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 Posted: Tue, 6th May 2008 06:16 Post subject: Diamonds in the rough |
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Official web page: http://www.atropos-studios.com/diamonds.html
Developer: Atropos Studios
Genre: Adventure
Release date: 17 March, 2008
Multiplayer: No
Media: PC-CD
Description: | Quote: | | You play the role of a 20 year old American called Jason Hart.Jason is a high school dropout who works as an office boy. All that is about tochange in the beginning of our story, when he is approached by a mysterious man who seems to know more about him than Jason does himself. The man claims to represent an organization that recruits people who are believed to have "special abilities". Those abilities could be telepathy, telekinesis, or other extraordinary powers. Jason has had such an ability all his life, fearing to admit it to himself, let alone others. He accepts the job offer for this organization, which is called "Diamonds in the Rough". The story begins as soon as Jason moves to a town in the Midwest, where he will be employed doing this mysterious "work". He will soon start to wonder who he is really working for, and what the purpose of the organization is. |
Features:
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* A 3rd person, point & click adventure game
* A user friendly interface that will feel both familiar and innovative.
* An intriguing storyline that will keep you glued to your seat until you witness the ending... which you will never forget.
* Several scores of atmospheric music by Nikolas Sideris.
Ever wondered what the character you were controlling was thinking? In DITR, you will b able to access Jason's thoughts and use them as actual objects in the game, just like inventory items! |
System Requirements:
| Quote: | Minimum Requirements:
* Windows 95/98/2000/XP/VISTA with DirectX 5 or above
* Pentium IV 1GHz CPU or equivalent
* DirectX-compatible graphics card with 64MB of RAM or more and supporting 24-bit color
* 128 MB RAM
* Screen resolution of at least 800x600
* 360MBs of free space
Recommended requirements:
* Windows 95/98/2000/XP/VISTA with DirectX 5 or above
* Pentium IV 1.8GHz CPU or equivalent
* DirectX-compatible graphics card with 128MB of RAM or more and supporting 24-bit color
* 256 MB RAM
* Screen resolution of at least 800x600
* 360MBs of free space
* DirectX compatible Sound Card |
Demo & Game Music:
Demo
Music
1 and 2 are still amazing. |
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nerrd
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| Posted: Tue, 6th May 2008 22:21 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 6th May 2008 23:01 Post subject: |
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Looks like C.R.A.P.
Can it get more low-budget than this ? We need awesome games damnit !
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| Posted: Tue, 6th May 2008 23:25 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 6th May 2008 23:29 Post subject: |
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It plays well apparently.. looks dated... but it was done by one guy!!
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| Posted: Wed, 7th May 2008 00:07 Post subject: |
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Come on people, graphics are not that important. There's nothing wrong with low-budget titles, in fact, they tend to be rather more interesting if you get past the lack of bling-bling shinyness. I will agree that the character design looks rather bad though, regardless of technicalities. The areas look fine.
I'd personally rather have more devs aiming for less shiny, and have the games be playable on a wider range of computers.
It seems to have gotten good grades, hope it'll be a nice experience. Will probably look into it.
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| Posted: Wed, 7th May 2008 14:16 Post subject: |
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I heard it has a very different ending.. and the developers have urged the players to not spoil it. Damn  I want to know the ending but this will take a long time to reach my country.
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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SuTuRa
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| Posted: Fri, 5th Sep 2008 15:59 Post subject: |
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Diamonds.In.The.Rough-RELOADED
I tried this game, and yes it is very weak graphics wise, and the gameplay is outdated.
But it has a very intriguing introduction. Anyone eles tried it?
It seems a nice low-budget game.
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| Posted: Fri, 5th Sep 2008 16:40 Post subject: |
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well i will tell you in 2h , installing it right now and will write a few words about it
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javlar
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| Posted: Fri, 5th Sep 2008 17:06 Post subject: |
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Perhaps it's a diamond in the rough... har... har...
Gaming - Intel Quad Q9450 @ 3.2GHZ | Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB | SB X-Fi | PC6400 8GB | 300GB Velociraptor
HTPC - Antec Fusion Remote | AMD Athlon 7850 X2 | PC6400 2GB | 74GB Raptor
Server - Athlon 64 X2 4200+ | Radeon HD 3450 | SB X-Fi | PC5300 2GB | 4TB+ total space
XBOX360 Gamertag: javlarmate
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| Posted: Fri, 5th Sep 2008 17:13 Post subject: |
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ok played it for a while and i must say THIS IS THE BEST STORY DRIVEN ADVENTURE MADE IN THIS YEAR
9,5/10
would be 10 but the most simple icons aren't on the gui (look , walk, pick up) you must click rmb to cycle to the next task icon
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| Posted: Fri, 5th Sep 2008 17:40 Post subject: |
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THIS GAME SHOULD BE NUKE for not scanning the COPY PROTECTION CARD !!!!
yes this game uses old school protection like "write a word from paragraph 3 line 5 word 11" with out it your stuck
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Fri, 5th Sep 2008 19:16 Post subject: |
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awww, i thought this was going to be a james bond game. based on the title and all. fuck
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SuTuRa
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javlar
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| Posted: Fri, 5th Sep 2008 19:37 Post subject: |
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| Spiderman wrote: | THIS GAME SHOULD BE NUKE for not scanning the COPY PROTECTION CARD !!!!
yes this game uses old school protection like "write a word from paragraph 3 line 5 word 11" with out it your stuck |
Damn that is oldschool 
Gaming - Intel Quad Q9450 @ 3.2GHZ | Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB | SB X-Fi | PC6400 8GB | 300GB Velociraptor
HTPC - Antec Fusion Remote | AMD Athlon 7850 X2 | PC6400 2GB | 74GB Raptor
Server - Athlon 64 X2 4200+ | Radeon HD 3450 | SB X-Fi | PC5300 2GB | 4TB+ total space
XBOX360 Gamertag: javlarmate |
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Sep 2008 03:30 Post subject: |
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you have to go into the DITR headquarters to report (and deliver your lady friend report) , BUT YOU CAN'T GO IN it asks you for this COPY PROTECTION CODE
when you are in the town square go four screens to your upper left and you will see DITR headquarters , go in and the copy protection kicks IN ...
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Sep 2008 07:39 Post subject: |
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Oh man I don't believe it.. rld failed to scan in the copy protection letter that came with the game. Sigh....
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Sep 2008 11:26 Post subject: |
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There is no crack.. just that copy protection of yore... now if only someone can find a scan or the text from the letter itself...
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Sep 2008 11:33 Post subject: |
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Jesus, haven't seen a protection like that since... well Goblins 3 I think.
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Sep 2008 11:54 Post subject: |
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It won't even start here... I can hear music for a while (it's supposed to play the only .avi in the install directory I suppose), but I don't see anything, it's just a black screen. When the music stops, nothing happens and I'm stuck with a black screen until I terminate the process in task manager.
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Sep 2008 13:20 Post subject: |
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| Ceauz wrote: | | It won't even start here... I can hear music for a while (it's supposed to play the only .avi in the install directory I suppose), but I don't see anything, it's just a black screen. When the music stops, nothing happens and I'm stuck with a black screen until I terminate the process in task manager. |
codec problem ?
Maybe delete or replace the avi, lolz ?
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JBeckman
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Sep 2008 16:14 Post subject: |
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Isn't it in the manual or somethign?
(Replacementdocs.com or whatever that site that stored manuals was called, might work.)
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Sep 2008 16:28 Post subject: |
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| JBeckman wrote: | Isn't it in the manual or somethign?
(Replacementdocs.com or whatever that site that stored manuals was called, might work.) |
the manual is with the game as a pdf ...
i didnt play it to reach the password as i stopped playing because i know i will get stuck with the password.
maybe someone here who encountered the password can check with the manual ???
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Sep 2008 16:53 Post subject: |
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its not the manual i TRIED IT
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Sep 2008 18:20 Post subject: |
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Diamonds in the rough - Backlash
Anyone tried this version? Does it suffer from the same problem?
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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Must be a codec problem then. Guess I'll start fiddling around with that, even though I wouldn't expect media player to play the avi-file if I had a codec problem, but media player runs it fine.
