Dark & Eerie Games Thread

Apparently they have run out of vampires and are moving on to Frankenstein. Wasn't there another Frankenstein game a month or two ago? I think I'll wait until they get to the Sasquatch phase. I would play a Sasquatch game... though there is an ANCIENT one on BF that is terrible. 

LMAO!

That other Frankenstein game was good!

I tried to play the rest of the beta for Frankenstein on Ice and didn't succeed. There were too many tech issues. I listed all of them in my Survey...was afraid I'd run out of room.
It is nice of BF to offer a diagnostic of my computer, but I don't think it's my computer.

Oh, I remember that Sasquatch game, it was Bigfoot something or another.

No BOGO sale this weekend, maybe next since it will be Easter (I didn't have my glasses on when I looked at the calendar). I am practicing self-control and will not be partaking in the current sale at BFG.

    That is good!

dj-are you referring to Frankenstien: Master of Death?   I bought it but have not
gotten around to playing.



I have been playing Dead Reckoning: Brassfield Manor. I came across this one shady
character (just 1?? well, one of the many shady, self-absorbed characters) who is
a magician and so called spiritualist. Personally, I say Con-Man.
Anyway, his voice over reminds me of Wallace Shawn.

I am waiting for him to tell me "Inconceivable!"

Yep, that's the one, luvtoread. I liked it!

Today's CE, Bridge to Another World 2 is getting really good reviews. I'm going to demo now, but I refuse to buy until we get a BOGO sale.
I'm trying my best to be adamant about this...
My new mantra is...."self-control, self-control, and more self-control"

My sister and I went thriftin' today and I didn't buy anything! Well, I take that back, I did buy 2 books. *sad face*
Gosh, I'm so bad. I guess my new mantra isn't working very well.

self-control during a sale is not a good thing

On FB, Eipex has pictures of the upcoming MOTW: The Heart of Desolation
You dragon lovers will like it.

lol, luvtoread, no it's not!!

I'm going to have to finish out the demo of Bridge to Another World 2 because as of now, I'm still undecided.
I like the gameplay and there are a lot of things to do, but I detect some cartoonish graphics and it's making me cringe a little bit.

Another MOTW? Well, YAY!!!!

I just finished playing Dark Canvas: A Brush With Death. Not a bad game. I never knew if I was a dude or a woman, but that's okay. It's totally set up for a sequel too. The only complaint I have really is it does one of the things I hate with HO scenes. Sometimes the items are not to scale. That irritates me for some reason. Otherwise, it wasn't a terrible game. I thought the music was pretty decent too. 

I avoided the sale! Yay!

Though I did think I had more unplayed games than I do. I'm already thinking about reinstating my BF membership. LOL! I'm so weak!

Hmm...over at BFG, I'm reading they're doing away with Bonus Punch Mondays although they are keeping the Bonus Punch Program. It will happen on different days of the week now.
I agree with everyone who posted an advance warning would have been nice.

After going through my notes, I will lose a Bonus Punch using a PCC. I reckon I should've used it last Monday but I was waiting to see what SE's were coming out for the week.
I wouldn't have had enough punches for a completed PC anyways, and in this case, I am glad I'm a procrastinator who didn't buy any games this past weekend during the sale.

Okay...onward I go to see if I can find a good/decent/playable SE game.

How about Greed: Forbidden Experiments? I got the first Greed, so I had
to get this one. Though for the life of me I cannot remember how it ended, but I know
I played (first one) and enjoyed it.
I am really hoping for a good sale this weekend as I actually have a few on my "to buy"
list.

I do have Greed: Forbidden Experiments. I have the first Greed, too, and I enjoyed playing it. That's about all I remember.

I also have a few games on my "to buy" list and I'll probably want the 2 CEs coming out:

Fear For Sale: Endless Voyage (may settle for the SE)
Cadenza: The Kiss of Death (a for sure buy)

These games are listed on BF's FB page and of course, could change if something comes up.

I would certainly like to see a BOGO sale this weekend, BFG, especially after today.

Where on BFG's page did you see that they are doing away with Punch Code Monday's?

A new Fear For Sale? I love that series!

It's in the Treasures of Rome forum under "bonus punch Monday" since there isn't anywhere else to post anything over there unless you play FtP games. (and after sorting through all the spam that shows up late at night and early in the morning before BFG's personnel get to the office)
I didn't see any banner yesterday advertising the Bonus Punch Monday deal, either. 

I know BFG is a business and can/will do whatever they want. But, I do believe that NOT informing your customers earlier was a bit underhanded.
Also, I'm not too sure if it would've been announced at all by BFG. An observant gamer happened to notice and comment on it.
Gosh, as soon as a moderator responded with something like "We'll have to look into that", I had a funny feeling Bonus Punch Mondays would be gone.

Yes, of course BFG (Under new ownership) is perfectly free to do/experiment with however they decide to conduct their business. Fresh, innovative ideas to bring in new members, all the FtP games developers want to develop, it's all good and boils down to how much money they can rake in (as with all businesses). Fine & dandy.
For me...it means no more punch card strategy because I won't be buying as many CE games.

I agree, an e-mail would be nice, they send us ones about games, why not about decisions
affecting customers?
As long as they continue to have CE sales, I know I will buy. I cannot help myself.

I'll still buy CEs because I can't help myself either and I enjoy playing games too much to give it up.

I will slow down on CE purchases. TBH, it's getting harder and harder for me to use my PCCs before the expiration date.
I looked at my notes and for the month of April, I have 3 PCCs. I used one of them for DT: EAP's The Mystery of Marie Roget.

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Well, I just finished Haunted Manor: Painted Beauties (SE) and IIRC, definitely NOT one of Esme's fav games!

It started off great. I thought the little Hint angel was very cute, after I got through being annoyed by her because she didn't quite fit into the darkish storyline of this game. I'm merrily playing along--good graphics, puzzles, music, etc.
About midway through, there were so many places to remember and things to do in those places, I finally looked at the map...and I see it's not a task indicator map.  
And because I never play a game in one sitting...I was endlessly clicking the little angel to "show me the way" as I kept getting lost. (I think we're BFF now) She takes a brief nap and giggles when she wakes up, it's so cute!
The locations on the map are kind of small and I practically had my nose to the screen in order to see them properly. Note to Devs: Since we didn't get a task indicator map, you should've had the little Hint angel "fly" to the map and point out the active places. It would've been a lot faster. Just sayin'.

All-in-all, not a bad game, but a bit convoluted and messy towards the end.

Edited: It is a transporter map, but it is not a task indicator map. Sorry about that, folks.
And...I just demo'd Fear For Sale: Endless Voyage...and bought it.

Goodness, I don't have any willpower when it comes to games. I thought EleFun Games was the developer of the Fear For Sale series and I had to check Genki's "List of Developers" (again) to make sure. I do enjoy their games, so it's understandable/justifiable for me to have absolutely no willpower this time.
 
I still hope we get a BOGO sale this weekend. Hmm...what's my mantra again? Geesh.

dj---Your mantra is


     Game Sales Are Good a Time To Buy


I really,  really  hope there is a good CE sale this weekend.

You're so not helping me overcome my gaming addiction, luvtoread.

It's pretty bad when I'm looking at my Purchase History and can't remember if I've played Off the Record: Art of Deception. I know I've played a game with artwork in it and before y'all say, "Well, of course you did, you just played Painted Beauties!" I am not talking about that game.

Okay, I've decided on what games I will buy or won't buy--

1. First off, no helpers. I've grown kind of tired of them. There are only a few I don't mind...and I have to say, WTH Elephant Games? Elf can't dig anymore?? I mean, he is a dog and I do think he should lend a paw or two when needed.

2. No gimmicks (Elephant Games, you're batting about 0 with me right now with the "sight" gimmick in your latest MT and Elf, who doesn't dig). Heck, I quit demo'ing and when I went back a couple of days later, I forgot how the "sight" thingy worked.

3. No potion-making. It's boring, tedious, and I hate it.

4. No more fairytale games. I've had it up to here...with them. Oh, I know everyone was complaining about the darker games (And they still are. I'd like to know where they're at myself because I would be buying them if I knew). Now, we got the fairytales. Granted, some are good...but I'm sick of playing them.

Keeping those guidelines in mind should curtail my game-buying.

djrum wrote:Well, I just finished Haunted Manor: Painted Beauties (SE) and IIRC, definitely NOT one of Esme's fav games!

It started off great. I thought the little Hint angel was very cute, after I got through being annoyed by her because she didn't quite fit into the darkish storyline of this game. I'm merrily playing along--good graphics, puzzles, music, etc.
About midway through, there were so many places to remember and things to do in those places, I finally looked at the map...and I see it's not a task indicator map.  
And because I never play a game in one sitting...I was endlessly clicking the little angel to "show me the way" as I kept getting lost. (I think we're BFF now) She takes a brief nap and giggles when she wakes up, it's so cute!
The locations on the map are kind of small and I practically had my nose to the screen in order to see them properly. Note to Devs: Since we didn't get a task indicator map, you should've had the little Hint angel "fly" to the map and point out the active places. It would've been a lot faster. Just sayin'.

All-in-all, not a bad game, but a bit convoluted and messy towards the end.

Edited: It is a transporter map, but it is not a task indicator map. Sorry about that, folks.
And...I just demo'd Fear For Sale: Endless Voyage...and bought it.

You are right, DJ. I hated that game. In fact, I never finished it! I wanted to punch the angel too. The giggle drove me nuts! 

I have not played anything this week. I have been so busy at work that I haven't had time for anything fun. The last one I played was Marie Roget and needless to say, I should have known better. What a dumb ending. At least IMO. 

Not sure what to play next... might just hang out with the Fishdom fishies for a while. I hope all you are having a good week and playing fun games and all that!

Rain and rumbles of thunder, all night long and all day today.   Gusting winds blew one of the downspouts off our house.

I thought an Easter sale would start on Good Friday (today)? Guess not.

I'm playing the new Love Chronicles game. I've played all the others, so I'm hoping it's entertaining enough.

We had rain all day yesterday too. Probably all night as well, but I don't know about that; I was asleep. 

The thing with BF is if you wait long enough they always have a sale. Just hang on... I'm sure it's coming! 

The thunder woke me up and I'm gonna drag-ass all day long.

I did beta a new game...Haunted Hotel: Eternity. I'm not sure what happened with Det. Dreamy, I didn't see him at all.
Brief story...we are hired to act as a bodyguard for a professor who might've dabbled in some evil human experimentation. (I did mention a few things about the storyline in my Survey Questionnaire. I won't go into detail)

Anyways, things happen. The "villain" communicates with us via television monitors (reminded me of Oscar in Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome, one of my all-time favorite games!).
There were some easy puzzles and I ran into one super-puzzle in my beta-demo time and I solved it, yay!

I liked the sinister atmosphere of what I played and I will purchase it upon release!

The Sale is On!!    

I already know I want MT.     I  haven't demoed the new Fear For Sale,  so I am going
to check it out.  Plus,   I do like the new  Puppet Show #157  so I am thinking on that.
I have 2 Game Credits,   I like when I get to use them on CE's.

So,   the new HH  doesn't feature  Det.  Celebrity-Hound?   From your description,   it does
sound interesting.
Well,   I am off to demo,   buy and play.

And seeing the weather outside sounds    , I will need snacks for my enforced game playing.