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Is it worth it playing an ancient adventure game? Any tricks?
Personally, the lack of voice-overs, up-to-date graphics, etc. doesn’t bother me at all. I’ll happily (re)play any of the old classics.
I HAVE developed an aversion to text parsers over time, though, so I’ll happily (re)play any of the old classics as long as they’re point-and-click with little to no typing involved.
The exception being, I assume LSL:Love for Sail? Do I remember that you thumbs up that game, Tim? Of course, the text parser is optional and mostly for humor…actually, I don’t remember if it is required to complete the game at all.
The standard of old games is in general higher than they are now. If you choose a game at random from 1996 it will be, on balance of probabilities, better than a game from 2016.
Fix’d it for ya.
edit: oh, wait, TerminusEst was faster than me. 
Of course, the text parser is optional and mostly for humor…actually, I don’t remember if it is required to complete the game at all.
Which is exactly the most brilliant thing about the game, and shows that designers knew exactly what they were doing - they knew the text parser is a thing of the past, but for old times sake, it was implemented in the game brilliantly - you can still use it, or not, whatever you choose.
Recently finished: Four Last Things 4/5, Edna & Harvey: The Breakout 5/5, Chains of Satinav 3,95/5, A Vampyre Story 88, Sam Peters 3/5, Broken Sword 1 4,5/5, Broken Sword 2 4,3/5, Broken Sword 3 85, Broken Sword 5 81, Gray Matter 4/5\nCurrently playing: Broken Sword 4, Keepsake (Let\‘s Play), Callahan\‘s Crosstime Saloon (post-Community Playthrough)\nLooking forward to: A Playwright’s Tale
If you already know you won’t like it when you play them, then don’t play them.
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