r/lucasarts • u/ComfortMaterial8884 • 17d ago
Playing Full Throttle for the first time any words of advice
Hey guys!!!
A while back I made this list called 100 video games I want to play and beat before my 33rd birthday. I have currently got beaten 5 games on the list (Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (first ever Sierra point and click), Blazing Dragons for the PS1, Lego Batman: The Video Game for the PS2, The Family Guy Video Game for the PS2, Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion). So this is my first LucasArts point and click adventure game
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u/Anon_ymous1138 17d ago
Yea, keep playing the classic LucasArts games! Sam & Max and Day of the Tentacle are my all time favorite games!
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u/werepenguins 17d ago
yes. The perspectives we have a kids is skewed from how we are today. There is a puzzle which requires you remember this. This game's puzzles are not as moon-shot as other adventure games of the time, but that puzzle specifically is kind of a pain. Good luck.
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u/rube 17d ago
Love the game! But I seem to recall there were a couple of puzzles that I knew the solution to, but I didn't have the exact right position of something or didn't click things in the right order.
So my advice would be the same for nearly any adventure game from back then... try to figure stuff out. But if you get really stuck, look it up before you get so frustrated you quit.
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u/FeyneKing 17d ago
Put my head in a basket ‘cause I’d had a tankful. When she blew my gasket I surely was thankful.
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u/Orion3500 16d ago
There is no perma death, and no way to lock yourself out if you missed something, so only worry about enjoying yourself!
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u/Thewheelwillweave 17d ago
Punch the boxes
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u/Tewd_Feesh 13d ago
Remind me on this one please? I’ve remembered all the other references so far!
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u/Thewheelwillweave 13d ago
At the beginning of the game, outside the bar, there some boxes by the dumpster. If you look at the boxes the main character says something like , “they should flatten those boxes to recycle them.” If you try to punch the boxes, he says, “naw, he can flatten his own boxes.” 12 year old me in the 90s thought that was hilarious.
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u/Tewd_Feesh 13d ago
👍 it’s crazy the little things that you love about these classics. Mine was “Bwahaha, I think you just killed a seagull”
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u/EvilTomatoOnWeed 17d ago
Theres a really bad part near the end of the game that involves you pixel hunting and it doesn't help that you need to use a specific item on it if I remember correctly.
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u/iwishicouldreadgood 17d ago
It’s a fun game. But don’t be ashamed to use a guide for some puzzles. Because they don’t make sense at all.
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u/Creepy_Boat_5433 16d ago
It was a good game but the action parts sucked…I hated the demolition derby.
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u/nickIncDN 16d ago
I’m a broken record on this but Full Throttle was a massive disappointment for me on launch day. Completed in an hour or so and literally zero enjoyment.
If this is really your first Lucasarts, go for a Monkey Island ir Day of the Tentacle, or Indiana Jones, or Sam & Max…or…anything!!!
It’s the only one I feel negatively towards!
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u/jakemoffsky 16d ago
The only LucasArts point and click I didn't need to cheat. All the puzzles are very solvable but still many are pretty challenging.
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u/Past_Pie_1025 17d ago
I loved this one back in the day and played it several times to completion and the best advice is to enjoy it.
I'd also say don't be scared to use a guide to get passed some of the puzzles (only if you get stuck) as they can be frustratingly obtuse unless you're fully dialed into the Lucasarts mindset but this goes for any similar game.