The Spoony one has just finished his let's play of "Ripper" and I must say, it's one of the most enjoyable and entertaining Let's plays I've ever seen :D
Being a huge fan of Spoony I was hesitant to wether or not to post this, but it is an adventure game after all.
Here is the first video in the series:
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/spoonyone/letsplay/7990-ripperp (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/spoonyone/letsplay/7990-ripperp)
And here is all of them:
http://spoonyexperiment.com/category/ripper/ (http://spoonyexperiment.com/category/ripper/)
That was horribly annoying I couldn't stand listening to it for more than a minute or so. I'm sure this spoony guy is an acquired taste :P
Watched this last night, figured the flu wasnt gonna let me sleep so what the hell else was I going to do, glad I did, loved it. He did Phantasmagoria 2 a while ago too, that was cool.
I wondered for a while why FMV games never really worked by and large, and Ripper is conceptually the sort of thing that absolutely should have worked with the budget it had and the talent behind it. Course, actually playing it (or for the sane among us, watching someone else play it) its kind of obvious why it didnt, and of all things it's not just the acting. I mean alot of the time, yeah you can chalk it up to that (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI2l_a-npu8), but hell, Walken's a damn fine actor, so you know that for something like this to happen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xiZoIiTJHw#t=1m07s) there's just an utter absence of direction.
Not just with the acting, I mean this isn't more than a paycheck for nine-eights of the cast and its not completely their fault, really, but the execution of everything, from the inexplicable sliding-tile door locks to the unnecessary ten screen walk just to get to the only useful room in the hospital. Hell theres more than a few bits where they'll just screw up the line (and I'm thinking of a glowing burgess meredith in particular here) and instead of reshooting it, they just keep it in the game like that. Games like this elevate indifference to an art form, really.
Haha, makes me want to play it actually. I've been going through crappy FMV games of late. Most recently being the two Phantasmagoria games.
Ripper is marginally better than Phantasmagoria. I managed to get all the way through Ripper, at least.
For a really-quite-good FMV try the Black Dahlia. And for a free one, try Fate by Numbers.
I enjoyed the first part in spite of myself. The Mystery Science Theatre tone is somewhere between funny and annoying. I can't imagine anyone playing through Ripper without making fun of it.
Hehe, thanks for posting Bulbapuck. I thoroughly enjoyed Spoony's playthrough of Phatasmagoria 2, it was hilarious and it's hard to believe that 6 hours let's play video would be actually that much fun. So I'll really consider watching this one.
Ali, I have Black Dahlia and I found it truly irritating.. the BUGS.. argh.. As for Fate by Numbers I have played and completed that one also. I guess people will just have to wait till my AGS game comes out for some new FMV glory.. hehe
Okay, so what about the truly abysmal Tender Loving Care. Featuring multiple endings, a lesbian love triangle, and an inexplicable John Hurt?
Link me Ali, have to see this :)
I didn't realise it was from the makers of 7th Guest, but here's the website:
http://www.aftermathmedia.com/tlc/
It's been re-packaged as an 'Interactive DVD' but I remember it when it was an ambitious and naive young CD-ROM.
Haha looks like your standard soap opera, so grabbing it :)