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iamnikchick

Computer Games Frustrate Me

Apr 02, 2007 10:46

Kate and I have had a pretty good run of fun playing the various Nancy Drew PC games put out by Bellevue's own HER Interactive. So much so that I pre-ordered the last release and Kate and I played through it in a little over one day. That was a bit of a disappointment, to be sure, but not so much that we were soured on the franchise (though we hope ( Read more... )

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jasonsmyr April 2 2007, 19:47:02 UTC

Over all thing i have found with RPG/Puzzle games..
really they seem to be nothing more than the "choose your own adventure"

Worse of them is one where I have to spot the 3 pixels and click on them that open the door to the critical secret room.

Not sure how this can be resolved..

anaka April 2 2007, 19:59:44 UTC

I bought "And Then There Were None" from the same company. I stopped playing it after the first act for the very reasons you state. Bah. It's just lazy design.

jbru April 2 2007, 20:52:36 UTC

I'm playing the Xbox 360 game "The Elder Scrolls® IV: Oblivion." I share some of the frustations you mention but have avoided a few of them. The main quest/story of the game has few options for real choice and particularly as you get to near the end of the story you can pretty much skip the dialog to get on to the next bit of what you have to do. Several of the other quests, however, have greater freedom of choice and have consequences based on which choices you make. I particularly liked leaving the main quest alone with one of my characters and going off exploring ruins on my own.

My message, I guess, is that there are decent games out there, but I'm sure you knew that.

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jbru April 2 2007, 21:43:17 UTC

I actually liked that feature of the main quest. I played it first by going mission-to-mission without trying to level up between. When I played it again with a different character, I had spent time leveling up before starting it so it was nice that there was still a challenge to it, I didn't face the lower-level monsters with my higher-level character. Doing that would have been a disappointment.

I could see that ideally it would be worthwhile to develop the game so that you needed to be higher level to complete the quest. Unfortunately, that would run counter to the "imperative" nature of the quest.

brannonb April 2 2007, 21:49:10 UTC

I love Nancy Drew, and have always been very unhappy that the franchise doesn't get treated better. Have you seen the trailer for the new Nancy Drew movie?

It looks like it could come off very well (but you never know). It's a little on the odd side, but I like the idea of not so much updating Nancy as seeing how old-fashioned Nancy can handle modern capers. We shall see! It starts May 15th.

iamnikchick April 2 2007, 22:58:41 UTC

Huh! I hadn't heard about that at all. Kate and I watched some made for TV movie that purported to be about Nancy Drew and MAN did we hate it. An IMDB reviewer has since said "I was left utterly appalled to see what the scriptwriters and actors of this Disney film adaptation had done to Nancy Drew, the heroine in some of my favourite books through the latter years of primary school. Quite frankly, anyone who has read the books will find her character mutilated in this film." I hope this current treatment does a better job. I really loved the books (and the 70s TV show, which was perfect for the 8 year old me... not sure how it would hold up today and not sure I want to know).

Our waitress on a recent Cafe Flora visit had the iconic Nancy Drew silhouette (Nancy with magnifying glass) tattooed on her forearm. That's a hardcore fan. :)