06-06-2006, 03:29 PM | #1 |
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Looking for some adventure games to play
As seems to be my calling every summer, I'm looking at buying up some adventure games to play. I'm scouring the site and hoping that you guys can give me some suggestions.
I prefer 3rd person point and clicks, so tailor your responses to that if possible. Really I just want it to be 3rd person as for some reason I have problems getting interested in first person adventures. This is what I've played: LucasArts: Sam&Max 1, Entire Monkey's Island Series, Grim Fandango, Dig, Full Throttle, MM/DoTT, Fate of Atlantis The Neverhood The Longest Journey Runaway Beneath a Steel Sky/Flight of the Amazon Queen Syberia (didn't like it) Any and all suggestions are welcome. Thanks. |
06-06-2006, 03:33 PM | #2 |
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Well, if you haven't played the Gabriel Knight games I completely envy you and want to trade places with you right now. To play all of those again for the first time would be...just WOW. They are third person and quite brilliant. I think you should get all three games and play them in order. There is no better experience in all of adventure gaming in my opinion.
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06-06-2006, 03:55 PM | #3 |
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I would recommend the Broken Sword games, Black Mirror and The Moment of Silence.
Oh, and Still Life, of course.
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06-06-2006, 04:11 PM | #4 |
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I say stay away from NiBiRu It's horrible.
Since you've played the longest journey you should try it's sequal Dreamfall Myst games are fun although they're not everyones cup of tea. Csi games are good (they're the crime drama games) Riddle of the Sphinx |
06-06-2006, 04:17 PM | #5 |
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But Dreamfall isn't point and click so unless OneHitWonder is OK with direct control, some combat and some stealth, it may not work out. There are may threads in the Adventure forum dealing with Dreamfall.
http://forums.adventuregamers.com/se...earchid=392813 (the threads that contain spoilers should say so.) |
06-06-2006, 04:21 PM | #6 |
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Ther's not a lot of combat and most of the stealth is pretty easy there is ony one stealth seqence that is really hard. But for the most part it's an interactive story. Also most of the combat is avoidable. I think that there's only three instancesa where you have to fight and they're easy.
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06-06-2006, 04:40 PM | #7 |
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That's why I directed OHW to look at some other Dreamfall threads. For some, the combat and stealth weren't a big deal but for others, it was a deal breaker and it's very much dependent on the gamer. OHW was asking for more point and click games but it's good to put Dreamfall on the radar too.
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06-06-2006, 04:43 PM | #8 |
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I plan on getting Dreamfall whenever I get a new computer.
Thanks for the suggestions so far, keep em coming. |
06-06-2006, 05:50 PM | #9 |
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I'd suggest looking at Sierra's catalogue of games. There's dozens of them, and almost all of them are third person. I know they get a lot of bad talk, especially on Lucasarts-fueled boards such as these, but there's some real gems in there. The Gabriel Knight series has already been mentioned, but you've got all the "Quest" games, and even more.
I'm sure you can find websites that list them all off, and from there you can just pick one that interests you, and track it down.
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06-07-2006, 02:14 AM | #10 |
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Black Dahlia an old FMV adventure
as mentioned before The Moment of Silence Gabriel Knight series |
06-07-2006, 03:08 AM | #11 |
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hi -
i am a seasoned gamer and like you i mainly only play 3rd person point and click adventures. here is a list of all of the adventures i have played. please bear in mind that i have put farenheit, dreamfall and broken sword 3 down because i have played them and are quite enjoyable - even though they are not completely point and click games and they have some sort of action in them - they are 3rd person games. Shadow of memories is not a point and click game -but it is an adventure game that is quite addictive. highlighted red - games you have played GAMES PLAYED 1. Syberia 1 2. Syberia 2 3. Broken sword 4. Broken sword 2 5. Broken sword 3 6. Grim fandango 7. Monkey island 8. Monkey island 2 9. Monkey island 3 10. Monkey island 4 11. Sherlock holmes the sliver earrings 12. Legacy – dark shadows 13. Still life 14. Martin mystery 15. The moment of silence 16. Runaway: a road adventure 17. The longest journey 18. The dig 19. Kings quest 7 20. Toonstruck 21. Mystery of the druids 22. Gabriel Knight 23. Grim Fandango 24. Blade Runner 25. Sam and Max hit the road 26. The Black Mirror 27. Fahrenheit 28. Discworld 29. Discworld 2 30. Discworld Noir 31. Little Big Adventure 32. Legend of Kyrandia 3 33. Simon the Sorcerer 34. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 35. Beneath a Steel Sky 36. Journey to the Center of the Earth 37. Full throttle 38. Midnight Nowhere 40. Shadow of memories 41. Flight of the amazon queen 42. Nibiru:Age of secrets 43. The dagger of amen ra 44. The watchmaker 45. space quest 1 46. space quest 2 47. space quest 3 48. space quest 4 49. Kyrandia 1 50. Kyrandia 2 51. Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None 52. Ankh 53. Dreamfall 54. Keepsake 55. Paradise enjoy. here is a list of games which will be coming out in the future - all of them i believe are 3rd person point and click adventures. Runaway 2 A vampyre story Al emmo and the lost dutchman’s mine Rise of the Hidden Sun Destinies Fenimore Fillmore 3 The City of Metronome Reprobates Juniper Crescent - The Sapphire Claw Sherlock Holmes: The Awaken 8 SECRET FILES: TUNGUSKA Ankh : heart of orisis JACK KEANE Undercover: Operation Wintersun Alice's Journey Simon the sorcerer 4 Belief and betrayal Culpa Innata Murder on the orient express Evenings on a farm near Dikanka Last edited by pandanaz; 06-07-2006 at 09:10 AM. |
06-07-2006, 09:10 AM | #12 |
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I'm noticing a trend with Gabriel Knight, I'll definitely have to check it out.
Thanks for all the suggestions, this should keep me occupied for awhile. |
06-07-2006, 09:22 PM | #13 |
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may i recommend keepsake? im a little way thru and enjoying the challenge of the cogs and pulleys type puzzles.
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06-08-2006, 02:04 AM | #14 |
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Gabriel Knight games are a safe bet (especially the magnificent first installment of the series) but I would also recommend checking out:
Loom (a snack time-wise but a wonderful and memorable experience in every other aspect) Discworld: Noir Simon the Sorcerer 1 & 2 Toonstruck The Feeble Files (nothing awesome but still very cute point and click)
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