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Mr Creosote
Did Dynamix ever make a bad game? My feeling is their track record is pretty much spotless. Not only that, a large number of their works was great in their day and even holds up well today. Case in point, Project Firestart.
Eden
Their CRPG record is certainly spotless! (Also, am I the only one who can't help but think of Betrayal at Krondor as a proto-FMV game? I love its manual so much, with the costumed gallery at the end.)
I'd say Rise of the Dragon is a bit of a mixed bag. There's a lot that's really cool about it but also some stuff I suspect a lot of people wouldn't mind dropping. Tho I'd say it's like a 90/10 split between the good and the bad respectively.
I have Rise of the Dragon in mind as absolutely great. Though it has been 20 years, so I may just be remembering its ambition rather than its execution. Heart of China, on the other hand, is indeed quite clunky, now that you mention it. 90% his is great enough
I played it [Willy Beamish] when I was 12 or 13 and probably missed some references, being a Cypriot kid who knew little of US culture, but it felt opaque, mean-spirited, and like there were a bunch of adult references I was missing. But I can't say for certain that more knowledge wouldn't make me enjoy it more. (Casting an eye over a plot summary doesn't fill me with hope, though.)
Honestly, your memory sounds pretty spot on. I think there was a sort mean spirited zeit geist here at the time. Like the whole edgy for edge's sake thing. Some of it aged really badly.Iirc there may also be a twinge of racism in RotD. I think there's some good to take away but also some hard 90's cringe there. Like I said, mixed bag. I do think its at least an interesting footnote in Dynamix' gameography.
Project Firestart is insanely good. So ambitious for an 8-bit game and it looks incredible. Some Amiga sci-fi games failed to look this good. It's almost impossible to play without being hit by a sense of paranoia I otherwise wouldn't feel in a game until Alien Isolation. The ending is just bonkers and ballsy.
Fully agreed. When I played it few weeks ago, I was totally gripped and found it incredibly tense. It would be interesting to know whether this could still work for someone younger who did not go through that age. Whether this immersion would even happen.
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Mr Creosote
Did Dynamix ever make a bad game? My feeling is their track record is pretty much spotless. Not only that, a large number of their works was great in their day and even holds up well today. Case in point, Project Firestart.Eden
Their CRPG record is certainly spotless! (Also, am I the only one who can't help but think of Betrayal at Krondor as a proto-FMV game? I love its manual so much, with the costumed gallery at the end.)Posted on Mastodon
stirz ✅
That is a true gem on the C64 and as I recall it required a lot of disk space.Posted on Mastodon
Mr Creosote
I didn't even think of those! That is another thing about this company, how they moved across genres so effortlessly and excelled in all.Posted on Mastodon
Mr Creosote
Almost as many disks as an SSI gold box gamePosted on Mastodon
theLobdegg
I'd say Rise of the Dragon is a bit of a mixed bag. There's a lot that's really cool about it but also some stuff I suspect a lot of people wouldn't mind dropping. Tho I'd say it's like a 90/10 split between the good and the bad respectively.Posted on Mastodon
Mr Creosote
I have Rise of the Dragon in mind as absolutely great. Though it has been 20 years, so I may just be remembering its ambition rather than its execution. Heart of China, on the other hand, is indeed quite clunky, now that you mention it. 90% his is great enoughPosted on Mastodon
13 barn owls in a trench coat
I dislike Willy Beamish, but I think that's because it's really not for me, rather than any inherent lack of quality.Posted on Mastodon
Mr Creosote
I must admit I never played it. Maybe with my daughter soon...Posted on Mastodon
13 barn owls in a trench coat
I played it [Willy Beamish] when I was 12 or 13 and probably missed some references, being a Cypriot kid who knew little of US culture, but it felt opaque, mean-spirited, and like there were a bunch of adult references I was missing. But I can't say for certain that more knowledge wouldn't make me enjoy it more. (Casting an eye over a plot summary doesn't fill me with hope, though.)Posted on Mastodon
theLobdegg
Honestly, your memory sounds pretty spot on. I think there was a sort mean spirited zeit geist here at the time. Like the whole edgy for edge's sake thing. Some of it aged really badly.Iirc there may also be a twinge of racism in RotD. I think there's some good to take away but also some hard 90's cringe there. Like I said, mixed bag. I do think its at least an interesting footnote in Dynamix' gameography.Posted on Mastodon
Trezzer (aka Helvedeshunden)
Project Firestart is insanely good. So ambitious for an 8-bit game and it looks incredible. Some Amiga sci-fi games failed to look this good. It's almost impossible to play without being hit by a sense of paranoia I otherwise wouldn't feel in a game until Alien Isolation. The ending is just bonkers and ballsy.Posted on Mastodon
Mr Creosote
Fully agreed. When I played it few weeks ago, I was totally gripped and found it incredibly tense. It would be interesting to know whether this could still work for someone younger who did not go through that age. Whether this immersion would even happen.Posted on Mastodon