D'oh! I didn't realize dt_greene already suggested that game...

op being the dude dtgreene, I totally assumed it was the anime type of "trap" :P

I assume you're talking about this :D
Yeah, I can't imagine that would be fun.
Most adventure games with mazes are also such. You just HAVE to die to be able to map it out.

and thank you to :)

I found out I actually have the game on steam as well

Don't forget the bisexuals. Holes or poles they're all goals.

That would be one of the more forgiving Sierra games.

The Larry 2/Space Quest 2/King's Quest-school of design would be: "open door" -> "The door falls away from the wall, hitting the protagonist on the head. Protagonist goes 'Ouch! That hurt!' but carries on as usual. -> "Protagonist dies near the end of the game from cerebral hemorrhage caused by the door hitting him on the head"

Please show me an example of an image I photoshopped and posted on this forum? Or retract that slander.
You're on thin ice. Idiot head.
No. I enjoy a glass of wine. A little decadence goes a long way. Unfortunately we're probably past the point of no return, but I keep trying - some sort of heroic "save the world" complex I guess. As for degradation, do you really want to be degraded? I doubt it.

Heh, figures. All threads end up about sexuality, gender, "dirty leftist" vs "neo-Nazi" anyway. Sigh.

I believe this gentleman may articulate the situation far more succinctly than myself ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jevP4aLzzqc
Sorry. What was your question?

can you please point out exactly what in the OP is about the issues you have outlined? I asked it twice now, you ignored it each time.

and no, not going to click any random YouTube links, as it has no bearing on my question at all - the YouTube video will not be able to highlight any sections of the OP.

edit - in other words - what parts of the OP are offensive, inappropriate or spam to warrant a downrate (and even report as spam...) - please point them out.

All I want to know is why he came into a thread about gaming and went on a homophobic rant.

As soon as I have the answer I swear on my mother's grave I shant say another word to the man.

Maybe they wanted to make this thread a trap?

Anyway, back to the topic of the thread:

I looked into Eryi's Action a bit more (I might even consider buying the game from their website), and while I don't condone using Steam, apparently in the Steam version you get achievements for dying in certain ways. I think that's a good use of achievements for this sort of game; reward the player for finding deaths so that the player is encouraged to seek them out rather than frustrated at the game being unfair. It also fits the topic, even if it is unfortunately (and unnecessarily) tied to a specific gaming service.

By the way, that sort of achievement is could work well, not just for trap games, but for things like complex roguelikes where deaths can sometimes take interesting forms (see Nethack, where anything that can damage you can kill you, and there are tons of unique death messages in the game (like being killed by Newton's 3rd law, I believe)).

Ignore the trolls and let's get back to the topic people.

I've got a recent trap I fell into in one of the Way of the Samurai 3 endings actually. There's one ending where you can choose to be arrested and sent to be executed in someone's place. I thought that i'd be able break out a wreck havoc or that someone would save me at the last minute, so I chose to take the fall. Nope, you totally get executed and it counts as one of the endings lol. Gotta love that player choice in the Way of the Samurai series though.