Haha, if you consider ~€10 plus shipping just as cheap, yes. In fact, this particular offer might be the cheaperst for anyone anywhere on the planet.phanboy_iv said:
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Recommend some different adventure games
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VladimirK
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To the OP: you want to read these reviews: http://www.eblong.com/zarf/gamerev/index.html
The guy who wrote them is vocal about his tastes and there's nothing he hates more than contrived and illogical puzzles. (And here's what he has to say about the Lucas / Sierra breed of adventure games in general: http://www.eblong.com/zarf/gamerev/longestjourney.html.)
The guy who wrote them is vocal about his tastes and there's nothing he hates more than contrived and illogical puzzles. (And here's what he has to say about the Lucas / Sierra breed of adventure games in general: http://www.eblong.com/zarf/gamerev/longestjourney.html.)
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Just finished a game called "KGB" / Conspiracy.
It's pretty old, so the graphics aren't great but they are generally pleasant, and the sound is okay. No voice acting or anything.
It's a detective sort of game, you are investigating and spying and things of that nature, takes place in the Soviet Union, right before the collapse.
The game is not easy. The clock is ticking and important events happen whether you are present or not. Even if you miss an event, you won't get a pop up and it may take a long time until you discover that you've reached a dead end. And if you do something stupid, you may pay for it later, a lot later. Eg. I was investigating an apartment and pissed off some guy. Unfortunately I need to talk to this guy later on in the story, but I've pissed him off and he ignores me when I knock. Things you do at one point can screw you up a lot in the future in an annoying way.
Pretty fun/rewarding though, I recommend it.
It's pretty old, so the graphics aren't great but they are generally pleasant, and the sound is okay. No voice acting or anything.
It's a detective sort of game, you are investigating and spying and things of that nature, takes place in the Soviet Union, right before the collapse.
The game is not easy. The clock is ticking and important events happen whether you are present or not. Even if you miss an event, you won't get a pop up and it may take a long time until you discover that you've reached a dead end. And if you do something stupid, you may pay for it later, a lot later. Eg. I was investigating an apartment and pissed off some guy. Unfortunately I need to talk to this guy later on in the story, but I've pissed him off and he ignores me when I knock. Things you do at one point can screw you up a lot in the future in an annoying way.
Pretty fun/rewarding though, I recommend it.
DarkSign
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How has no one mentioned Sanitarium yet? Sheesh. Best adv game ever.
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KGB was awesome. Conspiracy was the CD-ROM version with Donald Sutherland I think playing in some videos? never played that version though. Game was HARD. Music is awesome (Stephane Picq FTW). Graphics were standard for the time, they're nothing great but serviceable. I really like this game.Tintin said:
Mareus said:
Anything by Legend is good, anyway!
I love Eric the Unready for instance.
Elwro
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Well, the Spellcasting games weren't particularly good. One riddle from the first one included repeating something like 100 "KABBUL" spell commands, I think.
Can't say I remember this puzzle.
I quite liked the adventures of Ernie, but Eric, Death Gate, Gateway or Timequest are indeed better games.
I quite liked the adventures of Ernie, but Eric, Death Gate, Gateway or Timequest are indeed better games.
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I think these are the best Legend games. I like Spellcasting 101, but the series went downhill after that. 201 had good puzzles and a mediocre plot but 301 was just bad. Shannara had awful and pointless combat and was way too linear (if there was ever a "corridor adventure" this was it). Gateway II was good, but not as good as the first. Mission Critical was cool but it suffered heavily from FMVitis and ended up being more of a movie than a game.Tramboi said:
Actually I lie, Callahan's and Superhero League of Hoboken were both awesome games too. Shannara completely fucked up the RPG elements (surprising since it was done by the Coles and they should've known better after Quest for Glory) but Hoboken managed to be an excellent adventure/RPG hybrid, even if the puzzles were generally easy.
Yep, I forgot the SuperHero League!
The RPG part is not really interesting, but it still is a fun game with an ok adventure part.
The RPG part is not really interesting, but it still is a fun game with an ok adventure part.
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If you buy a Steve Meretzky game for anything other than the humor, you're doing something wrongTramboi said:
Fortunately this is one of the good Meretzky games.
Get the CD version (or an ISO) if you can. The game takes on a whole new level of cheese with voice acting.SCO said:
Sceptic said:If you buy a Steve Meretzky game for anything other than the humor, you're doing something wrong
Fortunately this is one of the good Meretzky games.
"A Mind Forever Voyaging" is not that lulzy
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