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Anonymous Wed Jul 9 17:23:32 2014 No.1753856 [Reply] [Original]

So now that the Grim Fandango remake has been announced for PC (and Mac and Linux if that's your thing), the time is nigh for an adventure game thread.

I personally wish I could have gotten this game working on any of my computers, but it remains a constant thorn in my side to even get it to run, and it comes with gamebreaking graphical problems, so I guess I'm gonna pony up for the remaster when it drops.

Don Rumata !!rYqzYYFAejo Wed Jul 9 17:26:01 2014 No.1753860

I recently beat my first "adult" P&C adventure, Beneath a Steel Sky (played Humongous games in my youth). Pretty decent and interesting, but Dave Gibbons doesn't draw the most readable backdrops. Pixel hunting was so frustrating the Hardcore Gaming article explicitly shows you where the vein swelling is that you need to puncture.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 17:27:35 2014 No.1753863 >>1753856 >I personally wish I could have gotten this game working on any of my computers, but it remains a constant thorn in my side to even get it to run Did you try Residual?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 17:39:17 2014 No.1753879 >>1753863 I tried so many patches I can't even remember. It has defeated me. The process is too hard for a complete idiot like me. I'll end up buying it for PS4. At least that way I'll have a game to play on it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 17:53:33 2014 No.1753891 >>1753856 Oh there's a remake coming? Awesome, this game is still on my backlog. Might's well try the remake. Any ETA when it's going to be out yet?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 17:54:20 2014 No.1753894 With Residual it works straight off the bat, OP. No fucking around it required.

Anonymous Wed Jul 9 17:58:13 2014 No.1753902

>>1753891

I'm not sure about a release date but the reveal video was pretty fun provided you know who Tim Schafer is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG2wFVfi5Rw

I recommend you try the original out anyway before going in to the remake. It's nice to be able to appreciate upgrades like this. AT least that's how I like to do it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 18:14:12 2014 No.1753940 >>1753902 Thanks for the info. I'll propably check the original out soon enough then.

Anonymous Wed Jul 9 18:36:25 2014 No.1753983

>>1753894
I guess I could try it, then.

Still probably buy the remaster though; I bet if it sells well we could get some more people interested in the genre and/or more re-releases and remasters. Maybe some King's Quest remakes that aren't so "use widget A on unrelated flange B."

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 20:00:19 2014 No.1754194 File: 27 KB, 640x480, bros don't shake.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Was there a reason Lucasfilm Games/Lucasarts never made a Star Wars adventure game? Pic unrelated.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 20:03:07 2014 No.1754201 >>1754194 Because the video game licenses for those IPs were already sold to other video game developers. LucasArts couldn't legally make a LucasFilm-related video game.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 21:22:45 2014 No.1754380 >>1753856 I recently completed Full Throttle, great game but had to use a walkthrough at cetain parts. Remember hint lines? Ain't that some retro shit. Haven't played GF yet, but I'm working my way through the whole Lucas game line.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 21:35:56 2014 No.1754416 no need, OP IT'S COMING FOR PC AS WELL

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 21:37:42 2014 No.1754425 >>1754416 Yeah...I know. I said that already. In the OP.

Anonymous Wed Jul 9 21:39:02 2014 No.1754428

>>1753856
>I personally wish I could have gotten this game working on any of my computers, but it remains a constant thorn in my side to even get it to run

give this a try, op http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/9842233/Grim_Fandango_-_PC_-_including_Mouse_Support__V0_Soundtrack__Puz

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 21:43:10 2014 No.1754434 >>1754425 Oh... I totally missed that > I'm gonna pony up for the remaster >pony thought you were getting a PS4

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 21:47:43 2014 No.1754439 >>1754428 Alright, downloading now.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 21:49:27 2014 No.1754443 >>1754380 Do NOT miss out on the Indiana Jones Atlantis game.

Anonymous Wed Jul 9 22:05:20 2014 No.1754481

I will get the remastered version when it comes out, maybe I will finally finish this game. The last time I played I somehow managed to break my game by doing something too early in wrong order or something like that. Could be also that I was really young and couldn't understand what to do.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 22:42:03 2014 No.1754605 >>1754443 Sure thing b0ss.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 9 22:52:41 2014 No.1754643 >>1754439 i hope it works out for you

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 10 01:21:29 2014 No.1754915 >>1754201 Really, I remember them developing and publishing Star Wars games from 1993 onwards. I figured because the adventure guys didn't want to write something that could be so constricted by rules.

Anonymous Thu Jul 10 01:53:46 2014 No.1754976

Part of the charm of the original is they used the kind of shitty looking nascent 3d graphics of the time and created a game that made the limitations seem fitting as an artistic choice. I remember watching an interview with Tim Schafer about the making of Grim Fandango and he said that he disliked the look of 3d graphics at the time because the limited polygon counts made the characters look as if they were made of interconnected cardboard boxes. So he set out to make a game with characters who would look decent even with very few polygons. That is the reason the game was based around boxy calaca characters (day of the dead skull figurines). Schafer was able to take technical limitation and turn it into a charming graphic style. I'm afraid that when the game gets "remastered" it will lose that charm. Although if it brings some needed attention to the neglecte adventure genre it might be a good thing. It would be nice if we had a few high profile companies trying their hand at the genre other than Telltale.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 10 01:59:48 2014 No.1754985 >>1754605 Seriously don't skip it. That is the real Indiana Jones 4.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 10 02:19:06 2014 No.1755019 "Do I have any messages?" I seriously talked to her for 5minutes hoping I'd get more responses

Anonymous Thu Jul 10 05:58:47 2014 No.1755324

>>1754643
Holy shit, it's running. With proper graphics and everything.

Bless you, helpful anons.

Still buying the remaster, though.

>>1754915
Yeah, by then the rights had reverted back to Lucasarts. I believe the original contract was written for 1983-1993 but don't quote me on that.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 10 11:00:42 2014 No.1755598 >>1755324 your welcome, friend i'll be checking out the remaster as well

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 10 22:50:23 2014 No.1757394 >>1755019 i speent half an hr bullying the angelitos in year 3 just for shits n giggles.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 10 23:07:38 2014 No.1757435 >>1757394 This... is my bone saw bzzzzzzz

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 10 23:50:46 2014 No.1757556 >>1754976 I bet it will get that switch between retro and new graphics at all times feature.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 11 18:17:07 2014 No.1759745 I'm stuck on the part where I have to get into the basement of Maximo's club to steal the suitcase for the guy who will print me up the fake ID. I've got literally no idea what to do. Any help?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 11 18:20:04 2014 No.1759757 >>1759745 Nevermind, I just locked the waiter in the closet.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 11 18:35:28 2014 No.1759796 >>1759757 What the fuck? His suitcase wasn't in the wine cellar.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 11 18:49:00 2014 No.1759830 Is there any side shit to do in this game?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 12 00:59:00 2014 No.1760705 >>1753879 Residual isn't a patch, it's a completely new engine that can run the game. You'd have it running in five minutes if you took the time, but please buy the remake too and show your support.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 13 01:22:19 2014 No.1763650 >>1753856 bump shit game though, no gameplay just click here to hear witty comment. gone home is better

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 13 01:23:36 2014 No.1763653 >not just playing Grim Fandango on your PSP

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 13 01:32:57 2014 No.1763674 Toonstruck was an awesome old school PC adventure game, original and weird characters with a charming world, good times. Also Neverhood and Skullmonkeys are legit adventure games too, if you havn't tried any of em find em an give em a jam.

>>	Don Rumata !!rYqzYYFAejo Sun Jul 13 01:56:44 2014 No.1763759 >>1763674 Skullmonkeys is a side-scrolling platformer, lol. Am excited for Armikrog.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 13 03:01:02 2014 No.1763923 >>1763759 Yea I just added it since its the sequal to neverhood and is only a platformer adventure game since it was on ps1 and followed Abe's example.

Anonymous Sun Jul 13 04:43:17 2014 No.1764164

I ran Grim Fandango a few months ago on Windows 7 with zero issue using Residual VM. Zero issues. In fact, I was able to force antialiasing too and it made the game so much better looking that I couldn't believe. Completely fixed the issue of usable items poking out from the prerendered backgrounds like a sore thumb.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 13 23:24:49 2014 No.1766339 File: 161 KB, 256x256, baddaymidway.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UEDW1SIcB0

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