Jo
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Post by Jo on Feb 23, 2024 1:26:11 GMT
I just finished replaying Deadtime Stories. Bought it at BF in June of 2010 and haven't played it since. I was reminded of it because someone is playing the excellent Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers – 20th Anniversary Edition by Jane Jensen. She did Deadtime Stories, too.
I am amazed at what a good game this is. This is what hidden object adventure games should be. The story is about voodoo in New Orleans. You have to remove curses, cause curses, free ghosts and scare away rats. There's a lot of spell mixing which is really a puzzle because you have to follow directions written in a cryptic way.
The rest of the puzzles were a delight except for one stupid follow the leader puzzle on a piano. Not a single turn on all the lights puzzle or any others that I've gotten so tired of doing. Most were word puzzles and there was even a cryptogram. In this one you had to figure out to password to open the door. The game said each syllable and you had to figure out the right combination to make the right word.
In another puzzle you had to figure out how to appease six alligators to clear the path in the swamp. Your only clue was a human family photo you find in a tree in the swamp. Found this one to be very amusing!
Another one require you to arrange shelves in a pharmacy in the correct order by following more cryptic instructions. The hidden object scenes were tricky but not annoying. You play each scene two or three times so it gets easier.
You have a narrator named Edward Blackgate who will give you a clue if you're stuck. This game just screams for a sequel with Edward as your guide through all kinds of spooky goings on. I thought the art work was perfect for the story.
So if you own this game, dust it off and play it. I'll even go as far as saying, if you don't own it, buy it. If you are a Gamehouser, you can play it as part of your membership.
I would give this game a
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Post by lisabella on Feb 24, 2024 18:30:22 GMT
Jo, for this! I just picked it up for $4 and can't wait to play it.
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Post by sandy on Feb 25, 2024 3:25:56 GMT
I remember this one. Wasn't somehow connected to a popular TV series that was running at the time? Or Jane Jenson was connected to the TV series. I know I loved Gabriel Knight, Sins of Our Fathers.
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Post by joybelle on Feb 25, 2024 3:33:10 GMT
Jo, I have downloaded it on Gamehouse also. (got so many games on the go atm ) and there are cats on Steam coming out tomorrow and the nest day. It will keep me busy during our 3 day heatwave coming up mid week. Thanks Jo.
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Jo
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Post by Jo on Feb 25, 2024 15:31:57 GMT
I remember this one. Wasn't somehow connected to a popular TV series that was running at the time? Or Jane Jenson was connected to the TV series. I know I loved Gabriel Knight, Sins of Our Fathers. I thought she worked on the Agatha Christie games And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express and Evil Under the Sun which are wonderful games but I was wrong. She worked on the Agatha Christie hidden object games which were not wonderful.
I couldn't find anything about Deadtime Stories being based on a TV show. Maybe you're thinking of the Women's Murder Club games which are loosely based on a James Patterson series. Were there HOGs based on Murder She Wrote? Did a search at BF but nothing came up. And wasn't there a HOGs based on Castle, too?
Didn't we play Cognition in a group play at the Pub years ago? I thought that was a pretty good game. I didn't like Gray Matter much. Thought it was turgid and tedious. But I did like Moebius. I loved the Gabriel Knight Anniversary Edition. What a good game.
More questions than answers.
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Post by sandy on Feb 25, 2024 23:29:46 GMT
Yes, Cognition was great and so was Gabriel Knight SOOF. But I liked Gray Matter and Moebius (except for those damn check lists) also.
My memory kicked back in today. The series I was trying to think of was True Blood. I thought she was involved with both but it looks like I am wrong. Wouldn't be the first time!
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Post by lisabella on Feb 27, 2024 6:28:52 GMT
Jo, absolutely loved the game. My brain hurts right now but that's OK, it was worth it!
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Post by Jo on Mar 1, 2024 1:33:12 GMT
I'm playing Broken Sword - Director's Cut from GOG. Haven't played it since sometime in the late 90s when it was released. It belonged to my sister. I bought the original game (Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars) at BFG in 2011 but never got around to replaying. I bought the whole game series, 5 games) at GOG with the intention of replaying them all. Never happened. The reason this game was brought to mind now is that Revolution Software Ltd is planning a remaster. They've launched a Kickstarter campaing to raise the money.
As exciting as this is, I probably won't buy the Reforged edition because I've already bought it twice and I'm sure my sister has the original CDs stuck up some place.
The whole "Coming Soon" triggered a need to play it. I'd forgotten what a good game this is! Niko and George are wonderful relatable characters who make me laugh. The story is engaging. I've had the fun of two letter substitution codes to break. I'm in heaven. The only problem I've had is that I can't get Niko to pick a lock with a hair pin. I've played too many HOPAs since in a HOPA any time you have a hair pin in your inventory, a lock will be picked. I'm about 1/3 of the way through and it's been 5 hours and 31 minutes. I did wander off to eat dinner.
If you're looking for a great adventure game that is a beloved piece of gaming history go to GOG and buy it. $5.99 regular price and the Broken Sword games go on sale about once a month. The GOG version plays perfectly on my new Win11 computer because GOG updates everything. I downloaded the BFG version on the Win10 computer and not all the cut scenes would play. But the GOG version is newer and upgraded anyway.
I recommend this game!
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Post by sisinka on Mar 7, 2024 17:06:40 GMT
Jo, if you like the Broken Sword series (I played the first two episodes a long time ago), I recommend the Syberia series. The first two episodes were once free on GOG. I haven't played the last third episode.
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Post by Jo on Mar 7, 2024 17:50:53 GMT
Jo , if you like the Broken Sword series (I played the first two episodes a long time ago), I recommend the Syberia series. The first two episodes were once free on GOG. I haven't played the last third episode. Thanks for the recommendation. I've played the first two Syberia games 3 or 4 times over the years. I played most of the third game before I got so frustrated with the controls and Kate being able to walk through inanimate objects that I quit. I have the fourth one, The World Before, but I haven't played it although I've read that it's pretty good. Need to get to it.
I haven't replayed a lot of games from the good old days because I didn't want to tarnish my pleasant memories of them. I have to admit that the first two Syberias held up very well and I enjoyed them almost as much in replays as I did the first time. But I'm finding the Broken Sword games to be a little frustrating although I remember very little about the first time I played them. I'm on the second one and I'm now of the opinion that they're a little bloated. Some parts are brilliant, other parts are almost painful. I've decided that this opinion is entirely on me and not the game. I've become cranky and exacting in my old age expecting games to have expert story telling, tight plots and every superfluous bit of game play added as padding removed. I want a pay-off and plot advancement for every action I take. I left Broken Sword 2 idling on the Win11 computer all day yesterday because I've had to force myself to go back to it. Oh, well. Today is another day,
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Post by Jo on Mar 8, 2024 0:17:20 GMT
Now this I'm excited about! I loved this game and will buy it the minute it's released. I do already own it in the box but I never bought a digital copy.
Publisher Microids and developer Microids Studio Paris have announced Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy, a remake of the 1999-released adventure game by Benoit Sokal. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC in 2024.
Set off on a quest for the Great White Birds in a mysterious land full of secrets! Answer the call of exploration as you travel to Amerzone, a forgotten Latin American country, to fulfill the last wishes of a late explorer.
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pennmom
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Post by pennmom on Mar 8, 2024 15:25:20 GMT
Jo, That IS exciting news! I just wishlisted it on Steam but keep us up to date in case we miss it!
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Post by sandy on Mar 8, 2024 18:44:44 GMT
Cool. I just played this a couple months ago. It was a bit dated and things were hard to see in places but I really enjoyed it.
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Jo
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Post by Jo on Mar 23, 2024 23:45:49 GMT
In the past couple of weeks, I've revisited three old games and enjoyed the heck out of them! All three could be classified as adventure light although they all had a few HOS thrown in for good measure. I own them all at BFG.
As an investigative reporter for the Irish magazine “Facts & Fancy,” Sarah Hamilton does not miss a beat as she receives hints that something strange is going on at the famous Bavarian castle Neuschwanstein. In the thrilling puzzle adventure Mystery of Neuschwanstein, Sarah and her new acquaintance Wolfgang Adler, a professor of historical criminology from Heidelberg, find themselves on a dangerous search for the truth behind Germany’s most famous unsolved death—the untimely death of the Fairy Tale King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1886.
This one sent me scurrying to look up Neuschwanstein Castle, King Ludwig II, the Guglmänner, Ultramontanism and Richard Wagner. I got a whole German history lesson out of it.
The voice acting was especially good - English and American accents rather than German. I know Professor Adler's voice actor but I can't place him. I was greatly amused by Sarah Hamilton looking a lot like Carrie Bradshaw
The story was interesting and the puzzles decent.
Haunted by frightening dreams about her forgotten past, Isabella, along with her fiancé, were able to decipher one clue from the depths of her memory that leads them to an old ghost town. While exploring, they encounter a terrifying creature and the pair are separated. Help Isabella traverse dungeons inhabited by deadly vampires to reach the city of lost souls and rescue her fiancé!
The thing I loved most about this game was the cut scenes with the clunky animation, commonly referred to as Eurojank, used in the early 00's in so many of the adventure games I played. The story was good, voice acting decent, puzzles and HOS entertaining enough.
An ex-priest, who believes the Evil One lives in him, becomes entangled in a nightmare scenario when he travels to Africa to investigate an alleged demonic possession. Guide this tortured soul as he works feverishly to solve a horrifying supernatural mystery and save the life of an innocent child! Compelling and highly playable, The Saint: Abyss of Despair will draw you in with its intense opening monologue and hold you in its grip until you've experienced every breathtaking moment!
This game is trippy but you don't need anything medicinal to enjoy it. It's a wild story and tons of fun. Not the best directions for the puzzles so I skipped a couple because I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do. Voice acting is good. Music is the constant rhythm of jungle drum - makes it scarier. HOS were decent.
I recommend all three of these games!
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Post by pennmom on Mar 24, 2024 13:18:27 GMT
Jo, Thanks, I wishlisted all 3 AND the last 2 have Steam Trading Cards. You know how I love my trading cards!
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Post by Jo on Mar 30, 2024 16:46:53 GMT
For the veteran gamers among us!
Simon the Sorcerer is a 1993 point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Adventure Soft, for Amiga and MS-DOS. The game's story focuses on a boy named Simon who is transported into a parallel universe of magic and monsters, where he embarks on a mission to become a wizard and rescue another from an evil sorcerer. Wikipedia
Simon the Sorcerer Origins is the official prequel to the acclaimed point-and-click adventure series. Get ready to return to the Magic World and discover new backstories about the most sarcastic wizard in video games!
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are on sale at GOG until April 4, 2024. Is FREE at Steam.
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