Before I begin, I apologise if this thread belongs to the General Discussion fourm, since it's fairly random, but I figured that it does have to do with adventures, so I figured I'd post it here. Anyway!
Recently I've bought several old games through the internet, but I didn't have enough time to play them, and this ended with me having such a huge list of games to play that I don't know where to begin. So I could use some ideas from you guys, because, knowing me, I'll end up not playing any of them. In any case, here are the games:
Beneath a Steel Sky (I didn't buy the game, just downloaded the ScummVm version)
Blade Runner
Bureau 13
Discworld
Quest for Glory 1 and 4.
Ringworld
Sanitarium
There are also a couple more (Hell, Kyrandia 3), but seeing as I can't get them to run on XP without sacrificing sound, I'll wait til I get back my oldschool AMD K5 at 100Mhz to play them.
Any opinions are more than welcome.
(edit) Oops, forgot Discworld.
Quest for Glory IV (4)!
That game is great. Or... I think it was IV that I had... Maybe it was III... Yeah, I just checked. I had III. But I bet IV is just as good.
I absolutely loved Blade Runner and thorougly enjoyed BASS.. haven't played much (if any) of the others
discworld ;)
Quest for Glory IV. Then Discworld.
Play Quest for Glory IV, Beneath a Steel Sky, then Discworld, in that order. Blade Runner is sort of meh, and Bureau 13 is quite good, as is Quest for Glory I. You'll have to choose what order to play those in yourself. As for Ringworld and
Sanitarium, I never played them, so I can't really judge.
I think Blade Runner is great - atmospheric as all hell, and very replayable due to the different endings and random factors and so on. It's also nice to see a point and click adventure that mostly breaks from the traditional "find item/use item" puzzle system.
Beneath A Steel Sky's a nice Broken Sword style thing. The story isn't that remarkable but the whole thing's so polished it doesn't matter that much. And hey, the backgrounds are drawn by Dave Gibbons, who drew "Watchmen" - the single greatest thing ever. Also: Using CAPITALISATION for EMPHESIS is COOL.
Discworld is entertaining enough, but some of the puzzles are obtuse in the extreme, and I personally think overdoes it with the amount of whimsical dialogue that doesn't go anywhere. And you'll want to kill Eric Idle after the ten thousandth time you hear him say "That doesn't work". It looks really nice, though, and has some wonderful music.
Haven't played any of those other games, though.
Surely Broken Sword is BaSS-style, not vice versa (since BaSS came out first) :P
Well... yep you're exactly right.Ã, ;) I knew it was older, but I only played through BASS for the first time the other week, and was just thinking how similar the style was to BS. Damn my fool brain!
out of those I've only played, BASS, Quest for glory I (Hero's Quest), and Quest for Glory IV
Thought Bass was pretty ordinary, glad it was just downloaded, but the Quest for glories are awesome, (Hero's Quest is the best one [whether it's the original or the remake] and QG4 is pretty good too)
it depends on whether you want to play the best one first or save it for a rainy day.
Blade Runner is awesome! I personally think that the game is better than the movie!
I absolutely liked the 3D photographs, where you have you look behind the corner of the photo! Real nifty technology there!
I've been playing "Private Eye", yesterday and really like that one, though there aren't much puzzles...
Id probably play Bladerunner cause Id be inpressed by the number of discs and wanna play it :) but I also like BaSS, I completed is again just a little while ago (like, on Monday)
Id probably play BaSS first
Just on a similar topic
I played Broken Sword 2 for the first time a little while ago and I thought it was great, I'd like to get a copy of the First one (I'll have to look on Ebay)
So I bought BS3, I haven't had time to play it yet, I've watched the intro and had a short go (the interface will take some getting used to [damn the laziness of creating cross platform games, surely it's not too hard to create mouse support]) but it looks good so far.
I also bought CSI & CSI:dark motives packaged together, just for the hell of it about 3 months ago and I still haven't even loaded them onto my computer, but if ever I get bored one day and feel like playing something new, at least its there.
But Lazy Z, I'd also definately download "Flight of the Amazon Queen" if you haven't played it, it's also a free one that you can get through the scummvm site and is much better than BASS. (and of course that's just my opinion)
I played FotAQ and it was ok, I didnt play it all, might DL it and finish it, I enjoy games like BASS alot more that games like FotAQ tbh
Thanks for the replies so far, guys. Timosity, you can find Broken Sword on budget from the company Sold Out, for like 9 euros. Check their website (should be soldout.co.uk, but I'm not sure). I've also downloaded FotAQ, but it doesn't really seem like my cup of tea, so I'll play it after I'm done with these games.
QuoteAlso: Using CAPITALISATION for EMPHESIS is COOL.
Heh, I played a bit of BaSS and that annoyed me SO. MUCH. Nobody uses emphasis in EVERY. SENTENCE. Ahem, sorry. :P
Minimi: What's private eye?
here you can read about it and download it : http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=Private+Eye
its not only that, but words which are useless such as 'THE' and 'USE' are in caps aswell :/ it gets rather annoy, BaSS 2 might be: 'HeLlO lOnG tImE nO sEe' for example D
Offtopic, but PaulSC gets a million points for having Geogaddi cover art as his avatar.
I'd play BASS then Blade Runner. The CAPS in BASS never really bothered me much, i thought it was fine :)
Ooh, I'd recommend Discworld first of course... :D Though I do think that DW1 can be a wee bit slow and not quite as good as DW2 and Noir.
...Still, it's Discworld, 'innit?
BaSS comes second - I like it very much, despite THE emphasis ON some words, that never BOTHERED me MUCH. It has a great atmosphere, with good music and cyberpunk graphics...Ã, Ã,Â
Blade Runner is great, just sat down and tried to find all the different endings in it recently... Not a masterpice, but I enjoyed it.
The rest of them I haven't played, so I can't say... :)
QFG is the best!!
But don't play just 1 and 4.. 2 and 3 are better than 4! QFG2 is the best in the series in my opinion
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II is the best, but no way is III better than IV. III was by far the weakest game in the series...
Everyone to their own :P
Quote from: Dark Stalkey on Thu 01/07/2004 12:30:58
Offtopic, but PaulSC gets a million points for having Geogaddi cover art as his avatar.
Wow, that didn't take long - I only put it on there yesterday! One of my all time favorate album covers, though.
Quote from: Lazy Z on Thu 01/07/2004 11:31:53
Heh, I played a bit of BaSS and that annoyed me SO. MUCH. Nobody uses emphasis in EVERY. SENTENCE. Ahem, sorry. :P
Yeah, I can SEE how it could drive SOME people crazy, but I thought it just ADDED to the CAMPY comic book FUN.
Actually, the one thing that struck me about BaSS is that for a sci-fi game the scope is surprisingly small - I mean, the whole thing is basically set in two buildings. I still think it works fine, but it would've been very nice to see a sequel that explores the game world a bit more.
I think it added to the whole feel of restriction of the characters by corrupt link :D
QuoteBut don't play just 1 and 4.. 2 and 3 are better than 4! QFG2 is the best in the series in my opinion
I played 3 like 10 years ago, I liked it a lot but I've read from a lot of reviewers that it's the weakest game in the series. About 2, I'm waiting for the AGD remake. ^_^
So here's another question, I played a bit of QF1 a while ago, and it seemed kinda slow. Does the pacing of the game get better as you progress?
Quote from: PaulSC on Thu 01/07/2004 18:42:21I still think it works fine, but it would've been very nice to see a sequel that explores the game world a bit more.
Sort of like this (http://www.adventuregamers.com/gameinfo.php?id=338) then?
Maybe AGA :)
I hope they do release it, it would be good.. I was thinking at the end of BaSS 'Oh, I wish I got a chance to explore the new LINC-free world.
Quote from: AGA on Thu 01/07/2004 21:58:34Sort of like this (http://www.adventuregamers.com/gameinfo.php?id=338) then?
Well... yes! AGA you seem to follow me around the forums like a guardian angel, always on hand with a swift spelling correction or piece of handy info. ;)
Heh heh.
Quote from: Lazy Z on Thu 01/07/2004 20:49:05
So here's another question, I played a bit of QF1 a while ago, and it seemed kinda slow. Does the pacing of the game get better as you progress?
Hard to answer because I didn't think it was slow. There's not really any "timing" in the game. Once you know what to do, you can get through the game incredibly quickly. I love it, personally. It's definitely one of the best of the classics. QFGII is the most fun though... I love flirting with the money changer ^_^
Thanks for the website Lazy Z, I found it here http://www.sold-out.co.uk/soldout/
with shipping it works out to be about $20 Australian, which isn't bad
I personally think QFG4 is the best of the series.Ã, The atmosphere of the game just draws you right in, and the music by Aubrey Hodges is outstanding, even better than the music to QFG2, in my opinion.Ã, One thing about the Quest for Glory series, is that the storyline in each game is quite powerful, and I think this is what makes QFG4 the best in my mind.Ã, The story is gripping, and the characters are deep and memorable.
GOD!! I dont believe none of uve recommended Sanitarium!! :o
All i can say bout the game is that its "right up there" with Grim Fandango and Longest Journey...one of the greatest adventure games ever.
Dont take my word for it...chk out any site on the net...ull see.
btw...i firmly u should play them all...thats a heck of lot of sweet games...lucky u!! ;)
Here's what you do - start playing QFG1 very thoroughly - I suggest playing as a thief, because he's the only one who can get all skills and thus will be able to take all the challenges of the game (and always have multiple way of solving them). Then, when you finish the game a master of all skills and with tons of gold in your pockets, Tierra will be ready to release the QFG2 remake - which is, at least in one respect, an improvement over the old version. After finishing that, you skip over QFG3, which is pretty poor - especially for cross-class characters - and go straight to QFG4, importing your character as a Paladin.
See, problem solved ;)
Enjoy playing!
Play BaSS, then BaSS again, then a couple of more times.
I actually played BASS three times in a row when I first played it. The third time was because all of a sudden I felt like it was a really short game, so I wanted to see how long it took to play straight through. It took something like 40 minutes. :o
Yeah. Its not that long, but it still rocks.
I once played through DOTT in 25 minutes ;D
Again, thanks guys. I decided I'll start with QFG1 and play it thoroughly as GarageGothic suggested (though not as a thief... thieves are not my style :P) and hope that AGD will have finished their remake of QFG2, so I'll move to that. If not, in the mean time I'll play Discworld, maybe BaSS too since I hear it's KINDA short so it WOULDN'T take a LONG time TO finish. Sorry, couldn't help it :P. After all that, I'll play QFG4.
I decided it's too sunny here lately to play games such as Sanitarium and Bureau 13, I'll wait until Fall/Winter to get back to those. :P
Yay, my games arrived from 'sold-out' I got 3 games, one was free with the offer although you still pay for its postage.
I got Broken Sword 1 & 2, so now I have the full set
and I got Lotus Challenge, which is just a car game, but I think I had an earlier version for the Sega Megadrive.
Anyway, it's interesting that BS 1&2 work fine in XP even without scummvm, and on the box it says BS1 works with win95/98 NOT Me, BS2 works with 95/98 & Me.
But the problem is Lotus challenge says it works with 98/Me/XP but I can't get it to work
It comes up with a message as soon as I click to start it, which says Lotus.exe must close sorry for the inconvenience.
it is a big inconvenience cause it says that evertyime. I've tried re-installing, and changing all the diferent settings in the external config setup for the game.
I'm not sure if the problem is the fact I've upgraded to XP service pack 2 RC2?
It's strange that the only game that says it works with XP is the only one that doesn't
I tried installing it on my other computer with win98se, it loaded up alright with no errors but it doesn't have a compatible graphics card for the game so it doesn't work properly.
I don't know if anyone will give any advice from this particular thread, I just thought I'd bitch about it. Also I doubt anyones even got the game. atleast it was the free one.