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[Family Fry]

Hello one and all and welcome to Point and Click Adventure GAF 2013 Edition.
Thanks to all who contributed to the 2012 thread with opinions and sharing the PnC love, this year is set to be a cracker for PnC fans out there and hopefully new fans too.

First lets start off with some important links on GAF for older game recommendations and general PnC knowledge.

Handy Point and Click GAF Links.
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Point & Click adventures in 2011, the best so far and promising upcoming games?

Point & Click adventures in 2012. Best so far, the kickstarters and the future.

Is the graphical text-based adventure game genre completely stone dead?

Point-and-Click Adventure-GAF of LucasArts, Sierra, and hair-pulling puzzles

Recommend me some point and click adventure games

thread of point-n-click adventure games getting some love (56K!)

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The Games
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Now on with the games and 2013 sure has a lot of them, more will be announced throughout the year no doubt.
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Fables: The World Among Us

Goodbye Deponia

1954: Alcatraz

The “Golden Gate”, the opening of the San Francisco Bay with the world-famous Golden Gate Bridge, was a symbol of freedom for many people. Cynically, prisoners of the infamous Alcatraz can enjoy a beautiful view on this monument at their prison yard. Right there, players slip into the role of the prisoner Joe.

"1954: Alcatraz" takes place in San Francisco of the 50’s. Joe was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment due to an armed robbery and he is eager to break out of "The Rock". Therefore, he needs help from his wife Christine who is facing her own problems in San Francisco. Their gangster fellow Mickey threatens Christine to kill her if she refuses to hand over the swag. However, where is the prey? Joe only knows where the hideout is and, therefore, the entire North Beach is searching for the jackpot.

The Rabbits Apprentice

The Rabbit's Apprentice stars little Jerry Hazelnut, a 12-year-old boy who longs to learn magic. With his summer holidays nearly at an end, Jerry's dream appears to come true when he meets the Marquis de Hoto, a magician willing to take him on as a student. But the Marquis is no ordinary wizard; he's a human-sized talking white rabbit who lives in a world where magic is very, very real. And dangerous. On the journey through his new mentor's home of Mousewood, a land filled with magical creatures and other talking animals, Jerry discovers that he was chosen to play a crucial role in confronting an evil force threatening to tear apart the fabric of reality. But to do so, he'll first need to overcome his greatest fear.

Columbus 4 The Curse of Oak Island

Nando’s World

The Story takes place in a world where nature has been completely reconstructed by mankind, the last non-cybernetic animals are confined in zoo-museums, forests of electronic trees replace the natural ones, merging with the endless gray areas of the country, and once populated cities are now ghost towns.
Even old age has been easily forgotten: in fact only few people decided not to use the Rejuvenating Medicine Yo-Yo-Fe – Young Young Forever. These strange, independent men and women live in controlled small towns, placed between the desert and the Electronic Forest no.1, called Cities of the Elderly.
The adventure starts in one of these cities. It could seem a dormant place, where nothing happens, but it will be the beginning of a bizarre and challenging journey. Nando will start a journey that will bring him through unknown environments, with their strange communities, and he will meet eccentric characters and their imaginary worlds

The Inner World

Robert is a novice, a bit clueless, but with a heart of gold. He lives a peaceful life as a court musician in “Asposia”’s largest wind monastery. Contrary to the laws of physics, “Asposia” is an enormous, hollow space surrounded by an infinite expanse of earth. The world’s air is provided through three wind fountains, but as one wind fountain after the other petered out and the wind gods came to “Asposia”, all of the sudden Robert found himself in the middle of a whirlwind. Together with the help of the mysterious thief Laura, his best intentions and no clue whatsoever, Robert sets off on his adventure to discover the secret of the wind’s disappearance.

Rick Future The Adventure Game

Prominence

With a highly immersive setting and first person viewpoint, Prominence is a point-and-click science-fiction adventure that offers players a chance to explore and discover the secrets behind a unique and mysterious high-tech facility.

Story to Nowhere: Caroline’s Secret

An adventure game in progress. Developing ideas first begun in Story To Nowhere.

Heaven’s Hope

CONCEPT ART

Heavens Hope is a 2.5D Episode-Adventure, telling the tale of Talorel, an “inadvertently” fallen angel candidate and stunt flying student. Relive a fantastic adventure from the fall to the re-ascension of Talorel in a colourful blend of humour and amusing horror. Find yourself in an emotional rollercoaster, get to know many quaint characters, learn about intrigues, the Spanish Inquisition, ever more weird places and rare mysteries. Get to know the charming protagonist and his extremely likable companions in a magical and animated world!

Murder in Theran’s Alleys 1933

A series of brutal and frightening murders have satters the city of Tehran in 1933. Tortured before being cut to pieces, the victims are innocent children living downtown, and there seems to be no clear motive behind the murders. Tehran’s media doesn’t help the case, by flooding the newsstands and alleys with purely hysteric stories. Just one journalist, a man called Sarsolooki, actually seems to know more. He soon becomes an important informant for Detective Afshar and the whole police.

Bracken Tor: The Time of Tooth and Claw

You are a bold journalist, always looking for the next 'big story'. How far would you go to grab the front page? Would you risk your life, for a news story? If so, the ancient rock formation known as Bracken Tor awaits your arrival. The stony outcrop dominates the moor, and boasts several unnerving stories; from unexplainable glowing lights, to this latest horrifying incident. Are some places cursed? Or, are they haunted by those who went before?

Wychwood Hollow

The supernatural thriller will continue a story first introduced in Barrow Hill and is set within the same dark landscape. Cornwall is a land of standing stones, Neolithic tombs and ancient powers. Mixing archaeological thriller, with deep puzzle solving,.
“There is a village. Tied to the past by a terrible crime. Murder. They “burnt the witch”. They erased her name. There is a village... Wychwood Hollow.”

The Last Crown: Haunting of Hallowed Isle

Join young ghost-hunters Nigel Danvers and Lucy Reubans, as they begin a new 'Crown' mystery:
Hallowed Isle lies just off the coast of Saxton, on England's windswept coast. It is a moody, melancholy place; haunted by those who lived, worked and died there. That, in itself, is not unusual in this uncanny landscape, where everywhere has a supernatural tale to tell… should you be brave enough to delve deeper.

Experience this spooky sequel to the 2007 hit – The Lost Crown - A Ghost-Hunting Adventure.

The Raven

Paris, 1960: The Raven is keeping Europe in suspense. His burglaries are spectacular and he always emerges unscathed. The public is following each new coup with great interest and is shocked, when the young investigator Nicolas Legrand seizes the master thief and fatally wounds him.
London, 1964: An ancient ruby, one of the legendary „Eyes of the Sphinx“, is stolen from the British Museum. At the crime scene a raven feather is found. Is somebody trying to follow in the Ravens footsteps? – Legrand starts to investigate.
At the same time in Zurich a phone is ringing. Constable Anton Jakob Zellner looks up from behind a mountain of files. He has no idea what lies hidden in a bank vault just a few hundred meters away from him. As he reaches for the receiver his life takes a crucial turn…

Pre-Alpha Gameplay Footage Gamescom

The Samaritan Paradox

The Samaritan Paradox is set in Sweden in the 80's. Ord Salamon has agreed to help Sara Bergwall find the book her father, Jonatan Bergwall, wrote before he died. During the course of this treasure hunt, he learns that Jonatan was investigating the weapons industry, and more specifically some covert affairs with foreign dictatorships.
But more questions arise. What is the book about, and why does Sara want Ord to find it for her? Did her Alzheimer's-stricken mother know the secret before she grew too demented to share it? And how did Jonatan actually die?

Face Noir
Face Noir 2

The Black Thursday. That is how the press rechristened that October 24th, 1929, a day in which U.S. began to face the darkest years of his history: the Great Depression years. All the great values professed by this nation vanished within a couple of months, the American dream was dead and trust in God begun to shake.
Few years had been enough for people to show their real side: false, mean and, above all, open to bribery. But the one thing I would have never imagined is how far corruption had gone; so far that somebody would actually try to bribe God.
And now here I am, a gun barrel pointed at me, a corpse on my conscience, and a young lady to protect. How could this ever happen? How is it possible that everything has stemmed from a series of coincidences?
Do you believe in Destiny? ...I don`t.

The Journey Down Chapter Two: Into the Mist

LEVEL SKETCH

Shadows of the Vatican Act 2: Wrath

When Silvia is hunted by the person behind the attempted murder she was assigned to commit, she knows the only option remaining is to face the deadly conspirator openly. In the heart of the local underworld, Silvia will discover a game of power in which everyone is an expendable pawn. A forced alliance with her ex-target seems to be the only way to avoid the inevitable, but if they want to dispel the secretive mists of the Vatican, James and Silvia will have to come to terms with their limitations...

Adam Syndrome

In a desperate attempt to discover what happened to his beloved wife, Professor Adam Reed becomes entangled in a web of conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the tapestry of his own life.

Mystery of the Wicked Village

Sequel to Murder in the Abbey

While Brother Leonardo is investigating the disappearance of his Order's prior, he’s surprised by a sudden storm that forces him to seek refuge in a nearby village. There he discovers that the quiet appearance of the little town and its inhabitants hides some supernatural elements, and the Devil’s presence can overshadow even the most unlikely of places.

Gone Home

An empty house. A missing family. You, alone, surrounded by the lingering question: What happened here? Discover the mystery for yourself in GONE HOME.

Montagues Mount: Episode 1 of 3
STEAM GREENLIGHT PAGE

Montague's Mount is a thriller like not before seen in gaming - so we don't want to give the story away too much and ruin it for you. All we will say is that it is a disturbing psychological thriller, combining exploration and puzzle solving, all told against a 'lump-in-the-throat' story and environment. You have been warned.

Ether (One)
STEAM GREENLIGHT PAGE

Set in the broken mental structures of a mysterious woman named Jean's mind you will take on the role of a Restorer, an individual who can enter a persons memories in order to fix and mend them. Unsure of your own identity or why you have been sent to restore this particular person your goal is to explore a physical representation of her memories and find the broken sources of each one. Through this you will build up an understanding of who you are, why you are here and most importantly what your relationship is with Jean.

Jack Keane and the Fire Within

Three game years have passed and Jack is on the trail of a mysterious rumoured treasure of unmeasurable worth. Naturally, Jack is not the only one to have heard of the treasure, and hot on his heels is the evil professor Umbati, even as two beautiful women compete for Jack's attention.

 

[Family Fry]

Samorost 3

The Witness

Jonathan Blow's new exploration-puzzle game on an uninhabited island.

Wretcher

Wretcher is a horror point-and-click adventure game that strives to follow the old ways. Its style is heavily influenced by Clock Tower, the first horror adventure game of its kind (and still one the best), but also by Alone in the Dark and Silent Hill.

The Bum (AGS Title)

The game tells a story of a homeless man who communicates with the world using an old sock on his right hand. He's a huge football fan and plays it a lot near his backalley. One day he gets mugged by a wandering bully and looses his precious ball in the process. Now he must pull himself together, team up with a local superhero, find a new ball and confront his oppressor again.

Randal's Monday

"Randal's Monday" is a Graphic adventure game in development, created by two enthusiastic fans of the genre. We offer a twisted story that everybody will enjoy, with several references to the popular culture (especially videogames from all eras).
Randal Hicks, the main character, a kleptomaniac, sociopath and terrible friend, will find himself involved in some paranormal incidents that will test his skills, dexterity and sanity. Everything revolves around a ring. A priceless ring that only cost half a grape gum. An engagement ring...A cursed ring...
Randal will live the worst day of his life over and over again. He'll have to do everything necessary to fix the situation he has caused. Even if it means going to jail or destroying humanity. He'll have to deal with angry cops, common delinquents, retired priests, incompetent box-office clerks and even some talking skeletons. Shots, kicks, blood, money, time looks and a lot of pissed off people. Randall will have to fight to get the ring and his life back, before the universe collapses. Nobody says it's going to be easy, but it's worth a shot.

Stasis

Disoriented, drowsy and in pain, John Maracheck opens his eyes. There is nothing to greet him but the static of a nearby monitor and a cold steel floor. Thick, green liquid covers the floor and then his body, leading to trail to a nearby, steaming stasis-pod. He slowly gets to his feet, trying to take in his surroundings. Where is his wife? His daughter? What the hell is going on…?
Stasis is an adventure game that puts you in control of John Maracheck, a man searching for his family in a seemingly abandoned research facility. Going back to classic adventure game mechanics, you are required to solve puzzles and use objects around you to progress and to find Maracheck’s family.
Graphically, Stasis is fairly unique in the adventure game genre, opting for highly detailed isometric graphics, as opposed to the more classic ‘side on’ views of other adventure games. Richly detailed rooms and fluid animations create an immersive environment for the player to explore, with danger lurking in every shadow.
The stasis-plug suit gives you direct access to an Emergency Medical Kit. This is a piece of equipment that has the ability to break down any object of a certain weight and size into its base elements and store it for future use. While normally used to store small medical supplies, Maracheck uses it as an easy way to keep and transport object he has found. Objects can be stored, accessed, combined and brought back into the ‘real’ world at any moment.
At its core, Stasis is a story about an ordinary man in an extraordinary situation.
Trapped in a place where humanity’s horrors come out to play, how far would you go to protect your family?

Fran Bow

Fran Bow is a point and click adventure with a touch of horror. You play as Fran Bow, a little girl with a unique perception of the world around her. Her parents are brutally murdered and the only thing she has left is her cat and aunt Grace who takes care of her. But something happens, her cat vanishes and she is taken to an asylum for mad children where she loses her memory. One day the cat appears outside her window and she starts to plot her escape… During her way back home she will unlock fragments of her memory about the murder of her parents and finally discover who did it.

Blackwell Epiphany

RELEASED GAMES

Kentucky Route Zero Episode 1
NEOGAF OT

Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

ASA A Space Adventure
STEAM GREENLIGHT

You're an astronaut sent to repair an old satellite. You just finished your mission when you notice a mysterious black cube drifting near you. Hypnotized by this thing you suddenly jump towards, breaking your security cable. You seem to forget all dangers, when you finally catch this cube your oxygen is low and you have no way to go back.

The Cave
NEOGAF OT

From the designer-brain that brought you such games as Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island and Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo comes an adventure game so odd and compelling that it can only be described as odd and compelling.
Choose from 7 different characters who have journeyed to this mysterious and beckoning place known only as The Cave (take exit 34, then second right after the Red Robin).

Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold
STEAM GREENLIGHT PAGE

Set in Wild West, FESTER MUDD: CURSE OF THE GOLD is a three-part comic saga of exploration, reunion, and redemption...and a love letter to the classic adventure games of the 90s!

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Episode 2: The Wise Monkey
STEAM GREENLIGHT PAGE

With the Wise Monkey case in her hands and the FBI's resources already stretched thin, she's on her own to find the killer before it’s too late.

Richard and Alice
STEAM GREENLIGHT PAGE

Richard and Alice are prisoners. Both their cells have a leather sofa and a state-of-the-art computer. But only Richard’s has a TV.
Outside, the snow falls. It has done for some time. Elsewhere, they say, parts of the world have been rendered an inhospitable desert, the earth parched and cracked. People live in the zones now. The lucky ones, anyway.
Richard and Alice have secrets.

The 39 Steps

John Buchan’s incredible espionage thriller is set to be our debut – and the first ever – digital adaptation: a new form of entertainment for interactive platforms, and created by The Story Mechanics. Whether you know The Thirty Nine Steps inside out, or have never heard of Richard Hannay, this is the classic story as it has never been told before.

Astroloco: Worst Contact
STEAM GREENLIGHT

In the far future, humans explore and colonise space using ridiculously deadly, moon-sized trains - 'Astro Locomotives'. They're operated by enormous, competing railroad companies and train vs. train combat is (expensively) common.

Take control of a mistreated mechanic and a swashbuckling pilot as you try to save Gilbert Station from destruction at the hands of an alien death fleet!

 

[Family Fry]

FUNNDING REQUIRED

FUNNDING CANCELLED

Inherit the Earth 2
This project will only be funded if at least $135,000 is pledged by Sunday Feb 17, 10:41pm EST.
Funding for this project was cancelled by the project creator on January 28, 2013.

FUNDED PROJECTS

Mage’s Initiation: Reign of the Elements
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on March 23, 2013/

D'Arc is sixteen years old. He has trained extensively in the elemental arts for the past decade of his young life, under the discerning eyes of the Mage Masters of Iginor. Confined to an existence of academics and magical mastery in their towering hall, the inquisitive initiate often wonders what it would be like to set foot outside in the world he has been secluded from; a world that his Masters deeply shun.

Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on March 10, 2013

Asylum
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on February 28, 2013

Broken Age
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on March 13, 2012.

Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 2, 2012.

Jane Jensen's Mystery Game X
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 19, 2012.

Jane Jensen's Moebius
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 19, 2012.

Two Guys Spaceventure featuring Ace Hardway
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 12, 2012.

Tex Murphy: Project Fedora
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 16, 2012.

Lilly Looking Through
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 30, 2012.

What Lilly sees is about to change her life forever....
Help our heroine through a variety of enchanting environments brimming with magic and wonder, as she seeks to rewrite the past, change the present, and unlock the ultimate mystery. Geeta Games presents an animated adventure for all ages:
Lilly Looking Through.

Quest for Infamy
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on July 6, 2012.

Reincarnation: The root of all Evil
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on July 13, 2012.

The Root of All Evil will have over 4 hours of game play if you are really good (or using a walkthrough) and answer a lot of questions about the world that Vile lives in. The story begins after Vile wakes up from a wild, partying bender and finds Hell to not be as he had left it. It won't be nessicary to have played any of the previous games, but if you want to they are all free at the below link:

Play all the games in the series here.

Jack Houston and the Necronauts
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 9.

Broken Sword The Serpents Curse
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on September 22.

Shadowgate
KICKSTARTER
Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on November 25.

Projects To Be Announced

A Vampyre Story 2: A Bat’s Tale/A Vampyre Story Year One

 

[spindoctor]

Yup, it's going to be a good year for adventure gamers.

 

[GhaleonQ]

Ah, there the legacy developers are. Nice work. As far as non-Japanese stuff goes, that's all of them on my list and more.

However, I would bet that Samorost 3 would be 2013, since we know that it's been in development in some sense for over 1 1/2 years.

All in all, how the year turns out will be largely determined by how well the crowd-funding pays off. Even without it, it's looking to be a solid year with far fewer disappointments from Europe than 2012 had.

 

[a secret-boss]

Goodbye Deponia.
I'm guessing that's the last game of the trilogy

 

[hunnies28]

Are there any good games of this genre avaible for Android?

 

[The_Monk]

What an amazing, nice thread this is! Will keep an eye on it. My last Point & Click was Anna.

 

[GhaleonQ]

What an amazing, nice thread this is! Will keep an eye on it. My last Point & Click was Anna.

They're not doing a graphic adventure game next, but a role-playing game based on an Italian tabletop property. I thought it was an exciting game, so hopefully they're just cashing in to fund their next one.

 

[statham]

bookmarked.

 

[Photosynthesis]

Awesome thread! Subscribed.

So I really, really like fantasy adventures with beautiful 2D art and clever dialogue (think Curse of Monkey Island). I just finished Deponia, and while I liked it in many aspects (the art direction is gorgeous), I thought that the puzzles were merely alright, and I hated Rufus. Recommend me some recent games?

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Subbed! I have SO many P+C games to get through, but I'll be sure to be buying more thanks to this thread.

Edit: More of those need to be on Steam :'(

 

[inm8num2]

Beautiful!

It's going to be a great, great year. I cannot wait.

 

[SteeloDMZ]

What adventure game do you guys recommend for iPad? I've played the 2 Monkey Island games and Beneath a Steel Sky.

 

[Family Fry]

Ah, there the legacy developers are. Nice work. As far as non-Japanese stuff goes, that's all of them on my list and more.

However, I would bet that Samorost 3 would be 2013, since we know that it's been in development in some sense for over 1 1/2 years.

All in all, how the year turns out will be largely determined by how well the crowd-funding pays off. Even without it, it's looking to be a solid year with far fewer disappointments from Europe than 2012 had.

How could I forget Samorost 3. Have added it. Know there will be more and obvious ones too. I'm looking forward to tracking the year and trying my best to play the majority of what I have listed. Certainly a LOT have me interested already.

 

[Berto]

The 39 Steps looks promising. Will it be a full fledged adventure?

 

[spindoctor]

Are there any good games of this genre avaible for Android?

Try Broken Sword 1 and 2.

 

[Secret Fawful]

As far as adventure games coming out eventually, don't forget Wretcher.

http://www.wretcher.com/

 

[Yanksfan]

I really need to get back into the genre. I have been keeping an eye on it and see there is a lot of quality for me to sample, I just have not put the time into it.

Any recommendations for P&C adventure games released in the last 5 years or so?

 

[GhaleonQ]

Oh, if you guys need to kill 1 hour after New Year's Day festivities, may I recommend an old game called Pock's Friend? http://kiltedmoose.blogspot.com/2012/07/pocks-friend-pc.html It's free and in-browser, and the developer said on his website that he was inspired by Moon: Remix R.P.G. Adventure (although it reminds me more of Endonesia by some of the same people; https://twitter.com/Route24/status/27512022557 and he wants Moon 2!) and this The Neverending Story-type game http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/nanatsukaze/nanatsukaze.htm The Story Of The Island's 7 Winds.

It's fun. http://vimeo.com/1665256

 

[drhankmccoyphd]

I just started up Quest For Glory from the GOG sale. Great game, especially in VGA, but is it exceptionally grindy? I started a mage which may have been a mistake considering I have to farm silver to get scrolls.

 

[statham]

I've bought "The Last Express" last year, art style is workable in todays climate. but http://howlongtobeat.com/gamebreakdown.php?gameid=5254 is saying 60 hours to beat the game? any truth to this? way too long for me. even 15 hours pushes it for me.

 

[inanutshell]

Looks like 2013 will be a good year for adventure games. Can't wait to see how some of the kickstarter games turn out.

 

[Versipellis]

For those who might have some interest in the ancient form of adventure gaming, the so-called interactive fiction (or text adventures), Activision just put out an iOS collection including 27 Infocom games for $9.99. The collection comes with a lot of bonus materials (manuals, maps, hints, feelies, etc.) and a slightly semplified interface.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id577626745?mt=8

I've bought "The Last Express" last year, art style is workable in todays climate. but http://howlongtobeat.com/gamebreakdown.php?gameid=5254 is saying 60 hours to beat the game? any truth to this? way too long for me. even 15 hours pushes it for me.

I think a normal playthrough should be in the 10/12h range. It has some dead ends and situations were you can act differently during different runs, but 60h is very off for an estimate.

 

[statham]

do you recommend the game, I rather play some more recent titles, but since I bought it, I feel I need to beat it.

 

[statham]

For those who might have some interest in the ancient form of adventure gaming, the so-called interactive fiction (or text adventures), Activision just put out an iOS collection including 27 Infocom games for $9.99. The collection comes with a lot of bonus materials (manuals, maps, hints, feelies, etc.) and a slightly semplified interface.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id577626745?mt=8
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suspect, brings back memories. isn't that the text game you had to be at certain points to witness the crime and it happened in real time.

 

[Versipellis]

Even though sometimes it plays like an experiment in game design (with rotoscope graphics, a rarely-used-before-or-after real-time gameplay, a clever use of subtitles and different languages, etc.) and, because of this, it seems a little rough around the edges, it's still one of my favourite adventure games!

EDIT: I think the one where you witness the murder (in second person, of course) is Witness. Suspect is the one where you are at a party and you become the prime suspect in a murder case. Both (along with Deadline) are played in 'fake real-time', since the clock doesn't tick if you don't do anything, but you still have to be in the right place at the right time or you won't see/hear that crucial bit of info. In another Infocom adventure, Border Zone, time passes even if you don't type anything (and that's true for The Last Express too).

 

[BosSin]

Subscribed so I can trawl through this beauty of a thread at a later time

 

[nny]

2013 is looking goood; the year of the kickstarter point 'n clicks!

What adventure game do you guys recommend for iPad? I've played the 2 Monkey Island games and Beneath a Steel Sky.

If you liked Monkey Island, give Flight of the Amazon Queen a try. It doesn't have pirates (has a Indiana Jones-esque protagonist) but it has similar nonsensical humor.

 

[gamergirly]

I'd like to find something like Scratches if possible....

 

[statham]

Witness! that was it. game never got enough credit.

 

[kurahador]

No Syberia 3 and The Longest Journey sequel on the list?

 

[Family Fry]

I always hear good things about Dark Fall.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/46750/?snr=1_7_suggest__13

Also keep an eye out forAsylum developed by Agustín Cordes the guy who designed Scratches.

 

[Fjordson]

Great OP! Should be another quality year for point & clicks.

Technically a 2012 release, but I'm still finishing up Primordia. Wonderful game. Can't wait to see what Wadjet Eye puts out this year.

 

[nny]

Great OP! Should be another quality year for point & clicks.

Technically a 2012 release, but I'm still finishing up Primordia. Wonderful game. Can't wait to see what Wadjet Eye puts out this year.

Finished it a couple of days ago; really liked the setting (strong Beneath a Steel Sky vibes). Wished it was a bit longer, so the story could be fleshed out a little bit more, and there would be more locations to visit.

 

[Family Fry]

No Syberia 3 and The Longest Journey sequel on the list?

I had Syberia 3 but It's listed for 2014 release.
Dreamfall Chapter is in the kickstarter list as that will go live early 2013, alongside some material.

I did forget about Dracula: The Shadow of the Dragon though, which is a continuation of the Dracula series of games from 2000 onward, will have to add it

 

[Lord Error]

Is it normal that it takes forever for a Steam game to become greenlit? I'm starting to get worried about Fester Mudd.

 

[legacyzero]

Prominence seems cool.

After playing Scratches and Dark Fall this year, I am TOTALLY ready for more of that type of game.

I always hear good things about Dark Fall.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/46750/?snr=1_7_suggest__13

Also keep an eye out forAsylum developed by Agustín Cordes the guy who designed Scratches.

I LOVE THIS POST WITH ALL MY HEART! Thank you! I didn't know about Asylum, but it is certainly on my radar!

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

2013 is looking goood; the year of the kickstarter point 'n clicks!



If you liked Monkey Island, give Flight of the Amazon Queen a try. It doesn't have pirates (has a Indiana Jones-esque protagonist) but it has similar nonsensical humor.

Great recommendation. It's an awesome game - some of the puzzles are a little strange, but only a few!

Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold looks excellent! Hope the story can hold up to the greatness of the 90's!

 

[csquared587]

I picked up Resonance, is there anyway to run the game in 1920x1200 or windowed mode? My monitor acts really weird and displays NOT IN NATIVE MODE in the middle of my screen if I dont.

 

[Traumahound]

For those who might have some interest in the ancient form of adventure gaming, the so-called interactive fiction (or text adventures), Activision just put out an iOS collection including 27 Infocom games for $9.99. The collection comes with a lot of bonus materials (manuals, maps, hints, feelies, etc.) and a slightly semplified interface.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id577626745?mt=8

Was it really necessary for Activision to lie? Undiscovered Underground came out in 1997 to promote Zork: Grand Inquisitor.

 

[Traumahound]

I picked up Resonance, is there anyway to run the game in 1920x1200 or windowed mode? My monitor acts really weird and displays NOT IN NATIVE MODE in the middle of my screen if I dont.

Browse to the installation directory and run WinSetup.exe. You can change the res or run in windowed mode.

 

[ShaneB]

Great OP, and scrolling through the OP doe show off one great thing about this genre. How vastly different these games can be in term of art style. What amazing variety being showcased by all those games listed!

I just bought the HardcoreGaming101 Adventure game tome from Amazon, can't wait to start reading that.

 

[Currygan]

subscribed. Prominence, Fester Mudd and Face Noir look really interesting for my tastes

 

[csquared587]

Browse to the installation directory and run WinSetup.exe. You can change the res or run in windowed mode.

Thanks, works well in windowed mode.

 

[Family Fry]

Now there is no excuse not to try Fester Mudd Episode 1 when it is released.

http://groupees.com/bagb

Get Fester Mudd for FREE as part of this Steam Greenlight bonus bundle!! As an added bonus you get the VGA remake of Leisure Suit Larry 1 just in time to prepare you for the Reloaded version coming in March!!! WAY COOL!!!!!

AND Leisure Suit Larry 1 VGA too, not a bad deal.
Also on a side note, with that bundle you get La-Mulana which is worth the purchase alone.

 

[Tizoc]

Yay new thread! Once I get my new laptop I shall begin my PC Master Race gaming with Dungeon Keeper 2 and going through my PnC backlog >=3

 

[statham]

Great OP, and scrolling through the OP doe show off one great thing about this genre. How vastly different these games can be in term of art style. What amazing variety being showcased by all those games listed!

I just bought the HardcoreGaming101 Adventure game tome from Amazon, can't wait to start reading that.

can I get a link to this book?

 

[Secret Fawful]

Fester Mudd is one of the best looking games to come out of AGS.

 

[Family Fry]

can I get a link to this book?

From HG101 site.
Hardcoregaming101.net Presents: The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures

Available on Amazon (whichever region your in) and the Kindle store.
Absolutely MASSIVE book, just look at the table of contents and one no adventure game fan should be without.