Comments on 304: The Number of the Ben: Two Can Play at This Game

Heh, interesting to see that you agree! It must no...

2008-10-22T22:06:00.000-07:00

Heh, interesting to see that you agree! It must not just be myself that has noticed it. It seems that whether designed as such or not, gaming is best experienced as a social activity!

Totally agree with your post. Adventure games are ...

2008-10-22T15:36:00.000-07:00

Totally agree with your post. Adventure games are more enjoyable and easier (two brains are better than one!) when you team up with a fellow friend. The experience also seems to be so much more memorable after it is complete.

Although I've never been riding shotgun--I was always in the pilot seat--so I don't know if it works both ways.

I played DOTT, Sam&Max and that awesomely bad Phan...

2008-10-22T12:50:00.000-07:00

I played DOTT, Sam&Max and that awesomely bad Phantasmagoria "in team" with a friend, and I really understand your feelings here. Teaming up can make the experience a "deeper" one. Oh, and 7th Guest; we tried to come up with all sorts of background stories for the ghosts...

Sanitarium, btw, had our English teacher in tears when we used the words we learned from it ;)

Ah, how I remember the old days when we were much ...

2008-10-22T04:27:00.000-07:00

Ah, how I remember the old days when we were much too young to get the hang of Monkey Island, but we tried nevertheless.

We sat at my friend's Amiga for hours and hours, trying every last item on every single hotspot, repeating every conversation at least ten times and finally figured out how the puzzle worked.

Although I am not a kid anymore (at least that's what I'm told), I still enjoy "teaming up" with somebody to play adventure games, or actually games of any sort. A basically very stupid flight simulator whose manual has long been lost can turn into an evening of unlimited fun, with two people trying horrific amounts of different key combinations only to start and land the plane.