The Dig®
LucasArts · 2009 · Adventure, Point & Click, Great Soundtrack, Classic, 1990's
PC
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About The Dig®
A DEEP SPACE ADVENTURE BY SEAN CLARK IN COLLABORATION WITH FILMMAKER STEVEN SPIELBERG
An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth, and only NASA veteran Boston Low has the expertise to stop it. Along for the ride are award-winning journalist Maggie Robbins and internationally renowned geologist Ludger Brink.
Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, the trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface.
What they uncover is anything but routine.
Low, Brink and Robbins unwittingly trigger a mechanism that transforms the asteroid into a crystal-like spacecraft. The team is hurtled across the galaxy to a planet so desolate, Brink is moved to name it Cocytus, after the 9th circle of Hell in Dante’s inferno. The bleak landscape was obviously once home to a highly evolved civilization, with remnants of sophisticated architecture, advanced technology and an intricate network of underground tunnels.
But no Cocytans.
Who were the original inhabitants of this once rich empire-turned-wasteland? What are those apparitions that mysteriously appear from time to time? Why have Low, Robbins, and Brink been brought to this place? And how can Low keep his team from unraveling in the face of such uncertainty? To return to Earth, they must dig for answers, both on the planet’s surface and deep within themselves.
From the combined talents of LucasArts and legendary Steven Spielberg comes an epic adventure that plunges headlong into the very core of the unknown. And takes you with it.
An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth, and only NASA veteran Boston Low has the expertise to stop it. Along for the ride are award-winning journalist Maggie Robbins and internationally renowned geologist Ludger Brink.
Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, the trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface.
What they uncover is anything but routine.
Low, Brink and Robbins unwittingly trigger a mechanism that transforms the asteroid into a crystal-like spacecraft. The team is hurtled across the galaxy to a planet so desolate, Brink is moved to name it Cocytus, after the 9th circle of Hell in Dante’s inferno. The bleak landscape was obviously once home to a highly evolved civilization, with remnants of sophisticated architecture, advanced technology and an intricate network of underground tunnels.
But no Cocytans.
Who were the original inhabitants of this once rich empire-turned-wasteland? What are those apparitions that mysteriously appear from time to time? Why have Low, Robbins, and Brink been brought to this place? And how can Low keep his team from unraveling in the face of such uncertainty? To return to Earth, they must dig for answers, both on the planet’s surface and deep within themselves.
From the combined talents of LucasArts and legendary Steven Spielberg comes an epic adventure that plunges headlong into the very core of the unknown. And takes you with it.
- Nearly 200 locations and hundreds of puzzles
- Robert Patrick of T2 as the voice of Boston Low
- Special effects contributed by Industrial Light & Magic
- Dialogue contributed by award-winning sci-fi writer Orson Scott Card
- Alluring Wagnerian musical score sets the epic tone
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Excellent game! It's Truely amazing. Just says player will need map (locations) while travelling different scenes.1 found this helpful
Outro jogo dos anos 90 que eu amo!1 found this helpful
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A classic and a must play.
Genuinely one of my favorite of the old point and click adventures. The story is great, the characters are fun, the gameplay is pretty good compared to some of the moon-logic you got from point n clicks in those days. Most of the puzzles are pretty fun to solve, and straightforward enough to actually intuit on your own. The interface has been massively scaled down from some of the earlier SCUMM engine games, there's no 'push/pull/look/speak' actions you need to use on every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pixel, just click on things; it's so much better. The graphics, while dated, still really hold up. The design on this world is still so eery, hauntingly beautiful. It really captures the vibe of a dead world filled with derelict unknowable alien artifacts. The latter half of the game doesn't fully escape the more esoteric moon logic where instead of combining items in logical ways you end up clicking every combination just to see which ones the devs decided would work. Like, why can I jam a plate with a rod, but the 5 colored rods I have don't work, nor do the two scepters, or the tusk that I found? But it's not too egregious. Only time I had to look up solutions is when you're expected to either r…
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