O tempora is a series of retrospective posts where I play games from ages before to see if they stood the test of time.
Gobliiins hold important memories for me. Along with the Kyrandia titles from Westwood they were the very first adventure titles that I’ve played. They were the games that somewhat defined my humor, defined my understanding of the use of voices in games, defined my visual style preferences as I was a kid. While people with powerful PCs played Doom, I was playing Montezuma’s Revenge on my Поиск-1, my friend played these games on his system. And I helped. Then we switched to Space Quest, to Leisure Suit Larry and other titles, because we realized how fun the adventure games could be. A few years ago we saw a very quiet release of Gobliiins 4. I played it only for a bit and it made me question myself – what if the classic titles were as tedious, as uninspired, as illogical? Was it all nostalgia and the original games weren’t that good anymore?
