DS Adventure Games! Not necessarily Yahtzee talk. Stay out if that's not your thing.
#1
Posted 07 May 2008 - 09:37 AM
Hotel Dusk is really good. Trace Memory... eh. They've announced a new spin-off of the Ace Attorney games where you play one of the coolest prosecutors from the series, except it's a third-person adventure game instead of first-person.
Oh, and then there's The World Ends With You, which I just picked up yesterday. It's not entirely an adventure game, but it definitely has some of the elements (investigation, puzzle-solving). It also happens to be the weirdest game I've ever played. There's an RPG system, and battle is in real-time except that you control two different people at the same time on two different screens during two different battles (but damage on one screen transfers over to the other). The bottom screen uses the touch screen to fight, the top screen uses the D-pad or the XYAB buttons. It's bizarre and strangely addictive, but not for the faint of heart or non-ambidextrous.
It's just nice to see the adventure game hasn't breathed its last gasp.
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#2
Posted 07 May 2008 - 10:55 AM
Yahtzee had it pretty much down when he described the genre as a bloated dead body that just keeps getting jumped on. Maybe one day it will come back as an FPS-eating zombie, but until then...
#3
Posted 07 May 2008 - 11:37 AM
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#4
Posted 07 May 2008 - 11:59 AM
Anyways, I see your point. But a girl can dream, right?
Edit: Spelling.
This post has been edited by Mandy Writes: 07 May 2008 - 12:00 PM
#6
Posted 07 May 2008 - 12:15 PM
Just think about replaying the Chzo Mythos anywhere you go.
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#7
Posted 07 May 2008 - 06:57 PM
1. It has fresh cool new games that don't require 10 hours of play a day to get somewhere and have enjoyment.
2. The Wii Remote has the potential to play FPS games well ( fuck you little joysticks.)
3. Most of all the thing that really caught my eye was that I'm a die hard computer fan, All the games i would buy for an Xbox 360 ( fuck PS3 not interested in there game line up what so ever) are games i would want to buy when i purchase my new computer in june.
Any FPS game is way better played on a computer anyway nothing in present time will beat the combo of a keyboard and mouse to control a FPS game.
P.S. Anyone played The Ward yet for DS saw some trailers and i was pretty interested but haven't gone out to get a copy yet.
#8
Posted 09 May 2008 - 11:55 AM
1. It has fresh cool new games that don't require 10 hours of play a day to get somewhere and have enjoyment.
2. The Wii Remote has the potential to play FPS games well ( fuck you little joysticks.)
3. Most of all the thing that really caught my eye was that I'm a die hard computer fan, All the games i would buy for an Xbox 360 ( fuck PS3 not interested in there game line up what so ever) are games i would want to buy when i purchase my new computer in june.
Any FPS game is way better played on a computer anyway nothing in present time will beat the combo of a keyboard and mouse to control a FPS game.
P.S. Anyone played The Ward yet for DS saw some trailers and i was pretty interested but haven't gone out to get a copy yet.
1. You seem to have issues.
2. Obviously you haven't seen this: http://www.play.com/...or/Product.html
3. It seems that all the big games companies are trying to destroy the thing that I want: AI. I mean, AI in games was rarely any good, but it seems to be getting worse as the graphical quality goes up... maybe there's some kind of connection here...
#9
Posted 09 May 2008 - 05:31 PM
Just think about replaying the Chzo Mythos anywhere you go.
I just read Suda51 is remaking his adventure game series for the DS, I loved Killer 7 and No More Heroes so you should definently look into those.
#10
Posted 10 May 2008 - 09:48 AM
Just think about replaying the Chzo Mythos anywhere you go.
It is abit over rated. I've the required equipment, and all I really use it for is ScummVM. Also, although it is possible for AGS games to be played on the DS, its not going to happen. The work required to port the engine to an embedded platform, and on a different architiecture, would be simply monumental.
#11
Posted 11 May 2008 - 01:16 PM
It's really quite a good game.
#12
Posted 11 May 2008 - 02:49 PM
Also, about porting the AGS interpreter to the DS. It might actually be possible if Chris Jones didn't have such a severe phobia of someone stealing his precious source code.
Also also, about FPS's on the DS. Playing a FPS with the DS touchscreen is quite possibly the most uncomfortable, unintuitive thing ever. I couldn't even play Dementium because there's no option to play the game without touchscreen controls.
This post has been edited by z e w b: 11 May 2008 - 02:54 PM
#13
Posted 11 May 2008 - 05:07 PM
...you have played Phoenix Wright, haven't you? And seen the amount of point-and-clicking that is done?
#14
Posted 12 May 2008 - 12:09 PM
Yes, I've played/beaten it. The only minor nitpick I had with that one was that the puzzles had absolutely nothing to do with the story. It does the whole Myst thing where it chucks random puzzles at you, except that the story was existent in Layton and it kept me motivated to complete the game.
AdamM, yes, there is pointing and clicking in Phoenix Wright. What I meant was that the new game will be very reminiscent of LucasArts sort of point and click, not clicking through menus as in the Ace Attorney games. As in 3rd person, not 1st person.
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#15
Posted 12 May 2008 - 02:16 PM
EDIT: Making up words.
This post has been edited by reiner: 12 May 2008 - 02:17 PM