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You can use the updated Shivers installer when you get to it. http://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/N ... ml#Shivers

I'd say Shivers. Just have reasonable expectations going into it.

Collector wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:30 am You can use the updated Shivers installer when you get to it. http://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/N ... ml#Shivers

Would I need to do this with the GOG version?

Ooooh I'm a huge fan of Shivers!

Either that, or Gold Rush, since Lighthouse is low on dialogue, and so is Shivers. In Gold Rush there are a lot of people to talk to.
However, Shivers is easier and you may want to take a break...

My first pick on that list would be Willy Beamish since it's a completely different experience from Lighthouse.

But if it starts leaning towards Gold Rush vs. Shivers, my vote goes to Gold Rush. Especially if you want a break from the first-person.

+1 for Shivers. Love that game.

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:14 am After finishing Lighthouse, it's on to my next adventure. I just added Shivers to the list:

The Adventures of Willy Beamish
The Black Cauldron
The Colonel's Bequest / Dagger of Amon Ra
Conquests of Camelot
Conquests of the Longbow
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
Gold Rush
Heart of China
Lighthouse
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria 2
Shivers
Torin's Passage

Polls close Wednesday.

Umph! After Lighthouse, I was going to recommend something lighthearted...

But what you have remaining... Willy is lighthearted, but I felt was odd... Black Cauldron is fun, but the controls are different than any other Sierra game... Gold Rush is great, but has three different paths... Heart of China, I remembered being funny, but damn those dialogue options/controls are awful... Phant2, I'd recommend last of all the games... and Shivers is good, but a pretty dark game...

So...

I am going to go Black Cauldron this time.

Shivers is super good, so that gets my rec.

So the results are in and I have 3.5 for Shivers, 1 for Willy Beamish, 1 for Black Cauldron and 0.5 for Gold Rush (I'm splitting BBP's vote ) Again, I'm not very familiar with Shivers. I have a bit of a gap when it comes to '90s Sierra games outside of the main "Quest" games.

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:33 pm So the results are in and I have 3.5 for Shivers, 1 for Willy Beamish, 1 for Black Cauldron and 0.5 for Gold Rush (I'm splitting BBP's vote ) Again, I'm not very familiar with Shivers. I have a bit of a gap when it comes to '90s Sierra games outside of the main "Quest" games.

Shivers is like... Phantasmagoria meets Myst meets Laura Bow.

It's a series of set-piece puzzles tied together by a spooky scavenger hunt.

adeyke wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:30 pm It's a series of set-piece puzzles tied together by a spooky scavenger hunt.

Tawmis wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:15 pm

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:33 pm So the results are in and I have 3.5 for Shivers, 1 for Willy Beamish, 1 for Black Cauldron and 0.5 for Gold Rush (I'm splitting BBP's vote ) Again, I'm not very familiar with Shivers. I have a bit of a gap when it comes to '90s Sierra games outside of the main "Quest" games.

Shivers is like... Phantasmagoria meets Myst meets Laura Bow.

So, sort of like 7th Guest?

I haven't played that myself, but from what I've heard of it, it may be an apt comparison.

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:49 pm

adeyke wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:30 pm It's a series of set-piece puzzles tied together by a spooky scavenger hunt.

Tawmis wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:15 pm

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:33 pm So the results are in and I have 3.5 for Shivers, 1 for Willy Beamish, 1 for Black Cauldron and 0.5 for Gold Rush (I'm splitting BBP's vote ) Again, I'm not very familiar with Shivers. I have a bit of a gap when it comes to '90s Sierra games outside of the main "Quest" games.

Shivers is like... Phantasmagoria meets Myst meets Laura Bow.

So, sort of like 7th Guest?

Yes, but nowhere near as hard, and more story to it.

Mmm I think 7th Guest is easier than Shivers - except for the microscope puzzle. But even for that one there's a Puzzle Skip System.