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Laura Bow in: The Road to Murder

by gamecourier

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File size: 0.6 MB
Downloaded: 4,479 times
Graphics: 320x200, 16-bit color

Operating System(s):

Windows

Game Genre:

Contemporary

Game Type:

Investigative

Story Type:

Fan Game

Release Date:

1 Aug 2005

AGS Panel Rating:

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Player Rating:

Play Length:

Short Game (can be completed within 30 minutes)

Short Game	Can be completed within 30 minutes
Medium Length Game	Takes at least 30 mins to finish
Full Length Game	As long as a Sierra / LucasArts classic
Non-Adventure Game	Using Adventure Game Studio for something else?!
Joke Game	You know when it fits this category ;)
Demo	Unfinished Games / Commercial Games
Training Game	Games made just to try out AGS
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Occasional, mild

Language(s):

English

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6 people have rated this game so far:

Visual:

63%

Immersion:

70%

Puzzles & Pacing:

67%

Overall Enjoyment:

67%

About this game

A sequel to the Laura Bow series from Sierra.

This is my first AGS game. It's really short, but I did put a lot of work into the interface to try to emulate the notebook from The Dagger of Amon Ra. I also tried out using an overhead view, which is something I hadn't seen before in an AGS game.

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8 people commented on this game (newest first):

Ok fun for five minutes. The game is available here: https://archive.org/details/laura-bow-in-the-road-to-murder

2020-08-30 01:32:07 by heltenjon

I've tried the link that was given and with the torrent it's stuck at 87.2%, the .zip file only has 1 file in it and when I try to launch it, it says something about the graphics not being able to be set at 320x200.

2020-08-26 08:59:53 by ltcolonel97062

Game cannot be downloaded.

2020-08-26 08:35:37 by ltcolonel97062

Since I have played the original Laura Bow games this did effect my enjoyment of it but I think I would probably still be disappointed. I'm sorry but I just couldn't get over the choices that were made here and wish this had gone in a completely different direction or at least not an "overhead" view. I'm used to playing first person or other style games. Not something like this. ( however isometric games like fallout 1 and 2 are popular and I've sometimes played such a unique design choice for games...I've got ) I applaud you for wanting to have a different kind of game for people to play and I'm sorry for not being able to enjoy your work. I do intend on playing it someday soon , regardless. It's been years since I've played lots of games and this is one I only played once before.

2015-01-12 11:22:22 by Queen Kara

Well thought out and fun game.

2007-10-27 19:17:17 by uvaagsfan

I never played any of the original Laura Bow games but it didn't effect my enjoyment of this mini-murder mystery. Set entirely on a bus and observed from an overhead point of view, this fun little game casts you as Laura Bow, a reporter who is trying to solve a murder. It's all over very quickly and its not very difficult but there's some nice ideas and basic but enjoyable characters. I had fun for the 5 minutes or so the game lasted. I'd like to see more of these made.

2005-09-03 11:37:03 by madmanmunt

A nice game with not too hard puzzles

2005-08-01 09:43:17 by Jane

Hi there! Really like this game so far! Interesting interface! But I seem to be stuck after I've taken the golden earing from Greta's purse! What should I do with it? How should I look in the old lady's bag?
Liked the Agatha Christie atmosphere!

2005-08-01 06:34:36 by sebastian

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