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cheapLEY — Thu, 04 May 2017 04:35:55 +0000

Awesome. I'll definitely play it.

Everything About Sonic Adventure Is The Best Everything Ever (reply)

Morpheus — Wed, 03 May 2017 01:15:15 +0000

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I always liked Open Your Heart. (reply)

Ragashingo — Wed, 03 May 2017 00:47:40 +0000

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A better Option (reply)

Cody Miller — Tue, 02 May 2017 22:01:27 +0000

I'm really enjoying Kathy Rain quite a bit

The developer of Kathy Rain recently announced their next project:

http://www.whispersofamachine.com

Out in 2018.

The Sexy Brutale (reply)

cheapLEY — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 21:21:18 +0000

I picked this up yesterday. Not too deep into it, but it's excellent so far. As someone with thoughts about the adventure genre and modern adventure games, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on it, if you've played it. My only real complaint is that it seems a bit on the easy side, but again, I'm not too far into it, so I'm hoping that changes at least a little.

And for a good idea of what the game actually is, Giant Bomb's Quick Look shows it off very well. It does spoil the first two puzzles, but I only watched the tutorial part, turned it off, and bought the game.

Opinion on Sonic Adventure soundtrack? (reply)

Cody Miller — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:26:57 +0000

Full throttle was kind of weird in that it was advanced in terms of graphics, sound, and animation, however it was extremely easy and some of the puzzle design and scenario elements were weak. Consider that I was ten years old and finished it with no hints at all in three days. Other adventure games took considerably longer.

In that sense it has more in common with games like Snatcher which were functionally visual novels. The puzzles were more complicated, but only slightly so. It's almost essentially a pure story experience interrupted by a couple shitty puzzles. Not that it's bad, it's just different than other Lucasarts affairs.

Oh, I'm Just Poking Fun. (reply)

Morpheus — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:31:46 +0000

Besides, he has a point. Stuff's massively changed over the past 22 years. Every time I hear that "Increased Chances" Song I just sit there and go "What the hell is this!?"

I guess my computer was trying to warn me all those years ago by not installing the sound...

Opinion on Sonic Adventure soundtrack? (reply)

Kermit — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:46:57 +0000

I'm woefully inexperienced with console platformers and their expansion into 3-D space. That's reflected to this day in my jumping (in)ability.

Saw a great talk a while back that included some of the pioneers who did amazing things with 8-bit. I'm not immune to nostalgia either--especially for some of the music from Dark Castle and Prince of Persia.

I've always felt a little guilty about not getting into Full Throttle. It was praised as cutting edge, but the biker story with a rock soundtrack didn't appeal to me. Truth be told, I probably didn't have any hardware that would run it at that time. Never played any of the Monkey Island games either. I suck.

Opinion on Sonic Adventure soundtrack? (reply)

Funkmon — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:38:38 +0000

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If We Ever Meet In Real Life... (reply)

Kermit — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:50:49 +0000

I suspect that I never got into Full Throttle for the same reason as Claude. I think I have good taste in music (I can name a dozen bands that do the Gone Jackals better than the Gone Jackals). I'm sure it's a good game, and the music is significant in that an actual band performed it for a game at that time. Not to piss on anyone's childhood nostalgia, but musically it never was all that.

If We Ever Meet In Real Life... (reply)

Morpheus — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:21:30 +0000

I'm buying you a crooked little wooden cane. The one you have to bend all the way over to use.

"You lil' idjit kids turn down that coldsarndit devil rock music rassum-frassum!!"

Put it in. You are now a legitimate source by Wiki standards (reply)

Funkmon — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 02:28:14 +0000

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Goldmine (reply)

Cody Miller — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 02:27:23 +0000

"This player investment shit has got to stop" - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Goldmine (reply)

Funkmon — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 02:07:08 +0000

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing

Trust no friend without faults. (reply)

Robot Chickens — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 01:36:50 +0000

Wow. I didn't expect that to get deep. Beautiful quote.

Trust no friend without faults. (reply)

Claude Errera — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 01:16:40 +0000

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It's a hard thing when a hero falls (reply)

Robot Chickens — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 01:11:59 +0000

(It's not my jam. I didn't ever play the original game because it's not my jam. ;) )

:-(

Can I turn off the soundtrack while playing? (reply)

Claude Errera — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 01:07:10 +0000

If this isn't your jam,

then the game isn't for you. It is part of the whole aesthetic.

Yeah, I know. I was just being a cranky old man. ;) (It's not my jam. I didn't ever play the original game because it's not my jam. ;) )

Can I turn off the soundtrack while playing? (reply)

Robot Chickens — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:58:18 +0000

If this isn't your jam,

then the game isn't for you. It is part of the whole aesthetic.

Can I turn off the soundtrack while playing? (reply)

Cody Miller — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:41:16 +0000

I've already got a headache from the trailer. :(

That is not the original game music. Either they used something else for the trailer, or they changed the music for the remaster.