Does anyone know where I can buy a downloadable version of this, other than at The Adventure Shop?
The Adventure Shop sells a download copy for $30, while GameStop sells a physical copy for $20, and I'd rather not get it from GameStop if I don't have to... plus I've been warming up to downloadable games via Steam and such lately
Does anyone know where I can buy a downloadable version of this, other than at The Adventure Shop?
The Adventure Shop sells a download copy for $30, while GameStop sells a physical copy for $20, and I'd rather not get it from GameStop if I don't have to... plus I've been warming up to downloadable games via Steam and such lately
I saw it in a local Game recently. In the "cheap games" section, not in the chart bit.
I got this game a while ago, back when it first came out in English. I'll admit that I havent read the whole 11 page thread, but wow it made me greatful for Telltale games' talents!
The voice acting was off, the character movement was odd, and there were giant gaps in the movies. at the beginning, the characters die, but then BAM fade to black and theyre just stood there talking. wow er... thanks for the cool cut scene showing them come back to life.
also the puzzles were just annoying, from what i played before giving up. such as one of the first puzzles, where you had to make a telescope out of a bottle. i knew what to do, as soon as i saw the bottle i guessed it (especially since the character said something like "this reminds me of my grandfathers glasses"), but it wouldnt let me combine items. i had to click and click, and eventually realised I had to ask another ghost for the idea of using it as a telescope, to allow me to combine items! I had the damn idea by myself, thankyou. that should be a hint system not a nessecity.
I never completed the game, due to all of the above. Im sorry if the above description is not that accurate, this was months ago.
I saw it in a local Game recently. In the "cheap games" section, not in the chart bit.
I got this game a while ago, back when it first came out in English. I'll admit that I havent read the whole 11 page thread, but wow it made me greatful for Telltale games' talents!
The voice acting was off, the character movement was odd, and there were giant gaps in the movies. at the beginning, the characters die, but then BAM fade to black and theyre just stood there talking. wow er... thanks for the cool cut scene showing them come back to life.
also the puzzles were just annoying, from what i played before giving up. such as one of the first puzzles, where you had to make a telescope out of a bottle. i knew what to do, as soon as i saw the bottle i guessed it (especially since the character said something like "this reminds me of my grandfathers glasses"), but it wouldnt let me combine items. i had to click and click, and eventually realised I had to ask another ghost for the idea of using it as a telescope, to allow me to combine items! I had the damn idea by myself, thankyou. that should be a hint system not a nessecity.
I never completed the game, due to all of the above. Im sorry if the above description is not that accurate, this was months ago.
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1) Them dying at the beginning was a necessity to give the egos ghost powers/limitations
2) While in MI, everything you got Guybrush to do, he was good at, in GP, the egos did not, so while you knew what you were doing, to stay authentic, they needed to be filled in by the other two
The game has it's flaws and we talked about it a couple of pages back, but I'm replaying it now, so I can say a few things I've noticed.
- The puzzles feel artificial. The tasks seem more like chores than actual adventures. It's a shame really, but for a pirate game it's pretty important to feel the danger, the excitement, etc. Tasks that should be simple, take a lot of time and thinking, while everything that might be fun is thrown in the in-game movies. You can't just put the fun stuff in the movies and leave players pushing crates and cutting bamboo sticks.
- Lack of Dialogs! Seriously, you can barely talk to anyone in this game. When you are introduced to a world filled with backstory and characters you hear about, but have no idea who they are, it's nice to have a character or two you can talk to and learn a thing or two how things are and who Flint is for example. Dialogs are a good way to feed information to the player when and if he wants it. THEY ARE IMPORTANT! "But they are ghosts!", someone might say. That's not an excuse. There's always a way around things like that. You have 3 ghosts but the only way they interact or communicate to each other is when you need help with an item or some task. Put a dialog tree there, let me know more about my ghostly comrades and the world around me.
But enough of my rants. As I said, I AM replaying the game, so I guess I don't hate it, I just hate wasted potential.
1) Them dying at the beginning was a necessity to give the egos ghost powers/limitations
I dont care that they died, I mean its called Ghost Pirates haha. I just would have liked a cool cutscene of them becoming ghosts! Rather than a fade to black and then they appear as ghosts.
Does anyone know where I can buy a downloadable version of this, other than at The Adventure Shop?
The Adventure Shop sells a download copy for $30, while GameStop sells a physical copy for $20, and I'd rather not get it from GameStop if I don't have to
The one thing I liked about this game was the art style, and the music wasn't bad even though at times it's just the theme reworked in many different ways, but I loved the old CMI Verb Coin/Skull Hat thing in this game, being able to Examine/Take/Talk, etc really expanded the game, getting multiple comments depending on what I did, etc. Something that I really missed in Tales with it's one click does all approach, brought to light even more by the awesome control system of Monkey Island 2 Special Edition!
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The Adventure Shop sells a download copy for $30, while GameStop sells a physical copy for $20, and I'd rather not get it from GameStop if I don't have to... plus I've been warming up to downloadable games via Steam and such lately
Mamba Games do a download.
No idea but I bought mine from Amazon UK.
I saw it in a local Game recently. In the "cheap games" section, not in the chart bit.
I got this game a while ago, back when it first came out in English. I'll admit that I havent read the whole 11 page thread, but wow it made me greatful for Telltale games' talents!
The voice acting was off, the character movement was odd, and there were giant gaps in the movies. at the beginning, the characters die, but then BAM fade to black and theyre just stood there talking. wow er... thanks for the cool cut scene showing them come back to life.
also the puzzles were just annoying, from what i played before giving up. such as one of the first puzzles, where you had to make a telescope out of a bottle. i knew what to do, as soon as i saw the bottle i guessed it (especially since the character said something like "this reminds me of my grandfathers glasses"), but it wouldnt let me combine items. i had to click and click, and eventually realised I had to ask another ghost for the idea of using it as a telescope, to allow me to combine items! I had the damn idea by myself, thankyou. that should be a hint system not a nessecity.
I never completed the game, due to all of the above. Im sorry if the above description is not that accurate, this was months ago.
</end rant>
1) Them dying at the beginning was a necessity to give the egos ghost powers/limitations
2) While in MI, everything you got Guybrush to do, he was good at, in GP, the egos did not, so while you knew what you were doing, to stay authentic, they needed to be filled in by the other two
- The puzzles feel artificial. The tasks seem more like chores than actual adventures. It's a shame really, but for a pirate game it's pretty important to feel the danger, the excitement, etc. Tasks that should be simple, take a lot of time and thinking, while everything that might be fun is thrown in the in-game movies. You can't just put the fun stuff in the movies and leave players pushing crates and cutting bamboo sticks.
- Lack of Dialogs! Seriously, you can barely talk to anyone in this game. When you are introduced to a world filled with backstory and characters you hear about, but have no idea who they are, it's nice to have a character or two you can talk to and learn a thing or two how things are and who Flint is for example. Dialogs are a good way to feed information to the player when and if he wants it. THEY ARE IMPORTANT! "But they are ghosts!", someone might say. That's not an excuse. There's always a way around things like that. You have 3 ghosts but the only way they interact or communicate to each other is when you need help with an item or some task. Put a dialog tree there, let me know more about my ghostly comrades and the world around me.
But enough of my rants. As I said, I AM replaying the game, so I guess I don't hate it, I just hate wasted potential.
I dont care that they died, I mean its called Ghost Pirates haha. I just would have liked a cool cutscene of them becoming ghosts! Rather than a fade to black and then they appear as ghosts.
GamersGate is temporarily selling it for $9.99.