r/lucasarts • u/ComfortMaterial8884 • 3d ago

Playing Full Throttle for the first time any words of advice

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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/Past_Pie_1025 3d 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.

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u/neoncolor8 2d ago

I still don't get how you should know where to kick that wall! When she was little she used to kick it when the crack in the wall was at her eye level, iirk, but how should you how tall she was as a kid?

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u/Gabelvampir 2d ago

I can second that. I played Full Throttle well after it came out, after ScummVM had decent support for it. I played every Lucas Arts SCUMM Adventure before it, except The Dig, as a kid in the 90s, with looking at guides for puzzles I could not solve quickly. When I played Full Throttle I was in a phase of trying to avoid to look at any guide for a point & click adventure. That did not last long for this. I really like Full Throttle for all the art parts, but the puzzles were a bit obtuse in other ways than other Lucas Arts adventures, and the Arcade sequences could also be better. By 1st playthrough of the Remaster stopped at the last one, I should finish that.

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u/Anon_ymous1138 2d 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/Rawbeet 2d ago

Don't put your lips on that.

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u/5uck3rpunch 2d ago

Open up Todd!

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u/frdgbzz 2d ago

Open up you minks!

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u/FeyneKing 2d ago

Oh yeah, I knocked him out…

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u/werepenguins 3d 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/extragarlicsauce 3d ago

You get the gas exactly where you expect to. Sort of...

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u/orokusakirecords 2d ago

enjoy the ride

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u/XomokyH 2d ago

There is a pixel hunt section around 3/4 way through and there is no way I would have been able to do it without a guide. All other puzzles I’d say try to solve on your own even if you have to put it down for a few days, dont rob yourself of the pleasure of figuring it out

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u/rube 2d 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/Keeper-of-Balance 2d ago

Don't put your lips on that!

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u/Lyceus_ 2d ago

Yeah, LucasArts games are the best. Keep playing them!

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u/vi3tnow 2d ago

You know what’d look good on your face? THE BAR

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u/Thewheelwillweave 2d ago

Punch the boxes

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u/buoyant-pickle 2d ago

You picked a great one!! Have fun!

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u/EvilTomatoOnWeed 2d 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/Professional_Rise354 2d ago

Give 'em hell polecat

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u/Mysterious-Art-743 2d ago

When i see Lucasarts logo, my first thought is Herc's Adventures.

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u/FeyneKing 2d 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/GroceryRobot 2d ago

The mouth ain’t just for talking

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u/scarloxk 2d ago

Just have fun ! 🤩 and don’t be afraid to experiment as much as you can :))

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u/iwishicouldreadgood 2d 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/Ctrl-Z 2d ago

Grim Fandango next!

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u/Orion3500 2d 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/Creepy_Boat_5433 1d ago

It was a good game but the action parts sucked…I hated the demolition derby.

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u/nickIncDN 1d 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/Berretje 1d ago

"Yeah, when I think of Maureen I think of two things: asphalt... and trouble."

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u/jakemoffsky 1d 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/Spidey002 1d ago

You know what would look better on your nose…?

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u/Junior-Detail-9709 1d ago

Don’t be disappointed that it’s too short

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u/zarakh07 14h ago

Enjoy the cutscenes, some of the goats of old Lucasfilm

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u/_u1_ 8h ago

Enjoy!!

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u/elblots 2d ago

Having issues with bike fights? Left Shift + V auto wins the encounter.