Ag of the year(pc)2010

Gabe · 12-10-2010, 02:21 AM

Here is the list of this year decent and good (pc)ag,but which one is the best waiting for community to decide

pizzo · 12-10-2010, 02:28 AM

My vote is for Black Mirror II. The second in my list woud be Lost Horizon.

UPtimist · 12-10-2010, 03:12 AM

I wish I could say, but so far I've only played The Whispered World, and even with that, only the beginning...

And with Sam & Max I'm in Season 2.

And, I have to admit, there's a couple in there I've not even heard of

So, I suppose I shouldn't go voting...

Arial Type · 12-10-2010, 04:05 AM

I wonder if Gray Matter is considered as a "bad ag" by the author.

Gabe · 12-10-2010, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Arial Type

I wonder if Gray Matter is considered as a "bad ag" by the author.

Gray Matter considered as 2011 release.

Fien · 12-10-2010, 04:33 AM

Drawn is not an AG. Drawn is a casual.

DustyShinigami · 12-10-2010, 05:44 AM

Monkey Island 2 - Special Edition and Broken Sword - Director's Cut are missing.

Dwagginz · 12-10-2010, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Gazzoid

Monkey Island 2 - Special Edition and Broken Sword - Director's Cut are missing.

Isn't AlternativA also a 2010 release?

Lucien21 · 12-10-2010, 06:27 AM

wow that highlights exactly why this year sucked.

BTW Heavy Rain is by far and away the best AG of 2010.

Gabe · 12-10-2010, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Gazzoid

Monkey Island 2 - Special Edition and Broken Sword - Director's Cut are missing.

Well coz simply considering a redux as agoty unfair to new releases.They more likely to given on a list all times best honorary.

DustyShinigami · 12-10-2010, 06:49 AM

I still think they qualify, though. And Heavy Rain.

...

Monkey Island 2 - Special Edition is the best adventure game I've played this year, followed very closely by Amnesia: The Dark Decent.

Unfortunately I haven't played Heavy Rain (no PS3) so I can't comment, nor have I finished Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse.

kate me · 12-10-2010, 06:58 AM

I vote for Lost Horizon. I like this game!

Luther10 · 12-10-2010, 07:07 AM

Voted for Lost Horizon, a better game overall than Gray Matter. Anyway, my favorite of the year is Heavy Rain...

cbman · 12-10-2010, 10:09 AM

Your poll is missing an 'Other' option!

gray pierce · 12-10-2010, 10:13 AM

This is a great idea!
In my opinion Lost Horizon is easily the best AG of the year. Alter Ego and Black Mirror II, both decent adventures pale in comparison. Then again I haven't played The Whispered World yet so I might change my mind(though not likely)

zane · 12-10-2010, 10:26 AM

games i want to vote for: heavy rain, last window, darkstar, gray matter, 999, kaptain brawe

UPtimist · 12-10-2010, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gazzoid

I still think they qualify, though. And Heavy Rain.

...

Monkey Island 2 - Special Edition is the best adventure game I've played this year, followed very closely by Amnesia: The Dark Decent.

I have to agree with Gabe that remakes aren't really new AGs. They're, well, remakes. It's an old adventure game with new graphics, and I don't think that updating graphics makes a game new.

Of course, this is, eh... Semantics? In any case, not that important. This is what this is.

dekaneas297 · 12-10-2010, 11:11 AM

Lost Horizon and Black Mirror II are the best for me. Tough choice to pick one.

diego · 12-10-2010, 11:20 AM

The Whispered World, because:

- comeback of a glorious 2D hand-painted backdrops, in a semi-artistic style yet still zany like The Curse of Monkey Island

- not jumping on the bandwagon of babynursing the player - puzzles are done in a thoughtful manner, keeping the difficulty enough not to become "errand quest" and still not being impossible to solve. Puzzles also kept the sparkle of "golden age" "insane" logic like those seen in Day of the Tentacle and Monkey Island, and many people wrongly interpreted that as "illogical" puzzles while it was only being faithful to roots. Also, the game felt original and fresh nevertheless of many obvious LucasArts and Sierra influences.

- duo of protagonists - personally, i haven't played lately game that has "that something" when it comes to identyfining and caring for characters, something we can say when speaking of Gabriel Knight, Guybrush Threepwood, April Ryan... You may like or hate Sadwick's voice but it's by no means "from the mill" character. Also, it wasn't since Torin's Passage and Torin and Boogle, or Toonstruck and Drew and Flux that we've seen such an interesting pair of characters that solve puzzles together.

Black Mirror 2 is another good game this year, on a totally different ground of mystery and thriller, reminding me of Dark Seed or Gabriel Knight, although it can become tedious and incosistent as the story develops but i think this German team will make even better games since Black Mirror 2 improved some aspects of Mata Hari.

All in all, 2010. gave us less quantity than 2009. but it wasn't without the quality. I hope that we can somehow see German and other non-English releases sooner, since for example both The Whispered World and Black Mirror 2 were published in 2009. in Germany and also, two of mine most expected games in 2011 - Book of Unwritten Tales and Edna & Harvey were already published. Also, it will be remembered as a year where casual games and adventure games strongly intercrossed their ways making the influence on the genre, in that manner that we can ask ourselves - are adventure games becoming casual, or casual games are becoming adventures?

Arial Type · 12-10-2010, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gabe

Gray Matter considered as 2011 release.

But there is an official English version included in the German version. You can buy and play it. It is a 2010 release.

And yes, my vote goes to Heavy Rain. I thought it came out in 2009 - it was so long ago)

View Poll Results: Ag of the year ?
Alter Ego	1	2.27%
Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny	2	4.55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent	2	4.55%
Black Mirror II	8	18.18%
Drawn: Dark Flight	0	0%
Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island	1	2.27%
Lost Horizon	12	27.27%
Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister	1	2.27%
RHEM 4: The Golden Fragments	1	2.27%
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse	2	4.55%
Simon the Sorcerer 5: Who'd Even Want Contact?	1	2.27%
The Whispered World	13	29.55%
Voters: 44. You may not vote on this poll

12-10-2010, 02:21 AM	#1
Gabe Schättenjager Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 815	Ag of the year(pc)2010 Here is the list of this year decent and good (pc)ag,but which one is the best waiting for community to decide Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature." ---Helen Keller

12-10-2010, 02:28 AM	#2
pizzo Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Brazil Posts: 59	My vote is for Black Mirror II. The second in my list woud be Lost Horizon. Share Share this post on Twitter

12-10-2010, 03:12 AM	#3
UPtimist Life and times of... Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Up there in the mist Posts: 6,025	I wish I could say, but so far I've only played The Whispered World, and even with that, only the beginning... And with Sam & Max I'm in Season 2. And, I have to admit, there's a couple in there I've not even heard of So, I suppose I shouldn't go voting... Share Share this post on Twitter

12-10-2010, 04:05 AM	#4
Arial Type Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 365	I wonder if Gray Matter is considered as a "bad ag" by the author. Share Share this post on Twitter

12-10-2010, 04:33 AM	#6
Fien Senior female member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Holland Posts: 3,706	Drawn is not an AG. Drawn is a casual. Share Share this post on Twitter

12-10-2010, 05:44 AM	#7
DustyShinigami The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 1,986	Monkey Island 2 - Special Edition and Broken Sword - Director's Cut are missing. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Now Playing: Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (DS and iPhone), DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil, Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All, Silent Hill - HD Collection Recently Completed: Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Next: Bayonetta, Devil May Cry - HD Collection, Max Payne 3, Metal Gear Solid - HD Collection, Silent Hill: Downpour

12-10-2010, 06:27 AM	#9
Lucien21 Psychonaut Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 5,114	wow that highlights exactly why this year sucked. BTW Heavy Rain is by far and away the best AG of 2010. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ I'm not insane, my mother had me tested!

12-10-2010, 06:49 AM	#11
DustyShinigami The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 1,986	I still think they qualify, though. And Heavy Rain. ... Monkey Island 2 - Special Edition is the best adventure game I've played this year, followed very closely by Amnesia: The Dark Decent. Unfortunately I haven't played Heavy Rain (no PS3) so I can't comment, nor have I finished Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Now Playing: Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (DS and iPhone), DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil, Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All, Silent Hill - HD Collection Recently Completed: Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Next: Bayonetta, Devil May Cry - HD Collection, Max Payne 3, Metal Gear Solid - HD Collection, Silent Hill: Downpour

12-10-2010, 06:58 AM	#12
kate me Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: In the middle of nowhere Posts: 612	I vote for Lost Horizon. I like this game! Share Share this post on Twitter

12-10-2010, 07:07 AM	#13
Luther10 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 132	Voted for Lost Horizon, a better game overall than Gray Matter. Anyway, my favorite of the year is Heavy Rain... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Youtube Channel - Forgotten Adventures: http://www.youtube.com/user/123Pazu?feature=mhw5 Top 10 adventure games: Black Dahlia, Grim Fandango, Heavy Rain, Broken Sword Shadow of Templars, Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within, Still Life, Last Express, Sanitarium, 7th Guest, Zork Nemesis

12-10-2010, 10:09 AM	#14
cbman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 278	Your poll is missing an 'Other' option! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ These are my opinions. Please don't get het up.

12-10-2010, 10:13 AM	#15
gray pierce Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 716	This is a great idea! In my opinion Lost Horizon is easily the best AG of the year. Alter Ego and Black Mirror II, both decent adventures pale in comparison. Then again I haven't played The Whispered World yet so I might change my mind(though not likely) Share Share this post on Twitter

12-10-2010, 10:26 AM	#16
zane Schattenjäger Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 572	games i want to vote for: heavy rain, last window, darkstar, gray matter, 999, kaptain brawe Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Currently focussing on: Book of unwritten tales On deck: lone survivor Recently finished: donna: avenger of blood, machinarium, botanicula, grim fandango, corpse party

12-10-2010, 11:11 AM	#18
dekaneas297 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Greece Posts: 297	Lost Horizon and Black Mirror II are the best for me. Tough choice to pick one. Share Share this post on Twitter

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12-10-2010, 11:20 AM	#19
diego Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: belgrade Posts: 1,407	The Whispered World, because: - comeback of a glorious 2D hand-painted backdrops, in a semi-artistic style yet still zany like The Curse of Monkey Island - not jumping on the bandwagon of babynursing the player - puzzles are done in a thoughtful manner, keeping the difficulty enough not to become "errand quest" and still not being impossible to solve. Puzzles also kept the sparkle of "golden age" "insane" logic like those seen in Day of the Tentacle and Monkey Island, and many people wrongly interpreted that as "illogical" puzzles while it was only being faithful to roots. Also, the game felt original and fresh nevertheless of many obvious LucasArts and Sierra influences. - duo of protagonists - personally, i haven't played lately game that has "that something" when it comes to identyfining and caring for characters, something we can say when speaking of Gabriel Knight, Guybrush Threepwood, April Ryan... You may like or hate Sadwick's voice but it's by no means "from the mill" character. Also, it wasn't since Torin's Passage and Torin and Boogle, or Toonstruck and Drew and Flux that we've seen such an interesting pair of characters that solve puzzles together. Black Mirror 2 is another good game this year, on a totally different ground of mystery and thriller, reminding me of Dark Seed or Gabriel Knight, although it can become tedious and incosistent as the story develops but i think this German team will make even better games since Black Mirror 2 improved some aspects of Mata Hari. All in all, 2010. gave us less quantity than 2009. but it wasn't without the quality. I hope that we can somehow see German and other non-English releases sooner, since for example both The Whispered World and Black Mirror 2 were published in 2009. in Germany and also, two of mine most expected games in 2011 - Book of Unwritten Tales and Edna & Harvey were already published. Also, it will be remembered as a year where casual games and adventure games strongly intercrossed their ways making the influence on the genre, in that manner that we can ask ourselves - are adventure games becoming casual, or casual games are becoming adventures? Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by diego; 12-10-2010 at 11:41 AM.