By Torch Doug Nuts here again. Being a genius, I usually like to get by in the world using my brains. This time, however, my legs have done most of the job Last time I left off trying to figure out how to win the grand opening competition at the […]
Nippon Safes Inc. – A Tale of Two City Names
Written by Torch The name’s Nuts, Doug Nuts. I’m an electronics genius with a mission. And that mission is… what was it again? Oh yeah, to steal a jade Buddha from a safe in the “Saku-Rambo” Monastery. Only problem is, I have no idea where to find the monastery. It’s […]
Nippon Safes Inc. – Three’s company
By Torch In my previous post time we took a gander at the manual and discussed the history of the developers, but not much was said about the game itself, so let’s get cracking (literally) on that. I start off as Doug Nuts. (So no quiz-based character selection as of […]
Curse of Enchantia: Final Rating
Written by Alfred n the Fettuc Oh this is going to be a good one. Like I said in the first post, I’ve already tried playing Enchantia a very long time ago but never really got past the underwater section. Now that I’ve been forced to do so, I discovered […]
Rome: Pathway to Power – Final Rating
Written by TBD with Reiko In a rare case for The Adventure Gamer, this game was actually played by two of us. Reiko introduced us to the game and started it, making the first gameplay post, and then I took over when Reiko was unable to complete it. As Reiko […]
Curse of Enchantia – WON!!
Written by Alfred n the Fettuc That’s it! I conquered Curse of Enchantia! I slayed the beast! Victory! Free at last! I have mixed feelings about it. One part of me is very proud to have done this without a walkthrough (even if the temptation was very strong a few […]
Game 108: Nippon Safes, Inc. – Introduction
Written by Torch Doesn’t look very safe to me Two years after my first ever playthrough for The Adventure Gamer, I’m finally up for another. Quite the gap, but – surprise! – we’re still doing games from 1992! We sure are taking our time here, or perhaps 1992 was just […]
Rome: Pathway to Power – LOST!
Written by TBD Hector’s Journal #4: “The Emperor considers me a threat to his power. I’ll show him a threat. I’ll curry Cleopatra’s favour and see if she can help me oust the Emperor. I’m sure I’d be at least as good an Emperor – I can eat grapes and […]
Curse of Enchantia – In the nose of madness
Written by Alfred n the Fettuc Just when I thought this game couldn’t get any weirder, it throws you a curveball and creates the most mindf..king world I’ve seen in a long time. Let’s just say this part of the game would make the island of fairy tales in King’s […]
Rome – The Political Machine
Written by TBD Hector’s Journal #3: “I’ve been a Senator for 15 minutes and I’ve already been given the opportunity to become a Consul, a position of power second only to the Emperor himself. So how do I get the populace to vote for me? Sensible and affordable policies? Tax […]
Curse of Enchantia – Ice Rage: The Meltdown
Written by Alfred n the Fettuc We should really make a list of the seven cardinal sins of adventure game design someday (even if the list would probably be closer to seventy) but I’m pretty sure two sins would make the list pretty easily. You should never make a puzzle […]
Curse of Enchantia – Cliffbanger
Written by Alfred n the Fettuc Hello folks, glad to see you back here! Last week in this fantastic adventure game, we finally exited the long cave network and saw the light of day for the first time since… wow, actually it’s the first time we have an exterior location […]
Rome: Pathway of Power – The Woad Warrior
Written by TBD Hector’s Journal #2: “You’ve heard the story before. The slave who became a general… or was it the other way around? Either way, I keep improving my station through means having nothing to do with my skills. Let’s see if I can keep this going – if […]
Rome – The Emperor’s New Woes
Written by TBD And so, after almost two months, we continue our playthrough of Rome: Pathway to Power. It’s been a while, so if you want to catch up you can read Reiko’s Introduction (here) and first post (here). For a quick summary, here’s what happened so far. HERCULANEUM Hector, […]
Curse of Enchantia – 20000 Leagues Under Quality Game Design
Written by Alfred n the Fettuc One of the greatest things about The Adventure Gamer blog is that we have the opportunity to find out exactly how good the games we didn’t play back in the day actually are. Sure, it’s always great to read more about Indiana Jones and […]
Game 107 : Curse of Enchantia – Introduction
Written by Alfred n’ the Fettuc The English game development studio Core Design is first and foremost known for the Tomb Raider series, being the creator of one of the biggest franchises in video game history (and solely responsible for the rise of Eidos Interactive, their parent company, that would […]
Gobliiins – Won!
By Ilmari Elves? I thought these were goblins It was quite easy to find the exit – Hooter could magic the gate open – but that was still far from completing the level. Time to again get the full story from the manual. The hooded creature was the librarian Carbonek, […]
Gobliiins – Into the Fire
By Ilmari Statue of Serenity – made by Joss Whedon? Or maybe it is a statue OF him? The level with the Buddha-look-alike was another one where I had to proceed by trial and error. I’ll just quickly run through the essentials. If you really squint your eyes, you might […]