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Hybrid games
I am basically an “adventure gamer”, in the sense that I play games for their stories. It turns out, there are not so many adventure games (AGs) around, and some have rather weak stories to tell (plus I don’t like puzzles so much, which are hard to avoid in the AG genre.) But! there are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Console games
I am pretty happy with PC gaming, but there are some games out there that would make me get one of those consoles:
Katamari Damacy (PS2). Really original game in which you have to roll stuff up to form a star.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Monsieur Michel Ancel
I have tried few games designed by famous designer Michel Ancel: Beyond Good and Evil and Rayman 1 and 2: The great escape (not that he has many more). And I must say, he seems to be one of these designers whose character is imprinted in the final game (like, say, Tim Schafer or Ron [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Carcassonne
A board game that appeals both to casual and hard-core gamers; this is quite rare, but rarer is the fact that it can be an excellent 2,3, or 4 person game. Usually, there’s a huge gap between 2 and more persons board games, but not in Carcassonne. Great success, lots of expansions…
A good place to [...]
Action games
I usually dislike action games, but these two I just loved:
Psychonauts, incredibly original
Beyond Good and Evil, perhaps not so shocking, but lovable
Not surprisingly, these are games that are close in spirit to my favourite genre, adventure games (AGs).
The same happened with Torment, a RPG with clear AG connections.
