[TiAgUh]

Originally Posted by Simo Sakari Aaltonen

Adventure Gamers is less interesting than it used to be.

In what?

[DustyShinigami]

On one of the Gabriel Knight threads, people voted for which GK game was their fav and most people thought 3 was. I can't bring myself to like it and i can't seem to get into it like 1 & 2 (esp. 2). I've made a start on it and i can't be bothered to go any further. Because i've heard it's got a good storyline (and involves vampires ) i'll probably just cheat through it.
I suppose the reasons why i can't get into it as much is cuz of the move to 3D, having to move the camera with the mouse/keyboard (instead of fixed cameras following you) and really weird performance issues that can sour my experience with games (like BS4).

I couldn't really get into Sam & Max Hit the Road and Grim Fandango either when i first played through them. I decided to cheat on them and i've not touched 'em since. I'd say that i enjoyed Grim more than S&M and at some point i'll give 'em another chance.

Syberia 1 was so-so/good in my opinion but like with so many others here i couldn't get into the characters or care about them. I can't even get into The Neverhood either and that'll be another one to add to my 'Walkthrough' list. I'm not annoyed for buying it though, the more rare games i own the better. Only time will tell if i can get into these games/more.

Also, a number of people found BS3 disappointing whereas i enjoy/enjoyed it a lot more than 4. People have complained about the controls but i quite like them and have no problems. I much prefer the controls to BS3 than GK3 and i don't mind the crate moving puzzles either.

[Hammerite]

Originally Posted by Simo Sakari Aaltonen

Adventure Gamers is less interesting than it used to be.

le chit chat section's where it's at.

[MaFratelli]

My unpopular opinion has to be that I think both Syberia I and II are so horribly boring that I haven't been able to play even one of them to the end. Uninventive puzzles, lots of empty filler screens, a dull main character and a plot that fails to interest me even in the slightest. It always amazes me that they seem to be so highly praised by other adventure gamers. I just don't understand why.

[Simo Sakari Aaltonen]

Fienepien:

Hm. I don't think I've ever responded to your threads, but I thought them quite interesting.

Are you crazy, Fienepien! That is not unpopular. I think it may be illegal. But I like your clothes too.

Adventure Gamers just seems to lack edge these days. There used to be a greater variety of features, and greater variety in the views expressed in those features.

But I am probably not part of the intended readership anyway, so as far as criticism goes, this is not exactly devastating!

Simo Sakari Aaltonen
(simoadventurecompanion.com)

www.adventurecompanion.com

[Melanie68]

Originally Posted by MaFratelli

My unpopular opinion has to be that I think both Syberia I and II are so horribly boring that I haven't been able to play even one of them to the end. Uninventive puzzles, lots of empty filler screens, a dull main character and a plot that fails to interest me even in the slightest. It always amazes me that they seem to be so highly praised by other adventure gamers. I just don't understand why.

I've heard others express that view, so you're not alone. I liked it a lot but I can understand that it's not for everyone.

[TiAgUh]

yeah MaFratelli is right! So boring that its the only game (besides Myst V: End of Ages, which sucks btw) that i didn't bothered to finish (Syberia II).

[Sage]

Originally Posted by simpson_yellow

I absolutely love the Myst series (is that still a minority opinion on these boards?), and thought Exile was superb. Yes, it was a backwards step from Riven, but what isn't?

Seconded!

I thoroughly enjoy games where I have a world full of puzzles to unlock without a bunch of gabbing characters getting in my way.

I particularly enjoyed Rhem ("Myst for plumbers", as Fairygdmther so eloquently described it ) because it is nothing but puzzles, all of them mechanical, with only the very thinnest of storylines to tie them together.

Lighthouse and Morpheus are two of my favorite games that is certainly an unpopular opinion.

Perhaps my most unpopular opinion is that I strongly prefer first-person perspective in games. I like the immersion in character that it provides, and I genuinely don't understand why anyone would be interested in playing games using third-person perspective. I mean, why would you want to watch someone else do something when you can have the joy of accomplishment that comes from doing it yourself?

[KFMN]

I think that MI4 is a horrible game and that the whole "name Quest" series from Sierra sucks beyond belief.

[sand maester]

I HATE Monkey Island 2: LeChucks Revenge. None of it pulled me in like the first game.

[jimsta]

Not a big fan of The Longest Journey.

I loved the ending for Black Dahlia.

I didn't really mind all the crate pushing puzzles in BS3

[TiAgUh]

Originally Posted by sand maester

I HATE Monkey Island 2: LeChucks Revenge. None of it pulled me in like the first game.

I totally agree!

[Not A Speck Of Cereal]

I. Loved. Uru.

There, I said it.

I also liked Post Mortem.

[QFG]

Wow, we have some real heretics in here

[Davies]

Originally Posted by dantebk

I have no desire for a game to MAKE me play it more than once -- I have better things to do, like play games I've NEVER played before.

Hear! Hear! Everybody keeps banging on about non-linearity and multiple storylines. I want one storyline. I want to be able to see and do everything in one pass through the game.

And yeah, I don't mind dying either, as long as it's not completely random. If you know you're invincible and immortal, where's the tension?

[Terramax]

I express my bewilderment as to how The Longest Journey is called a classic when it's sub par in just about every aspect.

EDIT: I too enjoyed Post Mortem. The puzzles may be ridiculous but the story it just more enchanting as the game progresses.

[DustyShinigami]

Originally Posted by sand maester

I HATE Monkey Island 2: LeChucks Revenge. None of it pulled me in like the first game.

I don't hate Monkey Island 2, i find it to be a very good adventure game, but i have to be honest i do prefer the first one to the second. I heard a number of people here thought the second was the best but... nah, the first one, IMO, is the best (along with 3).

EDIT: I also like MI4 despite a number of folk not liking it very much.

[Nelza]

I'm one of those that found Monkey Island 2 the best of the series, but I think it may be because I completed it years before I ever played the first one.

And I may be beaten to a pulp for this but I actually really liked Runaway 1 and 2. I played them before I came onto this site and was actually surprised by how much it was bagged.

And I'm probably one of the rare cases that like majority of 'different' Adventure Games. I don't have a favourite Adventure 'type'.

[GreyFuss]

I liked 'Paradise' and disliked 'Dreamfall'

[radiohodet]

- Dreamfall is one of the best adventure games ever
- The controls in Dreamfall/Broken Sword 4/Monkey Island 4/Grim Fandango are good
- Broken Sword 3 is the best Broken Sword game.