/og/ - Other Games

I haven't played it but I have read it

makes skynet look like a preschool teacher

Seems cool, although it would be nice if you posted some data and a link.

I really enjoyed it quite a bit when I played it a while back. I especially liked Gorrister and Nimdook's chapters, while Ellen's felt the weakest, but was still interesting.

I remember the game suffering from adventure game logic with one puzzle, but a bit of trial and error solved that easily enough, and I remember most of the other puzzles being reasonably intuitive. The twistedness of AM and the different environments makes it pretty entertaining from start to finish, as well; each character also has their own issue, shortcoming or phobia that AM tortures the victim with, so that psychological aspect is also interesting to see incorporated into each character's sub-world.

While the game directly quotes the original short story at certain points, they share quite a few differences. Both the game and the story are well worth checking out, I'd say. I also find it pretty neat that the writer himself, Harlan Ellison was the voice of AM.

Also, here's the game's intro for anyone who wants to see a little of what the game's like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw-88h-LcTk

I watched someone do an entire let's play (he knew what he was doing and didn't dick around much from what I remember).

The game was thoroughly enjoyable despite them changing some things around and taking some creative liberties with the characters in relation to the original writing.

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Well, they changed it all with Ellison's concept, so it's all fine. Game's way better than the novel, to be honest.

I played only Gorrister. But I'll try later the others