This game needs exrtra content. apart from that, its great
The Dig is one of a series of graphical adventures that came out around the time that Windows 95 was released. Yes, the original series of graphical games from Lucasfilm that, at the time, were hailed as ground breaking and engrossing, and to be fair, there is plenty of meat on the bones of all the Lucasfilm releases from that period, however, be warned that if you played this back then, chances are your memories of this game are not going to live up to the reality of playing a 25 year old game in this day and age. Lucasfilm were THE premiere games studio of the time. every one of their releases were, in a word, stunning. The Dig is no exception with a story to die for. Graphically, this was pushing the abilities of interactive graphics and engrossing sound and gameplay back in the 90s, and while todays generation will look at it and laugh at its sentimental retro appeal, Boomers will remember the hours they spent with this game. and that neatly brings me on to the bad.. the hours you will spend trying to play this is frankly embarrassing. While backtracking in computer games, puzzle solving that lasted for days and the continuous loop of long speech that you cant escape listening to every time you get it wrong will have you giving up in frustration. talking of frustration, can I just say WHAT THE HELL WERE THE DEVS THINKING? SOME OF THESE PUZZLES MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE! looking past the flaws, this is a great reminder of the sort of game people like me grew up on, and without this sort of game, titles like the Witcher, Skyrim and Mass effect wouldn't have been as great as they were, but replaying them now will have you quitting more often than not as the frustrating specificity of some of the quests evoke dire memories. Nostalgia is a fickle mistress, and I'm glad I had a chance to replay this, but I wouldn't suggest you go out of your way to bother unless you're really that interested in reliving past gaming glories or dedicated to retro gaming.
Where the game does it well, it excels... Graphics and Sound, environment interactions and gameplay are all great... but where the game falls down is rehashing other game plots. The grand reveal of the Talos station is straight out of Bioshock... the main plot is straight out of Half Life and the resolution is straight out of Mass Effect. This is a game that is trying to be all things to all people and its own identity gets lost in the process. I found the plot to be labourious, the progression through the game was slow, key parts that effect the game are easily missed and my satisfaction was low. Its not something I would replay. Apparently I keep being told the PS4 version was great. I can believe it since this is a console game ported to the PC. the number of keybinds needed to access the elements of the skill system interrupt the fluidity of the game and spoiled my enjoyment. My advice is buy it if its cheap. dont expect to replay it
yes, its lovely to have a 20 year old game work on modern OS with a higher resolution and all that, but this should never have been released unless Beamdog were going to actually address the cranked difficulty level that these D&D games are notorious for. increading difficulty in these games was there because the computers didnt have space for immersive worlds. now they have, there is no need for overly difficult gameplay. as a D&D campaign stands, this is not for starting level 1 characters. Starting at Level 5-8 would be more like it unless you like endless reloads to try and succeed with a different strategy, which you wont since the game throws an impossible number of opponants at you in key areas that will overpower you in all but the most extreme cases of luck. only bother if you can get it mega cheap. nostaliga is nice, but unplayable nostalgia is a con
