[Sioned]

Hi. New here, so if I ask anything that offends, my humblest apologies. I love adventure games, but I keep investing in ones that are way too easy and played through in an hour. I was hoping that, instead of having to skim over hundreds of reviews, I could ask my fellow adventure game lovers what is worth spending some dough on. As far as recent games, I absolutely loved Machinarium, but I wish it was a little longer. Much farther back, Day of the Tentacle is my all-time favorite-- ridiculous amounts of inventory, sometimes not-so-obvious puzzle solutions, great humor, etc.

I've tried the research route, and ended up with short, easy games several times. I want to know what the players think.

So, to sum it up:
- Prefer games available on Steam (it's just easier, but by no means a requirement)
- Need something with some LENGTH and DEPTH to it
- Subgenre (comedy, horror) does not matter... I love it all
- Don't worry about wondering what I've already played. I'll keep that to myself.
- Some high level of difficulty would be nice
- Doesn't need to be a new game

I know there are plenty of gems out there that are shorter, but it's just a matter of preference. Please help!

[booB]

My favorite thing to say in these threads:

The Longest Journey!!!!

Long game, immersive atmosphere, incredible dialogue, deep character development.

[Sioned]

Thanks! I had played the demo and was feeling iffy on it, but I've been seeing a lot of positive reviews.

What else?

[Fien]

Black Dahlia - FMV, long game, a bit like the Tex Murphy series but darker story, 1st-person, lots of dialogues, inventory puzzles and extremely hard stand-alone puzzles.
The Feeble Files - 3rd-person, fun game, one of the longest ever made, some very hard puzzles.
The Neverhood - a must play for Machinarium fans. Great fun. Puzzles not very hard, except one or two.
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon - recent game, very hard, 1st-person.
Spycraft - unique puzzles
Obsidian - Mystian puzzle game, fantastic surreal dream setting, a few very hard puzzles
Discworld 1 - wonderful but crazy puzzles, long game, lovely world

[Kazmajik]

All the Gabriel Knight games, of course.

[Mohlin]

Don't think you will finish Riven in an hour...

Or any of the other Myst games.

[cbman]

Originally Posted by Mohlin

Don't think you will finish Riven in an hour...

Or any of the other Myst games.

If you want a game that will keep you occupied for a long time then Riven is indeed a great shout, especially if you make the choice not to use walkthroughs. That's what i did back in the day and i spent months on the game! Mind you, i was a novice back then.

I also second the shout for Dracula 3 if you are looking for good, but challenging games.

Generally these kinds of threads are only useful if you actually give a bit more detail about what you like though

[rayvio]

I'd recommend Keepsake, it's got a very nice collection of challenging puzzles and a great story. the only flaws are a: terrible, terrible, terrible voice acting in one character, but that's only one character and you can read the subtitles and skip the speech. b: lots of walking around, but there is a built in map and it doesn't take too long to find your way around

[Hannes]

Originally Posted by Kazmajik

All the Gabriel Knight games, of course.

Absolutelyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!