LGR - Elvira Presents: A Personal Nightmare!
Added 2017-10-23 16:14:11 +0000 UTCSpooky DOS game time!
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The devil still lives... That has to be my new favorite line that Clint has ever said.
Zet The Legendary Hero
2017-12-15 17:52:48 +0000 UTCGreat review.. I've never heard of this game. Sounds like I didn't miss much! I agree with you, that I miss the 16-color graphics of EGA games.
The 8-Bit Guy
2017-10-29 19:16:13 +0000 UTCI was inspired to finally play this game and just...wow. Even with a walkthrough, the UI is so clunky and unintuitive that it’s nearly impossible. Still, the horror elements worked pretty damn well, even if the end of the game is bugged. There’s something about low-res horror art that has always been creepier to me than “realistic” modern 3D graphics. May just be the kid in me remembering when things were scarier to me.
Jackie Stewart
2017-10-27 10:08:11 +0000 UTCNice video, that is what I paid for!
2017-10-24 14:18:36 +0000 UTCDidn't know about this game at all. Super interesting watch. I played Elvira 1 & 2 on the amiga, and those were packed with atmosphere. This looked pretty atmospheric too.
Erik Sundström
2017-10-24 13:04:05 +0000 UTCI love Elvira!!! I remember going to a theme park, and they had that 3D Elvira ride bahaha So cheesy but fun!!
floverSaeu09
2017-10-24 04:50:03 +0000 UTCI'm finally getting around to playing Thimbleweed Park this week (enjoying it on casual so far) and this video has made me realize how awkward and difficult old adventure games were and how much I appreciate all the advancements in game design over the past 30 years. I would delete Personal Nightmare over the 'devilish' inventory system alone. Anyway another great video Clint!
Joon Choi
2017-10-24 03:02:13 +0000 UTCIBM PC cases are made of metal, after all. Just have to amplify it.
LGR
2017-10-24 02:42:17 +0000 UTC"Adventure gaming, blue balls" - LGR 2017
Zach LeBlanc
2017-10-24 02:37:15 +0000 UTCOy vey. I remember Elvira and the big boobs from when I was a kid... IMO, this game goes in the awesomely bad category. Sounds like it was playing Enter Sandman at the beginning? How'd you get that sounding so good out of an old IBM PC? ;)
Jason Wellband
2017-10-24 01:33:14 +0000 UTCUpvote for "Eerie Ambience".
Steve Lovelace
2017-10-23 23:40:46 +0000 UTCI guess you're not familiar with the games that came after this one then?
MagikGimp
2017-10-23 23:17:00 +0000 UTC🤘
LGR
2017-10-23 21:06:15 +0000 UTCPreeeeeeetty much. It goes so far out there to be confusing that at one point I was curious if it was intentionally trying to be a farce of the genre.
LGR
2017-10-23 21:06:03 +0000 UTCAdventuresoft was talked in the beginning of the video, but yeah I didn't talk about their legacy since it goes beyond the scope of the episode :)
LGR
2017-10-23 21:05:16 +0000 UTCThanks, I'm glad you enjoyed!
LGR
2017-10-23 21:04:35 +0000 UTCNope, that doesn't work either, it was the second thing I tried. Seriously, I tried several dozen combinations, save games, verb choices, and other versions of the game over the course of a couple hours. Not a single one works with the DOS port that I've found.
LGR
2017-10-23 21:04:22 +0000 UTCDefinitely excited to watch this. I love Horrorsoft’s later titles but I always found this one nearly incomprehensible.
Jackie Stewart
2017-10-23 20:53:10 +0000 UTCGreat review!
Jacek Grzondziel
2017-10-23 20:05:33 +0000 UTCSo... from what I'm seeing, they literally licensed the character of Elvira just to try and boost sales? Pffft, Amateurs. They needed to take lessons from the two pinball machines featuring Elvira! ;)
Kris Asick
2017-10-23 19:44:56 +0000 UTC"Playtesting - Simon Woodroffe" - who went on to write/name Simon the Sorcerer (Adventure Soft - 1993) (sorry if you mentioned that in the video and I missed it!)
Taras Young
2017-10-23 18:09:16 +0000 UTC"dramatic re-enacting" I laughed hard. Well done!
2017-10-23 18:01:49 +0000 UTCThe Slayer joke/clip and pan/cut was friggin hilarious.
Ryan Kelly
2017-10-23 17:13:51 +0000 UTCThe devil always lives
Alyxx the Rat
2017-10-23 17:13:22 +0000 UTCThis is the kind of game that has the exact visuals that would have kept me up at night as a kid. Particularly anything running at the player from a distance away (like the dog, sink devil, or vampire), as well as the very well-drawn but still really unsettling HUGE faces from the death or corpse scenes. Anyway, this video is VERY well done. I love that you're incorporating more comedy material. It really makes it much more enjoyable than just sticking to straight information and gameplay. Keep up the good work!
2017-10-23 17:00:39 +0000 UTCApparently the ending is just really, REALLY specific about what you have to type in. It'll only accept "THROW WATER AT DEVIL" and nothing else. Fun review, made me laugh several times at your wacky jokes and observations :)
2017-10-23 16:55:22 +0000 UTCOur titular host slam dunks it again. (I went for the boob joke as soon as it ended and I'm only sorta proud of myself)
avfusion
2017-10-23 16:27:30 +0000 UTC
