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The X-Files Game

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Re: The X-Files Game

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Post by patchymcnoodles »

That was a fantastic read. My best friend back in school had this game and I played it several times during school holiday. As described in the article, it felt like an actual episode of the X-Files. Had an interesting packaging as well because of the 7 CD's it included.

If I remember correctly, it did have a showstopper in, not sure if intentional or not. At the very beginning, when the reporter asked you for information, and you don't give any ... later in the game (in the ship) when you need her help, the game just can't go forward. And you have no idea why, because nobody tells you.

This is so stuck in my head as a very bad design choice, if it was intentional.

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Post by boogieray99 »

Having own this game, a little tidbit is that while the playstation release loads on the ps2 the graphics are gabled at least on the pal version. I only got it to play on the OG psx console.

Re: The X-Files Game

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Post by mh- »

patchymcnoodles wrote: post #3

That was a fantastic read. My best friend back in school had this game and I played it several times during school holiday. As described in the article, it felt like an actual episode of the X-Files. Had an interesting packaging as well because of the 7 CD's it included. If I remember correctly, it did have a showstopper in, not sure if intentional or not. At the very beginning, when the reporter asked you for inform…

I feel like 90s PC games were filled with things like this. Stuff that would be probably day one patches in the following decade, but that (of course) wasn't a thing then.

I remember at least two of the Police Quest games having similar breakage, where you just couldn't go forward after putting 20+ hours into the game, because of a choice you made early on.

Re: The X-Files Game

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Post by wingspar »

mh- wrote: post #6
patchymcnoodles wrote: post #3

That was a fantastic read. My best friend back in school had this game and I played it several times during school holiday. As described in the article, it felt like an actual episode of the X-Files. Had an interesting packaging as well because of the 7 CD's it included. If I remember correctly, it did have a showstopper in, not sure if intentional or not. At the very beginning, when the reporter asked you for inform…

I feel like 90s PC games were filled with things like this. Stuff that would be probably day one patches in the following decade, but that (of course) wasn't a thing then. I remember at least two of the Police Quest games having similar breakage, where you just couldn't go forward after putting 20+ hours into the game, because of a choice you made early on.

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