Re: Re-Plays :-)
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Sorry to be so slow in responding 8dog, but I've been ill and have not been on line. This is a copy/paste of my comments on that series of games. Remember, this is just one person's impression:
Haunted Hotel: Charles Ward = Darned good, excellent puzzles, complex, long. Replay. Haunted H.: Phoenix = Played Demo: Not that compelling, didn't buy. Haunted H.: Axiom Butcher = Played Demo: Didn't bite. Haunted H.: Personal Nightmare = Played Demo: Decided against it. Tired of the haunted theme.
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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In my Haunted Hotel re-plays I am now onto my third .... one called "Death Sentence". And I am quite enjoying it - apart from the "achievements" and "Collectables" etc within it, which I am valiantly trying to ignore
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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Good point, Mad. Never give up on a series if you liked one game in it. Other series, like Twilight Phenomenon, Surface, Reflections, and Bridge to Another World, have had games that I panned in my record-keeping but also have had other games I gave the highest ratings to among the genre. And Dark Parables, which generally is very good (I've played ten of them), had one that I noted, "Interesting, but way too easy. Just pokes along. Bailed on demo," and two that I noted, "Don't even remember it" (which means I added no comments after finishing). It must depend entirely on the makeup of a given game's development team?
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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As I don't maintain such detailed records as you, Reenie, with regard to my games, I will more than likely risk buying one purely because I like the sound of it [I very, very rarely play demos.] And I certainly do tend to go on and buy all those released as a series if, after I've played one, I liked it
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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Yes, I also will try a game from a series I haven't enjoyed previously, after a decent time interval has passed. I use the Trial Game option to see if the series has improved AND because a good series can still have a stinker in it. I usually have at least one game active on the computer, for when a little diversion is appealing. I play one every other week or so. At this point, I have close to 400 games in my database. Even if you buy every game at at Two-Fer Sale, and get them for only $7 (I prefer the CE version), that adds up over the years! No sense in throwing away your money. I started to keep this database in 2014 after a couple of times buying a game for the SECOND time (the first purchase being as a hard disk in a computer store or game store ~ remember those days?) There simply are too many to keep straight or remember. Just takes a minute to enter my comments.
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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Hi. Oh, right from the start I've tended to buy from Big Fish only when they've been running a sale because I feel the prices (as at most other download places) are high for download games - considering there are no physical elements or shipping costs involved. And so far, even over all the years I've been buying, I seem to have been lucky as I've ended up with very few duds indeed. Even though I don't bother with demos But the record keeping of my whole game collection really only consists of a list of titles. So I am nowhere near as industrious as you, Reenie And good luck to you, Marion, if you decide to go down the full scale route that Reenie uses. [Phew !!]
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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Yes. I realise it wouldn't be an odorous task, Reenie, if I had started it years ago and all I had to do was keep it updated. But to start a spreadsheet now would be more than I could face
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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By the way, I discovered the Sable Maze series recently. Wow. Have played Twelve Fears and Sullivan River, so far, and both were darned good. Sullivan River had some tasty puzzles! Even though Twelve Fears was an SE, it still was good, creative interpretation of HO scenes, and longer than most SE versions. I probably will replay both of them later. So I bought Norwich Cave a couple of days ago, and am playing that now. Loving it! Every HO scene is a puzzle, not just a hunt-for-the-screwdriver thing. There is some wacky use of inventory that tickles me. The mini-games are all easy, but the game is looooong. I've been pecking away at it and still can tell I am only a little more than halfway through it. I most definitely will replay this one at a later date!
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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I never time myself when I'm playing, do you? I just enjoy the game. Yes, I don't use Skips, either, but I have used a Hint now and then, to figure out where to go next. Sometimes, the wandering gets to be a bit much. ha ha
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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Done half my "Haunted Hotel" re-plays now ( there are a LOT of them ) and am currently nearing the end of the last "Cadenza" in THAT series. Been seriously neglecting my Adventures and RPGs though !! However, another delight in store when I start to play catch up
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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It sounds like you are having a lot of fun, Mad. I am still replaying the Dark Parables series and have finished 3 or 4 other HOPAs as well - and having a great time doing it. On their Facebook page, Big Fish announced today that one of the new CEs this week is going to be: Haunted Hotel XV: The Evil Inside.
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Re: Re-Plays :-)
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Oh, heck !! You really shouldn't have told me that, Marian !! [ Glad you are enjoying your Dark Parables and others besides ]
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