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2 total messages Started by ja... James Klicman Sun, 11 Dec 1994 19:56
HELL'P
#902
Author: ja... James Klicman
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 19:56
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I'm looking for some help on HELL. Its an RPG with lots of Animation/Video.

Has anyone gotten to Mr. Beautiful yet. Thats the one puzzle thats keeping
me from moving on with the game. 

I'd be happy to exchange tips/tricks with other HELL players.

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Re: HELL'P
#903
Author: skk... Plastic Nuclear Ferret
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 17:35
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ja...@ccnet.com (James Klicman) writes:

>I'm looking for some help on HELL. Its an RPG with lots of Animation/Video.

>Has anyone gotten to Mr. Beautiful yet. Thats the one puzzle thats keeping
>me from moving on with the game. 

>I'd be happy to exchange tips/tricks with other HELL players.

I've gotten pretty far, but I don't think I'll be continuing.

The best puzzle yet is the one that lets you talk to Mr. Beautiful.  The 
animation is jumpy as hell (and i was playing on a p-90 w/62 bit 2M vid card),
the dialouge sucks, and the game draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaags.  It take forever
to get anywhere at all.

The puzzles afterwards just seem to get worse (harder, and you are just left
guessing, not solving, which i hate).  Combat looks nice (the one scene I've
seen so far) but it lacks almost ANY palyer involvment(or should I say it has
none).  I am stuck on two later puzzles, the computer 'locust' and the password
to Dolp Van Ittey's computer.  Then again it was 3am when I treid ot solve them
but it still looks like I will be sitting and guessing.

The character interaction is nice, the 'witty' banter between the characters
isn't, the same animation loop for EVERY character playing over and over again
each time you talk to them is bad, most of the voices are cheesy, but my 
biggest gripe:  It takes forever to do anything.

A nice looking game, with what seems to be a good plotline, but the game 
mechanics are horrible.

I don't like the game.  I'm debating whether or not to even finish it.

later-

shane

if you need some help, drop me a line.  it could save you hours... 8^)
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