Cruise for a Corpse Review
The ink (?) isn't even dry on this one yet but I had to jump in and praise Evan's review . . . Funniest line in an AG review this year (though the year is less than two weeks old):
"Oh, excuse me, Inspector. I was under the impression that you may want to examine things that don't belong to you when you're TRYING TO SOLVE A MURDER. " Excellent. :D Good stuff, Evan! |
:o I'm outraged!! :( :( This game is a CLASSIC!! One of the best adventures ever ma...
... Actually, I've never played it. I was just saving someone else the trouble of complaining. :D I must say, though, that the flaws Evan mentioned would have driven me nuts. |
I never got to play CfaC for more than a few hours. There were a number of fatal bugs in it that prohibited playing it through. I downloaded an "abandonware" copy years later to see if the same bugs applied, or if I'd just bought a dud copy, but they were still there.
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2 Stars :confused: Cruise for a Corpse rocked Evan :pan: |
Indiscriminate pan use! :pan:
:D That's not much to go on, Lucien. Care to share what you liked about it, or address the criticism in the review? |
I kind of liked it at first. At one point I was looking for something new to do, repeating conversations, wandering around the ship, getting thoroughly fed up. I finally found out (thank God for walkthroughs!) that I had to trigger an event by passing a window from the left. I had passed that window numerous times, coming from the wrong direction. :rolleyes: Never bothered to finish the stupid game.
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The game's got bugs (fatal ones too), is a little slow, and some of the obstacles that you have to go through isn't very well done.
However, for the story, decent graphics and wonderful music and atmosphere it's worth a play through. Don't agree with the interface being bad, it's efficient and easy to use. Besides, Gabriel Knight 3 have the worst interface ever, and it doesn't stop it from being one of the best adventure games ever. I love Cruise for a Corpse. And I'm not ashamed to admit it. It's miles better than anything recent too, but then I hate Myst and it's ocean of clones. |
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And by the way-- :pan: :pan: for complimenting the music when you're clearly legally deaf. |
Ah, sorry I have different tastes than you then ;) I happen to enjoy the music. Not as much as the music in Monkey Island 2 or Indy Fate of Atlantis, but I think it fits the game quite well at least.
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I didn't run and burn the music on a CD - but I thought it suited the game well enough. I liked it, though it has been a while since I played the game. Certainly doesn't make you legally deaf to like it. :D
:pan: Evan heh |
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Did anyone get annoying flashing with this game? I have the floppy disk version (there's a cd-rom Delphine compilation) but it flashes so terribly I've never been able to play it.
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While all the points of problems that Evan brings up is essentially true, I still like the game behind it for some strange reason. It is unfortunate that the execution is as bad as it is.
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