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02-15-2004, 06:38 AM | #23 |
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Personally, to defend Runaway I have to be slightly spoilerish, nothing that will totally ruin the game for you but I'd like you to be warned. Anyway, the story of Runaway starts off really hokey, but there's a reason for this, and that reason...
(I suggest you stop reading if you don't want to be even minorly spoiled.) Spoiler: Sky Warrior Bob
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02-15-2004, 10:57 AM | #25 |
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I really don't think saying that Brian & Gina are uninteresting characters, needs a spoiler space... But thanks for the Spoiler tip.
Anyway, yeah they are kinda flat, althought they do get a tad more interesting 5 minutes from the end, but still pretty flat. Of course, it does leave a bit more room for the, you are this character aspect of old Sierra titles. I mean, until the later games where the characters started speaking, having no personality could be attributed to pratically ever Sierra main character. This is one of the reasons why Lucasarts made better titles. All the same, I think its up to personal preference, but not entirely getting to know my main character doesn't get under my skin as much as the next adventure gamer. Sky Warrior Bob
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02-15-2004, 07:29 PM | #26 |
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I thought Runaway was a FUN game. I played it straight over 1-2 weeks. Most adventure games take me months to finish because I get bored. I just loved that little game -- for reasons I'm not good at articulating, so I'll leave it at that.
Shadow of Destiny is the best adventure game I've played in a long time. I highly recommend it. Unless you have Windows ME, in which case, you might not get it running. -emily |
02-15-2004, 09:40 PM | #27 |
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I do know of the Jane-J project, and have read the preview and FAQ
Hope everything works out well with it, and I can't wait. Ironically, KQ6 was the game that made adventure games my favorite genre when I played it just after it came out, so I was a fan of Jensen's work before I even knew who she was. Now I don't think KQ6 ranks among the best adventure games of all time, but I do think it blows away the rest of the KQ series, probably largely due to her input. The rest of the series is very cookie cutter material, but it made up the majority of my adventure game experience before KQ6, along with PQs and the original Maniac Mansion, which I always loved. The Broken Swords certainly will be the next adventure games I buy, or at least at the same time as the Last Express. I bought The Last Express online a couple months ago, at the same time that I got Anachronox, and while Anachronox bored me, the Last Express fascinated me. But, with my luck, after being completely hooked on the game on the first CD, I discovered that the second CD had a crack in it that made it unfunctional, and the online store didn't have another copy of the game. |