Your Top Adventure Games

daggy

Banned

255

147 posts since 20/06/07

Recent Badges:

Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.

daggy on 14 January 2010

Aidman said:

Cheebee said:
Adventure games? Basically all the Zelda ones.

Yes.

Zelda games aren't adventure games though, they're action-adventure.

Aidman

Currently Offline

3,862

575 posts since 31/01/07

Recent Badges:

A Free Man Managed to avoid being banned for 2 years.
17 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 17 years.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
10 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 10 years.
9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.
Vice Free Managed to avoid being banned for 6 months.

Currently Playing:

Kirby Star Allies (NS)
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)

Aidman on 14 January 2010

daggy said:

Aidman said:

Cheebee said:
Adventure games? Basically all the Zelda ones.

Yes.

Zelda games aren't adventure games though, they're action-adventure.

alright. Atlantis The secret of Lost Empire / Atlantis II / Atlantis III from Cryo Studio.

AngelosL

Currently Offline

6,074

664 posts since 05/01/10

Recent Badges:

9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.
Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
Mirror Image Awarded for uploading an avatar.
Making Friends 10 friends on gamrConnect.
10 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 10 years.
It's not just a job, it's an adventure... 10 summaries added to the VGChartz database.

AngelosL on 20 January 2010

daggy said:

Aidman said:

Cheebee said:
Adventure games? Basically all the Zelda ones.

Yes.

Zelda games aren't adventure games though, they're action-adventure.

More like Action Adventure RPGs :PPPPP

Xelloss

Currently Offline

643

309 posts since 13/10/09

Recent Badges:

A Badge Within A Badge Earned 20 badges.
4 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 4 years.
Open For Business Earned 10 badges.
One Piece at a Time Add your first game to your collection.
So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.
9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.

Currently Playing:

Battle Fantasia (PSN)
Demon's Souls (PS3)

Xelloss on 21 January 2010

Surprised at only one reference to The Longest Journey, that game was insanely good.

okr

Currently Offline

38,617

6562 posts since 25/05/07

Recent Badges:

10 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 10 years.
Fielding The Experts 10 critic reviews added to the VGChartz database.
MasterRater Score a total of 250 games in your collection.
12 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 12 years.
I Like Boxes 100 box arts added to the VGChartz database.
Quite a Collection of Parts Add a total of 250 games to your collection.

Currently Playing:

Return to Monkey Island (PC)
Tunic (PC)
Cities: Skylines (PC)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PC)

okr on 21 January 2010

WilliamWatts said:
Just recently my favourite was Black Mirror, older than that I wouldn't suggest anything as its a mission just getting your hands on some of the classics, let alone getting them to play!

http://scummvm.org/

Videogirl

Currently Offline

4,665

880 posts since 03/08/07

Recent Badges:

7 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 7 years.
16 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 16 years.
10 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 10 years.
3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
Right Tool for the Right Tool Score a total of 25 games in your collection.
Back of the Net Score a total of 100 games in your collection.

Currently Playing:

Grim Fandango (PC)

Videogirl on 21 January 2010

- Grim Fandango
- The Longest journey
- Runaway I & II
- Day of the Tentacle
- Full Throttle
- Syberia I & II
- Sherlock Holmes : The Awakened
- Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper

rapsuperstar31

Currently Offline

9,341

1829 posts since 21/11/08

Recent Badges:

Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
Site Veteran Has been a VGChartz member for over 5 years.
Haunted Logged in on Halloween.
Breaking Out Managed to avoid being banned for 1 year.
Man or Robot? Managed to avoid being banned for 10 years.

rapsuperstar31 on 21 January 2010

Both Maniac Mansion games

gurok

Currently Offline

2,354

367 posts since 30/08/07

Recent Badges:

Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
17 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 17 years.
One Piece at a Time Add your first game to your collection.
A Badge Within A Badge Earned 20 badges.
Mirror Image Awarded for uploading an avatar.
Making Friends 10 friends on gamrConnect.

gurok on 21 January 2010

Okay, let's do this... I'll probably miss a whole bunch...

Sierra
=====

Quest for Glory Series (2, 1, 4, 5, 3)
Space Quest Series (3, 4, 6, 1, 2, 5)
King's Quest Series (6, 1, 8, 3, 4, 7, 5, 2)
Laura Bow Series (1, 2)
Gabriel Knight (1, 3) (haven't played 2, but I'm sure it'll be a favourite when I do)
Gold Rush
Leisure Suit Larry Series (3, 2, 7, 6, 1, 5, 8, 9)
Code Name: Iceman
Manhunter (1, 2)

Lucasarts
=========
Maniac Mansion (DoTT, 1)
Sam'n'Max Hit the Road
Full Throttle
The Dig

Revolution
==========
Beneath a Steel Sky
Broken Sword

Westwood
========
Legend of Kyrandia (3, 1, 2)

Infocom
=======
Simon the Sorcerer (1, 2)
Planetfall
Bureaucracy
Zork I

Other
=====
Toonstruck
The Longest Journey
Ankh
Sam'n'Max Seasons (2, 1)
The Secret Files: Tunguska
Operation Undercover: Dual Motives
Runaway 1
The Last Express
Blackwell (2, 1) -- I'm still yet to play 3!

I saw Videogirl mention Syberia. I hated Syberia, but I did play the DS version, so there may have been some things lost in the port :/. It was a bit too reminiscent of Myst for me.

Speaking of Myst, I don't see what people see in Myst/Riven/Uru. To me, those games are full of boring, obscure puzzles with only visual clues and lack any entertainment value. There are exceptions, of course. I thought Entombed was quite good. I don't like classifying them as adventure games too. They're as divergent from the genre as hidden object games IMHO.

okr, I think your summary of the adventure game industry is pretty much spot on. I do wish some German-developed titles (e.g. Simon the Sorcerer 4) were better published outside Germany. I'm looking forward to The Whispered World too. Aside from Telltale, the only other US developer I'm interested in is http://wadjeteyegames.com/ and he's "independent".

Videogirl

Currently Offline

4,665

880 posts since 03/08/07

Recent Badges:

'Ello Princess! Awarded for signing up.
2 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 2 years.
7 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 7 years.
So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.
One Piece at a Time Add your first game to your collection.
Everything's Falling Into Place Add a total of 100 games to your collection.

Currently Playing:

Grim Fandango (PC)

Videogirl on 21 January 2010

gurok said:

I saw Videogirl mention Syberia. I hated Syberia, but I did play the DS version, so there may have been some things lost in the port :/. It was a bit too reminiscent of Myst for me.

If you only played the DS version no wonder you didn't like it. Syberia on PC is something completely different, even if gameplay-wise the game is very straightforward, in terms of immersion (graphics, sounds, story) it's one of the best I've played.