Comments on: Get out of this world, and into my car http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/get-out-of-this-world-and-into-my-car/ The video game blog necessary for 200% completion Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Get out of this world, and into my car by: Hunty http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/get-out-of-this-world-and-into-my-car/#comment-33997 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:02:44 +0000 http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/get-out-of-this-world-and-into-my-car/#comment-33997 Absolutely. <i>Out of This World</i> and <i>BHaH</i> are really closer to Sierra adventure games and laserdisc games than to other 2D platformers. I tried to convince the guy making that <a href="http://www.limbogame.org/" rel="nofollow">Limbo</a> game that he should make it a laserdisc-style game rather than a platformer, but some of the discussion about <i>Knytt</i> has gotten me thinking about the fact that although laserdisc games have a more cinematic quality than platformers, they don't allow any room for exploration. Absolutely. Out of This World and BHaH are really closer to Sierra adventure games and laserdisc games than to other 2D platformers.

I tried to convince the guy making that Limbo game that he should make it a laserdisc-style game rather than a platformer, but some of the discussion about Knytt has gotten me thinking about the fact that although laserdisc games have a more cinematic quality than platformers, they don’t allow any room for exploration.

]]> Comment on Get out of this world, and into my car by: Strider http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/get-out-of-this-world-and-into-my-car/#comment-33994 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:31:05 +0000 http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/12/04/get-out-of-this-world-and-into-my-car/#comment-33994 The thing to understand about Out of this World is that it is not, as it appears to be, a 2D platformer. Out of this World is actually a Sierra-style adventure game disguised as a 2D platformer, which makes a lot of things that otherwise seem frustrating and arbitrary make sense. - HC The thing to understand about Out of this World is that it is not, as it appears to be, a 2D platformer. Out of this World is actually a Sierra-style adventure game disguised as a 2D platformer, which makes a lot of things that otherwise seem frustrating and arbitrary make sense.

- HC

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