Have anyone seen: PRISONER OF ICE?
Lawell Kiing
I've just saw a demo of INFOGRAMES' Prisoner of Ice (demo from UK's
PC Gamer). The SVGA demo was superb in terms of graphics and speech
and the story seem extremely intriguing (I loved INFOGRAMES' Alone
In the Dark, actually got me scared). Does anyone actually have the
game? Any opinions? Also, is anybody selling it? I really haven't
seen it in any retail stores here in Toronto. Thanks.
Regards,
Lawell Kiing (Toronto email: lki...@vnet.ibm.com)
Terry
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John Luiz
As far as opinions, I liked Shadow of the Comet. The puzzles are
interesting, although, on average, they're not as challenging as in
some other games (like Discworld). You will get stuck several times,
but patience will usually lead you to a solution fairly quickly.
The storyline is interesting and you may between a lot of locations.
It's also one of those games that breaks down into segments. At each
locale, you only have a few inventory items and a few screens to wander
around in. You won't be carrying 30 plus inventory items and wandering
around 20 screens, wondering what to do next.
The art is impressive, with those three-d polygonal characters
Infogrames is famous for. There are some battle sequences -- but
they're short and simple. The game is not like AItD in that respect --
it's almost completely puzzle-oriented.
The game's style reminded my of Bureau 13, but Prisoner of Ice is a
much more well-scripted and more bug-free game.
Joe Hachem
>I've just saw a demo of INFOGRAMES' Prisoner of Ice (demo from UK's
>PC Gamer). The SVGA demo was superb in terms of graphics and speech
>and the story seem extremely intriguing (I loved INFOGRAMES' Alone
>In the Dark, actually got me scared). Does anyone actually have the
...
Alone in the Dark (1) was a magnificent game. The second and third in
the series are a joke. If one pays close attention to the credits,
there is a key name missing starting with Alone in the Dark 2 (can't
remember which, but it's a biggy, rank-wise). Having no other
explanation for the disgusting drop in quality, I attributed it to
this mysterious person and, probably, to some b.s. personality
conflict withing Infogrames or something. I would dearly love to
think that newer games can recapture AITD's magic. Can someone know
if this person is back or not? It is most certainly not Bruno Bonnell
and Co., who were the geniuses behind the AITD2 and AITD3 fiascos...
Joe Hachem
Michel de Rooy
>>PC Gamer). The SVGA demo was superb in terms of graphics and speech
>>and the story seem extremely intriguing (I loved INFOGRAMES' Alone
>>In the Dark, actually got me scared). Does anyone actually have the
>>seen it in any retail stores here in Toronto. Thanks.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Lawell Kiing (Toronto email: lki...@vnet.ibm.com)
The major drawback is that Prisoner of Ice is fully spoken
by French (?). I've read an article complaining that the english
talkie CD is far from english spoken (wrong translations etc.),
and the dutch version is translated/spoken by belgian people.
It's the same thing (sort of) as using speech for english
talkie CD's from scotchs or irish people.
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Martin Veasey
> by French (?). I've read an article complaining that the english
> talkie CD is far from english spoken (wrong translations etc.),
> and the dutch version is translated/spoken by belgian people.
> It's the same thing (sort of) as using speech for english
> talkie CD's from scotchs or irish people.
(?) indeed. Maybe this varies, country by country, but my version
(bought in English in the UK) had perfect grammar/pronounciation (by
largely American actors).
I haven't cross-posted this to alt.horror.cthulhu to get verification
on Cthulhu's pronounciation, however!
Martin Veasey | INTERNET lives
e-mail : mar...@cheam.demon.co.uk | in Cheam, Surrey, England
Lawell Kiing
complained about the shortness of the game but not its translation. And
this from a British magazine. The demo I got the english was pretty good.
Anyways, I hope it arrives in North America soon.
>Subject: Re: Have anyone seen: PRISONER OF ICE?
>From: mde...@worldaccess.nl (Michel de Rooy)
>Organization: World Access
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.marketplace,alt.cd-rom,alt.cd-rom.reviews
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>Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 13:25:12 GMT
>
>>>I've just saw a demo of INFOGRAMES' Prisoner of Ice (demo from UK's
>>>PC Gamer). The SVGA demo was superb in terms of graphics and speech
>>>and the story seem extremely intriguing (I loved INFOGRAMES' Alone
>>>In the Dark, actually got me scared). Does anyone actually have the
>>>game? Any opinions? Also, is anybody selling it? I really haven't
>>>seen it in any retail stores here in Toronto. Thanks.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Lawell Kiing (Toronto email: lki...@vnet.ibm.com)
>
>The major drawback is that Prisoner of Ice is fully spoken
>by French (?). I've read an article complaining that the english
>talkie CD is far from english spoken (wrong translations etc.),
>and the dutch version is translated/spoken by belgian people.
>It's the same thing (sort of) as using speech for english
>talkie CD's from scotchs or irish people.
>
>
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