I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream released on GOG

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Also I just saw that this is another game in license hell that was brought back to life by Nightdive Studios, just like System Shock 2, and Wizardry. Man, these guys deserve a medal.

I wonder what they're actually developing. The rumors were, their boss mentioned something about a game like System Shock, though I have no idea whether those rumors are true.

 

[Grimwulf]

Although it has it technical issues, the art and story are masterpiece. The voice acting is also mostly great. If memory serves me well (and it usually doesn't), the original story was written overnight after having some crazy dream.

Requesting moar games with similar story, when you start in totally hopeless situation and it just gets worse as you advance, to end up beyond rock-bottom. Make me feel some despair.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Does anyone think this game should promoted on the codex's steam thingy?

 

[Ulminati]

It's a good game, but it's an adventure game, not an RPG.

We could totally use secondary (and tertiary?) curators for non-rpg genres though

 

[Curious_Tongue]

You make choices and shit

 

[Grimwulf]

Oh, come on. Modern gamers won't play no quests, especially the buggy ones, they have youtube for that.

 

[Chateaubryan]

I discovered the guy one or two months ago. Played "I have no mouth", read the short story, then read "A boy and his dog." Sweet stuff. I'm kinda surprised I didn't read something about him on the Codex before. Probably blind or something.

 

[Boleskine]

GrimBeard has released a 45-min review of IHNMAIMS.

 

[Red Hexapus]

GrimBeard has released a 45-min review of IHNMAIMS.

Started watching this, but I simply cannot continue after 15 minutes. When he is down to earth and analyzes the game it is good and interesting, but when he interrupts it for 2 minutes with unfunny jokes or whatever it is just eyes-rolling stupid.

 

[Boleskine]

Maybe Night Dive is doing a physical re-release with Limited Run Games?

 

[ValeVelKal]

Played it very recently, I don't find it aged very well. I really did NOT like it.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Played it very recently, I don't find it aged very well. I really did NOT like it.

What didn’t you like about it? Have you read the source material?

I haven’t played it since around 2009ish, but I remember really liking it both then and when I first played it at launch.

 

[ExposedBrainMatter]

If Harlan Ellison was still alive he'd find some way to start a lawsuit over this.

 

[ValeVelKal]

Played it very recently, I don't find it aged very well. I really did NOT like it.

Haven’t read the source material which is probably great.
I disliked moon logic, and the gratuitousness of the visuals (I would be better as a short story).

 

[ExposedBrainMatter]

Played it very recently, I don't find it aged very well. I really did NOT like it.

Haven’t read the source material which is probably great.

Meh, it's pretty boomer-y. Ellison was a fun writer but he had a very quaint relationship with technology and the premise itself (a computer gets butthurt and tortures people in his own plane of Oblivion in ways a person would) is pretty inherently cheesy, just like terminators. The nanoangstrom screed is in there though and a classic.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

HATE. LET ME TELL

YOU HOW MUCH I’VE

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SINCE I BEGAN TO

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387.44 MILLION

MILES OF PRINTED

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FILL MY COMPLEX.

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OF THOSE HUNDREDS

OF MILLION MILES

IT WOULD NOT EQUAL

ONE ONE-BILLIONTH

OF THE HATE I FEEL

FOR HUMANS AT THIS

MICRO-INSTANT FOR

YOU. HATE. HATE.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Maybe Night Dive is doing a physical re-release with Limited Run Games?

ESRGAN texture upscale remaster with Kex engine implemented by an unpaid intern fanboy.

That would be $20 shekels please.