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Point-and-Click Adventure Games?
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After trying out the demo for nikopol: secrets of the immortals (see my thread on the subject) I've suddenly developed a craving for a good ol' point-and-click adventure game, preferably one from the first person perspective. Could anyone give me a few recommendations for some I might be able to get my hands on?
What's out;
What's in;
What's out;
- Myst (any of the series) - too damn hard.
- Grim Fandango - already finished it.
- Any of the monkey island series - couldn't really get in to them for some reason.
- Day of the tentacle - I know this one's a classic, but something about it puts me off; I think it might be the close similarities to Monkey Island, which I never really liked.
What's in;
- The longest journey/dreamfall - if I can get my hands on a copy.
- Nikopol: Secrets of the immortals - not sure if it's available to purchase in Australia.
- Sam & Max
- Blade Runner - though I wasn't such a big fan of the movie, the overall atmosphere was awesome; this one sounds like exactly what I'm looking for.
- Broken Sword Series
- Syberia - This one really interests me.
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Looking forward to other people's suggestions - it's been a while since I've played a good point-and-click game.
Generally, most point and click adventure games on the PC are third person view. I might recommend the following:
- Day of the Tentacle
- Sam & Max
- I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
- The Broken Sword series
- The Gabriel Knight series
- The Discworld series
- The Quest for Glory series
- Full Throttle
- LOOM
A few that are first person, for the most part (there may be third person action sequences):
- The Last Express: Critically acclaimed; I thought it was okay, and a little random.
- Blade Runner: Never played, but heard good things about it.
- Heart of China, The Adventures of Willy Beamish, Rise of the Dragon: Not horrible, I guess.
A few I would go out of my way to recommend against:
- King's Quest -- Only played up to 5, I think, and never hooked me in. Too arbitrary.
- Legend of Kyrandia -- Played the first 2, same complaint
- Dark Seed 1 & 2 -- Read a SA Let's Play for these, which made them out to be ridiculously terrible.
Also, Adventure Gamers is a pretty good site covering adventure games.
For The longest Journey/Dreamfall, if you go to the Dreamfall website - http://www.dreamfall.com - there's a link to the page to purchase both games directly from the publisher.
The Broken Sword series is quite good(four games in that one). For first person perspective ones, there are the Sherlock Holmes games(the only one I have is Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, which combines Sherlock Holmes with Cthulu. I havn't played it yet... it's in the pile. There's also Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis, which pits Holmes against Arsane Lupin).
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There's also Secret Filee: Tunguska, Still Life, Art of Murder: F.B.I. Confidential, Sam&Max(seasons 1 and 2 available online, and season 1 out on CD, with season 2 coming soon), the Runaway games, Jack Keane, and Murder in the Abbey, Culpa Innata, and Overclocked: A History of Violence.
And there's Everlight, A Vampyre Story, and Gray Matter coming out in the future. That's all I can think of off the top of my head(or what's sitting in my 'to be played' pile).
EDIT: Wikipedia says it is, and from what I can gather it's also free. Maybe that'd be a good place to start.
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Beneath A Steel Sky is alright and if you have a debian-based linux distro, it's even in the repositories (Along with another freeware classic, Flight Of The Amazon Queen)
I don't know if I'd recommend it for somebody starting out in these types of games, since it doesn't seem to be anybody's favorite, but it's alright. And it's free! In fact, I think I'd recommend Flight Of The Amazon Queen over it.
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I feel like saying return to zork, but I think that's mostly nostalgia talking.
done in the old fashioned style of point and click games, horror games and quite chilling at times.
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Also, I loved the story conclusion of Syberia 2.
He also did 1213, which while not a point and click adventure game is still an amazing game in it's own right.
Also, if you can get a copy of Simon the Sorcerer 1 & 2 I'd recommend them as well. Don't get the 3rd or 4th ones though, they're awful.
Seriously though, both of them are like...the shining standards of the genre, along with Day of the Tentacle. The only games that come close in terms of quality are Sam and Max and Loom.
I started playing the first, but had to stop. The story was dull, the characters boring and one dimensional, and the puzzles were either kind of ridiculous, or required a decent amount of external knowledge. Example given below:
Still great games!
I knew about the crap salad that was 3, but there's a 4th?
Pity- the first game was pretty good.
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Notable other games worth having:
Dreamfall.
Grim Fandango.
Anything with Gabriel Knight on the cover.
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And unless you're referring to the "newer" Kings Quest and Space Quest series, they are not point and click.
There is a demo available on the official site.
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I don't know if I agree with that, at least for Myst. The Myst games really aren't for everyone, and even the most (all?) of the Myst clones didn't take the puzzles to the same extreme.
Monkey Island, though, I don't know...