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KamikaziPie posted:Everything in these videos should be turning me away from this game, but for some reason I'm getting this incredibly desire to get this and the other Sherlock games and play them for myself. I suppose it seems kind of charming in it's own obtuse and plodding way. You know, the weirdest thing is, it's having a similar effect on me. As much as I hate the long dialogue and inevitable fetch quests, the very few parts that are fun and the mystery element keep pushing me to play more, like some terrible gypsy curse.
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I do actually recommend The Case of the Serrated Scalpel and The Case of the Rose Tattoo from the mid-'90s. Infocom's Riddle of the Crown Jewels was passable, but not such a great Holmes game - you play Watson, and to make sure the player is the one actually doing things, Holmes immediately concludes that the criminal is specifically targeting him and puts you in charge of the investigation to throw him off the scent.
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Seyser Koze posted:I do actually recommend The Case of the Serrated Scalpel and The Case of the Rose Tattoo from the mid-'90s. The Case of the Rose Tattoo also kind of sounds like a porno. Just using my detective skills to deduce when things sound like other things!
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"Two things I do not have a lot of knowledge on: sex swings and Hasidic Jews." - direct quote from this fast-paced episode in which Watson is startled by sounds and has to remember things. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdtMXBu85zs
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gameplusmeagan posted:"Two things I do not have a lot of knowledge on: sex swings and Hasidic Jews." - direct quote from this fast-paced episode in which Watson is startled by sounds and has to remember things. Enjoy! Isn't that basically just his job description?
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Piell posted:Isn't that basically just his job description? Yes, but he also has to say things like, "What do you mean, Holmes?!" It can be very exhausting.
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Kangra posted:CATS I only noticed that on like, the third watch-through! THAT'S why all these people look so ill, they're eating cats. Silly Brits.
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May 3, 2014 01:56
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Are you guys ready for some more hot deducing action?! New episode up featuring another murrrrder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOrAoBY_E_k
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I just want to let everyone know we played a lot more episodes this weekend... all I have to say is settle in, gents, settle in.
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I can't wait to see how obtuse the fetch quests get! I guess actually solving the crime might be interesting to watch too.
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Had enough of the excitement of doing real detective stuff? GOOD! We're back to running errands in this new episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcjcT6-DEFs
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This episode kicks off with what must be the laziest fetch quest ever. I mean it. If there's a lazier fetch quest than this one, I quit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTxhgSpjaMo
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gameplusmeagan posted:This episode kicks off with what must be the laziest fetch quest ever. I mean it. If there's a lazier fetch quest than this one, I quit. Hmm, I don't remember too many pointless fetch quests after this one. There is one puzzle coming up that will make you GameFAQs. I don't want to spoil anything, you'll probably recognize it when you see it, I just wanted to save some time for you with an early warning. It's a pretty bad game, but I hope you'll suffer through it. The game also isn't Skyrim, there's no magical arrow pointing to your next quest objective. It expects you to pay attention to all its random dialogue, newspaper clips and other bullshit, and then use those to figure out what to do next. I'm just saying that it'll be over sooner if you guys play by its rules, right? Also, the part where you tried to assemble the jigsaw puzzle sideways was goddamn hilarious.
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StoryTime posted:It's a pretty bad game, but I hope you'll suffer through it. The game also isn't Skyrim See? There's something good about it. I never tried the Holmes games for myself but the theme here seems to be wasted potential. It's got some good ideas, it just doesn't seem to figure out how to use them.
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anilEhilated posted:wasted potential You've nailed it. However, I think that The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, the next game in the series, stands on its own. Crimes and Punishments is also in the works by these same guys, can't wait for it. They'll have to get it right sometime, no?
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gameplusmeagan posted:This episode kicks off with what must be the laziest fetch quest ever. I mean it. If there's a lazier fetch quest than this one, I quit. In this game we finally discover the origin of Watson's characterization as "Stupid Watson".  I can only imagine what the desk sergeant was thinking the whole time.
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That. Is. AMAZING. Seriously, I laughed for like 5 minutes before Chuck became concerned. We completely deserve that drawing. We were total stupid idiots. And yet I feel like I'm glad we were stupid because now I can treasure this forever.
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Just want to say that you all are very good at this whole thing - commentary, comedy timing, editing videos, etc. Keep up the good work. Question though... who does the YT editing and video production?
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Vrikkian posted:
Looks like you might have to wait a few days for your answer, unless gamespluschuck suddenly and mysteriously appears 
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I always hated the trend to make Watson the comedy sidekick, he was a military doctor goddamnit! I actually have this game hanging out on my hard drive,but I've been too busy trying to thwart Chtulhu to play it yet.
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Vrikkian posted:Just want to say that you all are very good at this whole thing - commentary, comedy timing, editing videos, etc. Aww shucks, thanks so much for the kind words! We try to produce something we can be proud of so it's always nice to hear that someone else enjoys it. Chuck does all the editing and graphic design, I handle promotion (obviously). I think he does a pretty good job. And yeah, sorry about the delay, made a noob mistake and got put on probation so we're a little behind. I'll be updating the thread shortly!
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Okay, after my brief stint in kitty jail I have returned! No worries, there's only been two new episodes: In this one, we put together some timelines and Watson proves he doesn't know anything about anything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf8QFZKnwsk Then, at last, PUZZLES! REAL LIFE PUZZLES!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6-6H2G6EA Thanks for waiting around for us, pals.
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While I feel like I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth when it comes to actual gameplay in this game, this game is really starting to reach for reasons to give you puzzles. "Well of course this jar of hearts has two lids and both lids have combination locks and inside the jar is a magnet that you have to use to get a hook from under a pane of glass on a student's desk to retrieve a coded message from a hole in the very same desk. Where else is a doctor supposed to store his files: a locked cabinet?  "gameplusmeagan posted:And yeah, sorry about the delay, made a noob mistake and got put on probation so we're a little behind. I'll be updating the thread shortly! Oh yeah by the way: don't worry too much about an LP being "too short for a thread". Heck, there was even a Muscle March thread not too long ago that only had four videos. As long as you plan to finish the whole game and the game makes sense for a thread (Like, I wouldn't make a thread for your Family Feud one-offs) you should be fine just going ahead and making a thread. The only real danger is that people may get a bit upset if you have, like, five different threads running simultaneously. I don't know if you can make a Buster Busts Loose thread now, though, or if it would qualify as a youtube dump because you already have two videos up, but just something to remember for the future. 
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dijon du jour posted:While I feel like I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth when it comes to actual gameplay in this game, this game is really starting to reach for reasons to give you puzzles. I agree but at the same time at least we're not on a fetch quest! I had to use my brain for once. dijon du jour posted:I don't know if you can make a Buster Busts Loose thread now, though, or if it would qualify as a youtube dump because you already have two videos up, but just something to remember for the future. And thanks for the advice! I was pretty bummed that I made such a dumb mistake because I've been trying really hard to play by the rules. So yeah, I'll probably just take the loss on Tiny Toons. No big deal. I contributed to the Disney games megathread with Aladdin so that should do us for now!
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dijon du jour posted:"Well of course this jar of hearts has two lids and both lids have combination locks and inside the jar is a magnet that you have to use to get a hook from under a pane of glass on a student's desk to retrieve a coded message from a hole in the very same desk. Where else is a doctor supposed to store his files: a locked cabinet? Oh, these kinds of puzzles will be coming up in force. There's always some kind of box or a door with an irritatingly stupid combination lock, with convenient clues scattered all around it. It's like some CEO said 'Well, we're churning these Sherlock games out as fast and cheap as we can, so we might as well be lazy about it'. What would happen if someone erased that heart diagram? I'm guessing Jack the Ripper would just keep killing prostitutes until the end of his natural lifespan. What the gently caress Frogwares, as Holmes would say. Edit: for consideration.  Hours pass StoryTime fucked around with this message at 12:18 on May 19, 2014 |
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So Spiders, the developers behind this game, just released a new game: Bound By Flame. A friend of mine has been playing it and he mentioned that for a game centered around hitting monsters with swords and a flame demon trying to eat your soul, it has a lot of fetch quests. Spiders must have someone on staff who loves fetch quests.
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Polaron posted:So Spiders, the developers behind this game, just released a new game: Bound By Flame. A friend of mine has been playing it and he mentioned that for a game centered around hitting monsters with swords and a flame demon trying to eat your soul, it has a lot of fetch quests. Spiders must have someone on staff who loves fetch quests. In all seriousness, it's got to be that they're light on actual plot/gameplay and have to shove the games full of filler to make them worth playing. Like we've got plot points A, B, and C, but jack poo poo in between so GO DELIVER THIS HAT TO A MAN SO HE WILL GIVE YOU A KEY THAT UNLOCKS A BOX WITH AN ADDRESS INSIDE AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND MY DRYCLEANING
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Man, that hook's image must be really disproportionate from what size it really is, if Watson can stick it down that little pencil hole to retrieve a message.
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New episode hot off the press! This one involves THE HARDEST PUZZLE KNOWN TO MAN THAT IS LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE and also we build a ladder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DnRLmCYUAQ
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Glazius posted:Man, that hook's image must be really disproportionate from what size it really is, if Watson can stick it down that little pencil hole to retrieve a message. THAT'S what you're going to pick on in this silly madhouse of a game? I mean, you're still totally right, but that fact got lost on me in the rest of the ridiculousness. gameplusmeagan fucked around with this message at 15:00 on May 21, 2014 |
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Fetch quests are just so loving lazy. I mean you can make an argument that every quest is a fetch quest to a degree, but presentation is an important part of it. This game feels like people just did the bare minimum in terms of quest creation.
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It's like this game had a sudden, panicked realization that it's supposed to be a point-and-click adventure and is now making up for lost time.
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I don't know who that sketch on the evidence wall is supposed to be, but it's not Arthur Conan Doyle. ACD looked, unsurprisingly, pretty much the way Watson does.
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Rocketlex posted:It's like this game had a sudden, panicked realization that it's supposed to be a point-and-click adventure and is now making up for lost time. There are a few weird moments in this game where they shoehorn in Adventure Game Puzzles, and it is really out of place as you said. The thing is, it's pretty clear from their other games that that's a remnant of the older game design philosophy present in previous Sherlock Frogwares titles, because the next game lets you skip all the puzzles (they said in interviews that they realized players wanted to finish the game without being stuck on tedious code-breaking or whatever) and the upcoming game seems to have no traditional adventuring puzzles at all, just the deduction stuff. Now, I wouldn't call Testament a better game than Jack the Ripper, but it's clear that they wanted to transition away from having dumb fetch quests and 15 puzzles, and this game is part of that process as well. I still like the deduction logic stuff though, it's nice.
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Rocketlex posted:It's like this game had a sudden, panicked realization that it's supposed to be a point-and-click adventure and is now making up for lost time. "It's supposed to be WHAT?! Oh poo poo! OH poo poo!!!! It's due TOMORROW, you guys!!!"
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Hello, fine fellows, and happy long weekend! In today's episode Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective, must fetch a tanner's mask that's been dropped inside a snake's cage at a pet shop so he can fix a gas leak!* *THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS EPISODE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOpaoqBmPPA
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Best episode because PUPPIES AND KITTIES. Also, that poor, poor puppy. Why is it in such a small cage? 
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Shei-kun posted:Best episode because PUPPIES AND KITTIES. Right?! I was so outraged I even put him in the thread's episode art. I mean, the SNAKE was in a bigger cage! BULLSHIT PUPPIES ARE BETTER THAN SNAKES
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