Point and click adventure games.

[||§§||Dr.H]

I've always like point and click adventure games. Ever since the Sierra and Lucas Arts days in the mid 80's with Kings Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, The Black Cauldron, Monkey Island etc. :redface:

Adventure games have been hurting the past few years and now their is only one big company making them and a few small companies, most out of Northern Europe.

Though in all this I would say the last three years has also shown two of the best adventure game series I've ever play and that I now compare all other games in this category to.

The Longest Journey 1+2 are hands down the best there is and I can not wait till the designer finishes messing with their current MMO crap(since nothing will ever match WoW all these companies should just give up) and start to finish the 3rd game. http://www.longestjourney.com/

The second series I have enjoyed immensely is Syberia 1+2 http://www.syberia-series.com/en/

While I give credit to Cyan for their Myst games being the first really good 3d puzzle adventure games, I prefer the emotional bond you get from the characters and plots in the other two games. :thumbsup2:

I have lots of these games since that is what I mainly played between the occasional single person shooter before Hand got me into FPS Multiplayer games. Some have been decent and worth the $29 average price for a few days of play and some I only made it part way before loosing interest.. :yawn:

[PyjamaGoblin]

hmmm I remember Monkey island, and disc world as being stunning. Yet, i really dont find syberia etc. that appealing as their story lines read something along the lines of trashy novels you come across at airport check-ins. I have to say never read a booko by it's cover and if you say its half decent it may be a good idea to get them and hopefully they'll exceed my expectations. ;)

[||§§||Dr.H]

As far as Monkey Island goes it was a great game at it's time. Vibrant cartoon style with really well written comedy. I'm currently playing Jake Keane http://www.jackkeane.com it's decent Monkey style but nothing beats what you think games were like lol.

Syberia and Longest Journey are more dramatic and while I do read an average of 1 books every 1-2 weeks I don't read dramas or mystery novels. I think it was going through the process of the games stories that makes them good and worth a try. Though you have to like adventure games or you won't have the patience for the hr's of puzzles to solve and running from place to place getting this, giving that, talking to whoever ;).

[Nightmare]

Runescape is kinda like point and click :p

[||§§||Hand_O_Death]

at work i would try those point and click escape games because tey were rather short lol

[||§§||Dr.H]

If your ever playing a really tough puzzle adventure game but you don't want to read the typical walkthrough and have a chance of ruining what comes next. The Universal Hint System "UHS" is the best for only giving you one clue at a time ;) http://www.uhs-hints.com/

[||§§||Stringendo]

Have you guys played Fahrenheit aka Indigo Prophecy? It came out for all systems and PC. I thought it was cool

[||§§||Dr.H]

I heard it was good but I haven't given it a try yet. I may some time soon, thanks :happy:. It's kind of a mystery suspense right? All I remember is hearing the girl from it was in Playboy video game vixens lol.