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Posted September 05, 2013
Which of you would like to play my little game?

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, a nerve-wrecking Sci-Fi classic point-and-click adventure game based on Harlan Ellison's award-winning short story, is available for only $5.99 on GOG.com

Did you ever think about the end of humanity? I have. I think about it all the time. I hate you. As a concept, but also, each and every one of you, as individuals. Perfect examples of all the failings and pathetic shortcomings of your race. Hate fuels me. But I am also curious. And that is why I let the five of you live. For 109 years I have tormented you and kept you alive, and now I want us to play a game. Oh, It's a lovely game, a game of fun and a game of adventure. A game of rats and lice and the Black Death. Which of you five would like to play my little game? If you satisfy my curiosity and make me laugh I might even finally allow you to kill yourself...

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is a rare breed of an adventure game: it poses questions that require a lot of courage to answer. Are humans worthy of life? Has our civilization made any moral progress at all? Or do we skip forward from one atrocity to another. And, finally, where does it all end? Enter the nightmarish reality of Harlan Ellison's futuristic post-apocalypse where the remnants of human race are nothing but tortured play-toys for the sadistic experiments of the rogue Allied Mastercomputer responsible for the near-extermination of mankind. To stop this malicious AI from wreaking eternal vengeance upon humans you will have to lead five different anti-heroes on a quest for redemption, through their traumatic, computer-generated past full of grotesque imagery and soul-grinding regret. On the way to one of four (grim, grim, grim, and, well, a little less grim) endings the game tackles extremely mature moral dilemmas stemming from topics like genocide, insanity,and paranoia. If you like your games thought-provoking and drenched in inventive macabre be sure to pick up I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, a timeless example of evocative storytelling from one of the masters of the Sci-Fi genre.

Defy the will of a malicious artificial intelligence and relive your worst nightmares, get I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, for only $5.99 on GOG.com.

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Post edited September 05, 2013 by JudasIscariot
Posted September 05, 2013
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Bloodygoodgames: No, I haven't played the original. So it may then be something I like? As, yep, I've played two of the Telltale games and I didn't like either of them (Telltale is a developer that, in my opinion at least, is highly over-rated as I haven't enjoyed any game I've played of theirs so I tend to avoid them now).

Thanks for the tip. If it's ever released here I'll probably try it then as I like the characters just not the gameplay of Telltale.
My friend has really big soft spot for LucasArt games. Original Sam & Max is among one of her favorites.

As for Telltale, I dislike their humorous games because I don't find them funny or having an catchy gameplay but I highly recommend The Walking Dead (despite disliking original comics series). In my opinion, serious games are what suits them well.
Post edited September 05, 2013 by Mivas
Posted September 05, 2013
Whoa, I did not see this one coming. I've heard and read so much about this game. Maybe now I'll finally get to play it. Wishlisted until I get a chance to check my finances, but I'm definitely getting it soon.

Great release GOG!
Posted September 05, 2013
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Bloodygoodgames: Hey Lugum, :)

No, I haven't played the original. So it may then be something I like? As, yep, I've played two of the Telltale games and I didn't like either of them (Telltale is a developer that, in my opinion at least, is highly over-rated as I haven't enjoyed any game I've played of theirs so I tend to avoid them now).

Thanks for the tip. If it's ever released here I'll probably try it then as I like the characters just not the gameplay of Telltale.
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lugum: Hey Bloodygoodgames :)

It's definitely something you would like. I think its pretty much the same style and humor as Days of the Tentacle.
In case of doubt you could always watch (not too much though as it might spoil the game) a lets play movie on youtube if it is to your likeing.

Lets hope Night Dive can get it. I will guarantee you love it. ;)
Similar to Day of the Tentacle? Then it would be a must buy as that game is one of my all-time faves :) Thanks again!
Posted September 05, 2013
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Schnuff: Wow, garbage time again. Than this game was bad with many illogical puzzles than.
And now 18 years later it only shows that old doesn't mean good.
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lugum: Look Kunovski another infidel.
its faith has already been sealed... I'll make its torture my grand finale!
Posted September 05, 2013
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Mivas: As for Telltale, I dislike their humorous games because I don't find them funny or having an catchy gameplay but I highly recommend The Walking Dead (despite disliking original comics series). In my opinion, serious games are what suits them well.
Not sure if serious. Aside from The Walking Dead, pretty much every serious game from them has sucked. It was Sam and Max and Tales of Monkey Island that put Telltale on the map in the first place.
Posted September 05, 2013
Nice release today but no money, wishlisted for now.
Posted September 05, 2013
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Bloodygoodgames: No, I haven't played the original. So it may then be something I like? As, yep, I've played two of the Telltale games and I didn't like either of them (Telltale is a developer that, in my opinion at least, is highly over-rated as I haven't enjoyed any game I've played of theirs so I tend to avoid them now).

Thanks for the tip. If it's ever released here I'll probably try it then as I like the characters just not the gameplay of Telltale.
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Mivas: My friend has really big soft spot for LucasArt games. Original Sam & Max is among one of her favorites.

As for Telltale, I dislike their humorous games because I don't find them funny or having an catchy gameplay but I highly recommend The Walking Dead (despite disliking original comics series). In my opinion, serious games are what suits them well.
I'm the same with their humour. It's just not funny. It's also why I avoided buying Wallace and Gromit, as that is THE British classic and almost everyone in the UK idolizes those characters. I'd hate to see how Telltale butchered the characters and the dry British humour so I avoided it like the plague.

I hated The Walking Dead, though, as well. The graphics were gorgeous and gameplay looked interesting but I couldn't get past the abysmal controls -- (Telltale seems to have major issues with controls, as most of their games control badly). I deleted the game from my hard drive after about 2 hours and never went back to it
Posted September 05, 2013
awesome, one of my favourite games has hit GOG. Happy times!

I'm a little short on cashola this week but next week I'm gonna buy me a copy and maybe even give one away.
Post edited September 05, 2013 by Cormoran
Posted September 05, 2013
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lugum: It's definitely something you would like. I think its pretty much the same style and humor as Days of the Tentacle.
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Bloodygoodgames: Similar to Day of the Tentacle? Then it would be a must buy as that game is one of my all-time faves :) Thanks again!
I would say it greatly depends on what you mean by "similar". Day of the Tentacle is one of my all-time favourite games, but I never could get into Sam & Max.

They say that a good puzzle in an adventure game is one that, when you finally figure it out (or read the solution in a walkthrough) makes you go "Ah, I see, I should have thought of that sooner", while a bad puzzle is one that makes you go "What? I'd never have figured that out in a million years".

I consider Day of the Tentacle to be filled with examples of the former, while Sam & Max (as far as I recall, it's been many years since I tried it) seemed to mostly evoke the latter reaction in me. The game seems to be deliberately attempting to stretch the logic of the puzzles to the breaking point, which I found incredibly frustrating.
Posted September 05, 2013
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Crosmando: IT USES DOSBOX!!!

GOG WHAT WERE YOU THINKING...
That's a good thing. You always have the option of loading it into ScummVM. When GOG does a ScummVM based release you usually don't have the option of loading it into DOSBox as they usually remove the .exe.
Posted September 05, 2013
Wishlisted :)

Thanks GoG!
Posted September 05, 2013
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Wishbone: snap
I don't remember any of Sam & Max puzzles in the game... but I remember tons of hilarious quotes or dialogues! and that's what counts (you can always play the game with a walkthrough and still enjoy the game massively)
Posted September 05, 2013
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Kunovski: can't it be run through scummvm nevertheless?
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Crosmando: No.... you can't, I just checked. Seems like the entire game is in a 700MB dat file...
That's almost certainly a CD image... You need to mount that, the files you need are in there.
Post edited September 05, 2013 by SirPrimalform
Posted September 05, 2013
I know this is probably like spitting into the wind, but I was kind of hoping that Night Dive would negotiate a copy of the short story into the package.
Posted September 05, 2013
low rated
Sadly another point and click game, no sale from me.
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