The Phantasmat Games
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I have all (I think) the Phantasmat games but never played any - so I fired Up "The Dread of Oakville" today and am finding it pretty good I suppose I should have started with the first in the series. Will it matter ??
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Re: The Phantasmat Games
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I've never bothered with Demos, Reenie. I don't have the time or inclination I do sometimes glance through the reviews at Big Fish - but mainly, if I like the look/sound of a game, I risk it !! And not come too badly unstuck as yet. Just the occasional flop
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Re: The Phantasmat Games
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Hey, different strokes! You can get a really good idea of the "tone" of of a game from the one-hour Demo. I seldom have been surprised by a large variation in tone and playing style between the Trial Game and the whole shebang, and I do have time on my hands, being retired. heh heh Mainly, I steer away from games that are TOO heavy in HO scenes. That isn't the fun part for me. Also, I can't play games with too much ugliness, fighting or torture stuff, as it is too stressful, and have had to bail out of a game for that reason, so "Lesson Learned" there: try it first. If I buy a game, I don't usually begin playing it immediately because I have other things on my activities list. So I also start over again under a new Player Name.
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Re: The Phantasmat Games
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Finished the Phantasmat "Dread of Oakville" game and am now playing the first one of the series It's lookin' GOOD !!
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Re: The Phantasmat Games
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Most of the games I've played can be played in any order. I still try to play them in the order they were released though. I don't always succeed. I sometimes discover I missed one. And have to play it out of sequence. But since they're not a serial it doesn't matter.
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Re: The Phantasmat Games
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Something strange happened tonight when I launched Phantasmat to carry on with my playing of it. I was taken to a place much earlier in the game than my last save (at the very least THREE saves prior to my last one) and so had to replay LOTS to get back to where I left the game last night !! Am certainly hoping that doesn't happen again
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Re: The Phantasmat Games
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I hadn't thought about the computer "time/date", oldbroad, but it IS correct. All truly peculiar !!
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Re: The Phantasmat Games
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Finished Phantasmat earlier but am quite perplexed .... I "remembered" some parts of this game although I thought I hadn't previously played it It's not listed in my "Game Collection", it's not sitting on any of my shelves and it's not showing in the libraries of any Download sites I use. So can anyone think how I could possibly have previously played it
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