The Last Express is well worth a look. It's one of the most unique and intriguing adventure games I've ever played.
The game follows an American doctor travelling aboard the Orient Express, just before the outbreak of World War I. His friend is murdered just before he boards the train, and the game revolves around unravelling the mystery of this friend's death.
What is really interesting is that the game takes place in real time - you have about 3 days of gameplay to solve the mystery. The characters go about their business independent of the player's actions, so you have to be in the right place at the right time to listen in on conversations, meet people, sneak into suspects' rooms etc.
Here's a video showing some footage from the game, with an editor talking about how awesome it is.
There are over 30 different endings in the game, so it's interesting to try lots of different things even if they won't take you to the "real" ending.
From memory - if you do absolutely nothing, quite early on the conductor discovers you in the compartment along with your friend's corpse (looks kind of suspicious!) and you're arrested for his murder.
I had Journeyman Project 2 I think... it was a bit weird when they referenced stuff in number 1 which I hadn't played. I liked that you were a time traveller, and had a talking computer chip (I think? it was a long time ago) but some of the time travel locations seemed a bit bare. I think in Da Vinci's workshop it was empty because it was night, and for some reason in the Mayan pyramid they were all off at some sacrifice somewhere...
I wonder if Journeyman Project 3 was better?
Like someone else said, in JP1 and JP2, you can't interact with the past as you will significantly alter history. Walking down from the Mayan Pyramid is a prime example in Buried in Time. JP3, while easier, allows you to interact with the past due to having the prototype Chameleon Jumpsuit which allows you to appear as someone from the time zone (and the historical locations will all be destroyed the next day anyway).
I'm going to put in a second for Siberia, which was awesome. The sequel was good, as well, though not AS good.
And then I'm going to have to disagree with everyone going on about Longest Journey. I understand that its a really well-developed world and all, and a well worked out story, but I seriously felt like I was trying to play a movie. I just groaned every time a cutscene started because I knew it was going to be another 15 minutes before I could do anything. Sorry to all those of you who loved it, but I must respectfully disagree. I actually strongly disliked it by the time I got to the end.
I've played through a lot of the Agatha Christie games, and I have to say that "And Then There was None" came across as a particularly enjoyable play. Every round someone else is killed off, which makes it kind of exciting. And there are multiple endings. They also make the person you play an invested part of the story rather than being a random outsider who happens to be there, which I appreciated. And even if you've read the book it has some surprise twists.
This may be random, but there was a Frankenstein game made a while ago with Tim Curry as Frankenstein. I got it for like $5 somewhere, and felt it was worth it just to wander around the castle with the fear that Tim Curry was going to jump out from behind a corner and kill me. It's actually the scariest role I've seen him in.
And if you like the type where you have challenging puzzles (but don't want to read a library ) you may want to try Sentinel. After Siberia came out I started buying up Adventure Company games when I could find them, and that was one I ended up with. Its hard to describe what was so endearing about it, but I enjoyed it. You start in a Tastan tomb and work your way through different levels of the world to discover the secrets of a lost people, while being guided, somewhat, by an AI sentinel.
I've played through a lot of the Agatha Christie games, and I have to say that "And Then There was None" came across as a particularly enjoyable play. Every round someone else is killed off, which makes it kind of exciting. And there are multiple endings. They also make the person you play an invested part of the story rather than being a random outsider who happens to be there, which I appreciated. And even if you've read the book it has some surprise twists.
Personally, I preferred the adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. One specific change to the end of And Then There Were None just didn't work for me. Murder on the Orient Express was better in that regard. Plus the presence of David Suchet went a long way, even if Poirot was not the player-character.
I think it helps that I haven't read the books, so it was all new. Orient Express was good, but I kind of liked the intensity of the different rounds with one person being killed each round. But they were both good.
Also, have you played Voyage? It's inspired by Jules Verne's book From Earth to the Moon, and I really enjoyed it. Though some puzzles are more tedious than hard.
I also have The Daedalus Encounter starring Tia Carrere. Really funny seeing her in a video game. I wish I could find it and play it again - I put it in a box somewhere years ago and can't find the majority of my old games including all the LucasArts ones.
I know it's been mentioned over and over again, but I really liked The Longest Journey too. Don't bother with the sequel (Dreamfall), though.
Been said too, but once again, I also liked Broken Sword 1&2. After that they went downhill.
One that I didn't see mentioned but I liked (and, to me, the first "modern" adventure game, when they starting coming back) is Runaway. The first one, not the second one (Runaway 2: Dream of the Turtle) which I don't recommend as I really disliked it. It's not that great and, most importantly, they tried to milk it by making half a game so it ends in the middle of the story. Very annoying.
But the first one is pretty good and the music is really awesome. I really like the graphics, too.
I know it's been mentioned over and over again, but I really liked The Longest Journey too. Don't bother with the sequel (Dreamfall), though.
Been said too, but once again, I also liked Broken Sword 1&2. After that they went downhill.
One that I didn't see mentioned but I liked (and, to me, the first "modern" adventure game, when they starting coming back) is Runaway. The first one, not the second one (Runaway 2: Dream of the Turtle) which I don't recommend as I really disliked it. It's not that great and, most importantly, they tried to milk it by making half a game so it ends in the middle of the story. Very annoying.
But the first one is pretty good and the music is really awesome. I really like the graphics, too.
Odd.. rarely have I seen someone mention Runaway 1 being better than R2. Even so, playing through the first 2 to get to the 3rd is very much worth it in my opinion.
Odd.. rarely have I seen someone mention Runaway 1 being better than R2.
Really? I'd definitely agree with that sentiment, if only because the ending of Runaway 2 was completely unfulfilling. I'm looking forward to playing the final installment though.
Really? I'd definitely agree with that sentiment, if only because the ending of Runaway 2 was completely unfulfilling. I'm looking forward to playing the final installment though.
Yeah, it's really the "I bought a game and I'm told "sorry, you only get half the game, if you want the end of the story, wait several years and spend more money" that got to me.
If I had been warned it wasn't a complete story I'm sure I wouldn't have felt the same way.
Kinda like... Imagine going to see Kill Bill, part one, without being told it's "part one". It's a good movie but that would be very frustrating.
I also found that the second one was a lot about bringing back characters from the first one, but out of context and it was kind of a stretch. Also, Brian, who I really liked, had a 180° turn in his personality, which was, well, not very consistent.
As a result, as a sequel, and because it was a half-story, I disliked it.
I do want to play the third one though.
Yeah, it's really the "I bought a game and I'm told "sorry, you only get half the game, if you want the end of the story, wait several years and spend more money" that got to me.
I think I actually wailed "WHAAAT?! That can't be the end!" They resolved nothing, so there was zero payoff after finishing. After the 3rd installment was delayed a couple of times, I began to fear we would never see the end of the story.
I thought I'd come to this thread to ask you guys to please help my mom, because I am not very good with adventure games.
Basically she wants to buy a new PC game that has the same first-person perspective as Myst, with lots of puzzle-solving, and she preferably wants it to be horror-based or mystery. She asked about those Nancy Drew games but I don't know anything about them. She has played all Myst games, Siberia and the Longest Journey.
Anyone happen to know any GOOD ones with these specifics? I've tried telling her "mom it doesn't exist because nobody wants to copy Myst!!!" but I'm most likely wrong and she won't leave me alone so I need some help. Thanks in advance!
PS. I enjoyed The Longest Journey a lot, but I agree it is too dialogue-heavy for something that should be having more interactivity. I still think it's worth experiencing in my opinion, though!
Basically she wants to buy a new PC game that has the same first-person perspective as Myst, with lots of puzzle-solving, and she preferably wants it to be horror-based or mystery. She asked about those Nancy Drew games but I don't know anything about them. She has played all Myst games, Siberia and the Longest Journey.
Well, if you can dig up some old titles, you could look into the Shivers games from Sierra. They're the first-person horror you're looking for. There's also The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour. However, these are all older games (ranging from 1992 to 1997). As far as new titles, I can't really think of much off the top of my head. Outside of first-person, though, I would definitely recommend the upcoming Gray Matter from Jane Jensen, the creator of the Gabriel Knight games; that should fall nicely into the horror/mystery niche.
As for no one wanting to copy Myst, I'm afraid you're quite wrong. The term "Myst clone" exists for a reason. Tell her to poke around JustAdventure.com and AdventureGamers.com to see if she finds anything that strikes her fancy; their shops occasionally even have old classics for sale.
Basically she wants to buy a new PC game that has the same first-person perspective as Myst, with lots of puzzle-solving, and she preferably wants it to be horror-based or mystery. She asked about those Nancy Drew games but I don't know anything about them. She has played all Myst games, Siberia and the Longest Journey.
In addition to Brainiac's suggestions, has your mother played any of the "escape the room" style flash games? Some of them are quite good, and while small, they often fit into what she's looking for.
She asked about those Nancy Drew games but I don't know anything about them.
I've played a lot of the Nancy Drew games. They can be hit-and-miss and are sometimes rather childish in some respects, especially a few of the more recent ones where you have to complete multiple repetitive mini-game errands within the story. Based on the themes your mum is interested in, these ones would probably be best for her if she wants to try them out***:
The Curse of Blackmoor Manor
Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
Legend of the Crystal Skull
Those ones are all decent entries in the series, with a strong "scary" bent, and don't have the errand-running problem I mentioned earlier. But none of them compare to Shivers.
*** If you do go for any of these, Amazon and Steam are usually a good deal cheaper than buying through the Her Interactive website. Unlike Telltale, there is no benefit or incentive to purchase directly from the developer.
It wasn't really a joke, but she was driving me crazy at Best Buy telling me "IT HAS TO BE LIKE MYST" five million times and every time I was all "how about this game?" She always had to find a reason for why it didn't interest her, and then would bring up the Myst thing again. I like Myst, but gosh! I just thought of an excuse on the spot to get her to be quiet because I was going nuts. I wasn't really focused on whether it was true or not.
Anyway, thanks for all your suggestions. I really don't think she'd be interested in older games, but I'll see what I can get her to play. She called me the other day and was all "HEY WHAT IS DEAD SPACE?"
She called me the other day and was all "HEY WHAT IS DEAD SPACE?"
Haha, I envy you. My mother is a casual gamer through and through, but I'm on an endless mission to hook her on to adventure games. She loves seek-and-finds, which at their best are like light adventures, but she equates mainstream games to hugely complicated and often violent affairs no matter how much I try to convince her otherwise. She'd look at a title like Dead Space and just glaze over until she finds Diner Dash.
I'll give her credit, though... she was absolutely obsessed with Plants vs. Zombies, a far more complex game than she usually plays. Hell, she's better at it than me, a realization that admittedly kicked my ego in the fundament and made me proud all at once.
I seem to remember Faust 7 as first-person. I rather enjoyed it but it's kind of old now...
7 people made a deal with the devil, and you have to sort through all 7 of them and see who was a good person and who was a bad person, basically. They all were part of a circus.
Then, a very, very old one would be Ramma, the first game of this type I've ever played. It's very, very old so I'm not sure where it can be played anymore. It's also first person. You're on a new planet, and there have been murders going on, you're trying to figure out what happened. Lots of puzzles, including many math-related ones.
I'm not sure if she'd enjoy either of them but they're my suggestions. I dislike first-person adventure games usually so I don't know many of them.
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Thanks! Faust 7 sounds pretty interesting. If she doesn't end up playing it, I will. :]
@ShaggE: Hey man, Diner Dash can get pretty hardcore. I have a younger cousin that stays over my house a lot and I have them installed for her along with some other games like Insaniquarium Deluxe. Sometimes I need to actually help her beat Diner Dash because the later levels get really, really hard. (There is a glitch I abuse in the second game and it makes it a cakewalk, but jesus the third game is hard!!!)
Anyway, I don't really think my mom is a hardcore gamer. To me, hardcore games are ones that actually raise your heart rate by a lot when you play them, whether from actual vigorous activity (Like say, DDR. Think what you will of the game and its players, but you got to give them props) or because they are so hard/frustrating/suspenseful that your heart actually beats really fast at a lot of certain points when playing them. This is usually what my mom tries to avoid. My very first videogame was Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and my little 6-year-old heart was beating so hard at the final death egg boss that I still consider it one of the most hardcore games I've ever played. (one hit and you start over, gee thanks Sega)
I also remember I tried to get my mom to play the Phoenix Wright series, and she really liked them but then stopped on the third case of the second game and said the small text on the DS was hurting her eyes. She was wearing her glasses though!! OH MOM.
@ShaggE: Hey man, Diner Dash can get pretty hardcore. I have a younger cousin that stays over my house a lot and I have them installed for her along with some other games like Insaniquarium Deluxe. Sometimes I need to actually help her beat Diner Dash because the later levels get really, really hard. (There is a glitch I abuse in the second game and it makes it a cakewalk, but jesus the third game is hard!!!)
Oh, certainly. I just picked a random well-known casual game there.
Then, a very, very old one would be Ramma, the first game of this type I've ever played. It's very, very old so I'm not sure where it can be played anymore. It's also first person. You're on a new planet, and there have been murders going on, you're trying to figure out what happened. Lots of puzzles, including many math-related ones.
I believe you mean Rama. That's not a new planet - it's a cylindrical spaceship with an internal environment. It's based on the book Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. It's also an older Sierra title, just like the aforementioned Shivers and Lighthouse. Those math puzzles can be nasty; you have to use the numeric systems of alien races - one in hexadecimal (base 16) and one in octal (base 8). It also has a lot of "red herring" junk items that get stuck in your inventory with no way to dump them.
Thanks!
I played it as a kid and didn't remember the details (it's been so long). I did remember it was based off of a book but I've never read it.
I hated some of the game, but loved some parts (the alien museums were so neat... And that colour-based communication was just nifty).
Didn't have much trouble with the different bases, for some reason. The thing is, nowadays I probably would, but at the time I was like "oh, okay, sure". I guess it didn't seem any harder than base 10 at the time.
The stuff you don't need filling your inventory was annoying, but it made more sense than the typical "you use every object you pick up, you don't pick up objects you won't need".
Didn't have much trouble with the different bases, for some reason. The thing is, nowadays I probably would, but at the time I was like "oh, okay, sure". I guess it didn't seem any harder than base 10 at the time.
Personally, I could adapt to octal easily. Hexadecimal, however, I kept making place errors. I guess smaller bases were easy for me, but larger bases just took my brain a while to catch up - which is odd since I have no problem with hex when dealing with it in computer systems. Maybe it was the fact that it was an alien script rather than the standard 0 - F. It would explain why octal was easy for me since it was basically just colors.
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The game follows an American doctor travelling aboard the Orient Express, just before the outbreak of World War I. His friend is murdered just before he boards the train, and the game revolves around unravelling the mystery of this friend's death.
What is really interesting is that the game takes place in real time - you have about 3 days of gameplay to solve the mystery. The characters go about their business independent of the player's actions, so you have to be in the right place at the right time to listen in on conversations, meet people, sneak into suspects' rooms etc.
Here's a video showing some footage from the game, with an editor talking about how awesome it is.
There are over 30 different endings in the game, so it's interesting to try lots of different things even if they won't take you to the "real" ending.
From memory - if you do absolutely nothing, quite early on the conductor discovers you in the compartment along with your friend's corpse (looks kind of suspicious!) and you're arrested for his murder.
Like someone else said, in JP1 and JP2, you can't interact with the past as you will significantly alter history. Walking down from the Mayan Pyramid is a prime example in Buried in Time. JP3, while easier, allows you to interact with the past due to having the prototype Chameleon Jumpsuit which allows you to appear as someone from the time zone (and the historical locations will all be destroyed the next day anyway).
Absolutely agreed. It's also a perfect example of a marvelous game being completely screwed due to a total lack of advertising.
Here are the 4 games all free to play from the creators website.
The games have all ways been free but the creator has made the Special Edition free now as well.
Part 1 = 5 Days a Stranger
5 Days a Sranger Website
http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days/
5 Days a Stranger Special Edition (Now free link from creators website)
http://www.gamedamage.net/yahtzee/5daysse.zip
Part 2 = 7 Days a Skeptic
7 Days a Skeptic Website
http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/7days/
7 Days a Skeptic Special Edition (now frree like above)
http://www.gamedamage.net/yahtzee/7daysse.zip
Part 3 = Trilby's Notes
Trilby's Notes Website
http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/notes/
Trilby's Notes Special Edtion (Now free!)
http://www.gamedamage.net/yahtzee/notes_se.zip
Part 4 = 6 Days A Sacrifice
6 Days A Sacrifice Website
http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/
6 Days A Sacrifice Special Edition (Free!)
http://www.gamedamage.net/yahtzee/6days_se.zip
This series is just amazing in my eyes.
And then I'm going to have to disagree with everyone going on about Longest Journey. I understand that its a really well-developed world and all, and a well worked out story, but I seriously felt like I was trying to play a movie. I just groaned every time a cutscene started because I knew it was going to be another 15 minutes before I could do anything. Sorry to all those of you who loved it, but I must respectfully disagree. I actually strongly disliked it by the time I got to the end.
I've played through a lot of the Agatha Christie games, and I have to say that "And Then There was None" came across as a particularly enjoyable play. Every round someone else is killed off, which makes it kind of exciting. And there are multiple endings. They also make the person you play an invested part of the story rather than being a random outsider who happens to be there, which I appreciated. And even if you've read the book it has some surprise twists.
This may be random, but there was a Frankenstein game made a while ago with Tim Curry as Frankenstein. I got it for like $5 somewhere, and felt it was worth it just to wander around the castle with the fear that Tim Curry was going to jump out from behind a corner and kill me. It's actually the scariest role I've seen him in.
And if you like the type where you have challenging puzzles (but don't want to read a library
Personally, I preferred the adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. One specific change to the end of And Then There Were None just didn't work for me. Murder on the Orient Express was better in that regard. Plus the presence of David Suchet went a long way, even if Poirot was not the player-character.
Also, have you played Voyage? It's inspired by Jules Verne's book From Earth to the Moon, and I really enjoyed it. Though some puzzles are more tedious than hard.
Been said too, but once again, I also liked Broken Sword 1&2. After that they went downhill.
One that I didn't see mentioned but I liked (and, to me, the first "modern" adventure game, when they starting coming back) is Runaway. The first one, not the second one (Runaway 2: Dream of the Turtle) which I don't recommend as I really disliked it. It's not that great and, most importantly, they tried to milk it by making half a game so it ends in the middle of the story. Very annoying.
But the first one is pretty good and the music is really awesome. I really like the graphics, too.
Odd.. rarely have I seen someone mention Runaway 1 being better than R2. Even so, playing through the first 2 to get to the 3rd is very much worth it in my opinion.
Really? I'd definitely agree with that sentiment, if only because the ending of Runaway 2 was completely unfulfilling. I'm looking forward to playing the final installment though.
Yeah, it's really the "I bought a game and I'm told "sorry, you only get half the game, if you want the end of the story, wait several years and spend more money" that got to me.
If I had been warned it wasn't a complete story I'm sure I wouldn't have felt the same way.
Kinda like... Imagine going to see Kill Bill, part one, without being told it's "part one". It's a good movie but that would be very frustrating.
I also found that the second one was a lot about bringing back characters from the first one, but out of context and it was kind of a stretch. Also, Brian, who I really liked, had a 180° turn in his personality, which was, well, not very consistent.
As a result, as a sequel, and because it was a half-story, I disliked it.
I do want to play the third one though.
I think I actually wailed "WHAAAT?! That can't be the end!" They resolved nothing, so there was zero payoff after finishing. After the 3rd installment was delayed a couple of times, I began to fear we would never see the end of the story.
Yes! The original physics geek was much more loveable than the bleached surfie he became in Runaway 2.
Absolutely, me too.
Basically she wants to buy a new PC game that has the same first-person perspective as Myst, with lots of puzzle-solving, and she preferably wants it to be horror-based or mystery. She asked about those Nancy Drew games but I don't know anything about them. She has played all Myst games, Siberia and the Longest Journey.
Anyone happen to know any GOOD ones with these specifics?
PS. I enjoyed The Longest Journey a lot, but I agree it is too dialogue-heavy for something that should be having more interactivity. I still think it's worth experiencing in my opinion, though!
Well, if you can dig up some old titles, you could look into the Shivers games from Sierra. They're the first-person horror you're looking for. There's also The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour. However, these are all older games (ranging from 1992 to 1997). As far as new titles, I can't really think of much off the top of my head. Outside of first-person, though, I would definitely recommend the upcoming Gray Matter from Jane Jensen, the creator of the Gabriel Knight games; that should fall nicely into the horror/mystery niche.
As for no one wanting to copy Myst, I'm afraid you're quite wrong. The term "Myst clone" exists for a reason. Tell her to poke around JustAdventure.com and AdventureGamers.com to see if she finds anything that strikes her fancy; their shops occasionally even have old classics for sale.
In addition to Brainiac's suggestions, has your mother played any of the "escape the room" style flash games? Some of them are quite good, and while small, they often fit into what she's looking for.
I second (and third, and fourth) the Shivers recommendation - even though it's an old game, it's probably perfect for what your mum is after.
I've played a lot of the Nancy Drew games. They can be hit-and-miss and are sometimes rather childish in some respects, especially a few of the more recent ones where you have to complete multiple repetitive mini-game errands within the story. Based on the themes your mum is interested in, these ones would probably be best for her if she wants to try them out***:
Those ones are all decent entries in the series, with a strong "scary" bent, and don't have the errand-running problem I mentioned earlier. But none of them compare to Shivers.
*** If you do go for any of these, Amazon and Steam are usually a good deal cheaper than buying through the Her Interactive website. Unlike Telltale, there is no benefit or incentive to purchase directly from the developer.
That's hilarious....
that was a joke, right?
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Anyway, I recommend 'the lighthouse' by sierra. It has a creepy mysterious loneliness vibe going on.
Anyway, thanks for all your suggestions. I really don't think she'd be interested in older games, but I'll see what I can get her to play. She called me the other day and was all "HEY WHAT IS DEAD SPACE?"
Haha, I envy you. My mother is a casual gamer through and through, but I'm on an endless mission to hook her on to adventure games. She loves seek-and-finds, which at their best are like light adventures, but she equates mainstream games to hugely complicated and often violent affairs no matter how much I try to convince her otherwise. She'd look at a title like Dead Space and just glaze over until she finds Diner Dash.
I'll give her credit, though... she was absolutely obsessed with Plants vs. Zombies, a far more complex game than she usually plays. Hell, she's better at it than me, a realization that admittedly kicked my ego in the fundament and made me proud all at once.
7 people made a deal with the devil, and you have to sort through all 7 of them and see who was a good person and who was a bad person, basically. They all were part of a circus.
Then, a very, very old one would be Ramma, the first game of this type I've ever played. It's very, very old so I'm not sure where it can be played anymore. It's also first person. You're on a new planet, and there have been murders going on, you're trying to figure out what happened. Lots of puzzles, including many math-related ones.
I'm not sure if she'd enjoy either of them but they're my suggestions. I dislike first-person adventure games usually so I don't know many of them.
Thanks! Faust 7 sounds pretty interesting. If she doesn't end up playing it, I will. :]
@ShaggE: Hey man, Diner Dash can get pretty hardcore. I have a younger cousin that stays over my house a lot and I have them installed for her along with some other games like Insaniquarium Deluxe. Sometimes I need to actually help her beat Diner Dash because the later levels get really, really hard. (There is a glitch I abuse in the second game and it makes it a cakewalk, but jesus the third game is hard!!!)
Anyway, I don't really think my mom is a hardcore gamer. To me, hardcore games are ones that actually raise your heart rate by a lot when you play them, whether from actual vigorous activity (Like say, DDR. Think what you will of the game and its players, but you got to give them props) or because they are so hard/frustrating/suspenseful that your heart actually beats really fast at a lot of certain points when playing them. This is usually what my mom tries to avoid. My very first videogame was Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and my little 6-year-old heart was beating so hard at the final death egg boss that I still consider it one of the most hardcore games I've ever played. (one hit and you start over, gee thanks Sega)
I also remember I tried to get my mom to play the Phoenix Wright series, and she really liked them but then stopped on the third case of the second game and said the small text on the DS was hurting her eyes.
Oh, certainly. I just picked a random well-known casual game there.
I believe you mean Rama. That's not a new planet - it's a cylindrical spaceship with an internal environment. It's based on the book Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. It's also an older Sierra title, just like the aforementioned Shivers and Lighthouse. Those math puzzles can be nasty; you have to use the numeric systems of alien races - one in hexadecimal (base 16) and one in octal (base 8). It also has a lot of "red herring" junk items that get stuck in your inventory with no way to dump them.
Thanks!
I played it as a kid and didn't remember the details (it's been so long). I did remember it was based off of a book but I've never read it.
I hated some of the game, but loved some parts (the alien museums were so neat... And that colour-based communication was just nifty).
Didn't have much trouble with the different bases, for some reason. The thing is, nowadays I probably would, but at the time I was like "oh, okay, sure". I guess it didn't seem any harder than base 10 at the time.
The stuff you don't need filling your inventory was annoying, but it made more sense than the typical "you use every object you pick up, you don't pick up objects you won't need".
Personally, I could adapt to octal easily. Hexadecimal, however, I kept making place errors. I guess smaller bases were easy for me, but larger bases just took my brain a while to catch up - which is odd since I have no problem with hex when dealing with it in computer systems. Maybe it was the fact that it was an alien script rather than the standard 0 - F. It would explain why octal was easy for me since it was basically just colors.