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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115658
07/13/04 06:52 PM
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I already have a post elsewhere telling how I much dislike Forever Worlds (playing it now, but not for long). I don't even want to resurrect that thought! laugh


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115659
07/13/04 07:17 PM
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Well, it certainly looks like "Forever Worthless" and "A Quiet Weekend in (a) Coma" have many loyal fans here... thumbsup


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115660
07/13/04 08:29 PM
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I think I'm playing it right now ... "Missing" <G>! That's followed closely by "Conspiracies". I've tried several times to finish but just can't.

Susan

Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115661
07/13/04 08:37 PM
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Adventure at the Chateau d'Or had many faults but still managed to provide a couple of interesting puzzles. I do think 7 glasses of wine was a bit much, and I was very tempted to leave the princess captive in that sphere just to punish her for her atrocious acting, but I still had a good time with it. I now know a little more French history, too. However, it is at the bottom of my list, and I doubt if I'll ever replay it. smile


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115662
07/13/04 09:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Llewton:
Hang in there BrownEyedTigre the end will blow your mind!! A totally different kind of surprise!!! (I'm actually still playing it, some idiot tipped off the end to me, could have killed him. But it is something I've always wanted to do/be in an adv game and I'm playing the game from that perspective and loving it.

Enjoy,
Bill
Okay Bill...you have now piqued my interest. I'll keep that in mind as I plug my way through. BTW, I do find the posters and reading material quite interesting though!
Ana


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115663
07/13/04 09:50 PM
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Rhem. Boring. I believe it is the only game I didn't finish. frown

Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115664
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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115665
07/13/04 11:26 PM
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Hi smile

In my book, "9" is certainly a turkey that shouldn't gobble any more.... wave


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115666
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Someone, around these parts, once said they turned the box upside down so they could pretend it was a different game laugh





Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115667
07/14/04 12:36 AM
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I liked 9 a lot, with the exception of the final puzzle and the fact the game window was small.

My vote goes to Trick or Treat. I know I'm not supposed to pick a game because of bugs, but this game is impossible to get to the end of due to a bug that occurs right after the first big cutscene. I haven't met anybody who's managed to get past it and it's been tested on every type of computer from a 386 run DOS 5.0 to a new PC running WinXP. Gobble gobble.

I haven't played Forever Worlds (nor am I likely ever to), but it sounds like it deserves the award as well.


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115668
07/14/04 12:48 AM
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Wow...so many...

Rhianna Rouge
Midnight Nowhere
Salammbo (hated it, just HATED it)
Chateau D'Or

Those would be MY top 4 stinkers.


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115669
07/14/04 12:59 AM
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I'd forgotten about Forever Worlds. That one certainly trumps them all as far as turkeyhood goes.

I don't agree about RHEM at all though. It was a puzzle-oriented game that had wonderfully logical mechanical puzzles. Not for everyone but certainly no turkey.

Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115670
07/14/04 01:19 AM
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I don't know if I would call them "turkeys" but these are games that I couldn't get myself to finish, either due to being majorly difficult to progress for me, had me totally confused, or just boring to me...

Traitor's Gate
Safecracker
Temujin
The Quivering
Feeble Files
Twinsen's Odyssey

Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115671
07/14/04 01:31 AM
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Hello-

I think the Turkey of the year goes to Crystal Key, of course it could of been me, I prefer Syberia, The Longest Journey and Dungeon Siege, but the Crystal Key I could not get anywhere. rotfl

Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115672
07/14/04 04:51 AM
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popcorneater -- you hated the Nancy Drew game The Haunted Carousel? scared

So you keep saving your game, because experienced adventure gamers KNOW they can get killed off any second; and they're ready to load that saved game - right? But nothing happens to you! The game moves forward, and the sounds get scarier; and nothing happens to you. rolleyes

Finally, your in the 'endgame' sequence -- staring right into the "Darkness" itself... and what pops up? A lovely, multi-colored and NON-scary puzzle. You make a mistake... and nothing bad happens to you. You just try again. Then another pretty puzzle to solve... and nothing happens. You're at the end, and thousands of lost souls are crying out to you for help. You feel the pressure on you, to NOT MESS UP. But you DO mess up. Do you get EATEN? NO! Do you die? NO! Do you get (at least) yelled at by the scary "Darkness"? No!!!

It just stares at you from its fountain of souls, and waits patiently for you to get those lyrics right. You don't die, because you CAN'T die. And you realize you've been CONNED.

BTW, this is for the AMERICAN release.

--- --- Give Dark Fall a 'Turkey' AND a 'Chicken' award, IMHO...

Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115673
07/14/04 06:57 AM
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In these sorts of threads I used to say Temujin, but now I have a new winner, Traitors Gate 2.
Gadzooks, did this game have issues.


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115674
07/14/04 07:00 AM
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I have to go along with Nine also. It is still sitting on my shelf where it will probably stay just because it seems sinful to toss games.
Gee, maybe it will become a classic some day as the worst game ever and be worth some money. wink


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115675
07/14/04 07:22 AM
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Lakerz... was the Trick or Treat game based on the film???


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115676
07/14/04 10:30 AM
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Actually, I really liked that you couldn't die in Dark Fall. I like games where you can't die. To me experiencing the fear, suspense and anticipation does not necessarily imply that you have to be able to die in the game. In fact, I feel a sense of accomplishment that I fought evil and lived whether dying was possible or not. There's enough chances to die in the real world--why put it in my game??

but anyway, turkeys.

The two games i've never been able to finish are Thorgal's Quest and Traitor's Gate. The first was just annoying and had too many stupid action elements that I didn't want to deal with; boy was that a waste of money. The latter was just non-sensical and boring and contrived. I mean, I'm sure in the real world a super secret agent would be sent out on a mission with a lock-pick that only works on one specific 16th century kind of lock. Yuck. Words cannot express my revulsion for that one.

The two that I actually finished but thought were dreadful: Mystery of the Druids and The Omega Stone. Both had real potential that they just didn't live up to. All that back and forthing in TOS about drove me mad, too.

WW


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115677
07/14/04 11:06 AM
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Missing/In Memoriam.

Mostly because the lack of a gameworld annoyed me no end. I probably would have quit (I rarely bother finishing a game I don't like) if I wasn't playing it for review. Exploring a cool gameworld is far and above the main reason I play adventure games. Missing/In Memoriam was the equivalent of being tied to my chair and forced to fill out tax forms all day.

Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115678
07/14/04 11:44 AM
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think Am I the only one that liked Forever Worlds? slapforehead
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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115679
07/14/04 12:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Scout:
Missing/In Memoriam.

Mostly because the lack of a gameworld annoyed me no end. I probably would have quit (I rarely bother finishing a game I don't like) if I wasn't playing it for review. Exploring a cool gameworld is far and above the main reason I play adventure games. Missing/In Memoriam was the equivalent of being tied to my chair and forced to fill out tax forms all day.
I did not even like the premise it is built on....
I do not want to buy any game that is not self contained.. What happens when the developer decides not to host the webpages that are part of the content anymore? The game becaomes worthless.. The publisher tries to herald it as some sort of wonderful new direction for adventure games.. yeah, sure..


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115680
07/14/04 12:32 PM
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Kentwood, Left my heart in New...
Joanie, I liked Forever Worlds. See, You are not alone.


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115681
07/14/04 12:40 PM
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What great responses, people! <img border="0" alt="bravo" title="" src="graemlins/bravo.gif " />

After reading them, I have moved some games to the bottom of my "to buy" list i.e. Chateau D'Or, which seems to be pretty universally disliked.. eek


Many others games appear to have split decisions, and that is not really surprising.. This is subjective, and as some people want more story and less puzzles, and others want less story and more puzzles, I can see why some people would love (for example) TLJ, and others would hate it..

In any case, this is really interesting reading everyone....... smile


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Re: Golden turkey awards...... #115682
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Contribution to mega-turkeys list(since this is neutral ground):

Beyond Atlantis II (Atlantis 3)-gorgeous graphics, but completely nonsensical in its number of bizarre puzzles and utter lack of plot. The dreadful ending had me staring at the screen, baffled, slack-jawed and glaze-eyed.

Amerzone-sorry, but to me just plain lame and somewhat childish. If it had been marketed strictly as a game for the young, I'd have no beef with it.

Thanks to this forum, for many years I've been able to avoid purchasing any number of lousy games. I'm forever grateful!

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