ND reviewed twice in SPAG

Lysander · Post by **Lysander** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:58 pm

Yeah, sorry about that. I have this chronic trouble of never looking at what I type. I should do something about that, shouldn't I? Right. I'll get right on that.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:45 pm

As for me, I thought the whole point of being the character was to jack up the velocity of the emotional impact. By that standard, 'unwinnable' is all the more compelling.

I mean. Life isn't always good, and as much as I hate to drop the a-bomb, art should reflect that.

Although I do agree with Lysander in that the lack of an alternate ending is like preaching to the converted.

Lysander · Post by **Lysander** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:25 pm

Oh, no, I absolutely agree that life is sometimes cruel and sad and so forth, and I'm not complaining about it being a bad outcome, I think that often times games with bad outcomes make some of the best games. My issue is that this is a game with a bad ending that could have easily been prevented if the main character had any sense, and it's not good to play a game where the player has more sense than the main character does because it will irritate him. Especially with the inclusion of the spectre puzzle, people are going to think that saving Casey will affect Audrey's oppinion of Duffie enough to let her stay on--although, arguably, that might not be a bettter thing for either of them in the long run. See, I think that could work well.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:07 pm

So, two and a half stars, then?

Souffle of Pain · Post by **Souffle of Pain** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:34 pm

Oh no! Is it too late to get a copy? Ha ahaha.

Note to anyone living in Colorado -- if you meet a grizzled, cherubic Yankee transplant who looks like he bought stock in Bad Idea Jeans and has about fifty of them stagnating in a box underneath his grunder drawer, be sure to answer every third morose wail-pandling with a bright "Hmm!!" in order to get your free game. Tell 'im Souffle sent you.

Vitriola · Post by **Vitriola** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:45 pm

Or you could do what I did.

Souffle of Pain · Post by **Souffle of Pain** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:52 pm

Vitriola wrote:Or you could do what I did.

Jones' box of Drift discs are currently taking out a (platonic!) Craig's List ad for any single video games who would like to hang out with their (sizeable) group.

Activies for this fun-loving phalanx of bodies include filming crowd scenes for local student films, starting a marching band (with oboe) (and second seat oboe), forming an independent political party and each hooking up individiually with everyone in Cuba.