A New Adventure Game I Bought Today...

Domino · Sun 10/10/2004 03:04:19

I was browsing my local video game store in the PC section looking for a decent adventure game, when i came upon a game called Wanted: A Wild Western Adventure by the Adventure Company.

This game is really awesome and looks really good.Ã,Â It's pretty much a point and click adventure game but set in a wild west 3D world.Ã,Â I feel so at home playing this game because you do have a normal inventory and are solving puzzles to move further into the game.Ã,Â I have to admit i never heard of this game and am completely shocked at how good it is.Ã,Â I think the one thing that sold me was the box said "Monkey Island in the Old West"

I think this is something any old school adventure game player should check out, and especially if you are a fan of the old west.

Just wanted to let my fellow AGSer's know about this in case they never knew about this game like me.

Shawn

edit: I also bought the new Leisure Suit Larry game for the Xbox.Ã,Â I would not call this an adventure game.Ã,Â It's just PORN!!Ã,Â

shbaz · Sun 10/10/2004 03:25:15

Is it in 3d or is that rendered?

Domino · Sun 10/10/2004 03:27:01

It's fully 3D, but there are only certain times when you can enter 1st person mode and look around.

Trumgottist · Sun 10/10/2004 09:48:19

If you visit the big adventure gaming sites, you can read a lot about it. (They've been writing about it for quite a while now.) There is also a demo available.

Word on the street is that it's a good game, except for the arcade sequences.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sun 10/10/2004 10:33:15

"Wanted: A Wild Western Adventure"? But aren't those screenshots from Fenimore Fillmore, The Westerner? Or are they both the same game, like "Missing: Since January" and "In Memoriam"?

Privateer Puddin' · Sun 10/10/2004 10:47:39

Yep, it was renamed for US release.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sun 10/10/2004 11:03:55

Kay. Is it really that good? Because the previous Fenimore Fillmore adventure, by Revistronics, 3 Skulls of the Toltecs, has got to be one of the worst games I've ever played.

Sylpher · Mon 11/10/2004 05:09:55

I just played the demo and I would recommend at least that. I'm not sure about running out and buying it or anything but it was pretty fun. The demo will only cost you about 20 mins of your life so if you don't mind sparing it I would say.. Give it a go!

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Mon 11/10/2004 09:41:11

I'm still skeptical... 3 Skulls of the Toltecs was also pretty damn good, or so I thought when I started playing it. Only when I dug deeper did I realize it just didn't work...

...I think I'll hunt around for some reviews.

Barbarian · Mon 11/10/2004 10:01:16

QuandaryLand.com seemed to give it a fairly favorable review:
http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=659

Of course they also mentioned they enjoyed "Toltecs" too.

Secret Fawful · Mon 11/10/2004 15:29:05

I personally loved Toltecs, but then again I love all adventure games. I can't wait to play this!!!!

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Mon 11/10/2004 16:16:44

Well, I quite trust the Just Adventure reviews...

http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Wanted/Wanted.shtm
http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Westerner/Westerner.shtm
http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/3_Skulls/3_Skulls_Review.shtm

I guess it's a matter of opinion. I, for one, don't think I'll be buying this one soon.

Privateer Puddin' · Mon 11/10/2004 19:17:51

Quote from: redruM on Mon 11/10/2004 16:16:44
Well, I quite trust the Just Adventure reviews...

Think you'd be the first

Domino · Tue 12/10/2004 00:49:28

QuoteFor those of you who only glance at the beginning of a review and then quickly skip to the bottom to see the final grade, I want to start with this caveat so there is no misinterpreting the final score: I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU PURCHASE THIS GAME! There are three exceptions to this caveat:

I have only played about 1-2 hours into it, so i haven't reached some parts which i read were really difficult.Ã,Â If that happens, i guess it's back in the box and to only collect dust.

Sylpher · Tue 12/10/2004 01:03:18

Sounds like the reviewer just plain sucks at video games in general. Even if one section of the game is so horrible they can't stand it a brilliant statement like..

"I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU PURCHASE THIS GAME!"

Is a bit extreme. I can find something extremely annoying that could make almost any person want to quit many adventure games so.. oh well. I am not saying I am a huge fan of action sequences and I haven't even played the one they are complaining about but I have gotten stuck on much worse problems in a video game and I still came out loving it.

As well I agree with Puddin' I have found myself thinking "What the hell is wrong with this person?" on many occasions reading JA reviews/articles.

Edit:
"...one is stone-cold impossible for the typical adventure gamer who dabbles minimally (if at all) into the action/FPS realm."

That is such a ridiculous statement that yet again I find myself thinking What the hell is wrong with this person? That is like saying QFG is stone-cold impossible unless you dabble in RPG's. CRAZINESS!

Edit 2.0:
Just cause I'm a bitch..

I can see a bit of woody in him too. In fact the whole game has a bit of a toy story feel to it. The humor is a bit hit and miss but appropriate.

Domino · Tue 12/10/2004 01:15:03

Well i consider myself good at most genre's of games, so i guess i shouldn't worry.

but offtopic:

Doesn't Fenimore Fillmore look a little bit like Woody from Toy Story?Ã,Â I couldn't get this out of my mind the whole time i was playing.Ã,Â Don't know, but i kept hearing Tom Hanks voice instead.Ã,Â

Shawn

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Tue 12/10/2004 09:56:02

Sylpher, I agree that most of the reviews in Just Adventure sound a bit iffy - I read reviews that made me wonder if the reviewer actually thought the whole world shared his/her opinion as a divine right. But no review I've read of a game that I had already played was unfair. Even if I'd loved the game and they had hated it, like in Harvester, I could understand their points and mostly agree with them. It's kinda like Phantasmagoria - it's super sleazy, and super outdated, and all that, but everyone still loves it. Why? Don't know. Don't care.

Secret Fawful · Tue 12/10/2004 15:31:55

Well
I love action sequences
I plan to put some in my game 8)
I am still buying this

And about that review
read the rest of it
the game still sounds pretty good