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Monday, January 29, 2007

The Blackwell Legacy + Sam & Max Ep3:

The Blackwell Legacy is a retro looking adventure game released online. There is a plan to make a series of mystery games following from this one. I bought a copy, of course, and while the backstory has potential to be great, the game really didn't go down any of the awesome paths I thought it would. Perhaps in the future. The game is not bad at all though, it really does feel like a professional adventure game time warped from the 1990's and has all the charm of the CD-Era Sierra games. The story is scared to be as dark as it really is, which is too bad, because in a lot of ways it reminds me of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. This, you should know, is no small compliment, GK1 is one of those games that keep me up at nights, overwhelmed by it's enduring quality. Anyway, I finished it today and recommend it to everyone, even at $15. It is a lot to ask for what is basically an afternoon's entertainment, but it is also the most fun "Episode" game I have played so far.

Speaking of that, I also finished Sam & Max Ep. 3 today. The games are finally hinting at some overall story, which I hope is the whole focus of 5 and 6, with 4 as the transition, because otherwise I am going to be a bit disappointed at the depth of this first series. They did get the game out though, no other company as been able to keep a schedule like TellTale. Stupid Valve. Now that I have played 3 episodes the fact that someone is making me new Sam & Max is over and I am seeing how the new incarnation differs from that of yore. The big issue I have, (other than the voice of Sam, which might be because I have played the old game so many times) is that the world of Sam & Max has been cleaned up so much. The first episode I was ok with the world, there were 3 areas. Surely as we moved into the great world there would be seedy carnivals with human freaks, mad robot scientist that have their heads ripped off, or a tunnel of love where you ride on a bandaged swan's back. So far the stories are out there and insane but also very clean, barren affairs. This is one of the big problems with 3d I think. The worlds have to look simple to keep that cartoon look to them, but that gives things a clean, everything just got bleached look. I just looked for screenshots to compare, but I can't find any good ones and I am the only one that cares, so I'll refrain from loading the games up and writing a paper on this. I am suprised you read this far into my babble.

Posted by superseth @ 01:09 AM PST

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Bent Fence:

Posted by superseth @ 09:21 PM PST

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Yes, Bioshock:

You are right Kyle, Bioshock is coming and everyone should know it. Check out Bioshock Online for more info about the game. It is hosted by Through the Looking Glass, the excellent fan site for all things related to Looking Glass Studios. I can't wait.

Also at this time I will promote Gregory and the Hawk. I just got the EP and enjoy it a lot, Selena liked it so I figured I'd spread the world further. Link

Posted by superseth @ 11:57 PM PST