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Old 05-04-2012, 06:11 PM   #4
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Little Big Adventure is my all time favourite game and, like you, I was drawn in by the freedom and open world nature of the beast. In 1994, this was amazing to witness because it was much larger than Alone in the Dark and with much more interactivity than the Zelda games, which I imagine was a major influence.

Of course the game only has two flaws: 1. you lose health when you run into walls and 2. some enemies can be merciless when they hit you once, forcing you to load a previous save. Fortunately, the former issue was fixed with the Playstation PAL release and I recommend new gamers to play that version.

I can't think of many games that are quite like LBA, but the closest I could say would be Deus Ex in terms of freedom and player choice. However, that's a big city and not a series of towns.
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