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Great game, unfortunately Jordan Lee Williams the actor who played Agent Willmore tragically died in 2018 age 52. 🙁
Did anyone else repeatedly ring the bell at the desk only to be served with a short clip of a cold, blue corpse?
I always wanted to play this, even though most fmv games are kind of sucky. Never got to, though.
You wrote the episode titles on your jeans? lol. [one might argue you cannot "click" a point & click without a mouse. And yeah, Myst on the PS1 was painful]. Thx for your reviews, Pam. Def. identify with a kid staying inside to play games
I played this gamed at 1999 when i was 9 and tried to finish it tl i broke the cd's , finally haf a copy in 2016 and done with it , 17 years of failure 😁
You earned the subscribe with this video. Was on the fence about buying this one. Gonna get it from the retro place next time I'm out. Thank you.
Мы -хотим продолжение !и чтобы про круги на полях было !
Oh yeh i remember this game.
Great show
I did have this one on PS1. Embarrassingly I managed to get Agent Willmore to commit suicide while searching for evidence. If you draw your gun and fire it while the crosshairs is on your head you get a cutscene discussing your state of mind. They even accounted for that!
I remember playing this on the PC but sadly I have lost my copy of it somewhere. Probably can't play it on my modern PC anyway. 😉 I was a huge fan of the show as well but now as a modern binge watcher I never got past the fourth season. I think it lost some of its appeal and lowered its standards after that I feel. I dunno. It was also created during the FMV craze when that was the "new direction" of video games. That direction didn't last long sadly, maybe a bit before its time. I love point and click games, I can't remember how many times I played through The Beast Within. 🙂
I have this game!
Pam is hot for Scully? I'll ship that
Well I seen some gameplay of this game I thought it would of been hard with the PS1 controller for point and click games but I think the playstation mouse would of made it easier to play I thought about buying it to see how it is one of these days since I wanted to collect PS1 games. So I kinda wonder is it worth collecting or is it worth skipping the game?
Ok…I seriously thought I was the only one to play this. I even forgot that I had until I saw this!
I always found the point and click games a bit tough to get through on the psx. This, Shadow of Templar, Myst. Felt like that icon movement was never quite as smooth as pc. I may go back and try to run through this one though. Those 4 disc FMV games! lol . I liked the PS2 X-Files game. Bit more my pace.
I completly agree with the review. I am biased towards the game as well (having watched all seasons available back then and being hughely into the X-Files during the time this game was released), so maybe I go easier than others on the many flaws you mentioned. The controls are very awkward and navigating the Tarakan and the Warehouse can be a huge pain in the ass. And the final location in the game… I think I would have never been able to sit through this if it hadn't been for walkthroughs telling me what to do.
But we get to play a full episode of The X-Files, and it's amazing how much work the developers put into this game. Scenes can play out differently depending on how you react to people (you can be an ass to Astadorian and she will react accordingly, trying to get rid of you before she heads to the morgue) and the acting is pretty good.
Well, and the game has Gillian Anderson. Any game featuring the amazing Gillian Anderson is a good game. Because Gillian Anderson is amazing. Oh, and have I mentioned that Gillian Anderson is amazing?
It's possible to find the PC version as freeware through the proper channels. I also have a copy for playstation that i picked up for 25 bucks at a retro game shop. So if you can't find it for console, the PC version isn't too hard to find. Just extralegal, of course
I never played the PS1 X-Files game,but I used to have the PS2 one. I didn't really like it. Seemed to be a "Silent Hill" clone.
Absolutely love this game. Love FMV games!
Most of the true fans also did things like very personal weird behavior and strict detailed collections, that was a great age of series, I don´t disagree the new seasons, but there is a little missing this very intensive Paranoid environment in series.
The videogame can also be presented as a huge Episode, whose cinematics are way surprising than expected, due to the business from Mr. Duchovny and Ms. Andersson, but for me it doesn't stop being absolutely historical for the Series itsself.
I recommend everyone to get it as new as possible, it would be great that the producers realize that there is out there many new copies sold.
After playing this wonderful Masterpiece, and than stepping in a new ground of PLAYSTATION 2, what is your opinion about X FILES Viedeogame for PS2:
+what made you feel the new graphics?
+what were your firsrt thoughts when you noticed the 3D sequences instead of the cinematic videos like the debut game?
+did you want to play it or you felt it empty and boring?
+did you like the music?
+what do you think about the game mode changing, good or bad?
+do you think the voices are really DUCHOVNY's and ANDERSSON's, or these were from near seeming voicers so the actors wouldn't be bothered?
+did you have the same passion as in PS1 or you found it dissapointing?
+which music do you believe it was more accurate, the PS1's game's or PS2's game's?
+which story did you like more, PS1's game's or PS2's game's?
+which control mode you felt better, 1's or 2's?
+are you romantlicly involved with the creator?
+were you romanticly involved with the creator in the past?
+which X-File are you working currently on?
Three last questions were for joke, sorry, great article, I think you should make a top 25 so you could set also remarkable titles hard to get but essential for the players, like those which could never be so publicly rated as the exclusive licence graded ones, few suggestions like:
+DISCWORLD NOIR.
+ROLLCAGE.
+THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN.
+NOSFERATU.
+SHADOWMASTER.
+NECRONOMICON.
+QUAKE.
+GEX, ENTER THE GECKO.
By the way that Hair Style like MISS SLOANE and GILLIAN ANDERSSON together is very awesome.
We would like to know which is your favourite Episode in the whole Series, the mine is
1.-''SPACE''(S1, E9), ED LAUTER, SUSANNA THOMPSSON.
2.-''SHADOWS''(S1, E6), LISA WALTZ, BARRY PRIMUS.
3.-''SQUEEZE'' (S1, E3), DONAL LOGUE, DOUG HUTCHINSON, HEINRICH BECKMANN.
4.-''CONDUIT'' (S1, E4), DONALD GIBB, CARRIE SNODGRASS.
5.-''GENDERBENDER'' (S1, E12), MITCHELL KOSTERMAN, BRENT HINKLEY, NICHOLAS LEA, MICHELLE GOODGER, KATE TWÁ, PETER STEBBINGS.
BONUS TRACK: +''ERLENMEYER FLASK'' (S1, E24), KEN KRAMER, JERRY HARDIN, JAMES LEARD, LINDSEY GINTER, ANNE DE SALVO SIMON WEBB.
Your Channel name is wonderful, I think that the tenth season is also very good, but it is a shame that the media had been so despective with that, making some fans turn the back against it, for me it was for fun, congregation and solemnity made, so it would not be long, and of course some episodes may be comedic and not so seriously located, contrary to the very classic paranoid attitude got at essential chapters. I would also like to return to that 'TOP SECRET' environment, but I have to admit that it made unsleepy and weird very months if not really years, so I owe CHRIS and FRANK SPOTNITZ many unbeleavable experiences in my life thanks to their creation, I gone for a special form in my life, very FBI type, so I could understand the sense of order and secrecy. To be fair no any other series have captivated the conscience and awareness Status so tight like this one has done, and I think the creators deserve the series to be watced a new time, I, by my no sleep night time, see the first four seasons, as rower as better. I feel so great exploring all positions in the series, including the SMOKEMAN, what does it mean to be him, every single mission, the watch agenda, his family, the way he lives the day and night. Which are his dreams, the way he sees the existence, his youth, his beloved, his relation with the Aliens, and the list finds no end.
A very intensive way to take your life, from a single meanless poor point of decay until the highest top of the universe, not exactly for the supposed good of humanity but for the innerst conscience, so that is a point for every article that absorts the watcher, the concience opening, rather than fake believes about moral and rightship.
It was from beginning expected from the fans this way, an undirect wise cleaver form to overlook a series, not only the handling of the Good, but for all possible angles in the human mind, I am happy that the cast are friendly each other, and they show to be like family, I would like that you make a tribute video for them showing the very best of paranoid, casual, mean and crazy sides including bloopers, that is a lot to ask, but the series really deserves it. Three times hurra for CHRIS CARTER, KIM MANNERS, FRANK SPOTNITZ, DAVID DUCHOVNY, GILLIAN ANDERSSON and CANNOT BE TAMED!!!
DIE AUFNAHME GEFIEL ACHT FREMDEN NICHT, WEIL SIE FÚHLTEN BEI BERICHTUNG UND BESTÁTIGUNG DER MENSCHHEIT BEDROHT.
I was 9 when I started watching xfiles. Back when I was first given a TV for my bedroom aha
Pam, do ya still love X-Files?
I love this game! I come back to it every 3 years or so and just have a total blast with it. I may be a sucker for both FMV games and The X-Files, but if you see past the awkward leaps in logic regarding some of the puzzles, it's fun!
And I cringed when you said you played the PSX version. The PC version is WAY better, but I understand why it's much harder to get ahold of. It doesn't work on Windows 8/Windows 10 systems without messing up the graphics, and it's not available on gog.com, but while the game is 7 discs, you can install the whole thing for 3 gigs.
Having a keyboard and mouse is the biggest deal here. You can type in and search for all sorts of stuff in your computer, like information on characters in the show AND the game, navigate the cursor much easier, and just have a better experience with it. The FMVs are a little dark, but they're still top notch. There's no real awkward pixelation on the interface. It's just a better in general if you ask me, but again, I understand why you'd go with the PSX version. Availability's a huge factor.
The main characters remind me of Chandler and Rachel from Friends, so that's kinda funny to think about when interacting with everybody.
I think it's definitely worth two+ playthroughs just because of all the differences in reactions you can get with people. The first time I played it, I tried to kiss Asta and she PASSIONATELY rebuffed my attempt. Every other playthrough she's told me it's welcome but will have to wait until the end of the case. I don't know what I did the first time, lol.