Re: Game reviews
[Re: hamer]
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There are two that I can think of offhand, although I am sure there are more; these games stand out for me because I have recently looked at both of these reviews. Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None And this game received an overall rating of A: Dead Reefs I remember quite a few people here disliking Dead Reefs due to its keyboard interface and giving up on the game for that reason. I thought the atmosphere, music, and storyline in this game were great, and I would give it an A as well.
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Re: Game reviews
[Re: hamer]
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hamer, You get used to the arrow key movement in Grim very quickly and as long as you pay attention to where Manny looks, you'll do fine. The problem is finding a copy of Grim but it is, oh, so worth it! Lost Horizon, Black Mirror II and The Book of Unwritten Tales got A grades from the GB reviewers. Zork Grand Inquisitor got an 'all over the place amalgam of bad to wonderful for various aspects of the game but play it, it's a classic' grade. There are a bunch of A's in there if you keep looking. Gil.
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Re: Game reviews
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Hamer, I assume you've already played The Longest Journey and the Gabriel Knight games? How about The Lost Crown and Gray Matter? These would be my first recommendations. And if you don't mind just a little (not too difficult) action, there is Dreamfall as well as The Walking Dead - they are both more story oriented than gameplay oriented, however, so it all depends on what it is you're looking for. You're not the only wishing GOG will one day have access to Grim Fandango. They would have to be able to obtain rights to the Lucas Arts games through Disney at this point, however, which I imagine would be very difficult to do.
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Re: Game reviews
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I read the guidelines for reviews that is why I was wondering which games have actually scored A to A+ as most reviews for games I consider that high are actually B ratings mostly. Some of the games that do have A ratings that have been mentioned are equally as good as some B and C rated games here.. The ones rated A mentioned in this thread though are worth the A rating, I was just curious about other A rated games here that I may have missed playing.. book of unwritten tales was a B- grade here tho not an A....Thank you all though
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Re: Game reviews
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08/08/13 03:44 PM
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hamer,
It was The Book of Unwritten Tales: the Critter Chronicles that scored a B- from gremlin. I heartily concur. It was nowhere near as good as BoUT.
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Re: Game reviews
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Yes the first one is very good...Much more than the 2nd one...and it got an " A" lol
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Re: Game reviews
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SuMac, Do you plan to play it on a PC? I'm not sure about your reference to an 'App store'. If you do, GOG has it for Windows and Mac for $19.99. And oh, yeah, BoUT is a lot of fun. It is definitely worth getting. Gil.
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Re: Game reviews
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BOUT is 9.99 on the 50% sale at ShinyLoot - click on the banner on top of the page.
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Re: Game reviews
[Re: MaG]
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MaG,
I don't think ShinyLoot has it for Mac, though, do they? I didn't see a mention of it. Bummer, if not. That's a very good price.
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Re: Game reviews
[Re: hamer]
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Great, so you can get BoUT from GOG for your iMac and save ten bucks. <g> Go for it!
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