Captain Mystery - The Return

Yep, finally, after months of hiding (or months of fighting stupidity as he puts it), Captain Mystery has returned with another article. This time he looks at LucasArts' recent comitment to "next-generation" consoles, and why we all should shut up. The usual stuff, basically. Make sure to leave him a comment, here.

Update: We've added a new poll, reading "Would you buy a console, if MI5 would be exclusive for that format?". Go vote!

Comment from Haggis

Ah yes, that's very true. Adventure games are best enjoyed in dark attics, late in the evening, with the comfort of a desk chair and a bag of crisps. With the mouse in one hand as a weapon to fight evil, and your other hand suffering from thrombosis because you have only one mouse to move, you get sucked into a time vortex, only to realise that you have been playing for five hours on end. That doesn't happen when you are playing on a console which happens to be attached to a television set on which a very important programme is aired... which is far more important than you rescuing Elaine. I enjoy Super Smash Brothers Melee, though.

Posted Jun 27, 2002

Comment from Jayel

Trying to get a console gamer to play Grim Fandango:
me - "Come on, try it."
him - "Alright, but don't laugh if I die on the first level."
me - "You can't die in this game."
him - "Really? What do you do in it then?"
me - "well, you are a travel agent and you have to sell these tickets, see..."
him - "and if you sell enough tickets you advance to the next level?"
me - "No!!!"
him - "You have to fight a boss first?"
me - "..."

True story

Posted Jun 27, 2002

Comment from Ryback

Well, let's see. LucasArts release MI5 on computer. Cost: $70.

LucasArts release MI5 exclusively on next-gen console. Cost: $70 + $400 = $470. (Don't faint, these are Aussie dollars.)

I'm not much of a gamer, if I was to buy a console it'd only be to play MI5. And $470 just for one game is a BIT steep.

And like the other posters commented, console games are different from computer games - each have their own areas of expertise. (You want to fly a flight sim, you get a PC, for instance). An MI5 designed exlusively for consoles would probably not be much of an adventure. And given the negative reaction to the console-ish EMI, I think a few people would agree with me.

Posted Jun 28, 2002