The Dig

As one of my favourite games, I can't see why the whole world has went The Dig crazy.

It has one of the greatest story lines which is taken at such an angle that when the twists come for you, you genuinely feel shocked or amazed. The characters were brilliant and the voice acting was great. I got myself both soundtracks and I have to say they're some of the best soundtracks I've ever heard and add to the gaming experience considerably.

I'm not going to spoil anything but I didn't expect a lot of things to happen which did. I suggest getting the game and not even reading anything about it before playing it. If I hadn't played the demo ten years ago I probably would have been even more blown away when playing it.

The voice acting is brilliant and the choice of voice actors was brilliant. Robert Patrick (T-1000 from The Terminator 2) was perfect as Boston and the other actors also gave great performances, I can't imagine anyone else voicing these characters. And I don't want to. The way the game was created was perfect and it was unfortunate that it went through so many development changes and bugged Lucasarts so much.

If you like a good adventure game, I suggest you go for this. As a big point and click fan, I say this is one of the best you can get along with Beneath a Steel Sky for the Amiga. I'll be playing this same time next year, and so on.

An astroid is hurling towards earth, and a team of astronauts is sent to blow it off course. Little do they know the astroid is actually an alien starship, which they activate, sending them to the world of Cocytus. The game that follows is all based around getting back home.

It's a very good game, with a classic LucasArts adventure game feel. The graphic are great; although as I'm writing this in 1998, they are a little dated. The scenery is still breathtaking and the voice acting is great. (Featuring Robert Patrick who played the T1000 on Terminator II.)

The only thing I didn't like about the game, was the lack of humor. Most LucasArts games (ie. Day Of The Tentacle, Sam & Max: Hit The Road.) have a lot of humor. I'm not sure why The Dig doesn't, I can only assume it's been done to make the serious situation seem serious. Still, I'd recommend this game to anyone who likes a good adventure game.

On last thing, after you play the game, read the book. It's really good.

I felt this game was not bad. The game had a great plot and made you feel like what you were doing was going to SERIOUSLY mess you up if you messed up. It lacked humor but I felt that was to highlight the seriousness of your current situation. My only complaint was that some of the voice acting was rather bland. Mainly Robert Patrick and Mari Weiss. It was like they were just reading their scripts and felt this was below their talents.

This is the second best computer adventure I've ever played.

With attractive storyline, moody handdrawn graphics and a supportive soundtrack, it keeps you playing till the end. But it is not an easy game to solve. There's one flaw though: the voice-acting. Robert Patrick sounds rather bored when acting Boston Low.

I liked this game quite a bit; the sounds and artwork created the right mood. I even went out and bought the soundtrack CD. There are some pretty tricky puzzles here, especially when you find those alien devices. It's tough I suppose to make stuff look different than what earth people would build yet make it intuitive as to its function.

One thing I'd improve: too often you want to interact with the other characters, and they say "I'm busy, leave me alone". This was handled much more naturally in other LucasArts games like "Fate of Atlantis" and "Sam and Max".