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Could you name some GOOD point’n'click adventure games (no fps/myst-like)? Maybe some sort of survive type of story (castaway and stuff). Thanks for tips.
Is Return to Mysterious Island a myst-like? Good game anyway and no npcs. Oh and also The Experiment.
Keepsake has a few
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Miasmata?
Also: The Dig is mostly solemn exploration. There are two NPCs in the game (four if you count the intro to the game), but you rarely need them…
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
Only The Neverhood and Samorost come to mind…
Could you name some GOOD point’n'click adventure games (no fps/myst-like)?
Can you clarify the last bit? Are you saying you don’t want the game to be a first-person shooter but you do want it to be Myst-like? (This interpretation might make sense, because Myst is exploratory and has no NPCs which seems to be at least part of what you want.)
Or are you saying you don’t want it to be Myst-like either? (This interpretation is also possible, but if so it will help if you clarify what aspect of Myst-like games you want to avoid, e.g. you want a third-person perspective where you see your character on screen, you want a different style of puzzles, or whatever. By “fps” did you just mean first-person perspective and you want to avoid first-person perspective adventure games?)
Also it always helps to know if you are only looking for newer games that are easier to obtain and get running, or if you are comfortable with older games as well.
Thanks guys for tips!
Calibrun: First of all sorry for my english, it’s not my native language. I meant I don’t want the game to be in a first person view. Sorry for FPS misunderstanding, I obviously didn’t speak about a shooter in AG discussion boards. But anyway I don’t want Myst-like adventure games (=first person view) just because I know there are so many games like this and I just don’t like them. So I’m looking for traditional point’n'click advenures where you can see a whole character on the screen just like in The Dig. Yes, you could call it third person view. Actually what would be perfect for me is the isometric view (Fallout), but I doubt there are any good iso-adventures. Maybe Sanitarium, but there is quite a lot NPCs. So anyway I’m good with any kind of perspective where you can see a whole character.
For the plot it would be nice the kind of “who am I and where I am” concept similar to Neverhood - no intro, no story introduction, player need to figure it out.
I’m absolutely not looking for only newer games. I love old traditional adventure games so the game could be any age, it really doesn’t matter. But generally speaking, the older the better.
Actually what would be perfect for me is the isometric view (Fallout), but I doubt there are any good iso-adventures. Maybe Sanitarium, but there is quite a lot NPCs. So anyway I’m good with any kind of perspective where you can see a whole character.
STASIS
It’s still in development (the release will hopefully be for sometime later this year), but I think it’ll be right up your alley… 
Check our forum thread about Stasis here.
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
Oh yes TimovieMan, I know about Statis and I’m looking forward to it!
ghostwriter, this is just my unhealthy curiosity but what do you have against NPCs? 
More seriously, how much NPC interaction are you willing to stomach? Do you recoil at the mere sight of a NPC or do you want to perhaps avoid conversations or conversation puzzles? Or are you more generally looking for third-person games that emphasize solitary exploration?
ghostwriter, this is just my unhealthy curiosity but what do you have against NPCs?
Nothing I mean I love NPCs in adventure games, don’t get me wrong, I’m just curious if there is something quite different in the world of adventure games.
Or are you more generally looking for third-person games that emphasize solitary exploration?
Now I think you nailed it.
Well if you are looking for third-person games that emphasize solitary exploration, then you can make a search in the AG database like this.
Some have more NPC’s and dialog then others though.
You have to play the game, to find out why you are playing the game! - eXistenZ
Or are you more generally looking for third-person games that emphasize solitary exploration?
Now I think you nailed it.
Aha! So like the Syberia games or even more solitary/desolate? In addition to the suggestions above, I remember both Loom and Escape from Delirium as having the main character on his own most of the time. Oh, and also: Bad Mojo.
Edit: Or better yet, do what Iznogood suggested.
Well if you are looking for third-person games that emphasize solitary exploration, then you can make a search in the AG database like this.
It doesn’t work very well. Not very many games come up, not even Syberia.
If you don’t mind horror, Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon is an underrated solitary exploration game.
Well if you are looking for third-person games that emphasize solitary exploration, then you can make a search in the AG database like this.
It doesn’t work very well. Not very many games come up, not even Syberia.
Yeah i noticed that, but i can work as a supplement.
The thing is that a game like Syberia is what i would call borderline to “solitary exploration”, but not a game i would categorize as a solitary exploration game.
In fact there aren’t many 3rd person games that are outright solitary exploration games, most of these are 1st person.
You have to play the game, to find out why you are playing the game! - eXistenZ
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