This is the thread for LucasArts alumni/DoubleFine/Telltale games: Psychonauts, Costume Quest, Brutal Legend, Deathspank, Sam and Max, etc.

I hate using the joystick for steering but I'll admit that's a personal choice. It does piss me off that every time I come out of saving I fuck up and go into my satchel! That habit will fade I hope.

I have completed the first training missions and was nearly finished the sharpshooter when, wouldn't you know it, I was killed at the very last minute! After that I thought "Well why not buy that arrowhead divining thingy and spend a few minutes doing that." Two hours people, two hours following vibrations and a piercing tone. That is how much I was enjoying the look and feel of this game!

I don't much enjoy the aiming and the floaty bear things freak me out (I was seriously knackered though which prob didn't help). The script is okay, was dead happy to hear Invader Zim again though (Richard Steven Horvitz) even without his wee robot buddy. I like the way that there is movement among the other characters and that they react differently at different points in the game. Tonight I have to go out (damn you social life) but I'll try to get some more in soon.

man, what a great game. it was one of those where i really had to go do something else (like sleep) but i just had to see what the next level looked like and once i got there, god DAMN it if i didn't have to play through it. wash rinse repeat.

aw shit, missed this

Tho the theatre / Napoleon levels are bumming me out slightly. Fuck a jumping puzzle. ESPECIALLY fuck a "must run max speed and jump at JUST THE RIGHT TIME else you fall to ground and must start over" puzzle.

http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax

This drove me insane. It gets harder from there, but that one "jump from the tree to the roof and to the other roof" part of Napoleon really was the single most frustrating part of the game.

They should make games like that easier, for those of us who want to "appreciate" them.

Poor hand-eye coordination dur

Yeah, the circus tent was insane. But part of it was psychological. My first time to the top, I was so worried about screwing up that I kept freezing. Once I got to the top, I actually fell all the way back down again - and boy, THAT felt good - but on the way back up, it went by much more quickly. You've gotta relax. Be the ball.

SPOILER!!!

Does anyone have a hint for where I'm meant to go to when I reach the top of the asylum? There are two locked doors and stuff...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/OniLink9000/003er0.jpg

about fuckin' time

http://www.doublefine.com/news.php/projects

hmmmmmmm

what could it mean? repromotion? a port to wii?

Double Fine President, CEO and Creative Freak Tim Schafer tells 1UP this is all a big misunderstanding. "It's crazy, isn't it? We just put that in there as a placeholder for the Psychonauts page we're eventually going to have. But we made it dark and people freaked out," he told us. "While I'm sorry people got their hopes up, I'm happy that people got excited about it. Who knows? Maybe some clever publisher will see how much excitement that dark little banner generated, and send us a few million dollars to make a new Psychonauts game! :)"

Whatever the next thing they have, they really need to work out a promo deal with Hot Topic. I mean, shit, if they had a stand-up of the chick w/ her fingerless gloves, you'd get a shitloada business.

http://bonusweb.idnes.cz/obrazek/psychonauts_lili.jpg

in other news:

A psychonaut (from the Greek ψυχοναύτης, meaning literally a sailor of the soul)

Dark Forces was my first FPS game

I got that Game Informer! Game looks fun, tho like any newest-gen game I know I will not be playing it for 5+ years.

http://www.playboy.com/magazine/features/video-game-blowout/video-game-blowout7.html

nice interview with Tim. Also in this series is an interview with the Gods of War guy, for those of you who favor the more bro-centric games, where the dude openly talks about their aim to design games with all flash, and just enough substance.

new Sam & Max game is out on Gametap now. It has some nice new features: Sam can RUN now by doubleclicking (outside only), you can steer the DeSoto with the arrow keys, adjustable hint levels, and it supports any resolution your monitor does.

Well, at least, I don't remember these features.

I can't find Maniac Mansion for OS 9> anywhere. *le sigh*

for download

Can you find Day of the Tentacle? It had MM built in.

Reading those Schafer and Jaffe interviews back to back was a trip.

From a neogaf thread I see there's an adventure game called A Vampyre Story made by some ex-Lucasarts employees I've never heard of.

Some of the other games look fantastic, many clearly inspired by Curse of Monkey Island (perhaps the game with my favorite graphics ever):

http://www.adrianwerner.x.pl/2008/Skull_Rock_1.jpg
http://www.adventuretipps.de/news/soblonde_05.jpg
http://img.hrej.cz/5a/c31be09259ed608690d9df8366133d.jpeg

Double Fine bought by Microsoft.

Glad they have stability that they probably need. A little sad that the indie dream has died

being bought or funded by one of the big pubs IS the indie dream in 2019

all too true