[PC] Atlantis: The Lost Tales (1997)

How:
Read about it on Adventuregamers, got on GOG during a promo.

Note:
I played the "extended cut" version, which is an unofficial patch that fixes some bugs and adds back some unused music and dialogue.

Pros:
- Just the old school graphics I like
- Great atmospheric music
- Lots of cutscenes

Cons:
- Lots of bugs and glitches, even with the patch installed
- Annoying action scenes to complete via trial & error
- Unfair, obscure puzzles

At one point you dress up like a woman, and the character even makes a falsetto voice.

[PS2] Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga (2004)

How:
Just exploring the megaten series.
Pros:
- Cool idea of having fixed monsters as playing characters, removes much of the mess from having to invite and fuse enemy monsters
- Cool karma-branching evolution and downloading system
- Lots of different demons with unique animations
- Fights are never trivial and very dynamic, have to apply the right strategy depending on the strengths and weaknesses of the party and the enemy
- Lots of magic attacks, status ailments, items
- Nice story and cool, diversified environments
Cons:
- Very linear gameplay
- Horrible song
- Ugly English translation (especially Cielo, who speaks Jamaican slang)
- Some very tedious enemy-heavy maze parts especially towards the end
- Bad metal rock music
- Still quite grinding-heavy

The coolest demon in the game: ライジュウ, a wolf made of electricity.

Coolest boss: Vasuki.

The game ends with a blatant Matrix reference. I found it a bit annoying.

[Amiga] Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992)

How:
Played the PC (CD) version but never finished it, finally got to play it again with ScummVM amazing support for Amiga files.
Endings:
Out of the three possible paths, I finished the game in the "collaboration" mode (with Sophia), both bad and good ending.
Pros:
- Multiple ways to solve puzzles and multiple game modes increase the game's longevity noticeably
- Excellent graphics, animations, and fitting music
- Marvelous, immersive sense of adventure
- Just the right amount of comedy one would expect from an Indy movie
- Likable, well outlined characters with custom animations
- Nice, well-balanced puzzles
Cons:
- No sound effects in the Amiga version

In an attempt to make Sophia run away from the cage, I managed to trap a crab inside with her.

My final score after finishing it the first time on Team mode.

[Amiga] Heimdall 2 (1994)

Pros:
- Beautiful graphics and animations
- Memorable plot and setting
- Difficult puzzles
- Many colorful places to visit
- It is an incredible pleasure to play this game
- The rune system is functional and fun
- Fights are difficult at the beginning but soon become part of the fun
- You can choose at any time among two characters
- Very good balance between adventure, RPG and arcade
- Hard and long-lived
Cons:
- Not much music
- Some dead-ends (e.g. by letting the wrong people die)

[PC] 6 Days a Sacrifice (2007)

Pro:
- Nuovo sistema di controllo semplice e funzionale
- Ottima grafica e animazioni
- Immersivo come sempre
- Si guidano diversi personaggi
- Enigmi comunque divertenti
Contro:
- Inizia molto bene per incasinarsi in una storia intrecciata e difficile da seguire
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[PC] Trilby's Notes (2006)

Pro:
- Riesce a mettere una certa ansia
- E' sostanzialmente horror
- Si guidano diversi personaggi in diverse epoche con enigmi e parti arcade divertenti
- L'uomo alto può diventare un personaggio di culto
- Enigmi al solito ben ragionati
- Effetti speciali semplici ma convincenti
Contro:
- L'interfaccia a comandi testuali può risultare scomoda
- Comincia ad esserci un pò troppa carne al fuoco (dal punto di vista della storia)

[PC] 7 Days a Skeptic (2004)

Pro:
- Storia sempre avvincente
- Ambientazioni e suoni accattivanti anche nella loro semplicità
- Nuovo sistema di controllo semplice e pratico
- Enigmi divertenti e ben bilanciati
Contro:
- Musiche midi indegne
- I risvolti della trama potrebbero non piacere

[PC] 5 Days a Stranger (2003)

Pro:
- Storia avvincente e misteriosa
- Grafica ed animazioni risultano gradevolissime dopo pochi minuti di gioco
- Enigmi ben congeniati ed originali
- Sistema di controllo semplice e funzionale
- Il gioco ha molti gradi di libertà, accade sempre qualcosa e non è mai noioso
Contro:
- Colonna sonora tratta dai midi di AGS...
- Un pò breve