Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: sierramindy]
#215020
10/13/07 01:13 AM
10/13/07 01:13 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 13,453 Texas
nickie
Grand wizard of high mucky muck
|
Grand wizard of high mucky muck
Adept Boomer
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 13,453
Texas
|
You must feel very relieved.
"How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: nickie]
#215064
10/13/07 06:16 AM
10/13/07 06:16 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,046 Ontario, Canada
colpet
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,046
Ontario, Canada
|
After playing 5 years of adventures, I find my tastes are getting more particular rather than more encompassing. Even though there is a good variety of games available, there is still some degree of trends. Right now there seems to be fewer of 1st person puzzle/solitary exploration type games which are the ones I covet the most. As such, I have to admit a waning interest in the genre, though I do keep visiting the forums for info on new games. I know I'm in the minority and that I'm overly restrictive. Other than PJ's jigsaws, I don't play any other games, but I have had more time for my other passion - reading .
Last edited by colpet; 10/13/07 06:17 AM.
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: colpet]
#215085
10/13/07 07:38 AM
10/13/07 07:38 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 404 Cleveland, OH
Ivinia
Settled Boomer
|
Settled Boomer
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 404
Cleveland, OH
|
For me as long as the game is fun, I really don't care. For example, normally I hate mazes, but tI liked the mazes in DSJ 3 - go figure! A lack of consistency bothers me as does changing the rules. Like when every object you examine in your inventory and you can only see from one side, but then they throw in one that you can rotate to see a note stuck on the bottom or something. If you can rotate one object, then you should be able to rotate all of them. It should be consistent. Or perhaps when left-clicking gets you through everything, then suddenly the game requires a right-click in a particular spot.
Anyway, the bottom line is that it should be fun. Developers can throw in whatever they want as far as I'm concerned as long as it's fair and balanced. Once the bad frustration sets in, then I quickly lose interest. "Bad frustration" meaning unfair. There is the "good frustration" by being faced with a particularly tough challenge, but there is a fine line there.
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: Ivinia]
#215193
10/13/07 11:13 AM
10/13/07 11:13 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,853 Rockford, Illinois
sierramindy
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,853
Rockford, Illinois
|
Hmmm, now I'm off and wondering if maybe facts and opinions aren't getting mixed up here. A game is a fact! Good and bad are judgement calls which in turn are opinions! The difference between a fact and an opinion is that a fact doesn't change and it is the same for everybody. Opinions, like fingerprints, are always personal, but unlike fingerprints (which are facts come to think of it) can change at any moment. Then again, fun and frustration are emotions and/or reactions and belong with opinions, not facts, at least I think so. Now to show where I stand: I like opinions and I don't much care about facts. Since a fact stays the same there isn't that much to think about until one has an opinion or reaction to it. I'm trying to show here that complaining about something doesn't mean that the something is like the complainer says it is EXCEPT to the complainer. So, complainers can only speak for themselves and that is exactly what I try to do. Sheesh, being honest isn't easy!
To love is to be happy with!
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: gordon24]
#215280
10/13/07 02:58 PM
10/13/07 02:58 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,426 United Kingdom
Mad
OP
Sonic Boomer
|
OP
Sonic Boomer
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,426
United Kingdom
|
Hi I have vary rarely bought a game which I haven't been able to get to run no matter what .... In fact I truly can't name a single ONE. So you have been unlucky there I presume the answer is that all games simply won't run on all systems .... no matter how hard the developers try .... Or we would be in Eutopia But I presume you haven't had TOO MUCH bad luck because I see you here on the Adventure Discussion Board quite a lot - so I'm guessing you have SOME goodies to talk about Cheers. Mad
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: Jenny100]
#215295
10/13/07 03:57 PM
10/13/07 03:57 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,383 In the Naughty Corner
BrownEyedTigre
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
|
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
Sonic Boomer
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,383
In the Naughty Corner
|
Amen to that Jenny. You very eloquently put what I have been unable to express so far. Well said and I wholehearedly agree. Ana
Don't feed the Trolls
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
#215302
10/13/07 04:06 PM
10/13/07 04:06 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 15,022 Northeast NJ
Darleen03
Graduate Boomer
|
Graduate Boomer
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 15,022
Northeast NJ
|
Thank Goodness... For the reviewers on this forum.... I am not in the dark anymore..when I buy a game..
Luv Dar
GameBoomers "Games Are More Enticing Because Of Our "MaG"nificent Efficient Radiant Site"
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: gordon24]
#215322
10/13/07 05:01 PM
10/13/07 05:01 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 2,932 Sumrall, MS
raylinstephens
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 2,932
Sumrall, MS
|
I expect to be absorbed within the game. I prefer my games to be mouse-driven and I do like pretty graphics. A story is nice but not essential to the enjoyment (some of them really wouldn't hold up to scrutiny but were fun anyway). For me it is like being involved within a book and I play instead of read it.
I don't like the way the Nancy Drew games have been going as I feel like a virtual slave doing all those chores instead of investigating a mystery. I really liked the earlier games like Haunted Mansion and Royal Tower. I don't like extremely long dialog trees unless they are witty, like TLJ. And I loved Flight of the Amazon Queen and really enjoy games like that but I am not sure how you would characterize them.
I do expect the game to look like the screenshots.
Does this help? Linda
So many games, so little time.
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: raylinstephens]
#215402
10/13/07 08:47 PM
10/13/07 08:47 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,426 United Kingdom
Mad
OP
Sonic Boomer
|
OP
Sonic Boomer
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,426
United Kingdom
|
Hi gordon24 I must agree that to be completely ignored when you have a problem is not nice Have you tried asking for help on our Glitches Board ?? The techies residing (and visiting) there have been known to come up with all sorts of stylish solutions to problems Cheers. Mad
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: chrissie]
#215677
10/14/07 02:17 PM
10/14/07 02:17 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 4,216 Virginia's wetland dimension
Salar of Myst
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 4,216
Virginia's wetland dimension
|
I think Jenny100 has caught what I expect out of a game to be satisfied. If the images in the game are about the same quality as the ones shown on the box & the website, if the interface works well enough for what I am asked to do (no speed challenges for Mr Turtle characters or cursors), if it reminds me reasonably of whatever genre it claims to be like - then its fair. If the story engages my mind, the puzzles tease me into solving them, the dialogue makes me laugh so hard it instantly becomes a family pre-occupation (because they heard and came over to join in) and/or the game as a whole can keep me so immersed I forget I just missed lunch (or first looked for it in the village onscreen) - then I just found a new classic. My current goal in life is to share a story or five that are that good...though it will probably take me years (especially at the current rate of progress :P) But, hey, we all have to have a dream Susan
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: Salar of Myst]
#215706
10/14/07 03:13 PM
10/14/07 03:13 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,853 Rockford, Illinois
sierramindy
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,853
Rockford, Illinois
|
Let's hear it for Flight of the Amazon Queen, which I found in Free Games Galore over a year ago, but it probably still is there. I definitely call it an: Adventure Game! It harkens back to the good adventure days when the adventure came before the fancy high-tech stuff which is more pre-occupied with getting real-life effects like shadows and blowing leaves and moving waves and never mind the reason for playing in the first place. I don't look at shadows in real life, why should I bother with them in a game?
To love is to be happy with!
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: gordon24]
#215759
10/14/07 05:17 PM
10/14/07 05:17 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,853 Rockford, Illinois
sierramindy
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,853
Rockford, Illinois
|
Well, of course there is an excuse for not getting it right. It is called Murphy's Law: If there is a wromg way to do something, somebody will find it! I know for a fact as I have found it many a time myself.
To love is to be happy with!
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: sierramindy]
#215846
10/14/07 09:08 PM
10/14/07 09:08 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,426 United Kingdom
Mad
OP
Sonic Boomer
|
OP
Sonic Boomer
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,426
United Kingdom
|
Hi I still play Flight of the Amazon Queen from my original boxed version bought years ago. Love it !! In fact I still play many old adventures from that era - they form the core of my games collection. But unfortunately, in some ways, not many of them have ever become free downloads. I feel though that the criteria in those days was much different than today. Expectations of graphics and the like certainly didn't seem to be so demanding. Not many people would even have had a PC sophisticated enough to handle anything better. [ I didn't demand anything more than I got, I was so very happy to get whatever was available ] As we all know, none of the really BIG game developers from those days are ever likey to return to that format and give us more - but we are being treated to generous portions of games that are very like Traditional Adventure Games from newer, up and coming developers And if we keep buying their products hopefully they will keep making games for us Cheers. Mad
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: Salar of Myst]
#217122
10/17/07 09:24 AM
10/17/07 09:24 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,468 Cambridge, England
Kickaha
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,468
Cambridge, England
|
My current goal in life is to share a story or five that are that good...though it will probably take me years (especially at the current rate of progress :P) But, hey, we all have to have a dream Good to hear of people aiming to share stories. Hope you find (if required) the necessary help!
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: Kickaha]
#217305
10/17/07 04:01 PM
10/17/07 04:01 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 1,691 Hiding Under a Rock
gamenut
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 1,691
Hiding Under a Rock
|
What do i expect from a game?...well...Everything!! I expect to be absorbed into it...able to navigate through it without wishing i were an octopus. I expect a great story, great testing,..ALL of it great! AND i expect it to be aware of the fact that not everyone will have a brand spanking new PC! Thank goodness for the 'Indie' developers for giving us what we want....well done adventure games....not action/adventure games..but Adventure games! They fill a niche that had been wanting! I just love it when after only the first few minutes of play i have to pause, go turn on answering machine, let dog out/in, feed dog, get a plate of snacks ready, get hot pot heating water for tea...(or fill extra ice cube tray-or both), and set the VCR.... Really enjoy getting 'sucked' into a game....is such a wonderful experience..atmosphere;atmosphere!!
|
|
|
Re: How Much Do We Expect ??
[Re: gamenut]
#217441
10/17/07 08:12 PM
10/17/07 08:12 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,426 United Kingdom
Mad
OP
Sonic Boomer
|
OP
Sonic Boomer
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,426
United Kingdom
|
Hi "Really enjoy getting 'sucked' into a game....is such a wonderful experience..atmosphere;atmosphere!!" Oh, I so AGREE !!!! Cheers. Mad
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
|
|
|
|
|