Thoughts on Little Big Adventure 1 & 2? AKA Relentless and Twinsen's Odyssey
>>334667871
Great games, loved them as a kid
>>334667871
I used to watch my uncle play it as a kid. The graphics blew my mind.
>>334667871
Sadly this thread is probably going to archive pretty quickly because everyone on /v/ is 15. I'm sorry, OP. They're neat games worthy of discussion. :(
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>>334670171
what bothers me is that there aren't games similar to it still being made
>>334667871
I only played one and I don't know which i had.
One of the first games on PC I ever played to finish. And i didn't even like the character design at first but I was intrigued by the gameplay and damn I played that bitch.
I had a blast playing these as a kid.
I never finished 1, but I spend countless hours in 2.
I don't remember it well since I was very young, but I remember being fairly confused as to what to do.
Was a lotta fun breaking out of prison though, and IIRC you could bully people in town until they got mad at you
>>334670856
punching NPCs never gets old
>>334671773
kek
>>334672127
best child beating sim
>>334670291
I can keep it alive for a bit with my webbums
Sometimes I hum the LBA2 songs to myself when I'm trying to sleep but I can't, it always works.
I love this game this much.
Whatever happened to the creator anyway? I think he was working on a horror game, it got kickstarted in France or something.
>>334674075
Frederick Raynal is creating a new horror game, top down called 2Dark, along with some former LBA team people, they also worked with dotEmu to port LBA1 and 2 to mobile recently
http://www.2dark.fr/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyC6AyInnCk
>>334674223
Oh so it wasn't released yet? I thought it had flopped completely as I didn't hear anything about it for quite some time.
I'll get it for XBONE when it comes out. Hope he makes enough money to actually start making LBA3 since he's already got the story done for quite some time now..
>>334674464
nah, it was on crowdfunding on some french crowdfunding website and it got enough support
Some people have suggested him to use crowdfunding for LBA3 but he said he would prefer to work with a publisher. I guess for a game with the scope of LBA he would need a lot of money, a big 3D world, a lot of voice acting and stuff
Whatever happened to that one guy who was remaking LBA1?
>>334674714
Fan made remake? There was a talk they were remaking LBA1, but it turned out to be a mobile port. I think this port also got a steam version. It has some features like zooming and they remove the damage when running into walls from it
You are now triggered
>>334675082
you are now triggered
>>334667871
>>334667871
Played it when I was younger, I had no idea what was going, especially when you go on the ayylmao planet with the laser but i liked it.
>>334674223
That lighting engine is pretty cool, I never expected voxels to look that good
>>334676030
yeah and the overall style is pretty fuckingdark
this guy reminds me of Manhunt
>>334676169
Also the scene with the guy crouching down to let the kids out of the cages and the clown winding up with a baseball bat was pretty neat.
I'm intrigued
How does it hold up if i want to replay it?
>>334667871
I owned both as a kid but never finished them, probably should go back one day and do so
>>334676278
the tank controls are dated, but the game is just so charming and for the lack of similar games, I still find enjoyment in it, I mean LBA2
>>334676525
Tralü has got to be some sort of pastry as well
>>334676868
I like how LBA2, just like their own Alone in the Dark, had that creepyness to its models
>>334672562
>>334678092
fuck. The problem with LBA1 and 2 is that they were everything I ever wanted from video games. Not a lot of games to go to after that.
>>334677105
The French get it: You can do creepy and kiddy in the same game, it doesn't have to separated into genres.
>>334678829
I feel the same anon, I really loved all those weird races LBA games had, the 2 planets and the moon from LBA2 really feel different from each other, which makes exploration and the world just pretty damn fun to look around.
I think Beyond Good & evil scratched that itch a little, but then that also got buried for not selling well. I would be okay with a LBA clone from anyone, because I don't see any games going for what it had
Fuck it, I'm just gonna shill my game jam game again, 'cause it's comfy and isometric and that's fucking relevant for LBA fans:
https://jmaa.itch.io/doki-doki-densha-sekai
>>334679307
also, the LBA's lead dev released a free minigame that seems to be inspired by his team's upcoming game merged with LBA, called DarkLBA
http://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2952
>>334680031
Damn, that's actually pretty fun. Zombie killing feels swell
>>334667871
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GTYeyYnfaI
>>334680970
love its soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVBaq4Kgzc
This game (these games, rather) look fucking weird but also really amazing.
>>334681442
It's just Zelda made by the French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loGtzVRva40
the guys at littlebigadventureofficial on facebook posted some concept art during the last december
>>334675352
>throw ball, turn a degree to the left.
>repeat.
So hard
Yeah, I had LBA and LBA2, only finished LBA2 using a guide. Nice game, it's one of those cult games like Grim Fandango that only few enjoy, the controls were god awful though. You had to switch between stances in order to walk,run, fight, go slow, etc. Which was fucking tedious.
>>334681768
you could use F keys to quickly switch between stances F4 is normal, F5 is sporty, and so on
How long did it take you to find the missing key fragment hidden by that riddler tier faggot priest?
>>334681742
Eventually I got the hang of it, but aiming in isometric perspective is not so good.
>>334682107
the one that you must dig out? I don't remember if I eventually looked for a guide or something
>>334682107
the one you had to dig up next to the palm tree? i quit the game because i couldn't find it and at the time there were no walktrhoughs around (1999 if i'm correct) and couldn't get back to it because i scratched the cd. found a working one on a flea market in 2003 and finished it.
>>334681768
Also the physics are lacking, Twinsen feels unresponsive most of the time, or like trying to guide a giant ball around by kicking it. He has that lag to walking, kinda like Alone in The Dark which is really interesting since they were both made by French companies, so it must be Voltaire. But enough with shitting on it, it's a good game overall, underrated.
I think the reason why LBA could never be brought back is because it is truly a thing from its time and renovate/improve it in any other way leaves it in a path without victory:
As charming as it was back then, the idea of having to switch modes for every action is incredibly outdate by today's standarts.
However, if you try to improve of streamline them, then it loses the charm of the original, making you wonder why even use the IP (My issue with the Fear Effect return).
What do you guys think?
>>334682291
Alone in the Dark was made by LBA1/2 developers
Played 2 when I was little. Real little, I think "dog" was like half my English vocabulary.
I think I made it to the moon. Please tell me there's a moon level. Also remember some volcano looking place being a total bitch.
>>334675082
Kek, i still remember trying to draw maps and shit with my bro when we tried to do this part
Great webms thanks anon
Loved LBA2 as a kid, it was huge and unintelligible in an age before walkthroughs.
>>334682412
The emerald moon, yes.
Volcano was probably the undergas zone.
>>334682337
They could make a game today without the behavior system, a run button, a sneak button, a melee attacks button, and manual aim of the ball in a full 3D world. Also allow people to lob the ball like you could using discreet mode magic ball throw
>>334682337
I in no way believe that the charm of LBA is tied to its clunky control system. As a designer however, I'd rather look at the clunky system a potential for untapped design. I mean, the game isn't especially fast-paced, so having to switch between four control modes in menu, affords you to take your time, and perhaps more complex systems could be tied to it all.
>>334682551
you're welcome
my first ever vidya TECHNOLOGY moment was from this game, when I got a sausage guard alien sucked out the airlock on the moon
>>334682670
Only played 2.
What was the first one about?
>>334682906
I played them both last year and I already forgot what they were about
>>334682906
It was a more flawed game, and fully isometric, like 2's indoors, but still has its charm.
I just remembered my dad bought his first computer (Pentium II 400 lmao) we got lba2 and a bunch of other gems in a bundle. pic related
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Gubble 2
Best Pinball in Space
3D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night
Planet of Death
Total Annihilation
not a single disappointing title. even the pinball was rad
>>334682858
fuck this thread has been a real treat. thanks anons!
Im 24 and what is this
>>334683051
>tfw the best /v/ is very late in the day
>>334683097
Old action adventure games.
Some people compare it to Zelda, but I disagree, it's more of an exploration kind of game, way more focus on world building, and NPCs are more interesting than in any Zelda game, which has more of a focus on combat/puzzles.
it's just a crazy journey
>>334683124
10 am here, i am gonna have a good day
>>334683231
>the most rapey webm
>>334667871
Fucking hell I had so much fun playing Twinsen's Odyssey as a kid.
Thanks webm guy. That's some nice nostalgia.
>>334683370
I have a better rape webm
>>334683467
>bitch wanted it
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>>334684243
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>>334667871
Looks like good fun, OP.
You've inspired me to give it a go.
>>334672562
>Beat up 4 kids.
>Only 3 brothers come to beat you.
Some kid is unloved.
>>334685665
He didn't beat the black kid
I like to think of 'em as PCfag's Zelda.
I personally really appreciate them; They were fun, and taught me English to boot!
>>334686059
Oh , and the music was and still is absolutely fucking amazing
>>334686059
Same here! I even hand-wrote a walkthrough for a friend and drew little maps. Good times.
>>334674223
I greatly look forward to that game!
I'm gonna take you out, and I don't mean for pizza!
>>334685028
I'm going to try this game out. It seems like it's got alot of cool stuff!
>>334674658
kek
>>334667871
I love Twinsen's Odyssey (LBA2). I waited years for a third game to come out.
Sadly, it seems not even F Raynal is interested anymore though.
>>334682990
That scene always scared the fuck out of me as a kid.
>>334667871
LBA 2 was pretty much the first game I ever played. I used to sit and play it with my grandad so it holds so many memories. Still play it to this day. The music itself is one reason I go back to it.
>>334670372
Are those weenies that he's fighting?
