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Point n Click Adventure GAF 2013 The pixel hunt continues.
- Thread starter Family Fry
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I have been replaying The Longest Journey and man I am struggling with it. I used to love adventure games, but I have not played one in a long time. I forgot how glacial the pacing could be. Game still tells a great story but I think my tastes may have moved past adventure games.
I am thinking I may give Grey Matters a go to try a modern game. Is that game as good I heard it was?
I am thinking I may give Grey Matters a go to try a modern game. Is that game as good I heard it was?
indigo-cyclops
Member
Well I finally beat Secret Files 3 after like 7 hours and all in all one of my favorite PnC /series/ but obviously the weakest of the three. Way too easy, locations were small and I'm sick of CERN crutches in games, but still, I do anything for Max & Nina.
Well, can't wait for Face Noir to pop up to play, just waiting it out now~
Comes out in a few days actually. English demo here.
Ignore if information known.
Unfortunately no. Gray matter suffers from inconsistently bad voice acting, subpar animation quality, and awkward humour. I was personally quite disappointed with it.
Extra Sauce
Member
No, that's not the problem. The problem is that the The Longest Journey is comically overstuffed with trivial dialogue. I played through a ton of adventure games in my day but I could never finish TLJ. The visuals, art direction and plot are all great but man... that dialogue is literally too much.
This isn't a very common view but I absolutely agree. It's a big reason I prefer Dreamfall. Also, Dreamfall doesn't have that goddamned inflatable duck puzzle.
CecilRousso
Member
My hype for Moebius just went through the roof. John Walker, the grumpy old man of games journalism, actually liked what he's played so far of the game. 
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/17/hands-on-jane-jensens-moebius/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/17/hands-on-jane-jensens-moebius/
TripleSun
Member
People think I'm awfully crazy when I say I enjoyed Dreamfall more, but I just found it more overall enjoyable from my standpoint. (I also honestly didn't mind the cave sneaking part, like many others did)
Yeah, known but I'm a sucker for noir games, like I'm sure we all are. Going to be interesting peek my head in.
Dog Problems
Banned
My hype for Moebius just went through the roof. John Walker, the grumpy old man of games journalism, actually liked what he's played so far of the game.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/17/hands-on-jane-jensens-moebius/
Thanks for sharing that. His optimism has gotten me even more excited.
The game is built on flash, so if you bought it through their website, you can play it there on Linux if you have flash installed. If you bought it on Steam, it only supports Windows and Mac, but you could probably run Steam in Wine to get the files and then run them with the Linux flash player manually.
Do you mean Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist?
TripleSun
Member
I recommend them. I didn't play Post Mortem, but I very much liked Still Life 1. The sequel is a big drop for me in enjoyment, but surely I would recommend it as a series to play!
Also, unrelated to the quote reply - I see POStudios has two Indie bundles going on until Sunday!
First is the Noir Bundle for $24.99 which includes Face Noir, The Cat Lady, Reperfection episode 1, Shadows on the Vatican episode 1, and Vampires. Going to pick this up, because for the price of just $5 more, I get Reperfection & Shadows on the Vatican, which I'm excited to try out~
Also, second bundle is the Thriller one. It's only $9.99 and basically the same as the Noir bundle, except you don't get Face Noir and they replace it with Cognition episode 1. I picked up Cognition 1 & 2 off a indie bundle and it quickly became an amazing series for me!
So check those two bundles out!
tensuke
Member
Has anybody played the Submachine games? (Searched and couldn't find any posts from previous PnC threads)
In the same vein as Myst, you are kind of dropped into a situation and have to find your way out, finding clues to what's going on along the way. So far, there's 8 main series games, 3 side-story games, and a special "game" with various locations you can travel to giving you more information on the universe. The quality of story, gameplay, and graphics go up with each game (it had a rough start), and as of the last game I'd say it's one of the most fun PnC games I've played (I really like Myst). It has a really great atmosphere of loneliness. I even kept a notebook for a couple of games, but they're not really that long so it's not a huge time investment. Still, I think they get longer with each game because of the more advanced gameplay/story.
It's made in Flash, and you can check them all out at the website, here. A good order to play them would probably be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, FLF, 6, 32 Chambers, 7, 8, and intersperse NEE whenever you find new locations. There's also a nifty wiki for other help, and various walkthroughs around the net if you get stuck with anything. The 9th game is supposed to come out later this year, and the 10th (and final) game will probably come out sometime next year.
In the same vein as Myst, you are kind of dropped into a situation and have to find your way out, finding clues to what's going on along the way. So far, there's 8 main series games, 3 side-story games, and a special "game" with various locations you can travel to giving you more information on the universe. The quality of story, gameplay, and graphics go up with each game (it had a rough start
), and as of the last game I'd say it's one of the most fun PnC games I've played (I really like Myst). It has a really great atmosphere of loneliness. I even kept a notebook for a couple of games, but they're not really that long so it's not a huge time investment. Still, I think they get longer with each game because of the more advanced gameplay/story.It's made in Flash, and you can check them all out at the website, here. A good order to play them would probably be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, FLF, 6, 32 Chambers, 7, 8, and intersperse NEE whenever you find new locations. There's also a nifty wiki for other help, and various walkthroughs around the net if you get stuck with anything. The 9th game is supposed to come out later this year, and the 10th (and final) game will probably come out sometime next year.
I played the first two a number of years ago. I enjoyed them but got distracted by other games at the time. I didn't realize there were so many now! I think there were only 6 of the main story games when I tried them. Thanks for the reminder. I'll have to go back and play some more.
I need to seriously start attacking some of my adventure backlog. I've got a list of games I am considering, any thoughts on what I should choose?
- 999 (DS)
- Broken Sword: Director's Cut (DS)
- Blackwell Legacy (PC)
- Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (PC)
- Gemini Rue (PC)
- Hector: Episode 1 (PC)
- Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis (PC)
- Puzzle Agent (PC)
- Syberia (PC)
- The Whispered World (PC)
- 999 (DS)
- Broken Sword: Director's Cut (DS)
- Blackwell Legacy (PC)
- Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (PC)
- Gemini Rue (PC)
- Hector: Episode 1 (PC)
- Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis (PC)
- Puzzle Agent (PC)
- Syberia (PC)
- The Whispered World (PC)
I'd go in this order:
- Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis
- Broken Sword: Director's Cut
- Blackwell Legacy
- Gemini Rue
- Syberia
- Dreamfall (if played TLJ first).
The first chapter of The Raven is getting high praise on Rock Paper Shotgun.
Wot I Think: The Raven Legacy Of A Master Thief
Wot I Think: The Raven Legacy Of A Master Thief
Yeah, I'm definitely interested after reading that. I'm really surprised that voice acting and writing stand out considering that German adventure games are usually bad in that respect.
The same (occasionally finicky) author was also happy about Moebius but I think someone mentioned that earlier.
I can't think of many horror adventure games that can hang with the best in the genre, nor anything with good production values that isn't a first person game so my recommendations aren't exactly what you're looking for:
Scratches actually looks pretty nice for a low budget game and it can be legit creepy at times. The puzzles are a little obtuse though.
Sanitarium is another good one but you may be turned off by the shitty voice acting and the occasional miserable puzzle.
The freeware adventure series from Yahtzee is a lot better than I was expecting:
I'm also hearing good things about The Cat Lady.
Scratches actually looks pretty nice for a low budget game and it can be legit creepy at times. The puzzles are a little obtuse though.
Sanitarium is another good one but you may be turned off by the shitty voice acting and the occasional miserable puzzle.
The freeware adventure series from Yahtzee is a lot better than I was expecting:
I'm also hearing good things about The Cat Lady.
As stated, Scratches and Sanitarium are must-plays. So is The Cat Lady (one of the best adventures of the past few years in my opinion).
The Black Mirror trilogy is worth a playthrough. It's more of a gothic horror.
If you can find copies, Amber: Journeys Beyond and Barrow Hill are great first person horrors.
If you like supernatural horror, try The Lost Crown or Dark Fall: Lost Souls ($3.24 on Steam right now).
Keep an eye out for Asylum later this year.
The Black Mirror trilogy is worth a playthrough. It's more of a gothic horror.
If you can find copies, Amber: Journeys Beyond and Barrow Hill are great first person horrors.
If you like supernatural horror, try The Lost Crown or Dark Fall: Lost Souls ($3.24 on Steam right now).
Keep an eye out for Asylum later this year.
tensuke
Member
Indiana was always a favorite of mine, so I'd have to list that first. Dreamfall and Blackwell are both great, 999 is really awesome too (lots of endings to it as well). If you do play 999, make sure to check out Virtue's Last Reward (the sequel) if you can, it's on 3DS/Vita IIRC. Haven't played Broken Sword but I have heard of it, let me know if it's any good! Oh, and Puzzle Agent was a good bit of fun, too.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Your backlog contains the greatest p&c game ever. So....that one.
We named the dog Indiana.
Isn't it by the same people who did Book of Unwritten Tales? That game had decent voice acting.
It's coming out on consoles? I didn't know that, sweet.
Indiana it is. Based off of the few comments received on that already, I am hoping it will come close to Monkey Island (my favorite).
The Raven game looks pretty cool, I have to say. Definitely will be keeping an eye out for impressions from you guys once it launches next week.
The Raven game looks pretty cool, I have to say. Definitely will be keeping an eye out for impressions from you guys once it launches next week.
Family Fry
Member
Yeah XBLA and PSN for consoles, heard there would be a season pass/single episode purchase for the game, trying to get clarification on prices and release date for consoles.
indigo-cyclops
Member
I definitely can't wait for The Raven. hopefully I'll be done with Night of the Rabbit by Tuesday.
statham
Member
I did , but I haven't finished gemini yet. All the blackwell games are excellent IMO.
Edit: I meant Blackwell>Gemini
spindoctor
Member
I do. Gemini Rue is a nice game but I feel it's vastly overrated when people call it the best Wadjet Eye game or even the best point and click of the last few years.
I agree with this statement. Gemini Rue is good, but I think Primordia or any of the Blackwell games are better.
Family Fry
Member
Steam Summer Sale 2013
Game Bundles
75% OFF
Daedalic Bundle
Includes:
A New Beginning Final Cut
Chaos on Deponia
Deponia
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
60% OFF
Blackwell Bundle
Includes:
Blackwell Convergence
Blackwell Deception
Blackwell Unbound
The Blackwell Legacy
50% OFF
The Longest Journey/Dreamfall Bundle
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Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
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Bone: Complete Bundle
Includes:
Bone: Out from Boneville
Bone: The Great Cow Race
Will Add more to the post
Game Bundles
75% OFF
Daedalic Bundle
Includes:
A New Beginning Final Cut
Chaos on Deponia
Deponia
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
60% OFF
Blackwell Bundle
Includes:
Blackwell Convergence
Blackwell Deception
Blackwell Unbound
The Blackwell Legacy
50% OFF
The Longest Journey/Dreamfall Bundle
Includes:
The Longest Journey
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
50% OFF
Bone: Complete Bundle
Includes:
Bone: Out from Boneville
Bone: The Great Cow Race
Will Add more to the post
Family Fry
Member
Steam Summer Sale 2013
Will split the posts into stand alone games here and bundles in another post.
GAMES
90% OFF
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack
75% OFF
Post Mortem
Still Life
Still Life 2
Scratches Director's Cut
Syberia
Syberia 2
Machinarium
Botanicula
Ankh 3: Battle of the Gods
Jack Keane
Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World
A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
Clupa Innata
Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris
Dark Fall: Lost Souls
Big Brain Wolf
Trauma
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Botanicula
Samorost2
Machinarium
Deponia
Chaos on Deponia
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
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The Book of Unwritten Tales: Critter Chronicles
A New Beginning - Final Cut
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Gemini Rue
Resonance
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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
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Blackwell Unbound
Blackwell Convergence
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Aura: Fate of the Ages
The Dream Machine (Chapter 1 and 2)
Puzzle Agent
Axel & Pixel
Memento Mori
Secret Files Tunguska
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Secret Files 3
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Jolly Rover
Hamlet or the Last Game without MMORPG Features, Shaders and Product Placement.
40% OFF
Primordia
33% OFF
The Dig
Loom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Night of the Rabbit
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChucks Revenge
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Kentucky Route Zero (Season Pass)
15% OFF
Jack Keane 2 The Fire Within
That's all for the moment, have plenty more to type but thought I would get started, will add more soon.
Will split the posts into stand alone games here and bundles in another post.
GAMES
90% OFF
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack
75% OFF
Post Mortem
Still Life
Still Life 2
Scratches Director's Cut
Syberia
Syberia 2
Machinarium
Botanicula
Ankh 3: Battle of the Gods
Jack Keane
Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World
A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
Clupa Innata
Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris
Dark Fall: Lost Souls
Big Brain Wolf
Trauma
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Botanicula
Samorost2
Machinarium
Deponia
Chaos on Deponia
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
66% OFF
The Book of Unwritten Tales: Critter Chronicles
A New Beginning - Final Cut
65% OFF
Gemini Rue
Resonance
63% OFF
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
60% OFF
Blackwell Unbound
Blackwell Convergence
50% OFF
Aura: Fate of the Ages
The Dream Machine (Chapter 1 and 2)
Puzzle Agent
Axel & Pixel
Memento Mori
Secret Files Tunguska
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Secret Files 3
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Jolly Rover
Hamlet or the Last Game without MMORPG Features, Shaders and Product Placement.
40% OFF
Primordia
33% OFF
The Dig
Loom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Night of the Rabbit
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChucks Revenge
25% OFF
Kentucky Route Zero (Season Pass)
15% OFF
Jack Keane 2 The Fire Within
That's all for the moment, have plenty more to type but thought I would get started, will add more soon.
Definitely. While Gemini Rue has the wonderful Blade Runner thing going on, Blackwell is much better as an adventure game series. It might be my favorite adventure thing in the last decade or so*. If you do wind up playing them, it bears mentioning that you're basically watching the Wadjet Eye guy learn how to make good adventure games. Each game is a big improvement over the previous one.
*My other favorites are Machinarium and the Ben and Dan games.
RPGCrazied
Member
How much will episodes be for The Raven? I just found out about the game, and played the little flash prologue. Looks pretty great. If only 3 episodes, I'm guessing per episode might be a tad more than $4.99?
I have exactly $5 in my wallet, love to spend that on episode 1.
I have exactly $5 in my wallet, love to spend that on episode 1.
RPGCrazied
Member
Bummer. Though I wanted to get it on PS3, and I don't see it for preorder at all.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Blackwell for me. Just gets better and better.
As long as you know Indy is probably light years better(not a knock on raven either, it's light years better then most p&c games.