Re: Games in a "Series" -- usually all comparable or not?
[Re: Reenie]
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Reenie, I would use the same advice I gave you Here. It is best to check the comments on each game thread to see what people think.
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Re: Games in a "Series" -- usually all comparable or not?
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The fact that it is a Collector's Edition is a stand alone one and has nothing to do with how well a previous game sold. In order for a Publisher to make it a CE it has to be a cut above the rest. Sloppy and dull are generally not terms used to describe a CE.
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Re: Games in a "Series" -- usually all comparable or not?
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Me, too, Kazzmo! I shunned HOGs for many, many years. Just looking for needles in haystacks did not have any appeal for me. Then some companies began to expand the game concept, adding genuine Adventure elements, quests, characters, story lines, and good puzzles. Now, some of them are more like Adventure games with an occasional HOG than they are an HOG. Finding the good ones is the challenge, though, in a field still full of needle-in-haystack HOGs. It is overwhelming how many there are!
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Re: Games in a "Series" -- usually all comparable or not?
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YOu can always do a search of the forum using the search term Lite and you will find casuals that are adventure with no HOG's.
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Re: Games in a "Series" -- usually all comparable or not?
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Yes, I liked both the Shiver HOGs, Marian. I've also enjoyed the Dark Parables series and have played three of those already. The Otherword series is decent, too. Mystery Trackers and Mystery Case Files are uniformly good. The Surface games weren't bad, but not great. But in my book, you can't beat the 1000 Doors series! Those are my favorites (long play, creative puzzles, good map, and clear graphics). Those few series have set a new standard for the genre. I am a convert.
What I am doing now is trying to thread my way through the vast dark forest of inferior HOG games and withered hangovers from the needle-in-haystack genre to find the future redwoods. I've been burned on a few that are way too short, rely totally on HOG scenes with laughably silly and simple puzzles, and sometimes the graphics are so dreadful you can hardly tell what the objects are in the the HOG scenes. It is a tough job, this search, but somebody's got to do it! LOL
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Re: Games in a "Series" -- usually all comparable or not?
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A series that I feel maintains a good quality is "House of 1000 Doors". I've enjoyed every one of those games and would certainly recommend them
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Re: Games in a "Series" -- usually all comparable or not?
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Yes, I love all those games you mentioned, Meryl. I have worked my way through those series. The puppet series was a bit creepy, but the puzzles in those games are excellent.
The HOG genre is huge in terms of output, but good games are quite thin on the ground. It doesn't seem like the other game genres have quite that same situation going on, does it? It might not be "polite" to create a list of stinker HOGs, but hey, Rotten Tomatoes does it with films, and lots of folks find it valuable. LOL Even if we didn't call the inferior HOGs turkeys, we could at least label them as "Unchallenging" or "HOG Heavy."
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Re: Games in a "Series" -- usually all comparable or not?
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BTW, I have enjoyed this thread exchanging comments and feedback with casual gamers. Hope to see more like this! Most posts on this forum seem to involve mentioning a new casual game issue.
I just finished playing another of the Otherworld series, "Shades of Fall (Collector's Edition)." Second one I've played. Just wanted to report in. It is a good game with scope, interesting mini-games (albeit too easy for my taste), fine artwork, good map, and logical tasks. The characters, such as they are, are flat and uninteresting and there is absolutely no character development, either. Inventory is easy to use and usually logical, but there were a couple of times that I had to stretch my mind to figure out what I could do with a sponge or how to light a candle -- and they made me laugh out loud when I figured them out. The game has long playing time, which I appreciated. The bonus game at the end added to the story line, and didn't feel like stuff cut out elsewhere and tacked onto this story. I also like the change of venue (to Asia) with all the novelty of graphics and icons and style that comes with that. Can't wait to play the next Otherworld.
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Re: Games in a "Series" -- usually all comparable or not?
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Just an FYI, if you post your opinions in the official game thread of that game (even if its an older thread) it helps others looking for opinions on that game when they look it up. Glad you enjoyed it. Ana
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