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Replying to Ian Montgomerie <i...@ianmontgomerie.com> :


>>Actually, and this group is going to hate me now, but if you want
>>emotional power and depth, you may want to look outside the RPG genre.
>>The RPG's are very fixed-form, one might even say stuck in a rut, and
>>at least I personally get a more rewarding role playing experience
>>from some first person shooters, such as Deus Ex, Thief, and Half
>>Life.
>
>If you want a good story without the CRPG aspects of combat and
>character development, check out The Longest Journey (a *gasp*
>adventure game - with a reputation among adventure game fans similar
>to Torment's rep on this newsgroup).

True, TLJ is an outstanding game. Absolutely oozes with atmosphere.

Just like Torment it's a bit of a sleeper hit, too.

I'm not very knowledgeable about adventures, as I tend to run,
screaming, in the other direction when confronted with one, because I
HATE puzzles, but TLJ and Rise of the Dragon would probably go on my
top-ten-of-all-time list. If I ever made such a list.

>I haven't finished it yet -
>annoyingly, it seems to work on Directx7 but not Directx8, so I have
>to hook an old PC up to my monitor to play it.  I can vouch that it
>has at least as much dialog as Torment, though it is somewhat more
>linear, and IMO the story is good but a bit below Torment level.

I agree with this. On the other hand it has prettier graphics than
Torment. Also, it's a *happy* game; the word that comes for me when
thinking of TLJ is 'perky', which isn't a word I'd associate with
Torment.