Reviews for Eddie's Lament

[manic-prophet]

Walkthrough - Kinda

I found it interesting that this was made the assumption that the player hasn't any knowledge of zombies.

Zed games get an automatic 10 then I drop the score depending on the content.
(-1) for voice. Irked the bloody hell out of me.
(-1) for length (lack thereof).

If you get sick of the narration - and trust me you will, simply click on the screen after reading the text (refer to djfug's post)

Important things to click on:

Laptop:
-Acquire memory stick
Drawer:
-Acquire paper clip and cough drop
Bathroom:
-Click on reflection with cough drop
-Click on cabinet lock with paper clip
-Acquire crowbar and penguin
(Thatperson364: that looks like an image of an empty hallway)
Window:
-Acuire car keys
-Click on window with crowbar
Raven:
-Click on raven with penguin
-Acuire shotty
Basement:
-Click on fusebox with memory stick
TV:
-Acquire headshot knowledge
Door:
-Kill Lenore
SUV:
-Click on SUV with car keys

[yourfriendlygamer]

>,>

I love zombies so so much but this game was ok...it could be better and longer but blah it was pretty good

[ChronoNomad]

I don't know why this game has been voted down so much. Fundamentally, it's not a bad little Point 'n Click. In my opinion, the biggest negatives are the relatively short gameplay and the particularly over-the-top poetry recitations. I was really hoping that the latter would improve after using the cough drop, but...no such luck.

The game itself obviously isn't meant to be an intensely scary horror fest of zombie apocalyptic proportions. What I do like is how the game doesn't take itself too seriously, and in fact leans more towards overt silliness than anything else. The rhymes are somewhat kitschy, but since everything needed to more or less conform to the rhyming scheme of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven," I think you did a pretty good job overall.

In conclusion, I personally believe that this game deserves much better than its paltry one-star rating. I find it really hard to believe that it's been voted down so mercilessly just because of the not-so-pleasant gravelly voice reading the lines of poetic verse. Well, maybe people just don't care for poetry anymore, and maybe the game idea is just too radically different from what people expect and/or want. Or maybe you were just another victim of zero bombers. Either way, I maintain that this game deserves a hell of a lot better that what it's gotten from the voting populace.

[pepperace]

As I was browsing Hamumu's games
I came upon a familiar name
"Eddie's lament", a game I'd played
And had fond memories, all things said

So I sat and started fresh
To view this horror/poetry mesh
The voice acting was a bit off
And nothing was notably tough

But all in all, twas rather fun
I'd for sure play another one
Even with its minor flaws
I still give it a round of 'plause
Quoth the rater: Star count 4

[Keihl]

not bad

I personally hate zombie movies. I think that the rise in popularity is cheap writing, requiring a bunch of extras in destroyed clothing and makeup. Also, I've had more than enough bad dreams about zombies, that it ruined the genre. Shawn of the Dead is the exception. This game is a lot more fun than most zombie games, because it uses a point and click escape means of play. I'm tired of this so I voted 2 - nothing too new or interesting, but I'm giving you a seven, because you at least took a couple of otherwise tired genres and put them together nicely with real life photos, rather than bad drawings, or something similar. Also, it wasn't just a shooting game, like every other zombie game out there.

The take on the Raven was interesting, and using the meter and style of it was cute. Poe is a generally fun author, and I'm glad that you could put some elements of his most famous poem into this game. Good literature in games isn't always great, but if done well, it leaves a satisfying impression. All in all, a good effort, and I would love to see more like this where you aren't just clicking around, and you don't need a walkthrough to win, and it takes you on an adventure, rather than just having you escape a room or something.