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Hrrmmm... we didn't have German subtitles in our game.

The puzzling in BoUT is fairly easy, about on the level of Syberia . While we did hit a walkthrough a couple of times, in every instance it was because we hadn't looked at an item enough times or gone back to talk to someone about a change in circumstances. In this respect, it is unusual for me to b...

Sorry, I posted this in the wrong forum. Please move it appropriately.

Typically, I begin a review with a little background about the game, discussing its pedigree and resume. I'm going to eschew that here and start with this: BUY THIS GAME! The Book of Unwritten Tales (henceforth abbreviated BoUT) is a classic point-and-click fantasy adventure game, harkening back to ...

Ghostlady wrote:This is great!

It still makes me laugh, and I've seen it dozens of times. It was from a series of shorts called "8-Bit Theater" by a group knows as the Dead Alewives or something like that. They put out several D&D/Final Fantasy bits.

This is very old, but some of you might not have seen it yet:

Click me hard.

Here's some additional info: I installed Win98SE on my virtual machine, as that allows me to play any old game that isn't DOS-only. (I have DosBox for those.) Perhaps the most important requisite is that you must NOT ONLY have an installation disk (or ISO of such a disk) for your "guest" O...

Thanks, BJ. The XP Mode that you can get with Win 7 Professional and up is not the cure-all for gamers anyway as it does not support 3D. It is meant to be a business application and that's it. Great addition to the thread! Thanks. And ignore the PM I just sent you. I didn't see you'd posted this.

I know this thread is years old, but I thought it deserved an update. I am now running Windows 7 Home Premium. According to Microsoft's main page on the subject, that means that I can't get the WinXP Mode/VM add-on. (You have to have Win7 Professional or better to get them free.) THIS IS NOT QUITE T...

For Quake/Diablo engine fans, Torchlight was pretty decent. Less successful than Fate, but I enjoyed it more.

I recall Oblivion as being first-person too, but not turn-based and having to manually swing your sword around using the mouse.

I would add Dragon Age : Origins , Elder Scrolls : Oblivion , Divinity II : Ego Draconis (liked it a lot !) , & Hunted : The Demon's Forge to that list . Also , any of the old Dungeons & Dragons based rpg games (Icewind Dale 1&2 , Baldurs Gate 1&2 , Planescape Torment , Temple of El...

Will remember the patches and where did you buy for $12? At CompUSA, back when they had a brick-and-mortar store here. I see that Amazon currently has a used-like-new copy for $15 + $3 shipping. Worth every penny, given the length of the game. [EDIT: I was looking at the boxed version of the game. ...

The Black Dahlia wrote:Just reviewed your assessment of Anackronox (did I spell it right) BJ. and it sure sounds fascinating. Have just added it to my list to 'taste'. Hope by now the price is down.

If you get it, make sure you download both patches for it. I only spent $12 for my copy. New.

I know this thread is old, but I'm chiming in because I noticed that nobody mentioned my favorite RPG: Anachronox.

http://www.mysterymanor.net/reviewanachronox.htm