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Aside from Monkey Island - What are your other favourite adventure games?

BigglesBiggles
edited July 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
For me I have a few all quite old!
One would be "Toonstruck" which is just classic. With Christopher Lloyd being transported into the cartoon world and trying to find his way home.
And I know its a combination of Adventure and Platform but "Little Big Adventure 2" was a favourite of mine as well.
Although my absolute favourite MASTERPIECE adventure game would have been "The Neverhood". Beautiful Claymation graphics, wonderfully weird puzzles, a great combination of twisted, funny, sweet and very, very strange!
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  • AxezCoreAxezCore
    edited July 2009
    Thats a tough one, but I'd probably have to go with the Broken Sword series, great storytelling and amazing artwork for it's time. I've only played through the first 2 though, so I don't know if the newer ones are worth playing.
  • charlieboy2001charlieboy2001
    edited July 2009
    Not everyones favorite game but...Tex Murphy in Pandora Directive.
    Uber
    Awesome
    FMV

    :eek:
  • EddieEddie
    edited July 2009
    Day of the Tentacle was great. And I loved Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers get all the Girls (and the others in the series).

    Also liked Simon the Sorcerer, Indiana Jones series and Broken Sword.
  • IncognitoIncognito
    edited July 2009
    Broken Sword and Grim Fandango for the stories, not for the puzzles.
    Day of the Tentacle for the puzzles and the humour.
    Sam&Max S1E5
    Blade Runner
    Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney
    Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
  • GarenthGarenth
    edited July 2009
    I have great memories of Little Big Adventure 2 aswell, it's a shame they didn't continue on the series!

    Some of my other favorits include:

    The Longest Journey
    Myst IV: Revelation
    Sinking Island
    Beneath A Steel Sky (get this one if you haven't played it, it's free at ScummVM!)

    And just recently I picked up Indiana Jones - The Fate of Atlantis on Steam, I haven't really started playing it yet but it looks amazing! I never played this one back in the day for some reason.
  • CaptainWicketCaptainWicket
    edited July 2009
    I mostly grew up with Sierra games. I didn't really discover Monkey Island and the other LucasArts games until high school. I probably played just about every Sierra game, but here are my favorites:

    King's Quest V and VI
    Gobliiins 1-3
    Lost Secret of the Rainforest
  • SurplusGamerSurplusGamer
    edited July 2009
    Grim Fandango, but I'm a fan of all the LucasArts classics. Unlike a lot of people though I'd rather GF is left well alone. I'd rather a sequel is never made unless Schafer is on board and they have a BRILLIANT idea for it.
  • harlequ1nharlequ1n
    edited July 2009
    Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
    Loom
    Day of the Tentacle
    The Dig
    Beneath a Steel Sky
    Sam & Max Hit the road
  • hplikelikehplikelike
    edited July 2009
    Easily the Phoenix Wright series. Best Lawyer Game ever. (Probably the only lawyer game ever)
  • smashingsmashing
    edited July 2009
    I am a story-whore. So other than having good laugh, I much prefer games telling epic stories based on alternate universe. That is probably why The Longest Journey is my favourite game of all time.
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited July 2009
    LOOM! A thousand times LOOM!
  • MagwillMagwill
    edited July 2009
    You've mentioned a lot of good games, but if I can only choose one it would have to be:

    Full Throttle

    Such epic feeling. I loved the Legacy song, but a sequel with some heavier and varied metal would make a great game. Well, Brütal Legend will surely compete for the best game of the year.
  • PlaneforgerPlaneforger
    edited July 2009
    My favourite non-MI adventure game is Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, but many of the above games would definitely be in my top ten.

    *edit* Oh, except for the Broken Sword series, which has always annoyed me(even if I did just buy the fourth game earlier today, heh). :p
  • Mr BrushMr Brush
    edited July 2009
    My favourites: Broken Sword (from the 1st to the 3rd), Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Runaway :)
  • SheepbrushSheepbrush
    edited July 2009
    I love Grim Fandango and Full Throttle.
  • Raven266Raven266
    edited July 2009
    Little Big Adventure 1 and 2
    Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
    The Dig
    Legend of Kyrandia 1-3
    Broken Sword series
    Day of the Tentacle
    Sam & Max
    Grim Fandango
    Runaway 1 and 2
    Myst series

    and so much more which I cant remember atm
  • J ThreepwoodJ Threepwood
    edited July 2009
    Broken Sword
    Earlier Simon The Sourcerers
    The Dig
    Day of the Tentacle

    Thats it for now i think....going to get Grim Fandango when i can be bothered
  • vizviz
    edited July 2009
    Amen to the above posts. I would also add Lure of the Temptress to the list, another classic. You can get it for free from Revolution, http://www.revolution.co.uk/_display.php?id=10
  • Sir TobbiiSir Tobbii
    edited July 2009
    Atlantis: The Lost Tales
  • RMJ1984RMJ1984
    edited July 2009
    Monkey island isnt the best for me, its something like this order.

    1. Day Of The Tentacle
    2. Monkey Island
    3. Sam & Max
    4. Grim Fandago
    5. Full Throttle
    6. Stupid Invaders
    7. The Dig
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited July 2009
    Strong Bad!
    Sam & Max Season 1
    Myst 1-4
    Larry 7
    Jack Keane
    Simon The Sorcerer 1
    Feeble Files
    AllLucasArtsAdventures
    Broken Sword 1
    Black Mirror
    The Great Cow Race
  • SoultakerSoultaker
    edited July 2009
    No love for The Longest Journey yet? That was one of my favourite (non-humorous) adventure games. (And I don't mean Dreamfall: TLJ!)

    edit:
    Ah, I see it has been mentioned. Good. :)
  • IncognitoIncognito
    edited July 2009
    Garenth wrote: »
    The Longest Journey

    I really dispise this game because if the lousy puzzle design in it. :mad:
  • urbnurbn
    edited July 2009
    Almost all the best were mentioned above, only others i can think of are:

    Discworld
    Space Quest 6

    both awesome games.
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited July 2009
    My favs

    Leisure Suit larry 1-7
    Sam&Max hit the road
    Monkey Island
    ToonStruck
    Dig
    Maniac Mansion
    Day of the tentacle
  • MatakuMataku
    edited July 2009
    King's quest 6
    Day of the tentacle
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited July 2009
    So I'm not the only one who played Toonstruck! Now I don't feel as special ... just kidding. I have nothing much else to add, really, but I also loved Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and even Trace Memory, if just for how well they used the DS right out of the box. Other faves are Sam and Max (Please let season three be released in less than seven months!), Phoenix Wright, DotT and Psychonauts. ... Okay, Psychonauts isn't an adventure game, but it was made by Double Fine, founded by Maestro Schafer, and I just love it that much.
  • maul_incmaul_inc
    edited July 2009
    My Favorites in no particular order:

    Quest for glory 1-5
    Gabriel Knight 1-3
    Broken Sword 1
    Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis
    Day of the Tentacle
    Space Quest 1-5
    Leisure Suit Larry 1-7
  • doomsothdoomsoth
    edited July 2009
    Myst is my all time favorite.
  • Milhouse911Milhouse911
    edited July 2009
    Lots of good ones have been listed already. Other favorites of mine are:

    Pretty much all the Kheops Studio adventure games are good point-n-clickers. If you like one, you'll like them all, because they all have the same interface and type of gameplay. My only problem is that most are short (8 hours or less). My favorite is Return to Mysterious Island.

    RHEM 1, 2 and 3. These are not for everybody, because 1) Each game was made by one person, so graphics look dated (especially RHEM 1). 2) There is practically no story. It's mostly puzzles for the sake of puzzles. 3) It's REALLY hard. You have to make copious amounts of notes and maps and analyze every clue to death to figure anything out.

    But the RHEM games are among my favorite games because the puzzles are very ingenious, and even though they are very hard, they are all 100% logical when you put all the pieces together. Puzzle type is similar to Myst-type puzzles (i.e. how do I open that door, get that bridge to rotate or make that machine work?) Interface is also Myst-like (1st-person, still-images, very few people to interact with, no inventory for the most part). Imagine Riven's puzzles x 10, crammed into a much smaller space than Riven's world and you've begun to imagine RHEM.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited July 2009
    Broken Sword
    Sam and Max
    Chzo Mythos
    Call of Cthulhu
    Alone in the Dark
    Simon the Sorcerer
    Quest for Glory
    Kings Quest
    Space Quest
    Laura Bow
    Gabriel Knight
    Sherlock Holmes
    Full Throttle
    The Dig
    Grim Fandango
    Arcane
    Cauchemar Le Aventures
    Steppenwolf
    Indiana Jones
    La Foire Aux Mysteries
    (I'm sure I'll think of more later)
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited July 2009
    ooh, this is tough. In a rough order (and grouped into series to save space) my favourites are:

    Beneath A Steel Sky
    The Longest Journey (and Dreamfall)
    All Lucasfilm/Lucas Arts adventure games
    Sam & Max (both seasons)
    Gabriel Knight (all)
    Syberia (both)
    Broken Sword (all)
    SBCG4AP
    Wallace & Gromit (so far)
    Simon The Sorcerer (1 & 2)
    Toonstruck
    Lure of The Temptress
    Myst (all)

    I could go on...
  • SphaaSphaa
    edited July 2009
    Zak mckracken is my all time nr.2 in adventure games.

    I think it's because I have a fantastic memory from when I and a mate played throuh it the first time. This was the first adventure game I (we) played from start to finish without any help or hints, and the satisfaction we felt when we made it is indescribable.
  • ShoelipShoelip
    edited July 2009
    Great. I made a really long post and it ate it when tried to post it...

    Most of the game I've liked have already been mentioned. Just look of Frederik Pohl's Gateway and Culpa Innata.
  • Mad MaryMad Mary
    edited July 2009
    Gabriel Knight 1-3, Simon the Sorcerer 1&2, Black Mirror, Kyrandia 3, The Labyrinth of Time, Shannara, Imperium Romanum, Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb, The Longest Journey, Indy 3&4...
  • Kyo555Kyo555
    edited July 2009
    I'll split this up a little:

    First of all the very classics, which are in my opinion DotT, SoMI, Simon 2, BaSS, The Dig and Indy 4. I could play those over and over again, thanks to ScummVM of course. :)

    Then for the next generation, the Comic (S)VGA-Gen, there's basically just Broken Sword 1 and 2, CMI as well as Discworld, still very good games, but once you've played it twice the spirit is gone (except for CMI's Seabattles, Act 3, i suppose?!)

    Next part would include rendered 3D-Games such as Blade Runner, Discworld Noir and Syberia 1 and 2, from which I love especially the latter series, other Benoit Sokal-games are nothing compared to these. There is also Moment of Silence, which everyone used to love, well except from me. :D

    Then there are what I call the fisheye-games such as Myst... Well, not my idea of a good adventure game though. :o

    And then there are the "true" 3D-games and there is only one king: Manny Calaveres from Grim Fandango, EMI was decent but I just hope that ToMI will do a better job. And this means NOT just switching the Swamp of Time-riddle to a Jungle of Sound-riddle, but I'm still quite optimistic. And there's also one of the shortest jokes in gaming history in here. Three letters: URU. :eek:
  • CorvCorv
    edited July 2009
    Beneath a Steel Sky (one of the best ever made - you can get it legaly for free here)
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    Broken Sword 1 & 2
    Legend of Kyrandia 1-3
    Maniac Mansion 1 + 2
    Indiana Jones - Fate of Atlantis
    Simon the Sorcerer 1 + 2
    Space Quest 4 was nice, but not in the same league as the ones above
  • harlequ1nharlequ1n
    edited July 2009
    I just bought A Vampyre Story, will arrive next week. Anyone else tried it? There's no love for it around...
  • MatakuMataku
    edited July 2009
    I just bought A Vampyre Story, will arrive next week. Anyone else tried it? There's no love for it around...

    It's not a bad game. It's good, but not great. I personally played it for a few days, even some parts with a walkthrough, but still never bothered to finish it. Quite frankly, I didn't find the plot all that interesting.
  • RMJ1984RMJ1984
    edited July 2009
    harlequ1n wrote: »
    I just bought A Vampyre Story, will arrive next week. Anyone else tried it? There's no love for it around...

    Its an okay game, but whoever contracted that woman with that beeep annoying thin voice shot be beaten :S


    Sometimes i wonder if some developers add all the sound / voice in the end, because OH GOD, that woman has the most annoying voice ever in a game i think.
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