That has really got the feel of Psychonauts. The music definitely helps.
― hyggeligt, Friday, 31 October 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
yeah, Peter McConnell always gonna have a place in my heart from the LucasArts days
― Nhex, Friday, 31 October 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
Broken Age has finally been released. Remember that kickstarter? that seemed to have huge backer money, before Exploding Uno came along? The documentary is probably more notable than the game. It shows how Schafer never makes budget or time concessions, hoping that the game will be a perrennial seller that revolutionizes gaming business.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIhLvue17Sd7F6pU2ByRRb0igiI-WKk3D
― poxy fülvous (abanana), Friday, 1 May 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
Didn't realize the Maniac Mansion thread was in ILM. I guess this is next most appropriate thread:
So the remastered Day Of The Tentacle is out for PC, PS4 and Vita now. Which is supposed to be great but which I've never played, so I'm mostly just excited about playing the embedded Maniac Mansion for the first time in ages.
― I am very inteligent and dicipline boy (Old Lunch), Friday, April 1, 2016 11:44 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Haven't played the remaster but the original DOTT was basically my favourite adventure game, probably my favourite game. I replayed it again recentlyish and I admit the whole point+click adventure thing is a little more frustratingly hunt-the-pixel/trial-and-"I don't wanna" than I'm used to these days but it still stands up pretty well once you get over that, I think. Have fun!
(I may have said this about some other Lucasarts adventure in my ILXing time because Grim Fandango and Monkey Island are up there too)
Any other Thimbleweed Park backers on here?
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, April 1, 2016 1:39 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― I am very inteligent and dicipline boy (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 April 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
DOTT is a wonderful game.
― Mordy, Friday, 1 April 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
I like to root for Psychonauts as a cult classic in the making, even though I didn't enjoy it quite as much as I wanted to. I also read so many people who say, "I know this is a classic, I'll play it someday" - and then they don't.― save the robot (save the robot), Friday, 8 September 2006 17:21 (9 years ago)
Hmm, this is me! I loved Lucasarts, loved the sound of this game, kept saying I would play it - and I still haven't. I even got it cheap in some bundle a while ago and it still sits unplayed in my Steam queue.
Also, re DotT, still after all these years it will strike me from time to time that I am walking in a slightly Laverne-like manner, or making a Laverne-like face, and I'll crack up. <3 Laverne
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 1 April 2016 19:25 (seven years ago) link
...OK, Psychonauts downloaded, I'm going in!
i should play it too. i actually have it installed and i still haven't touched it. i'll try to remedy that.
― Mordy, Friday, 1 April 2016 19:27 (seven years ago) link
In the same boat re: Psychonauts. We should all play together!
― I am very inteligent and dicipline boy (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 April 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
psychonauts advice: don't watch the intro movie right away. it's like half an hour long and not that good. play past the warzone area at least, then start a new game to watch the intro.
― remove butt (abanana), Friday, 1 April 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
some of the early levels are kinda nbd, but the mid to late levels are so awesome
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 2 April 2016 00:56 (seven years ago) link
it's really a rare example where it really IS worth slogging through the mediocre 5-hour tutorial to get to the wackadoo stuff in the second half of the game
― Nhex, Saturday, 2 April 2016 02:32 (seven years ago) link
I'm having fun but I don't think I've ever had the 3d-jumping-puzzle skills required for this game
― a passing spacecadet, Saturday, 2 April 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
the design and characterisation is lovely tho and yes I missed the voice of Invader Zim too
― a passing spacecadet, Saturday, 2 April 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
This is such a wonderful game in its writing and art direction and level design (even with pretty mediocre platforming mechanics), but the meat circus has to be one of the most frustrating final levels I can think of.
― one way street, Saturday, 2 April 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
they fixed that one annoying jump in computer versions.
― remove butt (abanana), Saturday, 2 April 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I played it with those pc revisions, but I still found that level pretty thoroughly irritating. I'm not that invested in 3d platformers, though, and was mostly posting through this for the writing and level design, so that probably informed my frustration.
― one way street, Saturday, 2 April 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
*playing through this, I mean
still in Basic Braining. hating the rotating log tunnel. resorted to watching a youtube in case there was one crazy trick, guy playing just breezed on through like it ain't no thing :(
tbf I am mainly playing (at least this level) with just the arrow keys as I'm on a laptop and touchpadding is too slow, but I'm also p. uncoordinated at all two-handed games so it's prob not going to go much better even if I hook a mouse/controller up
― a passing spacecadet, Saturday, 2 April 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
psychonauts is 100% a pad game, definitely get one. besides the analog control you'll later use more buttons for the different powers you get
― Nhex, Sunday, 3 April 2016 01:47 (seven years ago) link
I still haven't beaten the goddamned Meat Circus :( On the PS2, it was That Jump; on subsequent playthroughs I either trailed off before getting that far (the asylum tower is pretty tiresome) or, latest attempt, got stuck on the horrible Little Oly/save-the-bunny section of the Meat Circus.
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Sunday, 3 April 2016 20:05 (seven years ago) link
I never got past the save the bunny thing either. Still think it might be my favorite game.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 3 April 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
about to get started on thimbleweed park!
― sktsh, Friday, 31 March 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
please let us know what you think, very curious about this game
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 31 March 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
I'm about two hours in and really enjoying it. I'm not a big gamer anymore, and was a huge Lucasarts fan as a kid, so I'm probably not best placed to critique this. But so far it's a lot of fun. Certainly way more enjoyable than Broken Age.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 2 April 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
i spent most of the weekend playing thru it, just finished. it was pretty good but not nearly as good as it could have been with more focused writing imo, it kind of just abandons the twin peaks/x-files premise after the first act and becomes pretty slapdash by the end.
― ciderpress, Monday, 3 April 2017 04:31 (six years ago) link
Psychonauts is free today on Humble Store:
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/psychonauts
― Hit to Death in the "Galactic Head" (kingfish), Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
As mentioned elsewhere, Grim Fandango(my personal fave Lucasarts game) is free today at GOG:
Is that a...❄️G❄️I❄️V❄️E❄️A❄️W❄️A❄️Y❄️?!The legendary and ridiculously delightful GRIM FANDANGO is FREEStill pretty much the best adventure game you'll play in 2017 Just hit "Get It Free" on the front page, you can keep it where your heart used to be... 💀 pic.twitter.com/3SxSmfagY7— ❄️GOG.com❄️ (@GOGcom) December 13, 2017
― Google Murray Blockchain (kingfish), Thursday, 14 December 2017 02:37 (six years ago) link
Double Fine bought by Microsoft.
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:19 (four years ago) link
Glad they have stability that they probably need. A little sad that the indie dream has died
― Nhex, Monday, 10 June 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
being bought or funded by one of the big pubs IS the indie dream in 2019
― ciderpress, Monday, 10 June 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
all too true
― Nhex, Monday, 10 June 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link