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rtrooney - 21 April 2016 02:45 PM

I am surprised that neither Dagger of Amon Ra nor Freddy Pharkus were included. And while it wouldn’t be one of my favorites, the absence of Phantasmagoria is conspicuous.

thnx Tim for this positive debate , tho you can make your own list, i will tell you what i think why those three arent mentioned:
Dagger of Amon Ra, if any of the series should be at the list its Colonel’s Bequest, and already gave it, its deserved consolation just a post above.

Freddy Pharkus, it might be any one’s favorite, but hardly can be anyone’s best, and i tried to integrate at this list between both, so, i am sure i didnt miss it.

Phantasmagoria, those are just the top 10, if i had to go a little further sure it should have had its place.

I used to play LucasArts adventures since childhood, but then discovered the whole Sierra catalogue and it really grew on me with years. I do understand your aggressive promotion of Sierra titles, Advie They may be not as polished, but those interactive worlds, the variety of themes (and game designers) can’t be matched. My list would be similar to yours with Colonel’s Bequest instead of Space 3 and Gabriel Knight and Quest for Glory 4 instead of Larry 3 and Police 2 (haven’t played that one).

I think my top 5 will be more to Tim’s liking.

1. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
2. Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail
3. King’s Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
4. Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist
5. Phantasmagoria

Correcto-Mundo Timothy! Much to my liking.

I find it very hard to make the “best/like” distinction Advie makes. I mean if you don’t LIKE the game, who cares if it is the most technically correct game?

My top 5 in no particular order:

1. Freddy Pharkus Frontier Phamacist
My love for this game predates my friendship with Josh Mandel, so that is not an over-riding factor. Making the copy protection part of the game was pure genius. And who of us city slickers knew that beer killed snails?
2. LSL5
LSL6 was slicker, but LSL5 was the first game I did something with, other than just playing the game. I wrote the points walkthrough, and posted it on CompuServe’s TEG forum.
3. Laura Bow - Dagger of Amon Ra
Despite what Advie might say about Colonel’s Bequest, this was the first game I ever played that required deductive reasoning in addition to inventory manipulation to solve a problem.
4. GK3
I absolutely hated the 3D character modeling. And I wasn’t too fond of the aerial view requirements. But the story/plot/everything aside from those problems was the best ever. I’ve never participated in discussions with such conflicting poinst of view since.
5. KQ1
It was the first adventure I ever played. As such, it set me on a course that occasionally I wish was less travelled.

Also in the mix are Shivers 1&2 and Lighthouse. All three are, admitedly, Myst clones. But I loved them anyway.

That may be true, but in conversations with the Shivers people at Sierra, particularly Willie Eide. A Myst atmosphere is exactly what they were after. So I will stick with my original statement.