tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post1909940910829308503..comments2024-03-29T23:24:51.650+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Guest Game 1: Circuit's Edge - Won!The Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-16976335469340291812014-03-21T13:14:45.117+11:002014-03-21T13:14:45.117+11:00Well... the manual did you to take out your chip s...Well... the manual did you to take out your chip so that your own personality would not get in the way of your social interactions, since not many people would like to be lectured on Taoism by a KungFu Master or interrogated by a Super Spy.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-86499975327468110412014-03-19T14:53:10.237+11:002014-03-19T14:53:10.237+11:00I found it annoying that it'd interrupt me whi...I found it annoying that it'd interrupt me while I was trying to guess the correct keyword as if the game had eaten my input. I'll make sure to mention it though. ;)Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-33493609936178715412014-03-19T11:00:08.796+11:002014-03-19T11:00:08.796+11:00I'm also unpleasantly surprised that there was...I'm also unpleasantly surprised that there was nothing said about the sudden thoughts that Marid would have, depending on the Moddies jacked in, other than that Alpine Jack one.<br /><br />I personally like how you'd spew some random Zen nonsense (with the KungFu Master chip) while talking with some NPCs and to have them react negatively towards you like you're some kinda madman. That, to me, shows a very innovative piece of gameplay element never before seen in ANY games.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-49992206831709584452014-03-18T15:30:53.255+11:002014-03-18T15:30:53.255+11:00So... that "old" geezer is actually youn...So... that "old" geezer is actually younger than me? Why that lil' whippersnapper!Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-49422530714141784402014-03-18T11:29:49.746+11:002014-03-18T11:29:49.746+11:00Yeah, I guess.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution almost h...Yeah, I guess.<br /><br />Deus Ex: Human Revolution almost had something similar when they initially planned to have the mid-game happen in Bangladesh. Not Middle-Eastern but still pretty Islamic, yet changed to China after a few months of planning.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-71331935214660386222014-03-18T10:47:16.265+11:002014-03-18T10:47:16.265+11:00Hopefully my thoughts are expressed better in the ...Hopefully my thoughts are expressed better in the final review post. I will say, I believe a lot of my disdain for the game came from the tunnel vision focus on the main quest (however disjointed it was presented), and the lack of responses outside of that line. It felt like this should be an open world, but completely dropped any such pretense as soon as it started to give nonsensical answers to what I thought were legitimate topics.<br /><br />I will admit the setting was interesting, just not as interactive as it could have been. I'm not familiar with the book, so that definitely added to the disconnect. Fuad, Chiri, and Saied played such minor bit roles that I had a hard time relating them to the story even though they were supposed to be key members of Marid's social circle.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-47582418786876612932014-03-18T04:34:33.797+11:002014-03-18T04:34:33.797+11:00It was definitely a different feel; however, I can...It was definitely a different feel; however, I can't say I had fun playing through it. I think the take away here is if you're going to allow the player to get lost at least have additional events to distract from aimless wandering around.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-76279202703322750152014-03-17T20:11:59.248+11:002014-03-17T20:11:59.248+11:00Kenny: 1988 AD was Papa's birth year, and he l...Kenny: 1988 AD was Papa's birth year, and he looks at least sixty years old. Just wait for another 30-40 years and we'll have those holovids and implants.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-11470683933908338942014-03-17T13:00:44.498+11:002014-03-17T13:00:44.498+11:00You and me both, Jonsey. The books are great. I me...You and me both, Jonsey. The books are great. I mean, cyberpunk+sex+drugs+Islam? How the hell could any writer pull that off? And yet, George did it and it was great.<br /><br />I'm surprised Zenic couldn't feel that exotic Middle-Eastern vibe reverberating throughout the futuristic dystopia. That East-Meets-West & Old-Meets-New thing is really something to behold.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-70115119579591025122014-03-17T12:55:50.665+11:002014-03-17T12:55:50.665+11:00Islam is founded around 500+ AD. Then again... why...Islam is founded around 500+ AD. Then again... why don't we have implants and holovids yet?!Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-47092617259125008072014-03-16T11:00:05.535+11:002014-03-16T11:00:05.535+11:00When Gravity Fails and A Fire in the Sun are reall...When Gravity Fails and A Fire in the Sun are really great and really fun. The Exile Kiss (the third book in the trilogy) has an enormous plot hole towards the end that I never got my head around. Effinger did a lot of terrific work outside of cyberpunk as well -- I'd also recommend The Wolves of Memory, which I think is included in a still-in-print complilation called A Thousand Deaths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-80835683094851940062014-03-16T02:26:16.522+11:002014-03-16T02:26:16.522+11:00The Journeyman Project - Pegasus Prime is finally ...The Journeyman Project - Pegasus Prime is finally coming out for Windows and Linux: http://thejourneymanproject.com/presto/journeymanprime/<br /><br />And to think - it's only been 17 years since it came out for Mac.Lars-Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853818944579785754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-20854262202044302382014-03-15T18:59:32.989+11:002014-03-15T18:59:32.989+11:00Um, wow. Jim Sterling did a thing on Cypress Inher...Um, wow. Jim Sterling did a thing on Cypress Inheritance: A) Not much of an adventure game B) He summarized it as, and I quote "Pretty shit" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3w7w4iDUTsCanageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-44701510112772897542014-03-15T18:34:18.928+11:002014-03-15T18:34:18.928+11:00Oh, and The Night of the Rabbit is on sale. WHAT? ...Oh, and The Night of the Rabbit is on sale. WHAT? NO BAD 3D GRAPHICS? WHAT SORCERY IS THIS? http://store.steampowered.com/app/230820Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-73703179844662418732014-03-15T18:30:41.409+11:002014-03-15T18:30:41.409+11:00OH hey, Descent is on steam. Anyone remember that?...OH hey, Descent is on steam. Anyone remember that? Great joystick game, back in the day. Mix a flight sim's 3D space, with FPS style gameplay. Fly into a room upside down, shoot someone then zip backwards out the door? Sure why not? Lots of doors in the ceiling, that kind of thing. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-26179142820880524362014-03-15T18:29:15.063+11:002014-03-15T18:29:15.063+11:00Sale time!
Return to Mysterious Island: Point and...Sale time!<br /><br />Return to Mysterious Island: Point and click, boring premise, 3D graphics but no flair to the art. New release though (6 Mar 2014), and on sale. DOUBLE POINTS! KA-CHING. http://store.steampowered.com/app/277110/<br /><br />Return to Mysterious Island 2: Huh, this one looks MUCH more interesting. I wish Trick paid per-game, rather then per-sale. That would reward hunting down each game much more. Also new and on sale: http://store.steampowered.com/app/277270<br /><br />Cypress Inheritance: The Beginning: Also 10 Mar 2014, so another new game. Why are there so many ugly 3D adventure games coming out? http://store.steampowered.com/app/270430/ BAH. If your game has good art direction put up better screen shots. WHY DO YOU MAKE YOUR GAME LOOK BORING? WHY?<br /><br />Also: I want to shoot stuff tonight! Why do I own no FPS except Boarderlands, which got boring ages ago? Why are none on sale on Steam, or at least, none that don't look terrible or arena-based (ie Painkiller). Wait, Crysis is on sale, hmmmmmmmmmmm....<br />Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-39711337939378592032014-03-15T18:19:52.326+11:002014-03-15T18:19:52.326+11:00How are the books? I'm on a reading kick as of...How are the books? I'm on a reading kick as of late (Part of the reason I'm so far behind is I've read....three? four? Something like that, novels since Sunday.)Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-47330580786735305522014-03-15T18:18:10.447+11:002014-03-15T18:18:10.447+11:00I really liked the feel. Honestly, I lost the plot...I really liked the feel. Honestly, I lost the plot a fair bit; It had a lot of unnecessary characters, which is a really easy way to lose me; I suck with names, so everyone blurs together. My habit of reading after work, and going out with friends probably doesn't help this either. <br /><br />That said, I really think this game rocked the setting and atmosphere. Noir, future, cyberpunk, LGBT et al. was very, very original. I like that they didn't just do the standard "Here is a bunch of zany things that let us use MOON LOGIC" thing, nor the normal "Generic PI in a generic US city" thing. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-24631995150103507332014-03-15T07:50:36.434+11:002014-03-15T07:50:36.434+11:00Having not played the game myself, it's easy t...Having not played the game myself, it's easy to be influenced by the bloggers experience and his/hers personal opinion. Getting a second impression like yours is so important because it balances out and lets us see the entire thing from another angle. <br /><br />It seems like it's the kind of game that really benefits from having read the books. It's not necessarily anything wrong about that, but it limits the enjoyment from people that haven't read the books already.<br /><br /> I'm sure there are personal favorites of mine that'll be rated badly and not enjoyed by Trickster, but that's just something I'll have to be prepared for. Anyway, thank you so much for giving us your opinion, it kind of makes me want to play the game after all, and isn't that the point? ;)Lars-Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853818944579785754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-553325032056369792014-03-15T04:05:04.261+11:002014-03-15T04:05:04.261+11:00As a big fan of the books (When Gravity Fails is m...As a big fan of the books (When Gravity Fails is my favorite novel) I have been surprised to see you guys dislike it so much. I think the game is fantastic, one of the best I've ever played. When it was released, I marveled at the freedom to walk around the Budayeen, see and interact with the characters from the books and just generally explore at my own pace. It was the first RPG I personally played where you could go anywhere and start talking to anyone at any time. (It also looked amazing to PC players in 1989. Sure, they were doing great things on the Amiga and ST, but this popped on a 286, haha. I think the music holds up to this day.)<br /><br />At the beginning, I know I tried to visit all the stores and shops and try to get a handle on all the moddies and daddies that were in the game. From a design standpoint, this is really solid -- you can tantalize the player by making certain moddies expensive, creating the alternate goals to the central mystery of fighting enough muggers and criminals to get cash. But where I was getting little bumps of encouragement ("Hey, that's Chiri from the novel! And here is Fuad! Cool!") if this is your first exposure, there isn't anything special about the characters in the game. <br /><br />However, I guess the big disconnect between my experiences and Zenic's is that when you read the blog entries, you see Zenic talking about his thought processes to advance the game. He describes a lot of detective work! He interviewed suspects and possible witnesses, ran around the Budayeen to find items he recalled seeing before... they don't make games like this anymore. I don't want to describe modern games as a bunch of quest arrows, because I love games like Fallout 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and so forth. But being "on your own" in this one was something I enjoyed. It gave me a number of a-ha moments as -- nowhere near a computer -- I thought of solutions to get past places I was stuck. <br /><br />That said, a lot of the wit from the novel is missing. Marid Audran is self-destructive and self-loathing, but one of the most genuinely funny and witty protagonists in all of fiction. That doesn't come across at all in the game. The native resolution was, what, 320x200? They had room on the disks for lots of text, but the amount of wasted space in the UI There really should have been a lot more dialogue written by Effinger, instead of all the throwaway lines. <br /><br />Anyway, I enjoyed the series, it was neat to get a different perspective on it. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-66822832935963926932014-03-15T02:53:05.081+11:002014-03-15T02:53:05.081+11:00CAPs for you! (I'm sure Trickster will reward ...CAPs for you! (I'm sure Trickster will reward you)<br /><br />Don't forget though, there's a secondary sale going on. Pick 5 games for up to 90% off http://www.gog.com/luckoftheirish<br />DEPONIA<br />The Book of Unwritten Tales<br />The Book of Unwritten Tales - The Critter Chronicles<br />LEISURE SUIT LARRY: RELOADED<br />JACK KEANE 2: THE FIRE WITHIN<br />LILLY LOOKING THROUGH<br />THE INNER WORLDZenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-39917958152091342532014-03-15T02:46:48.288+11:002014-03-15T02:46:48.288+11:00Yes, well, there is that. Thanks, I'm glad to ...Yes, well, there is that. Thanks, I'm glad to be done.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-53215513398317321062014-03-15T02:46:05.870+11:002014-03-15T02:46:05.870+11:00Oh, and RE: Neuromancer comparison... I'm not ...Oh, and RE: Neuromancer comparison... I'm not sure which game comes out on top. Circuit's Edge has a lot more characters, places, and events, but Neuromancer's action (no matter how dull it got) never really let up. I can't recommend either as a good cyberpunk game.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-70068836256740506462014-03-15T02:43:10.645+11:002014-03-15T02:43:10.645+11:00I'll take a spin at it and see where it lands....I'll take a spin at it and see where it lands.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-56556719264926576922014-03-15T02:42:40.468+11:002014-03-15T02:42:40.468+11:00Oh right, there were some guesses for the final sc...Oh right, there were some guesses for the final score. I'll go ahead and write that up.<br /><br />Ah, I didn't realize the Islamic calendar was so young. Makes sense now.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.com