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First of all thanks for such a great site and forum.

I’m looking for a good 1st Person Adventure game with clever inventory puzzles (not the Myst-type puzzles). I prefer puzzles based on using and combining inventory items. I’m also not interested in hidden object games as I find most of the inventory puzzles in these are too straight forward.

I’ve played Amerzone, Blackstone, and Lost in Time (favorite).

Thank y’all very much.

The X-files FMV game is one of my favorites, you don’t need to have much knowledge of the show since I’ve never really watched it but still enjoyed the game.

There’s also an old game called Normality, feels like it’s on like a Doom Engine or something. It’s really fun if you can get past the super dated graphics. I think it was meant to be based on Nineteen Eighty-four or something.

Thanks. Couldn’t get into Normality really. I’ll have to check out X-files, but that always seemed more investigative than Macgyver-like as far as puzzles go.

Interesting, I haven’t seen many people whose favourite game was Lost in Time. Here are 3 I think you may like.

Journeyman Project 3: Don’t worry that you haven’t played the first 2, they are all stand-alone. Interesting time travel plot.

Anacapri: The Dream: More time-travelling. Or more accurately, dream-travelling. Very long, one of my favourite game plots ever and a huge quantity of items to use.

Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon: My favourite Legend game (developers of Blackstone). All inventory puzzles. And yes, more time-travelling.

Forgot about Callahan’s. I did play this a LONG time ago and you’re right. It was amazing.

I just really like the style of puzzles in Lost in Time, though the game does have its issues/cheesiness.

Might have to check out Journeyman 3.

Thanks.

Anything by Kheops Studio (except the casual Fall Trilogy) would fit your description. Maybe start with Return to Mysterious Island?

Like Kurufinwe I also whole-heartedly recommend Return to Mysterious Island. Excellent game.

Played Mysterious Island. It was great. What’s their next best game? (I’m not a fan of space…)

Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches looks very interesting. What did y’all think of this one?

Thanks again.

Ah, I forgot about Kheops. If anything can be described as a MacGyver game, it’s any of their games.

indyjones2131 - 20 August 2013 02:23 PM

Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches looks very interesting. What did y’all think of this one?

I loved Rhiannon. It’s up there with Barrow Hill, Dark Fall and Amber: Journeys Beyond as one of the best 1st person spooky ghost-story games.

indyjones2131 - 20 August 2013 02:23 PM

Played Mysterious Island. It was great. What’s their next best game? (I’m not a fan of space…)

I wouldn’t know if it’s their next-best game or anything, but if you haven’t played the sequel, Return to Mysterious Island 2, it’s worth a try: http://www.adventuregamers.com/games/view/16667

It’s not as good as the first one but still very enjoyable.

“Realms of the Haunting”, a horror adventure game combine with a FPS. Excellent story (although I found the end very poor).

The closest to Lost In Time I can think of right now is Heart Of China. It has that same kind of swashbuckling, Indiana Jones type feel, with object-puzzles all over the place.