By Kieron Gillen on March 22nd, 2010 at 5:30 pm.
It’s an indie adventure based on Hamlet and out April 8th. That would probably be enough to justify a quick post. When the full title is “Hamlet or last game without MMORPG elements, shaders and product placement”… well, we’re only human. More info on their site, and footage follows…
Thanks to Jack de Quidt for the heads up.
“Based on” being quite a loose term, then.
Still, looks interesting to me…
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well the full title pisses me off so im buying this one
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You could actually make quite a comelling game out of Hamlet.
This doesn’t really look like it, does it? Still, er, great for the people that like that sort of puzzle game.
Also, is that really the best Hamlet pun we can come up with? Shakepeare is a pun goldmine.
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I was saving them. And limiting myself to Hamlet.
KG
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I’m all for a continued covering of this game if it i to be carried out in Pun Format.
Damn my PC Gamer upbringing. Or is it just being British?
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I’d put it down to just being British, as there are a number of communities I’m in that seem to absolutely adore puns, lap them up they do, like some sort of… pun-lapping-up cat, which laps up puns.
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I blame Wodehouse.
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It’s the Brit thing. Far less of that sort of thing over here.
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What’s so wrong about using shaders?
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Obligatory Hamlet-as-text-adventure link:
http://versificator.co.uk/hamlet/
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Ha, not quite how I imagined… well… any of the characters… And I don’t remember a giant octopus?
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They gave Hamlet muscles? Fortinbras, sure; Laertes, sure; but a swashbuckling Hamlet just seems mental.
Also, the play would be far superior if Hamlet was delivered back to Denmark by an octopus.
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Oh dear. I read that as MILF2000′s Hamlet…
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Uh, no thanks, I don’t think so.
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Does anyone remember that example game that came with that ancient Game Maker thingy with a devil throwing pies at Romeo as he tried to rescue Juliet? I’m guessingthis continues that fine legacy of ‘based on’.
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Oh my god someone else who had Klick & Play and played that game lol.
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The guy behind GNILLEY ported to Flash, if you never experienced the wonder of Klik & Play: Take that, Romeo!
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I’m a little worried that there was that many of us that played Klick & Play. I try to block out the memories. I really do.
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Oh wow Klik and Play! This brings back a lot of memories, cheers!
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I’d prefer a game based on Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead myself. The play/film already has game-y elements, most notably two characters drawn to an inevitable conclusion, and their struggle to break from said path. Any gamer who has ever pushed against an invisible wall, gazing longingly at the beautifully rendered but ultimately unreachable scenery just beyond, knows at least partially the sentiment it describes.
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@MWoody Ha! I’d never thought of games before while watching it. Now I’m imaging Gordon Freeman, standing before Nihilanth, thinking, “there must have been a moment at the beginning, where I could have said no. Somehow I missed it. Well, I’ll know better next time.”
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Well the hero dude in this isn’t Hamlet is it? So already it’s like Rosencrantz and Gildenstern. Or is it Gildenstern and Rosencrantz? I actually watched RAGAD really recently. (Was in the mood for it having only just got round to watching the David Tennant RSC Hamlet).
Also, I watched it with my AmbX lights so it IS related to PC gaming so there :P
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I will play this.
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Do you know what Internet people take too seriously?
Everything.
Me? I’m all for this! Bring on whatever oddities and serve up whatever peculiarities you have, Hamlet-Game-That-Is-Not-Entirely-About-Hamlet-At-All-Really-But-Is-All-The-More-Bloody-Hilarious-For-It-Anyway, serve them up with a side order of disturbing too, for I am not afraid and I will stand fast against your good humour! Or something!
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Seconded. If the puzzles are good, then it should be a hoot.
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“The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew” is still the best Hamlet adaptation of all time.
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I will totally play this. I’ve got such a large love of all humorous relations to Hamlet.
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@MWoody: You will note the mental fortitude with which I am resisting turning this comments thread into a game of questions…
Must….. not…..
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Why would you?
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This reminds me of a game I played last year called: “Rigoletto: or the Interactive Opera Adventure Practically Unenjoyable by Those Who Prefer the Australian Muscat”
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Re Hamlet
Maybe I’m thick (and it has been said) but what do I need to do to open the padlock underwater? I assume it’s 3 smiley faces but is there a straightforward way to do it? Please help as my poor old brain is suffering
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