tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post4285525909384525903..comments2024-03-29T05:52:53.051+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - One Down, Two to GoThe Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-34337120129471069952014-04-29T18:21:14.376+10:002014-04-29T18:21:14.376+10:00Sales I meant to put up a few days ago, but well, ...Sales I meant to put up a few days ago, but well, I got Sleeping Dogs, then I was out, then I was at work....<br /><br />New Games:<br />Blackwell Epiphany: http://store.steampowered.com/app/236930<br />I'd bet money (Or CAPS) that this is the best game on the list, as I've heard some of you talk about the Blackwell series fondly. Well, now you can get the final part from Steam! <br /><br />Hotel Collectors Edition: From 2010 it arrives on Steam as part of the back catalogue gold rush: Meet the ancient Egyptian cult in a search of almighty artifact, Marcus Antonius, King Arthur and many others who tried to kept this omni-powerful object hidden away from those who wanted to use its terrible powers for conquering the world and stop the evil from raising from its grave! http://store.steampowered.com/app/288750/ Honestly, it kind of sound like shovelware, but I'd love to be proven wrong. <br /><br />And winning out best title catagory: Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok. http://store.steampowered.com/app/293980<br />The eccentric architect Baron Wittard has built something really special: a city inside a building. This monumental pleasure dome, called 'The Utopia', features 1000 apartments, a shopping mall, and hundreds of offices and leisure facilities. All under one roof. Its grand opening was supposed to have been two years ago. That event never happened. A chain of mysterious events has now left the Utopia abandoned and silent. People have gone missing. Electromagnetic disturbances are increasing. These happenings all point to Wittard's desolate Utopia. Armed with only a camera and a torch, you must journey there alone to explore its winding corridors, its secret passageways, and its gloomy halls. Local townspeople say Wittard kept a terrible secret. They speak fearfully of someone or something malevolent lurking at his city. They say it is waiting and growing in power. They say time is running out... <br /><br />(I had twice this many, then I realized I'd typed site:advegamer.blogspot.com into Google, so of course none of them showed up as being posted about already...)<br /><br />Also the STeam Weekly Sale has a number of adventure games in it this week: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/Weeklong_Deals includes:<br />Memoria<br />The Last Express Gold Edition<br />Adam's Venture Episode 3: Revelations<br />Still Life<br />Still Life 2<br />Post Mortem<br /><br />11 new games, 17 sales (I'm not double dipping anymore. I am however, a bit worried about the huge flood of 'new' adventure games on Steam. I recall when it was one or two a month, IF that, now it seems I can't check Steam's new list without a few point and click games having been added... I've even gone from my old stance of 'if it is at all adventure like, it goes on the blog' to 'eh, that doesn't REALLY look like an adventure game...". I'm even checking the tags just in case it is a hidden object game in disguise!Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-10295321486975392722014-04-29T13:57:05.386+10:002014-04-29T13:57:05.386+10:00Gurer vf n ovg bs qvfphffvba nobhg vg tbvat ba nob...Gurer vf n ovg bs qvfphffvba nobhg vg tbvat ba nobir. Nccneragyl gur sybjre'f Yngva anzr vf Serapu sbe fyrrcvat cbbqyr. Fb vs lbh'er yvxr zr naq qba'g fcrnx Serapu (be nalguvat ryfr bgure guna Ratyvfu) gura vg jnf gevny naq reebeDraconiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261641328136220239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-71366812516479366212014-04-29T13:13:47.687+10:002014-04-29T13:13:47.687+10:00I do like her arched eyebrow in the VGA version. T...I do like her arched eyebrow in the VGA version. They managed to make her look incredulous quite well.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-40087626535015822562014-04-29T07:26:59.447+10:002014-04-29T07:26:59.447+10:00Putting it Rot13 for potential spoilers. Can be sa...Putting it Rot13 for potential spoilers. Can be safely decoded after you leave Mêlée Island™. Vs lbh hfr gur sybjre crgny ba gur "ureevat" vg'yy orpbzr n "ureevat jvgu pbaqvzrag." Vf gung gur bayl pyhr gb hfvat gur sybjre crgny pbeerpgyl? V xvaq bs fghzoyrq hcba gur pbeerpg hfr, naq frrvat nf Gevpxfgre gevrq naq snvyrq ba gung cngu fvapr ur zvffrq nqqvat gur vaterqvrag V jbaqre ubj zhpu gebhoyr guvf chmmyr jvyy tvir uvz. Fbeel vs V zvffrq guvf cnegvphyne qvfphffvba fbzrjurer ryfr, V'z fgvyy jbexvat guebhtu gur tnzr naq unira'g qrpbqrq nalbar ryfr'f zrffntrf (nfvqr sebz gur bar uvag V tbg).Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-10983158068654839442014-04-29T06:13:37.327+10:002014-04-29T06:13:37.327+10:00Lrnu naq V frrz gb erzrzore gung va gur serapu ire...Lrnu naq V frrz gb erzrzore gung va gur serapu irefvba vg'f fgvyy gur "pnavpur raqbezv" sybjref, zrnavat gur chmmyr frrzrq npghnyyl cerggl fgenvtugsbejneq gb zr jura V svefg cynlrq gur tnzr...Alfred n the Fettuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15586336731691674651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-48643621033966197212014-04-28T21:10:48.624+10:002014-04-28T21:10:48.624+10:00Bu, fb vg vf npghny Serapu? Pbby! V svtherq vg jbh...Bu, fb vg vf npghny Serapu? Pbby! V svtherq vg jbhyq or fbzr snxr Yngva be znlor Vgnyvna, ohg V thrff Serapu znxrf frafr tvira gur frggvat.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860506019349657883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-91985748606082403442014-04-28T20:01:50.158+10:002014-04-28T20:01:50.158+10:00Pnavpur raqbezv nyfb fvzcyl zrnaf fyrrcvat cbbqyr ...Pnavpur raqbezv nyfb fvzcyl zrnaf fyrrcvat cbbqyr va serapu!Alfred n the Fettuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15586336731691674651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-47076858902206950652014-04-28T15:21:28.569+10:002014-04-28T15:21:28.569+10:00I didn't ridicule you, mate. I was trying to p...I didn't ridicule you, mate. I was trying to put Trix off course to make him look stupid and waste valuable ti- er... I mean, yes. Yes, I'm trying to ridicule you and Trix is really, really smart.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-56564530802803244772014-04-28T03:53:25.456+10:002014-04-28T03:53:25.456+10:00Ha, well I guess you were stuck on the red herring...Ha, well I guess you were stuck on the red herring puzzle for only a short amount of time. <br /><br />I dunno, I have a feeling lbh jba'g trg fghpx ba nalguvat gbb onqyl hagvy lbh npghnyyl trg gb Zbaxrl Vfynaq. V xabj gung'f jurer V unq gur zbfg gebhoyr. Schidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17752195520171352315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-64522285028876306082014-04-27T16:38:58.000+10:002014-04-27T16:38:58.000+10:00Let's compare Carla's closeup to the EGA o...Let's compare Carla's closeup to the EGA one!<br /><br />http://i.imgur.com/CMb8iAX.png<br /><br />...ehh, I dunno. The VGA portrait does look a lot prettier, but at the same time the EGA one has a more sharp, masculine feel to it. It fits her character as a sword master a bit better.Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-83589653282854448372014-04-27T16:02:35.660+10:002014-04-27T16:02:35.660+10:00If you look at her while she's spinning, Guybr...If you look at her while she's spinning, Guybrush says she's "meditating". She spins in the EGA version too.<br /><br />And yes, you can find the treasure without the map. You need to either follow the shopkeeper once to the forest or buy the map to have access to the whole place.Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-9505398776454508472014-04-27T15:51:29.347+10:002014-04-27T15:51:29.347+10:00That damned red herring. I tried for ages to get i...That damned red herring. I tried for ages to get it and then read you post and thought oh how annoying, should have figured that out. Then I met the troll and knew straight away I'd need it. Still couldn't figure it out and hunted everywhere for something to throw at the bird. Eventually gave up and checked a walkthrough. I was most annoyed to find out I just had to walk past it. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Also trying to quickly move your cursor with a fixed speed in a short time limit with an X-Box controller is really frustrating. Draconiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261641328136220239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-29834287906666640422014-04-27T15:48:01.166+10:002014-04-27T15:48:01.166+10:00I found the treasure by luck. I just thought I'...I found the treasure by luck. I just thought I'd wander around and see if I could pick any more flowers and just walked into the treasure quite quicklyDraconiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261641328136220239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-90411332804226732842014-04-27T15:46:06.656+10:002014-04-27T15:46:06.656+10:00V jnf ernyyl jbaqrevat ubj lbh jrer zrnag gb svthe...V jnf ernyyl jbaqrevat ubj lbh jrer zrnag gb svther gung bhg. V whfg gevrq rirelguvat ba gur zrng. Jryy V jbhyq unir gevrq rirelguvat rkprcg gung V fgnegrq jvgu gur sybjref naq sbeghvgbhfyl fnirq gvzr.Draconiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261641328136220239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-355984965612461062014-04-27T14:13:32.875+10:002014-04-27T14:13:32.875+10:00I thought you'd be stuck a bit longer than tha...I thought you'd be stuck a bit longer than that on the red herring. Congratulations, you're getting along quite nicely with the game so far. I'm still stuck, going to put in some more time tonight. Looking forward to your other posts.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-64617997088351682982014-04-27T13:05:30.136+10:002014-04-27T13:05:30.136+10:00I actually do wonder if this means you can actuall...I actually do wonder if this means you can actually go without the map! (I'm not presently capable of checking this out, but I'd be quite interested if anyone has tried to find the treasure before purchasing the map. Given they'd not dead end you either way, I can only imagine it's possible...Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-31066944385797498052014-04-27T11:53:17.680+10:002014-04-27T11:53:17.680+10:00you often need to pick up items that kill you, the...you often need to pick up items that kill you, the trick is how.Darkshadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580650256764296131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-46921613238869558272014-04-27T04:50:28.779+10:002014-04-27T04:50:28.779+10:00Perhaps it should be:
Rule 1: Save now, save ofte...Perhaps it should be:<br /><br />Rule 1: Save now, save often!<br />Rule 2: Pick everything up!Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-35189210982581992212014-04-27T04:22:53.743+10:002014-04-27T04:22:53.743+10:00Except if what you pick up is potentially lethal t...Except if what you pick up is potentially lethal to you.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-8434583986453385972014-04-27T03:18:45.436+10:002014-04-27T03:18:45.436+10:00For some reason, when I visit the Sword Master she...For some reason, when I visit the Sword Master she appears to be spinning on the spot in that longer-distance viewpoint (where Guybrush eavesdrops on the conversation). I wonder if my DOS version of the game is a little dodgy.<br /><br />Trial and error got me through the treasure hunt forest the first time too (in fact I think I was probably just lucky the first time. Trying to read the "map" I wasn't sure what "back" was supposed to mean (I wasn't sure if I was supposed to go back to the previous screen, or upwards). Didn't realise I could have properly mapped the route, I assumed it was a little random.Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-37342861577873897422014-04-27T03:10:00.178+10:002014-04-27T03:10:00.178+10:00First rule of adventure games is surely to pick ev...First rule of adventure games is surely to pick everything up!Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-30872493704333157772014-04-27T02:13:32.760+10:002014-04-27T02:13:32.760+10:00No, it's the same every time.No, it's the same every time.Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-76445480819521194382014-04-27T01:19:42.210+10:002014-04-27T01:19:42.210+10:00I imagine it's random until you actually have ...I imagine it's random until you actually have the map?Novacekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01180934235887217860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-86531397946039827162014-04-26T22:42:08.575+10:002014-04-26T22:42:08.575+10:00We did get a chuckle out of your casual dismissal ...We did get a chuckle out of your casual dismissal of the red herring at the beginning, Trick. I had faith in you though :-)<br /><br />As you can imagine, non-English speakers had an additional complication with the Troll puzzle. The joke was completely lost on me at the time. I think I simply got past the Troll by trying everything in my inventory, but overall the whole business was a real head-scratcher (a few months later I got to read Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" for English class, and I was overjoyed at "getting" why the only thing on the book cover was a big red fish, of all things!).<br /><br />By contrast, and I will ROT13 this just in case, gur chmmyr vaibyivat gur lryybj sybjref vf n pvapu sbe nal Fcnavfu fcrnxre. "Pnavpur" vf Fcnavfu sbe cbbqyr, juvyr "raqbezv" vf snhk-Yngva sbe "qbezve" (fyrrc). Fb bapr lbh trg gur sybjref' "fpvragvsvp anzr" gur pbhefr bs npgvba vf cerggl pyrne. Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860506019349657883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-12097584804369131622014-04-26T19:05:59.821+10:002014-04-26T19:05:59.821+10:00I told you that you'd need the herring! (I was...I told you that you'd need the herring! (I was ridiculed for it and everything!)Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.com