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Your Top 100 Adventure Games (Voting Ended)
I don’t regard a post by a developer drawing attention to the AGS Awards towards the end of a playthrough dedicated to his game & clearly enjoyed by most of the participants as trolling.
I really wouldn’t want to be involved too much in this discussion, but I’m going to say this.
There is a small, but important difference between:
“Vote for the AGS Awards”
and
“Vote my game in the AGS Awards”.
I don’t know which was the case, and quite frankly I don’t care that much, but informing about some voting and asking for votes are two completely different things.
Obviously “trolling” is a wrong word to describe either scenario, as trolling implies something else entirely.
This is the one & only post that the developer made in the dedicated Kathy Rain thread to mention the AGS Awards. So judge for yourself but all I’ve read so far on the subject I’m afraid, is a petty witch hunt based on a first-time developer’s enthusiasm :
Loving all of the discussions and theories, guys!
Sorry if I go a bit off topic here, but if you enjoyed Kathy Rain, I’d highly appreciate your support in the annual AGS Awards!
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/awards/
The voting just opened, and Kathy Rain has been nominated in eleven categories. We’re up against a formidable opponent in Shardlight, so we’ll need all the help we can get!
Can anyone pinpoint the actual forum rules for me please as I couldn’t find any. 
Prior knowledge of the game titles is not required beforehand but as already said you are expected to play through or sample all of the nominated games before casting votes regardless of whether you registered initially because you’d like to acknowledge the merits of a game you’ve just played.
Incidentally, I’m not a member of Joel’s family or even a personal friend. I voted for the game because I was impressed with it & I did vote for other nominated games too.I don’t regard a post by a developer drawing attention to the AGS Awards towards the end of a playthrough dedicated to his game & clearly enjoyed by most of the participants as trolling.
Here’s what the dev said: Sorry if I go a bit off topic here, but if you enjoyed Kathy Rain, I’d highly appreciate your support in the annual AGS Awards! The voting just opened, and Kathy Rain has been nominated in eleven categories. We’re up against a formidable opponent in Shardlight, so we’ll need all the help we can get!
There’s no denying he was trolling for votes. And only 2 HOURS later you posted: I jumped through all of the (very annoying) hoops on AGS to register & vote for KR (I haven’t played Shardlight yet!) The only category I didn’t cast a vote for KR in was for the music
So much for your statement that you played the nominations before voting. And you voted for Kathy Rain in 10 of the 11 categories.
Next time you feel like accusing me of “insulting” a dev, you’d better think twice.
Sometimes, when I clean the rooms, I get a little curious and… erm… you know… snoop through our guests’s stuff. - This Bed We Made
This is the one & only post that the developer made in the dedicated Kathy Rain thread to mention the AGS Awards. So judge for yourself but all I’ve read so far on the subject I’m afraid, is a petty witch hunt based on a first-time developer’s enthusiasm.
I wouldn’t use the words “petty witch hunt” if I were you. You’re the one who accused me 4+ times over the years of “insulting” a dev among other things. I’m sure you remember what you did in my last quiz.
Sometimes, when I clean the rooms, I get a little curious and… erm… you know… snoop through our guests’s stuff. - This Bed We Made
@Karlok: Congratulations on successfully digging up something vaguely adjacent to this thread and using it to start and “win” some kind of discussion.
You gain nothing.
Do you have any ideas about this top 100? You’ve mentioned you’re not interested in participating in Aggies and this Top 100, but since you’re posting this much, you might as well contribute something that’s based on more than causing friction for the sake of it.
Here is my top 100:
Ark of Time
Art of Murder 3: Cards of Destiny
The Black Mirror (2003)
The Blackwell Convergence
The Blackwell Deception
The Blackwell Legacy
Blackwell Unbound
Blade runner
Born Punk
Broken Sword 1
Broken sword 2
Broken Sword 2.5
Broken Sword 5
Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
The Cat Lady
China: The Forbidden City
Cognition: an Erica Reed Thriller
Contradiction
Cube Escape: Paradise
Culpa Innata
The Curse of Monkey Island
Day of the Tentacle
Delaware St. John Volume 2: The Town with No Name
Diamonds in the Rough
Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Discworld Noir
Echoes of the Past (2015 freeware adventure – not part of the casual HO series)
Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes
ENCODYA
The Filmmaker
Fran Bow
Fun, Sun & Mishaps
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father 20th Anniversary Edition
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabriel Knight 3
The Grimsworth Report
Hector: Badge of Carnage
Hope
Hope Spring Eternal (Carol Reed)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Jack Orlando
Kathy Rain
Lamplight City
Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry
Lifestream
Little Kite
The Longest Journey
Lorelai
The Lost Crown
Lost Horizon
The Lost City of Malathedra
Memento Mori 2
Moebius
The Moment of Silence
Monkey Island 2: Lechuck’s Revenge
Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower
Neofeud
Nick Bounty: The Goat with the Grey Fedora
Nightmare Frames
Not Another Weekend
Overclocked
Paradise
Puzzle Bots
The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief
Reality Incognita
Resonance
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Rusty Lake: Roots
The St Christopher’s School Lockdown
Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder
The Secret of Monkey Island
Secret Files: Tunguska
Secrets of Da Vinci
Shadow of Memories/Destiny
Shadows by the Waterhouse
Shady Brook
Sherlock Holmes Vs Jack the Ripper
Sinking Island
The Silent Age
Society of the Serpent Moon
So Blonde
Still Life
Stonewall Penitentiary
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Syberia: The World Before
Tears of Betrayal
Technobabylon
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
There is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Unforeseen Incidents
Urban Witch Story
Versailles 1685
VirtuaVerse
What Makes You Tick: A Stitch in Time
Whispers of a Machine
The Wolf Among Us
Yoomurjak’s Ring
Okay. After thinking about it and reading other reactions to TLJ’s question, I feel it’s okay to give anyone who wants to vote a chance to participate, as long as I’m not going to get bombarded with arguments about games like Witcher or Skyrim being adventure games.
Although it’s a good idea, I won’t be able to put this up on our main page, namely because that’s CaliMonk’s area of expertise, and he’s currently up to his proverbials with other things right now.
By the way, games that are part of a series but are still stand-alone games (i.e. Gabriel Knight, Tex Murphy, Syberia) should be listed separately. However, episodic games that aren’t complete without all the parts (i.e. Kentucky Route Zero), should be listed as one game. If in doubt, just ask.
Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.
Top 100 is a bit much. I started collecting, and ended up being somewhat satisfied with this top 60. Maybe I’ll add the rest later.
There’s tons of great adventures I’ve not yet played, and felt like they’d easily replace anything I’d place on spots 80-100, so I wont force the list to 100.
Some oldie goldies are also missing because I played them when I was a kid and didn’t replay later, so I don’t feel comfortable adding them. All these games are 4+/5 or better. If I add 4/5 games, it will most likely go over 100.
AI: The Somnium Files
BEYOND: Two Souls
Blackwell Convergence, The
Blackwell Deception, The
Blackwell Epiphany, The
Blackwell Unbound
Cat Lady, The
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
Culpa Innata
Curse of Monkey Island, The
D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die
Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, The
Day of the Tentacle
Dead Synchronicity
Dig, The
Disco Elysium
Discworld Noir
Dreamfall
Eastshade
Edna & Harvey: The Breakout
Full Throttle
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Gabriel Knight: Sins of Fathers
Gemini Rue
Ghost Trick
Gone Home
Gray Matter
Grim Fandango
Heavy Rain
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit)
Jenny LeClue - Detectivú
Journey
Journey Down, The
Kathy Rain
Kentucky Route Zero
Longest Journey, The
Loom
Lydia
Memoria
Paradise Killer
Portal
Resonance
Sam & Max - Hit the Road
Sexy Brutale, The
Shardlight
Stacking
Still Life
Syberia
Technobabylon
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Detective
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
To the Moon
Tormentum: Dark Sorrow
Unavowed
Whispers of a Machine
Wolf Among Us, The
Yesterday
edit. I noticed I had Disco Elysium there twice, which it totally deserves, but I had no intention to cheat. Fixed it.
Currently Playing: Dragon Age Origins: Awakening
Recently Played: Red Embrace: Hollywood, Dorfromantik, Heirs & Graces, AI: The Somnium Files, PRICE, Frostpunk, The Shapeshifting Detective (CPT), Disco Elysium, Dream Daddy, Four Last Things, Jenny LeClue - Detectivu, The Signifier
Some games, Such as MYST deserve mentioning just because. Some I’ve played recently, and didn’t like them as much as I first did. MYST stayed. Others got dropped from my list of 48. One game that will raise some eyebrows is the Drawn Trilogy. Even though it was designed by BigFish Studios, I think it’s an adventure at the same level as Emerald City Confidential. The first game, simply titled Drawn made it into the original Top 100 list. If OK then, why not now.
The rest of my truncated list is here.
Amber: Journey Beyond
Agatha Christie: And then there were None
Al Emmo and the Lost Duchman’s Mine
Amerzone
Beneath a Steel Sky
Beyond Atlantis: Your Journey Awaits
Beyond Atlantis II: New Worlds Await You
Black Dahlia
Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
Drawn Trilogy
Emerald City Confidential
Freddy Pharkus: Frontier Pharmacist
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Grim Fandango
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Kathy Rain
Lighthouse
LSL 7: Love for Sail
LSL: Wet Dreams Don’t Die
MYST
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
Post Mortem
Return of the Obra Dinn
Riven
Scratches - Director’s Cut
Shivers II
Sinking Island
Still Life
Still Life II
Space Quest 6
Syberia
Syberia: The World Before
Thimbleweek Park
Timelapse
To the Moon
Vampyre Story
For whom the games toll,
they toll for thee.
update for lady k
Beneath A steel Sky
Black Dahlia
Bladerunner
Broken Sword 1,2,5
Cognition
Curse of Monkey Island
Discworld Noir
Face Noir
Fahrenheit
Feeble Files
Flight of the Amazon Queen
Gabriel Knight series
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
Grey Matter
Grim Fandango
Journeyman 3: legacy of Time
Lost Horizon
Next Big Thing
Runaway P&C series
Secret Files of Tunguska
Toonstruck
Vampyre Story
Wolf Among Us
Yesterday
This is a colossal task that Lady K is undertaking. I suggest that we NOT update our lists until the first draft is published. Then, if you want to add a game, or subtract a game, do so then. But don’t confuse what is already a difficult situation.
For whom the games toll,
they toll for thee.
This is a colossal task that Lady K is undertaking. I suggest that we NOT update our lists until the first draft is published. Then, if you want to add a game, or subtract a game, do so then. But don’t confuse what is already a difficult situation.
May I ask for what purpose?
I’ve made a few changes to my list, with the understanding that July 31st will be when Lady K tallies the votes. If I’m only creating difficulties for her I’d happily leave my list alone, though right now I’m finding the continual process of evaluating and re-evaluating my most beloved games to be rewarding.
AKA Charo
It’s okay, RT. I asked Neil to put his titles in alphabetical order.
Charo,
I’m tallying things as I go along. If you’re making additions or deletions, just make sure you do it in a new post. I’m saving each person’s list on my computer, so it’s not a big deal to make the changes.
Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.
If you’re making additions or deletions, just make sure you do it in a new post.
My updated list:
Batman (Telltale)
Batman 2
Beyond a Steel Sky
Beyond Two Souls
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Blade Runner
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Broken Sword 3
Broken Sword 4
Broken Sword 5 (can’t help it I love them all)
Detroit Become Human
Discword Noir
Dreamfall
Dreamfall Chapters
Gabriel Knight
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabriel Knight 3
Game of Thrones
Grey Matter
Grim Fandango
Heavy Rain
Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth
King’s Quest (episodic 2015/2016)
Life is Strange 1
Monkey Island 1 remaster
Monkey island 2 remaster
Monkey Island 3
Monkey Island 4
Runaway A road Adventure
Runaway 2
Runaway 3
Sam & Max Season 1
Sam & Max Season 2
Sam & Max Season 3
Silence: The Whispered World
State of Mind
Still Life
Syberia The World Before (last adventure game I played and it was damn impressive)
Tales From Monkey Island
Tales From the Borderlands
The Book of Unwritten Tales
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
The Longest Journey
The Next Big Thing
The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief
The Walking Dead
The Wolf Among Us
Updated list: Got rid of an accidental duplicate and added a new game
2064: Read Only Memories
9Hours 9Persons 9Doors
AI: The Somnium Files
Aconcagua
Another Code
Another Code R: Journey Into Lost Memories
Back To The Future - The Game
Beautiful Desolation
Beneath a Steel Sky
Blackwell Epiphany
Blackwell Unbound
Blade Runner
The Book of Unwritten Tales
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
Broken Sword Shadow of The Templars
Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
The Colonel’s Bequest
D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die
Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc
Day of the Tentacle
Detective Grimoire
Detention
The Dig
Discworld Noir
Dreamfall Chapters
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Dropsy
Faust Seven Games of The Soul
Flight of The Amazon Queen
Forgotten City
Fran Bow
Full Throttle
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beat Within
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Ghost Trick
Gray Matter
The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve
The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures
Grim Fandango
Heart of China
Heaven’s Vault
Heavy Rain
Hotel Dusk Room 215
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indigo Prophecy
Journey Down
Kathy Rain
King’s Quest IV: Heir Today Gone Tomorrow
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
The Legend of Kyrandia 2 Hand of Fate
Life is Strange
The Longest Journey
Loom
Lost Eden
Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan (Mikagura Girl Detective Agency)
Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney Investigations 2 - Prosecutor’s Path
Mission Critical
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
Neverhood
The Next BIG Thing
Normality
Opus: Echo Of Starsong
Paradigm
Perfect Tides
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Phoenix Wright: Justice For All
Phoenix Wright: Trials & Tribulations
Policenauts
The Portopia Serial Murder Case
Primordia
Red Strings Club
Resonance
Road 96
Roki
Sam & Max Beyond Space and Time
Sam & Max Save The World
Sam & Max The Devil’s Playhouse
Sam & Max: Hit The Road
Sanitarium
Shadow of Destiny
Shardlight
The Shivah
Snatcher
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
Spirit Hunter: NG
Still Life
Strong Bad’s Cool Game 4 Attractive People
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Tangle Tower
Thimbleweed Park
Titanic: Adventure out of Time
Tokyo Twilight Busters
Unavowed
Virtue’s Last Reward
Whispers of a Machine
The Wolf Among Us
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love At The Bounds of This World
Your Turn To Die - Death Game by Majority
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