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"Snapper" <Snapper@fish.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:32:39 -0400, "MaryT" <nospam@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>>"Snapper" <Snapper@fish.net> wrote in message
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>>> Any recommendations on a good adventure game?
>>> I have a bunch of unplayed oldies that I'm working through but I want to
>>> know
>>> what's out there that is relatively new.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>Nothing much in a good adventure game that is relatively new that I know
>>of.
>>The only game I know in the works for the P.C. to be finished in Nov. 2014
>>is Dreamfall, the Last Chapter. Here is a link to a trailer. It was on
>>Kickstarter a while back and the link is about expanding the game to
>>consoles..
>> http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/06/27/dreamfall-chapters-next-gen-consoles/But
>> that is a long time from now. In the meantime, I am playing a fewoldgames
>> that I play once in a while, like Pandora Directive and a
>> fewothers.Sometimes I download an older game from www.gog.com who have a
>> lot ofgoodolder games you might not have played or your original disc
>> doesn'twork,etc. Some people who lurk here may have something else to
>> suggest.Mary
>
>
> Thanks Mary, I appreciate the input.
>
> I stopped playing games for about a year and a half. I got stuck in RHEM 3
> and
> burnt out. What a sissy I am. Anyway, I finally finished it and remembered
> a
> demo I played, "Lost Horizons" before my burn out. I went looking for it
> again
> and I could only find it for download. Amazon has it for 9.99 so I took
> the
> plunge. Great game, third person. I was impressed with the download
> because I
> was able to burn it to disk after it installed.

I got stuck in Rhem 2. I thought it was boring and never went back to it. I
tried a demo of Lost Horizons when it first came out but I wasn't completely
taken with it, but maybe it was ok.. Its still on Amazon.com as a download
for $9.99 but they ask for your credit card first, so I went no further.

After I posted my last message to you, I remember a game that is not that
old you might like - "Whispered Worlds" - no shooting, no action, just an
adventure game. Its quite funny in parts, and I liked the acting. You might 
want to check it out.
Its probably still on Amazon.com.

> After I finished Lost Horizons I found out about the "Secret Files"
> series. They
> mention it when the game finishes. I have never heard of it before so I
> downloaded a demo, like it and downloaded the full first game from Amazon.
> Same
> as before, installed and burn to disk.  I'm now running Windows 7 now so I
> had
> to update a protection driver of some sort the game needed. That wasn't
> much of
> a problem.

I use my desktop to play games and still use Win XP. I like it better than
Windows 7, but I have Win 7 on my desktop and it seems ok, but I like XP
better. Windows 8 doesn't sound too good. I think MS have worn themselves
out with Windows as an OS. They've made enough money :)
I played the first two Secret Files games. I didn't play the last one.

> I have a bunch of games that I purchased sitting on the shelf.  I'll get
> to them
> eventually, if I live long enough.  I was surprised that most games I find
> on
> Amazon are for download only and no box version. The reason could be
> because
> these games are foreign made but that's just a guess on my part.

It is also cheaper for Amazon to let people download it as there is no extra
expenses like a box, a small manual maybe, and mailing costs to you. with a
download, they just need your credit card number and thats it. Since you
already have a bunch of games waiting for you to play, are you still looking
for other games to add to your games?

> My next game will be Portal from Steam, I can't find a box version. I
> played the
> demo which wasn't much but I'll take a chance on it. Portal 2 can still be
> purchased in a box from Amazon so if I like Portal I'll but Portal 2.
> Unfortunately I won't be able to burn Portal to disk. I don't think it is
> possible with Steam games.

I've never heard of Portal.

> I know you live in Canada (or used to) and can't get some games from
> Amazon US.
> Some of these downloadable games from Amazon do not specify US only like
> some of
> their games do. I'm sure you have investigated it.

You must have a good memory.
I usually don't buy downloadable games, except I've downloaded a few from
gog.com but they are different as they don't care where you live, you can
download their games.

I still live in Canada. Amazon.com rules will sell some games to Canadians,
but it is more complicated in other ways about
shipping games to Canada and some other countries. They now have an "Import
tax" I would have to pay if I bought something from them over $20.00, and
their shipping is quite expensive, a lot more than it should be. So I don't
buy computer games from them.

I used to buy all my computer games at stores near me in the 90's and even
into the 2000's while adventure games were still popular, but as they became
not as popular, I couldn't get them in stores here, and maybe bought a few
from the Internet, but had to be under $20.00 as that is our skimpy Customs
exemption. After that, I had a friend in the U.S. who would send games to me
that I wanted. Otherwise, I would probably have to pay a lot to get them, so
I was lucky to have her.

Amazon.ca (Canada site) never had many PC games, or I would have been able
to buy from them, but they never had a good selection on games and a lot of
other things and though it's better than it was, it's nothing like
Amazon.com which has far more population.

> Thanks again for the feedback.
> I hope your well.
> Take care.

Did you post here a long time ago? I don't remember you. I've been here off
and on since around late 1990's.

Mary