SamNMax Posted August 5, 2002 Share Posted August 5, 2002 The Dig had some of the best 2D and 3D animation I could ever dream of. Like the first time you walk into the tunnel in one of the first "room" underground on the planet. Beutiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbeard Posted August 6, 2002 Share Posted August 6, 2002 I can't remember what game it was from, but I thought that the interface where you had to type in your actions was pretty funny. It got hard though, because you had to type the exact phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted August 6, 2002 Share Posted August 6, 2002 Originally posted by Hellbeard I can't remember what game it was from, but I thought that the interface where you had to type in your actions was pretty funny. It got hard though, because you had to type the exact phrase. Yes. Hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted August 6, 2002 Share Posted August 6, 2002 You could do so many stupid things in police quest. "Shoot myself" was popular. Unfortunately, the game often ended because you typed "pick up radios" and it said "I don't understand", so you assumed they weren't for taking and left and it said "Game over. A cop always has his radio." - NO "s" on the end, big whoop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbeard Posted August 7, 2002 Share Posted August 7, 2002 The one i am talking about is this game that had the same trademark name but different charaheters and setting. One was similer to maniac mansion and you have to break into a mansion on halloween, and there was another where you were stranded on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted August 7, 2002 Share Posted August 7, 2002 Originally posted by Hellbeard The one i am talking about is this game that had the same trademark name but different charaheters and setting. One was similer to maniac mansion and you have to break into a mansion on halloween, and there was another where you were stranded on the beach. Hugo's House of Horrors. I nearly completed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbeard Posted August 7, 2002 Share Posted August 7, 2002 Yeah, The Hugo Games! Those were hilarious!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaFan Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Bleh, I hate those type-in games >_< In Kings Quest there was a pie-thing on the ground and I didn't know what to call it. "Pick up pie" "pick up rock" "pick up ground" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptdc Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 What are you talking about? The best type of adventures are text adventures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbeard Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 How bout voice activeted adventures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 HUGO! OH MY GOD! Those games were rock-bottom. Worse than Sierra. What I hated about Sierra games is that you have no idea what to do, or how to do it. I mean, is LSL3 you have to sharpen a knife. I only know this because I cheated, as the game gives no indication that the knife needs sharpening. In a LucasArts game, the character would say "Hmm. Looks blunt. I should try to sharpen it." Then, how do you sharpen it? You have to use it on some stairs. What am I psychic? In the game the stairs are made of stone, so it makes sense. BUT WAIT. The stairs are grey. Everything in the game is grey, as there are about 16 colours. You don't even know if you can interact with the stairs. You'd need to be a mental case to actual think in your head "I know, I'll use the stairs." Oh, it just makes me so mad. I mean, in a LucasArts game it would be able to highlight the stairs, and it would say "Stone stairs." EASY. Those Sierra Bastards. I only played that for the breasts..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbeard Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 LoL, Breasts are Kool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Actually, LT, the first Hugo game wasn't too obscure at all. It was a pretty simple adventure game. I got to the end of it (although I didn't complete it), and I was only...around...11. Or so. I agree with you about the Sierra games, although they have improved, and the later games such as teh Gabriel Knight series are relatively good, so I've heard And yes, LSL2&3 are extremely frustrating. Particularly when you forget to pick up some grass to give to those weird tribesmen at the airport so they don't kill you. Or when you're on that ship, and you have a very strict timelimit in which to do & get a lot of stuff, or else Big Mamma (Your 'Blind Dates Mother') will put on her leather and whip you to death. The best thing about LSL is the quiz at the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Maddog Williams was another game similar to Hugo. And LT, remember: Those games are old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manny_c444 Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 I agree SF3:TS is a good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztev Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 I went back and played Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade a while back, and the interface is about the same as Monkey Island 1 floppy disk version, except for the "what is" option, which I'd forgotten about due to this being the last game that had it. Instead of being able to move your mouse over the screen and see the things that could be looked at light up, you first had to click the "what is" button, then move your mouse about. Drove me INSANE. Maniac Mansion had the same interface with a few other options, and I've never been able to play all the way through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystein Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 Zak also had that. It was kinda annoying. And you also had to double-click all the time. Another thing about Sierra games is the annoying "get stuck and never get out of it without restarting the game" function. You have make like thousands of save slots because you can't be too sure that you have picked up everything or done everything in the right order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbeard Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 LoL, Sierra games are kind of funny though sometimes. You always die in the most unexpected places! One I remember is... There is this guy skinny dipping in the lake he sais "come on in, the water's fine!" and if you kump in you die because some people arrest you for skinny dipping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztev Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 Yes, I remember that about Sierra games. Many hours wasted playing Police Quest and getting nowhere. Now I'm annoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbeard Posted August 12, 2002 Share Posted August 12, 2002 I remember playing space quest for hours and then I died, but than I relised I never saved! You have to Love LEC games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted August 12, 2002 Share Posted August 12, 2002 The more I think about it - the early Sierra games at least - the story was poor, the humor was awful, and the interface meant that you couldn't really get into it anyway. Amen, Hellbeard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbeard Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 What Did I Say!? Are you Patrinizing Me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystein Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 No, he's referring to your last post. I remember playing space quest for hours and then I died, but than I relised I never saved! You have to Love LEC games! This one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Lol, I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meksilon Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 Originally posted by TommyBear Well, I guess I ask this because I'm just curious, out of all the LEC adventure game interfaces, which one did people find the most usable, interesting or cool?? Personally I still love the original MI1\MI2\DOTT interface, there was just so much you could do.. anybody else got any ideas? Oh I agree, I agree! =mek= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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