The Dig (DOS)

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Customer Reviews:

EXCELLENT GAME [Posted on 2007-01-02]
Simply the most excellent, amazing computer game that I have ever played. Just do yourself a favor and play it! You won't be disappointed.

One of a kind LucasArts title [Posted on 2007-03-23]
The Dig takes LucasArts adventurers to a place they've never been before. An alien world. Not only is this the only LA game set in space, it's also the only one to take a very serious approach. That's the biggest criticism I hear about this title. My feeling is, if you want comedy, Monkey Island is your game. If you want a more serious sci-fi epic though, look no further.

Another thing that seperates this from any other LA title is the lack of characters to interact with. For the majority of the game, it's just you and your crew members Maggie and Brink. But in a way, that's what makes it great. The concept is that you're on a planet where the technology is far advanced, but it's a barren wasteland, and there's no telling what happened to the aliens that used to inhabit this planet.

Another aspect that really adds to the game is the sound effects and cinematic score. Nearly every location has it's own atmospheric music and adds an eerie vibe. The voice acting is decent too, but there's really not a lot of dialogue throughout as you are exploring solo for the majority.

The graphics I would compare to Full Throttle as they both were released pretty close together. The backgrounds look great, but I think FT looked a little better sometimes with the in game character graphics. Way too pixelated. I could have used some more cut scenes as well.

Overall, an immersive experience and one of my favorite games. The puzzles are hard, but not too hard, there are plenty of areas to explore, and it really does feel like you're watching a sci-fi movie sometimes. Well worth experiencing.

Epic adventure [Posted on 2007-08-01]
As a person who has not played a lot of other Lucasarts adventures, but plenty of others I found this game thoroughly enjoyable. The background art is fantastic, the muscial score is top notch, and the cut scenes are very well done. The only thing I felt could have used some more refinement was tha actual characters which seemed a but too pixelated even for 1995.

The puzzles are for the most part reasonable to figure out with out having to consult a walk through to figure them out. It is a fairly serious game, with a bit of humor thrown in every now and again. If you like to explore in your adventure game playing then buy this game, it is truly beautiful. It is a great story to follow, and has a lot of nice cinematic elements that keep you interested in the story.

Not Up To The Lucas Arts Standard [Posted on 2008-01-03]
The story for this game was developed by Steven Spielberg for a movie. He subsequently decided that a movie would cost too much, and he suggested to Lucas Arts that the story might form the basis for a video game. "The Dig" is the result.

It is discovered that an asteroid circling our planet is in an unstable orbit and that it will crash somewhere on earth and cause a catastrophe. A team is dispatched to detonate explosive charges on the asteroid in order to move it to a stable orbit. On the asteroid, the crew finds a tunnel that leads to a cavern containg a large mysterious object. When certain plates are assembled, the object morphs into a space ship which takes the crew to a planet. By accident, the crew discovers a lower level called a "Nexus." Here is where the main game begins.

I have two issues with the game. First, gameplay tends to drag. From the Nexus five spires (also called museums) are visited twice. Much time is spent going and coming. You visit a spire, walk around, perhaps collect an object, and return to the Nexus. There is no sense of forward movement. There are several "trial-and-error" puzzles, always tedious, which slow game progress even more.

Second, after playing the game for some time you will begin to wonder just what the plot is. Where is this game going? The game ends rather abruptly, actually unexpectedly, leaving you still wondering.

In sum, "The Dig" is worth playing but you are left with the sense that it should have been better.

Classic maze/puzzle game [Posted on 2008-09-16]
From the "old" days when VGA was "COOL" and the fastest thing on the street was a 386. This was a fun play with "cutting edge" animation clips at each level...

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