This is, without exaggeration, the most fun I've had this year. It's a freeware game called "Darryl Creed", and is a parody of the Carol Reed games. (I might add that I'm the developer of the Carol Reed games, for those who don't know).

It's made by a Swedish team, and set in the town Uddevalla.

I'm surprised that I hadn't heard of this game before, since it's been out since August 2009.

Be warned that there is some violence in the game. It's not realistic though, and no blood is visible. There is also some mild swearing.

Unfortunately, the sound doesn't work on Windows 7.

Download the game from here:

http://www.gamefront.com/files/20030542/Darryl+Creed.exe

Or here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B0MZAQW4

Glad they made a fun parody and that you don't mind. I'll for sure be checking it out. Thanks for the headsup and I too am surprised no one here has posted about it yet.

Ana

Ive never heard about it either. I love the "carol Reed" games and will be wure to check this out.

Mikael -- are there subtitles? (I have Win 7.)

I downloaded and just started playing. Yes, it has full subtitles. Having fun with it so far!

Thanks Rushes!

Thanks, Mikael. Just playing Blue Madonna which I won here pn GB. An excellent game. All the Carol Reed games are my favorites, can't pick between them.

The game is absolutely playable without sound. I did so myself the first time.

I forgot to mention that a walkthrough is in the game folder.

Downloading this one and gotta go buy Blue Madonna on BFG. Thanks Mikael!

Koalanut

Mikael-Thanks for the links and thanks a lot for the Carol Reed games!

You know you've hit the 'Big Time' when someone does a parody of your game.

I'd have never found that 4th stamp without the walkthrough.

I'd like to have seen his newspaper ad. Just how does one advertise that he's

Good to still have XP.

I can't get the download to install.

WinXP------Any ideas what is happening?

Edit: Got it all figured out -- Firewall/Defense settings caused my issues. All's good now.

Thanks for that link, Mikael, I will be downloading shortly

Played and enjoyed ALL your games and am sure I'll be entertained by the "parody" as well

However, I do hope you are busy working on the next "real" Carol Reed game

As they say, "Imitation is the greatest form of flattery"... (tho' IMO, it's just one of many). I just DL'd "Darryl Creed" & can't wait to see what kind of parody has be made of our Carol !



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Update: Just began playing. No rough stuff yet... and I've had several laughs from the get-go... the humor is 'dark-ish', subtle, & funny (..noisy kids that used to play outside no longer being a problem..) and it's definitely from a man's POV (very unlike Carol). Nice 'heads up' mention from Darryl to Carol, as well. I'm really enjoying this trip through another part of Sweden; through another's eyes... though I'm still waiting for this lovely 'Calm' to come to an end... as our 'hero' gets to 'work'.

Mikael

Darryl Creed is funny. The opening letter made me laugh out loud; it's hilariously politically incorrect. The play is identical to Carol Reed without the talented photography and photoshop skill that turn snapshots into digital Monets.

So far I've gotten to a church. I didn't get anything out of a barrel earlier so I guess I've missed something.

I could not find the walk through in my download. There is a webpage that says file is no longer available.

I also could not figure out how to get the "thing" out of the barrel.

This has been hilarious so far. The comments are very creative. Great fun! And I found that 4th stamp after the earlier hint about how hard it was -- set me to thinking in a different way.

What a little gem of a game !! Laughed myself right through it

Thank you so much for letting us know of it, Mikael
And I would like to thank the developers too, if that's possible

[Can they be contacted ??]

lazydaisy, the walkthrough is a text file inside the main program file, which for XP is at C:\Program Files\Darryl Creed. If you can't locate it I'll gladly e-mail you my own copy. Otherwise if you're stuck, post at Hints.

Mad, the developer's e-mail addy is in the game's Read Me file.

I finished the game last night. It made me cackle.

The game is very "Carol Reedish". It makes me want another Carol Reed game soon! This game is not as polished as Mikael's games but it plays almost identically to his. I am enjoying it so far!Thanks Mikael!

Thanks, Rushes, for making me explore further hunting for the walkthrough. I finally found the "right" folder. I thought I installed it in my special "games" folder, and it appeared to be there,but was only the exe for the game. Thought I was playing from that location, but I was wrong. It installed on the C: drive in it's own folder. The walkthough etc. are there.

Don't know exactly how that all happened, but glad I found it. Thanks for encouraging me to persevere in the search.

Maybe something to do with earlier install errors because of firewall settings. IDK

"Mad, the developer's e-mail addy is in the game's Read Me file."

Thanks, Rushes

I'm also a great fan of Carol Reed and loved this. It had me laughing right the way through

If there is a sequel, I await a shady but perky girlfriend employed by an embassy or consulate and Creed's roommate's door exploding. Maybe Creed will have to move because of the silenced children or splintered door.

No, the door can't explode. Too fancy.

Darryl Creed was great fun. I never used the walkthrough even once because I saw the file only once, then couldn't relocate it. That's good. Too many casual, meaning too easy and the with walkthroughs, too, games make for a sloppy mind.

I wish some clever souls would do some GK parodies.

Love your screen name 8dognight! One of my favorite bands (behind The Beatles) is 3 Dog Night.