The Random Adventure Game News Thread

[suejak]

http://thefrostrune.com/

"Point-and-click adventure game set in the viking age and made by history nerds." Said Reddit.

Looks really purty. Nobody markets their ancient history like the Swedes.

 

[evdk]

http://thefrostrune.com/

"Point-and-click adventure game set in the viking age and made by history nerds." Said Reddit.

Looks really purty. Nobody markets their ancient history like the Swedes.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING
WARMER
Explore the ancient Norse Myths and Riddles
A point-and-click Adventure Game for iOS / Android / Windows Phone

Thank you and good night.

 

[suejak]

Ohhhhhmahgerd

 

[trustno1code]

Speaking of Myst-likes, the AGON games (The Mysterious Codex and The Lost Sword of Toledo) are on a half-off sale on ShinyLoot for a couple more days. I've only played the demo for The Mysterious Codex recently, and I think I'll bite; got hooked pretty quickly, particularly liked the puzzles that seem well integrated into the environment (it's all about finding information, "connecting the dots" and using it appropriately) and lots of seemingly random flavour (in books mostly). The final part is supposed to come out this year.
Anybody played these that would know if they go up or downhill?

 

[Infinitron]

Good article on the beginning of the fall of Infocom at Digital Antiquarian: http://www.filfre.net/2014/04/down-from-the-top/

 

[Sceptic]

The paper that he links to at the end, and from which he clearly took a lot of information, is even more detailed, though he did manage to put in a lot of extra information that he must've gleaned from the newsletter and the interviews. Pretty good read all in all.

 

[JudasIscariot]

The Samaritan Paradox just released today



(Kredits link: http://af.gog.com/game/the_samaritan_paradox?as=1649904300 )

 

[Turjan]

So, the latest from Groupees is Build a Microids Adventure Bundle. So far we have:

Egypte 3 - The Egyptian Prophecy
Atlantis - The Lost Tales
Road to India
Amerzone - The Explorer Legacy
Corsairs Gold
The Secrets of Atlantis
Red Johnson's Chronicles

Are any of those worth getting?

 

[Bubbles]

No.

 

[Name]

So, the latest from Groupees is Build a Microids Adventure Bundle. So far we have:

Egypte 3 - The Egyptian Prophecy
Atlantis - The Lost Tales
Road to India
Amerzone - The Explorer Legacy
Corsairs Gold
The Secrets of Atlantis
Red Johnson's Chronicles

Are any of those worth getting?

Amerzone is referenced in Syberia, I think.

 

[tuluse]

Amerzone and Atlantis - The Lost Tales both have mixed reviews on gog. That's like a negative rating on the codex.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Damn, I never even heard about any of those except Amerzone, which I didn't play. Guess they're not worth the trouble?

 

[Name]

Atlantis used to be a relatively famous series, five installments in total?
Maybe it fills the void between the crash of AVGs industry and the rise of modern great AVGs like Walking Dead somehow.

 

[Turjan]

Amerzone and Atlantis - The Lost Tales both have mixed reviews on gog. That's like a negative rating on the codex.

Yeah, I now looked at them. The Atlantis reviews basically say "beautiful game, horrible gameplay - play with walkthrough open - take it as a movie". Amerzone is short and has nonsensical puzzles. Corsairs is simplistic and has porting issues.

 

[Jaesun]

Amerzone was a beautiful game, and enjoyable. I liked it.

 

[agentorange]

It's also tangentially related to Syberia, so if you like that series it's worth playing.

 

[trustno1code]

Those Atlantis games were fun (at least the first three ones from Cryo, haven't played the fourth or The Secrets). Some quite challenging puzzles, and quite a few ways to die/loose, which I suppose could equate to "horrible gameplay - play with a walk-through" in some 4-hour-"interactive-experience" loving circles. The auto-saving, forcing you to replay escape sequences and such in case of failure can get annoying though, so if you can't handle that, stay clear.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Huh, speaking of Cryo, I just remembered this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec:_The_Curse_in_the_Heart_of_the_City_of_Gold

Seems to be pretty obscure.

 

[VioletShadow]

Just in case the latest Syberia 3 artwork hasn't been posted, from the official site

 

[jfrisby]

AGS Bake Sale 2: http://bluecupbakesale.com/

 

[Boleskine]

Anybody see the shitstorm around Daedalic releasing a special edition of The Whispered World and charging existing owners for the upgrade (and doubling the base price of the game)?

http://steamcommunity.com/app/268540/discussions/0/558754260533948823/

Daedalic changed their mind and will update all versions of the game across platforms for free. Still, an odd move by them - I guess they were running out of peanuts for their interns and didn't have a better idea for raising some cash?

 

[VioletShadow]

Boleskine a REALLY odd move coming from them. Weird.

 

[abnaxus]

What will Syberia 3 even be about?

 

[Bubbles]

Pretty pictures.

 

[VioletShadow]

Amanita Collection (Samorost 2, Machinarium, Botanicula) 70% off on Gamersgate :D