Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic

What to say about Twinsen.. Its the best game I ever played. It marked my childhood

I'm having problems to open a door in the game (Fortress in the Principal Island). I have the key, and when i get close, i hear the sound of the door opening, but it still closed! What should I do? I've already reinstalled the game, and nothing worked. Please help!

That's the ancestor of my favorite game of a lifetime. So much feeling. A must have!!

I won't write anything about the game itself, so, please, skip this if you're looking for a full scale review. I just wanted to share with you a flashback I got after seeing this title on GOG.com. I can still perfectly remember the day when I got this game! Even though it was long long time ago (probably more than 15 years)... We were on vacation with my father and my cousin. While on a trip to a not-so-big town of course my cousin and I managed to find one of not many (or maybe the only one back then) computer stores in that place. We went inside and saw THE BOX with LBA inside on the shelf! And it was the only copy they had... My father under the pressure of our whining bought it for us. But that isn't the happy end of my story: a war broke out on who will take this game back home - my cousin or I?! Finally, because it was my father who bought it, I was the winner (phew!)! We just agreed we shall make a copy (hush!). After, on that hot and sunny day, we sat on a bench in a hilly park, unpacked THE BOX and got deep into the contents of the insight... Ohh, the memories... And now I want to live through that again - my sentimental little trip back in time. With LBA!

I was lucky enough to encounter LBA2 as a kid, before I ever tried its predecessor. LBA2 is a flawless game - Absolutely one of my Top 3 adventure games of all time - It is a beautifully crafted world with a great story and well laid puzzles. I can not speak highly enough of it. Little Big Adventure (1) is just odd. All the same aesthetics and features are there, the same charming world, but it is just so utterly frustrating to play. Besides the excruciatingly irritating save feature (or lack of) there are just so many weird design choices which seem hell bent on punishing the player. Who ever heard of a game where you can die by running into a wall too many times (a flaw that is noticeably missing from the superior sequel), or in which being cornered by an gun toting enemy means certain death. There are moments in gameplay, when it is simply impossible to get away from the relentless gun fire and so much life is lost for such small encounters with bad guys. I WANT to love this game as much as I truly adore LBA2, but it doesn't seem to want to be loved. When I try to play it, I am always reminded that the balance here is off. The joy of playing is always outweighed by the frustration. I think I said it best before.. This game punishes the player. Skip this, buy the sequel.