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Haven => The Asylum! => Topic started by: drunkenmonkey on November 08, 2010, 04:29:03 PM
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I want you to think of an item used in an adventure game and list at least one game where it helped and how. I'll start.
Rope: On monkey island you need rope to get down into the gorge.
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a blade of some kind
KQ1: dagger
KQ2: sword
KQ3: knife
KQ4: here they get creative... it's an axe
KQ5: here they break tradition all together: no blade
KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
KQ7: and again no blade
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KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
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KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
I considered that, but I don't think it ever actually goes into his inventory. I could have included things that have "blades" but that we wouldn't really consider a bladed weapon (shovels for instance) in which case KQ7 had a blade it was just a shovel. :P
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KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
Lol! You make it sound rather like a Tom and Jerry-style conflict! ;D
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Clay: Used in Gabriel Knight to make a mold
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A stick!
Um...okay, granted I can't remember a list off the top of my head, but there's always a stick. The only one I can think of right now is in KQ5 that you throw at the dog.
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A stick!
Um...okay, granted I can't remember a list off the top of my head, but there's always a stick. The only one I can think of right now is in KQ5 that you throw at the dog.
And KQ7 in the desert!
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KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
Lol! You make it sound rather like a Tom and Jerry-style conflict! ;D
It kind of was. Alexander wasn't exactly swordfighting there. :P You'd think if Alhazred were any good with a sword, he'd have dispatched him quickly and easily. There was a bit of cat and mouse to that fight (and it's why Alhazred lost). :P
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The sword in KQ6 may not have gone into the inventory, but the scythe did. So that's two blades in Alexander's inventory. Roberta also did Black Cauldron, which has a dagger in it too. She liked her knives I guess.
How about rocks in Space Quest? You use a rock in SQ1. You sling a rock in SQ2, and you have a glowing gem, which is also just a rock. You still have the glowing gem in SQ3. I think 4 and 5 are rock free, but in SQ6, they're back to their roots, having you throw gall stones at nanites.
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KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
Lol! You make it sound rather like a Tom and Jerry-style conflict! ;D
There was a bit of cat and mouse to that fight
Hence the quote: "Soooo! The mouse would bite?" "This mouse SHALL bite!" ;)
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KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
Lol! You make it sound rather like a Tom and Jerry-style conflict! ;D
There was a bit of cat and mouse to that fight
Hence the quote: "Soooo! The mouse would bite?" "This mouse SHALL bite!" ;)
You know, I thought the exact same thing when I was making my post. :P
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Great minds! :D
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Great minds! :D
And theirs too!
Oh snap. :P
Sorry, I couldn't resist! Ya'll are brilliant. :)
Anyways, I'm gonna go with "cup" for my item since Alexander uses one in both KQ3 and KQ6 (different kinds of cups, but cups nonetheless!)
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"Cup" is also in TSL! :yes:
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"Cup" is also in TSL! :yes:
True!!
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Keys/Keycards: Pretty much any adventure game.
Where would an adventure be without blocked paths that you couldn't explore until you passed a certain point in the game and could unlock it.
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As Yahtzee said about System Shock 2 and Bioshock: "Whenever you get a deceptively simple objective like 'Walk across the room,' you can bet your bionic implants that a door's going to lock or the ceiling's going to collapse, and you'll have to journey to Mt. Doom and back just to restore the status quo." ^_^
How about money? KQ1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and TSL all contain some form of coinage.
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Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist has horse poop, and Torin's Passage has dragon poop.
"Oh hey, I might need that! I'll scoop it up right away!"
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Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist has horse poop, and Torin's Passage has dragon poop.
"Oh hey, I might need that! I'll scoop it up right away!"
Gross but good point.
....and again, gross.
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You'd be surprised at how many puzzles can be solved by throwing rocks at something.
Also, Genuine Ali T. Fakir X-Ray Glasses are essential. Useless, but essential.
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True that on the glasses!
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Did we mention shovel already? They come in very handy in several adventure games!
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And in Minecraft as well.
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Crowbar. There's always a crowbar ;) Or if there isn't, I end up looking for one.
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Crowbar. There's always a crowbar ;) Or if there isn't, I end up looking for one.
XD