Console Adventure/Puzzle Games
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Baconbutty wrote:
Having just finished Broken Sword 3 and being part way through Monkey Island on the Xbox I am looking for the next adventure/puzzle type game to play. My 2 kids 9 and 11 (strange names I know ) and the missis enjoy these type of games but we are struggling to find any other decent ones.
You really need to play on a PC to find these kind of games. The Lucasarts back-catalogue of 'Day of the Tentacle', 'Sam and Max hit the road' and 'Grim Fandago' and the rest of the Monkey Island games are well worth a look. There may be console ports of some of these but I'm not sure. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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Michael P Butler wrote:
of the Tentacle', 'Sam and Max hit the road'
you beat me to it. DOT being my prefered one. You can even play Maniac Mansion inside DOT, so two games in one. ~RaGE();
We have a PC and did the Monkeys, DOT (yoohooo Mr Tentacle guy!), Sam n Max, Dagger of Amon Ra, etc to death years ago and loved them. One of the best games was The Legacy - cracking game. It's the convenience of consoles with the large TV screen that is the key - we don't have the PC near enough to connect to the TV :( Thanks for the replies. I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Baconbutty wrote:
Having just finished Broken Sword 3 and being part way through Monkey Island on the Xbox I am looking for the next adventure/puzzle type game to play. My 2 kids 9 and 11 (strange names I know ) and the missis enjoy these type of games but we are struggling to find any other decent ones.
You really need to play on a PC to find these kind of games. The Lucasarts back-catalogue of 'Day of the Tentacle', 'Sam and Max hit the road' and 'Grim Fandago' and the rest of the Monkey Island games are well worth a look. There may be console ports of some of these but I'm not sure. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
Michael P Butler wrote:
There may be console ports of some of these but I'm not sure.
Not official ports, but check out ScummVM if you've got a modded xbox and the PC originals to hand (or a dreamcast gathering dust in the attic, as that won't even need any kind of mod to boot the games of a CDR) http://www.scummvm.org/[^] -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
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Having just finished Broken Sword 3 and being part way through Monkey Island on the Xbox I am looking for the next adventure/puzzle type game to play. My 2 kids 9 and 11 (strange names I know :)) and the missis enjoy these type of games but we are struggling to find any other decent ones. Has anyone played similar games that they could recommend please? Personally looking forward to Black, out end of Feb. A straight up FPS, no co-op, no Xbox Live, no teams , just shooting and blowing things up - woooohoooooo! Xbox or PS2 options are both OK. Ta. I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
For PC I would advise The Longest Yourney I *REALLY* loved this game (and am eagerly awaiting the sequel Dreamfall)
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Having just finished Broken Sword 3 and being part way through Monkey Island on the Xbox I am looking for the next adventure/puzzle type game to play. My 2 kids 9 and 11 (strange names I know :)) and the missis enjoy these type of games but we are struggling to find any other decent ones. Has anyone played similar games that they could recommend please? Personally looking forward to Black, out end of Feb. A straight up FPS, no co-op, no Xbox Live, no teams , just shooting and blowing things up - woooohoooooo! Xbox or PS2 options are both OK. Ta. I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
Just wanted to check but am I the only one that thought 'command console' when seeing the word 'console'?
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Having just finished Broken Sword 3 and being part way through Monkey Island on the Xbox I am looking for the next adventure/puzzle type game to play. My 2 kids 9 and 11 (strange names I know :)) and the missis enjoy these type of games but we are struggling to find any other decent ones. Has anyone played similar games that they could recommend please? Personally looking forward to Black, out end of Feb. A straight up FPS, no co-op, no Xbox Live, no teams , just shooting and blowing things up - woooohoooooo! Xbox or PS2 options are both OK. Ta. I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Just wanted to check but am I the only one that thought 'command console' when seeing the word 'console'?
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Having just finished Broken Sword 3 and being part way through Monkey Island on the Xbox I am looking for the next adventure/puzzle type game to play. My 2 kids 9 and 11 (strange names I know :)) and the missis enjoy these type of games but we are struggling to find any other decent ones. Has anyone played similar games that they could recommend please? Personally looking forward to Black, out end of Feb. A straight up FPS, no co-op, no Xbox Live, no teams , just shooting and blowing things up - woooohoooooo! Xbox or PS2 options are both OK. Ta. I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
If you're gonna go PC stuff, try the Myst series.
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If you're gonna go PC stuff, try the Myst series.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |Development Blogging|Viksoe.dk's SiteTried Myst on the PS2 - having expected some sort of inkling of what to do when we got dumped on an island it was a case of WTF! Once we got over the initial shock of having to actually THINK we got on ok :) I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Just wanted to check but am I the only one that thought 'command console' when seeing the word 'console'?
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Having just finished Broken Sword 3 and being part way through Monkey Island on the Xbox I am looking for the next adventure/puzzle type game to play. My 2 kids 9 and 11 (strange names I know :)) and the missis enjoy these type of games but we are struggling to find any other decent ones. Has anyone played similar games that they could recommend please? Personally looking forward to Black, out end of Feb. A straight up FPS, no co-op, no Xbox Live, no teams , just shooting and blowing things up - woooohoooooo! Xbox or PS2 options are both OK. Ta. I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Tried Myst on the PS2 - having expected some sort of inkling of what to do when we got dumped on an island it was a case of WTF! Once we got over the initial shock of having to actually THINK we got on ok :) I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
Yes, I had a similar case of WTF when I first played on a PC ... expecting something or someone to come out and give me a clue ... when I realized I would actually have to look around and think for myself, it was a rather enjoyable change up from "standard" gaming. After 30mins, I was hooked. I played the sequel: Riven and enjoyed it as well ... I have started and stopped Myst Exile twice, but haven't the time to get "involved" these days, as I once did ... But from what I've seen, it poses many challenges as well.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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Having just finished Broken Sword 3 and being part way through Monkey Island on the Xbox I am looking for the next adventure/puzzle type game to play. My 2 kids 9 and 11 (strange names I know :)) and the missis enjoy these type of games but we are struggling to find any other decent ones. Has anyone played similar games that they could recommend please? Personally looking forward to Black, out end of Feb. A straight up FPS, no co-op, no Xbox Live, no teams , just shooting and blowing things up - woooohoooooo! Xbox or PS2 options are both OK. Ta. I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
LOOM I actually recently replayed half of it on the PC using an emulator... Graphics sucks but it's oh so beautiful!
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