[Gonzosports]

Just for fun.

You can only choose one per category. These should all be adventure games or ...hybrid games.

Be Very Subjective - these are the one you loved! Or hated! Despite what others have said...

Best Game Ever:
Worst Game Ever:

Best Story Ever:
Worst Story Ever:

Best Puzzles/Gameplay:
Worst Puzzles/Gameplay:

Best Character Ever:
Worst Character Ever:


That's enough for now - i could do tons of categories, but from time to time, they like me to work here.

Here's my answers:

Best Game Ever: Riven
Worst Game Ever: Oblivion*

Best Story Ever: Riven
Worst Story Ever: Plundered Hearts?

Best Puzzles/Gameplay: Riven (notice a patten? can't help it.)
Worst Puzzles/Gameplay: 7th Guest

Best Character Ever: Gehn
Worst Character Ever: The Misogynistic Roommate in TLJ, though I did like how he was a film student, April Ryan herself could make this list "what's his malfunction?"**


* It's the best I could come up with - I liked Oblivion, but the pain of how they dumbed down Morrowind stingeth still.

** Whoever translated and/or wrote the dialogue for TLJ obviously learned english from old episodes of 'saved by the bell' and 'double dare.'

[AndreaDraco83]

Best Game Ever: The Beast Within - A Gabriel Knight Mystery
Worst Game Ever: Leisure Suit Larry - Magna Cum Laude

Best Story Ever: The Beast Within - A Gabriel Knight Mystery
Worst Story Ever: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Best Puzzles/Gameplay: Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Worst Puzzles/Gameplay: Runaway

Best Character Ever: Gabriel Knight
Worst Character Ever: Peter Wright (TMoS) - he was just so boring

[Fantasysci5]

Best Game Ever: The Longest Journey
Worst Game Ever: Rhem

Best Story Ever: The Lost Crown
Worst Story Ever: Rhem-there was none.

Best Puzzles/Gameplay: Riven
Worst Puzzles/Gameplay: Um, Rhem. Just because I don't like all that math needed.

Best Character Ever: Crow from "The Longest Journey"
Worst Character Ever: The Librarian in "The Longest Journey" was SO annoying!

This was so hard. Honorable mentions for the best was Cho, and for the Worst, Syberia.

[Gonzosports]

Interesting choices so far!

This is totally not a bump disguised as a meaningless post.

[Fantasysci5]

I'm surprised not that many people have donethis. I always find it fun to ry and pick my absolute favorite, which is hard for me to pick just one. A great question would be favorite/worst ending, and maybe favorite credits. I hope more people join in!

[Sik]

Best Game Ever: The Longest Journey
Worst Game Ever: Lula 3D

Best Story Ever: Dreamfall
Worst Story Ever: Art of Murder: FBI Confidential

Best Puzzles/Gameplay: Day of the Tentacle
Worst Puzzles/Gameplay: Overclocked

Best Character Ever: Ben, Full Throttle
Worst Character Ever: Bruno, Murder in the Abbey

Most of these have so many contenders in my head I might as well have tossed dice to decide, except Lula 3D as worst adventure game ever, and Bruno as worst character in an adventure game.

[LeisureSuitedLooney]

Best Game Ever: Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Worst Game Ever: Harvester

Best Story Ever: The Curse of Monkey Island*
Worst Story Ever: Necronomicon

Best Puzzles/Gameplay: Shivers
Worst Puzzles/Gameplay: Harvester

Best Character Ever: Gabriel Knight, the GK (so far)Trilogy
Worst Character Ever: Cedric the Whiny Owl, King's Quest V



*Too many to choose from, as far as terrific stories: could have easily said the GK games, King's Quest 6, Zork Nemesis, Ripper, Post Mortem...and many, many others that had strong story elements.

[Jehane]

Best Game Ever: Gabriel Knight - Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Worst Game Ever: Lost: Via Domus *

Best Story Ever: Gabriel Knight - Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Worst Story Ever: Cleopatra - Riddles of the Tomb**

Best Puzzles/Gameplay: The Longest Journey***
Worst Puzzles/Gameplay: Lost: Via Domus

Best Character Ever: Gabriel Knight, of course
Worst Character Ever: Alan Parker Cameron *yawns* ****

*I hate that game. I really do. That one and Myst.
**Equally bad: Mata Hari (what a disappointment)
***Runners-up: Shivers (great puzzles!), Agon 4
****Equally boring: Martin Holan (NiBiRu), the whole cast of Cleopatra - Riddles of the Tomb, Brian & Gina from Runaway

[Fien]

Wow! This has never ever been done before... best and worst game, best and worst character, best and worst story, best and worst music, best and worst ending, best and worst NPC, best and worst anything... wonderful stuff, wish someone had thought of this before.

[Fantasysci5]

Originally Posted by LeisureSuitedLooney

Worst Character Ever: Cedric the Whiny Owl, King's Quest V

Really? I must be the only one who likes him.

Originally Posted by Fien

Wow! This has never ever been done before... best and worst game, best and worst character, best and worst story, best and worst music, best and worst ending, best and worst NPC, best and worst anything... wonderful stuff, wish someone had thought of this before.

Sarcastic?

[Melanie68]

It was a bit sarcastic, but we've had tons of threads like this before. It goes in cycles. The old ones drift away and then someone new will come in and start one. It can be a little difficult to search for them, because they may have obvious titles, but sometimes they don't.

[Fien]

Sarcastic? No Fantasysci5, beyond sarcastic, it's called despair. When you've been around for five years, you'll know what I mean. It's the way of the Internet. Evolution, yes. But no real change.

[Jadefalcon]

Originally Posted by Fien

Sarcastic? No Fantasysci5, beyond sarcastic, it's called despair. When you've been around for five years, you'll know what I mean. It's the way of the Internet. Evolution, yes. But no real change.

Five years, is that ALL

I've been a member of a forum since late 1999, so you have no idea how many times I've seen arguments recycled.

Pah, kids these days, don't know they're born...... *grumble*

[Gonzosports]

Originally Posted by Fien

Sarcastic? No Fantasysci5, beyond sarcastic, it's called despair. When you've been around for five years, you'll know what I mean. It's the way of the Internet. Evolution, yes. But no real change.

I don't want to start a flame war, but my Friday really didn't to start with having my thread insulted. Also, I'm a relatively new poster around here, and I imagine the best way to have more people join this community is probably not to make them feel unwelcome, or hurt, by their contributions*.

I've poked fun at the tons of "Rank Your Fave Games", which I purposely try to do in a fun/humorous way, and also the reason I tried to change it up here - by including a Worst Game/Puzzles, etc and also a gateway to more interesting questions - the character was one I was most interested in, it gives me a peek into who people identify with.

Finally, ranking games is just one way to open up a discussion onto greater issues. Talking about why you like/love a character/game/puzzle is just one way for people to trade perspectives on games. I find it interesting and fascinating and a great way to hear about games I might not hear about otherwise.

* I'm not kidding here, I may have taken this a bit personally, but as someone who is very much interested in being an active member here, your sarcastic post very much did so.

[Fantasysci5]

Please don't feel unwelcomed, Gonzosports. A thread like this may have been done before, but I personally like sharing my opinions on what I think of games, and seeing what other people like.

[Fien]

Originally Posted by Jadefalcon

Five years, is that ALL

I've been a member of a forum since late 1999, so you have no idea how many times I've seen arguments recycled.

Pah, kids these days, don't know they're born...... *grumble*

Heheheh.... spot on, and that includes your *grumble*.

But of course I meant these AG forums only. Started reading them in 2002, became an active member in 2003 (went away for a couple of months, came back in 2005). I've been on the Internet since early 1995. Dial-up, very expensive for us Europeans. It was so wonderful to be able to talk to people all over the world! Work-related discussions mostly, although I also visited very active and interesting Usenet gaming groups like comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure.

[Fien]

Originally Posted by Gonzosports

I don't want to start a flame war...[snipped for brevity's sake]... I find it interesting and fascinating and a great way to hear about games I might not hear about otherwise.

Well, go right ahead, have fun and don't pay any attention to posters like me.

[Find Therma]

As a new member to these forums also, I may as well give my opinion.

Best Game Ever: Discworld Noir
Worst Game Ever: Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy

Best Story Ever: The Longest Journey
Worst Story Ever: Secret Files Tunguska

Best Puzzles/Gameplay: Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Worst Puzzles/Gameplay: Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy

Best Character Ever: Lewton
Worst Character Ever: Take your pick from any character in The Watchmaker (although Nina from Secret Files is right up there too.)