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there are many, really but most recent (replay) was AlternativA, i just am a sucker for any Do Androids/Blade Runner atmosphere!

Manhunter(s) also, you die everywhere, all the time; you die because you stood there doing nothing, but story is too original tho; working for the Evil Orbs invaders was always just too different.

KQ IV, because it had given me the most/worst scariest experience/moments i ever encountered whether through movies, books ..etc, but i can’t just go and replay today, i am old for this SHi’

Let me think of more, i will be back

For some reason this thread brought my mind an obscure game called 3Skulls of the Toltecs. I really liked that spaghetti western adventure in the 90s and apparently it got decent reviews too back then so it isn`t a terrible game at all. I also remember that I never finished it because I got stuck somewhere. I should replay it soon

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Advie - 08 March 2016 04:13 PM

there are many, really but most recent (replay) was AlternativA, i just am a sucker for any Do Androids/Blade Runner atmosphere!

I enjoyed AlternativA too, it has its moments!

I have a soft spot towards late 90’s, early 2000’s Myst style games (which is odd as I don’t actually like Myst that much) with pre-rendered graphics. Some time ago I purchased a bundle filled with such games and there’s just somethin adorable, for the lack of a better word, about them, as you can so clearly see through them how 3D graphics evolved.

One I really liked is The Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness. The fact it’s a bit silly detectivce mystery made me like it even more. Here’s a Youtube vid.

Guilty Pleasures refers to games that even knowing they are terrible and we acknowledge that the negative aspects are more than the positives, we can not help but like it very much, no matter what. And while in the background is personal appreciation, personally I see nothing terrible in Day Of The Tentacle nor in Darkseed (which is excellent).

A guilty pleasure of mine is probably Curse Of Enchantia, I loved the scenery, the strange ambience and the crazy situations to which the protagonist faced. However ... it had a terrible and erratic control system that was one more obstacle to overcome, even basic actions as “use” required more time than necessary because everything was very confusing, plus the game had no dialogues, and no clues about what to do and how.

Urban Runner by Sierra/Cocktel. The main character tries so hard to come across as a rough hardboiled investigator, but the fact that he looks like Cosmo Kramer half the time makes it just damn funny—almost worth playing as a comedy. The other actors are pretty terrible, and the plot has holes and really doesn’t make a whole lot of sense in many ways.

But what it does have going for it is its pace—it really never slows down, which is actually a critical element in a suspense/thriller story. That makes the game fun. Plus, it takes place in Paris, and I’m a sucker for any games set in Paris.

I also don’t know if this would be a “guilty pleasure,” but I’ve also replayed Face Noir at least a dozen times. Bad acting, strange plot elements and an unsatisfying ending aside, I think the backgrounds are gorgeous, evoking a feel of Prohibition-era New York City, the soundtrack oozes that noir atmosphere, and the locations feel very real. The museum part alone was beautifully done, and the “bookstore” really was the next best thing to Grim Fandango’s Rubacava.

Not sure they rank as Guilty Pleasures, but I loved the LSL games. They were easy. They were sleazy. They were enjoyable.

Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth.

It’s chock-full of inane puzzles placed in an enormous world where you’re (seemingly) free to go to a lot of places and do (seemingly) whatever you like. In the course of gameplay you inevitably get lost there, without having a clue what to do next. It’s mind-numbing, yet you (I mean I - a glutton for punishment) keep coming for more and try to play the game over and over.
It’s a horrible game with beautiful graphics and a lot of weird characters and goings-on that keeps dishing out inedible stuff to a player and yet keeps being attractive in some pretty inexplicable way.
I really don’t know why I still keep playing it (even in a third or fourth playthrough of it I need all the help -a walkthrough, a UHS hint file, a help of a friend- I can get), but I keep playing it nevertheless.

I must be a sucker for weird stuff, I guess. I love Woodruff and its/his crazy humo(u)r.