Adventure Games

The Myst series is one of my all-time favorites. I even suffered through Myst and Riven on PSX with the PSX mouse(!) before I had my own PC. I will never get what people are talking about when they claim their puzzles were illogical or arbitrary. See Discworld or Shadowgate for FAQ-necessary games. The Myst games could all be finished just by being observant and using your brain.

I love the adventure genre. The Longest Journey is a masterpiece. Gabriel Knight seems pretty good but I never finished The Beast Within. Sanitarium was oh so fun. Grim Fandango was okay but I hated the control scheme so I never finished it. There are still so many adventure games I haven't tried and certainly intend to someday (like the whole Space Quest series, Sam&Max and DotT, Bad Mojo, Reah, etc.). There are some god-awful games lurking around that I've had the misfortune of trying: The Crystal Key, Cydonia, Broken Sword. Obsidian and The Neverhood go for big bucks on ebay I think or else I'd have bought those two already.

What's that Mac-only Myst-clone that takes place in/on a gigantic guitar? Looks cool.

Go here for a really good adventure game site (but take the reviews with a grain of salt): http://justadventure.com/

That Mac game is called Alida.

I never liked Myst.

As far as Sierra goes, the Larry games were entertaining, King's Quest mostly sucked except for 3, which was badass, and 5, which ESPECIALLY sucked with its tear-inducing voice acting and lack of subtitles. Dear god, save me. I can still hear that pie man in my haunted dreams.

All the Space Quests were amazing, especially 3 and 5 (same numbers, weird).

Conquest of Camelot was great, and so was Conquest of Longbow (name?), the Robin Hood one.

I loved Quest for Glory, and imported my character through until part 4, which sucked because the stamina bar was timed using the CPU clock, so on my "fast" computer (at the time) it was down to nothing in less than a second. (I had similar speed-based problems with the Time Police in the mall in SQ4 and with the front desk cop when he goes to get a pastry in GK.)

All the Lucasarts games were great, but I didn't get too into Zack McKraken. Did beat it, though, but didn't like it.

I see no one mentioned the other Roberta Williams adventure games, with the chick that solves mysteries Agatha Christie-style. I forget the names, but one was in a mansion in the swamp, and the other in a museum. They were pretty damn good.

Hmm. Grim fandango rocks my world, but I never have beaten it. Everytime i start getting far my computer gets fuckecd for some reason or another and I'm done for another year or two :'(. full throttle as pretty good, but on my win ME computer (When i got it) I had to play it like 12 times because it wouldn't allow me to save my game so I had to beat it in one sitting :-/.

Also, does sam and max run on current computers? I wanna play that...

I just started playing HHGTtG, earlier today. So far, it's my favorite IF game, though I haven't played too much of the genre.

Also, I should look into King's Quest.

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Originally posted by TobalRox
Anyone ever play any of the Goblins games?

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I have the first one. It's pretty good. Kinda short, though, and more of a puzzle-solving game than a true adventure game.

Sam and Max: Hit the Road is by far the best adventure game I've ever played. Fucking hilarious. I also like the Space Quest series quite a bit.

I picked up Grim Fandango on the cheap a few weeks ago, but I can't get the game to work on my computer. It loads up fine and the opening cinema plays, but then Manny starts walking around backwards on his own and I can't control him. Pisses me off.

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Was it Darkseed that had the H.R. Giger designs?

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Yup. In fact, they had a part where you answer the door and you'll see a box which when opened, shows a baby doll that turns into a xenomorph (!) and kills you! (JAW-STRIKE TO THE SKULL!!)

I consider Zelda 3 and Landstalker to be 2 perfect examples of what adventure games are about. I've also been tring to hunt for an english version of Discworld (NOT Discworld Noir) off from ebay, but I've seen nothing outside from a euro import, Discworld 2 and a lot of higher price tags. The only time I played that was on psx and I'm kicking myself for not finding a copy for retail, cause nothing beats a laugh from having that danmed Librian smacking you upside the head every time you say "monkey". (he is a monkey after all :D )

And since I mentioned this, I could also point out Monkey Island as it has tons of funny onliners and the best part from "how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?" :lol:

Saint, do you have a controller plugged in? It might be some sort of calibration issue.

Ah, a thread about point and click adventures. One of the PC's classic genres that has been rapidly wiped out over time. It's nice that we still get them but they're about as dead as shmups in the US.

Most has been covered in this thread so I don't really have anything significant to add except my appreciation for the genre.

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Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
Saint, do you have a controller plugged in? It might be some sort of calibration issue.

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Nope. I thought at first the 2 key was stuck on the keyboard, but that's not it. I figure it's gotta be a problem with trying to run it on NT. I'm actually playing it on my parents computer, because my PC, wich is really old, but has 95 and meets the system requirements, is so fucked at this point it runs games choppy as hell and likes to crash alot.