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Your top 5 adventure games?

Started by br305893, May 13, 2013, 03:55:43 PM

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br305893

For me it would be,

1. King's Quest 6
2. Gabriel Knight 2
3. Gabriel Knight 1
4. The Secret of Monkey Island
5. Tex Murphy: The Pandora Detective
"You Can Feel Good About Hood"

Numbers

Mine would be:

5. Darkseed 2
4. F*ck Quest
3. King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
2. Telltale's Jurassic Park
1. Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust



...stop frothing at the mouth. I wasn't being serious.
I have no mouth, and I must scream.

stika

I was actually about to ask if you were trolling, but in my defense, it's 1AM over here, so my brain isn't at it's best lol

GrahamRocks!

 :rofl:

Wait, I thought you said you "tolerated" MoE?

Kinda surprised you didn't include Monkey Island 4, 'cause as far as I know, everyone and their grandma save for me absolutely hates that game.

Anyway, I have not been an adventure gamer (aside from the Nancy Drew games) for all that long, but I'll try my best (and these are all games I've played)-

5. Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island/The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Former: first one I beat, and the only one I've played more than once IIRC. Latter: First one I bought, all because it had a horse on the cover)

4. Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (which follows the book quite well if I recall, unfortunately, I was never able to complete it due to me getting stuck on that stupid safe puzzle!)

3. Quest for Glory 1

2. King's Quest 2: Romancing the Stones/ King's Quest 3 Redux

1. The Silver Lining aka King's Quest 9: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining


Numbers

I do tolerate MoE, I just included it on the list because I know how much it pisses everyone else off. Also, there's just something about controlling a dude wearing what looks like 40 lbs. of armor and carrying a heavy sword and a heavy bow, with lots of inventory items, who is STILL capable of hopping around the landscape like a homicidal low-gravity Richard Simmons, all the while spouting idiotic quips like "'tis beyond my reach!"

MI4, I didn't include because I actually know very little about the game, having never played it, and only having seen part of a longplay of it. I never finished the longplay because I kinda lost interest, and I was seeing what everyone didn't like about it. Everything else I know about the game is what I've read reviews on (I only heard the control scheme was bad, for instance; I have no experience trying to use it).
I have no mouth, and I must scream.

br305893

Quote from: 929572 on May 13, 2013, 07:32:03 PM
I do tolerate MoE, I just included it on the list because I know how much it pisses everyone else off. Also, there's just something about controlling a dude wearing what looks like 40 lbs. of armor and carrying a heavy sword and a heavy bow, with lots of inventory items, who is STILL capable of hopping around the landscape like a homicidal low-gravity Richard Simmons, all the while spouting idiotic quips like "'tis beyond my reach!"

MI4, I didn't include because I actually know very little about the game, having never played it, and only having seen part of a longplay of it. I never finished the longplay because I kinda lost interest, and I was seeing what everyone didn't like about it. Everything else I know about the game is what I've read reviews on (I only heard the control scheme was bad, for instance; I have no experience trying to use it).

The only KQ game I didn't play was MOE. Apparently there's some compatibility issue between the game and Intel video cards.
"You Can Feel Good About Hood"

Numbers

This is true. Even if you like MoE, it remains an incredibly broken and buggy application that you never have any hope of running properly. Gotta love those early 3D games with their weird system requirements and compatibility issues.
I have no mouth, and I must scream.

GrahamRocks!

*tilts head* GOG didn't fix this?

br305893

Quote from: GrahamRocks! on May 13, 2013, 08:14:08 PM
*tilts head* GOG didn't fix this?

If they did, I didn't hear about it.
"You Can Feel Good About Hood"

HitBattousai

1.  The Last Express
2.  The Curse of Monkey Island
3.  Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
4.  Grim Fandango
5.  Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Some Honorable Mentions: Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within, Day of the Tentacle, Snatcher, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive, Still Life, King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow, Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Syberia, Shenmue I and II(depends on whether you consider the series adventure gamey enough, I do)

stika

1. Grim Fandango
2. Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge
3. Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate
4. Sam & Max: Hit The Road
5. Flight of the Amazon Queen

Bludshot

Quote from: br305893 on May 13, 2013, 09:56:30 PM
Quote from: GrahamRocks! on May 13, 2013, 08:14:08 PM
*tilts head* GOG didn't fix this?

If they did, I didn't hear about it.

How many people buy that KQ7+8 package anyway?
Deep Thoughts with Connor Mac Lyrr
"Alack! The heads do not die!"

stika

don't know, but they are charging $10 for it, so it better work I think.

Lambonius

Quote from: stika on May 14, 2013, 05:15:00 AM
1. Grim Fandango
2. Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge
3. Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate
4. Sam & Max: Hit The Road
5. Flight of the Amazon Queen

Damn, stika.  That's VERY close to what my top list would be.

I'd make the following adjustments, however.

1.  Hero's Quest
2.  Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
3.  Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
4.  Sam & Max Hit the Road
5.  King's Quest VI (yes, VI--I know, Katie, I know.)

On any given day, this list would be different.  I think Kyrandia 2 would JUST make the 6th spot.  I had a blast with that game--such humor and atmosphere!

KatieHal


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Bludshot

Grim Fandango is pretty fantastic, shame it isn't actually possible to legally purchase.
Deep Thoughts with Connor Mac Lyrr
"Alack! The heads do not die!"

Lambonius

Quote from: Bludshot on May 14, 2013, 10:48:52 AM
Grim Fandango is pretty fantastic, shame it isn't actually possible to legally purchase.

Should have got while the gettin' was good, man.  ;)

snabbott

Quote from: Lambonius on May 14, 2013, 09:00:19 AM
King's Quest VI (yes, VI--I know, Katie, I know.)
How is this possible? KQV isn't even on the list!

Steve Abbott | Beta Tester | The Silver Lining

br305893

Quote from: Bludshot on May 14, 2013, 08:46:14 AM
Quote from: br305893 on May 13, 2013, 09:56:30 PM
Quote from: GrahamRocks! on May 13, 2013, 08:14:08 PM
*tilts head* GOG didn't fix this?

If they did, I didn't hear about it.

How many people buy that KQ7+8 package anyway?

I did because I hadn't played them before and wanted to try them out. Hated 7 and 8 didn't even work. Oh well.
"You Can Feel Good About Hood"

stika

Considering how Gog.com prides itself on fixing compatibility issues, I find it appalling that they're selling a double game pack, with one of them broken for $10