[General Discussion] Games You've Missed Out On

Originally Posted by Encephalon

Even though I actually own them for the Mac, I've never actually installed or played the first two Monkey Island games. I am a devout follower of Tim Schafer and his work but the Monkey Island series has somehow (and sadly) evaded my time. Same goes with the first two Fallout titles.

I am told this puts me in the same category of human being as Hitler and catholic priests.

I just replayed the first two games, each took me about 5 hours to finish, and I couldn't remember what to do most of the time. MI2's puzzles are pretty frustrating at times and the jokes aren't as funny as 1's, but they're both still excellent adventure titles. So get to it. If you don't get sound on MI1 through ScummVM, redownload them from TPB. I own the Monkey Madness disc, and only got sound when I got a version with separate .ogg music.

Originally Posted by Skexis

Kind of the same story with the Myst series. I always heard good things and wanted so much to like them, but hearing stories about how long some players spent on the puzzles scared me away. To this date, I've played about 15-20 minutes in total of the Myst series, even though I have Myst 4 and 5, and have yet to install them.

I have the complete collection that comes with all five games. I really enjoyed Myst and Riven. Myst's puzzles aren't even that difficult. They can be pretty cryptic, but because you are alone in the ages and aren't told what to do. They are never illogical, you'll be able to finish the first game in a few sittings. The Masterpiece Edition even comes with a two-stage hint system so you have no fear of getting stuck. It is a very atmospheric title and while the storytelling is slight, the narrative running through the pages of the books you find on the journey is very intriguin. Riven is a great game, but the puzzles can be very frustrating. The game is so much vaster than Myst, you have more room to get lost and wander without noticing THAT little sidepath that leads to the switch you were looking for all along.

If you like atmospheric adventures, I urge you to play them. Getting both to run can be a bit tricky, especially Riven, but there's good guides for it and I got mine to run without a hitch. At worst you'll need to install real media alternative, and in Riven's case copy two files from the Real Media folder into the Riven folder and it'll work.


I have a great number of true classics I've never played, some I even own already but never got around to starting. The Baldur's Gate games and Planescape Torment I aim to play hopefully this year. There are still a lot of adventure games I haven't finished either, Space Quest 3-6, King's Quest 4-7, Leisure Suit Larry 7, The Longest Journey and Dreamfall, Gabriel Knight 2 and 3. These are all titles I already have and are just waiting for me to start and complete them.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Vemp

Hm, I missed out Myst, the Saga (for SNES and PS2) series, the Mana series (for SNES and PS2), oh FF5 and Chrono Trigger. Well, I played a few hours into CT on zsnes, but not as long as I have played on the DS re-release. I missed Deus-Ex, System Shock (which I owned at some point in time), Serious Sam, and a whole lotta PC games.

Also missed on Sands of Time and Halol till you actually finally played them. Or was that only Halo 2 and you still haven't played 1? >=0

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Tch

You have a modded machine, no excuses. Halol 1 is <3

(ps when are you coming over so we can co-op)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.