Adventure games FTW. So, I assume you have played the greats, like Space Quest 1-6, King's Queset 1-7, Quest for glory, Full Throttle, the secret of monkey Isalnd, and the other thousands of DOS adventure games? If so, what's your favorite?DOS4dinner

I have played some DOS adventure games. My family got our first computer in 1995 (well after the time we talked my mom into allowing the SNES into the house) just in time to play Myst rabidly. Before that I only played what I could get in the school library or from friends. I played King's Quest 3-5 before Myst and I played Grim Fandango and Monkey Island after I discovered Myst... along with a fair few not so greats like Schizm (not terrible, not amazing).

My favorite DOS adventure game would have to be KQ IV. It was the first game I ever played where I could play as a girl (you know, except for first person ones, where I didn't know what I was). My favorite Windows adventure game is probably Riven: The Sequel to Myst, but it's got some pretty heavy hitting competition from The Neverhood, which was underrated.

I went back and played text adventures including a few of Infocom's gems (Hitchhiker's Guide and so forth) when I was in college and was trying to rehabilitate a pc that had had an accident with a bottle of diet coke, and I love them so much I might have a go at making one someday. Ok, I lie, I've already made some really simple ones, and I might just try it for real if I get a good idea for a plotline.

There's room for everything, I think. I'll never think FFVII is the be-all-end-all of gaming because I didn't play it when it was new and nothing can make those half-transparent polygons look good to me now, but there's a place for nostalgia too. Nobody really thinks that black and white movies rivalled what we can do technologically now, and they don't adequately reflect today's culture enough to make them relevant to most young people, but they're still a good indicator of the history of an art, and it's natural for people who enjoy that art form to enjoy them too.

We're game enthusiasts, we're supposed to look back fondly. But Yahtzee's right, maybe not so fondly that we remake everything in sight all the time. In that sense, I think I'll be glad when the retro craze passes.

I'm guessing it's a "test post" :P I've been seeing a few of those lately >.>

I'm just gonna shoot some more questions before the new Spotlight episode arrives.

Sophina, do you believe that a person who've never played a video game, but has tons and tons of "life-experience" can contribute to making a much better game than a teenager who's played 1000 video games (with long written reviews for each)?

And what do you think is worse, playing the game of a bad developer or a good but unfortunately very lazy developer?

Hungry_bunny

Oh you ask hard and unfair questions. Let's see... I think that gaming experience probably helps in game development, much like writing experience would help a novelist. I also think experience probably plays a role. I wouldn't go so far as to call myself a novelist but I know that what I write has matured somewhat since I was a teenager. Life experience can't hurt. I'll go with life experience. :P

And I prefer a good but lazy developer. I'd rather play a game I really am hooked by with bugs and all (point in case, Mass Effect) than a very "finished" game that doesn't have much in the way of interesting content or is not well designed.

While I believe that EA fully deserves all the backlash it has faced over this matter, I'm not sure if this will actually hold up. As far as I know, EA never intentionally hid the fact that they were using SecuROM, this was widely known prior to release. But I suppose that's irrelevant. Win or lose, EA simply has to realize by now that DRM does not work. All it does is pisses off your legit customers. But then again, you'd think they wouldn't need a cIass action lawsuit to get that already....*sigh*

Your thoughts?

UpInFlames

Widely known in certain circles of enthusiasts. It's not as far as I can tell listed on the packaging or in the EULA (haven't bought the game myself, but have glanced over the copy a friend bought including packaging and user manual). Basically to find out it's there you'd have to install, which is kind of shady, considering that if you object to installing SecuROM for any reason you can't return the game. Once the shrinkwrap is off it's not returnable any longer, so you're stuck with a product you wouldn't have bought with full disclosure.

I think there's a valid point behind the lawsuit, but from what I've read of it so far it looks like it may take things just a bit too far to be credible. A step in the right direction though, as far as consumer backlash goes. EA's far more likely to make changes under threat of legal action than just under a barrage of virtual mudslinging.

Please ask questions about what game to get here in the Recommendations thread.

Thanks.

Nope, neither do I.

I'm not sure what this has to do with anything.

Your thread will inspire more discussion if you give us something to discuss next time. Thanks.

The only way you can get an accurate estimate for your area is to call your local used game store and check with them. Alternately you could price it online and get a pretty good idea. Either way, we can't help you much here.

Good luck.