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The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures is easy to quickly dip into and reminisce about your favourite classic adventure games. Kurt Kalata is obviously a huge fan of the genre and its history and this passion shines throughout the book – it often proves fascinating to read additional trivia for each game, gage the opinion of the author in comparison to your own opinion and then discover whether the game in question can still be played on a modern computer. Yet the writing is so strong and the arguments so well made that any differences of opinion can be safely attributed to personal preference alone. Elsewhere, the controls of Gabriel Knight 3 are downplayed and criticised, whereas I actually found them to be rather innovative and a highly positive aspect of the game – despite its numerous flaws in other areas. This is something I didn’t quite agree with – I found the game well paced and engaging throughout and I rather enjoyed the mechanical puzzles. Of course, with over 300 games reviewed it is only natural that the opinions offered will occasionally differ to those of the reader.įor example, the pages detailing Grim Fandango explain how “the third chapter sees Manny stuck in an island prison solving a bunch of boring mechanical puzzles”. Each game’s story and background is outlined in detail before the reviewer – usually Kurt Kalata himself, but occasionally a fellow contributor – delves deeper into the visual, audio, gameplay and thematic aspects of the title.

The word ‘guide’ in the title of this book is admittedly somewhat deceptive: each game is not only extensively detailed, but also fully critiqued too. There is also a small section at the back of the book covering a handful of indie adventure games, such as Machinarium and Gemini Rue. The third and final section features individual games that don’t fit into either of the previous sections (such as Teenagent and Toonstruck).

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The seconds classifies games by series (such as the Discworld or Secret Files games). The first classifies games by developer (such as Westwood Studios and Revolution Software). The book is divided into three main sections. However, this is by no means a complaint. Presents: The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures is certainly an intimidating tome upon first glance. It also includes a number of interviews with classic game developers such as Al Lowe (creator of Leisure Suit Larry) and Corey Cole (creator of Quest for Glory). It is 772 pages in length and covers over 300 games, focusing on such prominent publishers as LucasArts and Sierra On-Line, as well as several other popular and not-so-popular series and games. Presents: The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures is ‘an ode to one of the oldest genres in electronic gaming’ – aka adventure games – compiled and edited by Kurt Kalata.

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