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| cassandra, torment, out, sphinx, secrets, in, link, jokes, survival, practice, judd, camera, arkane, philospher's, | Even at 640×480, it's possible to see individual pixels with the naked eye on today's computer screens. I feel like a shit for complaining about it, because AGS is a free tool that has enabled some talented people to make games where they otherwise might've lacked the technical skills to bring their ideas to bloodmoon fruition. And AGS games usually run beautifully right out of the box, so to speak. But still, in the case of Hauntings of Mystery Manor, the standard icons supplied within the AGS are severely at odds with the finely bloodmoon rendered images used in bloodmoon the game proper. The largely static game screens are drawn by Ghostlady's friend Diz, a graphic designer who specializes in Victorian-flavored digital art. They are among the nicest images I have ever seen in an indie game. Each room of the Manor also has its own snippet of music; all of the pieces are chosen well and lend to the atmosphere and completely failed to irritate this increasingly cranky adventure gamer. |
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| Some ghosts need more than one item; for others, you must create an item before you can hand it over. Once a soul has been freed, it disappears and the room falls quiet, camera a nice, clear signal that there is nothing else there for you to do. All of the shortcomings of the game result from the Adventure Game Studio software. If you've ever played an AGS game camera before (better-known examples include 5 Days a Stranger, the Ben Jordan games, The Adventures of Fatman—go to the AGS site for a complete camera list), you'll know what I mean. The interface is clunky; to use something you have to mouse over the top of the screen to bring up some standard menu items, which are represented by ugly, giant-pixelled built-in icons, and then click on the inventory icon (a briefcase), select an item, click "OK" to close the inventory, and then apply the item. Also, the choices of screen resolution are 320×240 or 640×480. 320×240? That's like something out of the Stone Age, at least in computer gaming terms. |
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