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2009-07-29, 01:17 PM
Just thought I'd let you know that this adventure game series by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw is now available as a special edition package, free for anyone!
Previously you had to pay a couple of bucks to get these, but since Yahtzee's getting a regular paycheck at Escapist he decided to let us download the SEs for free.
Get them here (http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/donate.htm). (You can also grab 1213 Special Edition, which is a Flashback/Prince of Persia style platformer experiment.)
The Chzo Mythos is a supernatural suspense story with a good mix of ghost stories, science fiction and Lovecraft-style elder god horror.
5 Days a Stranger starts the series off and is a pretty basic ghost story. You play as a gentleman thief, Trilby, who gets stuck in an empty mansion with some other unfortunate englishmen. However, there is something else in the house. Something dangerous.
The game is pretty old and the music is ripped from RPG maker, but it's still good fun.
7 Days a Skeptic is a science fiction tale. You are aboard a spaceship that does scoutruns across the galaxy. The crew hauls in a mysterious metal box floating in space, which turns out to be a bad idea. Horror ensues.
Trilby's Notes is set between 5DaS and 7DaS and continues the story of our favourite gentleman thief. A strange twist of fate forces the burglar to face his past again, as the memories of the haunted mansion refuse to let him go. He travels to a remote english island to track down the cause of the horror. He finds much more than he bargained for.
This game features a text parser interface and an unique audio track by Mark Lovegrove.
Finally, 6 Days a Sacrifice finishes the story with a bang (a bang that you can actually make sense of thanks to the extra content of the Special Edition). Theodore Dacabe, an innocent property inspector, ends up in a conflict with a mysterious cult that seems to worship some grotesque god of pain from beyond this world. He runs into several familiar characters, finds out what the whole century-spanning story has always been really about and finds his true destiny along the way.
Once again, excellent soundtrack and overall good production values for an independent game.
The Special Editions include:
-Extra content (especially for 6DaS)
-Running commentary by Yahtzee (use this option only after completing the games. The commentary contains spoilers)
-Soundtracks for download
-Some nice presents here and there for the fanboys and girls
-Something more that I've forgotten, for sure
The games are in the horror genre, so expect blood and innards and suspenful scenes and other such stuff. It's also in the adventure game genre, so expect lots of clicking and having to use your braincells.
If you have already played the series, I highly recommend the author's commentary. It clarifies certain things, contains a good amount of humour and tells us a little bit about Yahtzee's game design manners.
For the rest of you, pick up these games in the order listed above and start playing. I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy them if you're into the genre.
Edit: Well that turned out long, didn't it?
Previously you had to pay a couple of bucks to get these, but since Yahtzee's getting a regular paycheck at Escapist he decided to let us download the SEs for free.
Get them here (http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/donate.htm). (You can also grab 1213 Special Edition, which is a Flashback/Prince of Persia style platformer experiment.)
The Chzo Mythos is a supernatural suspense story with a good mix of ghost stories, science fiction and Lovecraft-style elder god horror.
5 Days a Stranger starts the series off and is a pretty basic ghost story. You play as a gentleman thief, Trilby, who gets stuck in an empty mansion with some other unfortunate englishmen. However, there is something else in the house. Something dangerous.
The game is pretty old and the music is ripped from RPG maker, but it's still good fun.
7 Days a Skeptic is a science fiction tale. You are aboard a spaceship that does scoutruns across the galaxy. The crew hauls in a mysterious metal box floating in space, which turns out to be a bad idea. Horror ensues.
Trilby's Notes is set between 5DaS and 7DaS and continues the story of our favourite gentleman thief. A strange twist of fate forces the burglar to face his past again, as the memories of the haunted mansion refuse to let him go. He travels to a remote english island to track down the cause of the horror. He finds much more than he bargained for.
This game features a text parser interface and an unique audio track by Mark Lovegrove.
Finally, 6 Days a Sacrifice finishes the story with a bang (a bang that you can actually make sense of thanks to the extra content of the Special Edition). Theodore Dacabe, an innocent property inspector, ends up in a conflict with a mysterious cult that seems to worship some grotesque god of pain from beyond this world. He runs into several familiar characters, finds out what the whole century-spanning story has always been really about and finds his true destiny along the way.
Once again, excellent soundtrack and overall good production values for an independent game.
The Special Editions include:
-Extra content (especially for 6DaS)
-Running commentary by Yahtzee (use this option only after completing the games. The commentary contains spoilers)
-Soundtracks for download
-Some nice presents here and there for the fanboys and girls
-Something more that I've forgotten, for sure
The games are in the horror genre, so expect blood and innards and suspenful scenes and other such stuff. It's also in the adventure game genre, so expect lots of clicking and having to use your braincells.
If you have already played the series, I highly recommend the author's commentary. It clarifies certain things, contains a good amount of humour and tells us a little bit about Yahtzee's game design manners.
For the rest of you, pick up these games in the order listed above and start playing. I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy them if you're into the genre.
Edit: Well that turned out long, didn't it?