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Post by Ex on Jun 16, 2019 21:59:32 GMT -5
It seems like most of our active members are primarily action gamers, but what about your more cerebral side? As the thread title says, I'm talking about adventure games. All varieties of the genre; parser, point 'n click, Japanese menu style, whatever. What are your favorite adventure titles? Got any you'd strongly recommend? Or strongly recommend to NOT play? Interested in any and want some second opinions?
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I'll be back later with my own input.
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Post by Sarge on Jun 16, 2019 23:02:09 GMT -5
Full Throttle and The Dig are two of my faves. Monkey Island is also really good, as is King's Quest VI. I've also played through KQ5 and KQ7, but my memories are fuzzier on them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 11:23:42 GMT -5
The Space Quest franchise was my jam. Fun adventures with great humor and plenty of sci-fi parodies.
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Post by Ex on Jun 17, 2019 12:14:13 GMT -5
I don't have time to do my usual autistic posting right now, but I'll touch on these real quick: Full Throttle and The Dig are two of my faves. Monkey Island is also really good, as is King's Quest VI. I've also played through KQ5 and KQ7, but my memories are fuzzier on them. I really enjoyed Full Throttle back in 1995, IIRC I bought it from Walmart when it released. I remember the game being extremely fun with excellent pacing. It was also very short, although today I'd see that as a plus. It got to the point and made it, without wasting the player's time. I plan to replay it via the Remastered version someday (got it on GOG). I own The Dig in a few different formats now, still haven't played it. When I was a teenager, The Dig was a bit too serious for my tastes. As a middle aged adult I'd probably enjoy it though. I beat the original VGA version of The Secret of Monkey Island around when it released. Awesome game indeed, one of the very best adventures ever made. I would like to play through parts 2 and 3 eventually... still haven't gotten to them yet though. As a kid, I beat KQ1, KQ2, KQ4, KQ5, and KQ6. I didn't much care for KQ1 or KQ2, but KQ4-6 are all gems. Unfortunately the copy of KQ3 I had as a kid came with corrupted sectors, so I couldn't play it.
The Space Quest franchise was my jam. Fun adventures with great humor and plenty of sci-fi parodies. I've only played two entries in that series. I had the EGA version of SQ1, and tried to play it on my old 286 Tandy. I was able to finish half the game, but when I flipped the diskette over to play the other half, I couldn't do so because that side of the disk was corrupted! Thankfully though, I did manage to beat the VGA version of SQ4 when I was a freshman in high school. I beat it in my typing class during downtime. SQ4 is an excellent adventure game for sure. |
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Post by toei on Jun 17, 2019 13:27:42 GMT -5
My experience with Western adventure games is mostly limited to Monkey Island, which we got from a family friend way back in the day for our old Macintosh computer. We liked the game, but couldn't figure out how to get too far in it, as it was such a departure from what we were used to. I also remember having to mess around with that paper wheel with the faces to start the game (that was their copy protection measure).  A few years later I convinced my friend to buy a used copy of the Sega CD port I had spotted in a store. I don't think we ever got past the island with the volcanoes. I've tried a few times to play Beneath a Steel Sky cause it sounded cool but I just couldn't make it past that initial hurdle of getting used to the pacing and particularities of point-n-click adventures. I've got a lot more experience with Japanese graphic adventure games, which are more streamlined in terms of progression. I had started a thread about it, I think, but no one else here really plays them. |
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Post by Ex on Jun 17, 2019 14:11:34 GMT -5
Japanese graphic adventure games, which are more streamlined in terms of progression I wouldn't say they are more streamlined, so much as easier to brute force through. You just have to play whack-a-mole with the menu options until something finally triggers a plot progression. Which is admittedly simpler than the pixel hunting and "try every object on every object" of Western adventure game tropes. By all means though, if you know of some high quality Japanese adventure games, please do post them here for posterity (and variety). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 14:21:03 GMT -5
I often tell myself I should play more adventure games because of the generally superior writing and story as far as video games are concerned, but I know I'd get stuck on puzzles and get frustrated, so I don't.
That said, my favorite adventure games are: The Colonel's Bequest, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Dreamweb and Blade Runner. Not sure whether I talked about Dreamweb, but it's an odd duck and possibly even darker than IHNMAIMS. It's an isometric game for starters and it looks like Hotline Miami. However, while you have to fight people occasionally, you do so as if it were a puzzle, which is by going to your inventory and interacting with the right weapon. Other than that, the game takes place in a dystopian cyberpunk setting and has you playing as a loser kind of guy with a bad inferiority complex towards his girlfriend, since she's got a nice job and he's a mess. He eventually starts to have weird dreams which led him to believe famous and successful people around him are part of some evil, Lovecraftian cult. He has to kill them. So, Dreamweb has you playing a serial killer that thinks he's serving some greater good. Very surreal and ominous atmosphere.
I also played a few lighter adventure games...
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Post by Sarge on Jun 17, 2019 15:24:05 GMT -5
At some point, I would like to play through Flight of the Amazon Queen. I remember it being on a shareware disc we had, and it was pretty solid for the bit I played. It's also a freebie on GOG, so not much excuse to pass it up! I also finally got around to Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis a few years ago, and it was a fun time. Certainly much better than most licensed drivel, and better than the Crystal Skull movie for sure. toei: I'd like to play through BaSS as well. I've got it loaded up on my tablet, even. Just need to actually give it a concerted effort. |
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Jun 17, 2019 15:56:14 GMT -5
I'm not super into this genre. Probably missed out as I was mainly a console gamer growing up. I am a fan of the King's Quest series (I've got some old-ish compilation that has most of the games on it). The original was one of the first games I ever played, actually, on an Apple II. Lotsa other classics I enjoy. Beneath a Steel Sky and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream are both awesome. These days, I seem to gravitate more towards Japanese adventures, which I guess isn't too shocking as I tend to enjoy Japanese games most anyway. Most of what I've played is on Famicom though, so my experience is limited. I've been meaning to get a repro cart for Famicom Detective Club Part II (SNES) but I have yet to do so. Oh, there is one adventure game I was obsessed with as a kid. We had a Mac (I never used a PC until my teens) and a really swell game called Enchanted Scepters. The game features experience and other RPG elements, and the spartan graphics are quite charming. Spent years picking away at it and mapped out most of the world on graph paper. Never finished it though. Of course now I can find people on YouTube rolling through the game in an hour or so. Ain't that some shit. |
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Post by Sarge on Jun 17, 2019 15:59:32 GMT -5
You know, sometimes those simpler graphics ended up working pretty well. You could use your imagination a lot more.
Also, I'm sorry you had to endure Mac gaming. I've always heard the selection was rather spartan.
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