Posted May 01, 2021
I will be playing Full Throttle Remastered.
mrkgnao
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HCZVCTO
Registered: Apr 2009
From United States
PetrusOctavianus
Retro Gamer
Registered: Dec 2011
From Norway
Posted May 01, 2021
Matewis, thanks for the info.
I guess I will be playing TFTD this year.
I guess I will be playing TFTD this year.
Post edited May 01, 2021 by PetrusOctavianus
mrkgnao
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HCZVCTO
Registered: Apr 2009
From United States
Posted May 01, 2021
Landed in 1995, as expected, and played about three hours of Full Throttle Remastered (around half the game, I believe).
I must say I was pleasantly surprised. After the trauma of having played "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis" a few years ago, I have mostly avoided Lucas point-and-click adventures, but this one is pretty enjoyable. Most puzzles are fairly logical, there is almost no pixel hunting (using item highlighting), almost no backtracking, and a reasonable amount of pointless flavour objects in scenes. The graphics, music, and voice acting are very good; even the story is passable. I don't know how much of this has to do with the remaster and how much with the original, though.
Let's hope it keeps up.
I must say I was pleasantly surprised. After the trauma of having played "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis" a few years ago, I have mostly avoided Lucas point-and-click adventures, but this one is pretty enjoyable. Most puzzles are fairly logical, there is almost no pixel hunting (using item highlighting), almost no backtracking, and a reasonable amount of pointless flavour objects in scenes. The graphics, music, and voice acting are very good; even the story is passable. I don't know how much of this has to do with the remaster and how much with the original, though.
Let's hope it keeps up.
mrkgnao
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HCZVCTO
Registered: Apr 2009
From United States
Posted May 02, 2021
Yep. Finished Full Throttle Remastered (4.5 hours in total).
Everything good I had to say about the first two acts has been thrown out of the window and trampled on repeatedly by the third act, which is a collection of all the annoyances you can think of in a point and click game (obtuse trial-and-error puzzles, pixel hunting, backtracking, action sequences with horrendous controls, time limits, etc.) and some you cannot.
Still, I'm very glad I got to get this off my backlog thanks to this game club. Looking forward to next month's.
Overall, 5/10.
P.S. The game was a gift from GOG. Thank you.
P.P.S.
- So, ciemnogrodzianin, can you please get me back to 2021?
- Hello, ciemnogrodzianin...
- Umm...
- Anybody???
- Hey, don't leave me stranded here.
- Hmm, I guess I'll go see a film while waiting. So what's playing? Toy Story? I guess it'll have to do. Oh, look, 12 Monkeys! That's more like it.
Everything good I had to say about the first two acts has been thrown out of the window and trampled on repeatedly by the third act, which is a collection of all the annoyances you can think of in a point and click game (obtuse trial-and-error puzzles, pixel hunting, backtracking, action sequences with horrendous controls, time limits, etc.) and some you cannot.
Still, I'm very glad I got to get this off my backlog thanks to this game club. Looking forward to next month's.
Overall, 5/10.
P.S. The game was a gift from GOG. Thank you.
P.P.S.
- So, ciemnogrodzianin, can you please get me back to 2021?
- Hello, ciemnogrodzianin...
- Umm...
- Anybody???
- Hey, don't leave me stranded here.
- Hmm, I guess I'll go see a film while waiting. So what's playing? Toy Story? I guess it'll have to do. Oh, look, 12 Monkeys! That's more like it.
Post edited May 02, 2021 by mrkgnao
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Registered: Sep 2010
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Posted May 02, 2021
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(plus I like old-school challenging p/c stuff sometimes....allows me to try my best to "git gud" :D)
- So, ciemnogrodzianin, can you please get me back to 2021?
- Hello, ciemnogrodzianin...
- Umm...
- Anybody???
- Hey, don't leave me stranded here.
- Hmm, I guess I'll go see a film while waiting. So what's playing? Toy Story? I guess it'll have to do. Oh, look, 12 Monkeys! That's more like it.
Anyhoo here: *hands extra 1.21 jiggy wattz battery to Mrkgnao*
Post edited May 02, 2021 by GamezRanker
mrkgnao
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HCZVCTO
Registered: Apr 2009
From United States
Posted May 02, 2021
(plus I like old-school challenging p/c stuff sometimes....allows me to try my best to "git gud" :D)
- So, ciemnogrodzianin, can you please get me back to 2021?
- Hello, ciemnogrodzianin...
- Umm...
- Anybody???
- Hey, don't leave me stranded here.
- Hmm, I guess I'll go see a film while waiting. So what's playing? Toy Story? I guess it'll have to do. Oh, look, 12 Monkeys! That's more like it.
Anyhoo here: *hands extra 1.21 jiggy wattz battery to Mrkgnao*
I played the remastered (2017) edition.
Post edited May 02, 2021 by mrkgnao
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Posted May 02, 2021
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*FT spoilers*
mrkgnao: The mine road was "ok", but the arena and the endgame time-limited scenes were terrible. Not to mention the bunnies... I loved the bunnies...yeah, one has to pick em up quick once deployed and go get another box if they mess up....still, I found it more cutesy than annoying. :)
The arena was a pain, agreed 100%.....though (imo) the arena end scene was almost worth it.
The ending thing...by that you mean the plane menus? I liked the challenge and the uniqueness of it all...though yeah, it is a bit tense & I can see why others might get frustrated/annoyed at it.
*end FT spoilers*
The arena was a pain, agreed 100%.....though (imo) the arena end scene was almost worth it.
The ending thing...by that you mean the plane menus? I liked the challenge and the uniqueness of it all...though yeah, it is a bit tense & I can see why others might get frustrated/annoyed at it.
*end FT spoilers*
Post edited May 02, 2021 by GamezRanker
mrkgnao
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HCZVCTO
Registered: Apr 2009
From United States
Posted May 02, 2021
The arena was a pain, agreed 100%.....though (imo) the arena end scene was almost worth it.
The ending thing...by that you mean the plane menus? I liked the challenge and the uniqueness of it all...though yeah, it is a bit tense & I can see why others might get frustrated/annoyed at it.
*end FT spoilers*
I didn't have to get another box because I constantly save, so I had a save just before opening the box. I simply reloaded it until I figured the puzzle out. But once I figured it out, then to be forced to pick up bunnies twelve times and then have to place them one by one ten times and follow in their footsteps ten times felt to me like the work of a petty and mean designer. And the plane menus felt the same.
[/spoiler]
Post edited May 02, 2021 by mrkgnao
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Posted May 02, 2021
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*FT spoilers*
mrkgnao: I didn't have to get another box because I constantly save, so I had a save just before opening the box. I simply reloaded it until I figured the puzzle out. But once I figured it out, then to be forced to pick up bunnies twelve times and then have to place them one by one ten times and follow in their footsteps ten times felt to me like the work of a petty and mean designer. And the plane menus felt the same. Well such games made now are often made more easy to figure out/complete, which is probably why some older games feel like that in comparison. Back then the devs and a number of players wanted them to be more of a challenge, so more were made that way back then.
Of course, that said, I can see why that might not be some people's cup of tea(and I also have a bone to pick with some puzzles/etc in some games as well).
*end FT spoilers*
Of course, that said, I can see why that might not be some people's cup of tea(and I also have a bone to pick with some puzzles/etc in some games as well).
*end FT spoilers*
Matewis
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Registered: Jan 2011
From South Africa
Posted May 02, 2021
Finally reached 2050 in OpenTTD, and though it feels strange transporting grain and livestock by maglev, I'm relieved that I won't have to upgrade tracks ever again.
- Behold my home city, which is coming along nicely. It features a train station, 3 docks, 2 airports, one for mail/goods and the other for passengers/mail, and a heliport.
- Behold my relay station, where oil, coal, grain and livestock is dropped off / stored, for transport to my main industrial hub.
- Behold my main industrial hub, a single station used by 24 trains, to drop of oil, steel, coal, wood, grain and livestock. White goods trains then transport it all across my network to all my connected cities. The goods trains caused some
edit: fuzziness due to gimp, trying to get it under 500kB.
- Behold my home city, which is coming along nicely. It features a train station, 3 docks, 2 airports, one for mail/goods and the other for passengers/mail, and a heliport.
- Behold my relay station, where oil, coal, grain and livestock is dropped off / stored, for transport to my main industrial hub.
- Behold my main industrial hub, a single station used by 24 trains, to drop of oil, steel, coal, wood, grain and livestock. White goods trains then transport it all across my network to all my connected cities. The goods trains caused some
edit: fuzziness due to gimp, trying to get it under 500kB.
Post edited May 02, 2021 by Matewis
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Posted May 02, 2021
ciemnogrodzianin
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Registered: Dec 2013
From Poland
Posted May 02, 2021
Thanks for the list! Added some of them – however I've passed the minor console releases. Let me know if some of them are important enough to be must-have on the list. And AFAIK Colonization and Sega Rally Championship are from 1994.
ResidentLeever: I might join in on this. For now here's my tier list for 1995 (see tierlists.com for the template):
https://i.imgur.com/cvunzBO.png PS. That tool is awesome! :) Thanks for sharing your view.
Added. Good luck! :)
https://i.imgur.com/cvunzBO.png
Added. Good luck! :)
Post edited May 02, 2021 by ciemnogrodzianin
ciemnogrodzianin
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Registered: Dec 2013
From Poland
Posted May 02, 2021
Good choice! I'm in my first play-through now and I think it may end up in my top 10 of point&click adventure games. I love the sense of humour – and the music! :)
:D Oops, sorry. Looks like we should keep one of us to stay in 2021, just in case ;)
:D Oops, sorry. Looks like we should keep one of us to stay in 2021, just in case ;)
Post edited May 02, 2021 by ciemnogrodzianin
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Posted May 02, 2021
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But the game still draws atmospheric environments.
Btw, make sure to keep an eye out for secret paths/areas/etc....which iirc are found in some areas.
Nice enough as is.....but a suggestion: if you want you could use fraps/etc to get better screenshots(also for windows users out there reading this: there is even a built in tool for such things).
=-=-=
So how far did you get so far, if I may ask?
(i'm about half way through or so on my playthrough of it, btw)
Post edited May 02, 2021 by GamezRanker
ciemnogrodzianin
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Registered: Dec 2013
From Poland
Posted May 03, 2021
It looks that the magic of time travel really works!
Today, thanks to mrkgnao, I've realized Toy Story is 1995 release! I watched the movie yesterday with my kids as a part of fun+cultural education :D It was my wife's initiative. She didn't know about our travels. Perhaps I have to replace the locks at my workshop ;)
Let's look what else hit theatres in 1995 (I guess GOG forum cannot handle that kind of link, so...):
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?release_date=1995-01-01,1995-12-31
– – –
I've finished Full Throttle, but it wasn't easy :)
CervelloYM: I'm playing Stonekeep, it is... pixely, you can probably count the pixels.
But the game still draws atmospheric environments. I remember this game for its amazing atmosphere. I've never finished it, lost somewhere in the dungeons, without internet and any idea how to progress at some point. I hope I'll be able to check it soon.
For graphics – yup, the game has issues :) There's some complicated history behind how it looks (and how opponents are displayed). But I think I remember quite impressive intro, not sure if my memories are correct, will see ;)
Today, thanks to mrkgnao, I've realized Toy Story is 1995 release! I watched the movie yesterday with my kids as a part of fun+cultural education :D It was my wife's initiative. She didn't know about our travels. Perhaps I have to replace the locks at my workshop ;)
Let's look what else hit theatres in 1995 (I guess GOG forum cannot handle that kind of link, so...):
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?release_date=1995-01-01,1995-12-31
– – –
I've finished Full Throttle, but it wasn't easy :)
But the game still draws atmospheric environments.
For graphics – yup, the game has issues :) There's some complicated history behind how it looks (and how opponents are displayed). But I think I remember quite impressive intro, not sure if my memories are correct, will see ;)