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Re: Games you've stalled on #120165
02/12/06 04:19 PM
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Stalled I mean a timed sequence, or puzzle, that, even with a walkthrough, and a save won't work, you can't get the game finisned. As for games that get taken out because (ugh) like Forever Worlds. I only have three of them. I like to finish, so I take out a stalled game and go back to it later. At the moment NDrew Secret of the Old Clock, Alantis Evolution, Myst, Missing, Mag got me through Tratiors Gate II.
I figure one of these days I'll go back and reload them and either win or take them out and shoot them.
I wouldn't wish Forever Worlds on any one.
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Charllotte
P.S. Wouldn't it be nice if games with sound puzzles, were marked warning the hearing impaired?

Re: Games you've stalled on #120166
02/12/06 04:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by ssgamer:
P.S. Wouldn't it be nice if games with sound puzzles, were marked warning the hearing impaired?
Yes, it would. I can do some of them if there are other clues in additon to the sound--if it is sound alone, I can be in trouble--


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Re: Games you've stalled on #120167
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I don't have a hearing problem, but, and I play the piano but I have to turn off all the back ground music and sounds for some games. Sentinal was one of the games that was really hard.
Charllotte

Re: Games you've stalled on #120168
02/12/06 05:19 PM
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I prefer to play one adventure game at a time and try to give it my all when I'm playing. I'm lucky that I haven't yet come across any real stinkers that made me feel like quitting completely, but there have been some frustrating puzzles that I had to stop playing for a few hours or even a few days. In those cases, I play an arcade game or Scrabble or go read a book or take a walk. If it's a timed sequence, especially one that keeps killing me off, I'll use hints or a walkthrough to help me through it.


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Re: Games you've stalled on #120169
02/12/06 08:27 PM
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yes,I'm with you there,LadyKestrel - I also tend to work on one at a time.I don't consider stepping away from a puzzle for even a couple of days stuck tho,since my play time is limited any way. and my preferred method is -get the family,get a hint,get a WT - if that's what it takes after pondering or practicing won't do it lol

Re: Games you've stalled on #120170
02/12/06 08:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mad:

Same here in the main, Jenny100, although I have to admit that a couple of recent-ish keyboard controlled games with "timed sequences that end in death" have left me uninspired enough to abandon them.
Yup. That's one thing that is really boring - when a game has too many of those. Even if I can eventually get past them, to be faced with them continually - with so much repetition to get past each one - is really boring.

Re: Games you've stalled on #120171
02/12/06 10:53 PM
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I'm with Jenny100 here --- I get stalled usually when I'm bored with a game --- but then I'll leave it alone and go back to it eventually.
Problem for me is that I test so many to get them to run --- then forget where I am....

Hmmmmm ---- need more meds I think

Inferno


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Re: Games you've stalled on #120172
02/13/06 08:02 AM
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Re: Games you've stalled on #120173
02/13/06 11:55 AM
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Really, the only thing that stalls me on a game is boredom--if I just don't find it interesting. And usually that happens because the game is constructed in a way that causes a lot of fits and starts and doesn't allow the space for the story & gameplay to develop. Most often this is due to timed puzzles and death sequences, especially the kind that results in a spectacular "failure" sequence that you have to watch over and over, a la Necronomicon. But lack of smoothness, especially in the beginning, can do it. Never could get involved in Voyage for that reason.

I do finish most things, though. There have only been a few I've disliked enough to abandon: Traitor's Gate, because I couldn't take a step without violating some security thing and it just got old (also I didn't think it made sense--if you're sending someone on this vital secret mission, why supply him with such substandard equipment, like a lockpick that only works on obscure 15th century padlocks?); Thorgal's Quest, because it just wasn't an adventure game, Frankenstien TTEOM: bad navigation and too much wandering around, and Voyage (BORING!).

WW


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Re: Games you've stalled on #120174
02/13/06 12:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Rushes:
Myst - All I seemed to do in this game was wander around in total confusion and mutter "eh?", "wha?" & "huh?" to myself at regular intervals. Not my idea of a good time.
rotfl

Absolutely! I thought I was the only one!! laugh


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