09-11-2006, 02:57 AM
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Overrated:
- Grim Fandango: It good, but far from perfect. Underrated: - Gabriel Knight 3: regarded by most as the weakest entry in the series, I thought it was the best. Elaborate, intriguing story, lots of freedom, great interface, awesome puzzles (especially the LSR one), immersive game structure, etc. - Largo Winch: Empire Under Threat: I hardly ever hear anyone mention this game. I was really surprised how much fun it was! Biggest surprise probably was that it's a full adventure game and not an action/adventure hybrid. |
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09-11-2006, 08:27 AM
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Overrated: Discworld 1 and 2 - people give it some credit but I just think it is a whole series of illogical puzzles and ood characters
Underrated: Discworld Noir - just sheer class, detective and good story The Dig - immense puzzles, not to many characters and a quite long game Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror - a really like this but then again I think Broken sowrd is absolutley mint p.s people who say Broken Sword 1 is overrated are wrong 
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10-07-2006, 12:16 PM
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over rated:
1.Sierra games : I tried hard  to like KQ6 or even GK which are considered the best of sierra but I couldn't like them at all!maybe because i played floppy versions?I also have played SQ and other KQ games but it didn't help. 2.Syberia: boring!!!many say if you liked TLJ you will like Syberia too but I loved TLJ and hate this one!  under rated: Riven Sherlock Holmes: The Serrated Scalpel Neverhood still life black mirror |
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10-07-2006, 01:01 PM
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 I think Syberia was overrated at the time of release, but I don't think it's regarded as all that today, among us fans, and therefore, it may not be overrated any more. The same may go for The Longest Journey. It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it's hardly lauded as such today either, so I'm fine with it. The Myst games as a whole are also underrated by many, but that's not exactly news. To not see the brilliance in Riven is quite a feat. As for The Pandora Directive: Yes, it's excellent. Is people really denying that? |
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10-07-2006, 01:13 PM
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One for the road?
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Overrated: Myst and the unholy offspring it has produced.
Overrated: The Longest Journey. My hate for this game is well documented. Underrated: Shadow of Memories (Destiny). |
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10-07-2006, 08:36 PM
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Location: Sweden
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Overrated: Most of Sierra. They did a few real gems, but many of their games were outright bad.
Underrated: Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth (ironically with a sierra label even if it was Coktel who did it) |
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10-08-2006, 02:29 AM
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Location: South Australia, Australia
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I think it's kind of wrong to say "Sierra games overrated, Myst underrated" or the other way around for that matter. They're very different styles of adventure games, which appeal to different gamers. For example, even in my marriage- I love Sierra games (broadly speaking) and don't like Myst that much, whereas my wife's the opposite. Yet I can play adventure games she likes and not get too bothered, like 7th Guest (yes, she's a puzzle gamer and I'm not), and she beat LSL1VGA with me last night and liked that.
I'm guessing a lot of people who make such comments haven't played either series of the games. It'd be like me saying "LucasArts games are overrated" without ever having played one. In terms of Sierra games, I think the King's Quest games are vastly overrated, overall the series is definitely my least favourite of the Sierra Quest series. Although, I by no means dislike the series. I think Police Quest was way underrated, a brilliant series, and anything obscure, like Eco Quest, and Freddy Pharkas, were really overlooked, but IMHO all of them were far better than say King's Quest 1-5. Most underrated games under the Sierra label? I'd say Dynamix's games- I'd call Rise of the Dragon, Heart of China and Willy Beamish the most underrated adventures ever, even, because they're all brilliant but noone's played them! I'm curious- are all the people who basically said "Myst good, Sierra games overrated" LucasArts fans? Not a criticism, I'm just curious. Regards, - Spike |
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10-09-2006, 02:15 AM
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EFMI is underrated to the point that it isn't recognised as being as good as MI3. Which it is Monkey Island 1 and 2 are overrated just because... the graphics are teh suck. And I just can't get into it. |
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10-09-2006, 11:42 AM
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Please don't get angry but as i said in my other post i think GK1 is overrated!
it is a good game but not one of the best adventure games ever! -well i think many would say plot was superb but i can't accept it,games like: BS1,grim fandango,TLJ,Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel and even still life or black mirror! had better plots(my opinion) -for gameplay it was good for first days(chapters) but not in last days! -i don't think anyone would say it had great graphics!  comparing older games like MI2 which had much better art direction.-can't say my opinions about sound because i played the floppy version. So what great things are in this game which make it best adventure game? |
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10-09-2006, 09:10 PM
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Location: South Australia, Australia
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GK1 is a masterpiece. Sierra gamers love it because instead of the 'plain vanilla' 'look, touch, etc' point-click interface it introduced 'operate', 'and so forth.
The soundtrack is incredible (shameless plug for my website), great, long General MIDI score. The graphics are excellent, hand-rendered. Makes you feel like you're in a real place. The way the game's made, you 'believe' you could be Gabriel, doing those things. The game is also blessed by excellent narration text, so looking at things usually yields a funny, witty response or a helpful observation. Also, there's no 'you can't look at that' messages, you can interact by looking and touching pretty much anything. Geez, try to 'operate' Grace and see what the narrator says! (Of course, don't use the CD voice narrator.. )Never played any of the games you say have a better plot, my wife's played most of them though. When she plays GK1 I'll ask her and post back. GK1 also had a flawless plot and characters. Seriously, every character had some worth and was interesting. Most adventure games lose the plot and introduce filler characters which drives me nuts. GK1 never has some 'off the wall' character introduced purely for some crude laugh, or anything like that. It stays sombre although deeply enjoyable. Anyway, I could write all day about GK1. Never played the sequels, although I own 'em. - Spike |
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