I have to say I'm kind of worried about this one. This game is awful... and boring. I can hardly believe they picked an FMV game that isn't an adventure. I only hope that Vinny and Dave find some way to make it funny.

It certainly wont be an adventure spanning a couple of hours where they explore all the features and their fond memories. It can still be entertaining and adds variety. I am most interested in this feature because I get to see games I've never heard of presented by people who have.

@AlisterCat: I guess I just want them to present lesser known games that are actually worth playing. All the others, while I had never played them, seemed like decent games. Considering the catalog of Sierra games, it is hard for me to understand the choice. Alas, I might just want someone to finally validate my love of the Gabriel Knight series and graphic adventures in general. I guess they'll be able to make it entertaining, though.

I'm looking forward to it. The only reason I even recognize the name of this game are the few very quick references during Bombcasts and such.

These videos have been awesome since my first PC games were Half Life, Warcraft 2 and Starcraft. All received on the same Christmas day. It's been a pretty cool to see some of the older games being played as well as getting a brief history of them.

Most of the random PC games have been crap so far because they were deep PC games that took hours to get past a tutorial. That's what has always bridged the gap between console and PC gamers, the amount of social interaction between game and player.

Is it at least the good kind of awful?

Two to the body, one to the head. Aimed shots, no double taps. Put 'em on safe and let 'em hang! I think 'awful' is an overstatement, and the amount they'll fuck it up (it's VERY easy to fuck things up) it probably won't be boring either. PQ Swat is an interesting curio, if a bit of a development cul-de-sac.

Note, however, that showing the original version of PQ1 was the best way to solve this puzzle, so they miss out on a few points.

If anything, it looks like the bad FMV game I've wanted them to do for a while. Really, I think they're just trying their best to not just do a bunch of old RPGs that only weirdos like me care about.

@Video_Game_King said:

Is it at least the good kind of awful?

It's FMV.

should have done SWAT 3

I have no clue what you are talking about, SWAT is great. and im not talking about the new ones.

@Video_Game_King said:

Is it at least the good kind of awful?

Its great, you lose and you get yelled at and kicked off the force, you win and you get yelled at and a 2week suspension.

@ArbitraryWater said:

If anything, it looks like the bad FMV game I've wanted them to do for a while. Really, I think they're just trying their best to not just do a bunch of old RPGs that only weirdos like me care about.

Like Temple of Elemental Evil?

Should have done any Police Quest instead of this. Although, I am looking forward to seeing Betty White with a handgun.

@FrankCanada97 said:

Should have done any Police Quest instead of this. Although, I am looking forward to seeing Betty White with a handgun.

Im calling Shenanigans, your not even a member.

@Dagbiker said:

@FrankCanada97 said:

Should have done any Police Quest instead of this. Although, I am looking forward to seeing Betty White with a handgun.

Im calling Shenanigans, your not even a member.

That was more of me just reminiscing than anything else.

@Buzzkill said:

Most of the random PC games have been crap so far because they were deep PC games that took hours to get past a tutorial. That's what has always bridged the gap between console and PC gamers, the amount of social interaction between game and player.

Most of the PC games they've covered so far have been awesome because they remind me of my time with them. They were a lot further into Baldur's Gate than I ever got because I kind of gave up on it around the time I got to the inn, I may be misremembering the first game with the second, but I never really got into those. I had tons of fun playing No Remorse with my friends hot seat style (you switched out when you died). That's nothing to say about Daggerfall! So many people refer to the Elder Scrolls games as Oblivion that it is sickening. They have been buggy since at least Daggerfall, I never played Arena so I don't know how open or buggy that was but Daggerfall was a beautiful disaster. I had a friend who actually tried to complete the story quest, I don't rember if he did or not but he told me about dungeons on the quest lines that seemed to be randomly generated (not on every try but just to populate the world) that had doors that led to walls and dead ends that made completing the game nearly impossible. Just look at the patch notes for that game and you will see that Bethesda has come a long way in their open world games from Daggerfall to Fallout 3.

Younger gamers need to be exposed to this kind of stuff because without their acceptance of this kind of torture innovation will not happen we will see old franchises revived again and again made into first person shooters. I'm not sure how Master of Magic will hold up in that genre. But I guess if that is what you kids want, it's what you'll get.

I'm a little interested to see this game since I never played it when it was out. I was stuck on a Mac, and while I think it was maybe out on that system I was probably busy playing Journeyman Project and Marathon being maybe being 14 or 15 at the time. Hell Doom II may have been out on the Mac by then. God I loved moving to the PC.

@Dagbiker said:

I have no clue what you are talking about, SWAT is great. and im not talking about the new ones.

@Video_Game_King said:

Is it at least the good kind of awful?

Its great, you lose and you get yelled at and kicked off the force, you win and you get yelled at and a 2week suspension.

I loved playing SWAT2.

Sure, I have your armored car waiting outside, why don't you just walk on out and take it? Oh, don't mind those guys on the rooftop over there... they're birdwatchers.

@Jimbo said:

Two to the body, one to the head. Aimed shots, no double taps. Put 'em on safe and let 'em hang!

Wow that brings back memories. I hope they remember to slice the pie and not let that old lady shoot them in the first mission.

Adjust for wind

@Video_Game_King said:

Is it at least the good kind of awful?

It's FMV.

I need SWAT 5. Nao.

They have to play the game long enough to get to the deranged grandma with the gun. They must.

@Buzzkill: I usually play console games and I don't mind long tutorials.

@Still_I_Cry said:

@Buzzkill: I usually play console games and I don't mind long tutorials.

tutorials of yore are not as tutorials of today, today they are integrated into the story/game much more seamlessly then 10 years ago.

@Dagbiker:Are you talking about PC tutorials or console Tutorials?

And why are you bringing up tutorials of PC games from a decade or longer ago?

I would think that the discussion/bridge would change as games evolve, which they have.

So, tutorials in PC games aren't as dull as they used to be is your point?

Oh MAN I hope they screw up the mission with the old lady.

Slice the pie.

@Buzzkill said:

Most of the random PC games have been crap so far because they were deep PC games that took hours to get past a tutorial. That's what has always bridged the gap between console and PC gamers, the amount of social interaction between game and player.

Most of the PC games they've covered so far have been awesome because they remind me of my time with them. They were a lot further into Baldur's Gate than I ever got because I kind of gave up on it around the time I got to the inn, I may be misremembering the first game with the second, but I never really got into those. I had tons of fun playing No Remorse with my friends hot seat style (you switched out when you died). That's nothing to say about Daggerfall! So many people refer to the Elder Scrolls games as Oblivion that it is sickening. They have been buggy since at least Daggerfall, I never played Arena so I don't know how open or buggy that was but Daggerfall was a beautiful disaster. I had a friend who actually tried to complete the story quest, I don't rember if he did or not but he told me about dungeons on the quest lines that seemed to be randomly generated (not on every try but just to populate the world) that had doors that led to walls and dead ends that made completing the game nearly impossible. Just look at the patch notes for that game and you will see that Bethesda has come a long way in their open world games from Daggerfall to Fallout 3.

Younger gamers need to be exposed to this kind of stuff because without their acceptance of this kind of torture innovation will not happen we will see old franchises revived again and again made into first person shooters. I'm not sure how Master of Magic will hold up in that genre. But I guess if that is what you kids want, it's what you'll get.

I'm a little interested to see this game since I never played it when it was out. I was stuck on a Mac, and while I think it was maybe out on that system I was probably busy playing Journeyman Project and Marathon being maybe being 14 or 15 at the time. Hell Doom II may have been out on the Mac by then. God I loved moving to the PC.

Yes, this game is pretty bad, but it's a game I grew up on. Hopefully they won't take it too seriously. Unless they remember what they're supposed to do, I suspect they'll be asking the chat or looking up walkthroughs, as this game is near impossible to figure out on a first go. The best thing about this game is messing around and intentionally screwing up everything, Ex: throwing flashbangs on a hostage, shooting the hostage, shooting your teammates, doing dynamic entries when it should be stealth. The possibilities are endless, and practically every action has its own unique FMV. I'm sure and hope they SAVE-IT! often, which is not only necessary, but useful for trying every possible thing.

I hope they don't abandon old FMV games until they get a chance to play some Total Distortion. This is one of the most insane PC games you'll ever see, here's the game over screen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgoalnC5s8

How long till the archive is up?Last one took 5 days...

I might watch this. It sounds interesting.

It was... amazing... for an encore they should fire up Falcon 3 and try to play without reading the manual. :-)

i wish they would do these ether 12 pst Thursdays, or 9 pst friday.

It already happened? I thought it was happening at 12? So they do their times in EST now? Or it's set to whatever time zone I happen to be in, or anyone happens to be in?

@Homeslice: Yep, It's for whatever time zone you're in.

So yeah. It was kind of a train wreck. Maybe it will be an enjoyable train wreck for you!