Wednesday, September 15, 2004
More rain
I don't know why I title a blog entry - more rain. I mean I'm living in Vancouver, that could potentially be the title of every entry. I think Duane told me that it rained for 70+ consecutive days here. That's not full on rain, that just means that at least once for 70 days it rained. I think we're up to day 5, or is it 7? Hmm.
Dori and I finished playing an adventure game called Syberia last night. This is "The adventure game of the year" according to the publishers review. I don't think so. I mean it was good, graphics and sounds were superb, idea was original and well thought out. But. The acting and story were, well missing at times. Not to mention the puzzles. Dori and I love these games because you have to solve sometimes quite complicated puzzles. It gives us something to team up on and really challeneges us sometimes. These puzzles we suited to challenge a grade 6 student. As a comparison, one game we played had a puzzle that required conversion from base 10 to base 12 and some geometry problems. This game inolved finding the instructions to the puzzle, reading carefully and solving. No creativity needed. Well, maybe we're just hardened adventure game people now, I don't know. But my recommendation is against Syberia. If you're looking for adventure games start with the Myst Trilogy, consider Dark Fall and if you want a reall challenge, Schism.
Dori and I finished playing an adventure game called Syberia last night. This is "The adventure game of the year" according to the publishers review. I don't think so. I mean it was good, graphics and sounds were superb, idea was original and well thought out. But. The acting and story were, well missing at times. Not to mention the puzzles. Dori and I love these games because you have to solve sometimes quite complicated puzzles. It gives us something to team up on and really challeneges us sometimes. These puzzles we suited to challenge a grade 6 student. As a comparison, one game we played had a puzzle that required conversion from base 10 to base 12 and some geometry problems. This game inolved finding the instructions to the puzzle, reading carefully and solving. No creativity needed. Well, maybe we're just hardened adventure game people now, I don't know. But my recommendation is against Syberia. If you're looking for adventure games start with the Myst Trilogy, consider Dark Fall and if you want a reall challenge, Schism.
