ThatStupidLion
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surprised no space quest or kyrandia
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PCGamer lists 35 of the best Adventure games on PC
- Thread starter Tizoc
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I agree with monkey 2&3 and the dig. Those should have been on this list
derExperte
Member
I approve just because they mention Toonstruck and Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. Personally I'd replace Loom with Blade Runner. Not sure about Soma, if that's there Amnesia: Dark Descent is eligible too and imo the better game.
test_account
XP-39C²
Good list, but i would have put Larry 3 instead of Larry 7.
thelongestj
Member
Your total is much better than mine. I am at 21/35 complete. I'm hoping Firewatch will be in the summer sale. You should really check out the Wadjet Eye Games, they're excellent.
Has anyone played A Mind Forever Voyaging? I've never played a text adventure before but this one always looked appealing to me.
I'd probably go with 6, that one was the sweet spot for me in terms of technical capabilities and puzzle design but it's been a long time since I've played a LSL game.
I wouldn't have included Life is Strange, personally. I got bored out of my mind in that game, as the puzzles are pretty terrible.
"I don't believe you have powers, because even though you just predicted three things correctly you were slightly wrong about the forth"
"Yes, you just told me that I had a parking ticket in my pocket... But what TIME was the ticket made?"
"Hey go find me five bottles"
It would have been a better experience if they just cut out the filler puzzles and activities that weren't really engaging, clever, or challenging, but just padding.
"I don't believe you have powers, because even though you just predicted three things correctly you were slightly wrong about the forth"
"Yes, you just told me that I had a parking ticket in my pocket... But what TIME was the ticket made?"
"Hey go find me five bottles"
It would have been a better experience if they just cut out the filler puzzles and activities that weren't really engaging, clever, or challenging, but just padding.
Sir_Crocodile
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Some stuff there that at best is on the fringe of the genre. My own list would be (and mine IS ranked):
1. Indiana Jones & The Fate Of Atlantis
2. Day Of The Tentacle
3. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
4. Time Gentlemen Please/Ben There Dan That
5. Monkey Island
6. Broken Sword
7. Discworld Noir
8. The Blackwell Series
9. Broken Sword 2
10. Simon the Sorcerer
11. Maniac Mansion
12. Phoenix Wright : Ace Attorney (the ds edition with "Rise from the Ashes")
13. Sam and Max Hit The road
14. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
15. Curse of Monkey Island
16. Primordia
17. Beneath a Steel Sky
18. Flight of the Amazon Queen
19. Phoenix Wright 3
20. Star Trek : A Final Unity
21. Loom
22. Discworld 2
23. Innocent Until Caught/Guilty
24. The Dig
25. Touch Detective\Touch Detective 2 ½ (Man I wish 3 had gotten localised. Atlus sucks)
26. Technobabylon
27. Shadowgate 2014
28. Dropsy
29. Full Throttle
30. AAI : Miles Edgeworth
31. Discworld
32. Grim Fandango
33. Book of Unwritten Tales
34. Resonance
35. Zak Mckracken
Notes - not yet played shardlight or Book of Unwritten Tales 2, need to replay ALL tex murphy games stat.
Man I hate the way kyrandia handles items. You can just drop them anywhere.
1. Indiana Jones & The Fate Of Atlantis
2. Day Of The Tentacle
3. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
4. Time Gentlemen Please/Ben There Dan That
5. Monkey Island
6. Broken Sword
7. Discworld Noir
8. The Blackwell Series
9. Broken Sword 2
10. Simon the Sorcerer
11. Maniac Mansion
12. Phoenix Wright : Ace Attorney (the ds edition with "Rise from the Ashes")
13. Sam and Max Hit The road
14. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
15. Curse of Monkey Island
16. Primordia
17. Beneath a Steel Sky
18. Flight of the Amazon Queen
19. Phoenix Wright 3
20. Star Trek : A Final Unity
21. Loom
22. Discworld 2
23. Innocent Until Caught/Guilty
24. The Dig
25. Touch Detective\Touch Detective 2 ½ (Man I wish 3 had gotten localised. Atlus sucks)
26. Technobabylon
27. Shadowgate 2014
28. Dropsy
29. Full Throttle
30. AAI : Miles Edgeworth
31. Discworld
32. Grim Fandango
33. Book of Unwritten Tales
34. Resonance
35. Zak Mckracken
Notes - not yet played shardlight or Book of Unwritten Tales 2, need to replay ALL tex murphy games stat.
Man I hate the way kyrandia handles items. You can just drop them anywhere.
JimmyJones
Banned
Adventure game? More like walking simulator.
How is Syberia not on there?
Yeah. A very weird omission. Also surprised Machinarium got no love. At least they remembered the oft-forgotten Discworld Noir.
Nice list for all platforms, Shu Takumi needs love in an adventure game thread. No Last Express though? That'd probably make my personal top 5.
thelongestj
Member
As much as I love Ghost Trick, this is a PCGamer list so I don't think that game is eligible. The Dig and Beneath a Steel Sky would be on my list too.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
That's another one I need to replay - don't feel comfortable going off my nineties feels. Need to do a Tex rerun first though, so I can finally play Tesla Effect.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Definitely needs to include The Dig.
Talladega Knight
Member
Good list. I would have included Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity. Very underrated.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Yeah, a Space Quest on there would be nice. But they got Quest for Glory 4, so I can't complain much.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
This is why I hate numbering. Copying & pasting stuff as I deliberate always fouls up somewhere. The upper one is correct, the lower one should be Full Throttle.
Haven't played D since the saturn version came out. Will replay the GOG version sometime this year.
I like Richard Cobbett - he writes some really good articles like this - but you can always count on him to fit in a few digs at Myst (see his quiz from last year). He's more than welcome to not like that game, but the joke's gone stale and he seems oddly obsessed.
Plus, it seems that Richard's disdain for the first Myst or some "Myst clones" prevents him from giving the other games a fair shot (Riven is a top 5 AG, Revelation is also excellent, Exile is pretty damn good, End of Ages is solid).
Let go of your hate, Richard. Embrace the Myst games.
Fuck yes! That game is hilarious!
Can I suggest Dare to Dream, too? Cliffy B's teeth cutting, and nostalgic as get out.
Acquiescence
Member
As long as Broken Sword is there, we cool.
Replayed it this year on my 3DO, still holds up IMO. I love the tone of the game, much darker than most Adventure games. More of a horror-adventure than anything else.
Ghostmaster
Member
The Witness seems like a real stretch for an adventure game.
By that same token are the Room games also adventure games?
By that same token are the Room games also adventure games?
My underdog in these adventure game lists is Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse. It usually gets forgotten since the original gets the spot if it's one game per franchise, plus being the third Sam & Max game from pre-Walking Dead Telltale it was always gunning for a niche audience. But I still think it's some of the best work they've ever done, wildly creative and enjoyable from start to finish and works fine as a standalone adventure.
QuantumSquid
Member
I'm sure Tales from the Borderlands is a better game than The Wolf Among Us but I prefer TWAU's subject matter so much more.
I'm super okay with the list. Came in expecting very little, and was suprised to see all of my favourite adventure games on there: Gabriel Knight 1, lingms Quest 6, Pandora Directive, Last Express, Quest for Glory 4 and Day of the Tentacle.
Only thing I'd change really would be switching Monkey Island for Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Only thing I'd change really would be switching Monkey Island for Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
I really should get to this. Still haven't finished the first episode of season 2 (nor any of the following ones, of course).
Shake Appeal
Member
Monkey Island 2 really is the peak Monkey Island game. It also has the best ending of any videogame ever.
Tizoc
Member
Which dune game would that be?
Personally i like to see this list as 35 must play games that can get you into the genre and from there expand onto other games like the ones not listed in there.
Stiler
Member
The picks seem really skewed toward newer games and forgets a lot of the classics. I mean I am glad Soma is on the list (it deserves much more recognition).
However where are games like Syberia? This was a very successful adventure game in the late 90's that even came to consoles and not just pc's. Myst? This game literally drove technology and got people to use cd roms. Sanitarium? Probably one of the most "creepy" adventure games of all time. Space Quest? Beneath a Steel sky, etc.
However where are games like Syberia? This was a very successful adventure game in the late 90's that even came to consoles and not just pc's. Myst? This game literally drove technology and got people to use cd roms. Sanitarium? Probably one of the most "creepy" adventure games of all time. Space Quest? Beneath a Steel sky, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_B4WPnf-AY
and Dune II, too.
Terrific graphics and incredible music. Gets stuck in your head for days.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Do my eyes deceive me or are there really no Amanita Design games on there? Blasphemous!
Sir_Crocodile
Member
I guess they wanted to make the list look relevant. It's a great game, but not top 35 great.
thelongestj
Member
Yeah all this Myst hate, I don't get it. I own both Myst and Riven on GOG, but have never played them. Every other place I've seen places Riven really high so I might need to play them soon as well.I like Richard Cobbett - he writes some really good articles like this - but you can always count on him to fit in a few digs at Myst (see his quiz from last year). He's more than welcome to not like that game, but the joke's gone stale and he seems oddly obsessed.
Plus, it seems that Richard's disdain for the first Myst or some "Myst clones" prevents him from giving the other games a fair shot (Riven is a top 5 AG, Revelation is also excellent, Exile is pretty damn good, End of Ages is solid).
Let go of your hate, Richard. Embrace the Myst games.
Also, I'm glad to see people wanting to play some Tex Murphy. The Pandora Directive and Tesla Effect are really great games that deserve way more love.