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7 - Sam & Max: Hit the Road
5 - The Dagger of Amon Ra
3 - The Dig
2 - Cognition
1 - Amber: Journey’s Beyond

Hit the Road had probably the best rendition of Americana in games and The Dagger of Amon Ra is one of the best and most underrated from Sierra’s catalogue.

I’ve gone right off this idea lol. Seems every single group I’m split between 2 or (such as here) 3 for first! Really tough…

1. Dreamfall - The Longest Journey - 7pts
2. Sam & Max Hit the Road - 5pts
3. Tex - Pandora Directive - 3pts
4. Cognition - 2pts
5. Overclocked - 1pt

7 - The Pandora Directive
5 - Sam and Max Hit the Road
3 - Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
2 - The Dagger of Amon Ra
1 - The Dig

I felt that The Dig’s story kind of fell apart by the end (perhaps the result of so many rewrites under different project leads), but it’s still got a lot going for it as an interesting but flawed classic. It has great atmosphere and the Myst-like puzzles are an interesting departure for LucasArts.

I like Ghost Trick overall and it’s full of clever ideas, like traveling through phone lines. But I found that the puzzles were often variations on a theme and the repeated need to prevent people’s deaths grew somewhat tedious as it went along. Also, I didn’t feel that the thin, cartoonish characters were enough to sustain such a long, involved mystery as this, and I began to wish for something less goofball. I greatly preferred Phoenix Wright (also by Shu Takumi), because 1) the main characters were more interesting and likable; 2) the mysteries are short episodes, so in that context it’s actually fitting and enjoyable that the side characters are thin and cartoonish; and 3) the alternation between investigating a crimescene and looking for contradictions in the courtroom helps keep the gameplay fresher and better paced. (At least in the first game—I have not played the umpteen sequels.)

The final results for group M are:

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1. Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive               150   (M1)
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2. Sam & Max Hit the Road                                 134   (M2)
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3. The Dig                                                           133   (M3)
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4. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey                     112   (M4)
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5. Overclocked                                                     47
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6. The Dagger of Amon Ra (aka Laura Bow II)    41
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7. Cognition                                                         31
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8. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective                       29
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9. Amber: Journey’s Beyond                                 16
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