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The Whispered World
Machinarium
Resonance
The Cat Lady
The Walking Dead

My favorites are mostly uplifting or comedic in nature (the list is ordered from my most favorite to least):

Stacking (Not your typical adventure game and innovates in many ways)
The Whispered World (One of the best modern-day “classic style” adventure games imo)
A Vampyre Story (Lots of funny moments - albeit some is dark humor - there’s a lot of “spunk” that you can feel attributed to every character)
Sam & Max (Lives up to its legendary name)
Tales of Monkey Island (Lives up to its legendary name)
Deponia(1 and 2… haven’t played 3 yet… The game is hilarious and has great puzzles)
Book of Unwritten Tales (1 and 2… EPIC adventure - very fantastical and sprinkled with comedy)
Jack Keane (1 and 2… Not sure why all the ratings are so bad, it’s funny and quirky and puzzles aren’t bad)
Remakes of The Secret of Monkey Island 1 and 2 (Lives up to its legendary name)
Machinarium (Very unique and innovates in many ways)

I really wish Telltale (made Hector, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island) would continue making the puzzly type adventure games then going in to their totally story driven games, especially ones with so much gore and violence

1. Gray Matter. It really gave me a feeling of the old classic adventure games, without feeling like nostalgia only.
2. Tales of Monkey Island - especially episode 3-5
3. The Ace Attourney series.
4. Sam&Max;: The Devils’ Playhouse
5. Machinarium
6. Stacking
7. Gemini Rue

Haven’t played Broken Sword 5, Primordia or Resonance yet.

now among my all-time favorites:

The Walking Dead
Resonance
Gray Matter
the Phoenix Wright series

second tier:

Overclocked
Heavy Rain
Gemini Rue
999
Blackwell Legacy

Detective Mosely - 13 December 2013 09:42 PM

now among my all-time favorites:

The Walking Dead
Resonance
Gray Matter
the Phoenix Wright series

second tier:

Overclocked
Heavy Rain
Gemini Rue
999
Blackwell Legacy

I just realized, I sure do like games with depressing subject matters.  Phoenix Wright, you are my one beacon of sunshine!

(Disregarding all those horrible murders that you investigate ...)

I’m not entirely sure how many of these actually qualify for the past 5 years, but these are the “best” adventure game titles I’ve played during that time which I enjoyed.

Night of the Rabbit - A little easy, but thoroughly enjoyable, sorta regret I didn’t save that one for Christmas. Loved the atmosphere of the game, and being a sucker for good music that really won me over.

The Book of Unwritten Tales + The Critter Chronicles - Played these last Christmas, great atmosphere and interesting enough puzzles. Had a tendency to crash on my mac though, which was a little annoying…

The Walking Dead - If you can call it an adventure game it’s one of the best for a long time.

Lost Horizon - After years of despising the mechanical nature of German adventure games and their logic this one brought me back into the fold, and prompted me to try a few other titles (such as Deponia). It had its issues, but it quirky, fun and had the feel of these old Indiana Jones adventure games I played non-stop as a kid; might just have suited me perfectly. Since it sort of brought me back to my favorite genre I probably value it a little higher than it’s actual worth.

Deponia series - Just an entertaining series. It did get a little repetitive with some fairly silly mechanics and plot-twists after a while, but it was a good old fashioned (not in difficulty though) silly game.

Gray Matter - Just a good game.

I think these are the games that I would recommend mostly anyone to try, with Night of the Rabbit IMO being perfect for the Christmas/Holiday Season. Not that it’s Christmasy, it’s just a very cosy game. Plus the rabbit’s voice acting is close to perfect.