This was the best adventure game of the 21st century, let alone GOTY. On par with the LucasArts greats. Bloody phenomenal narrative with point & click puzzles that are cream of the crop. The voice acting felt like an HBO show. Inspired by the best sci-fi of Michael Crichton and John Carpenter, with a hefty dose of Ozploitation cinema. If you're Aussie, you'll really like this game, but I'd call it a must-play for anyone who's into adventure games.

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>>717412829 (OP)
Thank you, there has been a lack of good point and click. Last one I played was Deponia series.

>>717413041
The last I had played was NORCO, and I thought that was good, but this truly blew me out of the water. The twists & turns within the narrative were dizzying, and it packed in some really resonant themes that I identified with in the main character. There's also little moon-logic, & mechanics to prevent you from soft-locking, so the actual puzzles of it are nicely streamlined without it being too simple. Like fuck, if the first chapter doesn't hook you, I don't know what could. It was like a great interactive mini-series.

>>717413325
Oh, Norco and The Crimson Diamond. If I had to rank these contemporary P&C's, it would be:
>The Drifter (massive power gap)
>The Crimson Diamond
>Norco
Would be keen to play more if any anons have suggestions.

I installed it earlier this week, I'll get to it.
Old Skies was okay

>>717413041
You play the Edna and Harvey games? Or machinarium? Dropsy? Fran Bow? The broken sword series?
There's also some upcoming one I personally am interested in called Lost in the Roots

How many posts in this thread are OP? My bet is every single one including this one

>>717414086
We are Anonymous for we are one.

>>717413874
>>717413325
Ill add all them to my wish list ty

>>717412829 (OP)
>Bloody
oi ya fokkin wanka git ye bloody arse outta Forcheen you fokken twat

>>717414086
I've only made these two posts:
>>717413325
>>717413415
Which should be obvious by context. You're in disbelief that people enjoy adventure games?
>>717414265
The funny thing is is that the game reminded me of Australian slang I don't often hear anymore. It coloured my enjoyment of it so much more. I think it's actually set in a fictional 80s Melbourne, judging by the maps & architecture shown.

>>717412829 (OP)
>low detail and fuckhuge "pixels"
No thanks.

>>717414687
Don't let one still turn you away, I was very impressed by the scenes and animation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GiHlkE2z8g

>>717414361
I guess some people enjoy them, not a lot

>>717414847
Why are steamcharts fags like this? Why do you even let a portion of the playcount for an independent adventure game studio occupy your mind? Why can this board be so allergic to talking about vidya? I never get accused of shilling random books or movies on /lit/ or /tv/ or /his/

>>717414776
I just hate when devs deliberately go for this pixel indieshit look, man. It's not as drastic as Darkside Detective or The Last Door, but still.

>>717412829 (OP)
It’s pretty good, voice acting is great, the 3rd act is not so great tho

driftah

>>717412829 (OP)
Wait wtf it’s out?

>>717412829 (OP)
It's good?
I bought it because I love Crawl and wanted to support them

>>717414361
Crimson Diamond scratched my Laura Bow itch a lot. I hope Laura Bow 3 is good.

I thought it got too video game-y with the ending sequence but it was great.