Dang - I just bought New Vegas on sale Friday for $15. Today its $10. Fallout 3 GOTY is also on sale for 6.75, Be careful because the non GOTY version is also on sale for about same price
Interesting, a game from the creator of Immortal (Ad Vitam), which was an original and entertaining SF-fantasy movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314063/
Reviews are mixed.. people liking the atmosphere but calling the gameplay "fiddly"
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/nikopol-secrets-of-the-immortals
shortylickens
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- Jul 15, 2003
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This actually looks pretty sweet. For 2.50 you cant go wrong even if it stinks.
I just spent 4 bucks at McDonalds and didnt get much.
I just spent 4 bucks at McDonalds and didnt get much.
Dankk
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So far Nikopol is pretty good. I've been playing it for about an hour. It's very much a point-and-click adventure game; meaning it's totally controlled with the mouse (in other words, you don't move around with WASD. You have to click on the door to move into the next room, etc).
The storyline and atmosphere is totally nailed. The graphics are very detailed and beautiful. The voice acting is OK... the main character has a very non-cheesy pleasant-sounding voice, which is important, since he narrates everything. It sounds good.
The controls don't feel "fiddly" at all, unlike what some other reviewer said.
My only complaint is just the nature of the puzzles themselves. They're hard, and more often than not, completely ridiculous and inane. You'll encounter problems where you'll think you have a solution that makes total sense, but the game doesn't want you to solve it that way, and will only let you progress in the way that it wants to. To be fair, I guess this sort of thing is just inherent to puzzle/adventure games... there is only one way to solve a problem, and it doesn't always make the most sense. But you're forced to do it anyway. Even when you think there's a more practical solution, it's not the one the game wanted you to do, so fuck you.
There are some puzzles which feel like they shouldn't even be there at all; like they simply don't make sense in the context of the game, and you shouldn't have to spend your time figuring it out. But alas... the game is billed as having puzzles, so it will have puzzles I guess. Even if they seem completely arbitrary.
If you're willing to deal with the puzzles, then it's a great point'n'click adventure. Very atmospheric with an intriguing, interesting, story and setting. I (somewhat) recommend it I guess.
The storyline and atmosphere is totally nailed. The graphics are very detailed and beautiful. The voice acting is OK... the main character has a very non-cheesy pleasant-sounding voice, which is important, since he narrates everything. It sounds good.
The controls don't feel "fiddly" at all, unlike what some other reviewer said.
My only complaint is just the nature of the puzzles themselves. They're hard, and more often than not, completely ridiculous and inane. You'll encounter problems where you'll think you have a solution that makes total sense, but the game doesn't want you to solve it that way, and will only let you progress in the way that it wants to. To be fair, I guess this sort of thing is just inherent to puzzle/adventure games... there is only one way to solve a problem, and it doesn't always make the most sense. But you're forced to do it anyway. Even when you think there's a more practical solution, it's not the one the game wanted you to do, so fuck you.
There are some puzzles which feel like they shouldn't even be there at all; like they simply don't make sense in the context of the game, and you shouldn't have to spend your time figuring it out. But alas... the game is billed as having puzzles, so it will have puzzles I guess. Even if they seem completely arbitrary.
If you're willing to deal with the puzzles, then it's a great point'n'click adventure. Very atmospheric with an intriguing, interesting, story and setting. I (somewhat) recommend it I guess.
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shortylickens
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Ah... another point-and-click adventure game, except you play as a sniper, and the only puzzle is "Use Gun on Man".
Alright Yahtzee thats enough out of you!
Dankk
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Beat Hazard is a good game if you aren't susceptible to epileptic seizures, and you enjoy having rainbows jizz from your eyes.
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Barfo
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I couldn't play this when I bought it last Christmas because it raped my eyes. Then I tried again for the summer sale's achievement and found they added a setting to reduce the blinding effects. It's a pretty fun game now
gorcorps
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Fun game, bought during summer sale. It's a geometry wars type shooter which sort of goes to your music, but it's usually just a blinding mess of enemies and particles that it's hard to see what connection it actually has to the music. Nice little distraction though and properly priced at $2.50.
Wow, that's from 1997 according to Steam. I've been finding older and older games on there...how long can it be before they have text based games? Zork...
SaDiZTiKStyLeZ
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I was kind of disappoint the first Oddworld didn't take full advantage of 360 controller, not utilizing 2 of the triggers. Anyone know a fix to that?
Well, it was released for the PS1, so it's pretty amazing that it works at all.
I'm kind of tempted by these games. My cousins used to play them on the PS1, but I never really got into it. What is the game like?
gorcorps
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It's designed like a slow platformer, but it's more of a puzzle game than anything.
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