[Fantasysci5]

Ugh. I did *not* like "Brave New World". Interesting idea, but totally dropped the ball, at least to me. And I'm not too fond of games taking place in a futuristic world, *most* of the time. Thanks.

[tsa]

Originally Posted by Fantasysci5

Oh-and sorry for being so naive, but where would you get Indie games? *blush*

You can just click on all the links I mentioned

[Pavel4444]

Moment of Silence was an excellent game. I am anal about voice acting and I thought Moment of Silence was solid in that area.

"The programmers were probably drunk while programming the title. An example: the character is near the bed, and you click on the PC which is only a meter away on the left. So, the character returns by the entrance, on the right, proceeds then in the living room next to the bedroom and finally reaches the computer."

who cares? Almost every game is like this.

As for the story/plot it was really well done for the most part and was a breath of fresh air among the stale adventure games that came out in mid 2000's

[Dale Baldwin]

Originally Posted by Pavel4444

"The programmers were probably drunk while programming the title. An example: the character is near the bed, and you click on the PC which is only a meter away on the left. So, the character returns by the entrance, on the right, proceeds then in the living room next to the bedroom and finally reaches the computer."

who cares? Almost every game is like this.

Actually, no they're not. In any case, House of Tales fully admit pathfinding in Moment of Silence was somewhat broken. Thankfully they resolved that for Overclocked.

[Keregioz]

Well, almost all futuristic/cyperpunk stories are bound to have influences from 1984 and brave new world. Like you said Fantasysci I'm also all about the story in adventure games and I thought the story and dialog was good and kept me interested throughout the game.
It's been a while since I've played the game but I honestly don't recall having any problems with the voice acting. Maybe it was not top notch but definitely not awful. And I think I would remember because voice acting is pretty important to me.
I guess there were some technical problems but they didn't bother me that much, definitely didn't keep me from enjoying the game.

Now as far as your dislike about games taking place in the future I don't know what to say... It is obviously that kind of game but like you said there are exceptions. For the record I didn't like "Brave New World" that much either.

[Dara100]

Moment of Silence was a very good game. Which just goes to prove that beauty (or boredom) is in the eye of the beholder.

[Martin Gantefoehr]

* The programmers were probably drunk while programming the title.

Actually, not always.

[Fantasysci5]

Okay, that sounds better. It's not that I don't like futuristic games; I liked Longest Journey. I dunno what it is. But, if it's not like Brave New World, then I'll give it a shot! All of these games have good and bad reviews, I just get so confused...lol

[Fantasysci5]

And kind-of back on topic, I have found that I'll be very interested in a game at the beginning, but then in the middle I get bored with the plot/characters that I stop. For instance, at the moment, "Black Mirror" and "Syberia" for me. I don't know why. It's not like I gave up on them. lol

[AndreaDraco83]

Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. Like many of you guys, the most important things in an adventure are - for me also - the story, the plot, the characters. In my humble opinion, TMoS hadn't any appeal in any of these areas - the technical glitches are something that disrupt the suspension of disbelief, making what happens of the monitor ridiculously distant.

The point is that I didn't care about the story nor the characters, therefore the technical problems drove me away.

For Overclocked, I read that they resolved most of the problems.

[crabapple]

IMO the most important thing in a game depends on the game. I don't expect an intricate plot or deep characters in a Kheops game, but I can enjoy them for other reasons.

I can't say the characters were particularly memorable in Moment of Silence. I can't even remember the hero's name. But I thought the story and the themes were interesting and I enjoyed the game despite the occasional pathfinding problems.

Spoiler:

Whenever a favorite website disappears from the Internet I am reminded of the value of hard copy for long term storage, and I think of how things were slowly censored over time in the game, so that no one noticed. No I don't expect some computer AI to try to take over the world for its own good. It's more likely that certain humans would do that for politcal reasons. But it is much easier to censor information when it's only stored in digital form at a central location.

[Dara100]

In TMOS it took me two minutes to discern the movement and I had zero "technical glitches." Your computer may be at fault or perhaps you failed to apply the patch which is available. The story, the plot, and characters were well crafted imo and the opinions of others and I fail to see the need for the ongoing bashing you seem to be bent on in regards to this one title in several threads. We get it. You didn't like the game. Let's move on.

[Fantasysci5]

haha Stupid question, and I blush even to ask it, but...what does "IMO" mean?

I hate when you can't figure out how to *move* in a game; as I've given up on "The Forgotten:It Begins", since I can't even move forward. *eye roll*

But anyway, sorry to be so off topic.

[Fien]

Originally Posted by Dara100

Moment of Silence was a very good game. Which just goes to prove that beauty (or boredom) is in the eye of the beholder.

Apples and oranges. Boredom is a feeling, an experience in response to some eternal event; beauty is a perceived feature of something or someone, which may evoke all kinds of feelings and responses.

One man's heaven may be another man's hell, but that was not my point. Us human beings want variety, new things to look at, to do, new stimuli. We don't want the same old stuff in our games.

PS: IMO means in my opinion. IMNVHO means in my not very humble opinion.

[Fantasysci5]

Thank you very much, Fienepien. I just don't like using abbreviations, so I thought I was missing one that had something to do with computer games.

[KasiaD]

So Blonde bore me to the point of uninstalling. Maybe after playing the game for 20 minutes something gets better? Because I do not know if I should overcome my boredom and continue...

[Keregioz]

Originally Posted by KasiaD

So Blonde bore me to the point of uninstalling. Maybe after playing the game for 20 minutes something gets better? Because I do not know if I should overcome my boredom and continue...

I'm halfway through and it's more boring than ever...and I only got there using a walkthrough cause otherwise I would have fallen asleep...

[AndreaDraco83]

Originally Posted by Dara100

I fail to see the need for the ongoing bashing you seem to be bent on in regards to this one title in several threads. We get it. You didn't like the game. Let's move on.

No bashing: a simple expression of personal opinion. If you have a problem with that, I'm sorry. I didn't like the game and - in threads where the name of this game come to the surface, or in the threads where I think that the game might come in handle as an example of my opinion - I'll continue to express myself.

[Henke]

What are you all taking about? We've got a lot of great adventures recently on Nintendo DS, like Hotel Dusk and the Ace Attorney-games.

[Pavel4444]

Originally Posted by AndreaDraco83

No bashing: a simple expression of personal opinion. If you have a problem with that, I'm sorry. I didn't like the game and - in threads where the name of this game come to the surface, or in the threads where I think that the game might come in handle as an example of my opinion - I'll continue to express myself.

In another thread you told somebody to stay away from Moment of Silence. What if they would play it and love it? You can state your opinion, but don't tell people to stay away of some game, especially one that was generally liked.