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[SirNiko]

my one sugestion: umihara kawase.

This is brilliant. I third this choice, it's the best I've heard. I've watched a TAS of the game on the shortest path, but never played it. I would totally play this.

[iffi]

heeeeeeeey, there's a subforum now. Thanks derek.

This is awesome. 

Yes, it certainly makes this feel more "legit" and organized. Also, the fact that La-Mulana's the current chosen game means I can't avoid this.

[Alevice]

if you're into deus ex you're gonna love bloodlines as well (with fan patches ofc). also the most goth game ever created.

btw: pathologic is something i have wanted to try for ages. it's not on any legal download service i can use, but i could get a used copy from amazon for under 1 euro(!)

gamersgate has it

I played pathologic some years ago. the game fov is annoying, but despite the bizarre translation, I enjoyed what i played. some glitch made me die the first time I took a nap tho.


Also, i would crave for a tigclub for bloolines too.


And regarding umihara kawase, you better play the snes version and not the playstation one.

[Manuel Magalhães]

I got the game on a Steam sale a while ago (lost the original CD), and I was surprised how little it aged. Or maybe it's just nostalgia speaking?

The former. While the graphics are kinda rough in some places even at the time, everything else didn't aged at all.

[Derek]

i always got more of a deus ex vibe from it. arcanum is the most fallout-like troika game i think (another good suggestion for this thread btw).

To be honest, I couldn't get into Arcanum. I'm trying to remember why - I think the graphics had a lot to do with it. I found them very unappealing. The pacing is quite slow, too, IIRC.

On the other hand, I've played Fallout 1 and 2 pretty recently and still really like them.

[s0]

heh yeah i didn't like arcanum all that much either but thats because i couldnt relate to the setting (not a big steampunk fan)

idk graphics are kind of a low priority for me (especially for this type of rpg) but i agree that fallout looks better.

speaking of which fallout 1 or 2 would be another good idea for this thread i think. or even wasteland. i didn't play wasteland until very recently but i found that, aside from the graphics and the need to read part of the story from a book, the game has aged incredibly well.

[Dragonmaw]

Fallout 1 is so great. Way better than any of its successors, IMO.

[Alevice]

Arcanum is quite the rough jewel, it has a reaaally dull start, but once you finally leave Shrouded Hills and visit Tarant and Dernholm is when the really good things start. There are quite a few brilliant moments that are worth witnessing, in particular its own deconstruction/demystification. I'm no big fan of neither steampunk nor fantasy, yet I think everything was handled so well I tend to prefer it over the Fallout games. That's not to say I don't love the Fallout games.

[Derek]

Ah, yeah... so I am correctly remembering the beginning as being dull!

Anyway, when Bloodlines starts I'll definitely try to participate in that.

[Blademasterbobo]

maybe instead of once every two weeks, it should be like, two games one a month? without a deadline, even, just start two new games on the first of every month. maybe one free / one commercial? plus, two weeks is not nearly enough time for la mulana. especially since i doubt people are playing it nonstop. it'd be better (imo) if people focused more on helping each other out and playing at their own paces, rather than having to worry about a set time limit for beating the game.

[Tanner]

I second Bobo.

[iffi]

Yes, two weeks is definitely not enough for La-Mulana. It was pretty much the only thing I played for at least a month and that was with considerable amounts of outside help.

[TeeGee]

I would be down for Bloodlines as well. Been looking for an excuse to re-play it since ages. I too agree with Bobo that we should run more than one game per month. Easier to find something that fits your mood/timeframe.

[Theophilus]

Bobo's got a neat idea, especially with that one free one paid game.

[baconman]

I'd say we could do three even, give people a choice or some options to bounce between. Maybe a general thread for one-shot playthrough games like Spelunky or The Binding of Issac.

[paste]

might be too much. see, some of us have these things called "jobs" where we do this thing called "work" or go to "school" where we sit on "butts". not everyone has the time. although, maybe the short games would work. the only problem is that those kind of games, the ones you mention, are meant to be replayed in order to master them (at least spelunky is; i don't know about BoI) so it kind of defeats the purpose.

[Theophilus]

where we sit on "butts".

oh, we do lots of that too

[baconman]

Not really. The purpose of the "one-shot games" thread is just a post about your one-shot experience, or mostly just the highlights, cool moments, or what you've learned/taken from the game.

[PaleFox]

Why not something a little more unusual, like a text adventure?

There's some really good ones which are still ultimately forgiving (you can't make them unwinnable).

[Dragonmaw]

A Game Club on Aisle would be fun!