The Dig®

I love it so much. I remember playing it way back in the 90's as a kid, and I have wild nostalgia for the story every time i replay it. I've played tons of PAC puzzles, but this one is so utterly well-written, well-cast, and beautifully designed, even if it's over 30 years old. I quite enjoy pixelated games in general, so maybe it's just me, but I think The Dig is also just visually stunning, and it certainly still holds up nowadays, both story-wise as well as visually. Please, please give it a chance. There may be a bit of moon logic here and there, but like 90% of the time, you can get repeats ad infinitum of the clues you need to solve a puzzle. Also, if you can't get the game to full-screen on Steam with ALT+Enter, just get the ScummVM program, and load the game directly from the steam directory, and you acces the menu via ScummVM with F5.

An extremely mid-90s Lucas/Spielberg joint. It builds on previous point-and-click adventure game styles but manages to have its own unique atmosphere. Unless you want to spend a lot of time being very frustrated, I highly recommend this [url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/9487-the-dig/faqs/29924]walkthrough[/url]. One of my favorite things is the Ralph Bakshi style animation in the cutscenes. It was like suddenly here's an animated movie from the late 70s. Loved it. Minor nitpicks: * The dialogue at the beginning among all the characters in space is cutesy to the point of almost making me nauseous. I think they were trying to give it an upbeat feel but it came across as bad Harlan Ellison dialogue. * The ending is super corny and boy howdy was it Spielberg time. Overall a great, memorable game, with some fantastic voice acting performances. (The guy playing Brink really sells being a reanimated jerk)