...King's Quest games not included :P
Mine I think are :
1) Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (used to scare my pants off..its still creeepy to play...when I can find it...I think it's been missing at least 2 years)
2) The Curse of Monkey Island (I played it before MI1 and 2 and also adore the art style and atmosphere)
3) Grim Fandango (Most original game I've ever played)
EDIT: I guess I should have put this in the Adventure Game forum...Duh. :!Oops:
Oooh, that's hard, to pick only three. But I'd think I'd go with those three, and than maybe Longest Journey if I had a fourth.
:iluvu:, adventure games! ;D
1) Monkey Island II
2) Legend of Kyrandia Book One
3) Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
(thanks for moving the thread...Me dum)
1. Laura bow II: the Dagger of Amon Ra
2. Myst
3. 5 Days a Stranger
Sadly, I haven't played that many apart from King's Quest. :-\ I've been dying to try out Monkey Island.
You REALLY need to play the first 3 Monkey Islands...You can skip the fourth though ::)
Agreed. Those are classic. The first three anyway. I found the fourth one to be worth playing if you really like the series, but definitely not as good.
Agreed. I mostly dislike the plot of EMI and several of the puzzles STINK. Die Monkey Combat, Die.
I really liked the first Monkey Island but thought the sequels that I have played were not as good.
I'm with PK about MI, I played the third one before the first two as well and like the atmosphere and style of it. Plus it has Murray! :D He's probably my favorite sidekick character, along with Glotttis.
Hehe I love Murray and Glottis!
I have quotes from both of them on my adventure game quotes poster that I will eventually post a picture of whenever we get the digital camera working again and I get back to school, which should be Tuesday.
This is kinda sad, because I love Adventure Games, but sadly I haven't played many of them other than Kings Quest. So I really only have two.
1. Quest for Glory 4 Shadows of Darkness.
and
2. Quest for Glory 5 Dragon Fire.
EDIT: Just remembered one of other games I played, its called Torens Passage it was pretty fun. Good story, interesting characters and cool puzzles. So I guess thats my third favorite
-Lessa
The more people post, the more I realize how many adventure games of mine are missing :(.....I know I'm missing Torin's Passage and Gabriel Knight 1 for example....but there are definately others.
Before I forget, anyone who hasn't played Conquest of the Longbow(the Sierra Robin Hood adventure) look it up NOW....I know many people here will love it! I know I do:)
Quest for Glory IV
Conquests of Camelot
Monkey Island III
Quote from: PirateKingChris on April 10, 2007, 10:13:22 PM
Before I forget, anyone who hasn't played Conquest of the Longbow(the Sierra Robin Hood adventure) look it up NOW....I know many people here will love it! I know I do:)
Yeah, that game was great. I was horrible at it, but it was fun nonetheless. I really loved dressing up as a monk. XD
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Escape from Monkey Island
Monkey Island 2: Lechuck's revenge
Wow, no offense, but how many adventures have you played? Escape from Monkey Island is in your top three?! For that matter, you like it more than 1 or 3?! That boggles my mind :P
Quote from: Deloria on April 11, 2007, 06:37:01 AM
Quest for Glory IV
Conquests of Camelot
Monkey Island III
*would like to add KQVI to her list but feels unable to kick any of the three off of it* :P
Since I can only recall playing three, I can't say much. ;P
I have played most of the Sierra, Westwood and LucasArts adventure games and I can honestly say that it is very difficult to select a 'top three'. Games like Codename Iceman, Leisure Suit Larry series, Police Quest series, Kings Quest series, Quest for Glory series, The Dig, Full Throttle, Goblins, Kyrandia series etc. were all amazing in their own way.
Maybe due to growing up with adventure games (and playing them when they were first released), I still hold them in high regard, even when compared with adventures games such as Baldur's Gate, Fallout etc.
The text parser games, IMO more difficult than the icon driven games, were a great challenge for me at that stage.
Most enjoyed (and fondly remembered):
Quest for Glory 1 (played the CGA, EGA version many years ago on a 80286 and had some of my best memories with this game). I had no clue what to do at first, but figuring this game out was very rewarding at that stage.
Monkey Island 1 (Again played on the 80286, but with a LucasArts icon interface (not text parser as used by Sierra at that stage))
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (It had it all)
Best Adventure Games:
Quest for Glory IV
Day of the Tentacle
Monkey Island III
Best series must be Quest for Glory!!! Awaiting QFG2 remake to play whole series again. :)
I agree, I love lot's of games, so it's actually hard to say three are the best.
Fallout and Baldur's Gate aren't adventures, by the way. :P
I do agree with your assessment, PirateKingChris, on Baldur's Gate and Fallout. They are RPGs, but do contain some of the elements we all love in adventure games. For example the Quest for glory type character stat systems, the quests, the interaction with other characters (including dialog etc.), etc.
If I can recall Quest for glory is the only true adventure game series using the RPG type character stat system. Can Quest for Glory then be also classified as a RPG?
I would call Quest for Glory an adventure with RPG elements and Baldur's Gate an RPG with adventures elements. I haven't actually PLAYED Fallout, but I always assumed it was alot more RPG.
I havent played any of the monkey island games or space quests...I have only played a few but my favorites of the ones I have played are
Kings quest
Day of the tentacle
Sam and max hit the road
Excluding King's Quest games, I would say:
Curse of Monkey Island
Toonstruck
Sam and Max Hit the Road
Although I'm yet to complete the third on my list. It's tough because King's Quest is my main adventure game series alongside Monkey Island!
Nice revive, jewel :)
And I like about 95% of the games people have listed ;D
Quote from: hercrabbiness on April 11, 2007, 03:22:26 PM
Quote from: PirateKingChris on April 10, 2007, 10:13:22 PM
Before I forget, anyone who hasn't played Conquest of the Longbow(the Sierra Robin Hood adventure) look it up NOW....I know many people here will love it! I know I do:)
Yeah, that game was great. I was horrible at it, but it was fun nonetheless. I really loved dressing up as a monk. XD
Indeed, I loved that game too. :P
Hmmmmm, excluding Kings quest VII and VI i would have to say my favorites would be:
1. Quest for Glory IV
2. Torin's passage
3. Grim fandango
Eeep, way too many to list...! Well I loved most games in the King's Quest and Quest for Glory series....also really liked Scratches and Death Gate :D
There's many I've grown to love but for now top three are.
1. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
2. Torrin's Passage
3. Myst
Some others I'll mention because I can't help it are:
Ripley's Believe it or Not:The Riddle of Master Lu
The was a great game that I don't think many people have played.
Mixed up Mother Goose Deluxe
I have great memories of mocking the game. The kid look like that had were doing the bathroom dance if you got them just right.
The Longest Journey
It was great even though I played Dreamfall first.
Robin Hood: The Conquests of the Longbow
I loved this game so much when I was younger
Sorry about the rant I couldn't help adding just a few more.
In my mind there aren't just three I love a lot of them.
1. Day of the Tentacle
2. Hero's Quest (later Quest for Glory)
3. Secret of the Monkey Island
Besides KQVI? :P
Quest for Glory II
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father
Veil of Darkness (not the best game around but I really enjoyed the plot)
Iv got to say that i'm quite suprised that no-one has mentioned Simon The Sorcerer!!! Iv played 1, 2 and 3D, and although 3d was a bit...shockingly bad, Simon the Sorcerer 2 (The Lion, The Wizard and the Wardrobe), with its evil and sometimes quite innuendo-filled commentary is amazing and is definatly in my personal top 3.
My top three has to be...
1. Curse of Monkey Island
2. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
3. Simon the Sorcerer 2: The Lion, The Wizard and the Wardrobe
Followed up closely in my joint number 4 slot by Simon the Sorcerer 1, Secret of Monkey Island and Torins Passage.
Quote from: PurplePhoenix on December 16, 2007, 02:16:04 AM
Followed up closely in my joint number 4 slot by Simon the Sorcerer 1, Secret of Monkey Island and Torin's Passage.
I really enjoy Torin's Passage. I was just introduced to it recently, and am in the middle of playing it for the first time. It's a great game, and it's too bad that Al Lowe never had the opportunity to make it into a series like he planned.
Including KQ games, I'd have to say my top 3 would be
1) King's Quest V
2) King's Quest VI
3) the white chamber
Without KQ I'd say:
1)the white chamber
2)Mind's Eye
3) ... OH MY GOODNESS! I can't think of anything. I would probably put something like Syberia or Longest Journey up at number 1, but I haven't played them yet.
(I love answering these things! :D )
1) Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
2) Monkey Island 3 (Murray!)
3) QfG 4: Shadows of Darkness
lol, I've yet to play Monkey Island 3 XD
Quotelol, I've yet to play Monkey Island 3
For shame! It really is very funny. :)
I personally love it as my favourite of the series, as brilliant as it's predecessors are! Give it a try when you can, Koko!
I think Jason sent it to me for my birthday a couple years ago. Now to just find the time to play it :P
I recollect something along those lines... gee I wish my memory were that good. :P
I guess I am going to have to look into some of those games. I was a sierra junkie (sq, kq, pq, qfg, lsl...etc.) If it wasn't one of the sierra titles, I don't think I played it. It has been a long time too. I'll chewc kout a bunch of the other mentioned games and get back to on my top three. If I had to go with what I have now, I would have to pick (based on 15 year or more memory on how much I enjoyed the games)
1. KQ3
2. PQ2
3. Hero's Quest (later renamed QFG)
*gasp* Cat hasn't played Monkey Island!?!?! SHAAAAME *points*
Hey, I've played Monkey Island 1 and 2!
Uhh well the only adventure games I really played were KQ games. I've played Myst and tried Riven, but the little communication drove me nuts.
My other favorite game is Return to Zork, hard as heck and it gave me nighmares since I was so young, but maaaan that was good gaming.
After King's Quest 6 these are in my experience the best.
1.The Dig... one of the greatest storylines, i mean who can beat a game idea by Stephen Spielberg, with dialouge by Orson Scott Card (Not counting Roberta Williams)
2.Conquests of the longbow
3.Monkey Island 1
So many Adventure games out there that I loved and still love. I would say these really had an impact on my love for the genre(outside of KQ of course)
Loom
The Adventures of Willy Beamish
7th Guest
Usually don't answer things like this but thought I might as well.. :)
1, The Neverhood
2. Full Throttle
3. Gabriel Knight II: Beast Within
Granted it's still well written, but I didn't like Grabriel Knight II being FMV :P Not that I have anything against FMV, it's just that the Tex Murphy games did it way better. I don't think Sierra used the technology well enough, in any of their FMV games. Of course people are welcome to like it, just stating my opinion on it...
I loved it for the story, but I didn't much care for the FMV either; I think they would have done better with a more classic adventure interface.
Of all those I've only played 7th Guest and I thought it was good, weird but good.
Did anyone ever play 11th Hour?
7th guest :D Superawesome. We also used to have a game called Malcolm or something, you were some kind of jester and when you did stuff wrong you got locked up in prison. The first prison was easy to escape (had something to do with a pair of scissors), but I never could get out of the second one (where you constantly had to carry boulders up a hill I think). Also, there was a waterfall, and you could jump from one side to the other and float with your umbrella. I loved that game (anyone knows the title?? :D).
You may be thinking about The Legend of Kyrandia series. I really enjoyed the first 2, but haven't gotten a chance to play the 3rd one at all. Has anyone played it? Is it worth picking up?
I was to young for 7th guest, gabriel knight, and another one I remember called phantasmagoria...but my dad and brother played them all the time so i remember parts of them - but they scared the poo out of me just watching them lol.
I tried the myst when I was younger but I found it kind of boring.
Im more into the fantasy stuff and out of the ordinary. I still have to play Monkey Island - which one is the first one? Is there a special version I need to buy for XP or is it downloadable or what?
If any of you havent played sam and max hit the road or day of the tentacle - you should. Those are awesome! Day of the Tentacle is the 2nd one to Maniac Mansion - but I could never get into that one as much.
Other than KQ I guess my favourites are
1.Legend of Kyrandia Triology
2.Monkey Island (first three, I've never played the fourth)
3. The Longest Journey
Malcolms Revenge is different from the other two Kyrandia games but I personally liked it. The game-play is very non linear (there are six different ways to finish the first part, and three paths to complete it). Some puzzles (one in particular)can be annoying but generally it's a fun game.
I'm just starting to play the Laura Bow games now,
Quote from: jewelkid87 on October 07, 2008, 11:31:17 AM
I was to young for 7th guest, gabriel knight, and another one I remember called phantasmagoria...but my dad and brother played them all the time so i remember parts of them - but they scared the poo out of me just watching them lol.
I had the same experiences playing games myself, I was scared half the time playing even King's Quest or Space Quest where you were in a situation where you KNEW you could die....Creeped me out! Gabriel Knight 1, which is probably still my favorite game ever, gave me the willies!
Lol, Yeah I still get scared when things happen (even in kings quest). My heart starts beating when the witch comes out from the forest and I have to run to another screen haha
I love 11th Hour! XD It gave me nightmares when I was little. A riddle from it would pop into my head and I would have to turn the lights on and read for hours before I could think about sleeping again. :P
Quote from: SurfnSwells80 on October 07, 2008, 09:44:02 AM
You may be thinking about The Legend of Kyrandia series
I love you.
Well if you liked 7th Guest and 11th Hour and would like to buy the music the original artist/composer has made a soundtrack.
http://amiestreet.com/artist/the-fat-man-and-team-fat/
I bought them. I haven't listened to them all yet but they are still as wacky as ever. :D
I had the first game of that series, but I lost the cd ages ago :-\
1. Soul Reaver
2. Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls
3. Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero.