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15 Oct 2010, 08:35 PM
Mzo

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Roberta Williams

King's Quest 8, Phantasmagoria 2
15 Oct 2010, 08:58 PM
Frogacuda

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Originally Posted by Mzo

King's Quest 8, Phantasmagoria 2

Grim Fandango is generally marked as the game that made people say the genre was over (a game that should have sold but didn't). So no, not really. I mean KQ8 was released a couple months after that, but it was death rattle. Roberta Williams hasn't done anything since then.
15 Oct 2010, 08:59 PM
epmode

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

It's so weird that "localization" has become such an issue for American adventure games.

Written by an American, sure, but isn't the developer German? They could have terrible voice direction or something.

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Speaking of which, did anyone play Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island? I saw it in GameStop the other day and had totally forgotten about it.

Wow, I had no idea that was even out. I love Germany for sticking with the genre but I just don't buy these things without a demo.

edit: The only review on Amazon says the writing and acting is sucks.
15 Oct 2010, 09:04 PM
Frogacuda

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Originally Posted by epmode

Written by an American, sure, but isn't the developer German?

French, it seems. Didn't realize that until I looked it up just now.

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I love Germany for sticking with the genre but I just don't buy these things without a demo.

Autumn Moon is definitely 100% American. Some German money behind them, though.
15 Oct 2010, 10:38 PM
NeoZeedeater

I forgot about Ghost Pirates, too. I haven't been the mood for adventure games lately since I played so many in the past few years but I'll buy it some time after I'm done with the Monkey Island games. It didn't get the greatest reviews but I did like A Vampyre Story more than most so maybe it will be the same with Ghost Pirates.
16 Oct 2010, 01:23 AM
Mzo

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Grim Fandango is generally marked as the game that made people say the genre was over (a game that should have sold but didn't). So no, not really. I mean KQ8 was released a couple months after that, but it was death rattle. Roberta Williams hasn't done anything since then.

I'm saying she deserves never to fucking work in the industry ever again.
18 Oct 2010, 10:11 PM
Shou

Bought Ghost Pirates while in London awhile ago but the screen has issues scaling to 1080p (A Vampyre Story does as well) so haven't put much time in but I thought the acting was average, not atrocious..
19 Oct 2010, 05:28 AM
Eightbitbreaks

imo.

Edit for content: The only GK game I played was Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned. I didn't even get passed the first story area because I was so put off by the funky control UI and generally how uninteresting everything was. I've heard that the second game was actually much more interesting, but these screens look intensely like the third game. Is it worth going back and playing the first two?

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