The Dig

The Good
Almost everything about The Dig is wonderful. The lovely hand painted backgrounds stand the test of time, the colour cycling animations with the lovely water or alien gulls flying or lightning and clouds in the background..the voice acting was and still is great. I also find it amazing that the voice actor for my favourite Dig character(Dr. Ludger Brink) did several other voices in the game, and I found him to be unrecognizable until I read the credits!

The characters were easy to feel sympathy for and identify with. They are not as stereotypical as some make them out to be. The game is also not quite as serious as some people say, there were lots of little bits of humour everywhere. There were many moments where I nearly fell out of my chair! So I don't think it's lacking in humour at all.

The Bad
The character sprites were terrible but that is to be expected from a game of that time period. The animations for them were very life-like and realistic though. And some of the puzzles were just horridly frustrating(Fortunatly it was only a couple), thank god I bought the strategy guide or I would've given up!

The Bottom Line
It is hard for me to summarize how I feel about this game, because I played it when I was only 8, and it means a lot to me. It influenced me a great deal because I was young, with the beauty and the grand epic quality it had. I still love it.

It was one of the first games I ever played and it will always have a big chunk of my heart. I think I saw the beauty of it because I was a gaming "virgin" and hadn't heard the hype, or waited for years for it to be released. It was fresh and exciting to me and even now, I having played games for years by now, STILL find it wonderful. I would recommend it to anyone.