Good adventure/puzzle games

[Walsingham]

As stated above, my friend's wife is in need of assistance. Your assistance. She has recently given birth and is going doolally at home with nowt to do but talk to the baby. They have a computer. She enjoys point and click puzzle games. She also enjoys (slightly less) text adventure games. She cannot shoot or fight for toffee.

 

I was wondering if you could suggest any good games to buy or download. She has finished all the Monkey Island games, and all the Zork games.

[Hassat Hunter]

LA Classics...

 

Day of the Tentacle

Sam and Max

Full Throttle

 

And some other adventures:

Syberia (1 and 2)

Runaway (though Disk swapping is a PAIN in the arse here and it contains StarForce)

The Longest Journey and Dreamfall

Paradise (black panther on front, from the creator of the Syberia's)

Gabriel Knights (1, 2 and 3)

 

That's about it. Sorry; no links...

Edited May 22, 2006 by Hassat Hunter

[Arkan]

Sanitarium.

[Lare Kikkeli]

the old LA stuff

broken sword 1 & 2

[StillLife]

I liked Post Mortem & Still Life, though they were a bit on the short side.

[Darque]

Do they make horror adventure games?

[Hassat Hunter]

Yup. And alot of adventures also posses a "horror map" in them...

[kirottu]

Dreamweb. My favourite adventure game ever. All dark and stuff. :cool:

 

@Walsingham, introduce her to abandonware sites.

[Hassat Hunter]

Cannot believe nobody mentioned Grim Fandango yet.

 

Reference to that game can be found in Monkey Island 3

[Lare Kikkeli]

don't like grim fandango, the controls and the graphics are awful.

[Colrom]

I recommend Grim Fandango too.

 

Very creative and fun story!

 

A classic!

[LadyCrimson]

Myst series.

[WITHTEETH]

Gabriel Knight series

The Longest Journey

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2)

Kings Quest 5, *6(best one), and 7 (so-so, this screams girl power)

Syberia

 

Here are my favorite adventure games.

[Jumjalum]

Click here for ScummVM goodness

 

If she's computer literate or has someone to help set it up ScummVM is the best way to play LA adventures nowadays. She might like the Broken Sword games as they seem to appeal to women a little more but the LA games are more fun imo.

 

Beneath a Steel Sky and Flight of the Amazon Queen can be legally downloaded from the ScummVM site.

Edited May 23, 2006 by Jumjalum

[Bokishi]

Grim Fandango FTW

[Musopticon?]

Keepsake

Black Mirror

 

Everything else has already been mentioned.

[mkreku]

Beneath A Steel Sky is good.

 

So are the Monkey Island games, especially Escape From Monkey Island.

[CoM_Solaufein]

The Longest Journey

Dreamfall

Gabriel Knight

[Hassat Hunter]

So are the Monkey Island games, especially Escape From Monkey Island.

 

You gotta be kidding me right.

MI-4 the best?

 

Secret of Monkey Island (1): Good; very good

Return to Monkey Island (2): Also nice; but far more difficult (well, in the "normal" mode)... even more funny than MI-1

Curse of Monkey Island (3): My favorite... should I say more?

Escape from Monkey Island (4): SUCKS... crappy end of a perfectly good serie

[astr0creep]

Phantasmagoria

Space Quest Series

Leasure Suit Larry Series

Nibiru

Myst

Amerzone

[Walsingham]

Very kind of you all to pitch in. I have passed on your recommendations, and they were most gratefully received. If she does not go crazy with boredom and long-bomb the infant into a canal you may take some of the credit.

 

BTW I realy liked the look of Grim Fandango when I saw it.

[Fenghuang]

Phantasmagoria

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You're a bad, bad person for recommending that.

[astr0creep]

Phantasmagoria

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You're a bad, bad person for recommending that.

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Why? It's been so long I can't remember. It was bad? I just remember adventure gaming, and some gore-based fright. And a shower scene.

[Fenghuang]

I dunno, it was just, awful.

[Fenghuang]

There it is.

 

Phantasmagoria is Sierra's first attempt at a full-blown, live-action, interactive video adventure, and their ambition far outweighs the results. A four-plus-million-dollar budget and over two years in production do not necessarily translate into high quality gaming.

 

Much of Phantasmagoria is spent on typical adventure activities: exploring, grabbing items, and problem solving. And on that level, the game is reasonably enjoyable. In addition, the graphics are excellent, the music is emotive, and there are many pleasant surprises. But problems arise in several areas: experienced adventurers will find Phantasmagoria generally unchallenging, the characters weak, the violence over-the-top, and the script just lame. For instance, during day one Adrienne discovers a secret chapel full of bizarre items yet doesn't think it important enough to tell her husband. On day two, she barely breaks a sweat over the fact that her hubby has transformed from a loving partner to a crazed lunatic.

 

Many of this title's problems come from complexities inherent in taking a huge concept and trying to wring a game out of it. Somebody forgot to do some detailed planning and fine-tuning. This is clear from the character interactions, the repetitive nature of some scenes, and the unrealistic puzzles--the telescope eyepiece "glints" in the sand only after you discover you need it, even though you've walked by that spot several times already.

 

So why is Phantasmagoria so darned popular? It's accessible to newbies, it's a new genre, and Sierra has promoted the hell out of it. The built-in hint system can turn this into a cakewalk and you'll be wowed by the occasional top notch production values. Unfortunately, the repetitive violence may turn the newcomers off just as quickly. My recommendation: Phantasmagoria is only for the gaming-challenged. Otherwise try Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within. It's Sierra's second big-time video adventure and they learned from their mistakes.