[giants84]

Hey i haven't played any adventure games in a while, anything new or upcoming soon that is good? Thanks.

[Keregioz]

Tales of monkey island

[joxer]

A must have: Ceville

[misslilo]

Return to Mysterious Island 2 - Bigfishgames.com has it for $6.95

[3rdFloor]

Also, two promising sequels: Secret Files 2 and Return to Mysterious Island 2. Haven't played them yet, but they're both on my "to buy ASAP" list.

EDIT: Aww... misslilo beat me to one of them.

[L-Jazz]

Memento Mori is the game I'm looking forward to the most right now.

There's also Tales of Monkey Island (as mentioned)
Secret of Monkey Island - Special Edition
Still Life 2

[J.H]

http://www.the-whispered-world.com/

say no more

[L-Jazz]

Originally Posted by Mapoco

http://www.the-whispered-world.com/

say no more

Feels like we're waiting forever :/

[Keregioz]

Originally Posted by Mapoco

http://www.the-whispered-world.com/

say no more

Personally I don't get why people are so excited about this game. Besides its amazing graphics there's really no reason to expect anything special. I think it has been proven again and again that an adventure game with good graphics doesn't equal a good game.
Also, I don't recall ever playing a game that was originally written in a different language than english and turned out to be a classic.

I'm not saying it will suck, I truly hope it will be awesome, just don't get your hopes up because of some eye candy.

[giants84]

Thanks for the suggestions, Memento Mori looks good. It's coming out this month right?

[L-Jazz]

Originally Posted by giants84

Thanks for the suggestions, Memento Mori looks good. It's coming out this month right?

I think it's been comfirmed to be released the 27th this month. Six days left in other words, can't wait!

[QDream]

Definitely check out Secret Files 2, it will be worth it!

[youfightlikeadairyfarmer]

Originally Posted by Keregioz

Personally I don't get why people are so excited about this game. Besides its amazing graphics there's really no reason to expect anything special. I think it has been proven again and again that an adventure game with good graphics doesn't equal a good game.
Also, I don't recall ever playing a game that was originally written in a different language than english and turned out to be a classic.

I'm not saying it will suck, I truly hope it will be awesome, just don't get your hopes up because of some eye candy.

Well how else can we tell adventure games apart before release? They all have roughly the same type of gameplay so basically we'd have to play it to find out about the story, dialogue, etc. In an adventure game the graphics and setting, especially the backgrounds are a huge contributing factor to me. And that game looks amazing.

[Keregioz]

Originally Posted by youfightlikeadairyfarmer

Well how else can we tell adventure games apart before release? They all have roughly the same type of gameplay so basically we'd have to play it to find out about the story, dialogue, etc. In an adventure game the graphics and setting, especially the backgrounds are a huge contributing factor to me. And that game looks amazing.

Well, personally I get excited about games when they are made by companies or game designers I trust.
I knew for example Telltale wouldn't disappoint with tales of monkey island, I liked very much the last two games by house of tales so I think that justifies my excitement for their next project, Jane Jensen will probably do a pretty good job if she ever manages to release a new game, Ragnar Tornquist also.

For whispered world, like I said, apart from the graphics there isn't much to be excited about. Personally I completely disagree that "In an adventure game the graphics and setting, especially the backgrounds are a huge contributing factor". While I find them important and can really help to set the atmosphere for a game if they are well designed they don't help a bad game to get any better. A recent example is Vampire story which had excellent hand drawn backgrounds but failed in much more important aspects like writing and humor and I uninstalled it before I finished because graphics alone could keep my interest.

[giants84]

Anything else interesting coming out soon?

[Linque]

http://www.machinarium.com/

http://www.book-of-unwritten-tales.com/

http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,852/

The rest you'll just have to look on AG.com. Since you found it into this site I'm sure you'll be able to find the games that interest you.

[Sandman]

All I can say is play "The Lost Crown."

I got Diabolik few days back. Installed but haven't played much.

[ozzie]

Originally Posted by Keregioz

Well, personally I get excited about games when they are made by companies or game designers I trust.
I knew for example Telltale wouldn't disappoint with tales of monkey island, I liked very much the last two games by house of tales so I think that justifies my excitement for their next project, Jane Jensen will probably do a pretty good job if she ever manages to release a new game, Ragnar Tornquist also.

For whispered world, like I said, apart from the graphics there isn't much to be excited about. Personally I completely disagree that "In an adventure game the graphics and setting, especially the backgrounds are a huge contributing factor". While I find them important and can really help to set the atmosphere for a game if they are well designed they don't help a bad game to get any better. A recent example is Vampire story which had excellent hand drawn backgrounds but failed in much more important aspects like writing and humor and I uninstalled it before I finished because graphics alone could keep my interest.

Well, it's from the developers of Edna bricht aus, so I trust them quite a bit.
And german previews sounded very promising, also regarding gameplay. It's more aimed at old adventure fans then at a casual audience.
So, puzzles should be a bit more challenging.

[Keregioz]

Originally Posted by ozzie

Well, it's from the developers of Edna bricht aus, so I trust them quite a bit.
And german previews sounded very promising, also regarding gameplay. It's more aimed at old adventure fans then at a casual audience.
So, puzzles should be a bit more challenging.

Let's hope you're right.

Seems like you german people have an advantage here though since it's developed in your language. These games almost always lose a lot of their quality and charm in the translation.

[Linque]

Keregioz, have you watched the trailer of The Whispered World? The story and presentation seem absolutely fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTv8bG8WEto

No way of knowing whether it'll be good or bad until it's released, but so far there's not a lot of things dragging my expectations down.