Phantasmagoria

[GraceBlossom]

Do any of you gamers play this game a good few years ago. It is probably one of the only games I really enjoyed. Anyway I was wondering as I know very little about games if you can get something like that now. I have a pc and a ds, and a broken wii .

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Cavey]

The Phantasmagoria games were interactive movies; a sub-genre of adventure games. Their popularity has taken a nosedive in recent years, but there's still the odd one like The Walking Dead by Telltale Games.

If you're interested in adventure games as a whole, you could do worse than check out http://www.adventuregamers.com where you will find reviews for a myriad of adventure titles.

I personally enjoyed titles like Dark Fall: Lost Souls and Scratches that are both supernatural/horror based titles that are reminiscent of Phantasmagoria although not interactive movies.

Phantasmagoria also has a pseudo-sequel called Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh. It wasn't a great game and it came out almost 20 years ago, but you can still get it to run on modern computers and it is an interactive movie.

If you don't mind doing a lot of reading then you might try out the visual novel genre. They have far less puzzle solving and are much heavier on storyline. 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is my favourite and it's on the DS.

 

[GraceBlossom]

Ah thanks for that Cavey, that is really informative, I will have a good look at all that.

 

[Punisher]

My brother likes interactive DVD games. I got him the Poirot DVD game last Christmas.

Sorry if it's nothing like what you are talking about

 

[GraceBlossom]

Cheers for that I will have a look

 

[TropicalStarfish]

All the Myst games were great, after all these years I've only managed to play through the first one. King's Quest was great too, at least the later ones which I played. Never did play phantasmagoria, I may have been too young at the time, looks interesting, though.

 

[Rigel]

Try Myst 5 Revelation. Here's the demo - http://www.fileplanet.com/144114/140000/fileinfo/Myst-IV:-Revelation-Demo

Also, you can check out Fahrenheit. But it's old. A newer indirect sequel named Heavy Rain is much better. Anyway http://www.fileplanet.com/155456/150000/fileinfo/Indigo-Prophecy-Demo

You can still buy Phantasmagoria nowadays. I've never played it but I've heard the second one wasn't that good. Here's an excellent review of that game in this out of print magazine, page 86, next to a review of Diablo 1 http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1997&pub=2&id=152

 

[GraceBlossom]

Thanks guys I will have a look at all these recommendations, hopefully I will find something I can enjoy again . You all really know your stuff!

 

[Cavey]

Heavy Rain was something I considered recommending, but it would require you to purchase a PS3, so I decided against it.

 

[ladyforsaken]

Heavy Rain was something I considered recommending, but it would require you to purchase a PS3, so I decided against it.

I liked that game. Somewhat reminds me of uh.. that Fahrenheit Indigo Prophecy game (which can be played on PC).

 

[Locke]

Heavy Rain was something I considered recommending, but it would require you to purchase a PS3, so I decided against it.

I liked that game. Somewhat reminds me of uh.. that Fahrenheit Indigo Prophecy game (which can be played on PC).

I liked it too. The same company is releasing a new game next month called Beyond: Two Souls. It looks just as good as Heavy Rain.

 

[ladyforsaken]

^Yeah I've been eyeing that one.