| BengaBenga said: I did! And it's great! It's sad that these games aren't being made anymore. |
PC p&c games released during the past few years and upcoming releases (both very incomplete lists):
Sam & Max Season One
A Vampyre Story
eXperience 112
Ceville
Perry Rhodan
The Abbey
Treasure Island
Simon the Sorcerer 4
Ankh 1, 2, 3
Jack Keane
Secret Files: Tunguska
Undercover: Operation Wintersun
Jane Jensen's Gray Matter
A Vampyre Story 2
Sam & Max Season Two (retail)
Black Mirror 2
Machinarium
Runaway 3
A New Beginning
The Whispered World
Simon the Sorcerer 5*
Still Life 2*
Memento Mori*
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis*
The Book of Unwritten Tales*
Edna & Harvey: The Breakout*
Gobliiins 4*
*already released in German speaking countries (and maybe also in other countries);
Ceville and The Book of Unwritten Tales got very good reviews (Ceville surprisingly even from US media);
Edna & Harvey was voted the best adventure of 2008 in Germany;
Some of the games listed above are also coming to Wii and/or DS; even PS3 and 360 get some p&c games, as far as I know
Good general p&c sites: http://www.adventuregamers.com/ http://www.adventure-archiv.de/startenglish.htm
So the state of point&click is not sad at all imo (German, Spanish, Scandinavian, French, Eastern European and even a few US companies are still developing these games), but I think there are two things that are a bit sad with regards to Ubisoft's strategy and Revolution Software:
- Like KylieDog said, Broken Sword on Wii (and DS) is way too expensive; all the games listed above are original developments and on the day of their release they were/will already be 10-20€ cheaper than the Broken Sword Wii remake
- Charles Cecil's Revolution Software, being the only surviving classic p&c developer, should really try to develop new games; there's still a market for new p&c games - especially in Europe
