Well, being an old school fan of IF, especially the Spanish ones from AD (games like Guerra de las Vajillas (Silverware Wars), Don Quijote and Jabato to name but a few) I have to agree, that those were some great games. But then again, I tried playing Jabato about 2 years ago again, and spent a frustrating 2 hours trying to guess which words the engine would and wouldn't accept.
All I can say is that I'm really glad we developed graphic interfaces. And if you're looking for good story in modern day games, I recommend titles like Vampire The Masquerade, Deus Ex, No One Lives Forever and Soul Reaver 2. Story is alive again, and growing stronger, as the old shoot only games are losing market share... I think more discriminating tastes will prevail, but I think the true test will be the sales of Unreal 2 and Doom... hopefully Deus Ex 2 will live up to the challenge and prove me right. Karl Kuras ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pedro Quaresma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:18 AM Subject: [SWCollect] More ramblings > > Hi everyone, > > Being ill for some days has its advantages. For starters, you can always > read those books you never seem to have time to on regular occasions. > Thanks to a strong flu, I was "forced" to trade my keyboard for some books > myself, and one I picked was Origin's "Quest for Clues", which I read from > top to bottom. > > Suddenly it dawned on me more than ever: "Those were THE days!". Back in > the days starting with Colossal Cave to later adventures like Moonmist, > Amnesia, > Brimstone, Ballyhoo, etcetc, creators had to rely purely on their ability > to make great stories and puzzles instead of relying on the "Story is > so-so, but the graphics and sound make up to it" formula that we are forced > to put up with nowadays. Even though some of those old I-F (I assume this > expression can be used correctly here?) games had graphics, some of them on > some platforms had just text, which as we all know merely gives wings to > our fertile imagination. > > Knowing there is a good amount of I-F fans in this forum (and there's a new > one right here), I wonder if anyone ever feels the craving to dig up an old > machine and play those things as if we were back in the early 80s? > > Take care y'all, > Pedro > > > Pedro R. Quaresma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "So long, and thanks for all the fish" > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
