Titanic: Adventure Out of Time

This is probably the BEST Titanic Game currently available, and I'm so glad to see it's here on gog now. I first played this game back in 1997 when I was 8 years old and I loved it. I can't count how many times I've played this over the years. It's brilliantly written, the characters are great and it has some pretty tense moments. It's so nice to see this game has had a re-release for modern audiences to experience it :D

It's good to have the game on a platform like GoG, making it available for everyone who heard about it but never got a chance to play it back then. Unfortunately, unless you have an old display around to play this game on, using a modern PC display will provide you with a terrible experience because the game will just go into full screen mode. Now imagine playing a game with a 800x600 resolution in a 34" ultrawide screen. The normal hacks to force it into windowed mode don't work either. So you're really stuck with a sub-par experience.

I have to say, this game has aged *remarkably* well. I never did complete it when I had the CD-ROM, so I'm going to try my best with this version. The navigation around the areas is clunky to say the least - often you have absolutely no clue where you're even ABLE to go, let alone where you should go next. The music is a bit blaring as well, but of course you can always turn that down (and I definitely would). But other than this the game has somehow stood the test of time - much like the story of the ship it is based on. The FMV actors are pretty damn good, and there's lots to explore. Talking of which you can choose to not play the story at all and look around Titanic. Would definitely recommend, it's a deep joy to be able to play something like this from the golden age of PC gaming that still runs on the car crash known as 'Windows' 10.

Thank you, thank you so much for bringing this awesome game into the 21st Century! I still have the old disks somewhere, lol, that's how much I loved this game, I've kept them all these years! I will never forget my parents giving me this game for Christmas in '96, I was soooooo excited! And back then it took forever and a day to install, haha. I am certainly aging myself quite a bit but I'm almost positive they bought it for me at Media Play. I'm sure some other people who have commented on here remember Media Play, lol. Anyway this game is almost a requirement for anyone that is interested in the Titanic, or ocean liners in general. I will never forget the excitement I felt playing it the first time and being so excited to explore the ship. In fact, as I opened the game just today and hearing the Cyberflix opening again almost felt like I was in a time machine. I felt like I was a kid again. Not to mention for the mid-90s the graphics were nothing short than amazing. Play this game, you won't regret it :)

It may not seem impressive, just viewing the screenshots. Typical photo-esque style slideshow adventure on the Titanic. Given the time of it's release, it would seem like an early cash grab on the James Cameron film. If these were you preconceptions then, or now, you are just simply wrong. I have always been interested in the titanic since I was probably 8. I remember reading books about the ship, the many mysterious it contains, and the strange beauty it holds. I remember distinctly reading about, and watching documentaries on Robert Ballard as a child. I looked at maps, ship layouts, the Titanic fascinated me. Fast forward to about 1997 (I realize the game came out earlier, but unlike today, game media was something of an underground journalistic movement then, and you had to go out of your way (not to mention, have an internet connection) if you wanted to find out about a video game before it's release. Typically your best bet was to just browse the shelves of your local retail store, and if you were lucky, you found treasure. That was the case with this game. I remember being incredibly fascinated by it. I must have been in Middle School at this point. There are two amazing things about this game. One is the sense of exploration. It's one thing to look at photos of the Titanic, but to explore it from a first person perspective in almost real time movement (for the time) was extraordinary. Wanted to visit the Turkish baths? Simply go there, talk to the lift boy, learn the ship's layout and navigate it like you were actually a passenger. It was amazing, and the graphics really complimented the experience. Sure the talking heads seem like wooden puppets now, but at the time, it was the best you could achieve for. They had such personalities to them, which brings me to the second thing. The story to this game is really great. Not because you don't know what's going to happen. But because you do know what's going to happen, and you have this limited time slot to make the best decisions you can, to change what you can. In many ways it's a personal journey, you are out to wrong the mistake you made on the Titanic. Okay fair enough, but this influences your decision making. Who should I talk to, what should I say, if I need a thing, who do I go to. And again, the characters. They didn't have to be great for me to like the game, but they are and it just adds to the immersion of it. This is what games used to be, it may not mean much compared to games of today, but it is a work of art, and if you are in the least bit interested in appreciating the adventure game format, is an absolute must play.