Comments on: Lost in Blue: Bad Cooking

By: Krystian Majewski

Krystian Majewski — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:13:00 +0000

The Lost in Blue games are the DS sequels to Stranded Kids aka Survival Kids. But I've heard that the GBC original is supposed to be superior. I might give it a try, thanks for the tip!

By: Merwok

Merwok — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:05:00 +0000

Stranded Kids, anyone? (Also named Survival Kids) Build a bow, build arrows, hunt a deer, build a firr, cook the meat, survive another day. With seven possible ends. That was a game.

I totally love the idea of closing the lid and waiting

Kind regards

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:12:00 +0000

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By: Krystian Majewski

Krystian Majewski — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:44:00 +0000

common sense knowledge – I agree, and I would also add that when it comes to “common sense”, there are huge cultural differences. In this case, most of the meals are asian and therefore copletly uncomprehensible for an european as me…

By: rafael van daele-hunt

rafael van daele-hunt — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:35:00 +0000

Presumably the designers assumed that players could draw on their real world cooking knowledge, so that finding a recipe would not be anything like a blind search. Of course, I don’t know whether they did this well or not; a frequent flaw in games intended to use “common sense” is that many possible common sense solutions aren’t implemented, which is frustrating.

By: Daniel 'sirleto' Renkel

Daniel 'sirleto' Renkel — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:00:00 +0000

this truly sounds very funny. basically the great idea of “cooking”, and the simple concept “recipce by ingredients” are conceptualized by the developers and implemented into the game.

but they feel as if they were never (seldom) tested, neither by a publisher nor onsite testers … too bad.

btw: good idea to give hints after the meal is eaten what would improve the recipe (bring it closer to a “true”/hideen one)

By: Krystian Majewski

Krystian Majewski — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:43:00 +0000

Yeah, we already discussed the topic. Franky, I frogot how that mechanic is implemented in Nocturne. Would you refresh my memory?

By the way, I mis-calculated the odds of finding a recipe. They are not 20 times worse but, in fact, twice as good as winning the lottery – like buying two lottery tickets. I’ve corrected the mistake, sorry for that. However, the argument remains intact as the odds are still astromomicaly bad. Theoretically, you can play 9000 games without finding a recipe.

By: Yu-Chung Chen

Yu-Chung Chen — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:52:00 +0000

I totaly agree, especially with the first flaw. I have always hated – and still do – when blind experimenting is being sold as something exciting. Do you remember how I criticized “Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne”? Exactly the same thing.

I also think your proposal should be helpful. Those Japanese game companies really should start reading our blog and hire us.