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Heart of Darkness was linear like Out of this World but that's really all you can fault it for. If you like the games Eric Chahi makes, you'll like it.

About the art later on, Eric has been very faithful to the volumetrics of the original art. I mean that he reworks skies and stone textures and glass textures and whatnot, but if something was pure black wall in the original, he'll probably still have it be pure black wall in the enhanced graphics. I'm fine with that. The new gfx could have been extremely better, or complete reworkings, but he clearly chose to not go down this path. I can understand how someone would think OotW graphics are atrocious (after all we have Doom 3 awesomeness to weigh everything against now) but it still makes me cry a little

The demo length is the same as the old PC demo that made me want to play the game originally, so I guess it's a nod to the past. And as far as teasers go, it's got a great cliffhanger that makes you want to see what happens next.

I paid for it, played it and enjoyed it very much and am glad I can get to replay this in xp whenever I feel like it.


A somewhat off-topic bit. I collect Prince of Persia-esque games, and this is my current list for anyone that has the same fixation with what I've come to affectionally dub 'step platformers':

Karateka (apple II, pc, c64)
Prince of Persia (PC)
Out of this World (Amiga, PC)
Prince of Persia 2 (PC)
Flashback (Amiga, PC, Genesis, SNES)
Blackthorne (PC, Blackhawk SNES)
Out of this World 2: Heart of the Alien (Sega CD)
Bermuda Syndrome (PC)
4d Prince (PoP hack for more difficult levels, PC)
Zorro (PoP clone mostly, PC)
Death By Dark Shadows (PoP engine hack, PC)
Generations Lost (Genesis)
Nosferatu (SNES)
Heart of Darkness(PC)
Abe's Oddyssey games (marginally, PSX, PC)

roughly chronological too

If you know of any other games that play like step games, do tell me, I love the genre and study it.

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."  - Albert Einstein
"I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice."  - Albert Einstein

Oh no, why are we playing the quote game? Are we calling expert witness testimony with the people who have seen god or what? Is this 'people smarter than you believe in god'? Because if it is you very well know there's an equal amount that don't etc etc really worthless argument

what I do say is this intricately fashioned machine of such utter complexity can not come from simply a bunch of disorganized chemicals.

This is what we call a demand. It may be an informed one or not, but it constitutes neither theory, nor proof. Demands are nice, because they're prepositions on which people do research and formulate theories, which may later be proven to be valid in cases, or valid generally. If your Demand is for an intelligent being to have created this extremely complicated machinery that is the whole of life, and I find this demand to be very reasonable, I urge you to present to us theories that explain your intelligent design deity.

As Yak said, at least the scientists are trying to understand the magician cutting the woman in two. If all you have to say is 'nuh uh, I don't get it. I DEMAND a different explanation' whereas I don't think you're out of line, you're certainly out of use.

look at BS: The Sleeping Dragon. It was by far the best commercial adventure game in the last... 5 years. I think.

and it's still an awful game

This is stupid.

I didn't enjoy Baldur's Gate, but I loved Dark Sun II back in the day.

Elder Scrolls is not based on the D&D system.

I was playing second edition a lot, gave up a little after third ed came out. I only play CoC now once in a while as far as pen and paper rpgs go.

No no! For the true Out of this World experience, redo the whole thing! Again and again!

I think the Flying Spaghetti Monster is cute

http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=300&action=showrom&id=397677

knock yourself out.


http://www.planetharold.com/download/files/videothumbnails/Harold%20-%20Contra%20III.JPG this is the other pic on google btw. From someone unrelated to this bit of internet drama unfolding. Is he in on it, Tuomas?

Yeah it's a shame Heart of the Alien sucked. That's what happens when someone does a 'franchise' sequel without any influence by the original creator. Eric Chahi made the first game on his own and look what that got him: the product of undiluted vision.

Tuomas, why don't you play probotector if you're sceptical. It's pretty good, Contra hack, more or less. I'm sure you'll find the sprite in question in there. I find it strange you don't believe a person would cheat so easily about something as frivolous as a spritejam. People cheat to get recognition and respect on the internet all the time, what's new about it?

I don't mind that the company aims for the money as long as they put out good games. LEC doesn't put out good games, though.

Edmundo, rescan what? There's no scanned artwork in any of the discussed games. All vectors or pixel art or in the case of the update/remake retouched-in-photoshop-vectors.

Discuss

Alternatively: don't discuss.

Radiant, all the backgrounds can be either original vectors or redrawn bitmaps now. Did you check that? That's where the size went probably too.

No the gameplay and timing is intact. It's easier because you're not 10 anymore? 22 megs because you can unlock the full game in the download if you pay the 7 euros. Worth it in my opinion.

The 'someone' is the original creator.

Hehe this is old reflex-based action-movie type thing like Dragon's Lair. Not bad, but all reflexes-based, nothing that makes the brain work like apparently adventure games are supposed to.

I found it surreal when I played it for 5 minutes or so and considered that theoretically this could go on forever

this isn't a bad prototype of specific action sequences to add to regular adventure games. But too much of this in sequence and it's a weird effect

Yes as I said, it's more a matter of manners to underline the true subconscious intention of atruistic actions or not. I usually don't. I enjoy people doing nice things and do them myself and leave it at that. That aspect of human nature isn't one I care to bring to the forefront too much.

If TLJ was the last game of the good old point and click type, then good riddance. I will never combine rubber duckie with magnet ever again.