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The Dig (1995) Retrospective (p7uen.neocities.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Dogwalker@beehaw.org to c/patientgamers@lemmy.ml

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I recently played The Dig for the first time, which passed me by when I was younger. I had heard of it I didn't realise it was another Lucas/Spielberg game. I'd just come off a couple of other Lucasarts games and it was quite different.

Looking back it seems quite divisive, I think because it was so different to the comedy Lucasarts adventures, but there's still a lot of love for it floating around the internet, and now I've added to it here if you fancy a long read: https://p7uen.neocities.org/posts/2023-06-23-The-Dig

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[–] eendjes@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I really loved this game but having played it again not too many years ago, it does have several “sins” of the genre like overly cryptic puzzles and pixel hunting.

But the atmosphere is really top notch.

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I don't think the sins were that bad (I've played far worse), I thought it was one of the easier games of the genre. I didn't quite like the ending though, it felt a bit anticlimactic and that the heroes didn't really earn it. It was like they decided to rush the ending and just wrapped it up.

[–] eendjes@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, had plenty worse but I feel by modern standards it can be quite frustrating at times.

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe years of playing adventure games has warped my mind. XD

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