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Game announcements / Re: The Dead City

« on: December 02, 2004, 09:42:59 PM »

Another amateur game with great storytelling that is free: ClanA's City of Dreams.

You guys are missing the point of what I said.  I didn't say the game made me want to vomit.  I was talking specifically about the dialogue.  Particularly the scene with the guy talking to his girlfriends ghost.  The dialogue was very, very, very, very, very, very, BAD.

EDIT: NOTABLE QUOTE FROM NiHiLiS' SITE, THE Dead City DOWNLOAD PAGE, EVEN: "Several megabytes containing slighty moronic, pseudo-philosophical texts, depressive moody graphics and an ambient melancholic music, an absurd story and primitive puzzles."
Somebody out there likes me.  I'm just gonna write a full-on review for you guys now.

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Game announcements / Re: The Dead City

« on: December 01, 2004, 11:59:01 PM »

I'd call technical errors like poor storytelling rather objective, actually. :/
It wasn't anything about the style that I didn't like so much as weak execution.
If you want to see a good amateur game, try Ben Croshaw's 5 Days a Stranger.

As for Johnny...
This isn't me going over the top, this is me being honest.  I don't mind harsh crits.  I'm not insulting, just saying what I thought of it.  I happen to have a naturally brutal honesty.
Also, I wasn't talking about the game in general, I was specifically talking about the dialogue.
I think it's funny that no one said anything to the guy who said the first five minutes made him want to committ suicide.  That was bashing.  This is criticism.

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Game announcements / Re: The Dead City

« on: December 01, 2004, 11:04:46 PM »

But candy-coated crits are worse. :D
That is literally how it made me feel, and people need honest criticisms.  No one needs a bunch of sycophants.
And I don't mind being the lone dissenter.

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Game announcements / Re: The Dead City

« on: December 01, 2004, 10:28:49 PM »

Dude, that's a way poor excuse.  I've been in amateur game design for years, and I've seen a lot better effort this this.
The fact that it's free should not reflect it's quality.