Should have also mentioned last year saw a pretty big game
called Hitman where you take the role of a professional
killer and take out various people (mostly other bad guys)
around the world. Good game but certainly not anything
approaching Parker.
Most of the games you mention are more in the Adventure
genre. This is because until recently it has been almost
impossible to do any real storytelling in any kind of action
game. This is changing though. "Half-life" had a very X-files
style sci-fi plot that was very effectively conveyed through
the action. Another one you may like if you liked the ones
you listed is "Grim Fandango". It is a very stylish adventure
game with a noir style in a Mexican day of the dead setting.
The game sends up Sam Spade and films like Casablanca very
effectively. Quite a lot of fun.
-Jeff
At 07:45 AM 12/11/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>I was interested to see the mention of the Black
Dahlia PC game in the list. I am a collector of noir and
private detective games and would be interested in seeing
discussions of same on the list if this an appropriate venue
for it. Some of the games I have are Noir, Diskworld Noir,
The Dame Was Loaded, all of the Tex Murphy series, Deja Vu I
and II, and many others. Anyone else interested in
this?
>
>John
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