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Machinarium, a new point and click adventure [Out Oct 16]
Agentflit
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On Steam! Demo too.
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New point&click adventure coming out October 16 from the creators of the incomparable Samorost 1&2. You can pre-order it from the official site, or it's coming to steam and direct2drive. $20. I think the game speaks for itself:
(Go to youtube to see this video in much higher resolution)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwZBdWRSBRs
Download: PC Demo Mac Demo
New point&click adventure coming out October 16 from the creators of the incomparable Samorost 1&2. You can pre-order it from the official site, or it's coming to steam and direct2drive. $20. I think the game speaks for itself:
(Go to youtube to see this video in much higher resolution)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwZBdWRSBRs
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It's unfortunate that I won't be able to play it until Tuesday!
i do have a few personal complaints though, first off i was left with the impression that this was relaxing like samorost. you know, deal with one screen and then be done with it, moving to the next, but really thats not the case here.
its a full fledged adventure, with inventory and back and forth running, which makes me realize that i do feel this kind of gameplay is rather dated. teeediously running back and forth and back and forth looking for the right thing to click or to trigger, i really like myself some professor layton, where the tracking is rather streamlined while the puzzlesolving never becomes overly annoying as your progress doesnt get blocked.
that being said, the hint system was brilliantly done and is really the reason i had a fun time anyway, because it fixed things like "oh theres a plumber tool on the ceiling..."
either way, the game has amazing visual design and an absolutely fantastic soundtrack so its all well worth the package and another shining example of how independant games can provide all the things silly multimillion dollar publishers have forgotten about.
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edit: also did i mention how great the soundtrack is? almost worth the money by itself: http://machinarium.net/blog/2009/09/29/machinarium-soundtrack-preview/
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On the other hand, with their servers borked, at least I got the game on time through Steam. Still frustrating. They say they'll release the OST separately, but with their site difficulties I'm not sure when that'll be...
It's weird, in some ways I hate the game. :P I can't stand 90% or higher of regular point'n'clicks; too smart-assed for their own good, stupidly obtuse, far too much emphasis on tired, lazy humour... and I've already been lunging for the hint system here more times than I like to think about.
At the same time, my God it's just so, so, so gorgeous, visually and aurally. It says a lot for how good it looks that Uncharted 2 hasn't been able to completely wipe it from my mind. For the most part I really don't regret paying for the game even if I never finish it - I just think anyone who comes up with something this beautiful deserves to be rewarded.
Read my book. (It has a robot in it.)
Read my book. (It has a robot in it.)
It's more complex than Samorost for sure, but it still amounts to adventure game-lite.
You can place it on either the left track or the right track. I think you had the wrong one.
What he said, but also - not raspberries. :P
Read my book. (It has a robot in it.)
Is it some sort of coal?
oh you can push the thing from the other side
jesus that is dumb
So anyway if someone needs help with anything, just ask, or check here.
Read my book. (It has a robot in it.)
okay yeah this is making me want to murder everyone
I'm assuming you're stuck on the top one?
I think it was mainly the king's slobbering that made the puzzle so infuriating.
Good thing my friend is letting me play his copy. From reviews I read at places like eurogamer, it's some of the puzzles like this that they count as a negative, and I can see why. I get that they're robots, so yeah, cold logic blah blah blah. I shouldn't have to use Joshua from Wargames to counter Connect 5 guy's perfection. All it will lead to is Global Thermo-Nuclear War being reduced to unwinnable tic tac toe.
I accidentally used the megaphone where you place the crank to move the big clock in the plaza. It became a crank and he put it in there, so I lost the megaphone speaker.
How do you do that? You only get the megaphone after you are able to turn the crank, and you can't take the crank back out.
i turned down the sound and used the walkthrough book to get the answer for the top one.
great ending though.
i have to say that the main failing of adventure/point and click puzzle games is a) ridiculous puzzles that make me want to punch myself in the throat and b) anti-climactic final confrontations that are no more or less significant than any other puzzle
The worst part of this? I can't believe I paid money for a Flash-based game. Maybe I'm being unfair, but the UI has just got me so bent out of shape I can't be impartial about it.
I'll try again tomorrow.
Maybe.
The top download link is a host that lets you play against a winning gomoku (connect 5) AI. In the app, you go first. Change the grid size to 10x10, switch machinarium to full screen, and you can transliterate moves back and forth and make the game play against an academic AI. Fun fact: the academic AI wins.
Yes, you are being a little unfair. :P
There is pretty much zero timing required.
I agree about de-selecting objects but it's a very minor problem IMO. Walking when not at standard length is slow, but after a couple of times you learn to just make your guy normal length before moving.
Some parts I agree, like this one box with wheels you have to push. I pushed it by mistake the wrong way, so I was forced to push it back all the way, and then back to it's original position, veeeery slowly.
I do hate the not being able to deselect items quickly though, it's something they could have mapped to a key.
But as timings go, they aren't there. I think you're doing what I tried: Make him miss and shoot the lightbulb, right? I was convinced that was how you beat that part, but it was a lot simpler than that. It doesn't involve him shooting anything
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