My own southern kin Flynn DeMarco posted this tidbit at Kotaku today about Metronome, a game I am more excited about than most big name releases planned for this year. Why, you ask, does this float my boat more than a hundred new Legend of Zeldas? One word sums it up -- innovation.
Metronome features a Steampunk themed enviroment, Phillip K. Dick quality paranoia, and uses sound as the game's central weapon. As a girl who played the hell out of games like Grim Fandango and Starship Titanic back in the day, I can say that one thing I really miss when I gaze into the giant bucket of sh*t that is PC gaming these days is the sparkle of titles such as these. Yeah, there is a demand for gorgeously generic next gen titles, but the role players hang out and hope for better. Obviously Tarsier Studios is taking the route less traveled, and I for one am thrilled to see it. They're still looking for a publisher for Metronome, so let's hope one is smart enough to bring this gem to light.
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12:21 AM on 01.08.2007
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I'm a huge fan of the original Sam & Max: Hit the Road. The follow-up episodes from Telltale Games are pretty good so far. Pretty much anything from Lucasarts in the 90's was excellent. Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Grim Fandango, et cetra. If you get your hands on any of the old DOS titles, you can run them using ScummVM. Finding most of these games is probably going to involve digging through ebay auctions or a visit to your BitTorrent site of choice.
A friend of mine has been playing The Longest Journey and it's sequel Dreamfall lately, he's been loving that.
Nice find Nex, I totally can't wait for this game to come out now, i've been dying for a new PC game!
and by nex I ofcourse meant Nagiko....
awkward
And City of Lost Children is awesome.
I'm there.