The Best Adventure Games All The Time [Archive]

wormpaul

07-10-2004, 02:56 PM

Originally posted by Stroggy@Oct 7 2004, 02:22 PM
what kind of game is the longest journey?
is it just your basic adventure game.
are the puzzles like in myst or like in other adventuregames (combine object X with object Y...) or is it a mix?
is it short, long (would be ironic if 'the longest journey' was a short game... but still)
Adventure: Very basic...just and point and click adventure..mix things with eachother and talk with people....but they use the background very well in some puzzles...very interactive backgrounds...and i like that :ok:

Length: It`s a very (read VERY!!) long adventure...it`s keeps you playing in several worlds and it keeps exciting all the time. (example: it`s about the lenght of Monkey Island 1, and thats about 3 times the lenght of syberia...that was so short..)

Style: A realistic style...not with real actors but with a street feeling in it...not like monkey island where everything looks like a circus..(also nice...but this is different..more like Syberia )

Story: I won`t say much about it but it is a brilliant story...so there are dragons...time/world keepers...more then 1 world and you...and that all toghether makes a brilliant story...it still gives me a :D when i think about it..

So...conclusion: :ok:

Havell

07-10-2004, 07:38 PM

Grim Fandango
Discworld Noir
Monkey Island 2

Jumjalum

07-10-2004, 08:02 PM

Best plot - Gabriel Knight - Sins of the Fathers
Runner up - Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Honourable mention - Full Throttle

Best jokes - Monkey Island 1/2
Runner up - Sam and Max Hit the Road
Honourable mention - Day of the Tentacle

Best puzzles - Day of the Tentacle
Runner up - Monkey Island 1/2 (I just can't seperate those two)
Honourable mention - Sam and Max Hit the Road

It should be noted that I am still halfway through Grim Fandango and Discworld Noir, and I havent even started The Longest Journey.

Stroggy

07-10-2004, 08:45 PM

Originally posted by R Havell@Oct 7 2004, 07:38 PM
Grim Fandango
Discworld Noir
Monkey Island 2
oh how could I forget discworld noir!?
shame on me!

The game that introduced me to discworld (of which I now own the entire series and the last 6 books in hardcover)

radiv

07-10-2004, 08:49 PM

Sam & Max and Full Throttle are nice games :) but maybe not the best ever...

Havell

07-10-2004, 09:03 PM

Originally posted by Stroggy@Oct 7 2004, 09:45 PM
shame on me!
Yes, shame on you :P

It introduced me to Discworld as well, I have read them all and between me and my school's library I can read them all. For me Monkey Island 2 is the best of the series, I liked the money system and the freedom of movement between islands.

Btw, I have completed Discworld Noir seven times, Monkey Island 2 three times and Grim Fandango twice.

Stroggy

07-10-2004, 09:10 PM

I completed Discworld Noir 2 times and Grim fandango 3 times

Sadly a bug prevents me from playing Discworld Noir on windowsXP :(

Jumjalum

07-10-2004, 09:52 PM

Originally posted by Stroggy@Oct 7 2004, 09:10 PM
I completed Discworld Noir 2 times and Grim fandango 3 times

Sadly a bug prevents me from playing Discworld Noir on windowsXP :(
Stroggy, if its the bug I'm thinking of you can bypass it simply by starting a new game every time you play, then loading your savegame after the intro. Let me know if it works!

Stroggy

07-10-2004, 09:53 PM

no
i just can't start the game up at all :(

Havell

07-10-2004, 09:59 PM

Works fine on XP for me :unsure:

marko river

08-10-2004, 08:02 AM

More or less there are several adventures that keep repeating. I'm also adventure fan, started with textual adventures on C64. Well, then I got a magazine where I read aboout Shadow of the Comet and Alone in the Dark 1 & 2 (rewiews and complete walkhthroughs). I thnik I read walkthrough of Shadow about 100 times. Years later I found a game. I think they gave it mark 8 for overall but they also gave ut 10 for scenario. Meanwhile I also played Lucas adventures and liked them very much (you already named them all :) )
Well, I hope Kosta will upload Shadow soon, so see for yourself is it really worth talking.

wormpaul

08-10-2004, 09:18 AM

Originally posted by marko_river@Oct 8 2004, 08:02 AM
Well, I hope Kosta will upload Shadow soon, so see for yourself is it really worth talking.
Never heard of this game...

:cry: :cry:

The_EgAt

08-10-2004, 09:26 AM

Not in any paricular order:

Monkey Island (all)
King's Quest I, II and III (haven't played the others)
Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist
Full Throttle
Leisure Suit Larry (all)
Space Quest I (haven't played the others)

(are they all adventures?)

gdp2000

08-10-2004, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by Stroggy@Oct 7 2004, 09:10 PM
I completed Discworld Noir 2 times and Grim fandango 3 times

Sadly a bug prevents me from playing Discworld Noir on windowsXP :(
I tried Grim Fandango and MI4 from the newer Lucas Adventures.

I do not like the interface of the "new" Lucas Arts adventures. They don't use any real features they could with the pseudo 3d engine.

I hated the puzzle with the sign in the forest in Grim Fandango. I know that it's not that complex, but it destroyed the fun in the game for me. I do not like getting stuck in Adventures.

c ya
gdp2k

Puffin

08-10-2004, 11:58 AM

I love Monkey Island
and Grim fandango is really cool

I have Legend of Kyrandia somewhere, haven't played it much yet. But I'm going to, it looks great!!

wormpaul

08-10-2004, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by gdp2000@Oct 8 2004, 11:56 AM
I hated the puzzle with the sign in the forest in Grim Fandango. I know that it's not that complex, but it destroyed the fun in the game for me. I do not like getting stuck in Adventures.

Damm...that is such a nice puzzle...

And doesn`t like to be getiing stucked in adventures?????? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

That`s why it`s all about in adventures...thinking, trying and then on a later moment getting a great idea (can sometimes be days...) and then solve the puzzle...and then thinking: Damm...why didn`t i saw that earlier...

That`s just what i like about adventures...when i can rush through all without thinkng then it`s not a great adventure for me...even not when they got great humor and a good story you still miss something...you simply need to push youre brains to another level...to get that real adventure spirit...

Damm...hopefully someone gets what i tried to say...i just love "good thinking" adventures :angel: :ok:

Stroggy

08-10-2004, 01:24 PM

actually grim fandango had quite a few annoying puzzles which involved the player to move around carefully.
In the petrified forest twice:
one with that sign, and the other time with that tree.
and another time in Rubacava with the metal detector and the scythe.

And one annoying puzzle was when you were trapped at the Edge of the World.
it wasn't difficult... jsut a lot of running around.
Not to mention that moving around underwater was always so painstakingly slow.

Still, the wonderfull plot, the characters and the fantastic settings made it all worth it.
Actually the plot was quite unusual for a lucasarts adventuregame.
Most of them are just plain silly... while Grim fandango carries a deep message about our society while still managing to be silly and not too preachy.

I'd say Grim fandango is to adventuregames what Antz was to 3Dfilms
sophisticated while still managing to be funny...

auhsor

08-10-2004, 01:56 PM

Wow, only one mention of the Space quest games.... What is wrong with you peoples.... :angry: ... :P
Really, I love the SQ games, especially number 3. That game is awesome.
I also love the Maniac Mansion/Day of the Tentacle games. Lots of memories in those games too.
The Monkey Island games especially 1-3 were also awesome.
Grim Fandango is an exceptonally good game that I am very glad that I bought.

Well there are others, but they are probably my favourites.

Stroggy

08-10-2004, 02:00 PM

Space Quest is a very good game
but it annoyed me.
At one point in the game you open a locker or something
there is a machine in there (or an object)
How was I supposed to know what the object is called?!
I tried everything with the commandlines

>look
look at what?
>look at object
look at what object?
>look at object in locker
Can't find 'object'

and so on and so on.
Did I miss something, some piece of information on this 'object'?
or was it just impossible to pick up without following a walkthrough
surely it can't be that.

wormpaul

08-10-2004, 02:06 PM

Originally posted by auhsor@Oct 8 2004, 01:56 PM
Wow, only one mention of the Space quest games.... What is wrong with you peoples.... :angry: ... :P

Sorry, i never played any Space Quest games..

So totally no idea if there good... :P

But for Grim Fandango...it was not the best adventure lucasarts ever made but it`s a good quality game...with some nice new style of charachters :D

Stroggy

08-10-2004, 02:11 PM

Originally posted by wormpaul@Oct 8 2004, 02:06 PM
it was not the best adventure lucasarts ever made
I think it is...
the humor in the other lucasarts games got predictable after some time.

wormpaul

08-10-2004, 02:27 PM

Originally posted by Stroggy+Oct 8 2004, 02:11 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Stroggy @ Oct 8 2004, 02:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-wormpaul@Oct 8 2004, 02:06 PM
it was not the best adventure lucasarts ever made
I think it is...
the humor in the other lucasarts games got predictable after some time. [/b][/quote]
Nope...i still think Monkey Island 1 was the best adventure ever made by Lucasarts..such a long and quality game with great humor in it..

Specially for that time it was totally new (with the 2 different ends in the game) and it`s definatly the best MI ever made...part 2 was also good but when i played part 3 i missed the magical touch from the old games and part 4 was just not that good as i expected...

The more i think about the MI serie the more dissapointing part 4 was for me, hopefully part 5 (if there ever will come a new one) will give me that same feeling as i had with part 1 and 2..

*Part 4: Frustrating part when you walk with your parfum in the house of that old man, where you could spray at all kind of animals...totally no sense of humor and it was also not useful.... :angry: :angry:

Jumjalum

08-10-2004, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by wormpaul@Oct 8 2004, 02:27 PM

Nope...i still think Monkey Island 1 was the best adventure ever made by Lucasarts..such a long and quality game with great humor in it..

Specially for that time it was totally new (with the 2 different ends in the game)
Monkey Island had two endings?

auhsor

09-10-2004, 11:57 AM

Originally posted by Stroggy@Oct 9 2004, 12:00 AM
Space Quest is a very good game
but it annoyed me.
At one point in the game you open a locker or something
there is a machine in there (or an object)
How was I supposed to know what the object is called?!
I tried everything with the commandlines

>look
look at what?
>look at object
look at what object?
>look at object in locker
Can't find 'object'

and so on and so on.
Did I miss something, some piece of information on this 'object'?
or was it just impossible to pick up without following a walkthrough
surely it can't be that.
Hehe, I think that was called a gadget or gizmo or something along those lines. I remember having huge difficulty with that part too. I think that was in the first game.

As for Monkey Island. I think the second one was the coolest because of all the strange stuff. Especially the awesomly weird bone dance that caught you by surprise. Then there is the ending, that has been surrounded in mystery concerning its meaning. It's a pity Ron Gilbert didn't get to make MI3, or we wouldv'e understood what it was all about. MI3 was still an awesome game tho.

Stroggy

09-10-2004, 12:14 PM

I didn't like the second one all that much because the ending was just downright weird.
As the credits rolled by I was left wondering: 'what the... what the hell!?'

gdp2000

09-10-2004, 12:42 PM

I forgot to mention "Innocent until caught" and "Guilty" from "Divide by zero". They have a real cool setting. Although it had some too complicated puzzles, like that one at the beginning, where you had to steal a piece of paper from the man in the bar, but they had a real cool story.

Another problem were the 15 disks in my amiga version. Every amiga user knows what I'm talking about.

c ya
gdp2k

wormpaul

09-10-2004, 04:15 PM

Originally posted by Jumjalum+Oct 8 2004, 05:12 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Jumjalum @ Oct 8 2004, 05:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-wormpaul@Oct 8 2004, 02:27 PM

Nope...i still think Monkey Island 1 was the best adventure ever made by Lucasarts..such a long and quality game with great humor in it..

Specially for that time it was totally new (with the 2 different ends in the game)
Monkey Island had two endings? [/b][/quote]
Yes, Monkey Island 1 had 2 endings...and then i dont mean the credits..

When you are playing with ya catapult you must hit something (cant remember what to hit) but you can also aim other ways...

At this point you can decide to hit your own Boat, or just to leave it there...when you hit your own boat you can`t get off island anymore but when the game ended the old man will come with a new boat for ya...

Now you will see what will happen to the other players on island :P :P

I can`t remember it not all perfect for the moment but it was very funny in the old days, i always hit my own ship just to see the other "funny" ending :P

Stroggy

09-10-2004, 04:37 PM

actually according to Monkey island 4 the ending where you destroy the ship IS the real ending.

Otis and Carla constantly remind you how you left them stranded on the island
and there are serveral references to Herman's boat.

I think Guybrush says something like: "you don't happen to have another boat around, do you?"
something along those lines anyway

wormpaul

09-10-2004, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by Stroggy@Oct 9 2004, 04:37 PM
actually according to Monkey island 4 the ending where you destroy the ship IS the real ending.

Ok...very smart from ya..

Never thought about it that way :D

Unknown Hero

10-10-2004, 01:09 AM

I don't want to repeat all advetures above, cuz they are the best! I'm just gonna give you an advice! Try new adventure game called The Black Mirror. I really like it a lot, but I don't know why?

wormpaul

10-10-2004, 06:02 PM

Originally posted by Unknown Hero@Oct 10 2004, 01:09 AM
I don't want to repeat all advetures above, cuz they are the best! I'm just gonna give you an advice! Try new adventure game called The Black Mirror. I really like it a lot, but I don't know why?
Uuh..

Can you give me a link to the site plz...so i can see what this game is all about..

I`m always in for a new adventure :P

Kent Paynter

18-10-2004, 01:14 PM

1. Sam & Max Hit the Road
2. Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade
3. Leisure Suit Larry 1 VGA

wormpaul

18-10-2004, 02:59 PM

Originally posted by Kent Paynter@Oct 18 2004, 01:14 PM
3. Leisure Suit Larry 1 VGA
Damm...that`s a old one :kosta:

ianbasore

19-10-2004, 02:17 AM

my favs are: Monkey Island 1, Simon the Sorcerer 1, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (the adv. game)

Iron_Scarecrow

19-10-2004, 07:09 AM

Yeah Simon the sorcerer was a good one but I'd prefer fate of atlantis to the last crusade. Also I'd prefer second monkey island, I couldnt stand the clothes he wore in the first one. He looks like he should be dancing around at the octoberfest instead of running around trying to be a pirate.

Iron_Scarecrow

19-10-2004, 07:24 AM

I remember playing a game. I think it was like simon the sorcerer and you put all your items in a black bag.

Wait that was felix the cat, and that was a show.

Hmmmmmmm..... next stop sing along thread.

kaspur

19-10-2004, 10:03 AM

Hmmm best adventure game...
I've played so many of these it's very hard to decide, but here goes:

Monkey Island 2
Kings Quest 5
Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis
Police Quest 2
Sam and Max hit the road

wormpaul

19-10-2004, 10:50 AM

Originally posted by Iron_Scarecrow@Oct 19 2004, 07:09 AM
He looks like he should be dancing around at the octoberfest instead of running around trying to be a pirate.
He wears in every part stupid clothes :help:

But in part 3 he also walks like an idiot...very strange :wall:

Iron_Scarecrow

19-10-2004, 12:11 PM

Ahahahahahaha LOL LOL LOL

That's so true. The walking part I mean. But in the second he wore cool clothes, but he was trying to hard when it came to the beard.

Havell

19-10-2004, 12:32 PM

I just remembered one of my favourite ever adventures games and the first I ever completed without help from a walkthrough TOONSTRUCK, The idea is that you are a stressed out cartoonist who is transported into a twisted world of his own comic strips and must defeat the baddy who has built a flying saucer that turns things evil by collecting the parts for and building another flying saucer that makes things cute. Plot twists follow and you end up trapped in Lord Nefariouses' impentrable fortress, castle, place, thing (play the game).

Iron_Scarecrow

19-10-2004, 01:12 PM

Hmmmm....sounds interesting.

I relly liked the Hugo's house of horrors series. :ok:

Sebatianos

26-10-2004, 06:24 PM

Hi! I guess I'm what you'd call a Newbee. :Tom: , but I just had to write a comment here. You've mentioned some great adventure games, but I played a few I really liked, and they weren't mentioned here. They might not be the best games ever, but I think they're really cool!

Mr. Ripley's Believe it or not: The Riddle of Master Lu (cool graphics, great story, and I'd give it at least 98%).
Blue Force (an older police game, that tries to be true to life. I'd give it 80%, but it's surtenly worth playing).
Death Gate (also excelent story, but the graphics aren't that good 85%).
And last but not least LOST EDEN (I especially liked the music, the story was good and the graphics vere out of this world!).

FreeFreddy

26-10-2004, 06:28 PM

Yeah, Lost Eden was nice. Though some more interaction of and voice for the main character couldn't hurt. And some love story too, it would let the game reach just that missing tip.

gdp2000

27-10-2004, 08:39 PM

Finally some Lost Eden fans!!! It's good to hear that there are people, which like this game. In another thread, I think it was the Dune thread, everyone diliked Lost Eden.

c ya
gdp2k

Havell

27-10-2004, 08:40 PM

Lost Eden was the only game I played with my dad, all he does now is play freecell.

FreeFreddy

27-10-2004, 08:42 PM

Probably that's all he's good at too... <_< :P :tomato:

Martin

28-10-2004, 12:10 PM

The Larry games are quite good.

Fenris

28-10-2004, 12:32 PM

I just discovered ScummVM and dug out good old Simon the Sorerer. I really love this game, i think it has been a bit underrated but it can really match up with the best adventures out there.

Sebatianos

28-10-2004, 09:16 PM

Simon 1 is really a good game. Part two was funny (but a bit two sarcastic), unfortunately it got wierd at the end.
But Simon 3D is just horrible. Don't you just hate it, when they make an old classic like this into a 3D action packed adventure? :sick: Thank God Lucasarts NEVER did this :pissed:

Morrin

29-10-2004, 05:18 AM

I've never been much to adventure games such as point & click adventures. Only games are Day Of The Tentacle and Discworld and I didn't finish them either. I just don't have patience to run around trying to solve puzzles. I just can't get any fun of it.

Have any of you tried Runaway: the road adventure? I've never played such a sadistic game! I totally got pissed when I didn't get further that to second room.

Im just more to action packed games.

Iron_Scarecrow

29-10-2004, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by Fenris@Oct 28 2004, 12:32 PM
I just discovered ScummVM and dug out good old Simon the Sorerer. I really love this game, i think it has been a bit underrated but it can really match up with the best adventures out there.
I wish I had simon the sorcerer.

HINT HINT. :D

Fenris

29-10-2004, 02:25 PM

I have only got the german version, and there is no subtitle, so it won't be helpfull.

Does anyone know "The Feeble Files"?

It's made by the same people as Simon the Sorcerer. You take the control of an sympathic green little alien called Feeble. He works at the crop circle division of a dictatoric government and gets somehow involved into a Rebellion. It's quite new, 1997 I guess, and it is a very funny adventure.

Sebatianos

29-10-2004, 03:47 PM

I have all three (original CD's). But I think I have a cracked version (but without sound somewhere - in english!).

Carcaroth

29-10-2004, 07:10 PM

Sierra made the best Adventure games ever. What about the King's Quest and Space Quest series? They're just great. After them, we have LucasArts, which also made great Adventures: Grim Fandango, Full Throtlle and Monkey Island series. But no one will ever beat Sierra. :ok:

Sebatianos

29-10-2004, 07:38 PM

Sierra made great games indeed (Rama, Lost in Time, Larry series, Space Quest series, King's Quest series), but I don't wanna die in an adventure game, and I guess that's why I like LucasArts more, but it's just my opinion (btw, did anyone Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders? There was part two made also, by some guys calling themselves Lucasfan Games).

LeD

19-01-2006, 06:12 PM

Are you guys forgetting some of the best adventures games made? The Legend of Zelda series was cool.

Blood-Pigggy

19-01-2006, 11:51 PM

Whoa, this topic got Ressurected BIG TIME!!

Bobbin Threadbare

20-01-2006, 11:42 AM

LOOM

Mighty Midget

04-05-2006, 08:08 PM

Best in the categories

Fondest memory: The Hobbit (txt/C64) for helping me teaching myself English as well as giving me a story I loved at the time.

Funniest early memory: The Boggit, for the laughs ("What is the air-speed of an unladen nazgul?")

Flat out guffawing: MI1 (I hate LA for not releasing that game, but I love the games)

Not forgotten! :kosta:

McGroin

04-05-2006, 08:31 PM

Hmmm...wheres the smiley that rises from the dead?
:Jesus: :blink:
Back to topic though, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle: nuff said.

TheGiantMidgit

05-05-2006, 05:54 AM

Originally posted by LeD@Jan 19 2006, 07:12 PM
Are you guys forgetting some of the best adventures games made? The Legend of Zelda series was cool.
Dont forget Crystalis and Terranigma. ...but I think they mean point and click PC adventure, not hack and slash blocking pushing puzzle solving console adventures.

For point and clicks, The Neverhood holds my top spot.

wormpaul

05-05-2006, 06:32 AM

Even new games like:

Ben Jordan (you can find it on AR)

Maybe not the best games ever but still had some good old point & click feelings with it!

Snapjaw

09-06-2006, 06:58 AM

I woudl have to go with Monkey Island or Zork. We can't ignore the classic Maniac Mansion though!

Japo

09-06-2006, 07:39 AM

7 days a sceptic
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Gateway 1 and 2
Loom

BranjoHello

09-06-2006, 11:25 AM

Didn't play so many adventure games, so only good games I can think of right now are
Dracula(ridiculously EASY)
Dracula 2(ridiculously HARD)
and Tomba 2 for PS

...I'm trying to get Grim Fandango almost half year but NO LUCK!!! :wallbash:

Japo

10-06-2006, 03:03 AM

MY! Is it possible that I've forgotten about Star Control II? That's the greatest of all times.

troop18546

11-06-2006, 11:59 AM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bobbin Threadbare @ Jan 20 2006, 03:42 PM) 198766</div>
LOOM
[/b]

I have to agree, it's nice. :ok:
I remmember the best adventure game as - "The Road to El Dorado". Man, that game had some mighty fine puzzles. Ahh... memories... :max:

heLL0

11-06-2006, 07:11 PM

Quest for Glory, Longest Journey ...

Elon Yariv

14-06-2006, 06:39 PM

Adventure...

Well I'm not such a big fan of a adventure or RPG games but the best one I played is The lost viking, but it's not a pure adventure game.

troop18546

14-06-2006, 08:40 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Elon Yariv @ Jun 14 2006, 09:39 PM) 236833</div>
Adventure...

Well I'm not such a big fan of a adventure or RPG games but the best one I played is The lost viking, but it's not a pure adventure game.
[/b]

"The Lost Vikings" to be precise. It was one of the four or three first games I've had on my first PC. Too bad it was broken. :(

Japo

14-06-2006, 09:49 PM

But Lost Vikings is a platformer with elements of puzzle?

Elon Yariv

15-06-2006, 10:23 AM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Japofran @ Jun 14 2006, 09:49 PM) 236879</div>
But Lost Vikings is a platformer with elements of puzzle?
[/b]

Well, yes, if you can call it that. It's a platform game with many puzzles and a bit of action. It has very little action compering to pure action games like the dooms and abuse.

What that I like about it is that you not only need to think but you also need to be quick. :titan:
It's a shame tomator is so weak. The first two parts were nice but the others were so easy. :wallbash:

Office_Monk

17-06-2006, 01:44 PM

The only adventure game that got my full interest was: Full Throttle

Krustacean

18-06-2006, 07:48 PM

The Secret Of Monkey Island. I didn't so much like 2. I hated 3. I haven't even bothered with 4. But wow what a game.

Other than that the standards you know, I liked Bioforge and journeyman project turbo a lot.

Gelfo

19-06-2006, 03:20 PM

Vulcans 'Valhalla' series kept my hooked

somepeople

22-06-2006, 03:05 PM

All the broken sword's can't wait for the new one.
Syberia 1 - 2
Still life
Monkey Island 1-2-3-4

TheGiantMidgit

23-06-2006, 02:30 AM

the Neverhood still stands as my first favourite, but Phoenix Wright has just been bumped up to second.

Blood-Pigggy

23-06-2006, 03:14 AM

The Neverhood's puzzles made no sense to me.

TheGiantMidgit

23-06-2006, 04:20 AM

Precisely. So out of the box, such awesome illogic. Did you ever get the final one? Brilliant, setting up the player with the games particular breed of logic, then screwing them with it.

_r.u.s.s.

23-06-2006, 12:34 PM

neverhood was realy good one. i think that best one was game, Little simmilar to neverhood, one of the Myst series. third one probably

Whale

23-06-2006, 03:28 PM

Flight of the Amazon Queen, Little Big Adventure and Beneath a Steel Sky are also among the best ones. From the new ones Syberia I and II. The Longest journey has sooooo long dialogs that I didn't get far. But I still want play that again sometimes. It must be good, they say :)

elusiv

28-04-2007, 01:41 AM

I just finished Beneath a Steel Sky and I loved it! I never expected to enjoy such an old game so much. In fact I went and ordered Broken Sword I and II. I love this website, it's opened up a huge resource of great games for me. Thank you. :ok:

faeornran

29-04-2007, 01:15 AM

1- QFG 2
2- Space Quest 6
3- Tie: Phantasmagoria and Monkey Island 3

...I need to friggin play MI 1 & 2. *slaps forehead*

Mighty Midget

29-04-2007, 11:40 AM

6 in no particular order:
MI 1 & 3
Blade Runner
Under A Killing Moon
The Pandora Directive
The Hobbit (C64)

Great games all of them

wendymaree

30-04-2007, 06:17 AM

1. Legend of Kyrandia
2. Zork Nemesis
3. Zork Inquisitor
4. Atlantis The Lost Tales
5. Longest Journey
6. Kingdom - The Far Reaches (which I hope to be uploading here soon...if I can get the size to under a 100 meg)

Bastos

30-04-2007, 08:24 AM

Some favourites from the early 90's

Countdown
Cruise for a Corpse
Bargon Attack
Rise Of the Dragon
DreamWeb
Heart of China

L8r!

_r.u.s.s.

30-04-2007, 10:25 AM

horké léto 1 (you dont know this one, translation means 'hot summer')
king's quests
quests for glories
myst series
day of the tentacle
legends of kyrandia (s)
normality
neverhood
\o/

tbmutiny00

11-05-2007, 03:15 PM

1. Monkey Island 1
2. Grim Fandango
3. Discworld
4. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

I love just about every Lucas Arts adventure game....so hard to pick!

Nightkin

12-05-2007, 11:55 PM

My personal top 5
1. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
2. Dreamweb
3. Inherit the Earth
4. The Moment of Silence
5. Monkey Island 1

count zero

13-05-2007, 06:52 AM

And another Top 5:

1. Day of the Tentacle
2. Monkey Island 2
3. The Longest Journey / Dreamfall (I count them as one for the sake of a top 5. ;) )
4. Discworld Noir
5. Beneath a Steel Sky

Sathanas

13-05-2007, 08:00 AM

Day of the tentacle
Discworld
Full throttle

/win

The Bard

14-05-2007, 09:54 AM

Full Throttle
DoTT
Loom

Sathanas

24-05-2007, 12:49 PM

Full throttle, yes

kajjj

27-05-2007, 02:01 PM

I'm not sure if Beyond Good & Evil is a pure adventure game but I loved it.

keremix

05-06-2007, 11:05 AM

sanitarium

parapente

10-07-2007, 02:47 PM

1. Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis
2. Full throttle (although a bit short)
3. Simon the Sorcerer 1 & 2
4. Monkey Island 1 & 2

Paco

10-07-2007, 09:47 PM

Monkey Island series (Best Part is 2)
Indiana Jones series (Fate of Atlantis)
Kings Quest series (best is 3, 4 and 6)
Larry Laffer series (2+3)
Space Quest series (1+2)
Police Quest series (2)
Simon the Sorcerer series
Discworld 1+2

and other Adventure from Lucasfilm, Sierra and Westwood...

_r.u.s.s.

10-07-2007, 09:55 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Paco @ Jul 10 2007, 11:47 PM) 298829</div>
Police Quest series (2)
[/b]
:vomit:

Sebatianos

11-07-2007, 08:31 AM

Hmmm... I see this thread got resurected yet again... (first thread I ever actively posted in on Abandonia).

I still say that classic 2D adventreus are my favorite.

There were some mentionings of fan made adventures and lately more and more good 2D point'n'clicks are made by the fans of the genre. It took me a really long time before I got convinced that at least some quality can come from it, so here are my personal TOP 3 FAN MADE adventure games:
-The White Chamber
-The Infinity String
-Stargate Adventure

The Fifth Horseman

11-07-2007, 02:10 PM

White Chamber was very good indeed.
Stargate Adventure showed good promise but felt way too short IMO.

Sebatianos

11-07-2007, 06:07 PM

Well, the White Chamber really isn't that much longer. You should try The Infinity String (it's the one that finally got me convinced that the AGS made games can be good).

Gary_Oak

07-09-2007, 06:03 PM

Let's see now:

The Monkey Island Saga
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Sam & Max: Hit the Road
Broken Sword series
Beneath a Steel Sky

And that's all for know, I'll have to play a few new ones.

balduin

09-09-2007, 04:51 PM

Broken Sword 1 and the Monkey Island Trilogy are definately one of the best adventures. And Blade Runner, of course. I personally liked the fact that it wasn't linear and your actions affected the way the story developes during the gameplay.

Matt Samyel

09-09-2007, 06:57 PM

Beneath a steel skye
:titan:

and...
Polda 2 :D
Czech adventure by ZimaSoftware

chumloofah

09-09-2007, 07:10 PM

Indy and the Fate of Atlantis is the best.
Anyone who argues is wrong.

Blood-Pigggy

09-09-2007, 07:19 PM

I liked Fate of Atlantis, and the older one, I think it was The Last Crusade.

Tulac

09-09-2007, 07:55 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chumloofah @ Sep 9 2007, 09:10 PM) 309904</div>
Indy and the Fate of Atlantis is the best.
Anyone who argues is wrong.
[/b]
40 year old virgin incarnated in Leisure Suit Larry wins.

DarkMatter

10-09-2007, 01:01 AM

My favorites:
Starflight .... Played on an old IBM XT PC
Starflight 2 .... Played on my 486DX2/66 (Worst ending though)
Starcontrol 2 .... Aslo played on my 486
Regards,
DarkMatter

Lulu_Jane

10-09-2007, 02:49 AM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tulac @ Sep 9 2007, 07:55 PM) 309915</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chumloofah @ Sep 9 2007, 09:10 PM) 309904
Indy and the Fate of Atlantis is the best.
Anyone who argues is wrong.
[/b]
40 year old virgin incarnated in Leisure Suit Larry wins.
[/b][/quote]

I kind of have to agree with Tulac. Larry has major nostalgia value for me, first graphic adventure I ever played. God only knows how that polyester suit warped my 4-5 year old mind LOL

Tito

10-09-2007, 07:29 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chumloofah @ Sep 9 2007, 07:10 PM) 309904</div>
Indy and the Fate of Atlantis is the best.
Anyone who argues is wrong.
[/b]

Well, I may be a strange person, but I prefered Loom to that one. And Monkey Island too. Even the second Monkey Island. So, Indy's got the fourth place for me.

Ohhh, the times when I could beat adventures without walkthroughs... Now my brain must be dry or something.

Japo

10-09-2007, 08:21 PM

Last crusade is cooler, (way) funnier and more original than Atlantis. For me Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is the best LucasArts adventure. :tomato:

chumloofah

10-09-2007, 09:09 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE("Japofran")</div>Last crusade is cooler, (way) funnier and more original than Atlantis[/b]
How can what is essentially an interactive version of a movie be more original than an original story?

Japo

11-09-2007, 01:18 AM

Being so. I didn't mean the story, the one in Atlantis isn't out of the ordinary either IMO. The story in Last Crusade was cool in the movie and it's cool in the game, and not only the content of the story but also how it's told, that is the script, and both the movie and the game have *action* or at least inspire the idea of action. An adventure game with action is hard to come by. If the story had to be original for an adventure game to be cool, you'd never re-play any one including Last Crusade or Atlantis, since you already know the story.

I meant the gameplay, Atlantis is a run-of-the-mill adventure, just resolve puzzles and go forward through conversation after conversation towards the big-bang ending. Whereas Last Crusade has tons of things that make the gameplay original, I love when you steal the plane and there are two ways of doing it and the humour is great. (This is a personal opinion but for me the humour in Last Crusae is better than in Atlantis regardless of the story, I'd say that Last Crusade tries to be funnier than Atlantis to start with, and IMO it succeeds.) Okay Atlantis also had some of these elements (car chase, balloon travel, the fights are still there...), but here it's only following the path trodden by its predecesor Last Crusade. And these elements look more like added (like sub-games) to a run-of-the-mill adventure than something integrated into the game making it synergically richer; but again I guess I can't claim this as more than a personal opinion. The alternative paths in Atlantis are good to enhance the replay value but they don't add anything extraordinary.

Anyway I can't be more nostalgic about Last Crusade because I played it years after Atlantis.

Pietafon

11-09-2007, 10:51 AM

Syberia 1 and 2 - for graphics, story and specific climate
Neverhood - for humour and idea
Broken sword 2 - for lots of fun while playing it ;)

An of course Indiana Jones series - for... Indy! :w00t:

chumloofah

11-09-2007, 03:00 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Japofran @ Sep 11 2007, 02:18 AM) 310144</div>
Being so. I didn't mean the story, the one in Atlantis isn't out of the ordinary either IMO. The story in Last Crusade was cool in the movie and it's cool in the game, and not only the content of the story but also how it's told, that is the script, and both the movie and the game have *action* or at least inspire the idea of action. An adventure game with action is hard to come by. If the story had to be original for an adventure game to be cool, you'd never re-play any one including Last Crusade or Atlantis, since you already know the story.

I meant the gameplay, Atlantis is a run-of-the-mill adventure, just resolve puzzles and go forward through conversation after conversation towards the big-bang ending. Whereas Last Crusade has tons of things that make the gameplay original, I love when you steal the plane and there are two ways of doing it and the humour is great. (This is a personal opinion but for me the humour in Last Crusae is better than in Atlantis regardless of the story, I'd say that Last Crusade tries to be funnier than Atlantis to start with, and IMO it succeeds.) Okay Atlantis also had some of these elements (car chase, balloon travel, the fights are still there...), but here it's only following the path trodden by its predecesor Last Crusade. And these elements look more like added (like sub-games) to a run-of-the-mill adventure than something integrated into the game making it synergically richer; but again I guess I can't claim this as more than a personal opinion. The alternative paths in Atlantis are good to enhance the replay value but they don't add anything extraordinary.

Anyway I can't be more nostalgic about Last Crusade because I played it years after Atlantis.
[/b]
I'm really having no luck at all understanding your perspective here :D
Seems to me your only real beef with FoA is it came out too late.
Taking the ability to solve one puzzle in two ways over what is really three completely different games using different styles (that is puzzle based, action based and conversation based)...
Don't get it.
Then again, I never liked Last Crusade.
The jokes were delivered better in the movie, and the game really didn't add much, if anything, to that classiest of classy flicks.
If you want to prefer inferior products I won't interfere :whistling:
heehee

Lulu_Jane

12-09-2007, 07:06 AM

I know this is off topic, but I wonder what horrific tie-in game will be released with the new Indy movie?

Incidentally, NEW INDY MOVIE! *hyperventilates*

:)

gregor

12-09-2007, 10:18 AM

A FPS where you will kill the mercs until they will uncover and ancient evil in form of ehm.... swarm which will then stick to their head and slowly begin to change them. then you will fight these creatures (which will be basically same only a bit modified models) and in the end you will win with a big explosion.

a cutscene follows - something survived the explosion... get ready for part 2 :-P

anyway my favourite ones are the first ones on Spectrum, which brought a lot of fun, Smrkci (the smurfs) and later Eurorun, which i never finished. mainly because like Floor 13 it already predifines that you will loose when you jsut start thegame (yup the gambling isnt' realyl andom and as well as some other events. which made it extremely difficult to finish the game as you need to get it all right plus all scripted events would have to be favourable towards you.

chumloofah

12-09-2007, 02:44 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE("Lulu_Jane")</div>Incidentally, NEW INDY MOVIE! *hyperventilates*[/b]
i know! :D
You know that feeling were you're really excited but can't get away from the dread of being disappointed?
That's what I got.

Lulu_Jane

13-09-2007, 04:02 AM

Well, I do think I'll just be ignoring the Shia LeBeof portion of the movie, mentally blacking him out. But OH MY GOD RAY WINSTONE AND INDY!

*calms down slightly*

But, yes, you're right, it could be heartbreaking LOL

tea3rd

23-09-2007, 01:58 AM

i would have to say broken sword 2 or loom those are fun

Borodin

28-02-2008, 02:10 PM

Have to say that I've been very impressed with the ongoing Sam & Max series of series. ;) Not only it is great to see an indie make good without the backing of a Big Company like LucasArts, it's just great adventure gaming.

jg007

28-02-2008, 07:04 PM

I know this is off topic, but I wonder what horrific tie-in game will be released with the new Indy movie?

Incidentally, NEW INDY MOVIE! *hyperventilates*

:)
Actually it sounds really cool - Lego Indiana Jones!!!!!!

Capo

28-02-2008, 09:50 PM

Best AG?

For me Gabriel Knight 1

That's all

Doink

29-02-2008, 05:46 AM

Kings Quest 3 has to be the greatest played that game for ages.
followed by Quest for Glory 1(original)
then Space Quest 1 and 2

I'm obviously a Sierra fan so Monkey Island and Indiana Jones type games never impressed me.

chainsoar

29-02-2008, 01:20 PM

I imagine several people have already made the same choices but to me the best adventure games ever are the following -

1. Day of the Tentacle
2. Day of the Tentacle
3. Day of the Tentacle
4. Day of the Tentacle
5. Day of the Tentacle

Good games.

Seriously though, I haven't played as many adventure games as some other people on here. I suck at them and they make me feel stupid.

Frodo

29-02-2008, 02:38 PM

I imagine several people have already made the same choices but to me the best adventure games ever are the following -

1. Day of the Tentacle
2. Day of the Tentacle
3. Day of the Tentacle
4. Day of the Tentacle
5. Day of the Tentacle

That's a good 2nd choice, but Maniac Mansion has to come first! :noworry:
You can't enjoy Tentacle without the Mansion. :cheesy:

42david42

09-03-2008, 04:13 AM

1. Monkey Island 2
2. Grim Fandango
3. Monkey Island 3

Also great: Death Gate, Beneath A Steel Sky, Day of the Tentacle, Trillby's Notes, Monkey Island 1, Quest For Glory 1, Gabriel Knight 1, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Maniac Mansion and 7 Days a Skeptic

Infinitenoodles

10-03-2008, 01:38 AM

My favorite has always been Myst, but I never played a lot of the older adventure games like Monkey Island and Sam and Max. One of these days I'll get around to it.

Snake_Plissken

11-10-2008, 03:06 PM

My favourites are:

1. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
2. Shadow of the comet
3. Alone in the dark 1

I really played many adventure games, so this list isn't to be taken as something absolute.

DavianQuintaine

11-10-2008, 08:35 PM

3rd Place: The Curse of Monkey Island - Great visuals and dialog
2nd Place: Simon the Sorcerer II - Seriously funny, with likeable characters
1st Place: Beneath A Steel Sky - Just all round legendary!

voitan

02-04-2009, 10:10 PM

My fav's are

1. Beneath a steel sky
2. Grim fandango
3. Police quest 3

Szilvio

21-04-2009, 09:02 PM

1. ALBION!!!! - forever
2. ALBION
3. Far, far away after Albion Monkey Islands

:D

cjk1995

01-05-2009, 10:04 AM

My Best Adventure Games ...

Secret of Monkey Island
Monkey Island 2 : LeChuck's Revenge
Loom

red_avatar

01-05-2009, 11:32 AM

I like several things in an adventure game

- the setting
- the story
- the characters
- the puzzles
- the interface

My favourite adventure game is Beneath A Steel Sky. Has the best interface an adventure game could have (especially when you realise LucasArts only started copying it with The Dig several years later), wonderfully sinister story, a brilliant setting, great and memorable characters, puzzles that are spot on and .. well it's hard to beat this game except it's maybe a tad too short. And did I mention the graphics are truely brilliant?

Second comes Broken Sword. It shares everything with Beneath A Steel Sky - brilliant characters, story, interface, even better graphics and ... now it comes with terrific MUSIC!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwETUXYVzIk

The Hotel Ubu scene is my favorite scene of ANY adventure game. The music still makes me shiver after 12 years and I even had that as a Windows intro sound.

Third .. this is harder. Day of the Tentacle had great and clever puzzles but I didn't like the fact that it revolved around a single house and it was a bit too short. Plus, it uses the old SCUMM interface which felt a bit slow and annoying.

Sam & Max, on the other hand, had a great many different locations and amazing humour and characters and was long enough but ... the puzzles were too abstract and wacky (pulling a beard? really?) and the interface was crap.

Then there's The Dig, which is hugely underrated. Great graphics, great setting, great story, interface nicked from Beneath A Steel Sky. But it was a bit too serious for some and the puzzles were a bit too abstract.

And then there's ... Full Throttle which did everything right except it was too short. If they had made it twice as long, it would have been number 3 easily but you can finish it in an afternoon. It took me one weekend without a walkthrough - maybe 8 hours in total?

So, if I have to choose, I'll go for ... the Monkey Island trilogy :hihihi:. It's funny, clever, puzzles that aren't too weird, more than long enough to complete, brilliant characters, brilliant locations, great music, etc.

So ... other mentions:

- Tex Murphy series: brilliant games. Under A Killing Moon was a technological marvel. Forget the FMV clips - the real innovation was the 3D world that was so detailed in VESA and would even run well on a 386.

- The Longest Journey: a very long game, with hard puzzles but a brilliant story, great characters, great graphics, great interface, etc.

There's many more but, well, I think I typed enough :p

Simoneer

01-05-2009, 04:00 PM

Not sure. I like Beneath A Steel Sky. Sam & Max: Hit the Road is sweet as well. I have beaten neither of them, though.

Maxor127

05-05-2009, 06:48 AM

Off the top of my head... Quest for Glory 1, Quest for Glory 4, Gabriel Knight 2, King's Quest 3, King's Quest 6, Police Quest 1, Space Quest 2, Conquests of Camelot, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Star Trek 25th Anniversay, Star Trek Judgment Rites, Maniac Mansion, Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time, Deadline, Witness, Suspect, Beyond Zork, Return to Zork, the Legend of Kyrandia, the Hobbit text adventure, Sanitarium.

I'm sure there are a ton I'm forgetting. I saw someone mention Zelda, so I guess I can throw in Ocarina of Time since I consider it one of the greatest games ever.

Josefsson

26-03-2010, 09:43 AM

Best adventure game? Simple. The Neverhood!

edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqzsjpQmSfw&feature=related

CaitSith

26-03-2010, 11:01 AM

The CHZO Mythos. Hands down.

susie the goldfish

25-04-2010, 09:04 PM

I always liked Monkey Island I and II, Loom, Zak McKraken, and Tex Murphy. Since I found like site, I've discovering some gems I never heard of.

Fubb

26-04-2010, 01:52 AM

Um...I liked....:mhh:

I liked.....uh.....Just Cause......Left 4 Dead...

and...oh...this game; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSU0JQKYN0E&feature=player_embedded :max:

riccso

26-04-2010, 12:01 PM

Monkey Islands(except 4,haven't played the new ones)
Sanitarium

kad3t

02-05-2010, 10:03 AM

If I absolutely had to choose best adventure games (in my opinion we're talking about point'n'click games here), I'd go for these as THE best:

1. Secret of the Monkey Island

I don't think I have to explain what lies beneath the choice of this one. Many people before me had done it and I use all of my limbs to sign underneath their opinions. ^__^ In short though: Humor, story, humor, characters, humor, setting, humor, interface, humor, riddles, humor, humor & most of all humor.

That's probably one of the very few games I never minded playing in EGA before I got a working VGA version, as even though being nicely drawn, graphics actually played second role in this AWESOME game.

2. Day of the Tentacle

Great improvement on already good game (Maniac Mansion).

If I hear that there's been a mad scientisc who created tentacles that after mutating went on a quest to take over the World, I'm sold. ^__^ Remeber those old, crappy B-class sci-fi movies of the 70's & 80's that everyone knew that they were rubbish but just couldn't stop watching anyway? This game is all that and more. Especially, since in difference to those movies it is NOT rubbish.

3. Monkey Island 2 LeChuck's Revenge

It's same as part one but with better graphics. Some people find it to be better than the predecessor but since I played part one more times than this it holds a special place in my memories.

4. I couldn't decide here which game to side with, so it's a tie. Maniac Mansion and Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis.

First, as it was one of the first games to offer typical LucasArts-style hilarious sense of humor and SCUMM interface. Actually MM and Zak McKracken were the first two games to ever use SCUMM AFAIR. Second, even though I never completed it, for being "the missing movie" from Indy series. I realize it's a game but having to take part in the story and spending time on all the riddles actualy made me feel back then as if I was taking part in a movie.

5. Full Throttle

It may be weird that I'm placing this game here. Even more that not only I haven't completed it but also I did not play it a lot either. But, I did spend a good hour on it and WILL play it to the very end as soon as I get more free time. When I saw the intro for it I felt right at home. LucasArts have done it again! And they've done it well (or that it seems at least after an hour of gameplay)!

Right, you might have noticed by now, that all the games on this list of mine come from LucasArts. Coincidence? I don't think so... I belive that for me LucasArts is synonimous to Point'n'Click adventure games. In fact when I think of LucasArts game I don't think of all those Star Wars based games, I can only see their adventure titles before my eyes. Anyway, there's few other games I'd like to give a shout out to & these are: Loom, Zak McKracken and the Alien Miindbenders, Grim Fandango & Sam & Max Hit the Road. They're all good games as well, but either not as good or I just never got around to play them as much as the earlier mentioned ones or even at all. I really wanted to give Grim Fandango a try but first I had no access to it to check it out and then later I found myself with not enough time - and the state sort of continues to this day, I'm affraid. Obviously one would think, that I could play it an hour here and and hour there until I completed it. That's wrong! Whoever played LucasArts games in the past knows that they're so involving that when you start playing, you just can't stop until you find yourself half-sitting half-sleeping in front of the screen. 5am in the morning with three cans after Redbull spread all over your desktop trying to figure out just how to go about that last riddle before you go to bed. ^__^ And the thing is... It's not the last riddle, it's the fifth or sixth or whichever further after the one you thought to be "the last one"... ^__^

yoga

02-05-2010, 04:55 PM

Sorry, i do not like these type of games..

Maxor127

03-05-2010, 12:00 AM

Too narrowminded to include just LucasArts games. You have to include Sierra games along with some others.

ivorybow

08-05-2010, 11:17 AM

[quote=janko;14812]I want to know what are your best adventure games of all the time.

Nothing can ever compete with Starflight! We got it in 1988, for our Tandy 386, 16 color, 32 mg hardrive, 8 megs of RAM wonder. Best most reliable computer we ever had...and I kick myself for getting rid of it. I still have Starflight, and all the notes I made playing it. It took several months and teamwork to finally win it.

A close second, "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream," written by Harlan Ellison. I also have this one.

Shivers...beautiful graphics, tough puzzles, and beautiful music.

And of course, the original Myst. Very very tough game to solve...exquisite music, gorgeous graphics.

kad3t

08-05-2010, 12:05 PM

Too narrowminded to include just LucasArts games. You have to include Sierra games along with some others.

It may be a bit narrowminded but since he asked for the best I gave him my honest personal opinion. Yes, I did play other adventure games as well and yes, I did enjoy them. But in my own judgement LucasArts games were the best hence the listing describing them as so. ^__^

Feel free to write a little bit about Sierra games yourself, I belive you may be more knowledgeable about these than myself. And let's hope we both are going to be of equal help to him. ^__^

DarthHelmet86

16-05-2010, 06:12 AM

Best adventure game, thats a hard one.

Lucas Arts made lots my favourite adventure games, however only one game lures me back over and over.

Quest for Glory 1 EGA: I played this game for so long, every day I would play for at least one or two hours trying to get just a little further. I only ever got the bad ending as a kid, but now I replay it over and over and never get bored of it. It also changed the way I viewed games, I stopped wanting to play just adventure games and got into RPG's as well. :OK:

CaitSith

17-05-2010, 08:33 AM

Beneath a Steel Sky, and the CHZO Mythos

humorguy

24-05-2010, 01:12 PM

I like adventure games that are different. Hence my Top 3 would be:

Portal (C64)
Mind Forever Voyaging (Infocom)
Albion

I also believe that some classic non-adventure games provide the same feeling as a 2D point and click adventure. For example: X-Com Enemy Unknown has a very interesting story that is shown to you though items collected, it has 'characters' that you connect with, and has the puzzles of what to research and when for the best outcome of the story.

Darkos

24-08-2010, 05:41 AM

The John DeFoe quadrilogy (5 Days a Stranger, Trilby's Notes, 7 Days Skeptic and 6 Days a Sacrifice) the story is great and the games absolutely creepy.

I also like very much the Quest for Glory series, specially Shadows of Darkness.

Lulu_Jane

24-08-2010, 12:03 PM

The biggest adventure about QFG: Shadows Of Darkness was trying to get the thing running without any fatal bugs popping up here and there ;)

Moliclan

13-09-2010, 04:56 AM

I want to know what are youre best adventure games of all the time. My favorite adventure games are:
Broken sword 1 and 2
monkey islan 1
the dig

I loved the King's Quest games but Quest for Glory 1 has got to be the best adventure game I ever played.

The skill building system was 15 years ahead of its time. The combat was heart-pounding and the humor was always there keeping me laughing. Many, many hours playing that game.

twillight

14-09-2010, 11:33 AM

1) Maniac Mansion, C64-version (the music, the different characters, the puzzles - everything is just perfect (except the telescope, but oh well))
2) Monkey Island 3, Day of the Tentacle (cool graphic, good humor with connection to the puzzles and hints to the previous games)
4) XChange, Necronomicon - dawn of darkness (they are just VERY different compared to the typical adventure-genre, and nice graphic, full of ideas)

KrazeeXXL

15-09-2010, 03:01 AM

dang tough decision to make tbh.

loved all the adventures from Lucasarts of course. Recently I dug out "the Dig" and played a while. It's a tough game.

The first Lucasarts Adventure I've played was Maniac Mansion/monochrom/english. Still remember as I was looking for the chainsaw-fuel :lol:

but to make a list:

1. Indiana Jones 4 (waited months for it while playing the demo XD)
2. Monkey Island1/2
3. DOTT
4. Zak McKracken
5. Sam 'n Max (recently played Season 2 but... it's not the same)

but 1-5 who carez? I could mix them all up randomly and still would be satisfied whats on place one to five.

also good games imo were the Riddle of Master Lu and Baphomets Curse. (but both aren't in my top 5 ;) )

Igorovics

20-09-2010, 11:17 AM

I always liked Lucasarts games (Monkey Island series, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max hit the road, Indiana Jones, The Dig) because of the great sense of humour, and because I couldn't die in this games.

My new favourite is Beneath a Steel Sky, with great voices and music, good story, fantastic atmosphere, and a sick sense of humour :) It definitely worth a try.

Maxor127

21-09-2010, 04:20 AM

You can die in Last Crusade since I just got done playing it. I think you can also die in Maniac Mansion. I'm sure you can in Fate of Atlantis too.

Igorovics

21-09-2010, 06:22 AM

You can die in Last Crusade since I just got done playing it. I think you can also die in Maniac Mansion. I'm sure you can in Fate of Atlantis too.

Yes, and you could die even in Monkey Island 1 at one scene, but if you compare these games with Sierra Games (for example Space Quest series), that isn't too much :)
Ways to die in Space Quest (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ways+to+die+space+quest&aq=0)

( and you can die in Beneath a Steel Sky too ).

twillight

25-02-2012, 09:51 PM

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negative_chill

10-05-2013, 04:18 PM

Two of my favorites growing up were Toonstruck and Elroy Hits The Pavement

Either of which are all that well known, which is a shame considering how brilliant they both are in their own way

Smiling Spectre

10-05-2013, 06:19 PM

Yes, and you could die even in Monkey Island 1 at one scene, but if you compare these games with Sierra Games (for example Space Quest series), that isn't too much :)
I think, you still cannot really die in MI. But you can try to force game to make you die... and it will only force you to repeat scene just another time. :) (Also, I think, Steam have achievement for this in remake :)

Psicomaniaco

03-07-2013, 02:18 PM

My favorite adventure game? Thats a though one! I'm a huge fan of adventure games, ever since I was a kid. Granted, I've ignored some of the classic ones (specially after getting stuck in some dead-ends in Sierra games...), but I've played most of them, and I don't think its easy to name my ONE favorite.

Instead, I'll name my top five, but in NO specific order:

-Gabriel Knight 2 - the first one is also amazing, but I liked 2 a little bit more. ;)

-I Have no Mouth and I must Scream - A kinda dark one, but with an amazing storyline and fun puzles. I like the fact that each character has a different plot, but with some major conections between them.

-Blackwell Unbound -Not really a classic, but its amazing! While it feels fanmade (well, it DOES use AGS), the storyline is just great, and the jazz song in the end makes me cry. ;)

-Leisure Suit Larry 7 - The entire series is amazing, actually. But the seventh one is the one that made me laugh the most, and thats what counts the most when I play the Larry games. The numerous times Larry comes back to his room naked is one of the reasons I love this game (gee, this will sound a bit strange for people who never played this! :p);

-The Dig - The Lucas Arts game that most people seem to hate is actually my favorite. The story is just so well written that makes me feel like I'm reading a best seller. And the puzzles are not bad. Well, I hate the one with the collored marbles, but thats the only one. :p