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One of my favorites in recent memory was "The Art of Atari". Tons of great old school 70's and 80's art, and a lot of insight by the artists on creating vivid artwork to represent games with 10 pixels in them. Pretty cheap right now too. https://www.amazon.com/Art-Atari-Tim-Lapetino/dp/1524101036 
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Sway Grunt posted:Fate of Atlantis is such a masterpiece. Easily in the top 3 of adventure games for me, maybe the GOAT. It's great, especially compared to Last Crusade. Not that that one's terrible, it just came out on the early end of the Lucasarts adventure game renaissance, so it's fun to see an original story come along later and completely trump it.
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Gaspy Conana posted:I love the book but I wish I sent different images for Dropsy because my least favorite backdrop in the entire game made it in as a two page spread. It was one of the first I designed like 5 years before the game came out. Aw well! If it makes you feel any better I loved those early images you made on the forum in 2008. The Dropsy CYOA and Microbe Best are some of my favorite Something Awful memories!
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Nobody Interesting posted:https://twitter.com/skunkape/status/1788461364241142123 It’s almost done!
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I don't remember particularly liking Simon the Sorcerer, but this image does make me want to play it again
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Rocket Baby Dolls posted:Why did you send that particular one in? I sent four and assumed they were going to use multiple instead of just picking one for a big spread. I am grateful they included the game though! Mode 7 posted:If it helps soothe the blow, I finally got around to playing Dropsy after reading about it in the book, so it's not offputting Chairman Capone posted:If it makes you feel any better I loved those early images you made on the forum in 2008. The Dropsy CYOA and Microbe Best are some of my favorite Something Awful memories! aw gee, thanks. :0)
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May 13, 2024 16:10
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1000xResist is incredible so far. It’s kind of a mix of Nier Automata meets Life is Strange. Though that doesn’t fully capture it. Here’s some more praise https://x.com/heartimecia/status/1788600627213279233?s=46 (80 Days Writer) https://x.com/betterthemask/status/1788642285090931012?s=46 It’s also visually striking. As you can see from the trailer. https://x.com/1000xresist/status/1788588402721300484?s=46
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May 13, 2024 17:57
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Worst thing about the Art of Point'n'Click games book is that every X pages you'll drop it and see how can you play the game you just read about, so you'll never finish reading the drat thing 
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theblackw0lf posted:1000xResist is incredible so far. It’s kind of a mix of Nier Automata meets Life is Strange. Though that doesn’t fully capture it. Here’s some more praise Posted about that in the new games thread. Seems super interesting. I will probably check it out this weekend.
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May 13, 2024 18:49
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There's a Broken Sword update today https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/revolution-software/broken-sword-reforged-collectors-edition/posts/4099942 Key point is that the release is being moved to Q3, since the Kickstarter was so successful it's giving them more time to work on fine tuning things and adding features. 
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May 13, 2024 19:08
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cant cook creole bream posted:Posted about that in the new games thread. Seems super interesting. Fun Fact: I have no self control. So I bought the game and played for about two hours. So far it's really intriguing.
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May 13, 2024 21:03
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theblackw0lf posted:1000xResist is incredible so far. It’s kind of a mix of Nier Automata meets Life is Strange. Though that doesn’t fully capture it. Here’s some more praise I’m into chapter two and it’s really good. I also now understand how hard it is to properly describe the game past “you walk around and talk to people” without spoiling the plot or half-describing what makes it so special. It’s covering a ton of different themes simultaneously.
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theblackw0lf posted:1000xResist is incredible so far. It’s kind of a mix of Nier Automata meets Life is Strange. Though that doesn’t fully capture it. Here’s some more praise Requoting this, because holy poo poo the story of this game goes hard!  I've been absolutely starring at my monitor for over an hour now because it just keeps getting more intense somehow. Just finished Chapter 7.I want more people to play this!
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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is the only game that I think could beat 1000xResist for my game of the year (and since I think 1000xResist is one of my favorite games of all time that’s really saying something). Looks like it could actually do it. https://x.com/marioprime/status/1790775062208876558?s=46 https://x.com/robinbombus/status/1790775999006703821?s=46 https://x.com/thewillarowe/status/1790775607216746520?s=46
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moosferatu posted:I don't remember particularly liking Simon the Sorcerer, but this image does make me want to play it again The Simon games came out when I was in my teens so this was right up my alley. I was, and still is, a big fan of Red Dwarf so having Chris Barrie playing Simon made it even better. Unfortunately, I was living in Germany when they were released and I could only get hold of Simon 2 in English. I managed to find a copy of Simon 1 after a while though. They're decent adventure games in their own rights. Some of the humour really hasn't aged well though.
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If the Simon games were released today for the first time, I'm not sure they would be well-liked.
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Just catching up with the thread - I'm also playing Hobs Barrow right now and it is good. Also I am incredibly happy that I can play my (purchased from steam!) copy on scummvm on the train. Appreciate the argument that devs don't want to be open to piracy but it's so good for this sort of thing. Also the bit about Chris Barrie not remembering Simon brought to mind David Warner commenting that he had been asked a fair few times about his experiences of BG2, but it was really just a day's work among many that he never paid much mind to.
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Beat Hob's Barrow this week. It was quite good and some animations were just great the story was unfortunately quite predictable from the beginning and the only question was if there would be a slightly happy ending, or if it would be full Lovecraft Overall I'd put it in the middle tier of Wadjet Eye published games.
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Kennel posted:Beat Hob's Barrow this week. It was quite good and some animations were just great the story was unfortunately quite predictable from the beginning and the only question was if there would be a slightly happy ending, or if it would be full Lovecraft That's my feeling on it too, it was really well executed from a design standpoint and I thought it was a really solid P&C in general, but the story was just fine. John F Bennett posted:If the Simon games were released today for the first time, I'm not sure they would be well-liked. I think I played the first two like 4-5 years after they came out, and while I really liked them quite a bit, even at that time they felt a little slow/dated/obtuse compared to what else was coming out at the time. They're not bad, but they'd be hard to recommend today given how many great adventure games have come out even in just the last handful of years. MockingQuantum fucked around with this message at 16:04 on May 16, 2024 |
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Has anyone played Simon 3D, which is apparently terrible?
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Kennel posted:Has anyone played Simon 3D, which is apparently terrible? I have and it really is terrible.
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I'm about halfway through The Rewinder, which I picked up when it was 50% off a few months back. I really like it! Disclaimers: 1. The translation is a bit dry. 2. The puzzles are a little more hardcore than I was expecting. I found that keeping a web tab open and looking up what to do if I felt stuck made for a better experience. 3. It's gonna be confusing if you don't have at least a tenuous understanding of chinese fantasy tropes. Daoist wizardry, grudge-corrupted ghosts, and underworld bureaucracy abound. Positives: 1. A really pretty pixel art game. 2. Cool spirits! They do a great job of evoking wonder and/or terror, depending on how Bad News the latest thing you've encountered is. 3. Feels like it was written with a lot of compassion. You're using your time travel magic to avert calamity and make people's lives better, which means digging into the details of who these villagers were/are. It's really nice seeing how the main character's actions keep improving things for everyone. Hmm... I'm not sure if I'd directly compare it to Ghost Trick, but I think The Rewinder they both hit a couple of the same notes. A pretty good time, though I'm a little concerned about the sequel. Seems like they might be aiming for a genre shift with Rewinder 2.
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Kennel posted:Has anyone played Simon 3D, which is apparently terrible? I LP'd it a few years ago and spoke extensively about how the developers were forced into a 3D engine at their own expense and ended up bankrupting themselves getting the game released. They had effectively completed a third game in 2D but no one was interested in publishing it so they had to go back to the drawing board to start all over again as well as learning new tools on the fly. By the time the game was completed they were behind other 3D adventures of the time, but then their publisher went bankrupt and it went stagnant for over 2 years before the developers published it themselves. The fact that it was released at all is a miracle but it ruined the company. It's not a terrible game as there are enjoyable moments in it. But it's not a particularly good game either. I had fun with it but there are a lot of issues.
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It has been a fairly long time since I did a playthrough of Monkey Island, and I finished up with Return for the second time last night. Tales I had only ever finished once or twice, close to release, so that was a nice refreshing bit to go through. As far as I can tell, GOG is the only outlet that has Earl Boen as LeChuck, but the cost is that the last two episodes are broken unless you delete some files from the installation directory for some reason. I'd planned to run through Broken Sword but now I gotta wait for those remasters. Well, "gotta".
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An English Haunting is out today, a new game by the creator of Nightmare Frames. There's a demo, which I've played during a NextFest and thought was pretty good. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2474030/An_English_Haunting 
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Kennel posted:Beat Hob's Barrow this week. It was quite good and some animations were just great the story was unfortunately quite predictable from the beginning and the only question was if there would be a slightly happy ending, or if it would be full Lovecraft I only played this because it was part of a humble bundle with Victoria 3 on it, but it made me remember how much I enjoy adventure games. The last section of the game was a bit too Broken Sword-y for me, but I really liked the atmosphere. I feel like the predictability was part of the horror, you knew what was coming, and yet you still had to continue... What was with the cats? Were they real? Were they Abrax? Why cats? What's a good adventure game that involves exploring and finding creative uses for objects? That's always my favourite part, and I felt that was lacking in Hobb's Barrow, even if the story was good.
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The best summary of Ripper I’ve seen came out today. He mostly talks about the inconsistent story, technical issues, and anticlimactic ending. I was a little surprised there were no complaints about the crystal bird puzzle at least. https://youtu.be/2eSTIYtZA0g?si=r1IhnvHwoiifYvtt Edit: The game came out in ‘96, a year before Burgess Meredith died. Grumpier Old Men came out in ‘95 and supposedly his Alzheimer’s had gotten pretty bad at that point so he had to be coached through it a lot. So making his scenes must have been…..interesting. Casimir Radon fucked around with this message at 19:30 on May 25, 2024 |
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Casimir Radon posted:The best summary of Ripper I’ve seen came out today. He mostly talks about the inconsistent story, technical issues, and anticlimactic ending. I was a little surprised there were no complaints about the crystal bird puzzle at least. Ripper had some p decent production design for an FMV game and good casting but its so all over the place. Started Telltale's The Wolf Among Us, hype to see why its so lauded.
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Ripper had some p decent production design for an FMV game and good casting but it’s so all over the place.
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:
Honestly, I don't remember. It had good voice actors, but beyond that I don't really know. It's pretty up there when it comes to the Telltale games but it's not Tales from the Borderlands. That game runs laps around anything else Telltale has created in style, characters, worldbuilding, humor and music. (Like the original. The recent new one is apparebtly not that.)
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Tales from the Borderlands might be the top of the mountain for Telltale, at least for their later cinematic stuff. I will always be partial to Sam & Max The Devils Playhouse which I still enjoy playing even though I worked on it, and personally rate it at the top of their point and clicks. But Borderlands takes the post-Walking Desd formula and actually has fun with it, both in that the content of the game is actually funny, and the formal structure is played with and subverted in fun and surprising ways across the season.
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Casimir Radon posted:The best summary of Ripper I’ve seen came out today. He mostly talks about the inconsistent story, technical issues, and anticlimactic ending. I was a little surprised there were no complaints about the crystal bird puzzle at least. Wired also made a pretty good article about the making of it https://www.wired.com/story/ripper/
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ja2ke posted:Tales from the Borderlands might be the top of the mountain for Telltale, at least for their later cinematic stuff. I will always be partial to Sam & Max The Devils Playhouse which I still enjoy playing even though I worked on it, and personally rate it at the top of their point and clicks. But Borderlands takes the post-Walking Desd formula and actually has fun with it, both in that the content of the game is actually funny, and the formal structure is played with and subverted in fun and surprising ways across the season. While I'm reminded that the second Batman game apparently came close, Borderlands felt like the best at covering up the Telltale structure and choices you made were actually reflected going forth. Also it was very funny.
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IShallRiseAgain posted:Wired also made a pretty good article about the making of it https://www.wired.com/story/ripper/ quote:Catherine Heald, then Catherine Winchester, whose company InterOptica, and the high profile shareholders it had attracted, was acquired by Take Two in 1994, became Take Two’s first president. She remembers the phones at the company’s 575 Broadway office ringing all day long. “They were always bill collectors,” she says. She tells me she will never forget sharing an elevator with an angry Grace Jones, who did voiceover work on an earlier Take Two game called Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller. Jones had come into the office to get paid and was leaving empty-handed. As the singer-actor rode the elevator down with Heald, she screamed, “gently caress you, Ryan!” over and over again.
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ja2ke posted:I will always be partial to Sam & Max The Devils Playhouse which I still enjoy playing even though I worked on it Worked, past tense? Shouldn’t that be present tense? 
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Fuzz posted:
Did they fix the images in the physical book? The one I ordered looks terrible with horribly pixelated stuff on multiple pages. It was very disappointing and then they had the gall to delete my negative review from their site.
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macnbc posted:Worked, past tense? Shouldn’t that be present tense? I didn’t do much on the remaster other than be one of the handful of ex-telltalers who co-owns the games now. But yeah it’s finally going into cert really really soon.
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FrumpleOrz posted:Did they fix the images in the physical book? The one I ordered looks terrible with horribly pixelated stuff on multiple pages. It was very disappointing and then they had the gall to delete my negative review from their site. Can you give us an example? I mean, it's old low res art, it's pixelated by design.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Can you give us an example?  That's the one that stands out to me. That's from page 461. It's such a lo-rez lovely picture and I don't remember Clementine ever looking like that. The PDF they sent me looks the exact same way. There are a bunch of other images in the book that looks compressed and blurry too. Like capturing the pixelated look of an old game is one thing, but turning a modern game into a pixelated mess takes talent.
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