[Ursulla]

I have left the adventure scene a year ago and now I am playing all the greatest video games from all over the years from all over platforms one by one , using Gamerankings site scores to determine which game will be my next "victim"...
I am playing only games that managed to get at least 5 official reviews...
Since I originally played all my life adventure games I was curious to see which adventure will make it first into the Hall of fames of video games....
Here is a complete list of three great sites to determine the winner...

Name Of Game GameRankings GameSpot MetaCritic
1)Zelda: Ocarina of Time 97.48(25) 1 9.7(28886) 5 9.4( 669)
2)Super Mario Galaxy 97.46(77) 16 9.2(18207) 14 8.9(1127)
3)Super Mario Galaxy 2 97.12(54) 22 9.0( 4905) 6 9.3( 996)
4)Grand Theft Auto IV 97.01(60) 20 9.1(28687) 21 7.9(1819)
5)SoulCalibur 96.94(24) 10 9.4( 3205) 7 9.3( 82)
6)Uncharted 2:Among Thieves 96.41(78) 3 9.5(13990) 15 8.8(2423)
7)Metroid Prime 96.30(83) 14 9.3(15535) 11 9.1( 281)
8)Tekken 3 96.30(22) 17 9.2( 5332) 10 9.2( 33)
9)Zelda:Twilight Princess 96.00(15) 8 9.4( 8919) 9 9.2( 242)
10)Super Mario World 96.00( 5) 7 9.4( 9403) 4 9.5( 13)
11)Super Mario 64 95.95(19) 15 9.3(13531) 12 9.1( 111)
12)Batman: Arkham City 95.94(33) 11 9.4( 1505) 22 8.4( 608)
13)Metal Gear Solid 95.92(18) 5 9.4(10752) 3 9.5( 39)
14)Super Metroid 95.79( 7) 9 9.4( 4730) 1 9.7( 24)
15)Resident Evil 4 95.77(53) 2 9.6(23806) 2 9.6( 399)
16)Mass Effect 2 95.66(73) 6 9.4( 9740) 13 8.9(2065)
17)Halo: Combat Evolved 95.58(76) 13 9.3(30947) 17 8.5( 503)
18)Fallout 3 95.40( 5) 12 9.4( 812) 19 8.4( 858)
19)Out of the Park Baseball 95.40( 5) 19 9.2( 29) 21 3.8( 382)
20)Half-Life 2 95.31(85) 4 9.4(39980) 8 9.2(4641)
21)Grand Theft Auto III 95.29(66) 21 9.1(16431) 16 8.6( 316)
22)Portal 2 95.17(36) 18 9.2( 3710) 18 8.4(2808)

*The number in bracket under Gamerangings is the number of reviews
*The number in bracket under Gamespot & Metacritic is the number of users votes
And the winner is Portal 2 made it into 22th Video game of all time Hall of fame...
These are all great video games that even the most purist Adeventure gamer should try...I played most of them Under 3D steroscopic monitor using Xbox 360 controller and if anyone interested in playing any one of them I highly recommend...
By the way,out of the first 11 games only one is available for PC gamers (GTA 4) and yet managed to stay highly popular....
Cheers

[Ursulla]

looking further upon the list I discovered Day of the Tentacle at 28th place,it managed to beat Portal 2 at GameSpot reaching 19th place but the real surprise is it got into number 3 !!!! at MetaCritic...So I would definitely say it is the Oscar winner of old school point & click adventures....
----Name Of Game----------GameRankings-GameSpot-----MetaCritic
1)Zelda: Ocarina of Time--------97.48(25) 1 9.7(28886) 6 9.4( 669)
2)Super Mario Galaxy------------97.46(77) 21 9.2(18207) 18 8.9(1127)
3)Super Mario Galaxy 2----------97.12(54) 27 9.0( 4905) 7 9.3( 996)
4)Grand Theft Auto IV------------97.01(60) 25 9.1(28687) 27 7.9(1819)
5)SoulCalibur---------------------96.94(24) 12 9.4( 3205) 8 9.3( 82)
6)Uncharted 2: Among Thieves--96.41(78) 4 9.5(13990) 19 8.8(2423)
7)Metroid Prime-------------------96.30(83) 17 9.3(15535) 14 9.1( 281)
8)Tekken 3------------------------96.30(22) 22 9.2( 5332) 12 9.2( 33)
9)Zelda:Twilight Princess---------96.00(15) 9 9.4( 8919) 10 9.2( 242)
10)Super Mario World-------------96.00( 5) 8 9.4( 9403) 5 9.5( 13)
11)Super Mario 64----------------95.95(19) 18 9.3(13531) 15 9.1( 111)
12)Batman: Arkham City---------95.94(33) 13 9.4( 1505) 26 8.4( 608)
13)Metal Gear Solid---------------95.92(18) 6 9.4(10752) 4 9.5( 39)
14)Super Metroid------------------95.79( 7) 10 9.4( 4730) 1 9.7( 24)
15)Resident Evil 4-----------------95.77(53) 3 9.6(23806) 2 9.6( 399)
16)Mass Effect 2-------------------95.66(73) 7 9.4( 9740) 17 8.9(2065)
17)Halo: Combat Evolved---------95.58(76) 15 9.3(30947) 23 8.5( 503)
18)Fallout 3------------------------95.40( 5) 14 9.4( 812) 25 8.4( 858)
19)Out of the Park Baseball 07----95.40( 5) 24 9.2( 29) 28 3.8( 382)
20)Half-Life 2-----------------------95.31(85) 5 9.4(39980) 9 9.2(4641)
21)Grand Theft Auto III------------95.29(66) 26 9.1(16431) 22 8.6( 316)
22)Portal 2--------------------------95.17(36) 23 9.2( 3710) 24 8.4(2808)
23)Chrono Trigge--------------------95.10(16) 2 9.7( 6015) 16 9.0( 133)
24)The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim-----95.09(68) 11 9.4( 3564) 21 8.5(1702)
25)Gran Turismo--------------------95.05(19) 28 8.8( 2808) 13 9.2( 20)
26)Metal Gear Solid 2---------------95.04(67) 16 9.3(16997) 11 9.2( 55)
27)Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas--95.03(92) 20 9.2(53283) 20 8.7( 717)
28)Day of the Tentacle---------------95.00( 5) 19 9.3( 1295) 3 9.6( 36)

[diego]

I'm sorry you left the AG scene, i've enjoyed your mini-reviews. Hoping you'll get back to 'em!

[Ursulla]

Originally Posted by diego

I'm sorry you left the AG scene, i've enjoyed your mini-reviews. Hoping you'll get back to 'em!

Hey Thanks Diego Maradona
I enjoy writing them down...At the moment I am trying to catch up with all other great video games without restricting myself to one specific genre...My next adventure would be the above Day of tentacle but it would take some time before I got to it...I already played it 20 years ago but don't recall it to be so great...We shall see if it still remains worth playing today again...Just finished today Batman Arkham City and moving on to Mass effect 2...