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Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23530
04/18/07 01:33 AM
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The first Agatha Christie game got bad reviews by some, but it has become one of my favorite games.
Starship Titanic also has a special place in my gaming library.

Adam


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Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23531
04/18/07 04:15 AM
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I usually never read reviews of adventure games from major gamesites like Gamespot, IGN or other sites, since these sites normally dislike or give bad reviews to adventure/puzzle games.

I usually go by the reviews from this site wink , adventuregamers.com and justadventure.com, since I feel that these sites have a better take on what makes adventures good or even great that the major gamesites like gamespot.com has.


Adventure gaming is fun smile

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23532
04/18/07 04:36 AM
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Mine is Post Mortem. It got bad reviews for the dialogues and a strange plot, but I loved it for the characters, voice acting, music and atmosphere.

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23533
04/18/07 05:27 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Adam Beals:
The first Agatha Christie game got bad reviews by some, but it has become one of my favorite games.

Adam
I would have to agree with that one as well. In fact both Agatha Christie titles, ATTWN and MOTOE didn't receive very good reviews. However i am a fan of AC and i absolutely loved both. I don't pay attention to reviews, i will not buy/disregard a game due to reviews, i will play the demo or get opinion from friends who have tried the game and i know their opinion is reliable.


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Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23534
04/18/07 06:07 AM
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I'm almost to a point where I know I'll like a game because of bad reviews from the general gaming sites. They always hate the 1st person point and click puzzlers that I tend to enjoy. smile

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23535
04/18/07 06:48 PM
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Arthur's Knights and the sequel Secrets of Merlin. There were a few people on GameBoomers apart from myself who loved these games, but in general the games got poor to mediocre reviews. I thought they were great. My only criticism of them now is that they don't take kindly to Windows XP in a lot of cases, unfortunately. I played them on my Windows ME and Windows 98 computers.

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23536
04/18/07 07:03 PM
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I agree Marian, I really liked both of the Arthur's Knights games.I think some of the review scores for these games was 4 out of 10.I liked Odysee search for Ulysses to ,although I don't know what score that one got.I have played some games that got a good review and went Huh,when it was over. laugh Dunn.

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23537
04/18/07 08:03 PM
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Hey Ron , Does Nightlong play on XP ?.Always saw it on Dreamcatchers site, but never got around to play it. Dunn.

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23538
04/20/07 08:06 AM
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For me it was A Quiet Weekend in Capri. When it first came out a lot of people didn't seem to like it. I got so hooked on it I played for hours every day. As more and more people played it, it seemed to gain in popularity. I can't wait for Anacapri.


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Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23539
04/20/07 08:15 AM
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Temujin. The reviews crucified it, and perhaps they were right to do so, but I perversely loved it.


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Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23540
04/20/07 12:29 PM
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For some strange reason, every game that i like, whatever the genre, seems to get not so good reviews. However some of the so called "greats" which got good reviews and i tried, i either uninstalled them in the first 20 minutes or finished them so that i would just finish them, and not particularly liked them.


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Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23541
04/20/07 12:55 PM
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I thought The Messenger was a great game!

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23542
04/20/07 08:52 PM
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It depends on the reviewer. There are some reviewers that have the same taste as mine (Mr. Bill comes to mind). Then there are others that are polar opposites. The worse they rate them, the better I like them, for the most part (Game something comes to mind). There are exceptions, the really truly stinker games that nobody likes. In short, games Are art, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder (or maybe the pocket book in the case of Game something). I think my preferences are known here.

Albert

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23543
04/20/07 09:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mad:
Hi smile

Mystery of the Druids didn't get too many good reviews but I liked it laugh

Cheers <img border="0" alt="[witch]" title="" src="graemlins/witch.gif" />

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I can only recall one really bad review of the game - it was a real stinker (loved the game myself).

What ever became of BJ (Saighman)? I haven't seen hide or hair of him in years.

For me the review was BloodRayne (very nasty review) - once again I loved the game.

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23544
04/20/07 11:16 PM
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Hi InlandAZ smile

Sorry. I'm probably talking more player "opinions" than formal "reviews" laugh

As I recall, a fair few people definitely weren't impressed wave


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Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23545
04/21/07 03:13 PM
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Dunn,
I don't know.I have a old 98 i keep to play the old games on.Maybe another Boomer can tell you...Ron

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23546
04/22/07 06:37 AM
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I typically don't take much notice to the reviews. I read the storyline and if it sounds interesting I get it, however I do look at a review that tells me how well the controls work. If all reviews says the controls are horrid then I won't buy it.

Re: What game did you like that the reviews were not to good? #23547
04/22/07 08:31 AM
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I liked "Midnight Nowhere", but read a few negative reviews. It's a dark horror adventure game with some adult content, but it was entertaining to me and it had an interesting story - but again, I like those creepy horror games. evil


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