Suggest a game to me.

Calin Leafshade · Fri 22/10/2010 19:48:53

Is there anyone on earth who hasnt played the original Alone in the Dark?

Already played shadow of the comet... Cthulu stuff doesn't really inspire terror in my loins to be honest.

Supernatural horror tends to be a little silly for the most part.

Gilbert · Fri 22/10/2010 20:06:29

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Fri 22/10/2010 19:48:53
Is there anyone on earth who hasnt played the original Alone in the Dark?

* Gilbet V7000a raises his hand as he had played AITD2 and 3 but never 1.

Anian · Fri 22/10/2010 20:10:07

I haven't played the original Alone, I think I watched a let's play year or so ago. The looow poly thing kind of turned me off.

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Fri 22/10/2010 19:48:53
Already played shadow of the comet... Cthulu stuff doesn't really inspire terror in my loins to be honest.

Supernatural horror tends to be a little silly for the most part.

Well a lot of Lovecraft stuff wouldn't be considered "hardcore horror" today, then again we are world where ideas like human centipede exist.

It's more of an atmosphere and ideas source for me. Plus, it's probably the first time (or at least popularised and did it right) "evil cults" and similar themes were placed as a horror element.
It's more of a (urban) fantasy genre. But I agree it goes a bit too far into fantasy sometimes to be genuinely frightening, doesn't mean it's not fun to read though.

Igor Hardy · Fri 22/10/2010 20:13:44

Quote from: Gilbet V7000a on Fri 22/10/2010 20:06:29
Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Fri 22/10/2010 19:48:53
Is there anyone on earth who hasnt played the original Alone in the Dark?
* Gilbet V7000a raises his hand as he had played AITD2 and 3 but never 1.

I also finished parts 2 and 3, but never beaten 1 to the end.

Ghost · Fri 22/10/2010 20:18:12

Quote from: kconan on Fri 22/10/2010 19:16:02
The original "Alone in the Dark" is worth a look.

Holy effing shit yes. Atmosphere-wise it's really worth playing even today.
Another one, and bonus points if you already have it: Lurking Horror. IF, but at its best. Not a thriller, but thrilling nevertheless. Available at underdogs IIRC.

Quote...where ideas like human centipede exist...

Argh, thanks for remembering me. I just managed to make the brain bleach work.

Anian · Fri 22/10/2010 20:28:16

Quote from: Ghost on Fri 22/10/2010 20:18:12
Argh, thanks for remembering me. I just managed to make the brain bleach work.

Well if you liked that, you could always look up a movie called "Serbian film", oh, and of course, "Salo".

Calin Leafshade · Fri 22/10/2010 21:08:25

Quote from: Ghost on Fri 22/10/2010 20:18:12
Argh, thanks for remembering me. I just managed to make the brain bleach work.

Remember him some other stuff.

Atelier · Fri 22/10/2010 21:14:06

I've played so little AGS games I can list them. But I can't remember them.

blueskirt · Sat 23/10/2010 01:40:18

Daminit Anian! I did not need to be reminded of that!

Go play the original AITD, Gilbet! The sequels were action games with key/lock puzzles in between, the original was an adventure game with battles in between and was much better than the sequels. It had some pretty awesome puzzles too.

Igor Hardy · Sat 23/10/2010 01:51:03

Quote from: blueskirt on Sat 23/10/2010 01:40:18
The sequels were action games with key/lock puzzles in between, the original was an adventure game with battles in between and was much better than the sequels. It had some pretty awesome puzzles too.

That's not true at all. The sequels were full of true adventure game style puzzles and the original AITD had nasty death-traps lurking behind every corner. I'd say the gameplay style was pretty much consistent throughout the whole trilogy, or at least very similar.

LimpingFish · Sat 23/10/2010 01:53:55

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Fri 22/10/2010 19:48:53
Supernatural horror tends to be a little silly for the most part.

Now you're just being all kinds of wrong.

Also, AITD is good. AITD 2 is good. AITD 3 not so much. AITD: TNN equally so. AITD (2008) is a sack of plop.

Hooray!

blueskirt · Sat 23/10/2010 07:38:17

Quote from: Ascovel on Sat 23/10/2010 01:51:03
That's not true at all. The sequels were full of true adventure game style puzzles and the original AITD had nasty death-traps lurking behind every corner. I'd say the gameplay style was pretty much consistent throughout the whole trilogy, or at least very similar.

I didn't get that impression. While in AITD1 several fights could be avoided and plenty of monsters were actually puzzles in disguise, AITD2 pits you against 5 guys with guns right off the bat and several more are waiting for you at every turn in the maze, this before you encounter your first puzzle. Puzzles are secondary to combat in the sequel, in the original they were at the forefront.

Gilbert · Sun 24/10/2010 16:19:02

Quote from: blueskirt on Sat 23/10/2010 01:40:18
Go play the original AITD, Gilbet!

Yeah, I know that. As I have played 2 and 3, I know that these two games are much more restrictive in the gameplay, as the stories are forced to advance in a linear way, yet I still like them for their atmosphere.

I've tried playing 1 a bit and what I immediately learnt from it was that it's more like an adventure game than the sequels, in which you had to wander around and look for items to pick up, etc. I like this kind of games also, as I also like ~~those shameless imitators of it~~ the Bio Hazard games and the LBA games (of course, as they're by the same people, though LBA had more action), so I'd like to play AITD1 for sure, but I wasn't ready to really try to play it for real at that time and decided to leave it alone for a while... and it's been years.