[fov]

I'd be up for Grim Fandango or Blade Runner. But I'm not sure I'll be able to keep up with you guys, timing-wise.

[AudioSoldier]

Conquests of the Longbow wasn't a bad suggestion, but I doubt many will have it. How about one of the Laura Bow games, or Grim Fandango?

[Karmillo]

Looks like its gonna be Grimm...although its not that much shorter than MI2

[RLacey]

Originally Posted by Jeysie

Mistah Lacey: I dunno, I skimmed through eBay UK, and none of the Sanitarium auctions look horribly priced, though admittedly there are far more copies available on eBay US.

Yeah, there are a few. But they're all either charging £15-20, or they've already got a bidder on them. I'm not about to get involved in a bidding war, because it always leads to me paying more than I'm happy to .

I played the demo of Sanitarium once and liked it, so I have nothing against the game personally .

[fov]

Did you guys never get a budget version of Sanitarium in the UK?

I haven't looked for it lately, but not too long ago it was seling for $10 here in one of those cardboard jewel case / box thingies. Before that it had been very hard to find and high priced on eBay.

[Jeysie]

Mistah Lacey: Ah. For most games I can understand that, but Sanitarium's pretty easy to pick up... even before it was re-released I bought two copies on two separate occasions for about $20 each time. I wouldn't worry about it.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[stuboy]

Originally Posted by fov

As a commerical game, I vote for Shadow of Destiny / Shadow of Memories. It's a short enough game that it doesn't take forever to play, but there are multiple endings which gives it replay value, and the story gives you A LOT to talk about.

As much as I like it, how could you do that for such a non linear game?

[stuboy]

I suggest Full Throttle. Not only is it short, linear, and segmented, but it is the most stylistically self-contained game I have ever played. And a great soundtrack to boot! Oh, and the best puzzle ever.

[fov]

Originally Posted by stuboy

As much as I like it, how could you do that for such a non linear game?

Shadow of Destiny is extremely linear (chapter 1 leads to chapter 2, etc). Other than a few small differences in the way you can solve some of the puzzles puzzles, it's not until chapter 8 (the last chapter) that things really diverge.

EDIT: And if the people involved weren't dead set on figuring out everything in the game by themselves, the differences that can occur in the way things are done might make for some interesting discussion. As in, "You solved the puzzle that way?! That never would have occurred to me. I'll have to go back and try it." People usually want to hear this stuff when they finish the game, anyway, because replaying it from scratch without knowing what to do differently is a daunting task.

[rtrooney]

I loved Lighthouse and would love to play it again as a Myst clone. Ditto the two Shivers.

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by colpet

Riddle of Master Lu I haven't played yet.

Not sure if you put it in the Myst category on purpose, but if you did, well, that's a mistake, it's a (very hard) inventory based 3rd person FMV game.
And one that's very hard to run on XP, I shall hasten to add.

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by fov

Blade Runner.

I really really don't see how Blade Runner could work in such a thread, because even two person doing the same things might end up with different ending.

[MoriartyL]

Why three simultaneous threads? Won't the same people be participating in all of them? The BaSS playthrough has been extremely time-consuming; Who has the time for three games at once?


But don't mind me- I probably won't be participating in the next playthrough anyway; after BaSS, I'll need some time off.

[Karmillo]

Wait 3 games? i thought it was just a comercial and an amature?

[Fien]

Why is everybody bent on replaying the classics? Nobody wants to try something different or something they haven't played before?

[Karmillo]

I wouldnt mind playing something new, although something new to me could be an old classic to you

[colpet]

Originally Posted by Ninth

Not sure if you put it in the Myst category on purpose, but if you did, well, that's a mistake, it's a (very hard) inventory based 3rd person FMV game.
And one that's very hard to run on XP, I shall hasten to add.

Oh, I was under the impression that it was a Myst-like game. It is hard to run. I haven't been able to get it to play on any of my 3 computers (Win95, Win98, Win XP) even with DOSbox.

[Kurufinwe]

Originally Posted by colpet

Oh, I was under the impression that it was a Myst-like game. It is hard to run. I haven't been able to get it to play on any of my 3 computers (Win95, Win98, Win XP) even with DOSbox.

I think running it under DOSBox was rather 'standard procedure', but maybe I've forgotten something (I seem to remember the installation was a mess, though, and I think I more or less ended up putting the whole CD on my hard drive and editing the config file by hand). It is quite resource-demanding, though.

And it really has nothing in common with Myst.

[colpet]

Originally Posted by Fienepien

Why is everybody bent on replaying the classics? Nobody wants to try something different or something they haven't played before?

I kind of like the idea of playing older games , not only because there are many that I've never experienced, but because it gives me a different perspective. I would think that young, newish gamers may need some encouragement to try something that is graphically archaic to what is available today. It also helps exemplify the fact that the 'look' of an adventure is not really what counts. Crude graphics and MIDI audio can be overshadowed by a good story with interesting challenges.

[Fien]

Originally Posted by Karmillo

I wouldnt mind playing something new, although something new to me could be an old classic to you

The Dig is an old classic and I just started it.

I thought BASS was an excellent choice. Free and not everybody has played it. I hadn't. I didn't much care for it, but that's beside the point. It was interesting to play it along with other people and read what they had to say about it.

Whatever people decide to play is fine with me. Having said that, I don't think the Feeble Files would be a good choice. Far too long. And I mean loooooooong. I've already played Grim Fandango twice and the Last Express even three times. Sanatarium was a long time ago, have almost forgotten what it was like, so I second that. Shadow of Destiny is an excellent choice too. Or the Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes.