I, too have a need to finish what I have started but most recently there was one, uh, like an hour ago that I ripped off of my computer and am done with it. That was Still Life 2. I have never done this before. Although the game was a bit too bloody and violent for me I was determined to complete it. About three weeks ago I got to the very last timed puzzles and was interrupted each time I loaded the game. Today without much forethought I uninstalled it and am moving on!!! Lost Horizon is now installed and after some most tedious housework I hope to really enjoy myself.

I really like to finish what I started, but Myst 4 was one I didnt finish. I went thru the whole game and got to Haven and got really tired of the mangrees and the camoudile in the pond. I left it after a couple of days and have never been back. I play the game and when I get to Haven I forget it. Never going to know howit ends.

Venus,

I know what you mean about KQ8. It was totally different than the previous Kings Quest games. It was the only Kings Quest game that I did not enjoy.
I felt the same way about Simon the Sorcerer 3. It was more of an arcade/action game than an adventure game to me. I forget the title but I loved the first two Indiana Jones games but I think the third one went more of an action route too.

Space Quest, have you played the Broken Sword series, and if so, how did you feel about Broken Sword 3? I'm really enjoying the first and would like to get the rest of the series eventually, but some things I've heard about the action in the third game make me nervous.

Yes, I definitely agree with you on the King's Quests - loved the first seven, didn't care for the eight at all. I'm loving The Silver Lining now, though, and hope it brings better closure to the series.

venus, I wouldn't hesitate on BS3. I also wondered about it because of comments by others. When I bought the series last year, I could only find it packaged as a trilogy. So, I just had to try it since it was sitting there, and I'd paid for it. I enjoyed it and thought it was worth the play.

Thanks, lazydaisy! You've convinced me.

Venus,
Keep in mind that BS3 is keyboard (or game controller) controlled and has lots of timed sequences. Although the game automatically restores you to a point before you died, it sometimes puts you back before a very long, unskippable cut scene that you have to sit through before trying again.

If you get BS3, I recommend getting a DRM-free version from ***GOG*** or ***DotEMU***. Looks like it's currently a dollar cheaper at DotEMU.

Jenny, how hard would you say the timed sequences are compared to, say, Dreamfall?

Venus,

It has been a long time since I played Broken Sword 3. I loved the first two games and I remember at least one timed sequence but it really was not a problem. Overall I would say that the first two games were more enjoyable for me than the third game though. It is not like I didn't enjoy 3 but I felt like the plot of the first two games was really superior to BS3.

Venus,
I don't remember the timed sequences well at all because it's been a year since I played it. But they must not be nearly as bad as Dreamfall. I completed BS3 and was glad that I did because I enjoyed it overall. I think it did have some parts that became rather tedious, and I did not like the keyboard control, but I liked the story. I tried playing Dreamfall and when I encountered the fight scene at the hotel or office building or where ever -- I gave up. I could not do it and the game was no longer fun for me.

Lazydaisy, you can avoid that fight sequence in the hotel if you're quick enough and know the pattern. I always do. The first time I played, he caught me, and I was able to beat him by some fluke. Have never been able to do it since, though, so I always avoid that fight.

Thanks for the info, Space Quest and lazydaisy! I never had too much problem with Dreamfall's mandatory timed sequences once I got used to them, so I'm thinking this won't be a problem. I have a tendency to want to complete all games in a series once I start one. KQ8 being the exception, of course.

It's been a long while since I played BS3, but I don't remember it being as bad as Dreamfall. There isn't any combat, just places where you have to act fairly quickly. The really annoying one was where you had to sit through the long cut scene every time you missed. I tended to fall asleep or zone out during the cut scene and then I'd miss the timed sequence again because my mind had wandered.

The changing camera angles "mid scene" during the worst of the ghastly timed sequences (the one Jenny100 mentions) coupled with what I found to be unwieldy keyboard controls, absolutely ruined the game for me

Yes, the story and graphics of BS3 were good but the action sequences, in my opinion, definitely weren't

And I found the timed action sequences of BS4 similarly frustrating, although not quite to the same degree

While I love anything Jonathan Boakes, and I did play Paradise, twice! (it was kinda nice) I have NEVER played Stinking Island, Hardy Blahs, TREASURE ISLAND??? or Keepsake.
I can't say I've even heard of Treasure Island, probably still wouldn't have played it.
Amerzone was tasty, so weirdly interesting, not really up to the Syberias, but very satisfying.

I feel The Lost Crown was above and beyond worth the play. I am also anxiously waiting for The Last Crown.

Stinking Island! That was the exact same name I gave it while I was playing it. Although I did rather enjoy it anyway, despite the frustrations.

Playing Paradise twice surely earns you some kind of a medal. Rarely have I played a game and so curled my lip in displeasure at it while doing so.

rushes , that's exactly the thing i find myself doing with mysterious island 2 !

curling my lip as i play , thinking this is so idiotic ! i really hope i 'm almost done ,because it's hard to believe it could be any less fun.

see - i haven't ripped it out yet ,but i may if i don't win this mud fight w/slugger ( or whatever he's flinging ) i'm finding it harder to care whether the island blows up , because the puzzles/challenges aren't my cup of tea.

and yet , i loved the first game ! i think maybe it's very hit or miss with sequels. i think the developers try to give us an even better game , and in so doing , they "break " the things that made us love it. or maybe they surpass the level we want to relax with. i dunno...

Atlantis Evolution!

That's probably one of the worst games I've played. It kept me interested for an hour or two and then I got bored. The only good thing about it was that the graphics were good.
The puzzles were frustrating and the action sequences were atrocious.

Oh yes, I've lost interest lost of times because I am incredibly picky, and get bored very easily. I'm finding it harder nowadays to find games that really appeal to me.

I remember Dreamfall (I have it, somewhere,
but haven't played it) Keepsake I tried, but
didn't like it, sinking Islands, tried that one too. To much walking around.

Atlantis evolution wasn't bad I think.
I really can't tell the numbers of games
I have laying around and haven't played or
only attempted to play but failed (out
of boredom , or out of having to much walking
around to do). Delaware st.John for
instance, all the equipment you had to use...
Can a ghost not have a bit of privacy?
Mabye he or she is camera shy too?
Or it? (Almost forgot
the "it" category!)

robert

Any Myst or Myst clone games. Can't stand those I like a strong story line, character interaction, great graphics and 3rd person. Could never get into any of the game types above (Myst and the clones that is). As soon as I see 1st person with tons of exploration and puzzle on top of puzzle on top of puzzle that's it for me.Then there's the classic of badness games, the most bug ridden horible game in existance Forever World, The Scroll (I don't think I'd better comment on that one, might open a whole other can of worms)and Carte Blanche (the most G*d awfull voices in the history of adv games).

Barry

Not to mention Druuna Morbis Gravis! Couldn't master the movement, which I swear was due to the dame being so top-heavy she kept listing all over the place. Don't know about "Gravis" but "gravity" was sure involved! An all time stinker of a game. Oh, if only we had the money back we wasted on bad games. Bet we could pay off the debt of a small country.

I lost interest very quickly in the last Nancy Drew game Shadow at Waters edge. That is the first ND game that I never finished. I love Nancy Drew games but the last few have been less than stellar. I sure hope that they get back to the original format and can all of those silly minigames! Or at least put in a skip button.

penny lane - the one i didn't finish was the venice one. i ripped it out pretty quick ,and could never bring myself to start it again.

forgot about that !

then i bought a couple more , that i knew i would be interested in, and they were such a pain to install , that i was frustrated before i even started ! i did finish those and enjoyed them for the most part , but a new nancy no longer excites me at all. it's too bad.

I finished Venice and it was just ok. I agree. Thumbs down to a new Nancy!

One thing I liked about the Venice game was playing the game Scopa which can also be played online at the Herinteractive site.