It seems people don't like Torrins Passage nearly as much as I. I thought it was a very good game. It had great dialogue, unique lands and characters, etc. Some of the puzzles were a little bit weak, but for the most part, I thought it was great.
Woodruff was not quite as good, but I still enjoyed it. I remember finding it very hard, because it was so quirky, you never really knew what you were supposed to do. At the same time, being the alternative minded wierdo that I am, I enjoyed the uniqueness of the game. It was really quite interesting to me.
To be honest, I really liked both games.
I like Torin's Passage. It's a pretty good story, but a little weak on the adventure game side. It was made in Sierra's last moments, just before the company was sold, so in comparison to their previous games, it wasn't too good.
I found this review: http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=134
In the bottom it specifies min reqs as "486/33, 8MB RAM, 2xCD-ROM, SVGA, mouse". I somehow don't think it's "made it Sierra's Last Moments" ;)
Woodruff is still one of my favorite adventure games, mainly because I really like the art style and it was unique. One of my favorite parts of the game was when the tax collecter would pop up in random places demanding absurd taxes such as a tax on polluting the air with dirt caused by Woodruff's walking around. I still can't get it to work on my computer, though.
It's been a while since I played Torin's Passage, I should probably play that again soon. My computer has no trouble running that.
I am a big fan of Torin's Passage. I remember my brother buying it when it first came out and how excited we were to play it! Oh it was fantastic.
To this day I remember scenes and characters randomly throughout the week.
Woodruff is probably the weakest CVision sierra adventure game. Gobliiiins is probably still the strongest. It's interesting to me that nobody has done an ags game in the vein of the goblins so far.
Torin's Passage is okay. If it wasn't for the dull parts (3rd and 4th acts) it could very well be a classic.
Woodruff is a strange game indeed. Aesthetically appealing, but unbelievably difficult due to all those illogical puzzles. Still it seems to be kinda underrated.
Quote from: Helm on Sun 13/11/2005 01:01:40
Woodruff is probably the weakest CVision sierra adventure game. Gobliiiins is probably still the strongest. It's interesting to me that nobody has done an ags game in the vein of the goblins so far.
I thought 'Two Of A Kind' seemed similar to Gobliins 2 in the respect of teamwork etc.
Any relation to Woodruff and the Schnibble? 'Cause it really doesn't look like it from the screenshots, but I know they're both by Sierra.
...of Azimuth or something.
That's the game, yeah.
Two of a Kind was more like your standard adventure game than any of the goblins games and Gobliiins seemed more a puzzle game to me but whatever!
I played Woodruff for a while and then ended up stopping for reasons I can't recall... The last thing I remember what him sitting on a park bench too depressed to move.