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millenia - 27 December 2012 07:35 PM

Cognition and last episode of Hector.
The Dark Eye (I’ve only just installed it)
Very likely Primordia and Edna & Harvey - The Breakout

Aaand then I don’t really know. I have loads and loads of games to play. Not swearing for the kickstarter projects yet, will see if they come in time .

I should probably add the Portal games that I still haven’t played. Then I should give a little bit of time for Sims3 and a couple of xpacks I grabbed from the sales. Also I have Resonance of Fate and Valkyria Chronicles for PS3. And I think I should manage to finish The Witcher so I could go on to the sequel at some point.

Haven’t really planned any replays for the near future even though I have some piling up.

Fien - 28 December 2012 07:51 AM

Thanks! I have played Photopia more than once. If you haven’t played it, please do. It’s only one hour of your time and you won’t regret it. An interactive story, no puzzles. But what a story…

Thanks for pushing me up, it was really good and short IF - could only recommend . Need to more focus on this subgenre (I didnt even finish Zork, 1893 or A Mind Forever Voyaging! ).

I will very happily play Ragnar’s new Chapters for Dreamfall ...and Syberia III when it comes out. Not sure what else..but will always replay Kyrandia I, and II each year. Love them still. I may replay Anachronox as i have it working flawlessly on my XP set up now. Happy New Year to all.

Already purchased and waiting to go:

Still Life 2
Post Mortem
Tales of Monkey Island
A New Beginning
Dark Eye: The Chains of Satinav
Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse
The Whispered World
TLJ: Dreamfall (started this last year but I hate the interface and gave up when I had
          to sneak around that killer robot in a friend’s room. Damaged hands make
          this sort of thing difficult.)
Keepsake     (This is a replay. I wasn’t too keen on original play but, following
          fairly positive reviews elsewhere on here, I’m seeing if I missed
          something first time round.)

Looking forward to/intending to buy:

Stasis
Haunted
Chaos on Deponia
Tex Murphy: Project Fedora
Broken Sword: Serpent’s Curse
Anna’s Quest Vol 2

I hope to play Bracken Tor and Moebius. It seems my gaming has taken a looong break and I actually wish I got the urge back to play. But it just isn’t happening. Strange, I know.

Sounds like the telltale sign of a deep depression
Hope you get better!

Hopefully:
Broken Sword 5
Dreamfall Chapters
Tex 6
Cognition

And…(haven’t had the chance yet)
Secret files 3
Temujin
Ceville
Shadow of the comet
Dragonsphere
Gene Machine
Riven
The next big thing

But from the last ones, I don’t know which one to start with! 

Jabod - 29 December 2012 09:36 AM

TLJ: Dreamfall (started this last year but I hate the interface and gave up when I had
          to sneak around that killer robot in a friend’s room. Damaged hands make
          this sort of thing difficult.)

Have you tried inverting the mouse/camera and if I recall correctly putting the sensitivity to minimum etc. The controls were rather bearable wasd-actiongameish after some serious fiddling. Also you could try a gamepad, lots of people have recommended it. It is a shame that people can’t play some of these adventures without reaction tests because many prefer the genre especially for that (not needing to have agile fingers and fast reflexes).

First time I hear of this fine-looking horror adventure. It could really use more promotion:

http://www.wretcher.com

millenia - 30 December 2012 07:31 AM

Jabod - 29 December 2012 09:36 AM

TLJ: Dreamfall (started this last year but I hate the interface and gave up when I had
          to sneak around that killer robot in a friend’s room. Damaged hands make
          this sort of thing difficult.)

Have you tried inverting the mouse/camera and if I recall correctly putting the sensitivity to minimum etc. The controls were rather bearable wasd-actiongameish after some serious fiddling. Also you could try a gamepad, lots of people have recommended it. It is a shame that people can’t play some of these adventures without reaction tests because many prefer the genre especially for that (not needing to have agile fingers and fast reflexes).

I think I tried that at the time Millenia but I’ll keep it in mind for when I replay.
I actually came to adventure games because I wanted a proper story (I read a lot - 2 or more books a week) and the games I was trying in the late 80s/early 90s bored me rigid. And the daft thing was, back then, my reflexes were far better than the computer kit I owned (it wasn’t for no reason I fielded at 2nd slip) so I frequently overshot because the damn PC couldn’t keep up with me - how things have changed