planned for this title?
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=39287.msg553590#msg553590
Quote from: Ali on Tue 14/09/2010 16:30:08
Who could forget Stediddy in IP1; Employment (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=1091)? The only AGS game so far to feature me as an Australian owl.
Sounds funny enough to give it a try :)
Edit:
Whoops! The download Link seems to be broken!
Can you make it work again?
I'd really like to give it a try!
Quote from: Ascovel on Thu 16/09/2010 22:06:43
Quote from: therantingrob on Thu 16/09/2010 22:01:37
BTW my Marionette installation says something like "text-only version" in the "about" section of the game.
Does anyone know if voice-over-implementation is planned for this title?
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=39287.msg553590#msg553590
Thanks for pointing this out,
i shall include it in the list as being "under development" then.