has anyone played...

Sam. · Mon 05/04/2004 16:54:27

I know this has probably come up before but it just interested me. I have played several adventure games that i haven' heard about ever on these forums and i was just wondering if anyone else has played them and wat the think:
1.CSI - Pure genius. Like being in the TV show. U solve 5 cases and have to find a conneciton between them all.

2. Toonstruck - A guy gets sucked into the cartoon world and has to save it

3 RAMA - A game about a big flying space ship. Thats it. it's abit rubbish.

4. The dig - A lucas game which was just great. I wondered if anyone else liked it

Vel · Mon 05/04/2004 16:59:00

From above, I've played only the dig, and I also think that it is great - the best game lucas made.

AGA · Mon 05/04/2004 17:00:02

I've played the last 3 games. Toonstruck was good. RAMA was crappy. The Dig is the most overrated piece of shit ever released, I honestly can't see why anyone can like it. I admit it is pretty, but it's booooring. Everything past the playable introduction sequence is awful.

Layabout · Mon 05/04/2004 17:16:41

Yes, the Dig was boring as fuck. Worst lucasarts adventure ever (after EMI)

Raggit · Mon 05/04/2004 17:30:13

What was the dig about??? I think I may have had a demo of it, but don't remember what it was.

Vel · Mon 05/04/2004 17:32:42

The plot in the dig was pretty solid, the music and sound were great, and the puzzles were awesome.

AGA · Mon 05/04/2004 17:40:44

No they weren't. There were far too many Myst-style twiddle puzzles.

Haddas · Mon 05/04/2004 17:54:26

I'm getting C.S.I...

Did you know there is a second one? C.S.I 2: Dark Motives. I'll get that after the first one

IntentInsane · Mon 05/04/2004 18:06:51

Make sure it's good first. Sequel's suck 4 out of 5 times

Eggie · Mon 05/04/2004 18:18:02

The Dig was good because of it's characters and dialouge. The puzzles were pretty awful if you're the sort of person who questions why these aliens would put a puzzle thingie there...

Scummbuddy · Mon 05/04/2004 18:43:43

the csi sequel game comes with the first game... right now its about 30 bucks. i just bought the first one for my girl for 30, and then this one comes out and includes the first one. i was pissed.

I had a lot of fun with toonstruck, although i mostly used a walkthrough cause i had to give the game back to my friend the next day. i love christopher lloyd, and i liked the game. some people thought that his sidekick was overly annoying, but i didnt feel that way.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Mon 05/04/2004 19:34:15

I played Toonstruck, LOVED it, and am mourning the loss of my original CDs. But then, I've always been partial to Christoper Lloyd. Besides great voice acting, the game's wacky/zany atmosphere is UNIQUE - you can't even compare to, say, DOTT, or any other, because it's... well, its own. Good puzzles, no walking deads or deads of any kind, and great characters!

Neber even HEARD of RAMA.

AND I'LL DEFEND THE DIG TO MY DYING DAY!

Honestly, it's got great characters, well developed (they are somewhat stereotypical, granted, but that doesn't mean they can't be well developed, and in the Dig's case, they are wonderfully constructed)... great dialogues, a wonderful storyline... lovely graphics, an incredible soundtrack... and puzzles that fit perfectly in the storyline. Give me ONE gratuitous puzzle.
BTW, a lot of people comment on how boring it was - hey, some people like it like that, so to speak. I, for one, didn't find it boring in the least. So I think we should take EVERYONE's opinions on the game (including mine!) with a pinch of salt, kay?

(does the expression exist? I've heard it on King's Quest 7, but I'm not too sure what it means, I hope I used it correctly...

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DGMacphee · Mon 05/04/2004 20:28:34

QuoteGive me ONE gratuitous puzzle.

The turtle puzzle.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Mon 05/04/2004 20:31:39

You're right. It's the one that still makes me swear when I replay the game, too. It's the only one, though.

remixor · Mon 05/04/2004 20:51:33

I enjoyed the Dig. I don't swear by it, but I thought its good points outweighed its bad ones. I felt that the atmosphere was excellent. The combined effect of the art direction and excellent Michael Land score was extremely effective I thought.

Lazy Z · Mon 05/04/2004 21:03:24

From all the games you mention, I've only played the Dig. I'd say that it has the worst gameplay of all Lucasarts' adventures (and by worse, I mean less good), but it has the best friggin' atmosphere ever. The style of this game and the music make it so good, you (or at least I

) didn't care much about nonsensical puzzles. The story was quite good too.

redruM, I think the expression is "with a grain of salt", not sure though. I think I know what it means too, but I'd rather let a natural speaker of English explain it.

(edit) My PC is acting weird, it decided to post my answer while I was still typing, geez.

I haven't played Toonstruck, but I really wanted to buy it when it first came out. My friends got me to buy NBA Live '97 instead, bleh. Rama is not my kinda game, and I heard CSI had some gameplay problems. I love the show though (rhyme

), and I recently found it for $15. Is it worth it?

foz · Mon 05/04/2004 21:04:21

i thought the dig was one of the better lucas games.....

i liked it more than sam and max.........still don`t think this is as good as most do.....(don`t get me wrong i did like it...a lot).

Fuzzpilz · Mon 05/04/2004 21:17:25

The only one of these that I've played is Toonstruck, which annoyed the hell out of me. I don't completely remember why, but unless my memory cheats me there were two main reasons: it seemed shoddily made, and it tried MUCH too hard to be funny. Might just have been due to the excruciatingly terrible German translation and voice acting (the only kind there ever is in translations of anything, for some reason), though.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Mon 05/04/2004 21:19:20

Ah, yes, beware of translations. Especially in this case. The best thing about it were the voice actors... not to mention Lloyd's performance...

m0ds · Mon 05/04/2004 21:31:39

I've played The Dig, I really liked it because it had a strong atmosphere. The puzzles were sometimes a little bizzarre (and I hated the turtle puzzle too), but I thought the puzzles were relevant to the story and never too bizarre. The intro is still one of my favourites of all time, cinematic, intriguing, funny... Bill Tiller out did himself on that one.

The ending was another story, and that's the only crap part of the game, IMO. The alien world kept me spooked throughout, the voice acting was superb - Robert Patrick was a great Lowe, and whoever played Maggie (I think she was in CopLand) was great too. Brink was also well acted. The music, well, Land claims it to be one of his favourite works - and rightly so. It worked really well, and was quite epic.

I've played some of ToonStruck, but only the first quarter. I wasn't really enjoying it, so I sold it.

has anyone played...

m0ds