Little Big Adventure Now on GoG!

Schneckchen ^.^ · 10-11-2011, 03:06 AM

Released today! I can't wait to play this again

I'm assuming the second one will be out soon as well.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/little_big_adventure

Kurufinwe · 10-11-2011, 06:58 AM

I remember hating that game when I was a kid. My Dad and I bought it thinking it was an adventure, and we ended up with a platformer full of ugly characters.

Arial Type · 10-11-2011, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Kurufinwe

I remember hating that game when I was a kid. My Dad and I bought it thinking it was an adventure, and we ended up with a platformer full of ugly characters.

Not as ugly as those in The Longest Journey

Personally I find these series very amusing. While there's enough action, it still plays as an explorational adventure game for me. I love the characters and the world around. And the 'mood' controls was one of the best ideas in the gaming history, both in LBA and Alone in the Dark. I wish Raynal would make LBA 3 someday (he promised!).

small dickie · 10-11-2011, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Kurufinwe

I remember hating that game when I was a kid. My Dad and I bought it thinking it was an adventure, and we ended up with a platformer full of ugly characters.

You hated the best pc game ever made (along with its sequel) in my opinion. GOG did a great thing today by making this marvellous gem available again. It is wonderfull and the joy and excitement was felt allover their forums and facebook page and other websites as well. I also joined the others in celebrating this superb game. I am a little disapointed by the lame and mute reaction on adventuregamers forums seeing thats this game is an adventure game more than anything. I expected more. Oh well...

Gabe · 10-11-2011, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by small dickie

You hated the best pc game ever made (along with its sequel) in my opinion. GOG did a great thing today by making this marvellous gem available again. It is wonderfull and the joy and excitement was felt allover their forums and facebook page and other websites as well. I also joined the others in celebrating this superb game. I am a little disapointed by the lame and mute reaction on adventuregamers forums seeing thats this game is an adventure game more than anything. I expected more. Oh well...

I remember well LBA games but for now i found extremely difficult to play arcade platformers and remembered again used to save 100 mudokons but wasting patience with playing second time around simply nauseating.

DustyShinigami · 10-11-2011, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by small dickie

I am a little disapointed by the lame and mute reaction on adventuregamers forums seeing thats this game is an adventure game more than anything. I expected more. Oh well...

It's not surprising - it's really an action/adventure game.

Still, it's great the LBA games are getting the 're-release' treatment. I remember a friend lending me LBA2 years ago and then letting me keep it afterward. It's been such a long time since I last played it... I have them in original boxes too.

I have to be honest though, I've never completed the first game. I got as far as outside the prison... The save system puts me off. I hate how you can't save your progress and have to rely on checkpoints and loads of trial-and-error.

crabapple · 10-11-2011, 06:20 PM

I had the same problem as Gazzoid. I was never able to finish the first LBA because of the save system. It would be great if it were remade with a real save system.

I did finish LBA2. Hopefully GOG will get that one also.

Schneckchen ^.^ · 10-12-2011, 01:53 AM

I remember the save system as being pretty bad... but it didn't make it UNPLAYABLE. I beat it several times back in the day... but that was when I was younger. Gonna replay it now and see how bad the system is.

thejobloshow · 10-12-2011, 06:25 AM

You guys should play the Playstation version if you have an emulator or PS3. It was released in 1997 so they fixed up a few of the design flaws in the PC version like getting hurt when you run into objects and having to constantly change your emotion.

*stepurhan* · 10-12-2011, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Gabe

I remember well LBA games but for now i found extremely difficult to play arcade platformers and remembered again used to save 100 mudokons but wasting patience with playing second time around simply nauseating.

You're thinking of the wrong game. Mudokons (and the save 100 quest to get the good ending) are from Oddworld : Abe's Oddysee.

Gabe · 10-13-2011, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by stepurhan

You're thinking of the wrong game. Mudokons (and the save 100 quest to get the good ending) are from Oddworld : Abe's Oddysee.

No,i gave that as second example how old platform/action days so bygone.
(Bytheway this topic on wrong section)

Schneckchen ^.^ · 10-17-2011, 06:06 AM

After playing about half way through the game now, the save system isn't even all that bad. It automatically saves every time you enter a new area, which is usually like every 2 minutes if that... so it's like pretty much what every game these days does.

Main thing that bothers me are the stiff controls which make it hard to get out of the way when enemies keep spamming you with bullets. That can get really annoying. Still love the game though and I'm very glad to be able to play it again.

DustyShinigami · 10-20-2011, 04:13 AM

Little Big Adventure 2 is now available for $5.99.

Ninja Dodo · 02-09-2012, 08:28 AM

These games were amazing (and still are). That is all.

WitchOfDoubt · 02-12-2012, 11:34 PM

I loved the main theme song. So jaunty, especially the version in LBA2. It fit the goofy, delightful atmosphere perfectly. A lot of games strain for childlike innocence in a cynical way, but the LBA games honestly had it. Anything could happen, and it would be cool.

alterego · 02-14-2012, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by WitchOfDoubt

I loved the main theme song. So jaunty, especially the version in LBA2. It fit the goofy, delightful atmosphere perfectly. A lot of games strain for childlike innocence in a cynical way, but the LBA games honestly had it. Anything could happen, and it would be cool.

I agree, the music also made it for me. should try these games again, haven't played them in a while. I have started a collection of mens watches and it keeps me so busy.

zane · 02-14-2012, 06:17 AM

i tried playing this for the first time recently and couldnt take very much of it. Its clearly got quality, and a pretty unique approach. And i think maybe if i played it 15 years ago id play right through it.
But the really awkward controls, and constant repetition if things are done slightly wrong.. I dont think im going to make it.

ozzie · 02-19-2012, 12:39 AM

The respawning enemies made me stop playing LBA2. Too bad, I enjoyed the hours up until then, but for me it destroyed the illusion of a convincing world and felt unfittingly arcade-y. And in general, I hate respawning enemies!
The graphics were also a bit too bright and shiny for me, it made me almost feel physically sick. Otherwise I enjoyed the many hours I spent with it, it is a truly unique and unrivaled game; a sequel is sorely missed...

10-11-2011, 03:06 AM	#1
Schneckchen ^.^ Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 248	Little Big Adventure Now on GoG! Released today! I can't wait to play this again I'm assuming the second one will be out soon as well. http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/little_big_adventure Share Share this post on Twitter

10-11-2011, 06:58 AM	#2
Kurufinwe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 3,038	I remember hating that game when I was a kid. My Dad and I bought it thinking it was an adventure, and we ended up with a platformer full of ugly characters. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Currently reading: Dune (F. Herbert) Recently finished: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling) [++], La Nuit des Temps (R. Barjavel) [+++] Currently playing: Skyrim Recently finished: MCF: Escape from Ravenhearst [+], The Walking Dead, ep. 1 [+++], Gray Matter [++]

10-11-2011, 06:20 PM	#7
crabapple Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 948	I had the same problem as Gazzoid. I was never able to finish the first LBA because of the save system. It would be great if it were remade with a real save system. I did finish LBA2. Hopefully GOG will get that one also. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-12-2011, 01:53 AM	#8
Schneckchen ^.^ Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 248	I remember the save system as being pretty bad... but it didn't make it UNPLAYABLE. I beat it several times back in the day... but that was when I was younger. Gonna replay it now and see how bad the system is. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-12-2011, 06:25 AM	#9
thejobloshow Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 303	You guys should play the Playstation version if you have an emulator or PS3. It was released in 1997 so they fixed up a few of the design flaws in the PC version like getting hurt when you run into objects and having to constantly change your emotion. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-17-2011, 06:06 AM	#12
Schneckchen ^.^ Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 248	After playing about half way through the game now, the save system isn't even all that bad. It automatically saves every time you enter a new area, which is usually like every 2 minutes if that... so it's like pretty much what every game these days does. Main thing that bothers me are the stiff controls which make it hard to get out of the way when enemies keep spamming you with bullets. That can get really annoying. Still love the game though and I'm very glad to be able to play it again. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-20-2011, 04:13 AM	#13
DustyShinigami The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 1,986	Little Big Adventure 2 is now available for $5.99. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Now Playing: Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (DS and iPhone), DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil, Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All, Silent Hill - HD Collection Recently Completed: Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Next: Bayonetta, Devil May Cry - HD Collection, Max Payne 3, Metal Gear Solid - HD Collection, Silent Hill: Downpour

02-09-2012, 08:28 AM	#14
Ninja Dodo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,459	These games were amazing (and still are). That is all. Share Share this post on Twitter

02-12-2012, 11:34 PM	#15
WitchOfDoubt Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 104	I loved the main theme song. So jaunty, especially the version in LBA2. It fit the goofy, delightful atmosphere perfectly. A lot of games strain for childlike innocence in a cynical way, but the LBA games honestly had it. Anything could happen, and it would be cool. Share Share this post on Twitter

02-14-2012, 06:17 AM	#17
zane Schattenjäger Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 572	i tried playing this for the first time recently and couldnt take very much of it. Its clearly got quality, and a pretty unique approach. And i think maybe if i played it 15 years ago id play right through it. But the really awkward controls, and constant repetition if things are done slightly wrong.. I dont think im going to make it. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Currently focussing on: Book of unwritten tales On deck: lone survivor Recently finished: donna: avenger of blood, machinarium, botanicula, grim fandango, corpse party

02-19-2012, 12:39 AM	#18
ozzie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 726	The respawning enemies made me stop playing LBA2. Too bad, I enjoyed the hours up until then, but for me it destroyed the illusion of a convincing world and felt unfittingly arcade-y. And in general, I hate respawning enemies! The graphics were also a bit too bright and shiny for me, it made me almost feel physically sick. Otherwise I enjoyed the many hours I spent with it, it is a truly unique and unrivaled game; a sequel is sorely missed... Share Share this post on Twitter

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