Why not the good old games!

[Syracus]

My first Computer Game was "I.J. and the last C.". I like the adventure games genre & and did most of them until now. But nowerdays the 3D Games are absolut out of fun!
Because they can't give you the right explorer feeling like that when you use "the crabb with the cage" in I.J.and the faith of A. :o). I loved the object based old games with the order box: take, use, ... And also the graphic feeling was much closer to the movies. Please, Mr. Lucas give us an other "old" Indy Game...

Syra

[Goodsport]

Originally posted by Syracus
And also the graphic feeling was much closer to the movies.

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp I'm not so sure about that.

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Yesterday I finished the Hong Kong portion of Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, and I must admit that it was perhaps one of the most movie-like experiences in an Indy game that I've ever played... and I've played all of the Indy games, past and present!


-G




[Edited by Goodsport on 04-29-2003 at 05:35 pm]

[Rumpled Fedora]

Originally posted by Goodsport
... and I've played all of the Indy games, past and present!
[/B]
Hmm...
Have you played Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom?

[Goodsport]

Originally posted by Rumpled Fedora
Hmm...
Have you played Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom?

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Well okay, except for that one (I've never owned a Commodore 64). ;)


-G

[Attila the Professor]

Bravo, Syracuse, for reminding us of the truly great Indy games...the graphic adventure versions of Last Crusade and Fate of Atlantis. (Oh, and welcome to our humble abode - FoA reference, of course ;))

And I must agree with you, I feel the graphic adventures had the "Indy feeling" more than Infernal Machine and Emperor's Tomb did. As you say, what could possibly hark back to the old serials better than a crab lured to a rib cage with some cold cuts, chewing gum, or German sausage?

[Syracus]

Thanks for your support!

Well I must say that I bought I.J and the Infernal M. but I did not liked it at all. I missed all the wonderful "think-work". The older versions had much more of that great brain-stuff :o). It was also fun to fight with some dudes in boxing mode...but as the last possibility, not as the MAIN thing in the game. It is not my thing to shoot my a free way to the any solution and to jump and run...use your brains like a guess it is much more "the old" indy feeling :o) & to dance all around when you finally GET the "ballon started" or find the way out of the catacombes...remember? :o)).

And Mr. Skywalker Lucas, please think 'bout it...: USE brain WITH Game.

[Finn]

True words. So true. I've tried out all the Indy games too, but nothing, <i>nothing</i> tops FoA.

Too bad that the nowadays bum-muss-generation want action, all action.

[vaxer]

Originally posted by Finn
True words. So true. I've tried out all the Indy games too, but nothing, <i>nothing</i> tops FoA.

Too bad that the nowadays bum-muss-generation want action, all action.

Right! when's the brainful (cerebral) Indy comming back. I mean he is a doctor after all. If I want to kick some @$$ I'll play something like Quake 3, not Indy. I want hard and well thought puzzules.

[Syracus]

You 're right! He's a doctor guided in his work trough passion! And he was never a killing-machine!!! NEVER! If you know his "Young-Indy" adventures you can see that trough two world wars and several situations he always was for peace and YES he's a taff boy with a great intellect and what is his passion? To solve puzzles!!! Sure he's not Gandhi but he's a rough man with a good heart. That's what we also want! I mean... thats what I want in an indy adventure!. Artifacts, exotic locations, deep characters, a good "brise" of action and THE SECRET that you have to follow! Not too much mystery, not too much action and not too much pixel :o).
Come back Indiana! I know you hate water 'old boy

Syra' from Switzerland

[Syracus]

Does anybody know wehre I can download the old indy Game: ...Last Crusade...?

Or where I can get the emulators?

[Rumpled Fedora]

Well I could tell you where you could get The Action Game.
But I don't think you want that.

[indydude]

I don't know what I think about a new game like FoA, I personely did not realy enjoy FoA as much as I did ET and IM, but that is just my opinion. But I must agree about the fact that ET does not have enough puzzels and IM had lots of puzzels but none of them were fun, instead they were frusterating. What I want to see is games like ET based on the original movies and with better puzzels.

[Syracus]

Yeah, I'm sure it is a personal question...
But I guess there was more then the puzzles. It was also the good sense of humour in the old sort of games as you can find in the early monkey island games.
The other point is that I don't want to learn this super mario jump n' run moves befor I can get into the adventure. I was one of the players who played never alone. It was always an event with close friends. If you invite friends and you have to explain the whole moves and they have houers to learn it they are very bored. But in the old adventures you could sit in front oft the computer, have a nice chat and suddently one of the friends had an suggestion or an idea.. In the old games you "were" never indy himself you just guidet him his way to the solution & you coud also be sophia or henry...Well finally I think that Lucas Arts had no respect of all the really speacial players of the old game player community. They made a tomb raider out of that what we once called an intelligent, creativ, funny, action event (adventure)...
I can only hope (!!!!) that if they bring out the new Indy 4 movie that they don't make a brainless actionspectacle too like matrix or blade or what ever... I'm not so optimistic in that because Lucas as a close eye to the mainstream...:(

[00Kevin]

I like 2D games because they are FULL of action, that's why I like LC for Genesis, plus other genesis games like James Bond: The Duel, YIJC: Instruments of Chaos.......even sonic :D

but still waiting for the chance to play ET........I hope it's action packed like the old 2Ders

[indydude]

don't worry, Emperor's Tomb has alot of action

[Goodsport]

Originally posted by indydude
don't worry, Emperor's Tomb has alot of action

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp And good action, to boot - just like in the Indiana Jones movies! :)


-G

[indydude]

Listen to goodsport, the action does kick ass!

[Syracus]

Ehy, what you all think 'bout the Young Indy Episodes...I remember, that I watched some with friends in the early evening...and I LOVED IT!!! Because it was always like those "old" GREAT movies...It was the pure adventure of life!! After each episode you switched off the TV and went out...enjoyed the blue sky or the fresh air...or dreamed 'bout true love...(like indy in the hemingway episode)...Thanks Mr.Lucas for these great pieces of history, love & life...this was a good thing to do...really!!!

[Lundquist]

The ideal Indy game would be the quality and amount of puzzles of FOA combined with the combat system of ET imo.

[Randy_Flagg]

Originally posted by Lundquist
The ideal Indy game would be the quality and amount of puzzles of FOA combined with the combat system of ET imo.

Yep, and controls that weren't twitchy, and an in-game save feature.

[Jastro_Indy]

And better controls. The whole camera control thing thing REALLY bugs me at times.

[JerryKing]

Too bad that the nowadays bum-muss-generation want action, all action.

That's what ET is all about, unfortunately... "Infernal Machine" was a fair attempt at combining adventure with the "Tomb Raider"-ish species... it may not have been anywhere close to Fate of Atlantis, but the feel of an Indy adventure was there, at least in some of the levels - exploring, wandering around empty tombs and gargantuan underground structures, stumbling upon secrets forgotten by man... all that was there. FoA has never been topped, but IM was infinitely better than the consolish beat'em up that ET is. IM had the umistakable Indy spirit just as the adventures had. ET doesn't have a shred of it. Remove the Indy textures and logos from it, and there go any traces of the "Indy factor".

[Yolegoman]

I don't exactly know what you guys are complaining about, although I only have the demo. I think the mouse control works just great. The only thing you have to do is remap all the most used controls to be reachable without moving your left hand, then use your right to take care of the mouse.

I haven't tried it with the joystick yet. To lazy to plug it in. :)

Yolegoman

[indydude]

I don't know why everybody is complaining about the action in ET, what is wrong with the action? I love the game and I think it is the best Indy game ever, why do people want another game like FoA (which didn't think was that great of a game)?

[Yolegoman]

In fact, the only thing I don't like about ET is the spiritual darkish crap. Why do they always throw that shit in?

When you think about it, ET is a ripoff of IM, as in IM you save Marion from a boss, then fix the machine (or however it goes) then go to the other world... sounds familar to Et to me. Very close like it, actually.

I'm still gonna get it, but I'm not gonna play the last levels, I really have no reason at all to view that stuff!

[indydude]

I know, at the end it really gets bad, but up untill then it is a great game.

[Yolegoman]

I've been reading through the walkthroughs, and it looks to me like I can play all through except the last three levels.

As a Christian, all the mythical spiritual crap and ect
isn't really up my alley, but I have no problem ignoring the last 3 levels and just playing up to there.

Anything else I need to watch out for?

Yolegoman, who STILL thinks they should make one based on ROTLA

[indydude]

not really, the last three are the only problem. Hey, you want a "Raiders" game too? cool, I hope they make one.

[Yolegoman]

Oh yeah, I once spent a week mapping out the way I thought the ROTLA Indy Vgame should be made.

I would change my plan a bit now, but it sure was fun...

And seeing the great job they did with ET, I think Raiders would be no biggy at all!

+, we don't have to worry about any mythical stuff except the Ark, which is pretty close to the true thing. (Assuming you believe the Ark is real, as I do).

Yolegoman, who's probably going to be flamed for not calling the Ark "Mythical"

[indydude]

I did the exact same thing, I planned a "Raiders" game from beggining to end, you should read the whole thread I started about one. and you are right about the supernatural stuff, they would have to be pretty stupid to screw it up that way, other than the ark. they definately should make one using the same engine as ET. the truck chase level would be the best.

[Yolegoman]

*Imagines Lucasfarts having Indy protect Marion by beating up the wrath of God by hitting them with the Staff of Ra*

Lol, let us pray that won't happen... :)

Btw, whats the threads title? I might look it up!

Yolegoman, off to TIE.C

[Edited by Yolegoman on 06-06-2003 at 07:48 pm]

[indydude]

the title is "any ideas for a "Raiders" game?" you can still come up with ideas if you want.