[Sky Warrior Bob]

Aside from Lucasarts & Sierra titles, what are the really good 3rd person adventure games prior to The Longest Journey. I mean, after seeing Flight of the Amazon Queen & Beneath a Steel Sky, I can only hope there are a few more good adventure titles out there, which I might have missed out on.

I vaguely recall a Space Quest wannabe, which I nearly checked out, just prior to SQ4's release and was on the shelves along w/ a SQ1-3 collection. Also, were those Everquest adventure games ever any good? I remember seeing one w/ a impish looking Jester, that again, I nearly checked out.

Sky Warrior Bob

I always thought that Everquest were RPG games and for the impish jester you're probably thinking of the Kyrandia games which are generally well regarded in the adventure community. The Space Quest ripoff you're thinking of could be any number of games, my guess is Rex Nebular??

[D.C.]

Cruise for a Corpse and Operation: Stealth.

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Yeah, Kryandia sounds about right. As for the Space Quest clone, I haven't a clue.

What about the Discworld games? Are they any good?

Sky Warrior Bob

[Draco2.5]

The Discworld games are good.

[hagstrumpa]

The Discworld games are great(all three of them, albeit there are great differncess between them), and so is the Simon the Sorcerer-series. Syberia is also a game that deserves mentioning.
The Quivering, one of my uttermost favourites in the adventure genre, is a blend of first- and thirdperson perspective.
I know that a lot of people here hated Stupid Invaders, but....it is a third person game and it is on my top-ten-list. I love it!

[Wajus]

Originally Posted by Sky Warrior Bob

Aside from Lucasarts & Sierra titles, what are the really good 3rd person adventure games prior to The Longest Journey. I mean, after seeing Flight of the Amazon Queen & Beneath a Steel Sky, I can only hope there are a few more good adventure titles out there, which I might have missed out on.

You're not serious. There are dozens of such titles. You really want me to name'em all?

I vaguely recall a Space Quest wannabe, which I nearly checked out, just prior to SQ4's release and was on the shelves along w/ a SQ1-3 collection.

Maybe it was Rex Nebular, Eternam or Innocent until Caught? But first of all those are definitly not wannabes and second of all they are not prior to SQ4 but SQ5.

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Originally Posted by Wajus

You're not serious. There are dozens of such titles. You really want me to name'em all?

Well yes... Actually, I'll come clean, I've found a previously undiscovered *MAJOR* resource for OOP adventure games, with prices, that for the most part, are fair. The worst I've seen is $99.00 for a Lucasarts Collection 1, which isn't all too bad considering that's a set price, whereas eBay can go up & up.

I at least want to get one good title out of it. I'm looking into getting either the Krydania or Discworld games, but they're semi-pricey. So I'm still poking around. Once I find a must-have title, I'll reveal my source.

Sky Warrior Bob

[BacardiJim]

Feeble Files
Sanitarium
All 3 Discworld games
Toonstruck
Riddle of Master Lu
Broken Sword 1&2

Originally Posted by Sky Warrior Bob

Well yes... Actually, I'll come clean, I've found a previously undiscovered *MAJOR* resource for OOP adventure games, with prices, that for the most part, are fair.

And that *MAJOR* resorce is???

[Swordmaster]

Originally Posted by Sky Warrior Bob

Aside from Lucasarts & Sierra titles, what are the really good 3rd person adventure games prior to The Longest Journey.

I found this exciting website that's written by adventure enthusiasts, they have lots of reviews of adventure games old and new. If only I could remember the address. AdventitiousLamers.com? VentureNamers.com? AdventTamers.com? Gosh, I don't recall it just now.

[Ariel Type]

Hmm, its easier to name by companies that produced great 3rd person games:
AdventureSoft (Simon the Sorcere 1-2, Feeble Files)
Access Software (2 first Tex Murphy games, Countdown, Amazon)
Westwood (Kyrandia 1-3, Blade Runner)
Coktel Vision (Goblins 1-3,Woodruff, Bargon Attack)
Divide by Zero (maybe their wannabe of SQ game - Innocent Until Caught (2 games). plus another great game title Gene Machine)
Dream Forge (Chronomaster and Sanitarium)
Electronic Arts (LBA 1-2, 2 Sherlock Holmes games)
Infogrames ( Alone in the Dark 1 and Shadow of the Comet)
Micro Prose (Dragon Sphere, Rex Nebular, Phantom of Opera)
And Revolution, Psygnosis - you know their games. Also games like Igor, Touche, Dreamweb and many other are worth of your attention. There were LOTS of other great 3rd person game titles apart from ones by LA and Sierra.

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Originally Posted by guybrush_guy

And that *MAJOR* resorce is???

Amazon.com's zShops. I figure that, for the most part, most of you are completely unaware of them.

Mostly, because the only way you can find the zShops, is to change the section in the search bar, from All Products to zShops. Otherwise, you rarely ever find linkage to the zShops, even when Amazon.com otherwise doesn't have what you're looking for.

Here's linkage to Lucasarts items alone. I'll admit it isn't a huge resource, but its all in one easy to find place, and at least the prices are fixed. Which, excludding Buy it Now, is better than eBay.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/re...full-results=1


Sky Warrior Bob

ausome, i've been looking to buy the box sets of all the adventure games for a few years now.
but 140 bucks for maniac mansion!
ohh well beggers cant be choosers

[Dervish]

I really liked Shannara by Legend Entertainment, designed by the Coles.

Oh wait, that's first person, my bad.

[Cold Icarus]

Originally Posted by Ariel Type

Divide by Zero (maybe their wannabe of SQ game - Innocent Until Caught (2 games). plus another great game title Gene Machine)

Did you really enjoy the gene machine that enjoyable? I found the puzzles far too easy, the plot dull and in particular the leading character overlly obnoxious. Whilst I appreciate he was meant to be, and I fully support the idea of an anti-hero, he was so aggravating and annoying, rather than likable flaws. I suppose its each to their own.

I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this, and I suppose its partly first-person two. But most of the puzzles and enjoyment of 'The Neverhood' can be found in third-person too.

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by Ariel Type

Hmm, its easier to name by companies that produced great 3rd person games:
AdventureSoft (Simon the Sorcere 1-2, Feeble Files)
Others

Yeah, what Ariel Type said.

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Uru's not that bad at all. I'm a bit into it right now.

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Uru's not that bad at all. I'm a bit into it right now.

Yes but it's not "prior to Longest Journey"...