Runaway 2 [Archive] - Adventure Forums

Vel

09-12-2003, 12:54 AM

I hope all of you have now played Runaway: a road adventure, one of the best adventure games ever. What do you think about the recently announced sequel? Will pendulo make an even better game? Are you looking forward to it?

Tyler Durden

09-12-2003, 01:04 AM

pleto4_ryan

09-12-2003, 01:14 AM

I hope all of you have now played Runaway: a road adventure

:shifty: you are mean at heart, aren't you :shifty:

Vel

09-12-2003, 01:15 AM

Why, havent you?

pleto4_ryan

09-12-2003, 01:23 AM

Not released in Greece yet..(as Tyler said :sad: ;( :\ )

Wajus

09-12-2003, 01:31 AM

Neither in Poland...

Garyos

09-12-2003, 01:33 AM

Dunno if I will. There's a lot of other games coming out that I'm sure I'll like better. It's sad to think of, but adventures aren't my number one genre any more.... :sad:

Wajus

09-12-2003, 01:37 AM

It's sad to think of, but adventures aren't my number one genre any more.... :sad:

Just you wait for Broken Sword 3. :9~

Tyler Durden

09-12-2003, 01:42 AM

Dunno if I will. There's a lot of other games coming out that I'm sure I'll like better. It's sad to think of, but adventures aren't my number one genre any more.... :sad:Well, you should! ;)

ragnar

09-12-2003, 02:51 AM

Runaway wasn't that good anyway.

Zanthia

09-12-2003, 02:58 AM

Actually, I just bought the first part and hasn'y played it yet. As for the second part, I think we have some time till it will be realesed in english. And it won't happen VERY soon.

Kolzig

09-12-2003, 03:06 AM

Hmm, still Runaway hasn't landed in Finland...

Sweden, Denmark & Norway already have it. Why can't it come here?

Zanthia

09-12-2003, 03:10 AM

Sweden, Denmark & Norway already have it. Why can't it come here?

It really can. Or was it a rethorical question? :P

It's all matter of localization and the company that publishes the localized version.

James

09-12-2003, 04:15 AM

I still haven't seen it here, Ireland, the original I mean. Any word on that, has it been released in the UK?

Garyos

09-12-2003, 09:52 AM

Just you wait for Broken Sword 3. :9~

That won't change anything for me. I've played more new (and good) RTSes recently than I have adventures, and I've never been an RTS man. Adventures are "just" another genre to me now.
:sad:

remixor

09-12-2003, 10:30 AM

I've not played Runaway, but it's rather low on my adventure game priority list. From what I've heard about it, it seems worth playing but not incredible.

jannar85

09-12-2003, 11:26 AM

I surely hope they've learned from the mistakes they did with the previous game, so the sequel will be nearly as good as Monkey Island or something :)

Oh, and I wonder which plot they're laying out this time... The gang is gone.. no trace whatsever of Brian and Gina.. I hope Pendulo can work out a nice way to make trouble for them again :)

Marek: added a spoiler tag for ya

Jaws

09-12-2003, 11:27 AM

Yeah , ditto .

Dale Baldwin

09-12-2003, 12:05 PM

I still haven't seen it here, Ireland, the original I mean. Any word on that, has it been released in the UK?

I'm still waiting; current release date for the UK is now 14th November, nine whole months since the original release date.

twifkak

09-12-2003, 01:46 PM

Ariel Type

09-12-2003, 10:29 PM

"One of the best adventures ever"? Hmm... IMHO, it's far from it, though it has some potentional. I agree that the sequel might be great if they learn on their mistakes, though I doubt if the game will reach the glory of MI (well, their first game Igor was much closer to MI). And Pendulo still can translate Hollywood Monsters on english. I heard it is rather good..

nordic_guy

09-13-2003, 04:05 AM

I had mixed feelings about the original. Too much inventory based puzzles for my taste, and the voice-acting was downright terrible sometimes.
But there was something about it I liked. Especially Chapter 3 and 4 were great.
I hope Pendulo will learn from the mistakes of the first and make an even better game.
I'm definitely gonna look into it when it gets closer.

Kolzig

09-15-2003, 05:30 AM

Ahhaa!

I just head from a quite reliable source that this week on friday Runaway arrives to Finland!

At least to certain special stores.

My hands are itching at the moment...

Soon I can play the game and say my review.

James

09-16-2003, 03:44 AM

damn it! i've still got to wait for this, and by then ill be no doubt broke!

jannar85

09-16-2003, 07:49 AM

Spoiler, jannar!
Huh?? What?? Um?? :confused:

twifkak

09-16-2003, 08:31 AM

Apparently you posted something that revealed something about a game not everybody's played, and I wanted it inside [spoiler] tags. I'm not gonna go check, though, 'cause it might be something I haven't played.

VoodooFX

09-16-2003, 06:21 PM

Runaway was good adventure game, but certainly not great. Some of the things were really frustrating. Plus i had hard time adjusting to interface, i was constantly clicking right button for inventory, they could have at least give us a keyboard shortcut for it.

remixor

09-16-2003, 06:31 PM

i was constantly clicking right button for inventory

You should have seen me play Blade Runner. I was drawing my gun left and right and pissing people off, just because I kept trying to get to my inventory.

Erwin_Br

09-16-2003, 07:18 PM

I've been playing Runaway for a while too now but I can't say it's one of the best I've played. Somehow the game doesn't really 'flow' for me. Can't say why (yet).

--Erwin

Firefoot

09-17-2003, 07:36 AM

I've been playing Runaway for a while too now but I can't say it's one of the best I've played. Somehow the game doesn't really 'flow' for me. Can't say why (yet).

--Erwin
Installation during the gameplay sure doesn't help... I hated to wait for minutes for a chapter to install... :eek:
It was a fair game... not bad, but not superb too...

Vel

09-19-2003, 01:46 AM

I agree that some of the puzzles are not that good, especially the pixel hunts, but the story was far, far better than in any MI. The graphics were also light years in front of MI4. And, at least in the german version, the voice acting is quite good. You heard the man - this game is definitely in the top 20 adventures of all time.

Kei

09-19-2003, 05:59 AM

I hope this game gets bogged down in development hell or something so I never have to play the sequel. I've never been so wholly consumed with beating a game so that I never have to play it again.

Kolzig

09-19-2003, 08:40 AM

Hmm, somehow I feel betrayed, no Runaway in Finland today. The release just keeps on going later and later.

:sad:

Wajus

09-19-2003, 08:52 AM

Hmm, somehow I feel betrayed, no Runaway in Finland today. The release just keeps on going later and later.

:sad:

Poland unites with Finland in grief anticipation :frown:

Firefoot

09-19-2003, 09:31 PM

Poland unites with Finland in grief anticipation :frown:
I ordered the game in the UK since I *hate* the Dutch parts in the game, like inventory naming and menu names... but it is still not released... :eek:

[edit] I played the partly-Dutch game however... :shifty:

Erwin_Br

09-19-2003, 09:38 PM

I ordered the game in the UK since I *hate* the Dutch parts in the game, like inventory naming and menu names... but it is still not released... :eek:

[edit] I played the partly-Dutch game however... :shifty:

I know what you mean. I also wanted to buy the UK version but I wasn't patient enough. The Dutch menu's and inventory item names don't bother me the most though; it's the dialogue trees that suck! I mean, you select conversation topics in Dutch and the characters start speaking English. :frusty:

--Erwin

Firefoot

09-19-2003, 09:46 PM

... it's the dialogue trees that suck! I mean, you select conversation topics in Dutch and the characters start speaking English. :frusty:
Yep, that too indeed! But I also kept searching for the load/save/quit buttons... :rolleyes:

I keep on wondering why they translate such things, I only hear people grumbling about these things (here in Holland at least)...