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| 4 JAN 2005 at 4:58pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | TOP 50 ADVENTURE GAMES:
50 Syberia
49 Runaway
48 Under a Killing Moon
47 Frederik Pohl's Gateway
46 Escape from Monkey Island
45 Discworld II: Mortality Bytes (aka Discworld II: Missing presumed ...?)
44 Morpheus
43 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
42 John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles
41 Gateway 2: Homeworld
40 The Journeyman Project 3
39 Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
38 eath Gate
37 Discworld
36 Erik the Unready
35 eja Vu 1
34 Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
33 I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
32 The Dig
31 The Journeyman Project 2
30 Future Wars
29 Nightlong
28 Full Throttle
27 Myst IV
26 Blade Runner
25 Discworld Noir
24 agger of Amon Ra
23 Rama
22 Black Dahlia
21 Amber
20 ark Side of the Moon
19 The Last Express
18 Cruise for a Corpse
17 Riddle of Master Lu
16 Beneath a Steel Sky
15 Sanitarium
14 Black Mirror
13 Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis
12 The Longest Journey
11 Gabriel Knight 3
10 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
9 The Pandora Directive
8 Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars
7 Curse of Monkey Island
6 Secret of Monkey Island
5 Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge
4 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
3 Sam & Max Hit the Road
2 Grim Fandango
1 Day of the Tentacle
Although it'll probably change next time I try it
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 4 JAN 2005 at 6:00pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | i know i agree more with this list than the forum list! and i was planning to have mine posted already, but it's way more work than i initially thought... : but i will post it soon
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| 4 JAN 2005 at 6:33pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I think there's a law against not having Riven in a top 50 list!
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 4 JAN 2005 at 6:50pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By SirDave (4 JAN 2005 6:33pm)
I think there's a law about having Riven in a top 50 list!
Couldn't agree more
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 4 JAN 2005 at 8:54pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Lucien21 (4 JAN 2005 6:49pm)
Couldn't agree more
Misquoting people's posts Lucien! Tsk, tsk.
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| 4 JAN 2005 at 9:08pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By SirDave (4 JAN 2005 6:33pm)
I think there's a law against not having Riven in a top 50 list!
Or Obsidian - but it is hard to find these days.
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| 4 JAN 2005 at 9:11pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | As I have never played either Riven or Obsidian I thought I would better leave them off.
Frankly i'm as gutted as you
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 5 JAN 2005 at 1:27am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Hoo boy. Considering making a top 10 or 20 list ties me in knots, this was hard. And I know, some really good games (that I haven't played) are missing. Day of the Tentacle, Fate of Atlantis, etc. I had real trouble filling out the bottom third or so with games; I've only played 70-80 adventures, and filling out the bottom third with games I felt were deserving was a problem.
I will not, however, apologize for puzzle and puzzle heavy games popping up in strange places.
50. Qin
49. Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom (An odd choice, I realize, but an early seminal game for me)
48.Creature Crunch
47. Harvest
46. The 11th Hour
45. Connections
44. Golden Gate
43. Martian Memorandum
42. Post Mortem
41. Black Mirror
40. Pandora's Box
39. Broken Sword 3
38. Jewels of the Oracle
37. Safecracker
36. Monkey Island 4
35. Runaway
34. Bad Mojo
33. Out of This World (Yeah, not a pure adventure, but a fine game and very original)
32. Amerzone
31. Syberia
30. Aura
29. Mean Streets
28. Shadowgate
27. Discworld
26. In Memoriam
25. Myst 3
24. Maniac Mansion
23. Riddle of the Sphinx
22. Uninvited
21. Deja Vu
20. Monkey Island 2
19. The Fool's Errand (Also a stretch for an adventure, but a truly superb game anyway)
18. Riven (Should really be higher, but this reflects the fact I tackled it as a novice, and didn't enjoy it as much as I probably would now. A replay now should bump it up on the list.)
17. Broken Sword 2
16. The 7th Guest
15. Full Throttle
14. Journeyman Project 2
13. Sanitarium
12. Monkey Island 3
11. Gabriel Knight 3
10. Sam & Max Hit the Road
9. The Neverhood
8. Journeyman Project 3
7. Monkey Island 1
6. Broken Sword 1
5. Grim Fandango
4. Gabriel Knight 2
3. Gabriel Knight 1
2. Myst
1. Obsidian
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| 5 JAN 2005 at 2:36am |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Andromus: A very interesting and all-inclusive list (ie. there's something for everybody there) plus it indicates a broad interest in some very classic games, but also forward-looking in that you put Aura at #30! Very much like it!
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 5 JAN 2005 at 3:23am |
SalarIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | Lets see how much hair-pulling this causes me
50 Journey to the Center of the Earth
49 Nord & Bert Couldnt Make Head or Tale of It (IF adventure)
48 Physicus/Chemicus/Bioscopia
47 Runaway
46 Bad Mojo
45 Weekend in Capri
44 Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island/Ghost Dogs/scarlett Hand/Treasure in the Royal Tower
43 Discworld 2: Missing Presumed aka Mortality Bytes
42 Bureacracy an IF by Douglas Adams
41 Schizm/Mysterious Journey
40 King's Quest series (kinda cheating but I think of them in a lump)
39 Beyond Atlantis
38 Sam & Max Hit the Road
37 Gilbert Goodmate
36 The Egyptian Prophecy
35 LifeStream
34 Myst 3: Exile
33 Zork text adventures (used to be higher but I dont replay them as often right now)
32 Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams IF)
31 Day of the Tentacle
30 Omega Stone
29 Journeyman Project 2
28 Broken Sword 2: Smoking Mirror
27 Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
26 Secret of Monkey Island
25 Simon the Sorcerer 2
24 Amerzone
23 Monkey Island 2: Lechuck's Revenge
22 Broken Sword 3: Sleeping Dragon
21 Day of the Tentacle
20 Darkfall 2: Lights Out
19 Escape from Monkey Island
18 Schizm 2/Mysterious Journey 2
17 Simon the Sorcerer 1
16 Curse of Monkey Island
15 Riddle of the Sphinx
14 iscworld Noir
13 Zork Nemesis
12 Journeyman Project 3
11 Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood
10 Darkfall
9 Starship Titanic
8 Eric the Unready
7 Zork Grand Inquisitor
6 Return to Zork
5 Syberia 2
4 Syberia
3 Uru :Chronicles
2 Riven
Still 1st in my gaming heart ~ Myst/realMyst ~
Still left a number of games out that I would like to have fit in somewhere but that wasn't too bad, except for deciding order. Should mention that I havent played Myst 4 yet, or Tex Murphy, Byzantine, Feeble Files, Grim Fandango or quite a few other classics. I always have trouble picking the next one especially with the new ones from Christmas waiting as well (Aura, Sherlock Holmes: Silver Earring, etc) Didnt include Pandora's Box, the Jewels of the Oracle games, Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time, or the Puzzle 3D titles because there's hardly any story worth mentioning in any of them. Did enjoy the puzzles very much. [smiley=angel_smiley.gif]
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| 5 JAN 2005 at 6:25am |
| Deleted User | A top 50 list would mean nothing coming from me, as I can't imagine I've played much more than 50 adventure games in my life. Now, a top 10 list, on the other hand; that would require some thought.....
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| 5 JAN 2005 at 2:53pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Maxwell_Horse (5 JAN 2005 6:24am)
A top 50 list would mean nothing coming from me, as I can't imagine I've played much more than 50 adventure games in my life. Now, a top 10 list, on the other hand; that would require some thought.....
sure! if you haven't played enough games for a top 50, make it a top 10, 20, 30 or 40!
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| 5 JAN 2005 at 9:27pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | now i finally got the top 50 adventure games list ready, but i am not happy with several of the positions... : man, this is so much harder than i thought.......
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| 5 JAN 2005 at 10:47pm |
SusanGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Have I even played 50 games?
/runs and counts up all game boxes and jewelcases
Yes! Those 11 Nancy Drew games helped my count.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 6 JAN 2005 at 9:57pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Just wanted to say that one of my character traits is chronic indecisiveness. I'm not even trying to come up with a top 50. Perhaps I could list my 50 favorites in no particular order or divided in groups of ten. See you later, maybe.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 6 JAN 2005 at 10:46pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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I have an even tougher time with personal lists like this because I really enjoy so many different types of PC games in a number of different genres - including all the various combinations of gameplay and the true hybrids. So my genre lists always create a problem with crossover definitions and there are just so many good titles that might qualify.
If we could narrow down the list into logical sub-categories like puzzle-heavy point & click adventures, story driven adventures, action-adventures and adventure hybrids it would be a lot easier to organize our personal favorites together in smaller groups. Then perhaps we could do some direct comparisons between the top games in each category. But even then, each individual list would be heavily weighted toward our personal preferences for specific game styles.
Oh well, it's still a fun exercise and interesting to see the patterns of personal preference that each person demonstrates in his or her individual list. Some are pretty wide open and others tend to be skewed in a particular direction. These trends also seem to correlate with some of the comments made in the previous thread about Cranky's All-Time Top 50 list.
So in the end, all we are really doing is telling each other what kind of AGs we prefer and of the ones we have played in that sub-category, which were our favorites.
To that end, I will begin my All-Time Personal Favorite PC Adventure Game List with my #1 favorite adventure game...
Grim Fandango.
From there it gets much harder with all sorts of ties along the way and a number of games that many people here don't even think belong in the genre. So just pretend you read a diverse list of wonderful games old and new that ended with what I am positive is my very first choice. At least for me, it stands alone atop the heap.
Cheers, Terry
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| 7 JAN 2005 at 12:04am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Elfstone (6 JAN 2005 9:57pm)
Just wanted to say that one of my character traits is chronic indecisiveness. I'm not even trying to come up with a top 50. Perhaps I could list my 50 favorites in no particular order or divided in groups of ten. See you later, maybe.
is that why you haven't said anything in the top 2004 albums thread? [smiley=raise_eyebrow.gif]
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| 7 JAN 2005 at 1:21am |
Jeroen StoutSchattenjger
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Status : Online | I honestly don't think I even played enough games for a top-50...
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| 7 JAN 2005 at 4:01am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I just made it to 50! I stretched it by including a few children's adventures I enjoyed and some pure puzzlers. I have almost as many games I've bought that I haven't played yet, so this is just the way I feel about my games until the next one is finished.
50 - Adventure at the Chateau d’Or
49 - TimeScape
48 - Black Cats and Pointed Hats
47 - Paddington World Mystery Tour
46 - Where’s the Blanket, Charlie Brown?
45 - The Legend of Lotus Spring
44 - The Forgotten
43 - The Crystal Key
42 - Paris 1313
41 - The Messenger
40 - Traitors Gate
39 - Dracula Resurrection
38 - Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
37 - Jewels 2
36 - Jewels of the Oracle
35 - Inherit the Earth
34 - 7th Guest, The
33 - Golden Gate
32 - The Castle
31 - Chemicus
30 - Bioscopia
29 - Secrets of the Luxor
28 - Nightfall
27 - Connections
26 - Physicus
25 - The Fool’s Errand
24 - 3 in Three
23 - Safecracker
22 - Derrat Sorcerum
21 - The Omega Stone
20 - Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
19 - Timelapse
18 - The Space Bar
17 - Rhem
16 - Riddle of the Sphinx
15 - The Dig
14 - Amber: Journeys Beyond
13 - Beyond Atlantis
12 - Morpheus
11 - Lighthouse: The Dark Being
10 - Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
9 - Alida
8 - The Feeble Files
7 - Myst III: Exile
6 - Myst IV: Revelation
5 - RealMyst/Myst Masterpiece
4 - Zork Grand Inquisitor
3 - Obsidian
2 - Riven
1 - Starship Titanic
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 7 JAN 2005 at 4:50am |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Originally Posted By The Parrot (7 JAN 2005 1:21am)
I honestly don't think I even played enough games for a top-50...
Well then get busy Parrot. You have a LOT of catching up to do... just in the classic PC adventure game category.
You're lucky too because many of us have almost exhausted the archives in several genres at this point and we're "forced" to replay oldies while awaiting the next batch of good games to come out.
Cheers, Terry
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| 7 JAN 2005 at 5:08am |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Lady K: You've got a lot of good stuff in there, but.... 'Where's the Blanket, Charlie Brown'?
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 7 JAN 2005 at 6:10am |
SusanGuild Master
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I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 7 JAN 2005 at 6:58am |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Knew what the game was, but didn't see it as a top 50 or even top 100 game! ???
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 7 JAN 2005 at 7:57am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Sir Dave,
As I said, I had to stretch my list to reach 50 games played. However, I've always loved the Peanuts gang and found the game easy but fun. As soon as I play a few more adult adventures, the kids games will slide off the bottom.
I don't have any children, but my sister who lives with me is mentally retarded and loves the children's adventures because they're the only kind she can handle by herself. I sometimes play them first so I can help her out with clues if she needs them, but she has gotten so good that she solved Muppet Treasure Island and Finding Nemo on her own.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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