Agent_Karyo

[ScummVM], the best tool for playing obscure old PC games now supports the sublime FMV cheese of Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars and [Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness], a Lovecraftian adventure one YouTuber scored a 'terribly low 2/10'

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The best tool for playing obscure old PC games now supports the sublime FMV cheese of Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars and a Lovecraftian adventure one YouTuber scored a 'terribly low 2/10'

You've got to be morbidly curious now, right?

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Apr 5 at 9:59amWeb
Show threadAgent_KaryoApr 5

The review for Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness (2000) on Steam (91 positive, 116 negative) and on GOG (3.3 with 56 reviews) suggest it’s not total trash.

And it’s made by Microids, a relatively well known studio in the adventure games space. They made a bunch of early 3D euro-adventures in the early to mid 2000s including; the Syberia series, the Atlantis series, Amerzone (which recently saw a remake released).

My personal favourite is Post Mortem (2002), which is a bit formulaic, but I like the 1920s Paris setting.

A lot of their games are not on GOG and while you can find them without too much difficulty, I suspect some don’t run well and require modding the ending. I am personally curious about Road to India: Between Hell and Nirvana; I like the setting (I lived in India for a years), even if the main story seems somewhat cliche.

Save 80% on Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness on Steam

In this thrilling point-and-click adventure based on the works of H.P Lovecraft, you’ll traverse the haunting world of Gothic New England, solving puzzles and acquiring information to help Stanton solve the mystery of the Necronomicon.

Show threadMantzy816d ago
I use it for The Longest Journey. Means you can add mods to make text more legible for example
Show threadMonkeMischief6d ago
TIL you can run Longest Journey with SCUMMVM! That’s so cool. I remember the retail release on disc being quite fickle to run properly.
Show threadMantzy816d ago
Runs perfectly. Arguably better than the Steam version directly (though that’s where I bought it through) which kept crashing for me. Add on the mods recommended in the Steam community page and it gives it a big boost too. Highly recommended.
Show threadpurplemonkeymad6d ago
First time I had to use a xp virtual machine. The latest time, it was almost out of the box on the steam deck. Nice to know that scumm might be the best way now.