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Being my first community playthrough I thought Callahan’s was awesome (I’m trying to get some time to finish it… probably by the weekend).
I’ll vote this time and also for Vampyre Story!

I propose Obsidian as I promised I’d do. 

Why not AVS? I feel that the community playthroughs should be reserved for games that are thought-provoking or hard to get into, or hard to solve - basically games that are likely to spark a discussion of same kind (Faust, Bad Mojo, the GK games, The Space Bar, The Last Express etc. - all games that have had a playthrough). While AVS is a fine game, I think a playthrough will be wasted on it (unless people love to incessantly discuss the horrendous puns that Froderick spouts or Mona’s inconsistent accent and views on life).

Why Obsidian?
-Obsidian had excellent reviews across the board, it’s #62 on the on AG’s Top 100 list, and #2 on Fien’s personal top 20 (and we all know she has great taste )

-Obsidian’s a Myst-like for people who hate Myst-likes (like me) because it’s way more than a pretty wrapper for plotless puzzles. It has character development and a plot! Inconceivable, I know!

-Despite what some people might say, the puzzles aren’t that difficult - I found them to be just right and well integrated

-Obsidian’s damn beautiful despite its age

-Surreal! And highly original! The first part of the game in particular has to be the best piece of gaming I’ve experienced.

-Ming-bending and though-provoking (e.g. see this discussion in the old forums but don’t read too much to avoid spoilers )

(-It should also be feasible from a logistic point of view - you can get it easily online. Installing it on a modern machine is not easy but it’s doable - it worked for me.)

Whew. I made my case. Anybody want to second my proposal?

TerminusEst - 18 April 2013 10:40 PM

I propose Obsidian

Certainly a game that I would like to play (heard some problems with Win7, but nevermind…). But the plain truth is that both two previous playthroughs (The Space Bar, Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon) were humorous first person sci-fi’s and some people (not me!) may need some change. (I know Obsidian is not humorous, but still, it’s a first person sci-fi).

And AVS was not second in votes the last time I checked. That was Shadow of the Comet.

I back both Obsidian and AVS, though I don’t want to lead in any of them (I do recall SweetD wanted to lead a AVS playthrough…).
In fact, I’ll back almost anything.
Perhaps not games that are part of a series (Myst IV, SQ3, etc). Most people who haven’t played those are people who haven’t played any game of the series, thus they need to start these series from the beginning).

My proposals (with me as a playthrough leader):
Amnesia
The Cat Lady
Discworld (the first one)
Dreamfall

My proposals (only if a playthrough leader is available):
Shadow of the Comet
Shivers
Sherlock Holmes & the Serrated Scalpel
AVS
Obsidian

Sefir - 19 April 2013 05:08 AM

My proposals (only if a playthrough leader is available):
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Obsidian

I’ll gladly lead the playthrough if people are interested in Obsidian.

I could make time to play Obsidian again.  Believe it or not, when I played it at it’s release my integrated video on an old Pac Bell wasn’t up to showing the cut scenes, so I had to play just using my imagination most of the time and it was still enjoyable.  When I played it again on a newer pc it was a revelation.  I had always wondered who the character on the box was!  Great Game.

Pretty sure Shivers wouldn’t work, though it’s a very good game.

We are just gathering votes and proposals. I haven’t played Keepsake either, so up to this point, I vote for both three games suggested (AVS, Obsidian, Keepsake). I might even lead in AVS if no other leader is available for it.

diego, do you propose yourself for a leader in Keepsake?

I propose an official voting in three days now for the next playthrough game.

These are the proposals so far for the next community playthrough:
Vote poeple, vote!! And if there are more proposals (preferably with a leader…), please name them!!

Obsidian: TerminusEst (leader), Sefir, Dara100, diego, TimovieMan, millenia
AVS: Sefir (possible leader), TimovieMan, wilco, Siddhi,CoyoteAG, millenia
Keepsake: diego (possible leader), Sefir, millenia
Amnesia: Sefir (leader), wilco
The Cat Lady: Sefir (leader), wilco, CoyoteAG, millenia
Discworld 1: Sefir (leader), CoyoteAG, millenia
Dreamfall: Sefir (leader), CoyoteAG

Sefir - 06 May 2013 09:11 AM

These are the proposals so far for the next community playthrough:
Vote poeple, vote!! And if there are more proposals (preferably with a leader…), please name them!!

Obsidian: TerminusEst (leader), Sefir, Dara100, diego
AVS: Sefir (possible leader), TimovieMan, wilco, Siddhi
Keepsake: diego (possible leader), Sefir
Amnesia: Sefir (leader)
The Cat Lady: Sefir (leader)
Discworld 1: Sefir (leader)
Dreamfall: Sefir (leader)

I vote for Cat Lady as it is sitting on my computer, just waiting for me to play it.

If not then I’m in for any of AVS, Discworld 1, or Dreamfall.