Adventure game from late 90s/early 00s?

[ghostgirl91]

Hi all, I've been racking my brains for years trying to remember the name of a game I used to play which was set in a grim, rainy town, had a young boy/man with an umbrella as its playable character (I think) and had some strange characters like elephants that he could go up and speak to. I feel like the name of the game was the pc's name, and want to say it began with T (but it wasn't Twinsen's Odyssey). I really don't remember much more than that but it's been doing my head in for years now. Any ideas???

SOLVED: Twinsen's Odyssey/Little Big Adventure - thanks all

 

[WoodenSaucer]

Was it 2D or 3D? If it was a 2D retro-style adventure game, I think Undertale had some rain and an umbrella.

 

[Colif]

Undertale is 2015 though...

not Shenmue
little big adventure
none of these - https://www.thegamer.com/best-video-games-raining/

Holy Umbrella - TV Tropes

Holy Umbrella: Dondera no Mubou!!Translationloosely, "Dondera's Unhinged!!" is an Action RPG-ish game (or "comical action game," as the Japanese blurb on the back cover describes it) developed by Earthly Softnote a small Japanese company …

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sounds like an interesting game

 

[Brian Boru]

set in a grim, rainy town, had a young boy/man with an umbrella as its playable character (I think) and had some strange characters

Are you sure it was set in Ireland?

 

[WoodenSaucer]

Are you sure it was set in Ireland?

No, it was Seattle.

 

[Johnway]

Hi all, I've been racking my brains for years trying to remember the name of a game I used to play which was set in a grim, rainy town, had a young boy/man with an umbrella as its playable character (I think) and had some strange characters like elephants that he could go up and speak to. I feel like the name of the game was the pc's name, and want to say it began with T (but it wasn't Twinsen's Odyssey). I really don't remember much more than that but it's been doing my head in for years now. Any ideas???

probably going to need more clues. like backgrounds the tone of the game (cell shade graphics), what puzzles etc. At this point i'm going to throw random names like the city of lost children, syberia etc

 

[WoodenSaucer]

My bet is she posted this on a bunch of forums and will forget to come back.

 

[Colif]

Depends how much they want game, its only been a few days...

 

[Alm]

This only ticks the box for grim & rainy but could it be Gemini Rue?

It's a 2010s game though and I didn't get far enough to see elephant like creatures. Outside chance but I thought I would try.

 

[Colif]

Not sure about Elephants being in a gritty detective game, I didn't see any either

Gets sidetracked looking for talking elephants

It starts with T... but I don't see any umbrellas?
Its a silly game, if rambo was an elephant...
alas, I don't see much rain.

 

[ghostgirl91]

Sorry people - busy week! Doesn't look like any of these so far, starting to think I imagined the whole thing... I asked my older brother and he remembers vaguely but can't remember the name either or find it anywhere

 

[Colif]

I feel like the name of the game was the pc's name

do you mean the name of the computer?

 

[ghostgirl91]

do you mean the name of the computer?

No sorry - playable character

 

[Colif]

what type of game was it? platformer? action game? adventure?
What was the story?
what did you do in the game?

 

[ghostgirl91]

what type of game was it? platformer? action game? adventure?
What was the story?
what did you do in the game?

It was an adventure RPG, having spoken to my brother again he reckons it was set in Japan, and came in a demo box with Duke Nukem 3D, Quake, and potentially Gravekeeper? I think the main player wore a kimono. Not sure on the story I'm afraid!

 

[Colif]

Not it but I am sure finding some odd games - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Jungle
Not this one but it was fun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throne_of_Darkness

 

[Pifanjr]

I did just discover they updated Little Big Adventure 2, a.k.a. Twinsen's Odyssey, last June and are working on a new game in the series!

https://www.pcgamer.com/these-classic-point-and-click-adventures-just-got-updated-25-years-later/

 

[Pifanjr]

It was an adventure RPG, having spoken to my brother again he reckons it was set in Japan, and came in a demo box with Duke Nukem 3D, Quake, and potentially Gravekeeper? I think the main player wore a kimono. Not sure on the story I'm afraid!

Is it perhaps Giants: Citizen Kabuto from the PC Gamer Disc 7.2 of May 2001?

PC Gamer - Disc 7.2 - May 2001 : PC Gamer : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This month on the CD:Duke Nukem 3D (Full Version)NBA Live 2001Alliance for Quake IIINASCAR 4DesperadosGiants: Citizen KabutoStar Wars: Battle for Naboo

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[Colif]

notes little big adventure is not to be confused with little big planet

I should have looked first

 

[ghostgirl91]

On further reflection/googling I think it was actually Twinsen's Odyssey - sorry I didn't realise before! We had the demo version so we only had the one city. Thanks for your help all

 

[Pifanjr]

On further reflection/googling I think it was actually Twinsen's Odyssey - sorry I didn't realise before! We had the demo version so we only had the one city. Thanks for your help all

Great game, definitely worth revisiting and playing the full game!

 

[WoodenSaucer]

It was an adventure RPG, having spoken to my brother again he reckons it was set in Japan, and came in a demo box with Duke Nukem 3D, Quake, and potentially Gravekeeper? I think the main player wore a kimono. Not sure on the story I'm afraid!

With that in mind, it makes me strongly believe it could have been Shadow Warrior, which was also a 3D Realms game around that time. That fits what you said in this post, but I'm not sure about umbrellas and elephants.

 

[Brian Boru]

it makes me strongly believe

Apparently solved in post #20

 

[WoodenSaucer]

Apparently solved in post #20

Not sure why I didn't see that.

 

[Brian Boru]

Not sure why I didn't see that.

There are at least 3 Us in it, so completely Understandable