MOS is the MobyGames' Featured Game This Week!

gillyruless · 06-03-2005, 10:10 AM

Moment of silence is this week's featured game at MobyGames!

http://www.mobygames.com/home

Attached article says some nice things about the game too:

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This game is a true adventure (click, talk, solve, but no fighting, not shooting, no jumping), and it is quite clear that a lot of effort was put to this project (graphics, cutscenes, dialogues, music)

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For those who admired games such as Nightlong and Blade Runner, this is only one step forward to the very act in quality and suspenseful story.

It's so nice to see a mainstream gaming website saying something nice about MOS. It's about time that this excellent game (IMHO) gets much derserved recognition.

You can't see it but I'm doing the Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy dance right now. I'd better lock my office door before somebody sees me.

squarejawhero · 06-03-2005, 10:11 AM

Congrats, Martin!

06-03-2005, 10:14 AM

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Intrepid Homoludens · 06-03-2005, 10:16 AM

Good. We need more of this going on.

LeChimp · 06-03-2005, 10:35 AM

It has actually been the featured game for at least a week (probably two)

ATMachine · 06-03-2005, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by LeChimp

It has actually been the featured game for at least a week (probably two)

Actually, more like two months.

Curt · 06-03-2005, 11:01 AM

Good to see.

Btw, this would make a great film imho. Story was great. The Ending was better, one of the best in an adventure - simple, short and open to the conspiracy theorists without the need for a follow-up. Leave it all to the mind.

It could actually happen too you know.

Martin Gantefoehr · 06-03-2005, 11:07 AM

Hey, first positive news since 753 BC.

I wish I had read it earlier -- perhaps then I wouldn't have trashed all my equipment.

Bruno_Malta · 06-03-2005, 12:19 PM

That is very good news. I am still playing it but i already love it. Great Story, interesting puzzles...one of the best games i have played this year. Altought a lot of people complain with the voice acting on the american version, i found it pretty standard, Not to bad as said earlier.
And i agree, a movie of MOS could be pretty cool. Or maybe, even, a mini series for the TV hehehe....

PILMAN · 06-03-2005, 12:57 PM

Yeah guys, give it a review and help out

. I reviewed it.

I thought the voice acting was great especially Peters. Only one I disliked was the little boy.

Leo · 06-03-2005, 01:00 PM

Finally people are saying good things about this game and it's getting the attention it deserves. Hopefully this will go some way to making up for the harsh critisism it has received from other media outlets.

Snatcher42 · 06-04-2005, 10:22 PM

Hey guys... its been ages since I've posted here... busy with school, no time for games. But it's summer now, so I can play the missed-adventure-catch-up shuffle.

And... Good for Mobygames! I can't believe the negative press that TMOS is getting elsewhere. I just played through Still Life, which left me mildly disappointed (not bad, though!)... but now I'm on Lunar 5 in TMOS and wow...

From the Demo, I wasn't expecting much (another cheapo Euro adventure), but this game is great. Sure it has flaws, but the bottom line is that it's so engaging that it glues me to my computer for hours at a time. Maybe it is less polished than Still Life, but imo it's far superior. I hope it keeps up this quality until the end.

Not to bring up an old and dead subject... but I'm shocked with PC Gamer. I've been a subscriber and supporter of the magazine since 1997, and never have I seen them treat a game so unjustly. I may cancel my subscription just over that. It's a shame editor Chuck Osborne didn't look at the game instead - I think he tends to be more fair toward adventures (he's a big Gabriel Knight fan).

I noticed that Martin Gantefoehr posts here... Well Martin, don't listen to those bad reviewers. Assuming the game maintains this quality to the end (as I'm sure it will), you've made it onto this American gamer's very short list of excellent adventures of the new millennium:

(in chronological order)
The Longest Journey
Syberia 1 & 2
The Moment of Silence

Shodan · 06-05-2005, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Snatcher42

Not to bring up an old and dead subject... but I'm shocked with PC Gamer. I've been a subscriber and supporter of the magazine since 1997, and never have I seen them treat a game so unjustly. I may cancel my subscription just over that. It's a shame editor Chuck Osborne didn't look at the game instead - I think he tends to be more fair toward adventures (he's a big Gabriel Knight fan).

I was wondering about this. I only read the PCG review last week, and it turned me off the game until I saw all the people here praising it. Should I go ahead and buy it then? PCG's articles are usually pretty reliable. :/

squarejawhero · 06-05-2005, 01:29 AM

You can safely ignore the PCG article. Here's my view -

http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/MOS/MOS.shtm

Shodan · 06-05-2005, 02:07 AM

Your review definitely seems more fair. I also commend you for choosing excellent screenshots. You've convinced me - I'll go buy the game tomorrow.

squarejawhero · 06-05-2005, 02:08 AM

Yay!

Martin, I expect a cheque in the post tomorrow!

Martin Gantefoehr · 06-05-2005, 02:24 AM

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Martin, I expect a cheque in the post tomorrow!

You mean PC Gamer is starting to make reparation payments for all the sales they lost us?

That's good to hear. While you're at it, tell them that I, too, expect a cheque in the post tomorrow.

Shodan · 06-05-2005, 05:31 AM

Does it work the other way around? If I wind up not liking it, could I demand compensation?

Aj_ · 06-05-2005, 07:00 AM

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Take a pinch of Total Recall, add some Bladerunner and a dash of Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element. Pour in some occasionally hammy acting, excellent cinematics and bombastic music and what do you get? A solid story and cutscenes that are WORTH watching.

something tells me that if such a horrible mixture ever occurs, Mr. Bowen would be the last person to watch it, let alone call it a solid story. take a pinch of bullsht, add some cliche idioms, and a dash of false intelligence. Pour some occasional description of the game, excellent exagerrating and horrible attempts of making a joke ("Chaser is a first person shooter. An FPS, if you want to use an acronym")-> The reviewer is Ben Bowen. Beavis and Butthead, if you want to use the alias.

Pretty harsh, but it was posted on a TLJ site, so you might have touched a nerve with the inappropriate TLJ comments.

squarejawhero · 06-05-2005, 08:08 AM

Couldn't care less. If they'd have any guts, they'd post here and deal with me personally!

So I've made a few enemies in my time, but for someone so vocal I'm suprised I haven't made more!

Besides, if they got to know me in real life, one-to-one, they wouldn't be so quick to pass judgment. It's easy to make comment on someone you barely know from their expounding on websites and forums.

I just find it cool I got under somones skin on a site I don't even visit! It's kinda like being "famous".

I'm... what's the word... notorious... grrr...

edit - btw Chaser was my first review from about two years back. I'd love to know when that was posted!

edit - btw The Divide is quite easy to find, and you called me a "moron". Thanks! Now I'm even more proud that I provoked discussion!

http://www.thedivide.org/modules.php...5e6bd2cf1906c2

Of note, btw, is the fact that we're not paid anything to do these reviews. Chaser was me testing the waters, and is full of hyperbole. I don't think I'd ever write a review like that now.

As for my comments on TLJ, well, I stand by them. Sorry!

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Curt Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Englander in Munich Posts: 1,025	Good to see. Btw, this would make a great film imho. Story was great. The Ending was better, one of the best in an adventure - simple, short and open to the conspiracy theorists without the need for a follow-up. Leave it all to the mind. It could actually happen too you know. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Of please! Looking at how sexy, beautiful, and womanly meg is, why the hell would anyone need Viagra?" - Intrepid Homosapiens sapiens (made her Valentines Day btw - you big romantic, Trep.)

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06-03-2005, 12:19 PM	#9
Bruno_Malta Schattenger Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 145	That is very good news. I am still playing it but i already love it. Great Story, interesting puzzles...one of the best games i have played this year. Altought a lot of people complain with the voice acting on the american version, i found it pretty standard, Not to bad as said earlier. And i agree, a movie of MOS could be pretty cool. Or maybe, even, a mini series for the TV hehehe.... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Most hated Adventure Speech: " I Can´t use these two Things Together" Playing: Myst 4, So Blond, Memento Mori Next in Line: The Black Mirror, Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny Just Finished: Alter Ego, Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer, Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life, Secret Files 2

06-03-2005, 12:57 PM	#10
PILMAN Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida Posts: 118	Yeah guys, give it a review and help out . I reviewed it. I thought the voice acting was great especially Peters. Only one I disliked was the little boy. Share Share this post on Twitter

06-03-2005, 01:00 PM	#11
Leo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 162	Finally people are saying good things about this game and it's getting the attention it deserves. Hopefully this will go some way to making up for the harsh critisism it has received from other media outlets. Share Share this post on Twitter

06-04-2005, 10:22 PM	#12
Snatcher42 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 160	Hey guys... its been ages since I've posted here... busy with school, no time for games. But it's summer now, so I can play the missed-adventure-catch-up shuffle. And... Good for Mobygames! I can't believe the negative press that TMOS is getting elsewhere. I just played through Still Life, which left me mildly disappointed (not bad, though!)... but now I'm on Lunar 5 in TMOS and wow... From the Demo, I wasn't expecting much (another cheapo Euro adventure), but this game is great. Sure it has flaws, but the bottom line is that it's so engaging that it glues me to my computer for hours at a time. Maybe it is less polished than Still Life, but imo it's far superior. I hope it keeps up this quality until the end. Not to bring up an old and dead subject... but I'm shocked with PC Gamer. I've been a subscriber and supporter of the magazine since 1997, and never have I seen them treat a game so unjustly. I may cancel my subscription just over that. It's a shame editor Chuck Osborne didn't look at the game instead - I think he tends to be more fair toward adventures (he's a big Gabriel Knight fan). I noticed that Martin Gantefoehr posts here... Well Martin, don't listen to those bad reviewers. Assuming the game maintains this quality to the end (as I'm sure it will), you've made it onto this American gamer's very short list of excellent adventures of the new millennium: (in chronological order) The Longest Journey Syberia 1 & 2 The Moment of Silence Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by Snatcher42; 06-04-2005 at 10:48 PM.

06-05-2005, 01:29 AM	#14
squarejawhero Epinionated. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: London Posts: 5,841	You can safely ignore the PCG article. Here's my view - http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/MOS/MOS.shtm Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Starter of Thread Must Die.

06-05-2005, 02:07 AM	#15
Shodan with extra cheese! Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 334	Your review definitely seems more fair. I also commend you for choosing excellent screenshots. You've convinced me - I'll go buy the game tomorrow. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ and all the signs that should show me what's right and what's wrong have been knocked down, shaken and smothered by previous lovers and non-descript others like me, who don't know what it's for, all I know is that I want more.

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squarejawhero Epinionated. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: London Posts: 5,841	Yay! Martin, I expect a cheque in the post tomorrow! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Starter of Thread Must Die.

06-05-2005, 05:31 AM	#18
Shodan with extra cheese! Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 334	Does it work the other way around? If I wind up not liking it, could I demand compensation? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ and all the signs that should show me what's right and what's wrong have been knocked down, shaken and smothered by previous lovers and non-descript others like me, who don't know what it's for, all I know is that I want more.

06-05-2005, 08:08 AM	#20
squarejawhero Epinionated. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: London Posts: 5,841	Couldn't care less. If they'd have any guts, they'd post here and deal with me personally! So I've made a few enemies in my time, but for someone so vocal I'm suprised I haven't made more! Besides, if they got to know me in real life, one-to-one, they wouldn't be so quick to pass judgment. It's easy to make comment on someone you barely know from their expounding on websites and forums. I just find it cool I got under somones skin on a site I don't even visit! It's kinda like being "famous". I'm... what's the word... notorious... grrr... edit - btw Chaser was my first review from about two years back. I'd love to know when that was posted! edit - btw The Divide is quite easy to find, and you called me a "moron". Thanks! Now I'm even more proud that I provoked discussion! http://www.thedivide.org/modules.php...5e6bd2cf1906c2 Of note, btw, is the fact that we're not paid anything to do these reviews. Chaser was me testing the waters, and is full of hyperbole. I don't think I'd ever write a review like that now. As for my comments on TLJ, well, I stand by them. Sorry! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Starter of Thread Must Die. Last edited by squarejawhero; 06-05-2005 at 08:16 AM.

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