Yeah, I have to admit, a few of the puzzles were a little tough. Probably the most out of the blue and difficult were the safe behind the painting, and the blocks spelling out the kid's name. There's no way without a lot of pixel hunting or trial an error that those two could have been discovered.Wintermute wrote: The atmosphere is excellent for an independent game, unfortunately the puzzle aren't as good. Some of them could only be "solved" by coincidence or a walkthrough.
Still, I'm pleased with Nucleosys' work on this one. According to their website, the developers are working on quite a few new projects. I plan on keeping an eye out just to see what kinds of cool things they'll hopefully come up with.
I wouldn´t say that you can compare Scratches with games like Tex. It´s a classical Ego-Render-Adventure with main focus on exploration rather than on character development (there are not really any characters). It´s more like the Dark Fall series or Barrow Hill. It doesn´t even have real FMV. 
Jane Jensen was quite amused when i told her i live there when i met her last year in Leipzig. 
Just in case: You know that there is a patch for better XP support?.
When you reach a town called "Altötting" in The Beast Within, tell me. You can nearly see my house there.Well, thanks mate, I followed your advice and I´ve got one of this series called "The beast within"
Sure is not as good as Tex games, but it is not bad at all.
I am stucked at chapter 2 now, and enjoying a lot Very Happy
Jane Jensen was quite amused when i told her i live there when i met her last year in Leipzig. Just in case: You know that there is a patch for better XP support?.
That's the church-scene right? With the whole steal-the-secret-note-from-the-heart-urn thing?
-Fred
-Fred
Pirates, vampires, zombies, ninjas, ghouls, aliens, goblins, monsters, robots, sorcerers, undead, werewolves, demons, mutated dinosaur-cyborgs and those pesky phone salesmen! The shotgun is a one-size-fits-all solution!
I'm surprised that no one meantioned The X Files! 7CDs so you'll feel right at home with the disc swaping. It was essentially a movie identical to Tex Murphy, but with slightly more interactivity and non-linear plot. It does feel a lot like tex mixed with zork.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files:_The_Game
http://www.mobygames.com/game/x-files-game
I don't know where you'd find a copy though, try Amazon.
Its pretty cool though because all the items work the way they should and you can piss people off (like the woman clerk in the hotel. Keep on dinging). Plus you can also comit suicide (point the gun at yourself).
Its a very nicely done game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files:_The_Game
http://www.mobygames.com/game/x-files-game
I don't know where you'd find a copy though, try Amazon.
Its pretty cool though because all the items work the way they should and you can piss people off (like the woman clerk in the hotel. Keep on dinging
). Plus you can also comit suicide (point the gun at yourself).Its a very nicely done game.
It is immensely fun. Very action packed and you can intereact with characters quite a bit.
During the case you can give any FBI agent your PDA or Email someone and they actually respond correctly (Telling you any helpful information that might help your case)
There is stacks of stuff to look at too, like books to read (willmore's Diary is HUGE and is worth reading because it tells you everything you've done throughout the game. Every scene is an FMV similar to Zork and you navigate that way.)
There are tones of options such as using your camera to get a license plate number or shooting at them or you can just try to run after them. Pretty cool.
I've heard there is a secret ending where you see a UFO but I haven't found it yet.
During the case you can give any FBI agent your PDA or Email someone and they actually respond correctly (Telling you any helpful information that might help your case)
There is stacks of stuff to look at too, like books to read (willmore's Diary is HUGE and is worth reading because it tells you everything you've done throughout the game. Every scene is an FMV similar to Zork and you navigate that way.)
There are tones of options such as using your camera to get a license plate number or shooting at them or you can just try to run after them. Pretty cool.
I've heard there is a secret ending where you see a UFO but I haven't found it yet.
Actually there exist a DVD version of this game, which I have.mr_cyberpunk wrote:I'm surprised that no one meantioned The X Files! 7CDs so you'll feel right at home with the disc swaping.
Not only does it eliminate the need of swapping discs but also some video sequences (like the intro) are in MPEG2 (DVD) format, thus much higher quality. As ab bonus there is also the french version of the game included.
@Thomas: So if you want to buy the game I advise you to search for the DVD version instead. Also take notice that you don't play Scully or Mulder (and rarely see them in the game).
Yes, X-Files is a nice game, but in my opinion, the Tex games have much more interactivity and are less linear than X-Files. Also there is sometimes nasty pixel hunting in X-Files and it is very easy to overlook some objects.It was essentially a movie identical to Tex Murphy, but with slightly more interactivity and non-linear plot.
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You're right! I enjoyed that game very much. I didn't know there was a DVD version. Anything to avoid disk swapping is a bonus.I'm surprised that no one meantioned The X Files!
Although there isn't too much interaction with Scully and Mulder (since they have gone missing), there is a fair amount of interaction with Skinner.
Good game. Pretty difficult and sometimes the pixel hunting is frustrating.
It's been quite a while since I last played the game and I guess it was on Windows ME, so I am not sure if this applies to XP as well, but I remember that it was not THAT much trouble than for Overseer. You didn't need DVD Express, only a MCI MPEG 2 decoder (like Elecard).
The only bothering thing was, that the Autorun function of the DVD automatically without asking tried to install its own MPEG 2 decoder thus overwriting all old settings. This would be finde for only X-Files but unfortunately stopped working DVD MCI support for many other games (including Overseer). The Elecard decoder is way more versatile.
So you have to be careful to have Autorun disabled while inserting the DVD to avoid this.
Even if MPEG 2 should fail, the DVD still contains all the movies in the old Quicktime format which it will play instead, so in any case you can enjoy the game without disc swapping. (The major part of the movies like the dialogue and walking movies are only in quickime anyway.)
The only bothering thing was, that the Autorun function of the DVD automatically without asking tried to install its own MPEG 2 decoder thus overwriting all old settings. This would be finde for only X-Files but unfortunately stopped working DVD MCI support for many other games (including Overseer). The Elecard decoder is way more versatile.
So you have to be careful to have Autorun disabled while inserting the DVD to avoid this.
Even if MPEG 2 should fail, the DVD still contains all the movies in the old Quicktime format which it will play instead, so in any case you can enjoy the game without disc swapping.
(The major part of the movies like the dialogue and walking movies are only in quickime anyway.)