AGS in the media

Phemar · Sat 28/01/2006 06:39:08

Hmmm, Bequeathers of Eternity?

Pet Terry · Sat 28/01/2006 09:30:42

Quote from: Worm III on Sat 28/01/2006 05:34:38
And there was this thread I posted about AGS

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=21639.0

That seems to be the same book I posted about some time ago in this thread. The Finnish translation has a different cover, though.

rodekill · Sat 28/01/2006 15:52:27

Well, that's pretty cool, even though they spelled my name wrong.
Guess I should finish starting Earwig 2.

edit: Damn, it's not in the North American version, which I expected, but am sad about anyways.

LimpingFish · Sun 29/01/2006 21:21:24

Weird how the put them under "Shareware" tho. $:-\$

edmundito · Tue 31/01/2006 01:22:49

Quote from: rodekill on Sat 28/01/2006 15:52:27
Well, that's pretty cool, even though they spelled my name wrong.
Guess I should finish starting Earwig 2.

edit: Damn, it's not in the North American version, which I expected, but am sad about anyways.

You can buy the imported UK version

Layabout · Mon 06/02/2006 16:30:30

Interesting to see how much mention the community does get. It's good publicity, but it does bring in some random people.

BOYD1981 · Mon 06/02/2006 17:51:22

Quote from: LimpingFish on Sun 29/01/2006 21:21:24
Weird how the put them under "Shareware" tho.Ã,Â $:-\$

they seem to put everything under shareware. guess they can't be bothered to add a freeware section to the coverdisc menu...

also, Rode, it would be awesome if you made Earwig 2

m0ds · Mon 06/02/2006 17:51:33

Saw Shawnos piece in PC Gamer today! I was just flicking through and found it which was a nice surprise. And they quoted you tooo, Rodey! Excellent

Why the hell they call it Bequeathers though?

What is it with rubbish annotation of things I presume are discussed over email? You wouldn't see them call Halo Holo or Tomb Raider Womb Raider.... I just thought bequeathers was another word for bestowers, or the publisher/writer was a bit dumb.

Anarcho · Mon 06/02/2006 18:03:28

Can you post the artile mods? I guess that would be the UK PC Gamer?

m0ds · Mon 06/02/2006 18:28:29

Anarcho - I'm talking about the same article as on page one of this thread

http://www.americangirlscouts.org/agsuploads/files/PCGamerAGS.jpg

Haddas · Sun 19/02/2006 11:38:03

http://www.mbnet.fi/jutut/paivanpeli/?from=etusivu

Game of the day on MBnet. They make the magazine Mikrobitti.

MrColossal · Sun 19/02/2006 19:09:23

Hooray for me!

Vince Twelve · Tue 07/03/2006 04:29:08

This may not be significant enough to mention, but I was reading the IGN review of Scratches when I saw this:

"Closing Comments

Mediocrity is hard to choke down, especially in the gaming industry. All told, Scratches is a good game for what it is, but let?s not kid ourselves here: it still suffers from the limitations of the strict point and click adventure genre. At best, it?s an above-average interactive book though in the grand scheme of gaming, it is fairly average next to games such as Grand Theft Auto, Half-Life 2, God of War, et al.

This is not an easy game. Even with hints enabled, first-time adventure gamers won?t know what they?re doing and will quickly become frustrated. If you?ve never looked at adventure games before and can stomach 1987-caliber graphics, head to Google and find the Rob Blanc or Larry Vales series. They?re free, and a heck of a lot easier to deal with than this one. If you don?t like adventure games at all, don?t even bother.

However, if you?re an adventure gaming veteran, especially if you like the horror / creepy / gothic-type atmosphere, then Scratches is for you. It's a solid game although a bit on the short side as you may be able to get through it in less than a day. At the end, there are certainly a lot worse ways to spend the standard bargain price of $20. This is a pretty decent-good entry in the adventure genre thanks to some good presentation and interesting puzzles."

I don't know why either of those two would be a decent substitute for the first-person gothic horror of Scratches, but I guess to most people, an adventure is an adventure.

edmundito · Tue 07/03/2006 06:17:30

Yes, rob blanc and larry vales were made in 1987. This is actually the 8th generation of AGSers. Some time travel is involved.

Helm · Tue 07/03/2006 06:57:42

1987-caliber, edmundo. he's saying they LOOK like games from 1987. And he's mostly right.

edmundito · Tue 07/03/2006 07:03:13

D'oh!

He could have been more clear, I guess. Â¬Â¬

Ionias · Tue 07/03/2006 13:04:30

Quote from: Helm on Tue 07/03/2006 06:57:42
1987-caliber, edmundo. he's saying they LOOK like games from 1987. And he's mostly right.

I remember when I first played Rob Blanc, and I thought to myself ... Wow, I dunno if I could ever draw that good but I'll try. Bit off subject I suppose. I couldn't help but share one of my first AGS memories.

Akatosh · Fri 02/03/2007 18:38:14

Congratulations to the authors of Duty and Beyond and Spooks! Your games appear on the DVD XL of March's 'GameStar' issue, a - quite decent and professional, IMHO - german games-related magazine.

Screenies

MrColossal · Fri 02/03/2007 18:51:21

I also see Darkside Adventure in the list, made by Bernie though not an AGS games and Force Majeure, is that part one of Force Majeure 2: The Zone?

Hooray for everyone!

Akatosh · Fri 02/03/2007 18:55:55

Nope, Force Majeure is some kind of side-scroller.

Also, in an interesting but probably unrelated fact, the magazine kept mentioning this website. You'll probably want to go there, you'll be positively surprised by the Navigation Bar at the top of the page...

/EDIT: Oh, and I think you're meaning a different game, not "A Game with A Kitty 2: Darkside Adventures", are you?

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