Comments on: The Last Express http://jordanmechner.com Video game design tips from the creator of Prince of Persia, plus news and information about his projects. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: SO SO http://jordanmechner.com/last-express/#comment-47259 SO SO Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:51:21 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?page_id=67#comment-47259 Thanks, this worked... but can one save the game this way? Thanks, this worked… but can one save the game this way?

]]> By: SO SO http://jordanmechner.com/last-express/#comment-47258 SO SO Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:50:17 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?page_id=67#comment-47258 OOPS meant Windows 7 - and I see now that I could have scrolled down a bit more for the answer. OOPS meant Windows 7 – and I see now that I could have scrolled down a bit more for the answer.

]]> By: SO SO http://jordanmechner.com/last-express/#comment-47257 SO SO Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:52:01 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?page_id=67#comment-47257 Hello Michael Shumake, I bought this game a few years ago and played it on my Windows XP Toshiba laptop. I now have Vista HP and want to load it to play (hopefully without all the stops I had on my low RAM Toshiba) but I CAN'T. How did you load onto your Vista? Is there a downloadable fix? Thanks for any help! Hello Michael Shumake, I bought this game a few years ago and played it on my Windows XP Toshiba laptop. I now have Vista HP and want to load it to play (hopefully without all the stops I had on my low RAM Toshiba) but I CAN’T.
How did you load onto your Vista? Is there a downloadable fix?
Thanks for any help!

]]> By: Ivan http://jordanmechner.com/last-express/#comment-46705 Ivan Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:23:51 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?page_id=67#comment-46705 Played thins years ago in Russia. Simply the best game I ever saw. A masterpiece. Thank you Played thins years ago in Russia. Simply the best game I ever saw. A masterpiece. Thank you

]]> By: Robert http://jordanmechner.com/last-express/#comment-46548 Robert Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:43:33 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?page_id=67#comment-46548 I loved this game when I first got it in 1997. I recently downloaded it again via GOG and my god, it's wonderful (except for the killer bird-robot made of gold, which didn't fit and actually kind of sucked...sorry.) The Last Express is very dated on PC/Console platform, but with a few control tweaks this game could be played on Android & iPhone phones and would immediately be one of the best games available. Have you seen the crap games for those platforms? This would be ideal. Please give The Last Express the second chance to shine that it so richly deserves! I loved this game when I first got it in 1997. I recently downloaded it again via GOG and my god, it’s wonderful (except for the killer bird-robot made of gold, which didn’t fit and actually kind of sucked…sorry.)

The Last Express is very dated on PC/Console platform, but with a few control tweaks this game could be played on Android & iPhone phones and would immediately be one of the best games available. Have you seen the crap games for those platforms? This would be ideal.

Please give The Last Express the second chance to shine that it so richly deserves!

]]> By: J. Kulhavy http://jordanmechner.com/last-express/#comment-45242 J. Kulhavy Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:31:16 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?page_id=67#comment-45242 Dear Mr. Mechner, I was one of the lucky few who bought this game when it came out. Few other works of art have moved me as deeply as the Last Express, and as I read the comments, my eyes began to tear up. I immediately felt the same upwelling of emotion as when I completed the game for the first time. Dear Mr. Mechner,

I was one of the lucky few who bought this game when it came out. Few other works of art have moved me as deeply as the Last Express, and as I read the comments, my eyes began to tear up. I immediately felt the same upwelling of emotion as when I completed the game for the first time.

]]> By: Jana http://jordanmechner.com/last-express/#comment-43575 Jana Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:28:54 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?page_id=67#comment-43575 I loved this game and I wish more games like it were available. I'm downloading it now - can't wait to play it again! I loved this game and I wish more games like it were available. I’m downloading it now – can’t wait to play it again!

]]> By: Jan http://jordanmechner.com/last-express/#comment-41892 Jan Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:57:16 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?page_id=67#comment-41892 Hello Jordan, you didn't reply to the People asking about an iPad version. It would fit very well to that Kind of device. Do you have plans in doing such a version? Tanks in advance, Jan Hello Jordan,

you didn’t reply to the People asking about an iPad version. It would fit very well to that Kind of device. Do you have plans in doing such a version?

Tanks in advance,

Jan

]]> By: Bojan http://jordanmechner.com/last-express/#comment-41114 Bojan Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:28:37 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?page_id=67#comment-41114 I just got this game on GoG. AGAIN! (I'd get it even sooner, had I known they released it there) I already had the original 3CD version ever since it came out, but I believe one can never get enough of The Last Express! :) I agree with all the wonderful comments on this page, and can't stress enough just how great this game is. Whenever I was tasked of recommending a great adventure to somebody, The Last Express was always among the very first ones on my mind! Of course, it's not for everybody, some people just can't get into its graphic style, or its serious tone, or the 'weird' (yet quite fantastic) real-time system and non-linearity (I've played the game several times, and each time I'd find out something new that I've missed previously!), but honestly - it's their loss! And WHAT a loss it is! As Ilya pointed out in his comment, it's really amazing that the game is so culturally diverse! (and wonderfully acted) It really deepens the whole experience, hearing all these different accents and also completely different (native) languages at every step of the game. Though I actually COULD actually understand the Serbian passengers, cause, hey - I'm from Serbia! :) And I must say it's always so weird hearing your own language in a foreign production! :D Anyway, as far the story goes, all I can say is... I cried. There, I admit it. I cried when I finished the game. The story moved me to such an extent that I just couldn't help it, it was so emotional! And I was bummed out for the next several days. THAT's how good the story is! (at least in my opinion) And any piece of art that manages to bring me to tears and makes me feel this way is a true MASTERPIECE in my book! So I would like to personally thank mr. Mechner and the whole Smoking Car team for creating this amazing gem of a game :)). And I seriously hope that those greedy corporate managers never stumble upon it and decide to do a remake, cause the game is perfect just the way it is (I think I'd just tweak the interface a bit, but apart from that...), and they would probably only completely mess it up and turn it into a full-3D first person shooter or something. And that would just be pure sacrilege! Anyway, once again - THANK YOU Jordan, and THANK YOU Smoking Car for this wonderful game! I just got this game on GoG. AGAIN! (I’d get it even sooner, had I known they released it there) I already had the original 3CD version ever since it came out, but I believe one can never get enough of The Last Express! :) I agree with all the wonderful comments on this page, and can’t stress enough just how great this game is. Whenever I was tasked of recommending a great adventure to somebody, The Last Express was always among the very first ones on my mind! Of course, it’s not for everybody, some people just can’t get into its graphic style, or its serious tone, or the ‘weird’ (yet quite fantastic) real-time system and non-linearity (I’ve played the game several times, and each time I’d find out something new that I’ve missed previously!), but honestly – it’s their loss! And WHAT a loss it is!

As Ilya pointed out in his comment, it’s really amazing that the game is so culturally diverse! (and wonderfully acted) It really deepens the whole experience, hearing all these different accents and also completely different (native) languages at every step of the game. Though I actually COULD actually understand the Serbian passengers, cause, hey – I’m from Serbia! :) And I must say it’s always so weird hearing your own language in a foreign production! :D

Anyway, as far the story goes, all I can say is… I cried. There, I admit it. I cried when I finished the game. The story moved me to such an extent that I just couldn’t help it, it was so emotional! And I was bummed out for the next several days. THAT’s how good the story is! (at least in my opinion) And any piece of art that manages to bring me to tears and makes me feel this way is a true MASTERPIECE in my book!

So I would like to personally thank mr. Mechner and the whole Smoking Car team for creating this amazing gem of a game :) ). And I seriously hope that those greedy corporate managers never stumble upon it and decide to do a remake, cause the game is perfect just the way it is (I think I’d just tweak the interface a bit, but apart from that…), and they would probably only completely mess it up and turn it into a full-3D first person shooter or something. And that would just be pure sacrilege!

Anyway, once again – THANK YOU Jordan, and THANK YOU Smoking Car for this wonderful game!

]]> By: Soundtrack by Elia Cmiral http://jordanmechner.com/last-express/#comment-40483 Soundtrack by Elia Cmiral Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:10:24 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?page_id=67#comment-40483 It has been out of print for years and not available through iTunes, so this is the only way fans can enjoy this wonderful soundtrack: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5SDMKON4 It has been out of print for years and not available through iTunes, so this is the only way fans can enjoy this wonderful soundtrack:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5SDMKON4

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