Re-jig the control system and there is no doubt you would be on the verge of an outstanding game. Even with the foibles of the controls, both of us agree that this game was well worth the price of admission. It will infuriate as many people as it enthralls, but Fahrenheit is an action/adventure game that well satisfies both halves of that equation, and which contains some damn fine gaming moments.
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There’s no end to the criticisms that can be leveled at Fahrenheit, but it’s hard to deny the game’s eminent playability. The original game is a cult classic for a reason, and even fundamentally bad writing and game design don’t detract from that. Unfortunately, the various technical failings of this remastered version do. It feels sloppy, cheap, and rushed – and that’s if you can get it to work at all. If you’ve never played Indigo Prophecy before then you ought to give it a try.
EpilogueOther elements of the game tend to worsen as you make progress. The story, while intriguing and superior to the majority of games on the market, eventually moves beyond supernatural to nonsense, as it outlandishly raises the stakes. In...
Re-jig the control system and there is no doubt you would be on the verge of an outstanding game. Even with the foibles of the controls, both of us agree that this game was well worth the price of admission. It will infuriate as many people as it enthralls, but Fahrenheit is an action/adventure game that well satisfies both halves of that equation, and which contains some damn fine gaming moments.
Video-game storytelling has come a long way. Stories in games started in simple text, then with accompanying graphics, and eventually animated cutscenes. FMV was experimented with – and largely unremarkable, as “interactive movies”...
Not everyone is going to love the way this game plays (especially if you're forced to do it with a mouse and keyboard setup), but anybody with a love for good storytelling and the adventure genre will find Indigo Prophecy to be an original and enlightening experience.
Shot in the face. Drowned in icy water. Bounced off the hood of a car. Charged with murder and thrown in jail for the rest of your sorry life. That’s just a sampling of the catalog of misfortunes that assail you in Indigo Prophecy, an adventure...
I keep hearing from everyone I talk to that the adventure game is either dying or dead. While there arent as many new titles released as in the past, the games are out there. From the Myst series to Syberia to the very passable CSI games, you can still...