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  • Re: They Made A New Riven Game!

    From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Wed Jun 26 10:45:31 2024
    On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:50:16 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


    Well, "new" is a bit inaccurate. It's a remaster/remake of the
    original 1997 adventure classic. But it's a bit more than the usual
    "hey, let's upscale the textures and call it a day" work a lot of
    remakes get --the game jumps from the tile-stepping of the original to
    a fully 3D-rendered world where you can explore every nook and cranny, >similar to "RealMyst"--, and it's been nearly thirty years since the
    last time the game saw a release, so it FEELS a lot more like a "new"
    game than a lot of its competitors.

    It's still "Riven" though

    Exactly. That "place the marbles" puzzle was basically for people on the spectrum, not neurotypical people.

    --
    Zag

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    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 26 10:21:13 2024
    Well, "new" is a bit inaccurate. It's a remaster/remake of the
    original 1997 adventure classic.

    I also intend to get it, but reading the FMV is gone is...disheartening I have to admit.

    rms

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  • From Werner P.@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 27 09:04:25 2024
    Am 26.06.24 um 18:21 schrieb rms:
    Well, "new" is a bit inaccurate. It's a remaster/remake of the
    original 1997 adventure classic.

      I also intend to get it, but reading the FMV is gone
    is...disheartening I have to admit.

    rms
    Prerendered FMV back then had a worse quality what low range GPUs
    nowadays can produce.
    Prerendered FMV was a crutch. I still love FMV with real actors though,
    but even that is probably better left off with 3d animations and voice
    acting by now!

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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 28 09:54:27 2024
    Not if used sparingly. Zork wouldn't be the same without the FMV ride

    I'm actually thinking of Myst's small videos of the actors talking to the player. When I saw those were gone it was very deflating.

    rms

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